Han Xiao's true identity has attracted great attention from various forces, because Zero can be said to be the instigator of the war, and Black Phantom is a powerful mechanic and assassin who stands at the pinnacle. With these two resumes combined, the various forces seem to see a legendary star rising.
There hasn't been a legendary figure like this for many years.
Now he also possesses crucial intelligence that influences the war, making him the center of the storm and naturally attracting widespread attention.
Four days after the intelligence was released, almost all well-known forces around the world knew Han Xiao's identity, with two forces receiving the most extra attention.
First, there's the Ofmera Family, the birthplace of Han Xiao's original self. Many local small forces in the North Continent visited, and under Han Xiao's influence, the Overmela gained many new allies. At the same time, the news that Han Xiao had become an elder of the Xiao Faction spread like wildfire.
This farcical incident became an indelible stain on the Xiao Faction. Seeing everyone trying to suppress their laughter, Xiao Hai felt so miserable that he wished he could swallow excrement and commit suicide.
The other is the Dark Net Organization. Han Xiao is now a high-ranking member of the Dark Net, but the major powers have not reacted to the Dark Net and do not know its attitude.
Four days later in the blink of an eye.
From the sky, the yellowish-brown wilderness was shrouded in smoke. A menacing armored off-road vehicle, trailing billows of dust, traversed the wilderness. A kilometer or two behind this vehicle, a Germinal search convoy relentlessly pursued it, following its tracks.
"Four days, this is the thirteenth team."
In the passenger seat, Han Xiao operated the camera mounted on the rear of the car, observing and tracking the convoy. He shook his head and said, "Only this many people? They're just here to deliver parts again."
"..." Hila glanced at him while driving, too tired to even speak.
The two women looked completely different at this moment. After four days of fleeing, with enemies everywhere and intense battles every day, Hila was no ordinary technician who used mechanical weapons. Her power came from her own special abilities, which consumed energy and stamina. Every encounter was a tough battle for her, and now she was exhausted, covered in dirt, and had dark circles under her eyes.
However, Han Xiao was completely different. He fought Calm and Composed and easily using the Viper Modified Mech, and he overwhelmed most of the enemies he pursued. In contrast, Hila could not deal with the enemies as easily as he could.
As Hila drove, her head bobbed as if she were about to drift off to sleep. Even though she was driving while fatigued, she didn't want to relinquish the steering wheel to Han Xiao —on one side was a cliff, on the other an abyss; at least the cliff had a bottom...
"Sis, would you like some juice?" Aurora, sitting in the back row, leaned out, blinked, and handed over a silver packet of liquid.
"This isn't juice, it's a synthetic energy drink, military rations meant to relieve fatigue and boost morale, you can't..." Han Xiao turned around, saw the empty bags piled up on the back seat, his lips twitched, and he finally said, "... drink more."
"But it tastes really good."
Aurora timidly shrank back.
While she was imprisoned, her daily diet consisted of the same nutritional paste, so this energy drink was a novel and delicious treat for her, which is why she is so energetic now.
At the start of the escape, there's only one Korean technician, and resources are all obtained by looting. These long-distance chases are the stage for the mechanic to demonstrate his advantages: defeat the pursuers, dismantle their equipment for parts, and then manufacture his own weapons to sustain the war effort.
In professional leagues, especially in survival matches where there are external threats, the Mechanic is a highly sought-after character.
Besides military-grade canned goods and some energy drinks, the spoils also included a large number of spare parts. Han Xiao modified their off-road vehicle, optimizing the internal engine, cylinders, and so on. It ran like a galloping bison, and the exterior was covered with modification marks, giving it a very wild style.
The Germinal forces were tied down by the Six Nations, relieving them of more than half of their pressure. The Six Nations also took on the missile interception problem, so he didn't have to worry about fighting in one place for too long and then a missile warhead being dropped on his head, and then Hallelujah.
Han Xiao glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Turn around and deal with them. Kid, stay under the seat and don't stick your head out."
Aurora obediently did as she was told.
Hila, expressionless, took the drink, squeezed it hard, tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp. Then she turned the steering wheel, and the SUV swung wildly, kicking up waves of dust, charging towards the pursuers like a bull in a bullfight.
Han Xiao quickly changed his clothes, his appearance changed drastically. In order to adapt to the chase, he modified the Viper Mod, adding a lot of long-range weapons, such as triple-mounted machine guns on his arms, grenade launchers on his shoulders, and extra ammunition bays on his legs and back. The bright yellow ammunition belts wrapped around his body like ribbons. All of these things were captured from the enemy.
The entire mech looks twice as bulky, making it more suitable for ranged combat; it could be called [Viper Modified - Ranged Type].
The built-in tactical display screen analyzes the enemy's formation.
"Four executive officers, thirty Night Owl, and ten players, ten vehicles in total... Oh, they've changed formations."
The convoy suddenly formed an encirclement, intending to use hit-and-run tactics to stall Han Xiao and his group while waiting for reinforcements. They knew their strength was limited and they couldn't afford a direct confrontation.
Han Xiao was used to it; ever since he dealt with the fifth search party, all the pursuers had used this tactic, and he had become accustomed to it.
Bang bang bang--
The machine guns on both arms roared, unleashing a torrent of scorching steel-core bullets. Every roar of the large-caliber guns was like a heavy drumbeat striking the heart.
A dark blue Mechanical Force coiled around the gun barrel, greatly increasing its power. In an instant, it shattered an armored vehicle, riddling it with holes.
The convoy launched a counterattack, displaying a variety of vehicle-mounted weapons that were more powerful than Han Xiao's side, firing from all directions and leaving scorching orange-red trails.
Han Xiao's tactical screen analyzed the trajectory of the small rockets and detonated them in the air in advance. As for the machine gun bullets, they could only rely on the armor of the modified off-road vehicle to withstand them, with sparks flying everywhere.
It was precisely because the Germinal Force's firepower was too intense that Han Xiao temporarily switched Viper to its ranged form, knowing all too well how terrible it was to be kited.
Boom!
Explosions echoed continuously.
Han Xiao was fighting against the combined firepower of several vehicles and dozens of people, and the battle reached a stalemate with both sides exchanging fire. At this moment, he turned to signal Hila.
Hila knew she had made her move. Her eyes glowed with a dark red light, trailing flames at the corners of her eyes. She opened the window and pushed her hand out, sending a pale red arc of light sweeping across the three cars, causing mental damage that ignored physical defenses.
Buzz--
Invisible sound waves resonate in the soul.
The people inside the car were all bleeding from their faces and had suffered severe injuries.
"Cough cough..." Hila suddenly coughed violently, her expression becoming even more listless.
Frequent use of her powers brought her to the brink of exhaustion, but her powers also made breakthroughs. A few days ago, she needed at least a few seconds to prepare before unleashing such an attack, but now she can do it effortlessly. When a person reaches their limit, they start to unleash their potential, and Hila's potential is as high as Grade S, growing very quickly.
With their combined efforts, the skirmish ended quickly. The four level-30+ executors didn't cause much of a stir, contributing 2 trial points to Han Xiao. He had already discovered that trial points weren't only given to enemies in their forties; slightly lower-level enemies also gave them points, but less than 1 point wouldn't be displayed and would accumulate implicitly.
[[Limit Trial]: Current progress 723/2000]
"Over seven hundred points, faster than I expected." Han Xiao looked back at the battle panel and saw a piece of information:
[Battle ends. Based on the difference in numbers between the two sides, you will receive an additional 15 Trial Points.]
During these four days, Han Xiao discovered new requirements for the advanced mission.
It turns out that facing an siege would grant extra trial points, and this extra gain would only be tallied after the battle ended. When he escaped from headquarters, he received an extra eighty trial points. He didn't notice it at the time because of the urgency, but later he saw that the mission progress was too high and discovered the statistics in the battle information bar.
The description of [Limit Trial] includes the sentence "The more difficult the victory process (based on health), the more trial points you will get." Han Xiao originally thought that the less health he had when defeating the enemy, the more he would gain. However, for the sake of the overall situation, he needed to maintain a high level of health, so he did not risk getting injured for this small benefit.
However, he now understood the meaning of this sentence. "Health calculation" may be calculating the difference in health between the enemy and the player. Therefore, the more enemies there are and the fewer teammates there are, the more extra rewards there will be. This means that the advanced mission encourages taking on more enemies with fewer resources, reducing the benefits for wealthy players who spend money to hire others to form teams. As a result, skilled players can complete the advancement faster, in order to maintain balance and widen the gap between RMB players and skilled players.
Han Xiao went to the captured equipment and vehicles and started dismantling parts. Destruction was much easier than creation, and he dismantled things at a dizzying speed. As he did so, he said, "According to our estimates, enemy reinforcements will arrive on the battlefield in about seven to twelve minutes, so we can only stay for five minutes. Can you hold on? If not, I'll take over driving."
"I'm fine." Hila stretched out his hand, grabbed a new bag of energy drink, and drank it all in one gulp, forcibly trying to cheer himself up.
Han Xiao quickly picked and chose, loading the useful parts onto the car and driving away. The anti-radar coating prevented the Germinal from locking onto them from a distance, forcing them to rely on the most laborious, carpet-like search.
Ten Germinal, the reinforcements arrived, only to find the ground in ruins, with no sign of Han Xiao and his group.