After flying on his sword for a while, Li Xingkong arrived at the location marked by Tang Cheng. It was also in a village, but it was an abandoned village with many buildings collapsed, and the whole village was desolate.
Of course, when Li Xingkong arrived, there were already quite a few people here. Just by looking around, he could see at least fifty people, gathered in small groups, each discussing something.
When Li Xingkong arrived, the first person he saw was Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng had the most people on his side and was arranging the operation plan.
" Brother Li, you're here."
Upon seeing Li Xingkong land, Tang Cheng immediately greeted him and then addressed the people standing around him.
"This is Brother Li, our biggest backup for this operation, and he'll cover for you guys and clean up your messes. But let me tell you, anyone who messes up and makes Brother Li do the work will have to treat everyone to a week's worth of meals when we get back!"
"Don't worry, Captain Tang, there won't be any problems."
Everyone looked at Li Xingkong, memorizing his appearance clearly. This was a support player even their own captain treated with utmost respect, so his strength must be much greater. Such a powerful figure was a rare find.
Of course, having support is always good, but one's own abilities are obviously more important.
"Now go back and arrange your tactics. Wait for my instructions to proceed. Dismissed."
After giving a few simple instructions, Tang Cheng dismissed the squad leaders.
"So many people were involved in this operation?"
Li Xingkong glanced at the number of people; it was indeed quite a lot.
"Sigh, after returning, I retrieved a lot of relevant information about Zhang Family Village. It's a large village with several thousand people. Although we've sent many people to investigate the village these past few days, the situation isn't ideal. We might encounter a lot of resistance this time."
Tang Cheng shook his head slightly. It was impossible to treat the entire village as a hypothetical enemy, but there were many people of the same clan in the village, and these people were suspected during the investigation.
"Not only our Inspection Department, but I've also arranged some backup plans. The situation here is really unpredictable; this is the first time I've encountered such a difficult area to investigate."
Logically speaking, as a member of the Imperial Capital Inspection Department and holding a high position, Tang Cheng should have no problem investigating such a small village, finding out what underwear everyone in the village was wearing that day. But the problem is that his investigation over the past few days has yielded very little information, as if someone is deliberately covering something up.
Even the village's population and population movement data are only available before the cultivation began; there is absolutely no data on the village during the years of universal cultivation.
If Tang Cheng hadn't learned the village's location and related information from Zhang San, the entire village would have seemed to have been erased from the Divine Land system. In such a place, Tang Cheng couldn't be too cautious.
"Of the personnel involved in this operation, apart from two teams from the Imperial Capital, the remaining nine teams are from Dragon City."
Tang Cheng pointed to the small teams scattered around, relaying tactics, and said to Li Xingkong.
" The Inspection Department's squads are now basically complete, consisting of five people: an assault soldier, a sniper, a scout, a medic, and a mechanic."
The assault team focuses on physical strength and some defensive and melee combat spells. Their main objective is to break through cover, make tactical advances, and draw enemy fire. The snipers are mainly responsible for long-range attacks. Their spell training generally focuses on agile spells, greatly enhancing their mobility. They attack with specially made sniper rifles, which are very powerful and can penetrate tanks, essentially comparable to aircraft cannons.
In addition to being equipped with drones, the scouts have also learned the Round Light Technique, which allows them to use Magic Power to detect movements within a radius of about 10 kilometers. They are mainly responsible for terrain mapping and personnel marking. The medics are mainly responsible for healing and casting some buff spells. Their combat ability is very weak, but their support ability is extremely strong.
Finally, the mechanic is responsible for the maintenance and upgrades of the squad's equipment. Although cultivators are already very strong, our firepower is still superior at this stage. Moreover, technology and cultivation are not contradictory; the effect of 1+1 is far greater than 2.
This is basically how squads are configured nowadays, ensuring that the team has appropriate means to deal with most situations.
Li Xingkong also used his Divine Sense to examine all these people. Their cultivation levels were about the same. Except for the two teams from the Imperial Capital, whose members had basically reached the Late Qi Refining, the average level of the other teams was about the Mid Qi Refining.
After all, it's the Imperial Capital. They have the best resources for cultivation here, as well as many recently developed experimental pills and other aids, so their overall strength is higher.
After the teams had all arranged their tactics, Tang Cheng checked his watch.
"Five minutes to go. Get ready to begin. Team leaders, come here and check your watches."
Although a cultivator's biological clock is already very accurate, a watch used in battle is clearly not just a timekeeping tool; it also has many tactical uses.
The pre-operation assembly was basically complete at this point. Tang Cheng checked the time, and once it was time, he immediately gave the order to begin the operation.
As Tang Cheng gave the order, magical fluctuations of varying colors erupted from each squad, mostly auxiliary spells used to travel together. After the spells were cast, the squads dispersed and left in the blink of an eye.
"Then we'll get to work."
Tang Cheng looked at Li Xingkong, greeted him, and then began his operation.
Li Xingkong waited until everyone had taken action before calmly getting up, flying to a high place, and then spreading out his Divine Sense Divine Sense to cover the entire team under his probing gaze.
The assembly point was not far from Zhang Family Village; the village was just a few minutes' walk away. However, when they were still some distance from the village, several teams had to stop.
The reason was simple: they had already discovered traces of people within their search area.
They naturally didn't need to concern themselves with the actions of ordinary people, but the people on the other side were clearly not ordinary either. Dozens of them were gathered together, and they had relatively uniform weapons. Furthermore, they had even set up some small defensive fortifications at their location.
Clearly, this was prepared in advance; the scene doesn't look like something to be trifled with.
For the Inspection Department team, the situation was much more difficult than expected.
The fact that such a level of defense was found at the village entrance can only mean that they have complete control over the entire village, and that the people behind this even know when they will launch their attack.
This can only mean that there may be people within Tang Cheng's organization that are involved in the operation.
"Prepare the hypnotic grenade, I'll throw it."
The first team to discover the village's outpost was a small squad from the Imperial Capital. This squad was equipped with many weapons still in the experimental stage, aiming for surprise attacks. The most suitable weapon for them to use at the moment was the hypnotic grenade. Once hit by it, the effect was stronger than taking sleeping pills. Ordinary people would fall asleep immediately, and even cultivators would find it difficult to resist if they were suddenly hit.
The team leader was the assault soldier, the strongest in physique. When thrown weapons were given to him, he could throw them several kilometers away.
He took the grenade from the mechanic, fiddled with it for a moment, then took a few steps back and suddenly threw it with all his might, sending it flying into the crowd as a black afterimage.
Although there were many people guarding the entrance to Zhang Family Village, their cultivation levels were not very high. Few of them could react to his attack in time. Even if they could react, it would be difficult to retreat under such circumstances, since everyone was in cover and their movements were not very agile.
The grenade landed on the ground and immediately exploded into a large cloud of dust, like a pink smoke, which enveloped the entire village entrance.
Less than ten seconds later, it could be seen in the field of Round Light Technique revealed that almost all the people there had collapsed.
"Take action, seize the village entrance first."
This grenade was the key to victory, allowing them to take down the stronghold at the village entrance without bloodshed.