Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’
Chapter 338 - 338 338 Clearing

338: Chapter 338: Clearing 338: Chapter 338: Clearing Augustus’s expression changed repeatedly, and he said in a deep voice, “How many people can we still gather?”

“It’s hard to say, maybe a million, perhaps we can’t even muster two hundred thousand.

The survivors may not be able to reach the western gathering point; they are sure to be attacked by monsters on the way.”

Long Ming pondered for a moment before speaking.

“Do you have confidence in taking down Praying Dragon City?”

“I can’t be sure about that either.

Given the nature of the Earth Cup, the Lost Continent might be even more dangerous.

We need a new era weapon, or else it will be death just the same.

What’s the difference between dying sooner or later?

We need to rethink our strategy now, not about who can win the Earth Cup, but ensuring that some of us survive to claim the victory,” Long Ming spoke heart-to-heart with Augustus, sharing his deepest concerns.

“I understand,” Augustus nodded in response.

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On the northern side of Qilong Plain, amidst the darkness of night, Xiao Wen and the surviving personnel were pressing forward through the blizzard.

The snow was getting thicker, and the armored vehicles could no longer move; tanks also began to successively break down.

A footstep would sink down to the knee, though the Mechas were unaffected.

At that moment, Ma Qi, controlling a Mecha, rushed from a distance, his voice urgent over the communications channel.

“We can’t go forward, ahead there’s a swarm of mutated players; we have to take a detour.”

“Not again, another detour?

We’ve been detouring several times already.

How much longer will it take for us to reach the gathering point?”

Sun Li replied, nearly in tears.

They had been detouring for days, making little progress forward, and still encountering attacks from scattered mutated players along the way.

Xiao Wen estimated the time and spoke solemnly to Ma Qi, “Shall we not detour?”

“It’s not realistic,” Ma Qi shook his head helplessly.

“Everyone, take a break here; I’ll discuss the detour route with Ma Qi,” Xiao Wen briefly stated.

….

At that moment, high in the sky, a delta-winged reconnaissance aircraft, the Sentinel, constructed entirely of metal, swept through the blizzard, unaffected.

Its special red reconnaissance eyes continuously rotated, soon locking onto Su Mo and the others on the ground.

Images of the capture were transmitted back in real time!

In front of the artificial intelligence in the central control room of Praying Dragon City underground.

Crackle~~

Images in virtual grids appeared one after another.

Xiao Wen’s Black Steel Mecha image came up.

Suddenly, a series of data popped up, Type II Heavy Mecha, estimated Combat Power Value 3000, threat level low.

The image frame switched, the Dawn Guardian appeared, another series of values popped up, Type II Multi-role Mecha, estimated Combat Power Value 2900, threat level low.

…

After a series of rotations, the Slaughter Blade image appeared, Type III Pure Mechanical Mecha, estimated Combat Power Value 13400, operation fluctuation value ten percent!

Threat level high, priority clearance.

Then the Yuan Demon Mecha image switched in, Type III Experimental Mecha, estimated Combat Power Value 14300, operation fluctuation value thirty percent, threat level high, priority clearance.

Combat plan generation in progress, recommend dispatching Super Biological Puppet Monsters.

Recommend deploying Clearers with a combined operation fluctuation overflow of fifty percent.

Selection of deployable Super Biological Puppet Monsters in progress.

Suddenly, images of various Type III high-level Super Biological Puppet Monsters continuously popped up.

Type III Super Biological Puppet Corpse Demon, Combat Power Value 17000!

Selected!

Type III Super Biological Puppet Bai Ze, Combat Power Value 15000!

Selected!

Type III Super Biological Corpse Ghost Beast, Combat Power Value 18000!

Selected!

“Clear the target!”

“Command sent!”

…

In the midst of a snowstorm, Xiao Wen and Ma Qi discussed briefly, and eventually, the two of them decided,

“Listen, everyone, after our discussion, we’ll detour around the edge of the monster pack in front.

This will save both time and distance.

If we’re discovered, we’ll just have to break through.

If there are no objections, let’s proceed.”

“Alright, let’s do that.”

Qian Chengxue and the others quickly responded.

“Let’s go then!”

Xiao Wen, controlling the Mecha, walked in the front.

They carefully moved to the side of the monsters, with Su Mo and Qian Chengxue closely monitoring the radar.

Should any Mutate monsters appear, the two of them would immediately take action to eliminate them.

At that moment, everyone seemed as though dancing on the edge of a knife, sticking close to the perimeter of the monsters’ territory as they moved forward.

Everyone held their breath, moving carefully forward without speaking a word.

As time slowly passed, just when Su Mo and his team were about to pass through the monster pack without incident, suddenly, Xiao Wen, who was at the front, stopped.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

A humanoid, Type III Super Biological Puppet Corpse Demon, eight meters tall, half-metallicized, covered with green luminescent spots, equipped with fangs and huge teeth, and penetrated in the neck by three black signal restraints, stood in their path, its crimson eyes staring fixedly at them.

Su Mo, seeing the road-blocking monster that had suddenly appeared before them, had a very bad feeling, not believing it was merely a coincidental encounter.

He had the absurd impression that it seemed specifically there to intercept them, and most importantly, the radar scanning system hadn’t detected it.

Could it be that the implanted metal device had a shielding function?

“A single Corpse Demon dares to block our way, I’ll chop it down!”

Sun Li, filled with frustration, complained as she controlled the Dawn Guardian to charge forward, her Alloy Blade slashing down.

“Sun Li, stop!

This isn’t an ordinary monster, it’s extremely dangerous!”

Qian Chengxue immediately warned Sun Li.

“Don’t worry, Sister Xue, I’ll handle it quickly!”

Full of confidence, Sun Li’s sharp Alloy Blade struck precisely on the Puppet Corpse Demon, generating a sound of metal clashing with stone.

Clang~

The great recoil forced the Dawn Guardian to involuntarily step back.

“How is that possible!”

Sun Li’s eyes were filled with disbelief as she felt like she had struck a block of ultra-hard metal.

The next second, the Corpse Demon lifted its sharp claw and swept it directly at her, Sun Li instinctively raised her giant shield to block.

Crack!

The sturdy giant shield instantly shattered into pieces, and then the whole Dawn Guardian, like a kite with its string cut, flew back and crashed to the ground, sparks flying from its body as it completely broke down.

The priority target of the Type III Super Biological Corpse Demon was not Sun Li, so after the strike, it simply ignored her and didn’t deliver a finishing blow.

Xiao Wen and the others, seeing this scene, all drew a sharp breath, tensing as if facing a great enemy, ready for battle.

“It’s not just one!”

At that moment, Su Mo spoke in a hoarse voice to alert them.

Qian Chengxue and the others looked around, only to see a Type III Super Biological Puppet Bai Ze appearing on the left, and a Type III Super Biological Puppet Corpse Ghost Beast appearing on the right.