Yu Yuan sat astride Miemie on a cliff, overlooking the highway that led to Merri City.
In the distance beyond the cliff stood a mountain range, with scattered lights glimmering halfway up its slopes.
That was where Dead Mine Town lay.
Dead Mine Town was the undisputed heart of the Angler Wilderness.
It not only controlled the sole passage connecting the mines to the outside world.
It also held absolute control over this lifeline highway to Merri City.
From its commanding position, nothing that happened near the highway could escape its notice.
And thanks to Dead Mine Town's unique location, its occupants could cut off this lifeline whenever they pleased.
That was precisely why the Dead Mine Brotherhood dominated the entire Angler Wilderness Region.
"Miemie, gear up!"
Yu Yuan landed on the ground, having used [Shadow Step] to leap down from the cliff, and quickly approached Dead Mine Town.
The effect of [Concealment] kept anyone from spotting him.
But just before entering Dead Mine Town, Yu Yuan still slipped into the shadow dimension, infiltrating the town from another dimension.
Dead Mine Town lay halfway up the mining mountain, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It had previously belonged to a private mining operation, with ample security forces and a variety of defensive installations.
After the Wasteland descended and Kuis occupied the place, he had further reinforced Dead Mine Town's defenses, laying minefields among other measures.
Yu Yuan also spotted autocannons stripped from armored vehicles, recoilless rifles, and automatic grenade launchers installed at key defensive positions.
There were even powerful weapons such as anti-tank missiles.
That did not include the machine-gun positions mounted on the watchtowers or the four bunker-like heavy machine-gun emplacements.
Dead Mine Town might not have been particularly formidable on the offensive.
But in a