Chapter 5: Attack on the River
Looking at this sudden mission prompt, Ye Feng couldn't help but be slightly stunned, because to be honest, the difficulty of this side quest was a bit unworthy of his name, after all, this side quest only needed to escort O'Connor and them safely to the capital of the dead, not to protect them from surviving under the attack of the undead sacrifice Immorton.
And from the plot of the movie, it is also clear that from now until the capital of the dead, what they may suffer is only an attack from the men in black.
And with the current forces under the command of Ye Feng, if you want to escort them to the capital of the dead safely, I don't dare to say that it is easy, but it can't be called a B+-level side mission.
However, he forgot one point, that is, when calculating the difficulty of the mission, the space only calculates the combat effectiveness of the contractor who accepts the task itself, and the hundreds of elite soldiers armed with sophisticated guns are not counted.
Therefore, with his strength, of course, it is easy to look at this side quest, but if it is just him, then to be honest, in the face of the attacks of dozens or hundreds of black-clothed men armed with firearms, the difficulty of such a task can also be called B+.
After all, you must know that although these men in black use relatively backward firearms, firearms are firearms, no matter how backward it is, as long as it can be fired, then its lethality to ordinary people is beyond doubt.
It is worth mentioning that seeing that Yefeng has been in a state of silence, Eve thought that Yefeng did not agree, so she pouted and pulled O'Connor's clothes and said: "You promised me to take me to the capital of the dead, I don't care if you have to take me there, after all, you are ...... But ......"
When he said this, he saw that Eve's face also instantly appeared a red glow, and O'Connor was also helpless about this, because who made him kiss Eve, but he had to pay this emotional debt.
Looking at O'Connor's helpless and embarrassed look, Ye Feng also came back to his senses and laughed: "Who said that I won't agree, I can agree to your request, but I also have one condition, that is, after arriving in the capital of the dead, you all have to listen to me for the time being, because I have some things that need to use your expertise." ”
"How? Will you agree to my terms? ”
"I can tell you, this batch of passenger ships has been requisitioned by me, and if you want to take the next batch, then you will have to wait until tomorrow!"
"The gap of time of one day, I believe that even if you catch up, it will be difficult for you to keep up with our pace."
Hearing that she had to obey Yefeng's order for the time being, Eve's face suddenly flashed a reluctant expression, after all, her natural personality was to like free adventure rather than regular work.
But before Eve could object, her brother Jonathan had already hurriedly agreed loudly: "No problem! No problem! ”
As he spoke, he saw that Jonathan was also glaring at his sister, and it was clearly written in his eyes that he would agree to come down for the time being, no matter what, he would find a way to go to the capital of the dead first.
Under Jonathan's persuasion, Eve also reluctantly suppressed her temper and agreed, and then under the order of Yefeng, the soldiers on guard also readily let O'Connor and them board the passenger ship.
At the same time, Ye Feng, who had already waited for O'Connor and his party, immediately ordered several passenger ships to set off.
Then, only a loud whistle was heard above the river, and as thick white steam rose from the chimney-like exhaust port, the steam cruise ship began to sail slowly.
At first, the speed of the cruise ship was not very fast, only about 7 knots, until after more than ten minutes of accumulation, the speed of the cruise ship slowly increased until the speed of about 15 knots.
According to O'Connor, the ship would sail for nearly a day to the next port, where they would disembark and walk half a day west to an oasis.
Since it was the last supply station on their way to the Capital of the Dead, they had to replenish enough food and fresh water there, as they would have to rely on it to get back to the Capital of the Dead and the Oasis on the rest of their journey.
And the time between that, at least, is measured in weeks.
After all, in the vast desert, it is simply a fool's dream to find clear water, but it is similar to desert snakes or scorpions and other hungry food, and there is a little possibility.
However, for the pampered modern people, even if they catch these foods, it takes a lot of courage to eat them.
Then, when they had enough supplies at the oasis, they had to head southwest, which took about seven or eight days to walk, and less than three days if they were to use camels to walk.
Because there is still nearly a day before the next ferry port, most of the soldiers on the cruise ship are also resting and resting, playing cards.
Because in the half day after entering the mission world, Ye Feng has also been busy with the mission, so he naturally took this opportunity to take a good rest, anyway, it is still in broad daylight, even if the man in black will still attack, he will definitely choose the night, not the daylight.
In addition, there will be soldiers on the cruise ship at all times, and once they find the traces of the enemy, they will immediately fire a warning shot.
In addition, Yefeng also had the vigilance of the Terminator, so he also slept with peace of mind.
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When Nightmarrow was woken up by the Terminator, the originally bright sun in the sky had been replaced by a bright moon, and according to the Terminator's report, it was only half past six.
Because in the plot, the attack of the man in black happened at night, but the problem is that he doesn't know the specific time point of the night, so he can only start preparing from the time he enters the night.
But to be honest, Ye Feng didn't think that this time the man in black would still attack the cruise ship like in the movie plot, and the reason was very simple, compared to the original plot where there was only one cruise ship, and the armed forces on it were still very weak.
Now there are as many as several cruise ships, and each cruise ship has hundreds of elite soldiers armed with guns, and with the network of connections that the men in black have lived in Cairo for thousands of years, they must have already inquired about the guards on the cruise ships early on.
It was precisely because of this that he also sincerely felt that even if the men in black were going to attack, they would definitely concentrate their forces in the desert where they could best exert their combat effectiveness, rather than on the river where the nomads' true combat effectiveness could not be exerted.
But everything is the most fearful, and Nightblanc hasn't forgotten that he took on the B+-level side mission to safely escort O'Connor and them.
When Nightfront stepped out of the cabin and onto the deck, he found Jonathan playing cards with the M people, but it looked like they had just started playing cards after dinner, so neither side had won or lost.
This is also evident in Jonathan's face.
It is worth mentioning that in the original plot, Jonathan and they were looking for people to play with because they didn't have enough cards, but now because there are a large number of Y country soldiers on the ship, the card table is already overcrowded.
In the following time, Ye Feng also climbed to the highest deck of the cruise ship, although it was already dark at this time, but the moon tonight was very bright, and there was no dark cloud, plus the lights provided by the cruise ship itself, so he could barely see the general situation within dozens of meters around the cruise ship.
In other words, if there is a night vision goggle now, then the range of the alert can be at least expanded to a few hundred meters away.
However, it is a pity that with the current level of science and technology, there are still many years before the invention of night vision goggles appears.
With the passage of time a little bit, unconsciously, the time is from about 6 o'clock to nearly ten o'clock, it is worth mentioning that even if it is almost late at night, the crowd below is still so crowded, cheerful, it looks very lively.
Just when Ye Feng thought that the man in black would not attack, at this time, there was a sudden throbbing in his heart, which was exactly his 11 o'clock perception warning him.
In the next second, he immediately focused on staring at the river near the cruise ship, but strangely, he didn't find any trace of the boat around.
With the level of technology in this era, if the people in black want to raid the cruise ship on the river, they can only get close to the cruise ship through small boats and the like, and it is impossible to fly from the air, right?
Just when Ye Feng thought he was thinking too much, he saw a clear and loud gunfire suddenly come from the cabin.
Something happened!
Ye Feng's heart also flashed such a thought in an instant, but the surrounding environment has always been on the alert, so how did this enemy attack?
However, this was not the time for him to find out the truth, and then he also turned over and jumped directly off the deck, and then quickly rushed towards the location where the gunshots rang out with a black-level rifle.
When he arrived, he found that the battle here was already over.
I saw that there were already 7 black-clothed corpses on the ground at this time, and it is worth mentioning that the bodies of these 7 black-clothed people were all wet, as if they had just been fished out of the water.
In addition, there are the bodies of two assassinated soldiers, and the deaths of these two soldiers were both slashed in the neck, which looks very brutal.
Therefore, the 7 men in black, even after their deaths, were shot several times by the angry soldiers of Country Y.
And after this attack, the soldiers who were originally playing cards and resting on the cruise ship also immediately ended their leisure time, and the deck, bow and stern positions were also arranged to be on guard by soldiers, and there were several squads patrolling at all times.
However, it is worth mentioning that although the soldiers no longer play cards for leisure, people like Jonathan and others are still fighting desperately on the card game.
Subsequently, the Terminator also explained to Yefeng what had just happened, it turned out that these black-clothed men had climbed up by swimming, and it was precisely because of this that Yefeng did not find their traces.
After all, these black-clothed people were wearing black clothes, and under the cover of night, unless they were using thermal imaging detection or psychic detection, it would be difficult to find their traces even if they were carefully monitored.
Of course, with the strength of these 7 men in black, it is of course impossible to annihilate hundreds of elite soldiers, not to mention that they can't use firearms because they have to swim and wade over, they can only use primitive blades.
In fact, the purpose of these 7 men in black is also very clear, that is, to avoid the attention of the soldiers, and to take the map and key to the capital of the dead from Eve's hands.
Because they thought that Eve and the others were just tourists who took the opportunity to board the ship, they thought that by avoiding the soldiers, they should be able to easily take the map and keys from Eve's hands.
However, these men in black did not expect that in order to protect the safety of Eve and them, Night Feng specially arranged them in the next room of the Terminator, and at this time, the identity of the Terminator was the supreme leader of this army, so even if they did not know that there would be a sneak attack, there was always a small team of soldiers around its room carefully guarded.
However, even if these men in black were able to take out this squad of soldiers, in the room, there were liquid terminators who could easily slaughter dozens or hundreds of soldiers in close combat.
When the man in black attacked and assassinated the two sentries, he was quickly discovered by the soldiers hiding around the room, and for the 7 men in black who were just armed with sharp blades, the team opened fire and quickly killed them.
Because the attacking man in black was quickly dealt with by the soldiers, there was no tragedy of jumping ship because the ship caught fire as in the movie plot, and several cruise ships still sailed smoothly in the direction of the next ferry.
However, in the following time, in order to prevent similar sneak attacks, the soldiers also shone searchlights and other lamps to the surface of the river, so that any more people in black could swim over and be quickly spotted.
After all, although the figure of the man in black can be covered by the night, it is difficult to hide the ripples of the water splash produced by their swimming.
But fortunately, until the sun slowly rose the next day, the attack from the man in black never appeared again.
In such broad daylight, the chances of the men in black attacking again were quite small, so in addition to arranging the necessary sentries, the other soldiers also took a nap before arriving at the ferry.
A few hours later, with the loud whistle on the cruise ship, the outline of the ferry suddenly appeared clearly in front of Yefeng.
Subsequently, the resting soldiers also immediately took action, carrying out all kinds of weapons, ammunition and other materials in advance, and preparing to disembark.