Special Mission

"Wang Ji!" a voice whispered.

"Oh! Liu Hao! Wait? You've been promoted to field officer rank? From company officer to field officer, that's impressive!" Wang Ji smiled.

Liu Hao replied, "I saved up some merit, and by luck, my strength improved a bit. So I got promoted. Hehe."

"Hmm? So you're at the War General level now?" Wang Ji asked curiously. Liu Hao nodded. "How about that? Pretty impressive, right?"

Wang Ji gave him a thumbs-up.

Liu Hao said, "Still not as good as you, though. Your spiritual force is over 5,000kg. Your overall strength is definitely higher than mine. Your Lime Throwing Technique is enough to make even monsters tremble in fear. Can't compete, really can't compete."

"Don't slander me! I've changed! I've turned over a new leaf!" Wang Ji said with a straight face.

"I'll believe that when pigs fly! You even had me custom-make your New Type Smoke Bombs!" Liu Hao rolled his eyes.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

"Hahaha..."

After the laughter died down, Liu Hao whispered, "This time, they're recruiting more than just one spirit reader. If these spirit readers belong to a squad, they're recruiting the whole squad. Since you're a lone wolf, I put you in my squad. Our military squad has six people total, including you and me. You can meet the other four in a bit."

Wang Ji nodded. "Good!" Forming a squad with people in camouflage felt more reassuring; he could safely entrust his back to them.

Before long, a middle-aged commanding officer shared some words of encouragement, emphasized discipline, and had everyone sign a confidentiality agreement before ordering them to depart.

"Move out!" At the command, Wang Ji's squad, along with two other military squads and three external martial artist squads, boarded a plane and flew straight to the Magic City Military Camp.

It was said that each of these planes cost over a hundred billion. They could withstand attacks from Wang Ji-level monsters. After all, since the Great Cataclysm, the sky had become the domain of flying monsters; planes made of ordinary materials couldn't withstand their attacks and would be nothing more than flying coffins. Only by using materials of S-grade or higher could safety be guaranteed.

S-grade materials were super-materials that surpassed even the 9-series. A single weapon made of S-grade material cost billions, let alone an entire plane! The price was astronomical.

Therefore, among the six squads present, the forty-some people, very few had ever ridden in such a plane.

"Hello, Captain!" Wang Ji greeted him earnestly. Following Liu Hao, Wang Ji had joined a six-man squad. The remaining four people he saw now were all career soldiers.

The captain was a mid-level field officer named Zhang Lan. He had a square, upright face, thick eyebrows, large eyes, and an air of integrity.

Zhang Lan reached out his hand and said, "You must be Wang Ji! Liu Hao has been singing your praises! Welcome to the squad!"

The six of them chatted, and soon they were familiar with one another. The plane was fast; the journey from Jiangnan Base City to the Magic City Military Camp was over in the blink of an eye as they began their descent.

Magic City Military Camp.

Zhang Lan led his squad through identity verification and other procedures, quickly entering the interior of the Magic City Military Camp.

This Magic City Military Camp was worthy of being the largest wilderness military camp in China; it was practically a city! The permanent reinforced concrete walls were over a hundred meters high and a hundred meters wide, with densely packed firing points that made one's scalp tingle.

Inside the camp walls, there were firing bunkers, launch towers, and defensive lines—it was armed to the teeth. Occasionally, one could even see white-painted, highly precise Prism-type Devices.

"Are those laser cannons? The kind that can kill Wang Ji-level monsters?"

Wang Ji looked around; just on this section of the wall, there were five such laser cannon installations.

Formidable!

With such a powerful Magic City Military Camp, why did they need their War General-level squad here? Surely this place wasn't lacking in War Generals?

"Everyone, please wait! We have invited other teams as well. The others will arrive within five minutes!" a young field officer said.

Soon, the other teams arrived.

"Alright, everyone, settle down. We have asked you all here because we have a mission that requires the help of spirit readers!"

"Buzz, buzz..." The four newly arrived squads clearly hadn't known the mission details beforehand and began to murmur in discussion.

"About 60 kilometers west of the Magic City Military Camp, there is a Reed Marsh." As he spoke, a map quickly appeared and zoomed in until the reeds and trees on the ground were clearly visible.

"This is a wetland about 50 kilometers in diameter, crisscrossed with waterways and dense with lakes. The terrain inside is extremely complex!"

"Originally, a tribe of Yangtze Alligator monsters lived here. They weren't very large, and their strength wasn't particularly high, so the military district didn't wipe them out. The tribe consisted of roughly one Overlord-level monster, plus a dozen or twenty Beast General-level monsters, along with thousands of ordinary Beast Soldier monsters.

However, half a month ago, a regiment from the military camp conducting a sweep of the surrounding area was attacked by the monster group in the Reed Marsh and suffered heavy losses!

Our military camp dispatched a large number of personnel to conduct a thorough sweep of the area. So far, we have killed three Overlord-level monsters and over a hundred Beast General-level ones! This is wrong! The strength and number of the monsters don't add up! Something abnormal must have happened in there! Therefore, I need your help to explore the Reed Marsh and find the anomaly!"

At this point, one squad leader said, "Sir, we are just an ordinary squad, our combat power isn't very high. I don't think we're needed for reconnaissance, are we? Besides, this is only a 50-kilometer radius; it should be easy for the military district to scout it out."

The officer on the platform replied, "You still don't fully understand. This is a Reed Marsh! The waterways are crisscrossed! The lakes are dense! It is easy for us to scout the land, but what about the water? That is why we need the spirit readers in your squads! Spirit readers have a natural advantage in such complex terrain, especially in water!"

So, every squad had a spirit reader! Many of the other squads were only just realizing this. What a massive undertaking! To gather ten spirit readers at once—only the state had the capability and resources for such a move!

The middle-aged officer quickly finished laying out the mission.

Each squad was paired with a ten-man reconnaissance team.

Wang Ji's squad now totaled 16 people.

60 kilometers away, the Reed Marsh.

"Here! Our mission is here! This area." The reconnaissance team leader pulled out a map. "We will start our search from here!"

The other six members of the squad had no objections. This was the territory of the Magic City Military Camp, and the reconnaissance team was certainly more familiar with it. It was best to listen to them regarding the route.

After discussing the mission and the route, the group of 16 plunged into the dense reed thickets.

The green reeds were two people tall, topped with snow-white plumes and flowers. Not far away were the rippling blue waters of the lakes and wetlands, with white waterbirds occasionally startled into flight. If not for the fact that this was a wilderness filled with danger, the scenery would have been absolutely stunning.

"Quick! Keep up! This way!"