Chapter 24
Specialization! Spiritual Art: Mud Swamp!
Criticism is fine!
But Tang Chuan was completely helpless!
If this continues, he'll lose all his men.
"Wang Bin! Get your car on top!" Tang Chuan could only yell into the walkie-talkie. "Remember, the White Thorn's weak point is a spot on its right side."
This was intelligence he bought from a top-tier guild at a high price.
Wang Bin, a dark-skinned, muscular man, gritted his teeth and had no choice but to drive his Hummer, which was welded with steel plates, forward and unleash a barrage of fire with its machine gun.
Just then, a blue Lv3 modified sports car pulled up.
Liu Xi, dressed in a black combat uniform, leaned out of the car roof, holding a heavy sniper rifle, and aimed at a level 2 white thorn that was charging towards her.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Three bullets streaked through the air and, within two seconds, accurately struck the armor plate on the right side of the level 2 White Thorn's waist.
Snapped!
This level 2 white thorn slammed directly into the ground, struggled a few times, and then stopped moving!
"Amazing!" Tang Chuan shouted excitedly.
Is it really that accurate? Lin Hui's eyes showed a slight surprise. Although he had been slacking off, he had been observing the battlefield the whole time.
He witnessed the woman named "Liuxi" firing her gun.
Almost without aiming, it hit a fast-moving white spike!
Even the top snipers in my previous life probably couldn't achieve this level of accuracy!
The woman before me must have awakened some kind of specialization as well…
"Thump!"
Just then, a slightly larger Tier 2 White Thorn seemed to realize that Lin Hui's RV wouldn't attack.
It bypassed the chaotic battle ahead, bounced off a pillar, and transformed into a beam of white light that rushed straight towards Lin Hui's RV!
"Boss! He's here!!" Su Qingqian exclaimed.
Lin Hui didn't even lift his eyelids, and immediately shifted into reverse.
Om-!
The RV suddenly reversed!
But this was not an escape; rather, it was a precise "tactical retreat."
The white thorn had anticipated the landing point, but when the RV retreated, it missed its target entirely.
However, the level 2 white thorn reacted quickly, flicking its long white tail.
Ugh!
A sharp bone spike sliced through the air and stabbed hard into the windshield of the RV!
when--!
The bone spur hit the glass!
But those bone spikes, strong enough to pierce a Tier 3 motorhome, bounced off!
This scene was witnessed by Vice President Wang Bin, who swallowed hard and couldn't help but gasp.
He glanced at his own wrecked vehicle, now riddled with spiky shards, then at Lin Hui's perfectly intact RV, and the greed in his eyes deepened.
at the same time.
Lin Hui's gaze fell on the spot where the bone spur had struck him, and he sighed softly.
Although it didn't penetrate the high-strength bulletproof glass, it left an unsightly white mark on the smooth glass.
"Tsk."
Lin Hui frowned, as if he had seen his newly bought sneakers stepped on.
"Qingqian, fix it. It's an eyesore."
"Huh? Now?"
Su Qingqian froze for a moment, looking at the monster lying on the ground outside, baring its teeth. "It...it's still there!"
"Don't worry, it can't get in."
As Lin Hui spoke, he honked the horn.
drop--!
The white thorn was startled by the sudden horn sound and was about to get angry when it suddenly felt a chill down its back.
boom!
An armor-piercing bullet flew in and pierced the armor on its right side.
The immense backward force carried its massive body several meters away before it crashed heavily onto an iron pillar, spraying green blood all over the ground!
Just one shot!
A level 2 White Thorn was taken care of so easily!
Seeing this, the other white thorns hesitated for a moment, then bared their teeth and retreated, turning to attack the other vehicles!
Su Qingqian breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the white mark on the front of the car, puffed out her pink cheeks, and as a mechanic with expertise in [mechanisms], this kind of small problem was naturally no problem for her.
She took out a toolbox and pulled out a tube-shaped object that looked like a toothpaste tube.
Then, Su Qingqian stretched out her fair finger, squeezed out some colorless and transparent liquid, and applied it to the corresponding spot on the glass.
Finally, she made a virtual tap on the scratch from a distance.
hum.
A faint blue halo flashed by.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
The white marks on the windshield miraculously healed themselves as if they were alive, and the glass became shiny and new again, without even a speck of dust left.
The whole process took less than three seconds.
This scene was witnessed by Tang Chuan, who was changing his magazine not far away.
His pupils suddenly contracted.
"That's... a specialist in machinery?"
In this apocalyptic world, vehicles are life itself.
Even the Ironblood Heavy Industry guild, which specializes in repairs, takes a long time to fix a car, requiring constant hammering and tinkering.
But that woman... fixed it with a wave of her hand?
This is simply god-tier support!
It is indeed a specialization even rarer than "spiritual arts"!
The fire of greed in Tang Chuan's eyes burned even more fiercely.
This vehicle is incredibly well-defended, has fierce firepower, and coupled with that woman's amazing healing abilities... it's simply top-notch!
"We must get it... we absolutely must get it!"
But the current situation doesn't allow him to think too much.
With the teamwork of the White Thorn, the defenses of the "New Light Mutual Aid Association" began to crumble.
"Ah! Help me!!"
Another modified car was overturned, and the three players inside were dragged out by a white thorn and instantly dismembered.
Blood stained the ground, and screams echoed everywhere.
These players clearly underestimated the White Thorn's combat power. This mutant is not only fast, but also knows how to cooperate and even use the terrain to ambush.
"A bunch of useless trash!"
Tang Chuan, seeing his men suffering heavy casualties, could no longer keep up the act.
He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and his eyes instantly turned icy cold.
"Cover me, everyone!"
Tang Chuan's heavy-duty ambulance stopped. He pressed a red button, and the floor of the ambulance suddenly opened, revealing an opening.
Upon seeing this, Tang Chuan went to the cave entrance, squatted down, and slammed his right hand onto the ground.
"Specialization - [Spiritual Arts: Swamp]!"
boom!
Centered on Tang Chuan, the cement ground within a radius of fifty meters suddenly seemed to turn into flowing liquid.
The hard concrete softened instantly, turning into a dark brown, foul-smelling swamp.
"hiss?!"
Those white thorns that were originally as agile as the wind suddenly found their feet going weak, and their limbs sank directly into the mud.
The mud seemed to have an extremely strong stickiness; no matter how much they struggled, they couldn't pull their legs out and instead sank deeper and deeper.
The figure that was originally as fast as lightning instantly turned into a lamb to the slaughter.
"What kind of specialization is this?"
In the RV in the distance, Lin Hui put down his cola and watched the scene with great interest.
"That's interesting."
"However, such a large-scale AOE attack must consume a lot of mental energy, right?"
Lin Hui had heard Su Qingqian say that using a special skill to unleash extraordinary abilities would consume mental energy.
Sure enough, after using this move, Tang Chuan's face turned noticeably paler, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Miss Liu Xi! It's up to you now!" Tang Chuan roared.
"understood."
A cool, clear voice came from the walkie-talkie.
Followed by.
boom!
A dull but powerful gunshot rang out, standing out clearly in the noisy battlefield.
Two hundred meters away.
A level 1 White Thorn trapped in the swamp suddenly had its carapace burst open like a watermelon, splattering green blood.
boom!
The second shot.
Another white thorn, which was preparing to ambush Lin Hui, was once again precisely pierced through its weak point and died on the spot.
boom! boom! boom!
The woman in the black combat suit, Liu Xi, was kneeling on the roof of a blue sports car.
The heavy sniper rifle in her hand had an intimidatingly thick barrel. Every time she pulled the trigger, the enormous recoil would make her shoulders tremble slightly, but her body remained as steady as a rock.
There were no unnecessary movements.
No need to aim for too long.
Every bullet takes the life of an alien.
"You've got something..."
Lin Hui squinted, watching the woman's fluid movements.
Besides Liu Xi, who was firing, the other surviving Xinguang Mutual Aid Association players also aimed and fired.
Although their accuracy isn't that high, they have more bullets!
With Tang Chuan in control and Liu Xi taking over, the situation reversed instantly.
The originally ferocious white thorn swarm was slaughtered within minutes.
All that remained was a pile of mutilated corpses and green blood everywhere.
"call……"
Tang Chuan exhaled a breath of stale air, and the mud beneath his feet transformed back into hard cement.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at the undamaged black RV behind him, and his eyes twitched involuntarily a few times.
In this battle, fifteen or sixteen of his men died, and five vehicles were destroyed.
And that guy surnamed Lin...
Not a single piece of paint chipped off!
He even vaguely saw the man handing potato chips to the innocent-looking girl in the car!
"Brother Lin."
Tang Chuan drove up to Lin Hui's side, his face once again displaying that fake smile, though it looked like he was gritting his teeth.
"Your fire control system... takes a really long time to reboot."
"Oh dear, it was just fixed."
Lin Hui rolled down the car window and patted the steering wheel with a "regretful" look on his face. "This old car is so delicate. It always breaks down at crucial moments. Luckily, Chairman Tang is incredibly powerful and turned the tide with one move. I admire him."
I admire your grandpa!
Tang Chuan cursed inwardly, but on the surface he had to maintain his composure: "Not at all, now that it's clean, let's continue our exploration."
The high-strength titanium alloy should be located in the core warehouse inside.
"Of course, of course."
Lin Hui smiled and agreed, but he knew better than anyone else what was going on.
Tang Chuan's eyes were even more sinister than before.
If what came before was merely greed, what comes now is naked murderous intent.
"Boss... that man with glasses, the way he looked at us was terrifying," Su Qingqian whispered. Although she was naive, she wasn't stupid; the feeling of being stared at by a venomous snake made her feel uncomfortable all over.
"Let him see it."
Lin Hui took out another can of cola, his eyes calm as still water.
"Anyway, dead people don't have eyes."
The convoy started again.
Everyone thought the greatest danger had passed, and the atmosphere relaxed a little.
however.
The moment the convoy entered the core area of the parts factory.
"squeak----!!!"
A piercing shriek, so sharp it seemed to shatter eardrums, suddenly erupted from the deepest part of the factory!
The sound carried a terrifying sonic vibration that shattered all the surrounding glass.
"What's going on?!"
Everyone covered their ears in horror.
Before they could even react...
boom!
A huge black shadow descended from the sky.
There were no signs whatsoever.
A modified Hummer in the middle of the group, along with the four players inside, was instantly struck by a thick, white bone spike, as thick as a telephone pole...
Penetrate!
Like being skewered on a skewer, the entire vehicle was firmly nailed to the concrete ground!
Amidst the swirling dust, a massive and terrifying figure slowly rose to its feet.
A shadow fell over the entire room.
……