Five hours after he arrived at this scenario, Feng Bujue finally completed the mission of 'Join the Resistance'.
The next step of the main mission had been refreshed — 'Infiltrate the central hub of A0007'.
This mission was actually quite interesting because the mission description only stated 'infiltrate' but not 'infiltrate together with the resistance'. In other words, theoretically, he could go there alone.
Feng Bujue gave this a lot of thought.
It would be easier for him to go alone since he did not need to be overly cautious, but he was not a native of this universe and was unfamiliar with the various situations. He might run into unexpected danger.
And to encourage the main unit of the resistance to attack the city with him … that involved the problem of 'bluffing'. Even Conrad did not have the power to mobilize all the soldiers at the base without asking for permission from the commanding officer. No matter how good Brother Jue was at bluffing, he might not be able to get the colonel to help him with that.
Thankfully, Feng Bujue finally came up with a solution, and that was …
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Creak creak creak creak …
Thud thud thud …
Following the sound of metal rods rubbing against each other and the sound of metal axles rolling over the rails, a hand-cranked rail car was moving toward the city at a speed not much faster than a bicycle.
At that moment, a team of five, including Feng Bujue, was riding on this car. Using the subway … they were getting close to A0007.
"Savior, do you want a piece?" Big Bearded, who had just been replaced from the car, asked Brother Jue as he popped a piece of tobacco into his mouth.
"Thank you." Feng Bujue waved his hand. "I'm not used to that. Other than that, you can call me Mr. Feng or Feng Bujue. There's no need to call me Savior."
"Haha …" The bearded man laughed. "Alright, Mr. Feng …" He chewed on the extremely tasteless tobacco in his mouth and spat out his saliva, "… if you insist."
Big Beard was the oldest member of the five, and he was the assaulter. At the same time, he was also the only one in the team who didn't know how to leap.
At the beginning of the war, Big Beardy's daughter, a twelve-year-old Knowing Leap One, was arrested and killed by the Peta Army even though she did not put up any resistance. (The earlier a Knowing Leap One awakened, the clearer the information in their mind, and the greater the threat they posed.) Not long after that, Big Beardy joined the Resistance Army.
He was a boorish man, so he didn't understand complicated matters. He only participated in this battle because of one simple motive — f * cking robots, I want to kill you all to avenge my daughter!
"By the way … Mr. Feng." A few seconds later, Cyclops, who was sitting next to Big Beardy, looked at Brother Jue and asked, "Are they telling the truth?"
"What did they say?" Brother Jue asked.
"The news has spread throughout the entire base …" Cyclops continued, "They said that the Savior can fly and can tear metal apart without using any weapons …"
Cyclops was the sniper of this team. He had awakened his Knowing Leap One when he was nineteen years old. His left eye was blinded by a Roundtable Spider during a battle. Since then, he could only use firearms with a scope (it was difficult to judge distance with only one eye, so shooting without a scope would be difficult). Hence, he naturally became a sniper.
What One-eyed Dragon said about "the news has spread throughout the base" was indeed true.
Earlier, to convince the colonel to agree to this mission, Feng Bujue had 'slightly' shown off a few of his skills. By doing that … on one hand, he had confirmed his identity as the 'savior' and on the other hand, it had given the colonel some confidence. If Brother Jue hadn't demonstrated some of his skills, Conrad would never have approved such a suicidal operation.
"I can't fly." Two seconds later, Feng Bujue answered Cyclops calmly, "That's walking in the air. It's two different concepts from flying." He paused for a moment. "As for tearing metal apart without using any weapons … I can do that, but if you want me to demonstrate it now, I think it's better if you don't."
"Hmm …" Cyclops muttered, "They also said that … you can 'end the war'. Is that true?"
"You have too many questions." Before Brother Jue could answer, Lightning Head, who was shaking the metal pole beside him, interrupted, "Don't ask about things that you don't need to think about. If you're bored, you can come and shake the car."
Yes, Lightning Head had also come along. She was the vice-captain of this assault team.
As one of the earliest batch of people who had awakened their Knowledge Leaps, she had participated in the war when the Resistance Army was first established. However, this tough woman had a bad temper and didn't know how to be moderate. Therefore, when her cohorts had already become officers, she was still leading the troops on the front line.
"I just don't want to die without knowing if my death is meaningful or not …" Cyclops muttered, shrugging unhappily after being interrupted by his vice-captain.
"What did you say?" Lightning Head heard him and immediately glared at him.
"That's enough." At this moment, the leader of the assault team, Isaac, spoke up. "Cut it out, everyone …"
As he said that, he gave Lightning Head, who was shaking the metal pole with him, a look. Although he didn't say anything, Lightning Head understood what he meant and didn't say anything else.
Then, Isaac looked at Cyclops and said, "Our mission today is to send Mr. Feng to the central area and then evacuate safely. Although the mission sounds crazy, it's not a death sentence. Don't say things that don't make sense and hurt the morale of your teammates."
"Yes … Captain." The one-eyed man was still very impressed with Isaac. After all … the latter could be said to be a legendary figure in the rebel army.
Then, how exactly was Isaac a "legend"?
Before I talk about his achievements, I'll talk about a basic setting: Isaac is a black man … a black man … a … a black man.
I know that it's not fair to link a person's innate skin color and race with their acquired achievements, but I think we should face reality … I'll say something important three times.
Just like how Asians and Jews have an innate advantage in average IQ, black people have an innate advantage in athletic ability.
If there really was a Batman in the world, then according to Batman's setting of "reaching the level of an Olympic champion in all sports", the human who could meet Batman's setting in terms of physical fitness would most likely be a black man.
As for Isaac … he was like the Batman of the Resistance.
Although he doesn't have all kinds of high-tech equipment, and he doesn't have Bruce Wayne's ridiculous setting of "having a doctorate in more than ten professional disciplines", Isaac has still accomplished many things that only superheroes can do in the eyes of ordinary people.
He had once single-handedly broken into a Perceptive Leapers' prison and successfully rescued more than 90% of the prisoners. He had once completed the work of an entire class in an important distribution operation (an operation to distribute the game to the people). He had once killed 30 combat robots in a battle. At the very least, he had once killed the Spider of the Round Table in a one-on-one battle.
These kinds of deeds … or rather … achievements were known by everyone in the Resistance Army. After so many years of war, there wasn't a single soldier who was as famous as Isaac.
Therefore, in the minds of many soldiers, Isaac's words were more effective than the commander's.
"Hehe … Everyone, why do you have to make the atmosphere so solemn?" Feng Bujue could tell what these NPCs were worried about. He immediately showed a relaxed smile. "To be honest, I'm very confident that I can end this war by today. As for your safety … I didn't intend for you to 'escort' me all the way to the central district. That was an order that Colonel Conrad insisted on. According to me … I only need you to bring me into the city and point out the location of the central district. After that, you can retreat immediately. "
Brother Jue said this with good intentions. He was naturally aware of the difference in combat power between humans and machines, and he didn't want to see these people die in vain.
However, after hearing this, Isaac said with a straight face, "An order is an order, Mr Feng. We won't interfere with your actions, but we hope that you won't interfere with our mission."
"Oh …" Feng Bujue looked at Isaac with a complicated gaze. "Alright … You're the leader anyway. You have the final say."
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After nearly three hours of travel, the seemingly endless tunnel in front of them finally ushered in the end.
At the end of the track, the five of them were greeted by a brick wall, and on the other side of the wall … there was the sound of water flowing continuously.
"Behind the wall is a sewer?" In fact, Feng Bujue had already seen through the data flow on the other side of the wall, but he still pretended not to know and asked.
"Yes." Isaac replied, "Next, we have to walk in the sewer for a while, then pass through an engineering pipeline and turn into the subway tunnel."
"After that, we can enter the subway station and rush to the surface, right?" Feng Bujue continued.
"No, we have to hide in the subway tunnel and approach our destination on foot." Isaac replied, "Once we reach the station closest to the central district, we will rush to the surface."
"Phew … Sounds like a lot of work." Feng Bujue couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"That can't be helped." "Once we enter an area with surveillance, such as a subway station, we will immediately be discovered by Pita. Then, the other party will send troops to surround us. With just the five of us, it's impossible for us to get close to the center of the city while being chased by the city guards." Zhang Heng sighed. "It's impossible.
"Then … What if we disguise ourselves?" Feng Bujue asked, "For example, we can pretend to be civilians and use transportation to get close to the target."
"Impossible," Isaac said. "Disguising is only effective on humans. It's useless on AI … All the cameras in this city have facial recognition functions. Any unidentified person or person who is defined as a 'threat' will attract Peeta's attention as long as their face is scanned by any camera. Within a minute, the law enforcement officers closest to the target will be dispatched."
"I see …" Feng Bujue replied, "Then … Let's stick to the plan."
At that moment, Brother Jue realized with hindsight that … he hadn't charged into the city alone.
If he had, even if he had used brute force to break through the encirclement and reach Peeta, he would have been half dead. Furthermore … Brother Jue did not know that if he had used that method to break through the encirclement, Peeta would have self-destructed before he could reach Brother Jue.
But now, with the leadership of this assault team, even though it would take them some time to reach their destination, the risk of combat had been lowered. For the 'players', the exhaustion from this kind of journey was almost negligible. The exhaustion of Life Points, skills, items, and so on was zero. Therefore … this was the 'correct way to clear the scenario'.
Of course, in the normal difficulty scenario, it was fine for the players to not follow the 'correct way'. As long as they were strong enough, even if they made a 'mistake', it might not cause them to fail the scenario.
But … Feng Bujue ultimately chose the more logical route to clear the scenario. One of the reasons was that when he made the decision, he had a feeling that the first main mission, Join the Resistance, was itself a hint, hinting that it was best for him to use the help of NPCs to clear the scenario. The other reason … when he sat in the colonel's office to play the game, he realized that he would not be able to meet up with his teammates in the next two hours. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to clear the scenario. He decided to follow the normal process arranged by the system and take his time to get a feel for the plot.
"Then, everyone, wrap your equipment in cloth first. Be careful not to let the dirty stuff and water clog up the equipment." Just as Brother Jue was thinking, Isaac had started to order the group to prepare for the 'journey to the sewer'.
Feng Bujue did not need to prepare anything. He had seen the equipment from the resistance. Most of them were normal and broken quality, so they did not have much value. Even if he took them back to the log-in lobby, he would have to sell them at the shop. Furthermore, the act of 'taking' would expose the fact that he had 'storage space', so he used the excuse that 'the Savior does not need these' and did not take anything.
To cut the long story short …
Five minutes later, the other four members of the assault team were ready.
Then, under Isaac's lead, everyone climbed into a pipe that was seeping sewage from the side of the track, and headed towards the sewer area on the other side of the wall.
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At the same time, in the central area of A0007 …
"Warning, Code 964, intrusion.
Signal source, infiltrated member … A8504.
Currently located member's coordinates. "
Just as the five members of the assault team crossed the 'wall' of the sewer and entered the city, Peeta received this message.
"A8504, huh …" At that moment, Peeta started to talk to himself like a human. "I haven't given him any orders recently, and I didn't get any information from the other infiltrated members that there will be an intrusion today …" At that moment, Peeta's real-time simulation program started to run. "So … what is going on?"
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