In the sky Fir City, several robust Soldier Bee were performing acrobatic maneuvers.
Unlike typical Soldier Bee, these giant insects are more like bombers than fighter jets, naturally resulting in a significant increase in payload capacity.
In addition to the pilot on its back, each Soldier Bee was also carrying bulging "airborne bombs" underneath it.
A large group of players from the " Soaring Clouds " studio filled themselves with kerosene, held by the claws of the Soldier Bee, ready to land above the military camp and deliver a devastating blow to the Holy Crusaders below.
But this time their plan did not go smoothly. Fir City was unusually sunny today, and even though it was already evening, there was not a single cloud in the sky.
This made it impossible for the Soul Returner to carry out their previous plan of using the clouds for cover, and the bombers could not fly too high to accurately hit the target without parachutes.
For various reasons, the Soldier Bee ultimately chose to fly at low altitude, which attracted the attention of the Holy Crusaders below.
Accompanied by shouts and a sharp metallic whistle, more and more Holy Crusaders spotted the Soldier Bee Squad in the sky and began firing, including grapeshot that had left a psychological scar on [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ].
Hearing a scream behind him, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ], flying at the forefront, turned around and saw a Soul Returner, accompanied by Soldier Bee, spinning and plummeting downwards. As the player spun rapidly, he shouted:
"Kids, something bad has happened! I've been elbowed!"
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ]'s lips twitched, and she immediately shouted seriously:
"Everyone, pair up and disperse to the target military camp for a saturation attack!"
"Don't be afraid after it's been blown up once, blow it up again, blow it up really hard!"
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing his command, the players behind him immediately responded loudly.
Their use of the title "Sir" was full of conviction, partly due to being deeply immersed in their roles, but also partly out of genuine feeling.
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ], as a special talent with exceptional reflexes and Animal Compatibility, has indeed been teaching these flight enthusiasts how to better coordinate with Soldier Bee over the past period of time.
So everyone was willing to call him "commander." At times like these, having orders to obey was better than being a headless fly, no, a headless Soldier Bee.
As the swarm of Soldier Bee dispersed in the air, the firing from below became less concentrated, and the probability of hitting the Soldier Bee and players naturally dropped sharply.
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] started the timer at this moment. If he could not complete the bombing mission within five minutes, it would be very difficult for him to return alive from this flight.
He turned to look at his companion behind him. He was grouped with an experienced player named [ Litang's Supremely Fierce Tiger ]. The player explained that he had allocated a portion of his special attribute points to [ Animal Compatibility ] because he wanted to tame a creature similar to a snow leopard or lynx.
The two exchanged a glance, then made a sharp turn to dodge the hail of arrows from below, flying towards a military camp whose location had already been determined...
"Distribute!"
With a shout from the driver, the Soldier Bee released its three pairs of taut legs, and a player who was trapped by the legs immediately began to fall.
Wuhu!
[ Soaring Clouds 5564 ] shouted in the air, the icy wind stinging his cheeks, the skin on his face taut from the gale.
His current situation would be called "ropeless bungee jumping" in the real world, except that what awaits him below is not a safety net, but a real enemy force.
This is much more exciting than cutting down trees, moving bricks, and slaughtering sheep, [ Soaring Clouds 5564 ] thought to himself, when he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar call:
Dude!
He barely managed to turn his head in mid-air and saw another Bomber player from another Soldier Bee looking at him. The other player was much more at ease, sometimes assuming a diving posture, sometimes lying flat in the air as if asleep, and occasionally turning around a couple of times as if he had done similar things many times before.
But this was clearly the first aerial bombing attack, [ Soaring Clouds 5564 ] thought for a moment and asked:
"How come you're so skilled at this?!"
The player named [ Court a Little Death ] laughed and shouted:
"I'm a skydiving instructor! Want to try something exciting?"
How do you play?
Give me your hand!
[ Court a Little Death ] seemed to be very familiar with this situation. He changed the position of his hands and feet and quickly accelerated towards [ Soaring Clouds 5564 ].
[ Soaring Clouds 5564 ] stretched out his hands, [ Court a Little Death ] grabbed his hands, and with a tilt of his body, he really started spinning him in the air.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"
Even with sensory shielding, the inexperienced player couldn't help but let out a scream, while [ Court a Little Death ] laughed gleefully:
"It's so great not having to worry about the parachute getting twisted or tangled!"
At this moment, about ten seconds had passed since they started falling, and the Holy Crusaders below had already poked their heads out after hearing the cry of "Whoosh!"
Amidst screams of terror and bursts of gleeful laughter, the two men crashed into the very center of a military camp at incredible speed, right before everyone's eyes.
"Bang!"
As their bodies were torn to pieces, large amounts of ignited oil splattered in all directions.
The impact of the two men's close contact with the ground far exceeded the pressure of a small-scale explosion on the oil under normal circumstances, and thus a fire far more terrifying than ever before Descent upon the military camp.
Seeing that flames were already rising from several military camps in the distance, [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] and [ Litang's Supremely Fierce Tiger ], which were still flying, finally arrived at their target military camp.
Just then, accompanied by a whistling sound that cut through the air, one of the Soldier Bee ' legs and one of its antennae beneath [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] were instantly shattered.
This feeling...
He immediately scanned his face and soon spotted a somewhat familiar one.
That man was the same elite Holy Crusaders who had riddled him with thorns and grapes last time; coincidentally, this military camp was his garrison!
The opponent's hands had now transformed into two launchers, aimed at him and [ Litang's Supremely Fierce Tiger ] respectively.
With two loud "bangs," despite their best efforts to dodge, they and the Soldier Bee beneath them were still hit by several bullets, and the Soaring Clouds bomber, who was tied to the Soldier Bee, was even knocked offline.
Without these cannon fodder, the fire might not have even started...
"Tsk."
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] clicked his tongue in annoyance, and [ Litang's Supremely Fierce Tiger ] behind him asked:
What do we do now?
"Let's not bomb anymore, let's move!"
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] suddenly gritted her teeth and pointed to the cathedral not far away, saying:
"I've always felt that the twin-tower structure of Fir City Cathedral must have some kind of meaning, and now it seems that's really the case..."