Recruit Egg

After all, it was Qi Shao's first time throwing a grenade, and he was extremely nervous. It was impossible for him to throw it as accurately as Cai Chengfu, hitting the door frame and reaching into the house.

The grenade didn't fly that far, but thankfully it was thrown a considerable distance, preventing it from hitting them.

The grenade exploded in the middle of the corridor.

Cai Chengfu pressed Qi Shao's body down, and then with a loud bang, another explosion was heard.

This time, Qi Shao was not startled by the explosion.

"Huff...huff..." He gasped for breath. "Did I succeed?"

"Success," Cai Chengfu said in a deep voice. Then he threw a grenade, which bounced off the left door frame and into the room, killing another prison guard who was hiding.

"How was it? Exciting, right? Your buddies have definitely never done this before. Go back and brag about it to them." Cai Chengfu chuckled.

"That's it!" Qi Shao was much more familiar with the sound of the explosion by now, and his excitement overshadowed his fear. His face regained its color because of the excitement, although his arm, which had been used to throw the grenade, was a little sore.

"Alright, we've cleared out most of the enemy. Let's move on."

"good!"

The three went to the room of the two prison guards and confirmed that they had indeed killed them.

Let Qi Shao lick the box himself, while the two of them guard the door.

Li Hao moved closer to Cai Chengfu, glanced behind him, and saw that Qi Shao was still immersed in the excitement from before.

He happily rummaged through the loot, not looking this way, and whispered to Cai Chengfu, "I didn't expect you to take such good care of Young Master Qi, Brother Cai."

Cai Chengfu smiled faintly, "What's wrong? Do you think I'm cold and unapproachable?"

"No, that's not it," Li Hao quickly waved his hand, "I thought you would look down on him for being so scared."

"Who wouldn't be scared the first time they go to the battlefield? He's already done pretty well." Cai Chengfu said with a hint of nostalgia, as if recalling the past. "When I first joined the army, during the live-fire throwing training, some people couldn't even throw a grenade more than ten meters away, let alone throw it to their own feet. He's already done quite well."

After speaking, Cai Chengfu turned around and glanced at Qi Shao, who was stuffing things into his bag. Qi Shao noticed Cai Chengfu looking back at him and grinned sheepishly.

"And look, isn't he not afraid anymore?"

The three continued on their way, with Li Hao leading the way, Cai Chengfu at the back, and Qi Shao in the middle to prevent him from getting lost.

Cai Chengfu silently recalled what had just happened. It was indeed extravagant to spend a handful of grenades to kill two ordinary NPCs, but that wasn't the main point.

He wondered why the NPCs in the Tide Prison behaved differently from NPCs in other places.

"Is someone training them?" he wondered.

He is often active in the space base and Bakshi, where there are no map transfer points in China, so he spends a lot of time abroad. This time, due to this special mission, the company temporarily transferred him back.

He had heard that Tide Prison was dangerous, and although he only saw two prison guards, he already sensed a dangerous atmosphere.

The NPCs on those two maps basically just wander around randomly and have no discipline. According to Cai Chengfu's deduction, these NPCs have not been trained, so they are easy to deal with.

The only players to watch out for are those with ill intentions.

But if, like in Tide Prison, every NPC is trained, and even organized and disciplined...

They would then be facing dozens of enemies with similar combat power to the "players," and such an encirclement and annihilation would likely be very troublesome.

The group arrived at another room, where a wall was covered with many monitoring screens, a circular control console in the center, and server racks all around.

Let's search here first.

Cai Chengfu gave the order that he and Li Hao would remain at the door while Qi Shao went in and showed off.

"Xiao Li, what level are the NPCs in this Tide Prison?" Cai Chengfu suddenly asked.

"Hmm? NPCs, huh? They're divided into prison guards and prisoners. Based on previous experience, the prisoners are similar to the NPCs in other maps, but the prison guards are much more powerful."

"This skill isn't about their equipment or weapons; it's mainly reflected in the fact that the prison guards are very resourceful... they know how to outmaneuver people, how to surround them, and so on."

"Two types of NPCs, but with different strengths... or rather, different organizational abilities?" Cai Chengfu asked in confusion. This was beyond his comprehension. If that were the case, wouldn't it mean that the strength of NPCs was actually unrelated to the map?

"Besides the different difficulty of these NPCs, what else makes this map different from other maps?" Cai Chengfu asked again.

If you asked other players this question, probably not many would be able to answer it, because most players, especially those in top clubs, only play one or two maps and don't have much to compare.

Li Hao had previously worked as an exploration team member on new maps and had studied each map. After thinking for a moment, he thought, "Besides NPCs, I think it's the map boss."

He recalled his first meeting with the warden, how he was caught and then released, something he would never have believed before.

This also led to him still having a certain sympathy for the warden even after the tragedy of John's squad being wiped out, always feeling that he was someone he could communicate with, and that there was definitely a chance to communicate with him.

"...He's good at changing his strategy according to the situation?" Cai Chengfu chimed in.

"Yes, and his personal guard is troublesome."

Cai Chengfu lowered his head in thought, his expression changing several times. Suddenly, he looked up and asked, "Knowing him as you do, do you think he would rush over here if he heard the explosion?"

"..." Li Hao's eyes widened, his pupils contracted, and his expression turned ugly.

Cai Chengfu could guess what was going on just by looking at that expression.

"Captain! I found something!" Qi Shao shouted from inside, startling the two men who were already tense.

Then he came running out, holding a card in his hand.

"What's this? There are words on it." Qi Shao handed the card to Cai Chengfu and asked.

Cai Chengfu held the card in his hand. The card was small and had a high-quality metallic feel. Li Hao also leaned closer and immediately recognized it as a key card.

"Warden, the collection room?" Li Hao read the information on the card.

He then exchanged a glance with Cai Chengfu, and just as he realized that the warden had obtained the key card to his collection room, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Then they heard footsteps approaching.

Both of their hearts skipped a beat, and they grabbed Qi Shao by the neck and dragged him back into the room to lie down and hide.

Qi Shao was puzzled, but seeing the two escorts' solemn expressions and cold sweat even dripping down Li Hao's forehead, he also became nervous. It seemed that trouble was brewing.

The sound grew closer, the footsteps were light but definitely more than one person. Cai Chengfu pulled out a hand grenade and gripped it in his hand, ready to pull the pin at any moment.

The other two men were leaning against the wall, their hands gripping their guns tightly.

"Lost them?"

"That shouldn't be the case. I saw them coming this way just now, and I clearly heard some noise coming from this direction. Where are they?"

The three of them walked into the corridor, and Han Che immediately felt a pure killing intent coming from the room in front of him.