A sniper rifle shot to the head is like a sledgehammer smashing a watermelon, shattering it into pieces and splattering juice everywhere.
Using the spider detector, Han Xiao constantly adjusted his position and steadily fired, eliminating one sentry after another, with kill information scrolling across the panel.
[Ambush critical strike bonus of 200%, hits a vital point, this attack is a fatal blow, you deal 190 damage to the enemy!]
[You killed Germinal Reconnaissance Sentry, and you gained 500 experience points.]
[Ambush critical strike bonus of 200%, hits a vital point, this attack is a fatal blow, you deal 201 damage to the enemy!]
[You killed Germinal Reconnaissance Sentry, and you gained 500 experience points.]
These sentries were around level ten, ordinary soldiers, with strength similar to the guards Han Xiao encountered when he escaped the lab. Back then, he could easily overpower the guards, and now it would be even easier for him.
One by one, the sentries were sniped, and Han Xiao gained thousands of kill experience points.
[[Dark Forest Killer] is complete! You have gained 18,000 experience points!]
The mission went pretty smoothly; we killed so many sentries, they're probably coming soon... Oh, here they come!
The spider detector indicated that three fully armed rapid response teams drove up from a distance and immediately began searching aggressively.
The sentries wear headsets and are connected to the communication network. If Assassination someone silently, it will take some time before they are discovered. However, if there is a large-scale silence at the sentry posts, it will immediately attract the attention of the Dark Crow Valley Base, which will send out a team to search.
Han Xiao anticipated this situation. Once the search team discovered the sentries with their heads blown off, they would probably start searching the surrounding area like rutting, no, I mean, rabid dogs. Using the spider detector he had hidden in a tree, he saw that this armed squad was equipped with Jason Submachine Gun, high-explosive grenades, and RPG rocket launchers, and immediately abandoned his plan to gain more experience... In fact, he hadn't planned on a head-on confrontation anyway.
I'll slip away first, as a sign of respect.
Han Xiao folded up his heavy sniper rifle and slung it over his shoulder. Wearing a camouflage suit covered in weeds and leaves, he crouched low and moved stealthily back to the spot where he had dug the pit. He put all the extra equipment he had on him into his toolbox and threw it into the pit along with the heavy sniper rifle, but did not fill the pit in yet.
As he finished, three search teams discovered the sentry who had been shot in the head. The armed guards immediately spread out to search carefully, carrying submachine guns equipped with flashlights.
Beside the pit was a large tree. Han Xiao hid behind the tree, used the spider detector to confirm the enemy's location, took out a thin, strong steel wire from his pocket, wrapped it around his glove, pressed himself tightly against the tree, and waited silently, holding his breath.
Tap tap tap... Footsteps approached from afar, indicating that only one person was gradually getting closer to the tree where he was hiding! Han Xiao had carefully chosen his location, which happened to be at the edge of the warning range. The farther away the enemy was, the more dispersed they would be, and there was a high probability that only one enemy would come to search.
The flashlight beam shone from beside the tree. Han Xiao slowly crouched down, tightening the thin steel wire in his hands, gathering his strength in his legs, like a praying mantis ready to launch himself at any moment.
The instant the armed guard's foot crossed the tree trunk, Han Xiao moved, darting around to the other side like a ghost and quickly appearing behind the guard. The guard had already heard his footsteps and, in shock, tried to turn and fire, opening his mouth to call for help. Han Xiao, however, was faster, instantly tightening the steel wire around the guard's neck from behind, silencing his uttered cry!
Immediately afterwards, Han Xiao kicked away the submachine gun in the armed guard's hand, then took two steps back and dragged the armed guard to the ground with both hands, the enemy's upper body and back resting on Han Xiao's knees.
The suffocating pressure caused the armed guard's face to turn purple rapidly. He tried to pry the wire apart, but it was already embedded in his flesh. With his back to Han Xiao, he flailed his arms wildly, unable to grab Han Xiao at all, and the whites of his eyes gradually rolled back.
Han Xiao maintained his grip until the kill notification appeared on the screen before releasing his hand.
Throughout the entire ordeal, he did not allow the armed guards to make a sound.
Han Xiao quickly took off the armed guard's clothes and put them on himself. The armed guard was a Caucasian man, about the same height as him. He quickly used a knife to trim his hair, then turned up his collar and tightened his sleeves to cover any potentially exposed skin to prevent anyone from noticing his skin color was different. Then he touched his brow with his finger and activated the Simulation Mask. A triangular scanning ray emanated from his brow and quickly swept across the armed guard's face.
Scan simulation!
Han Xiao's expression instantly changed, and he suddenly looked exactly like the armed guard!
This is his trump card for infiltration!
He threw the naked bodies of the armed guards and their discarded equipment into the pit they had been in before, quickly filled it with loose soil, and made a concealed mark. Then, Han Xiao, dressed in the uniform of Germinal Guard, swaggered out, the enemy's communication network exchanging messages coming through his earpiece.
H103 report: No anomalies found in the northwest.
H141 report: No abnormalities reported in the southeast.
The unfortunate soul he was replacing was number H223, Han Xiao said in a low voice, mimicking the others.
"H223, what's wrong with your voice?" It was someone who seemed to be his superior who spoke up.
"My throat hurts."
After a perfunctory search, Han Xiao was summoned back. More than twenty armed guards gathered around the car, and he aroused no suspicion.
The man who appeared to be the captain asked, "Haven't you noticed anything?"
"No," everyone said in unison.
The captain frowned. "Get in the car, back to base."
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. It was similar to his plan: he could infiltrate this team and go directly with them to the Dark Crow Valley Base.
The car drove into an inconspicuous cave, and after about three minutes, the view suddenly opened up before us.
Inside the cave was a hidden world, a small parking lot.
The car stopped, and everyone got out. Han Xiao followed the group forward and came to a seemingly normal stone wall. The captain reached out and pried open a stone, only to find that it was a disguise; the real stone was a metal box containing a card reader.
The captain swiped his ID card, and the mountain wall opened with a roar. Only then did Han Xiao realize that the stone wall was actually a metal door, sprayed with a realistic rock-colored coating, so realistic that it was almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Without careful observation, it was impossible to notice anything amiss.
"That's strange, this is similar to the intelligence the Hesla people obtained."
Han Xiao was completely confused. These scenes were all recorded in Ye Fan's intelligence report, and all the information was correct. Moreover, it matched the screenshots and informational posts that players had shared in his memory. Why didn't the panel indicate that [Reconnaissance II] was completed?
What went wrong? Could there be something more sinister about the Dark Crow Valley Base at this particular time?
Han Xiao followed the group forward, encountering two access control gates along the way, which he passed through using his ID card before finally entering the Dark Crow Valley Base.
This is a hidden underground base, mainly constructed of steel, with a cold gray color everywhere, adding to the serious atmosphere. The corridors are winding and there are many rooms, with members of the Germinal coming and going, seemingly busy moving supplies.
Han Xiao looked up and saw a surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling. He couldn't help but shrink back.
We've really gone in alone, like a lone soldier heading to a meeting. May the Second Master protect us.
"Infiltration successful. What's next? Wander around or ask around... No, no, asking around might expose us. And we don't even know what information the target is. Are we just going to rely on luck? No, since [Reconnaissance II]'s requirement is to gather specific intelligence on the Dark Crow Valley Base, there must be something unusual here! If the information provided by the junior officers is bait, then the members here are likely unaware of it as well. So, we need to watch out for those whose behavior is different from the others."
The thought flashed through his mind, and Han Xiao began to move around, quietly observing everything around him.
Thirteen sentries were killed by snipers?
Ji Jie frowned. In his deduction, the enemy had already believed the false intelligence obtained by infiltrating the external network. Why then would they target the sentries again? Were they testing the authenticity of the intelligence?
It seems these invaders are more cautious than expected.
Ji Jie shook its head, unconcerned, "But it's still too inexperienced."
The two-layer network layout was a trap set up by Ji Jie when he was the deputy director of the base, precisely to prevent an intruder from appearing one day. Now it has finally come into play.
Purely false intelligence would be easily exposed. To enhance its authenticity, Ji Jie was willing to use the lives of his own people as bait. The bait intelligence from the external network contained some true information, including the exact location of the base and a map showing the distribution of all sentries and fortifications from the third to the sixth alert zones. By mixing truth and falsehood, the enemy would obediently step into the trap. The firepower of the last two layers of defense was more than ten times stronger, and there was also another trump card.
"The leader has agreed to arrange the evacuation route, and the support troops will arrive in five days, at which time we can evacuate... Before that, let's give Hesla a big gift."
The main force of the Germinal is located on the Andia Continent. Hundreds and thousands of branches and bases on other continents are tentacles of its power, secretly developing and expanding to accumulate capital for the organization and becoming hidden spies in enemy territory. It is not yet time to be exposed. Once discovered, it can only withdraw to stop the loss. A single base cannot withstand the continuous military force of the Six Nations.
Ji Jie was confident in the trap he had set. He dared to use some real information as bait, and didn't even care about exposing the base's location. He relied on a trump card: all the peripheral members and even the base itself could be used as pawns when needed, which would surely cripple Hesla!