The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 280 - 274: Stars Surrounding the Moon

Chapter 280: Chapter 274: Stars Surrounding the Moon

At one o’clock in the morning, Gao Yuan was ready to depart.

The entire Spark Squad, except for Xinghe and the seriously injured Li Yang, were fully armed and followed Gao Yuan to the departure point.

Was Spark Squad going to fight alongside Gao Yuan? No, they were simply there to see him off.

They watched as Gao Yuan ascended the peaks of the Karakoram Range.

To the south of Gilgit lay the Karakoram Range, while to the north was the Hindu Kush Mountains. Compared to the latter, the peaks of the Karakoram were higher and the terrain steeper. In most places, it was extremely difficult for humans to climb, not to mention crossing over from the top.

The city of Gilgit was situated on the southern bank of the Gilgit River. The Sanitation Worker’s positions had completely sealed off the entire valley. Now, at the beginning of spring, the water level of the Gilgit River was quite low, and the Sanitation Worker had positions on both banks of the river and even on the mountains to the north.

But for Gao Yuan to cross over from the mountains to the south was no problem at all.

The arrival of the Serpent People had changed the mode of human warfare, forcing mankind to abandon the skies and return to the level of warfare seen in the First World War, relying on machine guns and artillery as the primary weapons to wage a war.

This battle mode, this battlefield, it was as though it had been tailor-made for Gao Yuan - truly the right time, place, and people.

Fortunately, it was night, and the vast majority of people had no idea what Gao Yuan was up to. Those who could see were without exception amongst the top echelons of Pakistan.

While a monkey needs to use all four limbs to climb a mountain, Gao Yuan simply ran straight up. When speed reached a certain level, gravitational pull had to give way to inertia.

Amid the crowd holding night-vision devices, a series of exclamations erupted, but as Gao Yuan’s figure rapidly disappeared, the shouts quickly ceased.

Anyone who had seen Gao Yuan in action would be surprised, not being surprised would be strange.

"Get ready for battle."

Panxin put down the night-vision device and said to Mahari, "The battle could break out at any moment, please return to a concealed position immediately."

Gao Yuan didn’t need much time; he would soon reach the location, and nobody knew when the fight would break out. As long as Gao Yuan caused chaos among the enemy, ideally thoroughly disrupting their defenses, the troops that had been prepared for a long time would have to be immediately thrown into battle.

"Wang Ning and Liu Deguang go back. You are not needed here. Everyone else, follow me to the battle launch position."

With a wave of his hand, Panxin rushed to the Pakistani assault team’s assembly spot and said over the radio, "Mr. Jian calling Nemesis, how are things? Over."

"Nemesis here."

Gao Yuan said a single phrase and then suddenly went silent. Panxin’s heart tightened, and just as he was about to ask again, he heard Gao Yuan calmly say over the radio, "I just stepped on a stone and almost sprained my ankle, but luckily I jumped back up. The stones up here are loose and soft, but running is still pretty easy."

Panxin breathed a sigh of relief.

Some headaches, not being able to coordinate with Gao Yuan was merely inconvenient for him, but for Panxin and the others, it was a source of great trouble.

The primary task of nearly the entire Spark Squad was to protect Gao Yuan and Xinghe, but now, should any issues arise that required Gao Yuan’s intervention, not a single member of Spark Squad could be of any help. In this scenario, it was unclear whether it was Gao Yuan protecting them or them protecting Gao Yuan.

Moreover, despite so much time, Gao Yuan still couldn’t use the radio like a real soldier.

It wasn’t the way he used it, but rather, when communicating over the radio, Gao Yuan tended to ignore the proper communication protocol. Saying who’s calling and ending with ’over’ wasn’t about keeping up appearances or going through the motions for formalities—it was necessary. First, it identified the caller, and saying ’over’ indicated that the other party could speak. After all, a radio is not a telephone; it only allows one person to talk at a time.

But Gao Yuan talked as if he was casually chatting, completely omitting the ’over’—a very necessary formal closing.

Yu Shunzhou also had this problem because when he used to go out with Gao Yuan, he always chatted over the walkie-talkie. But Xiang Weiguo managed to kick the habit out of Yu Shunzhou, yet didn’t manage to correct it in Gao Yuan, so Gao Yuan always speaks up when he remembers but completely forgets to say "over" when he forgets.

"Mr. Jian calling Nemesis, please remember, you must say ’over’ after finishing speaking, otherwise I don’t know if you have finished, over!"

"Uh, got it, got it."

After speaking, Gao Yuan paused for a moment, then he quickly added, "Over."

Pang Xin couldn’t help but smile wryly. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Gao Yuan again on the walkie-talkie, "I’ve already spotted the Sanitation Worker’s position down the mountain, over."

That was fast, but the road in the valley was three kilometers, and the path Gao Yuan took on the mountain was much shorter, so it was normal for him to quickly pass by the Sanitation Worker’s position.

"Pay attention to safety, over."

"I’ve got something to tell you. The Sanitation Worker’s position is bustling; they could be thinking of taking advantage of the negotiations to stage a sneak attack. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people there, looking all busy. I only took a quick glance just now, but there were many heat sources moving. I think they’re up to something, yeah, definitely up to something, over."

Pang Xin thought for a moment, then said, "Mr. Jian received, remind you to keep communication as brief as possible, just be clear in your message, don’t chat, over."

"Received, over."

Gao Yuan also knew he was talking too much, but that was because he was too relaxed right now.

There was no helping it; he couldn’t summon nervousness or excitement.

Simple tasks, although dangerous to some degree, after doing them enough times, it’s hard to remain tense.

Gao Yuan looked back once again, as he ran and jumped on the cliff face; the loose rocks often fell, so he couldn’t observe carefully.

But glancing back, he noticed something that seemed a bit off.

Gao Yuan aimed for a large rock, slowed down first, then turned his forward momentum into a vertical leap, and landed precisely on the protruding rock face, taking just one step forward before stopping.

Gao Yuan was getting more accustomed to his body’s changes and could use it even more proficiently.

The height difference was only three or four hundred meters, but the distance was about a thousand meters. Night vision goggles no longer gave a clear view, but thermal imaging was still very sharp.

Below, it appeared there were a lot of people surrounding a small group, just like stars around the moon.

Wait, stars around the moon?

Gao Yuan released a breath, then reported through the walkie-talkie, "Nemesis calling, it looks like the enemy is planning something big, also, I think I’ve spotted the enemy’s commander."

If, on the battlefield, behind the front line position, a person is surrounded by others like stars around the moon, that could only be a commander.

After sharing his findings, Gao Yuan realized he hadn’t heard a response from Pang Xin, so he hurriedly continued, "I’m going to recon closer. If it’s the enemy’s commander, I’ll start the attack, over."

"Mr. Jian received, we are in position, over."

Gao Yuan steadied his breathing. After observing carefully once more, he muttered to himself, "Over, over, over, over, don’t forget to say ’over’ again!"