The node of the game was not located at the border.
Therefore, Tang Ling chose the central interception point as his breakthrough point without a second thought.
What was the essence of a pursuit? To the pursuer, it was a game of playing with the prey and when the prey was exhausted, he would capture the prey in one fell swoop.
To the pursuer, there was only one word to describe it: escape. Escaping was the key to victory.
Combining the two essences, the initial strategy of the game was never limited to capturing the target.
If that was the case, the pursuer's strategy would be too low-level and it would be a sure loss. Once the target broke through, the pursuer would lose the chance to play the game again.
On the other hand, the pursuer's initial strategy was to break through the encirclement, which was also a low-level strategy because the target had been planning for a long time. Without sufficient preparation, the pursuer would be captured.
Tang Ling and Tang Long were undoubtedly excellent standard-bearers.
They understood that this was a game with no time limit, just like Tang Long.
For example, Tang Long's first goal was clear. He wanted to force Tang Ling to expose himself.
That was the purpose of the interception point at the border.
Whether or not he could capture Tang Ling at the border, as long as Tang Ling exposed himself, it would be a strategic victory for Tang Long.
He could use Tang Ling's whereabouts to launch a long-term pursuit until Tang Ling was exhausted, frustrated, and eventually captured.
What was the difficult part about this? It was to comprehensively calculate the target's situation, speed, urgency, and goal. In the end, he had to figure out where the target would break through from so he could make preparations beforehand.
Evidently, Tang Long had also succeeded in doing so.
What about Tang Ling?
He was at a disadvantage from the start because his situation and time had determined that he could not go around the grasslands in circles. He had to find a safe spot to break through.
He would need some time to observe and analyze the situation.
After all, Tang Ling was not a god. He could not tell which spot Tang Long did not set up an interception point without any clues.
Therefore, the outcome would be terrifying. Every minute he wasted meant that the enemy's reinforcements would increase exponentially.
In the end, all the interception points at the border were closed and the whole grasslands were filled with troops to capture him.
The worse thing was that if he dragged this out, even if he managed to escape from the grasslands, he would have to face endless waves of pursuers. He would never be able to shake them off.
His initial strategic goal was very clear.
Two o'clock.
First, race against time.
Secondly, he had to choose a route that was the most advantageous for him to escape after breaking through the encirclement.
Exposing his whereabouts was inevitable!
Therefore, he chose the interception point in the middle as the breakout point. He also made full use of his only advantage — the black map booklet.
Compared to Young Master Long's troops, he would have a better understanding of the terrain and even …
As for how to break out? Most of the time, there was no need for schemes and plans.
Since he had a general direction, all he had to do was race against time, so all he had to do was to break through with brute force. He only had two trump cards up his sleeves — Precise Instinct and transformation.
Without a doubt, he used these two abilities to their fullest potential.
His Precise Instinct utilized his gun to the extreme to suppress the enemy's firepower.
The unexpected transformation, after approaching the breakout point, directly broke through! Firstly, it was to catch him off guard. Secondly, it was to save time because the transformation could only last for five minutes. During these precious five minutes, he needed to increase the distance between them and set up something! Every second was precious!
As a result of the clash, Tang Long forced Tang Ling to expose himself while Tang Ling escaped from the grassland and utilized his advantage to his advantage.
Tang Ling won by a hair's breadth.
Tang Long did not know why Tang Ling would choose the middle point as the breakout point.
He would not be able to predict Tang Ling's next move, and the pursuit would fall into a dangerous situation where he was pinned down.
**
"Python Scale, what are your coordinates?" Tang Long held the communication device in his hand. He needed to confirm the location of the Python Squad again.
"Santos Branching Ridge, coordinates 121.77." Python Scale's sharp and gloomy voice came from the other end of the communication device.
Following his voice, Tang Long's finger quickly skimmed over the map and eventually landed on a valley.
The terrain of the valley was unique. The widest part of the valley was only nine meters while the rest of the valley was no wider than five meters. It was also known as the One-Line Sky in the old civilization.
Tang Long's fingers gently tapped on the spot, then he said, "You, now move towards the south and stop at the coordinates 114.63. You are 17 kilometers away from here. Can you get there in five minutes? "
"Three minutes is more than enough." Python Scale chuckled coldly before he hung up.
He was not bluffing. His maximum speed was close to a hundred meters per second. If he sprinted at full speed, he could cover a kilometer in ten seconds.
Of course, he could not keep sprinting at full speed. Plus, the terrain was complicated, so he gave the answer of three minutes. If it was a flat plain, he could even give two minutes.
Tang Long did not show any joy after getting the answer. Instead, he looked a little gloomy. Up until now, he and Tang Ling had officially fought twice.
The first time was to seize the time when the information was blank.
He had lost!
His arrangement seemed to be a little hasty. It was only ten minutes later that he began to search the village.
Regardless of the reason, a loss was a loss.
The second time was a battle at the border.
Looking at the map in front of him, Tang Long highlighted four points.
There was a dot in the southeast corner with Tang Long's handwriting — sixty-one percent.
The other three points were 22%, 14%, and 3% respectively.
It meant that the probability of Tang Ling choosing these points was very high.
However, who would have thought that the spot that Tang Ling had chosen was the middle corner? It was a spot that had zero percent of chance!
That was just a point that had to be set up normally.
Breaking through at this point was very difficult. After all, this point was deep in the Raqir Plains. Breaking through would easily attract the attention of the other two points. At the very least, they would be able to track him down.
Why did he choose this point?
Even if Tang Ling's abilities were unknown after the transformation, Tang Long did not expect Tang Ling to be so fast after the transformation.
However, this was not a reason at all! It was a taboo for the person being hunted to have a large group of pursuers behind him … Did he need a large group of pursuers on purpose?
This was the strategic gap that would occur when the information was not equal. Because there was no way to predict the other party's strategic goal, the pursuit would become blind.
Even if he exposed himself, because of this, exposing this disadvantage might turn into his advantage.
Tang Long clenched his fists.
The game only started when he entered the Santos Branching Ridge. He had already set up a trap to hunt him down.
The members of the Viper Squad who were guarding the ten or so strategic points behind the border were the key.
After that, there would be more layers of traps to be set up.
Just like what happened just now, a single call from him allowed one of the Viper Squad members to intercept Tang Ling on the path that he must pass through.
It was indeed a path that he must pass through. After running out from the middle point, if Tang Ling wanted to go deeper into the Santos Branching Ridge, he would have to pass through the valley.
If he did not pass through the valley, based on the direction that Tang Ling chose to break through, he would not be able to enter the Santos Branching Ridge. All he could do was circle around the edge.
If he was not an idiot, he would never circle around the edge because the possibility of him being hunted down would be higher than 95%.
He would definitely take the risk and enter the Santos Branching Ridge.
Then, the question arose again. Why did he choose the middle point to break through? It was because the middle point was a path that he must pass through to enter the Santos Branching Ridge. It was a one-line terrain! How could he let himself fall into such a terrain?
Unless he did not know what lay beyond the middle point?
Was he that stupid?
Tang Long felt aggrieved after losing half a chess piece. He was aggrieved to the point that he had to rely on guesses for every move he made.
He felt like he was pinned down by Tang Ling and it hurt his pride a little.
He was protected well from the start and no one had ever defeated his pride.
**
Before Tang Ling transformed, his maximum speed was 2.5 seconds per 100 meters.
What about after the transformation?
It was 110 meters per second! His speed did not increase by four times! Furthermore, it was the result of his legs growing longer!
Tang Ling grumbled. As a matter of fact, he was not running with his legs anymore. Instead, he was running on all fours and mimicking the running posture of a cheetah.
It was indeed faster, but without the powerful waist and abdomen after the transformation, he would not have been able to support the running posture.
Fine, even with the sprinting posture, Tang Ling's maximum speed was 110 meters per second.
Was it enough?
Yes!
The middle point was 8.7 kilometers deep into the Raqir Grassland, which meant that he still had another 8.7 kilometers to reach the foot of the Santos Branching Ridge.
The 8.7 kilometers could be considered as the transition zone between the Raqir Grassland and the Santos Branching Ridge.
Tang Ling was running out of time because if he broke through from the middle point, he would definitely be flanked by the troops from the Stardust Council, who were closer to the Santos Branching Ridge.
His Precise Instinct calculated the time when the troops received the message and the distance between them and the nearest flanking point.
Tang Ling was faced with two different time points.
The first time point was 29 seconds. He had to run at least 2.8 kilometers within 29 seconds to avoid being flanked by the troops at the left corner.
The second time point was 61 seconds. He had to run at least 6.1 kilometers within that time to avoid being flanked by the troops at the right corner.
Although, in theory, there was enough time!
However, if the terrain was taken into consideration, or if there was a sudden encounter that no one could predict, the situation would be unusually urgent.
Therefore, running on all fours was nothing to him. If he could buy himself some time, he would not mind running on all fours.
With such a huge body and such speed, the wind resistance brought about by it was also terrifying.
The strong wind blew on Tang Ling's face, and it felt like knives. Fortunately, his skin was tough enough after he transformed. Otherwise, he might turn into a bloody man as he ran.
The wind resistance created a loud whistle. Wherever he passed, it sounded like the sound of a supercar from the old civilization speeding across the road.
"What a pity. If I had an eight-cylinder self-priming engine, wouldn't I be able to blow up the streets like a supercar?" Even in such a difficult situation, Tang Ling did not forget to entertain himself.
Of course, he could not allow himself to be pressured by the tense atmosphere. He had to relax.
He thought of the car from the old civilization. It was a transportation tool that almost all men loved, including Tang Ling.
Unfortunately, in the Purple Moon era, the production of cars was no longer possible. All the cars that could run were leftovers from the old civilization, and the number was limited.
In order to hunt him down, the Stardust Council sent out so many military off-road vehicles from their base. How extravagant!
While the thought was out of his mind, Tang Ling's heart skipped a beat.
29 seconds passed.
Tang Ling successfully ran past the first encirclement point.
Six seconds passed.
Behind him, sounds of pursuit came from the encirclement point.
61 seconds passed.
Tang Ling successfully ran past the second encirclement point.
Three seconds passed.
The number of pursuers behind him increased a lot.
From a bird's eye view, it was a majestic scene. Tang Ling was running in front, and there were at least 200 pursuers behind him. Nine of them were Purple Moon Warriors.
Fortunately, Tang Ling managed to seize the time and widen the distance between him and the pursuers.
Even if the Purple Moon Warriors used Transient Steps, they would not be able to catch up to Tang Ling in a few steps. Transient Steps required energy as well, and the Purple Moon Warriors could not use it for a long period of time.
The best strategy at the moment was to keep chasing after Tang Ling and not lose sight of him. Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense would know that Tang Ling would not last long in this state.
Given the current situation, Tang Ling choosing the middle corner to break through was the stupidest choice, but was it really so?
When he looked up, the Santos Branching Ridge was right in front of him.
The most important moment was about to arrive.
Tang Ling heard a lot of galloping behind him. It made him smile, but an unknown emotion rose in his heart.
"Kid, do you want to see the wolves during the night of the wolves? If you're lucky enough to run into them while you're crossing the Raqir Plains, I advise you to stay as far away as you can. I'm afraid that you'll wet your pants.
Actually, these greedy grassland wolves aren't that powerful. I know why they attack the human villages every year, but I'm not going to tell you.
"Are you feeling terrible? Do you want to beat me up? Fine, to make it up to you, I'll tell you something interesting. Every year, during the night of the wolves, a huge number of Raqir raging bulls will gather at the foot of the Santos Branching Ridge.
"But come to think of it, it's not that strange because they also need to avoid the wolves. For them to gather at the foot of the Santos Branching Ridge for one night, don't underestimate them. When they go berserk, it's scary.
"That's why I'm warning you. Don't go near the foot of the Santos Branching Ridge during the night of the wolves. If you really do, you must avoid the spot marked on the map.
"Because, in this place …"
When Tang Ling looked up and saw a huge group of Raqir raging bulls, the unknown emotion in his heart grew heavier.
That Tang Feng, did he predict all of this? That's why he wrote all this nonsense?
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