The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 486 - 479: Tactical Core

Chapter 486: Chapter 479: Tactical Core

Knee buckling, Gao Yuan almost knelt down, but he hadn’t reached the point of complete exhaustion yet, so he was only feeling weak, not weak enough to collapse.

"Energy bars, quick, give me energy bars..."

He wanted to say something uplifting, but what came out was the most urgent demand, because if Gao Yuan didn’t eat something soon, he would have ended up kneeling.

Such a thing would mean losing all his dignity; while he could still stand and walk, he’d better hurry.

Xinghe swiftly took out Gao Yuan’s backpack; Gao Yuan discarded the broken blade in his hand, grabbed an energy bar in each hand, tore them open, and started stuffing them into his mouth.

"What a peerless tough guy..."

Rabbit muttered softly, and Gao Yang immediately nodded in agreement, "That’s right, a tough guy!"

Rabbit took another look at Gao Yang, then said in a low voice, "He’s not human, just like you."

Gao Yang frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Rabbit, I think you’re giving a compliment, but why does it still sound so awkward when you do it?"

"There’s still an Armored Beast over there, stop praising each other for now, what do we do!"

Gao Yuan, holding the energy bars and looking at the Armored Beast that was still on the ground, struggling to get up, said with his head raised and while chewing.

"This one’s immobile, and even if it could move, it wouldn’t catch up to us, we need to pull out now."

Gao Yang glanced around and said in a low voice, "There are no other monsters, we didn’t clear them all up, did we?"

"Stop dreaming, just retreat!"

Gao Yuan never stopped munching, and while picking up two more energy bars, he said urgently, "The Serpent People could send another ship any minute, we should take the chance while we’ve got it!"

Gao Yang made up his mind, then shouted, "We pull out! But where do we retreat to?"

Gao Yuan looked around, clueless about where to retreat.

"Maybe... cross the river?"

Gao Yuan’s suggestion stunned everyone, then Gao Yang said helplessly, "Cross the river? Swim armed? No, that won’t do."

"The Taoist Priest said to head towards the water, isn’t that what crossing the river would be?"

Gao Yuan said confidently, but Gao Yang looked baffled, then exclaimed, "You can’t be serious? You actually took the fortune-telling seriously?"

"But the thing is, I feel like the Taoist Priest’s predictions are pretty accurate... however, um, crossing the river really isn’t feasible, so you choose a retreat route."

Gao Yang looked up at the ship in the sky, then around at the surroundings; there were no monsters, no zombies, only the sound of gunfire from the main city area to the south, so the fight there must still be going on.

"Let’s head north, return the way we came!"

"Okay, then let’s head back the way we came."

Discarding the energy bar wrappers in his hand, Gao Yuan ran back into the control tower, picked up the iron watermelon. Alright, it felt somewhat heavy, but he could still carry it.

Having fought a battle together, the people of Satan now looked at Gao Yuan differently.

It turns out Satan’s followers aren’t arrogant; they all seem approachable. To say they’re approachable might not be quite accurate, but people from Satan aren’t condescending from top to bottom.

The pride of Satan’s followers is hidden deep within them, never to belittle deliberately, but the contempt for everyone else still gives them a sense of superiority they try hard to disguise.

But now, that look from Satan’s followers as if everyone else was beneath them had vanished, and when they looked at Gao Yuan, it was like... It is hard to describe, perhaps it was a look of recognition.

Just grab the launcher and go, and then Satan’s group naturally split into two parts. One part surrounded Gao Yang in the middle, providing him with cover so that if there was any attack, they could protect Gao Yang from being injured immediately, allowing him to perform his firepower in the marching formation.

But Gao Yuan was also surrounded, which was somewhat puzzling.

"What are you doing?"

Gao Yuan couldn’t help but ask, then Andy Ho, walking in front of him, turned around and said, "Isn’t it obvious, protecting the tactical core."

"Ah, what?"

"Protecting the tactical core. What if there’s an enemy sniper, or what if there’s a directional mine? If you get injured, who’s going to carry this big guy? We certainly can’t handle it."

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Oh, I see."

The Mercenary Corps is different because there are only a few of them in the Mercenary Corps. If the core is injured or even killed, the Mercenary Corps is basically disbanded. A super sharpshooter is not something you can find anytime, not to mention training another one from scratch.

Gao Yuan carried the launcher on his shoulder with one hand and held an Energy Bar Xinghe handed to him with the other, eating while walking, without stopping for a moment.

The Energy Bars in the bag were rapidly diminishing, but this time Gao Yuan hadn’t completely run out of energy. His recovery was much faster. After eating dozens of Energy Bars, at least his legs didn’t feel weak anymore.

The pace of the team wasn’t slow, but it couldn’t be very fast either. There was no need to worry about the injured Armored Beast, as it couldn’t catch up, nor were there other monsters in sight, so all things considered, the situation was relatively safe for now.

But the moments of relief are often short-lived. Just when Gao Yuan thought they could easily escape this time, the two flying ships that suddenly appeared in the sky made him realize that reality couldn’t be that simple.

"Look, hey, hey, hey... damn it!"

Gao Yang shouted urgently, then immediately said with resignation, "Here they come again! What do we do?"

Two flying ships of the Serpent People appeared in the sky, and the Serpent People didn’t bother creating any suspense; their methods were extremely simple and direct.

Once they arrived, they immediately began dropping monsters onto the ground.

The monsters from just one flying ship could destroy the city. Now there were two more, and no matter how skilled Gao Yuan was, how accurate Gao Yang’s shooting, or how strong Satan’s combat power was, this time it was definitely impossible to resist.

Malakal Airport is right by the river. Right now, whether it follows Lizhizi’s divinations or not isn’t important; what’s important is running towards the nearest riverfront.

As for other places, any densely populated area is a target for the Serpent People to drop monsters.

Gao Yuan immediately shouted, "Run to the riverbank!"

This time Gao Yang didn’t object; with a pained expression, he said, "Run to the river, if worst comes to worst, abandon the equipment and swim across the river."

As he spoke of abandoning equipment, the reluctance and sorrow were clear on Gao Yang’s face. Holding his rifle, with a gloomy expression, he said, "Life is what matters, equipment can be replaced. My Blade of Satan... I’ll still carry it on my back. I can swim across, but throw everything else away."

Gao Yuan immediately said, "No need to swim across, just get to the river but dive into the water. Armored Beasts can lock onto targets with infrared. If there are monsters, hide in the water to lower the chance of being detected by the monsters. Hurry, to the riverbank!"