The front line of Mt. Dashi was not the main battlefield. To be precise, the northern part of the front line of Mt. Dashi was where the Pyro Company was about to launch an all-out battle with the northern tribes.
In Mt. Dashi, there was a mountain path that was the Pyro Company's supply line to the north. It was also their lifeline.
As the Pyro Company's main forces had moved north a little late, the establishment of the northern defensive line was a little hasty. At some point in time, nearly a 1,000 troops had managed to infiltrate their defenses.
These northern barbarians had been hiding in Mt. Dashi for several days. It wasn't until the Pyro Company's main forces had advanced north that they started wantonly intercepting the Pyro Company's troops in the mountains and obstructing the transportation of supplies.
It was these nearly 1,000 barbarians that caused the Pyro Company to suffer heavy losses here.
It was not that the Pyro Company's combat strength was too weak, but that there were too many complicated factors that led to the current situation.
On one hand, the Wang Clan did not inform the Pyro Company of the news they had received in advance. This caused the Pyro Company's main forces to be concentrated in the south. They did not expect there would be enemies coming from the north.
By the time they found out, it was already a little too late.
On the other hand, the Pyro Company had never really fought with the other party before, so they were not too sure about their combat style.
Relying on their strong physical fitness, these northern barbarians were able to easily stop the Pyro Company troops in the mountains.
The terrain in the mountains was complicated, and the northern barbarians seemed to have figured out the terrain a long time ago. They knew this place even better than the Pyro Company.
The Pyro Company did not seem to have expected such an intense war to break out in the north, so they did not attach much importance to Mt. Dashi, their lifeline in the north.
Who would have thought that there would be so many enemies in the north! Even the grasslanders did not expect this!
As they fought in Mt. Dashi, the Pyro Company even felt that this was not their home ground but their opponent's.
After a few days, the Pyro Company had roughly figured out the situation. Almost all of these northern barbarians had the physical fitness of a T3 combatant, and there were even some who were comparable to a T4 combatant occasionally. This made them very difficult to deal with.
Even though the Pyro Company had been in charge of this territory for a long time, most of their main forces were still T1s and T2s, while most of their officers were only T3s.
It was not that the Pyro Company was so poor that they could not produce the genetic medicine. Rather, it was just as they said, "Whether you're a T1 or T5 combatant, that upper limit is written into your genes at birth. Your fate is already decided."
Gene medicine was not omnipotent, but most people could only be upgraded to T1 or T2, and there was a price to pay for the upgrade.
There was a secret among the tinder: genetically modified warriors would have their lifespans slightly shortened. The higher the T rank, the more this was true.
So far, no one had ever seen a T5 combatant live to the age of 40. Most of the T5s died of cancer.
This was probably the imperfections P5092 had mentioned to Ren Xiaosu.
How does cancer appear? Cancer originates from genetic mutations in human cells.
The cells of the human body were constantly dividing and replicating at all times. In the process of division and replication, errors would occur. Under normal circumstances, the human body's immune recognition function would correct the errors and cause them to die naturally. However, there were occasional cases where the immune recognition function failed to identify the erroneous cells. Over time, the cells would form tumors.
Due to genetic modification, the immune system's judgment of the wrong cells had already begun to be confused, so it was extremely easy for a T5 to develop cancer.
And the reason the Pyro Company wanted to find the No. 001 Experimental was because it was the perfect cure for cancer patients.
A T1 combatant's physique was about 1.5 times that of an adult's. According to Ren Xiaosu's palace system, a normal adult's physique was 3, a T1's was 4.5, a T2's was 6, a T3's was 9, a T4's was 15, and a T5's was 21.
Therefore, when Ren Xiaosu's Strength was only 13.5, he could only rely on "Old Xu" when facing a T5 combatant. He would definitely not be able to defeat them head-on.
Back in the Sacred Mountains, "Old Xu"'s Strength was 27. Back then, it could basically end the battle within ten minutes against a T5 combatant. It was like an adult beating up a teenager.
But now that Ren Xiaosu was facing a T5 combatant by himself, he could also give it a try.
Of course, this did not mean that Ren Xiaosu would really want to spar with a T5 combatant when a formidable enemy was about to arrive. It was just a comparison.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was worried about where he should go to kill the enemy. However, P4 told him not to go to the front line at Mt. Dashi.
To P4, this was a kind reminder. But in Ren Xiaosu's ears, it was no different from giving directions.
Under P4's farewell gaze, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin left the forward operating base and walked into the darkness of the wilderness.
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A day later, in the afternoon, dozens of platoons were fanning out to conduct a carpet search of Mt. Dashi.
P5092 was looking at the screen in the command vehicle at the back. The image on the screen was split into more than a dozen pieces, and each of them was showing the real-time footage captured by the surveillance equipment attached to the platoon commanders' helmets.
"Turn to the 9 o 'clock direction and advance. Be careful to stay hidden. Two kilometers ahead, another unit of the main force encountered the barbarians there yesterday. I suspect that's close to where they're hiding," P5092 said calmly. His words were immediately transmitted to P3's earpiece in the mountains.
Due to the importance of the transport route at Mt. Dashi, the main force led by P5092 decided to stay behind and clear the entire mountain range. This was to prevent any remaining barbarians in the mountains from becoming a potential threat in the future.
After the platoons in the mountains received the order, they immediately advanced in the 9 o 'clock direction. A 30-man squad advanced quietly in the mountains with the safety of their firearms off. Moreover, four people in each platoon were equipped with hand-held grenade launchers.
Sometimes, normal firearms might not even be able to kill the barbarians after firing a round from a distance. Therefore, heavy firepower was needed.
At this moment, a platoon entered a mountain range. They were on guard against their surroundings, but they were caught off guard by two burly figures jumping down from the mountain.
As a matter of fact, this was a straight cliff that was nearly 20 meters high from the ground. If a normal person jumped down, they would either die or be crippled!
But these two northern barbarians did not seem to care at all. They descended from the sky and swung their huge axes down.
When the platoon heard the commotion, they looked up. But it was too late. They could only see the huge axes coming down from above!
When P5092 saw this, he frowned. That was because when the platoon commander looked up, it looked like the huge axes were coming at him on the screen.
However, P5092 did not panic. He immediately ordered the frontline commanders of the dozens of platoons to gather and get ready to surround and kill these two barbarians!
P5092 sighed to himself. Although these two barbarians would definitely die, the platoon that was being attacked would probably have to sacrifice their lives as well.
But at this moment, blood suddenly spurted out of the chest of the barbarian who was getting closer and closer on the screen. Then his large body seemed to be pushed by some force and slammed straight into the mountain wall.
That unknown force had forcefully interrupted the barbarian's slashing motion!
P5092 wondered on the radio, "What happened?"
"Sir, it's the snipers. Two snipers shot at the two barbarians at the same time." The frontline commander replied, "We only heard gunshots. It should be a large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle, but we don't know where the snipers are!"
"Snipers?" P5092 was a little puzzled. He would not send the snipers out before they had a clear understanding of the terrain. Otherwise, it would be a disaster if the snipers encountered the barbarians. Therefore, these two snipers were not from the Pyro Company at all!
Strange, where did these snipers come from? And … they were very powerful too!
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