Blind Spot
Chapter 269 - 251 Ambush - Three (Thanks to Nuan Yang 1314 for the Silver~)

Chapter 269: 251 Ambush Chapter Three (Thanks to Nuan Yang 1314 for the Silver~)

The desert was cold and dry at night.

The clouds thickened, obscuring the brilliance of White Star.

Li Chengyi walked silently on the sandy ground, his Feilian Floral Dress blending almost perfectly with the night.

Every few steps he took, there was a Shadow Flash, and he had already moved ten meters away.

The speed of one second per ten meters made him almost impossible to capture.

The Floral Dress’s seal on body heat also made him undetectable by infrared and other radiation radar.

Before long, he finally arrived before the Oasis...

Standing on the sandy ground, Li Chengyi looked up at this city, a hollow cylinder formed by two giant overlapping rings.

He felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation.

The Oasis was only called the Oasis in name, but cities of this era no longer needed to rely on so-called oasis streams to survive.

Black Road Oasis relied more on underground water to maintain the city’s cycle.

The entire Oasis, with the interior of the cylinder, was a chaotically stacked black metal mountain.

The houses and buildings of the Sand Thieves were all on this small mountain.

"The periphery of the Oasis is protected by a huge shielding and invisibility system, Alvi, forming a war fog, to avoid sweeps and inspections by government forces.

In fact, the position of the city is not fixed; it can be moved at any time. It’s just that this time, for some reason, there was a problem with the power and it has temporarily stopped." Rainbow Candy’s voice came from the headset.

"Where is the Book of Record’s location?" Li Chengyi slowly moved towards the city’s rings.

The huge black metal rings, one on the ground and the other a hundred meters above in the sky, were connected and supported by six giant metal pillars.

Countless tiny lights radiated from the pillars and mountain, clearly indicating there was still plenty of activity and life.

"It is in the iron mountain’s fountain square exhibition hall. I’m sending you the exact location," Rainbow Candy quickly said.

Li Chengyi silently crossed the giant metal rings and entered the Oasis.

Holding the Green Electric Greatsword in one hand, he looked around and quickly found a shadowy corner; with one step, he suddenly appeared there.

Using these Shadow Flashes, he swiftly entered the intersecting streets on the iron mountain.

Strangely, the streets here were empty apart from the occasional automatic switching on and off of lights, with only a few listless old men and women in most places.

They moved about the streets indifferently, some staring blankly at their own shops, others sitting at their doorsteps staring at the sky.

Most of them were wrapped in white headscarves, draped in yellow robes, seemingly waiting for something.

Their dark skin and the white of their headscarves created a stark contrast in color.

Following the coordinates, Li Chengyi quickly found the location of the exhibition hall.

The so-called Book of Record was quietly sitting on the darkened display stand, surrounded by high-speed cameras and alert systems.

There were also over a dozen heavy black robots with red eyes stationed around the exhibition hall.

Once inside here, due to the lack of signal link and strong interference shielding, he could no longer contact Rainbow Candy.

But that was okay.

After all, there was no one here who could stop him.

With Shadow Flash at his disposal, everything was within easy reach.

Hum.

In front of the exhibition hall, the three-meter-tall robots that were in standby mode suddenly straightened up, their high-frequency oscillation knives spinning rapidly in their hands.

"Intruder detected!"

They had bulky upper bodies and spider-like eight legs on their lower bodies, which seemed to allow for not a slow movement speed. They were also coated with a thin layer of anti-interference coating.

"No, you haven’t detected anything," Li Chengyi said with a slight smile as his figure suddenly vanished.

At the same time, the electromagnetic disruptor provided by Rainbow Candy suddenly flew out, lightly landing on the third step of the exhibition hall.

Puff.

The disruptor suddenly exploded, forming a ring of invisible strong pulses.

It affected the robots’ sensors for an instant.

An instant later, Li Chengyi completely disappeared.

All the robots continued to scan their surroundings, confirming that they had not detected anyone, then sat down again.

Inside the exhibition hall.

It was divided into two main exhibition areas, with the front area displaying a variety of ancient relics, most of which were treasures from Sultan’s history.

Li Chengyi did not hesitate, heading straight for the rear exhibition area.

Passing through the quiet, dimly lit corridor, he arrived at the rear exhibition area, where his steps suddenly halted.

A man.

A burly man entirely clad in silver-white mechanical Armor, his whole bearing resembling a standing giant wolf.

He was quietly leaning against a display column in the center of the rear exhibition area.

And on that display column, placed there, was a book with a pale blue cover and Black Sea Script written on it.

’Book of Record...’ Li Chengyi guessed that must be the target.

But this man...

His powerful perception, at close range, could tell that this mechanical Armor man, akin to a giant werewolf, was not a mere robot.

But a real, living human being.

"Come out," the wolf-like armored man said in a deep voice.

"I have heard your footsteps."

"The Book of Record shouldn’t be important to you Sand Thieves, should it?" Li Chengyi’s figure emerged from the shadows, standing opposite the man.

"So what, are you a sacrificial pawn thrown out by the Sand Thieves?" he asked, slightly curious.

"I am a sinner. Here only for redemption." The wolf-armored man replied gravely, his voice from the translator sounding somewhat sharp in the empty night exhibition hall.

"So you intend to intercept me?" Li Chengyi asked.

"You can call me Draken. As a member of the Temple Knights, I have betrayed the glory of silver; therefore, if you want to take the Book of Record, you must defeat me," the armored man said solemnly.

"One of the four Silvers among the Sand Thieves?" Li Chengyi realized.

The Sand Thieves had four members known as the strongest, collectively referred to as the four Silvers.

The man before him was one of them.

A proud Silver, discarded and left here as a pawn. So, what level of strength could the rest of the Sand Thieves have to confront Sutan Official?

It seems, the situation behind this is deeper than he imagined... perhaps there’s something more behind the Sand Thieves...

"Never mind, it’s none of my concern."

Li Chengyi drew his sword, slowly stepping towards the other man.

"I respect your will to sacrifice yourself. So..."

Sss.

A ring of invisible flames began to rise, encircling and closing around the two men.

Hisss!

In an instant, a flash of black light and green electric arcs accompanied by a golden shimmer lit up.

Li Chengyi fluttered his wings and had already appeared behind the other man.

"Rest peacefully."

A slanting crack slowly emerged from the center of the werewolf armor-clad man’s body.

He stared down, looking at his own wound.

"No... it’s impossible... I’m... Grade Five..."

Boom.

In the blink of an eye, his huge body collapsed with a crash, a large amount of blood seeping through the cracks and slowly spreading on the floor.

Li Chengyi shook his Golden Sword to cast off the blood, turning his attention to the Book of Record on the display column.

The Golden Sword dissolved into petals, and he reached out for the Book of Record.

Click.

Suddenly, a slight sound echoed.

Boom!

In an instant, the ground beneath him heaved violently and exploded.

A giant maw of a Yellow Giant Lizard burst through the floor below, roaring as it snapped at Li Chengyi.

The gaping mouth was like a vast black hole, covering everything within a five-meter diameter.

At the same moment, the surrounding walls erupted in explosions and bursts of flame, six directional forces hitting Li Chengyi simultaneously, pinning him in place for a split second.

That was when the giant lizard struck from above.

Splurt!

On the wide street, the exhibition hall exploded into a burst of orange flames reaching for the sky.

Concrete pillars shattered, scattering large chunks of debris all around.

The wailing of alarm sirens pierced the air, but there was absolutely no one around to put out the fire.

The desolate street was as empty as a ruin, not a single elderly person from before to be seen.

Boom!

From the fiery exhibition hall, a massive Yellow Giant Lizard, over fifteen meters in length, burst through the wall and lumbered toward the center of the street.

A silver G-shaped symbol was etched on its forehead, seemingly a kind of identification.

But having charged just a few steps, the giant lizard suddenly collapsed onto the ground.

Boom.

Its heavy body massively dented and twisted the ground beneath it.

Two seconds later, blood began to slowly seep from beneath the giant lizard, eventually flowing into the street’s drainage channels.

At this time, a black humanoid figure slowly emerged from the flames of the exhibition hall.

Black metallic wings flickered behind him, pushing the surrounding flames away.

"To think they would use a fake as bait..."

The expression beneath Li Chengyi’s helmet was somewhat ugly.

"No matter... the night is long... we have plenty of time," he said.

Suddenly, he raised his head to look far into the night sky.

On the edge of the night’s black canopy, masses of white dots were slowly lighting up.

In number, there were at least several hundred of these white lights.

Whoo!

At the same time, on the sandy outskirts of the Oasis, a series of red flashes burst forth. Accompanying sharp piercing sounds, anti-air missiles rose from the ground amidst the flashes, heading toward the white dots in the sky.

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Outside the Oasis, mechanical troops slowly surfaced from the ground, shaking off the fine sand and activating.

Thousands of floating tanks and tens of thousands of unmanned missile launchers swarmed the nearby Sultan government forces like a vast swarm of bees, surrounding them completely.

Like bees encircling an ant colony.

Waves of Sand Thieves soldiers charged madly from all directions towards the government forces.

The electronic warfare jamming had already begun.

Invisible electromagnetic waves and impact pulses crisscrossed and collided in the air, neutralizing and dissipating.

Further away, a barrage of artillery shells and cluster bombs rained down from the sky, sparking large fires across the desert.

A single bombardment could cover an area of one square kilometer.

The battle did not take place in the Oasis but erupted on the spot where the government forces revealed the location of their missile launches.

At the same time, all the Blind Spot Individuals who had entered the Oasis also faced the fierce confrontation between the Sand Thieves and the government forces.

Perhaps to say more precisely, the Blind Spot Individuals were just collateral damage caught in the crossfire between the two main forces.

On the west side of the Oasis, at the city entrance.

A team of tall figures, all clad in white robes trimmed with gold, were silently and swiftly entering the city.

"We only have half an hour. In thirty minutes, the Oasis will be completely bombed," said the leader as he lifted his robe, revealing a fierce blue dual-horned dragon head helmet.

The dragon head’s eyes glowed with a soft blue luminescence, with three pairs of small, wing-like appendages evenly distributed around the back of his head.

The entire dragon’s cheeks and neck were lined with subtle white lights that flowed continuously, with fine joint marks everywhere.

"Half an hour, huh? That’s enough," another member of the group said with a deep laugh.

"Remember, if we can’t destroy the power restoration program within half an hour, we’ll move to Plan B. Completely deactivate the surrounding Alví system for shield cancellation," the dragon-headed man stated coldly.

"Understood," the five people behind him responded in unison.

"Perhaps after tonight, the Sand Thieves will vanish forever from the history of Sutan, and we will receive the highest honors, wealth, and power all in one night," the dragon-headed man said in a low voice.

"Yes!"

All responded in chorus.

"Move out!"

Boom.

The team, consisting of six members, dispersed simultaneously, scattering in all directions of the Oasis.

They were the Scorpion Squad, an elite force drawn from all the powerful factions at the Green Tower conference.

This time, seizing the opportunity provided by the government forces’ all-out war with the Sand Thieves, they had entered the Oasis with the aim of completely destroying the core city of the Sand Thieves.

Missile targeting also required specific coordinates, and the guidance jamming system had to be shut down; otherwise, incoming missiles could be diverted elsewhere and rendered meaningless.

To complete the mission amidst chaos—that was their purpose for coming.

As elite warriors fully supported by Sutan’s second-largest city.

Shalin did not believe there was anyone in the city who could withstand him.

He had previously clashed with one of the Sand Thieves’ top fighters, Mokadi, one of the four Silver Leaders.

The opponent was strong and well-equipped, but that was the extent of it.

"So, this time... it’s the end of you!" he declared.