Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 477 - 121 Changing the Target

Chapter 477: Chapter 121 Changing the Target

By the time they reached the next contact point, Solo Kill King had read the intelligence report once again.

This time, he was certain something had gone wrong.

According to the plan, the Arctic Heroes should have already formed into five small squads by now and then continued to gather at different locations.

But at this moment, one of the five squads had completely disappeared, and out of the remaining four, two were missing members.

Now, of the four squads that appeared, three had again encountered combat.

All of them had fought with the Tiger List Earth Fiends of the Green Forest.

"The Tiger List Earth Fiends of the Green Forest, huh..." Xiang Shan pondered for a moment.

He had seen the Green Forest Tiger List twice before; once was Gleayard, who ranked just outside the top hundred, and once was Borshu, who ranked in the twenties or thirties. The data was too sparse to serve as a reference for "Fiend Earth Tier Green Forest." He asked, "How strong are these people approximately? There are one hundred and eight of them on Earth, they must be formidable, right..."

That said, can Gleayard, a newbie village BOSS, already be among the top hundred big shots of Earth’s Green Forest? Isn’t the industry competition a little too lax?

"If you’re asking, am I roughly at that level now?" Solo Kill King thought for a moment and replied, "If I were to fall into the Green Forest, I should be at the forefront of the Fiend Earth... No, wait, that’s not the point! Only one hundred and eight global big BOSSes, and they keep appearing here? That’s highly unusual."

The most active region for Earth’s Green Forest is still the African continent.

The climate there is most suitable for civilian life, with a high population density. It also has a space elevator and space launch center that haven’t been dismantled, where Earth Heroes hoping to carve out a path gather.

Naturally, this area is also suitable for the Green Forest’s survival.

A good half of the Heavenly Gang Star operates there.

Following the incident of the Eighth Martial God’s fall, the Martial World of the New World felt the impact.

With fewer martial artists, naturally, there wouldn’t be notable Green Forest members.

Especially in this area.

In this place, even Green Forest robbers can’t rob much.

"They suddenly appear in this area, what exactly do they want to do?" Jader was also puzzled.

"Starting from Africa, crossing the Atlantic to get here, isn’t that far, is it?"

"Ahh? This..." Jader didn’t know what to say, "This... It’s embarrassing. The Protectors’ strength in the sea is far stronger than we imagined. Over the past few decades, many experts who crossed the sea have vanished without a trace. Only martial artists who have crossed the First Layer Heavenly Land like Great Hero Baiman daringly travel by sea and land."

"If they took the land route..." Xiang Shan was stunned, "The Bering Strait?"

"That was when Bering Fortress became a dangerous pass," Jader shook his head.

Xiang Shan asked, "In the sea... what exactly can the Protectors do?"

"I’ve only heard there are a few research centers of the Scientific Knight Order under the sea... It’s embarrassing to say, but now, people who cross the sea either disappear without a trace or encounter nothing. Heroes don’t know what the Protectors are plotting underwater. And there are very few heroes who are skilled in underwater combat."

Xiang Shan slapped his forehead.

This was probably his fault.

Cyber Martial Arts, which included underwater combat techniques, were scarce.

After all, Cyber Martial Arts were based on Assassination Techniques, designed initially for Assassination Fist. In that era, there weren’t many assassination targets staying underwater.

Moreover, Cybermen are not like unmodified Homo Sapiens. Homo sapiens have a density similar to water, allowing them to float, but it’s harder for Benchmark Man. Cybermen, being made of metal, needed to carry special accessories to float.

But underwater was indeed a good hideout.

Seawater can effectively block satellite surveillance...

Ah...

Xiang Shan looked suspiciously at Jader’s Prosthetic Eye, "Little brother ah..."

"Hmm?"

"The sects in the Arctic, many of them are in submarines, right?"

Jader nodded, "I know what you want to ask. We also find it strange."

If the government’s power under the ocean were truly unprecedented, making crossing the sea dangerous for heroes.

Why hadn’t they wiped out the Arctic heroes’ submarine bases in one fell swoop?

Before Xiang Shan could figure it out, Jader said, "But this issue has been troubling us for decades, not just this moment. The matters of those fellow sects are right in front of us."

With that, he shared a map with Xiang Shan.

It was the topographical map of the Pacific Coast Mountains as well as the advance routes of other Northern heroes.

The Solo Kill King marked the assembly points and planned routes of the other five squads, then shaded the points of combat mentioned by those squads and the route of the squad that had disappeared.

"The range is vast," said Xiang Shan. "And unexpectedly dense."

The Solo Kill King was puzzled, "Are they targeting us?"

Almost every hero had slaughtered members of the Green Forest, for they could not abide the brutality of the Green Forest.

However, it was rare for the Green Forest to band together to retaliate against heroes.

The Green Forest was extremely xenophobic, only caring about the people of their own stronghold—specifically, those who shared the collective memory of the Green Forest. They were indifferent to other Green Forest members outside their own stronghold.

It was not common for heroes to be attacked by Green Forest members from other strongholds because they had killed too many of their members.

If it happened, it was likely under one circumstance—a hero wiped out a Green Forest stronghold but missed a few. These survivors later re-established a stronghold elsewhere and, after that, used the Ultimate Way Consensus Therapy to recruit several martial arts prodigies.

Years later, those prodigies might seek revenge on the hero.

The Green Forest banding together to hunt heroes?

Unheard of.

Even if they wanted to recruit heroes into their stronghold, it would be an action taken by a single stronghold.

But the intelligence also mentioned several Green Forest identities.

It was unheard of that those Fiend Earth Stars were all from the same stronghold.

"This matter is shrouded in mystery," said the Solo Kill King. "I believe there must be one or two Heavenly Gang-tier Green Forest members in the Coast Mountains right now."

No, probably more.

After saying this, Jader thought of the worst-case scenario.

The Black Hand Master was famously skilled with firearms.

Green Forest members of Fiend Earth ranking couldn’t harm him.

A single Heavenly Gang-tier, one-on-one, might not fare well either.

To kill the Black Hand Master, it would either be one Heavenly Gang with several Fiend Earth working together.

Or it must be a Heavenly Gang ranked very high.

"It looks like we need to help," said Xiang Shan. "Jia, send a message, tell them we won’t meet at the prearranged spot. We plan to change our target, temporarily heading towards the route of the disappeared squad."

These Northern heroes had come to aid him, and they were also the forces that would help assault Paradox City in the future.

Emotionally and logically, he could not allow them to suffer losses here.