"All the strongholds replied, did you find anything abnormal?" In the heart of the Sahara Desert shrouded in night, under the silent moonlight like water, only the sound of the wind and the rustling sound from the earphones came to my ears, and a few seconds later, the six observation posts located at the outermost edge of the position all heard the predetermined echoes and ciphers, and it seemed that everything was still peaceful on the periphery and had not been breached. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Lu Pingchuan put down the hand holding the headset, used the system dial to cut another set of channels, and called out through the microphone: "All mobile sentinels pay attention, and after five minutes, they will collectively turn back and start patrolling in a counterclockwise direction." Don't always go around in circles in one direction, it is easy to be found by the other party. ”

"Roger!" "Yes!" "Understood!" "Listen to you, boss!" The four mobile posts also replied one after another, and the position in the night was as peaceful and quiet as a small cradle in the desert, and the cooing of owls could be heard in the poplar forest, and the low-hanging Milky Way seemed to be within reach. In the desert under the mask of harsh heat, the scenery in the dark night is open and refreshing. If it weren't for the fact that he was in the middle of the task, Lu Pingchuan would probably be like Li Wenjie next to him, casually picking up a sand nest near the position, dropping a sentence of "call me" and falling asleep, as if he had returned to the toddler in his mother's arms.

"Don't wake him up, let him fall asleep." Xia Yan stopped Pan Bing'er, who wanted to wake Wen Jie up, and made a "silence" gesture and said, "The possibility of him sleeping and exposing the target is lower, not to mention that after falling last week, his feet are not yet good." ”

Lu Pingchuan made a gesture to continue moving forward, expressing his agreement with Xia Yan's approach, but after thinking about it, he stopped, sprinkled some insect repellent on Wen Jie, who had already fallen asleep, before starting again with the team...... After climbing the sand dunes in front of him, Lu Pingchuan took out his night vision binoculars and looked down on the entire poplar forest under his feet, the six observation posts hidden in it, and the small hazy black shadow in the center of the observation post—that was the "stronghold" they needed to protect on this mission.

"You're right, if you look at it from here, you can make a judgment as quickly as you can, no matter which side the attack starts from." Lu Pingchuan put down the binoculars and turned his head to Xia Yan and said. Xia Yan followed the team all the way with the tactical motorcycle, and her breathing was still a little messy at the moment, but in order to prevent the sound of the motorcycle's motor from revealing their position, she still completed the transfer with the help of her teammates. Seeing that Xia Yan was still sitting on the motorcycle panting, Lu Pingchuan hurriedly handed over the kettle, "It's just that I'm still a little worried, the opponent is Jiang Lan after all-do you say it's possible that he will find out that we have added another lookout post here, and he will come over and snipe you first?" ”

"Hehe, I'm too worried, you don't look at what kind of terrain this is." Xia Yan took a breath, took the kettle and poured two sips unceremoniously, pointing to the surrounding sand dunes, "Yes, there is a poplar forest in front of me that can be hidden, but I have a height advantage, I will definitely be able to spot their movements before he discovers me...... Then there are bare sand dunes on the left and right, and everything moving within two kilometers can be seen. There was at least a level 4 breeze tonight, and even he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to snipe me with a single shot in such long-range conditions, and if he missed, it would be my turn to pursue him. ”

"Makes sense, too." Lu Pingchuan nodded, took back the kettle, and looked down at the time displayed on the dial of the system: a few numbers 0:33 were beating on the electronic display screen, Lu Pingchuan glanced at the evil moon at the right head, and asked Xia Yan for verification, "Are you sure he will definitely come to steal the camp before dawn?" ”

"Of course, because he's Jiang Lan. Even if you don't want to win the championship, you will definitely have the heart to compete. Xia Yan also glanced at the system dial and said to Lu Pingchuan, "Now there are more than six hours before the end of the mission time, you should go back." There still have to be people in the vicinity of the stronghold, and it is enough for me to be left alone. ”

"Well, I'll leave it to you here, take care!" Lu Pingchuan didn't force it, turned around and greeted Bing'er and returned to the direction of the stronghold...... Five days have passed since the release of the "Wandering Circus" incident investigation report, and 18 hours ago, Lu Pingchuan and his teammates received their last main story mission before advancing to level 40: hold the line.

The so-called holding the line of defense is actually a task in which two groups of players compete against each other with completely opposite goals - the 30 players involved in the mission are divided into two groups, a group of 25 people, responsible for holding the defense line of the stronghold located in the poplar forest in the north of the town and the "target key person" located in the stronghold; The other group consists of only 5 men and needs to penetrate the opposing defenses and "kill" the target within 24 hours...... If one of the two teams is wiped out before the mission is completed, the other team wins; As long as the target is not "killed" for more than 24 hours, and there is still strength left in the 25-man team, then the 5-man team loses on its own.

At noon back to town five days ago, the 241 surviving players who had withdrawn from the "Wandering Circus" were divided into squads, and the captain was divided into groups to determine whether to belong to the attacking or defending side in the "Hold the Line" mission. Lu Pingchuan drew the defensive lottery, but Jiang Lan happened to draw the opposing attacker's lottery, so the pair of enemies were arranged by the organizer to appear in the finale on the last day of the mission...... Judging from the current balance of forces, Lu Pingchuan still has a relative advantage: he was also assigned to Situ Nan's team on the last day, plus a professional staff officer like Xia Yan, Lu Pingchuan was still very handy in the first 18 hours of being promoted to the commander of the 25-person team.

It's just that after 18 hours of long waiting, the attacker's strange performance of not moving for a long time still greatly drained the defender's will. As the night grew darker and the time passed, the remaining players in the observation posts of the various outer defense lines seemed to be a little slack.