Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’
Chapter 598 - 598 479 Armed First Update

598: Chapter 479: Armed (First Update) 598: Chapter 479: Armed (First Update) “What do we do?

The scarcest resource right now is food.”

Karina replied with a grave expression.

If they continued to find nothing to eat, once their supply of nutrition bars was exhausted, they wouldn’t need the security guards to finish them off—they’d already be done for.

“Let’s not think too much about it for now, we’ll head back and regroup with the personnel who stayed behind.

Perhaps there has been some progress in the exploration that Chief Victor and the others undertook.”

Su Mo thought for a moment before speaking.

Worrying too much at this point was pointless.

“Alright, let’s go!”

Cheng Xue nodded and agreed.

…..

After a long while, Su Mo and the others returned to the area they had left behind.

As they approached, the personnel responsible for surveillance joyfully gathered around them.

“Chief, you’re back, did you encounter any danger?”

Karina shook her head: “No danger, by the way, have Chief Victor and Lin Ming returned yet?”

“They have not come back yet.”

The Lieutenant Colonel leading them, named Xilu, replied with a somewhat disheartened expression.

Seeing the morale of the group dwindling, Cheng Xue took the opportunity to encourage everyone: “Don’t be disheartened, everyone.

Su Mo and I just explored a massive arsenal filled with plenty of weapons to arm us.

While it may not completely turn our situation around, it can at least improve our state.”

Hearing Cheng Xue’s words, the crew were elated.

“That’s wonderful!”

Most of them had fled in haste, most carrying only semiautomatic pistols with them.

Not only were the weapons low in power, but the ammunition was also scarce, almost completely depleted by now.

Just then, a sentinel on the lookout shouted excitedly from afar.

“Chief Victor is back.”

Upon hearing this, Su Mo and the others quickly went to meet them.

However, they saw the disheveled figures of Chief Victor and his team, and some of his subordinates were even injured.

“Are you all okay?”

Su Mo asked.

“We’re okay; we ran into a patrol of security guards during our exploration.

But don’t worry, we took care of them all, and we even made several circuits to ensure it was safe before coming back.

Still, we didn’t find anything.

How about your side, any gains?”

Victor reported wearily.

“Don’t lose heart, take it slow.

We found a secure arsenal, and though there were no large Mechas, there was a full complement of light weapons to arm all of us,” Su Mo explained.

Hearing Su Mo’s words, Victor was slightly taken aback, then replied.

“That’s fantastic, what are we waiting for?

Let’s move to the arsenal now.”

The truth was, if their arms had been better, a patrol of security guards could never have caused them such disarray.

“No rush, here’s what I’m thinking: this standby area isn’t all that safe, and it’s only a matter of time before we’re discovered.

We might as well retreat to the warehouse for now—not only can we arm ourselves on the spot, but we can also use the warehouse as a defensive position, which is relatively safer.”

After some deliberation, Su Mo shared his thoughts.

“Feasible!”

Victor agreed with a nod.

Cheng Xue and Karina also supported Su Mo’s point of view after some thought.

“We also think it’s a good suggestion.”

“The problem now is, Lin Ming and his team haven’t returned yet.”

Su Mo voiced his concern.

“That’s simple; we can leave a secret code for Lin Ming to guide them to the arsenal where we’ll be waiting for them,” Karina proposed a solution.

“Okay, let’s do that then,” Su Mo nodded in agreement.

“Everyone gather up, prepare to leave this place,” Victor shouted to the group.

The personnel left behind quickly gathered together.

…..

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Several hours later, under Su Mo’s leadership, everyone safely arrived at the warehouse and saw the numerous military arms upon entering.

No one made a sound of astonishment.

“So many!”

Chief Victor took a deep breath and turned to ask Su Mo, “Have you checked for any hidden alarm devices?”

“Rest assured, there’s no problem,”

Su Mo replied with certainty.

“Brothers, grab your gear!”

With a wave of his hand from Chief Victor, everyone present rushed towards the weapon crates.

Despite their odd and unfamiliar shapes, everyone could generally identify the weapons and how to use them by contrasting with the data they carried as well as the general shape and principle of the weapons after some exploration and conjecture.

In less than an hour, everyone had upgraded their firearms.

Everyone had donned the second-generation Mechanical Armor, carried portable Beam Guns, and had also found a good number of round Magnetic Storm Bombs similar to Hand Grenades.

Seeing that everyone was nearly armed, Su Mo clapped his hands and called out.

“Everyone, come over here for a moment!”

People gathered around.

Su Mo began to speak.

“Although we now have a safe place to stay and weapons to defend ourselves, we are facing a major issue, that is the food problem,”

Su Mo roughly explained the current situation.

“Then let’s go out and search again!”

The crowd responded with full confidence.

“You’re right, there isn’t a better solution, we can only go out and search again.

But we can’t just go out blindly, so I suggest that those with reconnaissance experience form teams and search first, while those who are injured or in poor physical condition should stay behind,”

“No problem,”

Everyone responded in unison.

“Then let’s get moving, we must make every second count right now,”

Chief Victor also had a strong sense of crisis, and most importantly, he was somewhat brooding over his own fruitless exploration and was eager to prove himself.

…

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In the command room of Black Brilliance, amidst the stars.

Li Ruiqi stood with his hands behind his back, his expression so gloomy it seemed it could drip with water.

The operator kept reporting without stop.

“Report, the CK-09 type reconnaissance flyer lost communication immediately after entering distorted space…”

“Report, the DS-72 type small unmanned reconnaissance device has lost contact.”

…

Li Ruiqi’s old face twitched with each failed reconnaissance report, and he angrily rebuked,

“Enough!”

Instantly, everyone in the command room fell silent, looking at the furious Li Ruiqi, all of them shamefully lowering their heads.

It had been a full 24 hours since the vanguard troops went missing.

They still hadn’t grasped the situation at hand, let alone begun any rescue operations.

Putmi, who was standing to the side, hesitated before saying, “Captain, the current situation seems to be beyond our expectations.

Luckily, Black Brilliance is unharmed, but if we continue probing blindly like this and it causes an anomaly, that would be troublesome.”

Are you suggesting we give up?” Putmi asked.

At that moment, a series of dull, powerful footsteps was heard.

Putmi turned to look and saw Spade and Augustus both entering as the heavy steps approached; it was Spade who had spoken.