"Officer! Emergency situation!"
Peony shouted hastily.
Wang Jixuan, who was studying the map with Black Shell, immediately used his spiritual sense to lock onto dozens of special forces members near the valley.
Wang Jixuan completed the investigation in a blink of an eye, confirming again that there was no disturbance within a circular area with a radius of nearly five kilometers.
"What's the emergency?"
"This!"
Peony put away her previous relaxation, jumped in front of Wang Jixuan wearing gray-black full-coverage armor, and unfolded a small projection screen.
[Mai Xiaomei: There's a problem. The moment you landed, Grizzly Bear was exposed. He's being hunted down. I suggest you evacuate as quickly as possible.]
"Who is Mai Xiaomei?"
"Aunt Dragonfly."
"Um…" Wang Jixuan resisted the urge to complain and frowned in thought.
Black Shell immediately said, "Let's retreat!"
Wang Jixuan immediately said, "Are Wu Man and the others about to land?"
"Landing soon," Black Shell marked the location of Wu Man and the others on the three-dimensional map.
The No. 2 transport plane was about fifty kilometers away from here and still in the air.
Wang Jixuan decisively said, "Tell them to go back!"
Black Shell issued the order.
The team members here also reacted immediately.
Several three-and-a-half generation mecha soldiers had put on their own equipment and immediately jumped off the transport plane, using the surrounding terrain for alert.
The maid corps closely protected Wang Jixuan and entered the surrounding mountains and forests together.
The crew members also evacuated urgently under the protection of autonomous mechanical bodies and entered nearby bunkers.
This transport plane had been kept in a holographic camouflage state.
The dozens of special forces members nearby quickly received the order, searched outwards in the opposite direction, and activated the underground shuttle, ensuring the smooth passage of the underground retreat route.
Two tense and solemn minutes passed.
"Officer, don't worry, Wu Man and the others have already started to return…"
"Missile alert!"
"Six missiles have locked onto the No. 2 transport plane!"
"Tell them to abandon the plane!"
As soon as Black Shell finished speaking, a violent noise appeared in the sky above them.
Wang Jixuan looked up, his vision only able to capture the cruise missile that had already reached the edge of the field of vision.
The missile's contrail quickly dissipated in the sky.
Its target was the No. 2 transport plane where Wu Man and the others were.
The No. 1 transport plane landed smoothly without alarming the enemy, which was very likely because the enemy had a method of detecting spiritual energy users.
This was what Wang Jixuan had been worried about all along.
Wang Jixuan didn't say much. Now he could only wait for news. Acting rashly would only make it easier for problems to arise.
Black Shell pulled Wang Jixuan to squat in the bushes, directly allowing the headset equipped on Wang Jixuan's armor to hear the real-time communication of the command system.
"Start ejecting, the tail hatch is open."
"Target squad successfully parachuted!"
"Detected a large-scale mobilization of enemy armored units. They are heading to the area where the Buddha Hall squad is located!"
"Requesting fire support!"
Boom!
A deafening explosion came from the eastern sky.
"Crew members successfully parachuted… They opened fire! Unmanned combat aircraft began strafing! Our unit has suffered casualties!"
"There's an ambush around!"
"Special Operations Second Division, counterattack! Your mission is to cover the evacuation of that squad!"
"They launched unmanned aerial vehicle cluster missiles! A large number of drone swarms are on their way!"
"Go underground! There's a passage here! Everyone go underground! The Buddha Hall squad requests to counterattack the ambushing enemies around!"
"Counterattack permitted, but do not engage in prolonged battles," Black Shell ordered here, "Quickly enter the underground passage and use the shuttle to retreat to the No. 3 designated location!"
"Yes!"
This was the response from the soldiers next to Wu Man.
The communication channel transmitted explosions, screams, and the constantly resounding "Sin, sin" sounds from Ji Xiao and Ji Yale, the two 'fierce gods' transformed by Buddhism.
The battle there was extremely fierce.
Fortunately, the strength of the Buddha Hall squad was strong enough, and the special forces members who had infiltrated the D2 Integrated War Zone in advance had also made sufficient preparations.
After paying the price of more than twenty special forces members being killed in battle and achieving the result of annihilating two enemy assault teams, the Buddha Hall squad led the special forces members into the underground passage, blew up the entrance, and began to break through in the shuttle.
Peony reported from the side that satellites had monitored the movement of troops from several nearby fortresses.
Obviously, a high-ranking general of D2 was directly commanding and mobilizing military forces to carry out a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of Wu Man and others.
There was a fierce battle over there;
Here, it was calm and tranquil.
Wang Jixuan and the others waited for half an hour, and still did not find any trace of the enemy around.
"It is impossible to determine now whether we have been exposed here."
Black Shell said:
"But judging from D2's reaction, this integrated war zone is completely rotten."
"Wang Zheng, we must retreat."
Wang Jixuan did not answer directly, but turned to look at Peony: "Have you contacted Auntie?"
"Auntie didn't give any response."
Peony said quickly:
"I used satellites to invade the D2 Integrated War Zone's command system and only found that they were hunting down Grizzly Bear and guiding Grizzly Bear to escape into favorable terrain.
"It has been verified that the person in charge of commanding this encirclement and suppression battle is D2's Deputy Chief of Staff, named Ma Linan.
"He said that we are beast god faction spiritual energy users trying to infiltrate.
"I found some encrypted channels and am spending time cracking them… Many of their confidential information is protected by physically isolated confidential methods, which I am helpless with."
Wang Jixuan frowned and asked, "No troops are being mobilized towards us?"
"Not yet," Peony continued, "I just intercepted a communication between Ma Linan and someone he noted as a 'trash lackey'. Do you want to listen?"
"Listen," Wang Jixuan responded simply.
Black Shell wondered, "Peony, how did you crack an integrated war zone-level command system in such a short period of time? Are their D2 technicians eating dry food?"
"This is the pinnacle technology specially approved for me by the Commander-in-Chief, and their encryption level is several orders of magnitude lower than our D5. The entire network world of D2 has a large number of loopholes and is neglected in maintenance."
Peony tapped her fingertip lightly, and two male voices, one old and one hoarse, seemed to be talking in Wang Jixuan and Black Shell's ears.
The old voice was a little impatient:
"I've already said that rashly attacking will only waste the only opportunity. The overall quality of the D5 Integrated War Zone's special forces is higher than our elite! Now that they have retreated underground, trying to force them out of the ground is even more difficult than dealing with blade beasts!"
"Can't we use nuclear bombs?" The hoarse middle-aged voice said in a deep voice, "Chief of Staff Ma, you are the commander of this operation. I have passed on all the information that should be passed on to you."
"Are you shirking responsibility now?" The old voice immediately raised its tone.
The middle-aged voice immediately became a little dejected, lowered his posture a little, and said with a smile, "I'm just a trash spiritual energy user. How can I compare with you, Chief of Staff? Please calm down. Aren't we supposed to be thinking of ways to complete the task now? If we can't complete this matter that the teacher has instructed, you know what the consequences will be."
Deputy Chief of Staff Ma Linan was silent for more than ten seconds before speaking again:
"First, it is impossible for me to use nuclear bombs, and I don't have the authority to do so. If Teacher Xing can directly go to the Commander-in-Chief, there is no need to make things difficult for me. And second, it is impossible for me to let precious semi-human mecha die in internal conflicts with humans."
"Chief of Staff, you're being a bit…"
The middle-aged man clicked his tongue:
"Now, when people mention human generals, they all talk about that Fu Jian. Who will remember the soldiers who are constantly fighting on the vast front lines?
"Now, Fu Jian has extended his hand to under your nose. Can you tolerate this?"
"Stop trying to provoke me!"
The old voice was obviously impatient:
"If you have a solution, use it. Without the Commander-in-Chief's order, nuclear bombs and semi-human mecha units cannot be moved!"
Beep.
Busy tone.
Peony reminded, "Just now, some D2 semi-human mecha have put on special equipment for spiritual energy users and received the order to hunt down the Buddha Hall squad."
Wang Jixuan rubbed his forehead.
This conversation can actually prove many things.
This attack was actually ordered by Xing Tian, who gave the approximate location of Wu Man and the others, and allowed Ma Linan, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the D2 Integrated War Zone, to execute it.
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Didn't Xing Tian carry out his promotion ceremony? Or has he already completed the promotion?
"It can basically be determined that they have some kind of spiritual energy induction."
Wang Jixuan curled his lips and said to Peony:
"Send a message to Professor Shen and tell her that Spiritual Cultivator No. 4 lied to us. Tell her to spread out the blood pool that I left with her and put the stone slab directly into it."
"Message sent."
Black Shell was puzzled: "Did Spiritual Cultivator No. 4 really set a trap for us?"
"Even if he didn't set a trap, he should have deliberately hidden some information. The information he gave about Spiritual Cultivator No. 5 is likely to be half true and half false."
Wang Jixuan explained:
"The Buddha Hall squad no longer has their chips in their bodies.
"If the infiltrated special forces team is exposed, their encirclement circle will not be so loose. They should have also received the news temporarily and rushed to this area.
"Then it can basically be determined that the other party sensed the approach of the spiritual cultivator and gave a rough direction.
"Ji Xiao and Ji Yale are the spiritual slaves of Spiritual Cultivator No. 5 under the snowy mountain. If their whereabouts are sensed, then this matter can be explained.
"Peony, let Ji Xiao and Ji Yale temporarily separate from the others and see the other party's tracking route."
"Yes!"
Peony did as she was told.
The Black Shell reminded him: "If they are using spirit cultivators to sense the position of spirit slaves, will the spirit cultivators tell them the location in real-time?"
"What the instructor said makes sense."
Wang Jixuan carefully recalled the scenes he saw when he initially used the Flood Dragon Other-Soul to attack the fourth spirit cultivator's spire.
He murmured, "There should be some kind of magical artifact… The spire, infused into the walls, it's possible that Xing Tian is controlling some kind of magical artifact that can mark the locations of Ji Xiao and Ji Yale…"
Peony said, "They were separated underground at the beginning, and the enemy's drone swarm lost track of the second team… In their command system, they probably update Ji Xiao and Ji Yale's positions every half minute!"
"Case closed."
The Black Shell clicked his tongue, pondering a way to break the situation.
Wang Jixuan stood up, wearing silver-white armor, habitually putting his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth on the thick fallen leaves.
He didn't want to abandon Ji Yale and Ji Xiao.
It wasn't out of deep affection, but mainly considering the overall combat power of the Buddha Hall Squad.
— Elder Wang still finds it quite difficult to forgive evildoers at heart.
Peony quickly brought several new messages.
The D5 Comprehensive War Zone officially issued a collaboration invitation to the D2 Comprehensive War Zone.
This was a tactic used by the Black Shell, with D5 coming forward to explain that they had a transport plane, with roughly dozens of people, that was forced to land in D2's no-man's land due to instrument failure, and they hoped D2 could provide assistance.
The D2 side did not give any feedback.
On the 76th Fortress side, Shen Qionglin had already led a group of mechanical bodies to set up the Blood Pool and place the stone slab wall.
And the fourth spirit cultivator had not yet shown himself at this moment.
Ji Xiao and Ji Yale were frantically running for their lives underground, each driving a three-seater underground shuttle to maintain mobility and increase the margin of error.
Wu Man and the others had temporarily shaken off the pursuers on the ground.
"Chief, Wu Man and the others are waiting for your orders."
The Black Shell gave a relatively conservative opinion: "Although you are the commander of this operation, I still have to say a few words… Now that we've been exposed, we should retreat decisively. Even if we break ties with D2, it doesn't matter. We can mobilize enough troops to meet them. They wouldn't dare to openly attack us!"
Elder Wang was momentarily speechless.
This was originally their plan to stir up trouble in D2's territory, but the Black Shell's attitude was still so domineering.
This was probably the confidence of a tech giant.
Elder Wang said solemnly: "I think we should continue to advance instead."
"Advancing is too risky."
"The Buddha Hall Squad has already drawn away their attention, that's one thing."
Wang Jixuan said simply:
"Now that we are in the mountains and cannot see the whole picture, we might as well try to jump out.
"The other party is already alert, so we can't move together on too large a scale. Each fortress is an observation station, and they should already be on full alert.
"So, I'll take Peony to advance… Don't worry, I won't take risks. I'll just get close to the Snow Mountain Base, approach them within a certain range, and I'll be able to monitor them. Then we'll decide whether to advance or retreat based on the information we gather."
The Black Shell kept thinking.
He was an old instructor with extremely rich combat experience, and at this moment, he could naturally understand what Wang Jixuan meant by opportunity.
This was indeed a good opportunity.
Moreover, the inside of D2 was not firmly standing with Xing Tian, it was more like the upper echelons were being manipulated by Xing Tian.
Wang Jixuan said: "I am the commander, your unit will garrison in place, the Maid Corps will listen to your command…"
"No way," the Black Shell directly slammed the table, "I'm disobeying orders and resisting on the spot. I must move with you. The others will enter the underground to find shelter. There's a ruined fortress here that can be used."
"Okay, then the three of us will go."
Wang Jixuan looked at Peony, just about to ask for her opinion.
Peony had already turned to the vicinity of the transport plane and began looking for the marching box containing the quick-heating food.
An army marches on its stomach.
She couldn't let the commander fight on an empty stomach.
… …
At the same time, in the 76th Fortress, in that warehouse in the corner of the third floor.
Shen Qionglin was slowly controlling the control stick in her hand, causing the lift to descend continuously, and also causing the stone slab wall to slowly approach the Blood Pool below that exuded a faint black aura.
Twenty centimeters, fifteen centimeters, seven centimeters, six centimeters…
"Enough!"
A shout of anger, a shadow with white light appeared on the stone slab, glaring at Shen Qionglin.
Shen Qionglin said: "Sorry, I have to do what my boss told me to do. The project and funding are in his hands… I was just testing your reaction, and you're actually afraid, that's interesting."
She directly pushed down the control stick, and the stone slab wall smashed into the Blood Pool, splashing a few drops of blood.
