After exiting the tunnel, another tall mountain appeared before Feng Bujue and the others.
The slope of this mountain was relatively gentle, and there was even a river flowing down the mountain.
Even standing at the foot of the mountain, they could see many bunkers and cannons of the Red Falcon Army on the way up the mountain, as well as some patrolling outposts.
Of course, this level of obstacle was nothing to Feng Bujue and the others.
In fact, for a small assault team like them, this kind of terrain was the most suitable environment for their operation.
The four of them went up the mountain and took down one outpost after another, eliminating dozens of Red Falcon Army soldiers.
Finally, at the top of a waterfall, they saw a mini-boss …
This mini-boss looked quite ferocious. It had a head the size of a truck and was shaped like a lizard. It also had two large tentacles that swung out like whips. Other than that … there was nothing else …
Because this mini-boss did not have a body, its head and tentacles were parasitized on top of the mountain rock. Below the rock that it was parasitized on was a metal door that was connected to the mountain.
When faced with such an enemy, Feng Bujue naturally took on the task of probing.
He charged forward alone, using his superhuman speed and reflexes to play with the mini-boss for more than two minutes. After that, he returned to the safe zone where his teammates were at as if he was taking a stroll.
"Alright, I'll talk about the strategy." When Brother Jue returned, he began to explain the strategy without even taking a breath.
After explaining the strategy to the other three, the four of them charged out together.
The tricky part about this mini-boss was that its attack methods were more comprehensive — its tentacles could directly sweep the enemy physically; its mouth could also spit out a type of fireball that was about one meter in diameter and had a slight explosive effect; in addition, the tip of its tentacles could also shoot out a type of small fireball that flew at a moderate speed.
It was indeed more tiring to deal with this monster alone.
However, it was much easier when the four of them worked together …
Feng Bujue's arrangement was that he would hold the monster's head at the closest distance while he dodged the fireballs and attacked the monster's mouth.
Isaac and Lightning Head, on the other hand, ran to the Boss' flanks and attacked from a position about ten meters away from the tentacles' physical attack range. In this way, the two of them only needed to pay attention to the small fireballs that might appear on their side.
Big Beardy, who was carrying the small cannon, had it the easiest. Since the weapon he chose was very heavy, his mobility was poor. However, its firepower and range were not to be trifled with. Brother Jue had assigned him the task of suppressing the enemy from the rear. He just had to aim at the enemy's head.
Just like that … the four of them spread out in formation and began to bombard the area without saying a word.
The battle was shorter than they had expected. After fighting for three minutes, the boss could no longer hold on. After letting out a dull howl, it actually … exploded.
This was probably one of the characteristics of a Contra Douluo. In any case, the items at the end of the trial would definitely explode before the trial was over.
With the death of this mini-boss, the metal door under the mountain rock also exploded, revealing another mountain tunnel …
"This should be the entrance to the fourth stage." Feng Bujue looked at the tunnel and muttered. He then turned to look at Isaac and the others. "Do you guys want to take a break?"
"No need." Big Beardy, who was walking over from afar, replied as he walked. "I'm not tired at all."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lightning Head chimed in, "I'm not tired either."
"Oh?" Seeing this, Feng Bujue seemed to have realized something. He then looked at Isaac. "So … you don't feel tired either?"
Isaac shook his head. "No."
"Hmm … I see." Brother Jue muttered thoughtfully. "I understand now …"
Seeing Feng Bujue's reaction, Isaac seemed to have understood something. He took the opportunity to say, "Mr Feng, I was just about to ask you … Since we set off from the beach, we have passed through a coconut forest, attacked a camp, opened up a tunnel full of enemies, and now we have killed our way up to this mountain. During this period, we have not rested once, not even a sip of water …" At this point, he paused for half a second before asking, "But, until now, I don't feel tired at all … This is a little strange, isn't it?"
"Yes, this is not normal, but …" Feng Bujue replied in a relaxed tone. "Just now, I thought about it … This is most likely caused by the dimensional transformation. To put it simply … this phenomenon is because you have become something like a 'game character'. "
"What do you mean?" Big Beardy asked. "Do you mean … I have become Mario?"
"Something like that, but you can't just eat a mushroom to double your body size." Feng Bujue replied. "You can't jump a few meters high like the main character in Contra or run like Sonic … You only have some of the characteristics of a game character, like … you don't have to worry about stamina."
"Haha! That's great, I can finally kill to my heart's content. "Big Beardy heard that and was quite happy.
But Isaac was different, he had more to think about. "Then … after destroying the Petar Tower, can we still return to our original dimension … or rather … can we still turn back into humans?"
"I don't know." Feng Bujue did not plan to lie to him. He told him the truth. "I only know … after destroying the Petar Tower, my 'mission' will be considered complete. I will be transported to another dimension by a higher power, and you … even though I can try to use my power to help you return, I cannot guarantee that it will work."
"So …" Isaac continued. "Technically speaking, the three of us in the real world are already dead, right?"
When he asked this question, he appeared rather calm.
"Yes." Feng Bujue used a similar tone to reply.
"Humph … It doesn't matter," Big Beardy said. "The moment those mechanical bastards killed my daughter, I treated myself as dead. As long as I can kill the Petar Tower, even if it's hell, I will do it."
"Ha …" Lightning Head laughed bitterly. "I'm fine with that. I'm already prepared to sacrifice myself for the resistance."
Two seconds later, Isaac raised his head and looked at his comrades beside him.
He did not say anything. He just stared at them for a few seconds before saying, "Let's go."
…
The mountain tunnel in the fourth level was basically an enhanced version of the previous tunnel.
The ground here was red, and the color of the defense walls had been changed to green. The number of soldiers and defense walls in the tunnel had increased. Furthermore, it was not just the large machines at the bottom. Even the defense walls along the way were designed with more energy nuclei.
However, due to their previous experience, the speed at which the four of them passed through this enhanced version of the tunnel was much faster. The mini-boss at the bottom of the level did not cause them too much trouble.
After about fifteen minutes, they passed through this area and entered the next level.
After walking out of the tunnel, what appeared before the four of them was a snow-covered forest. In the real world, it was naturally impossible for them to "pass through a mountain tunnel as if they were on the other side of the earth". However, in the world of the game, there was no need to care about such details.
From this level onwards, the combat power of the Red Falcon Army had finally been upgraded to a level where they could pose a threat to Brother Bujue and the others.
Firstly, the main enemy in this area was a type of powerful red-armored soldiers who were stronger than the green-armored soldiers in the tunnel. These soldiers' marksmanship, firepower, and speed were incomparable to the previous enemies. Even Lightning Head had to admit that the standard of these soldiers had exceeded the average level of the resistance soldiers.
Secondly, from the moment they entered this area, Feng Bujue and the others were constantly attacked by grenades flying from unknown directions. These grenades came from very far away. Although they were not fast and their trajectories were obvious, the most disgusting thing was that these grenades were endless and there was no way to determine their launch coordinates. The four of them could only keep moving under the pressure of these grenades because they would be blown up if they stopped moving.
Under such pressure, they still had to face two new types of enemies that appeared for the first time in this area. One was the elite Red Falcon soldiers who operated the continuous firing turrets, and the other was the armored vehicles.
It could be said that at this level, the difficulty of the battle had really risen to a whole new level. Under the premise of not being able to use any skills, even Feng Bujue was not confident that he could pass through unscathed on his own.
Fortunately, he was not alone at this moment. Although the three NPCs of the resistance army could not compare to Brother Jue, they were still at the level of a "Contra".
The four of them worked together and after 30 minutes of fierce fighting, they finally reached the end of the level without any mishaps.
What was not proportional to the difficulty of the level itself was that the final boss of this level was so weak that it was comical.
Basically, it was a small mechanical fortress that floated in the air. It looked quite advanced and there seemed to be more than one or two attack modes, but … it was very fragile.
When the four of them saw the thing fall from the sky, they almost instinctively raised their weapons and attacked towards the sky. Unexpectedly, after the first round of attacks, the small boss emitted black smoke and exploded as it fell diagonally from the sky.
Perhaps it was because of its size, or because it had abandoned its overly heavy armor for the floating function, in short … the defense of this boss was so low that it could not withstand a single blow. Before they could even fire a shot, it was finished.
After dealing with this particularly funny thing, Brother Jue and the others continued to move forward. This time, what awaited them was not a tunnel built in the mountain, but a huge man-made building.
According to the changes in the map, this should be the sixth level of the legendary "Eight Underwater Levels".
Although Feng Bujue also knew that the "Eight Underwater Levels" was just a "rumor," he could not help but be curious when he was really here. After all, the mission panel clearly stated that "Eight Underwater Levels to enter the Contra area". There was no reason for him not to give it a try.
Therefore, before entering the building, Feng Bujue first stopped Isaac and the other two to explain the setting of the "Eight Underwater Levels" to them. He also asked them to keep an eye out for a "special" Red Falcon soldier so that they could fulfill the requirements of the rumor.
In the end, even Brother Jue did not expect that the three in front of him were so familiar with the "Eight Underwater Levels". Even Big Beard, who was not a person who knew how to leap, knew the story.
Since that was the case, things were easier. Feng Bujue used his identity as the "Savior" to convince them to complete this mission together.
…
After the discussion, the four of them entered the sixth level.
The interior of the building looked like a processing plant. There were many gray metal platforms with green conveyor belts that were connected to each other by blue pipes. Basically, every platform was equipped with several red indicator lights that were flashing with nuclear energy. These lights were used as lighting equipment.
Not long after they rushed in, Brother Jue and the others realized that … there were not many enemies in this level. It could be said that they had chosen the path of "quality through quantity". Other than the powerful red-armored soldiers and the continuous firing turrets in the previous level, there were no other types of enemies in the factory.
The four of them fought as they moved. After about ten minutes, they arrived at an area with many flamethrowers.
These mechanical things … had a rather obvious pattern. One could pass through them with just a little observation. They didn't pose much of a threat, but they were rather annoying.
After spending some time, Feng Bujue and the others passed through this area and came to a wide space.
At this time, there was a conveyor belt that was constantly changing colors under their feet. All around them was darkness.
The four of them knew that they were close to the end of the sixth level, but …
"What's going on? We're already here, but we haven't seen that special soldier, "Big Beardy could not help but wonder.
"Hmm … It's strange." Feng Bujue added, "From the beginning to the end, we didn't encounter any soldiers that came from behind us. The last enemy that we killed was a continuous firing turret. That guy was very far away from here, and there were traps made of flamethrowers along the way. Even if he ran, he might not be able to make it here … In other words, in reality, this place does not meet the conditions to trigger the so-called 'Eight Underwater Levels'. "
Just as the two of them were talking, the conveyor belt under their feet brought them to the end of the level.
At this moment, the door of a metal warehouse in front of them slowly rolled up. Heavy footsteps came from the darkness behind the door.
Just when everyone thought that they were about to see the robot boss at the end of the sixth level, something strange happened …
The thing that walked into the light source was not a four to five-meter-tall robot warrior, but … an unknown object with a very strange shape.
Its appearance looked like a blob of pixelated graphics due to a bug. Its lower body was two yellow legs that looked like the legs of a Red Falcon soldier. Its upper body was like a big, slanted mouth that was pulled open. Its width was even more exaggerated than a human's body.
"Oh, I see …" When Feng Bujue saw the thing, he knew what to do. He immediately turned around and shouted at the three people behind him, "Everyone … follow me!"
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