Kill Half
Xia Fei used his Breath Control technique to quietly get up and chase after the attacking troops.
There were many unknown buildings and pipes on both sides of the spiral road, making it look very messy. Xia Fei used these buildings as cover and quickly caught up to them.
Owls Sanctuary was not small, and with Scar's men trying to stop the main force along the way, their attack was not fast. It had already been more than ten minutes since the allied forces landed at the dock, and the main force had only just advanced to the third floor of the base. It was estimated that they would need another hour or so before they could reach the command center on the top floor.
The art of war had a saying: Strike with the first drum, weaken with the second, and exhaust with the third.
Though the allied forces were attacking ferociously right from the start, their morale would not be as good as it was now when they actually made it to the top floor of the base an hour later.
The warriors had reaped a bountiful harvest, and their bodies were full of spoils of war. Some of them had even thrown away some worthless weapons to lighten their weight because they had snatched too many things to carry.
Such a method was undoubtedly foolish. Up until now, they had only encountered Scar's small force, and had yet to encounter the main force of the Owl Pirates. If they were to discover that they had no weapons in their hands when they decided to fight to the death, that would be the greatest joke in the world.
Besides, carrying so many things would only increase the warriors' stamina, and they would be half-dead from exhaustion before they could even reach the command center.
What was even more strange was that along the way, they would always find many valuable things. Alcohol, food, expensive light machinery, there was nothing lacking. Normally, these things should be hidden in a relatively secret warehouse, but the people of Owls Stronghold casually placed them in those unremarkable rooms by the side of the road. They didn't even lock them.
Xia Fei furrowed his eyebrows. He was not interested in the various foolish methods of the allied forces. He was more concerned about what was going on and how he could kill Ning Baichen and snatch the Purple Heart of Spirit from him.
After some thought, Xia Fei decided to first head to Scar's base to see what was going on. If there was something fishy going on, the sixteenth floor command center would be the most suspicious.
Breath Control cleverly hid Xia Fei in his surroundings, and like a ghost, Xia Fei quickly made his way through the gaps between the buildings on the side of the road.
A three-meter-tall metal wall appeared in front of him, and Xia Fei leaped into the air, holding onto the wall with one hand as he quickly made his way past it. A rather large warehouse blocked off the path ahead. Xia Fei climbed onto the roof like a gecko before he crouched down and ran over.
Due to the many buildings blocking his way, Xia Fei could not advance very quickly. He would have to jump over some obstacles from time to time, and he could only advance about three hundred meters per second on average.
Only a speed ability user like Xia Fei would think that a speed of 300m/s was slow, but in the eyes of others, this speed was simply astonishing.
When Xia Fei was less than a kilometer away from the entrance to the sixteenth floor, the majority of the troops had just set foot on the fourth floor of the base. Xia Fei still had enough time to investigate the vicinity of the command center.
Hiding behind an old mechanical device, Xia Fei looked toward the entrance ahead.
The topmost level of Owls' base was a single platform. It was extremely large and took up the entire dome of the base. If one wanted to enter, they would have to go through a door.
This door was like the entrance to an underground garage, and the path led diagonally upward. Due to the limited visual angle, if there was any ambush on the topmost level, the people below would not be able to detect it.
About five hundred meters away from Xia Fei, there was another person hiding in a corner, sneakily peeking at the entrance. This person was short and skinny, not even 1.5 meters tall, just like a child. He had a red armband on his left arm, and his movement speed was extremely fast. He should also be a speed ability user, and there was a high chance that he was a scout sent by another faction.
Xia Fei had Breath Control to protect himself, so his movements did not attract the attention of this person.
Better find another way to enter the command center. This path is too obvious, and I'll surely be discovered if I charge in from here, Xia Fei thought to himself.
There were quite a few pipes leading to the topmost level on the right side of the wall. There were electrical pipes, air circulation pipes, water pipes, and all sorts of pipes lined up in rows. After all, the base was a single entity, and things like water and electricity needed to be transported to every corner of the base.
Xia Fei tiptoed over to these pipes and found a black alloy pipe that was big enough to fit his body. He used Chasing Light to cut a circular opening on it.
Chasing Light was extremely sharp, and it was like a laser cutting through the metal pipe that was 1.5 centimeters thick without making a single sound.
The pipe was empty, so Xia Fei gently placed the steel plate he had cut on the ground and squeezed his body into the pipe. He used his arms to support himself as he quickly climbed up.
Xia Fei pressed the light button on the microcomputer. This microcomputer used a type of composite high-energy polymeric battery, and under normal circumstances, a single battery could support the microcomputer for a thousand years without needing to be replaced, which was very convenient.
Though the light was small, it was bright enough to illuminate the inside of the pipe, giving him a visibility of more than twenty meters.
This pipe seemed to have been abandoned for many years, for there was a rotten smell everywhere, and the air was very turbid. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen in the pipe to sustain his life, so Xia Fei endured the suffocating smell and quickly made his way through.
Making his way through such a narrow space was a test of a person's flexibility. Xia Fei used a posture that was very similar to a breaststroke, his two legs pushing against the inner wall of the pipe to provide enough propulsion for his body. His arms and legs worked in tandem, and though his movements were light, his speed was not slow.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Fei was already at the highest level of the base. The pipe made a turn and became parallel, and a fork appeared in front of him, leading in three different directions.
Xia Fei used Chasing Light to make a small hole on the wall of the pipe that was just big enough for one eye to see what was happening outside.
This pipe was set up close to the ceiling, so Xia Fei was basically looking down from a height of over ten meters, giving him a clear view of what was happening outside.
The highest level of Owls Sanctuary was something like a plaza, about the size of four or five football fields. The entrance was right in the middle of the plaza, and there were rooms all around it, forming a circle around the plaza like a wall. Xia Fei guessed that these rooms were probably connected together, so it would be easy to get from one room to the next.
Four of Scars men were waiting in two hidden corners on the periphery of the plaza. They were lying on the ground, holding a high-powered laser gun in their hands. If anyone were to come out from the entrance, they would be greeted by the laser gun's warm welcome.
A gunner licked his lips with his tongue and stared at the only entrance through the scope. His body did not move at all, and the distance between his finger and the trigger was always maintained at a distance of 0.5 centimeters. He was like a human-shaped stone, a stone that could breathe.
It was obvious that these four were experienced snipers who had received proper military training.
Actually, with Xia Fei's speed, he did not need to be afraid of these guns. After all, aiming and pulling the trigger required time, and their reflexes might not be able to keep up with Xia Fei's speed of over 800m/s. It was just that risking charging forward would inevitably alert the enemy, and the effect was not as good as sneaking in like this.
Hmm? Xia Fei suddenly realized that the rooms around the plaza had been sealed with thick alloy plates, and there seemed to be some movable firing holes left on them. These circular firing holes were blocked with alloy plates from the back, and if anyone were to invade, Scars men would be able to quickly open these firing holes and shoot at the plaza with their weapons.
This meant that Scars had long been prepared for the invasion of the allied forces, or else it would have been impossible for them to set up such a heavy defense in such a short time.
It could be imagined that if the allied forces entered this plaza unknowingly, they would immediately become live targets, heavily injured by the people hiding in the rooms.
Heh, professional soldiers, snipers. Things are getting more and more interesting. Xia Fei retracted his gaze and quietly muttered to himself.
What's interesting? Phantom sat cross-legged not far from Xia Fei and asked curiously. He was a ghost, so the terrible air quality was not a problem for him at all.
Ill tell you later. I still need to further verify my conjecture. Xia Fei chuckled.
Tsk, pretending to be mysterious. Phantom rolled his eyes at Xia Fei and whispered in dissatisfaction.
Xia Fei pondered for a few seconds and decided to advance along the tunnel on the right. This direction would lead him directly to the rooms around the plaza.
Xia Fei changed his posture and knelt on both knees as he crawled along the tunnel. His two arms alternated in front of him as he advanced, and every movement was exactly 0.4 meters, no more and no less. There was no way to see outside from inside the tunnel, so Xia Fei had to rely on his own measurements to estimate where he was.
After four hundred and thirty-nine steps, Xia Fei used Chasing Light to open another small hole in the tunnel. If his calculations were correct, this should be the first room on the right.
Just as Xia Fei expected, this room was about 150 square meters in size, and the lighting was as dim as dusk. There were six people in the room, and they were all sitting around a sturdy round table, doing the same thing: cleaning their guns.
Each of the six of them had a black laser rifle in their hands. These guns were slightly smaller than the guns of the four people who had been waiting in the square. They used cotton cloth to carefully clean every part of the laser rifle. They cleaned it repeatedly, looking very meticulous.
There was also a communicator and dozens of cylindrical energy magazines on the table. A single magazine was enough to sustain the laser gun's continuous fire for more than ten minutes. If all these magazines were used up, not to mention eight thousand people, even an entire army division wouldn't be able to survive.
These people seem to be well-prepared. It's very likely that each of these rooms has a few warriors ready to ambush us. What should we do now? Phantom asked in a deep voice.
Then we can only try to kill half of them, Phantom said after some thought.
Why only half?
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