Rolling red sand rolled on the horizon, and a dead city could be faintly seen in the noisy dust.

The towering skyscraper snapped in the middle, and halfway through it was a piece of what appeared to be a space elevator.

The remnants of the glass curtain wall reflected a faint glow in the wind and sand, illuminating the deserted and dilapidated alleys below.

Behind the broken shop windows lurks an unknown danger, and under the rusted billboards hang mutant hyenas with sharp teeth and sharp mouths.

A woman in a cloak stands on a nearby sand dune, holding a telescope and looking in the direction of the skyscraper.

After a few moments, a brown-feathered and brown-spotted mutant eagle owl flapped its wings and landed on her shoulder.

After staring at the piercing pupils for a moment, she reached out and touched the feathers of the mutant eagle owl, and then tossed it into the sky.

"Uhh

The eagle owl let out a long whistle and disappeared into the billowing dust.

And the woman in the cloak also disappeared into the dunes.

In a short time, the wind and sand smoothed her footprints as if no one had ever visited.

This is the Great Desert.

If Luoxia Province is a forbidden area for life, then it is a forbidden area for civilization.

No one can leave any trace here.

No one will remember the name of the street or the city, and even if they do, it doesn't make any sense.

With the wind and sand migrate, it is not only the nomads in the great desert who migrate, but also the sand dunes that are stacked on top of each other.

A reference object that is still exposed on the surface today may become an entrance to the "underground world" tomorrow. The high-rise buildings that stood yesterday may collapse in a few days.

The only thing that can mark this area is a special string of strings that contain latitude and longitude information.

Although there is no orbital satellite navigation, people living in the wasteland can always find an alternative......

【G1178，A2249】

Dark green floating-point numbers flickered on the dirt bike's center screen, swaying along with the bumpy body.

The man in the driver's seat doubled his eyes to see that it was correct, stepped on the brakes and removed the assault rifle hanging on the inside of the door, pushed open the heavy door and got out of the car.

Steel lining covered his entire body, and heavy armor had made two pits in the sand.

"Attention units, we are close to the coordinate area...... Act as planned. ”

"Roger."

At the same time that the man got off the off-road vehicle, the off-road vehicles painted in desert colors also arrived at their respective locations.

The door slammed open, and the figures armed to the teeth quickly got out of the car.

They wore desert-colored exoskeletons, streamlined rifles in their hands, and an armband to mark their status on their arms.

The armband depicts a scorpion with a sharp tail and the logo of the Enlightenment on its back.

Their name is "Desert Scorpion".

They are both the blades in the hands of the Enlightenment, and the beings in this desert who have changed the color of countless wasteland visitors.

After all, this is a forbidden area for civilization, a basement that goes beyond the floor.

The wastelanders who are active in this area, let alone exoskeletons, can't even make up a few decent rifles, and the only armor they have is at most a few sets of cobbled together non-powered armor.

The Enlightenment not only has exoskeletons and light and heavy firepower weapons produced by black boxes, but also has absorbed the military technology and tactical ideas of the Southern Legion not long ago.

This thing is much better than awakening.

Whether it's a serious or unscrupulous wasteland or mutant organization, you'll have to be hung and beaten when you run into these guys.

Perhaps feeling the slaughter under the smoke and dust, looking at this group of human soldiers with loaded guns, even the xenos hiding in the ruins couldn't help but shrink their necks and hide their minions in fear.

About 120 soldiers quietly surrounded the half-collapsed skyscraper in the center of the city in three directions, and then advanced in alternate cover, closing the encirclement in an orderly manner.

Standing on the sand dunes not far away, Marik, the captain of the "Desert Scorpion", held a telescope in his hand, staring blankly at the building that was cut off by the waist not far away, quietly waiting for something.

It didn't take long for the voices of his subordinates to come from the communication channel.

“…… The transmitter was found, located at the top of the ruins, about 100 meters above the ground. ”

There was no surprise in his subordinates' answers, and Marik said calmly.

"Into the ruins."

"Yes!"

The team leader operating the drone responded, looked at the soldier who was half-squatting on the ground on the side, clenched his right fist, and waved forward cleanly.

Ten soldiers wearing exoskeletons immediately took the order, and quickly advanced against the base of the wall under the cover of their teammates.

At the same time, two attack drones with gun barrels silently approached the sides of the team, following the team towards the ruins of the skyscraper.

On the dusty glass curtain wall, there are figures filled with a sense of slaughter.

A man with a beard walked up to Malik's side, his index finger hooked at the collar and loosening his scarf, squinting in the direction of the building's wreckage.

"A radio signal was found in the no-man's land, and the signal contained encrypted coordinates, and the decoded coordinates were the location of the signal source...... What the hell do you think that guy is doing this nonsense for? ”

His name is Valen, and he is the Desert Scorpion's side team and Malik's old sidekick.

"I don't know," Marik replied casually, looking at the building in the distance, "but if I had to guess, I guess it was trying to connect with our opponent...... If you speculate like this, this guy shouldn't be from the Alliance, and it is likely that he is a dog raised by the Alliance. ”

Although the Eastern Empire is also suspected of doing this, those Willantes are not very concerned about the affairs of the Enlightenment.

The tyrannical emperor was more concerned with the interests of reality than the distant future and the interests of civilization.

Only the Alliance, wanting everything.

In short, there are only a few forces that are relatively close to the Great Desert, and it is enough to use the elimination method.

Valen raised an eyebrow.

"Who do you think that dog would be?"

Malik grinned and said with a sneer.

"I'm guessing old friends, at least people who know us, but who knows?"

The Enlightenment is not the only enemy of the Alliance, it can even be said that the whole world is full of enemies.

In such a situation, it is extremely reasonable that a force outside the Great Desert would choose to support a secret organization against the Enlightenment within the Great Desert.

For example, in the past two years, an organization called "Watchmen" has popped up, working against them everywhere, often ruining their good deeds.

Intuition told Malik that the Eight Achievements of the Signal Tower deployed here were the work of the "Watchmen".

Or no matter how bad it is, it's also the people who have something to do with them.

Thinking of this, the corners of Malik's mouth couldn't help but curl up into a cruel smile.

It's time to settle the old accounts.

In less than a minute, the ten-man team that took the lead quickly occupied the entrance to the building, and under the cover of two drones, controlled the safe passage and advanced up the stairs.

It didn't take long for the squad leader's voice to come through the communication channel.

"It's a team, and we've got the transmitters...... The facilities here are powered by mobile power supply devices, and there is no trace of the sender! ”

"These rats!" Valen, who was standing next to Marik, cursed.

The expression on Malik's face was also a little gloomy, but it wasn't too surprising.

The mobile device is powered and the transmitter is started remotely...... These operations are nothing more than basic exercises.

In other words, he would have done the same thing if he was in the same position.

"On the bright side, at least the communication equipment and power supply are still there, which means that they have not succeeded in connecting."

After a pause, Marik continued.

"At least we're ahead of the league, and we might be able to use this opportunity to give them a little bit of color."

Hearing Marik's idea, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on Valen's face.

"That's a good idea!"

Waiting for the alliance to follow the clues, they just happened to run into their guns.

In this way, not only can the alliance suffer a loss, but it may also make the alliance and its own dogs infighting.

Malik smiled faintly, not modest, and instead began to arrange the deployment of personnel.

His troops of more than 120 people were organized into 12 squads and 3 groups.

While sending three additional teams into the building, he ordered the other two groups to hide silently on the east and west sides of the target building, ready to respond to support at any time.

A net is quietly laid down, just waiting for the prey to get in by itself!

As for the terminal that emitted radio signals, after thinking about it for a while, Malik finally did not startle the snake, but arranged for an off-road vehicle with electronic listening equipment to keep the signal under its control to prevent any changes.

All the preparations are in place.

Malik and Valen also turned back on the SUV and drove into the abandoned city in front of them, hiding in the window of a shop along the street.

The next thing is to wait.

Malik believes that with the Alliance's stubborn attitude towards the Enlightenment, it will not miss this clue.

As long as you throw this bait down, you will catch a certain fish, at most the difference between a big fish and a small fish.

He doesn't mind spending days waiting, as long as a fish is baited, it's all worth it.

Turning off the SUV's engine, Marik got out of the car just as there was a deafening roar overhead.

"Airplanes! Flying north from the south, it should have been from the industrial area of Ravenca! ”

Valen poked his head out of the window and glanced at it, with a stunned look on his face, but also a hint of happiness.

It seems that although they are a step faster, they are not much faster than the people in the alliance.

However, even if it is only one step faster, it is fast.

Their men had already hidden in the ruins in advance, and the plane should have found nothing.

"I guess it's a pathfinder...... Their people should be coming soon. Pulling back from the broken window, Valen looked back at Malik who was standing nearby.

The latter apparently thought so, nodding his head with a serious expression, and then placing his index finger on the side of the helmet.

“…… Attention units, the people of the alliance are about to arrive, hide and don't let them find out! ”

"Wait for the prey to get into the cage before you do it!"

Given the order cleanly, Marik waited for an answer from the Ministries, but there was an eerie silence in the communication channel, with only a faint murmur of current.

His brows furrowed slightly, and a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Malik's heart.

Although the communication situation in the Great Desert is extremely unstable, and intermittent signals often occur, such a close distance is logically unlikely.

“…… This is Malik, pay attention to the units, please answer when you hear it! Repeat, please answer ...... when you hear it"

Still no response!

The ominous premonition that had hovered in my heart had turned into a warning omen, and at the same time, a crackling gunfire suddenly rang out, followed by a deafening explosion.

"It's the direction of the building!" Varun, who was crouching by the window, had a look of panic in his eyes and hurriedly looked back at Malik.

The latter quickly ran to the window, but instead of looking at the skyscraper, he looked at the sky against the blinding light.

I saw that in the cloudless sky, there was an imperceptible white light.

That's a small parachute!

Something seems to hang under the parachute!

Looking at the white light through the helmet eyepiece, Marik's pupils instantly constricted, and he yelled loudly.

"Electromagnetic shielding! Damn it! They've found us! ”

Nope-

Wait a minute!

Suddenly aware of something, Malik quickly looked at the skyscraper where the gunfire was fired, and the anger written in his eyes gradually turned to astonishment and horror.

A drop of cold sweat ran across his forehead and into his neckline.

Those guys have been there all along......

It's not so much that the Alliance has discovered them, it's that those guys are waiting for them right here! Watch them take the bait!

It's too late to hesitate!

Malik reached out and grabbed Valen's shoulder, his eyes reddening at the bewildered face.

"Ambush! Fast! Launch flares! Tell the brethren hiding in the ruins to retreat! ”

"Okay, okay...... What?! Fall back?! Valen, who loaded the flare gun, was stunned and looked at his boss incomprehensibly, not understanding what this guy was trying to do.

And—

What is an ambush?

Aren't they ambushing the Alliance?

Before he could explain, Malik snatched the flare gun from his hand, loaded it with a green flare, and shot it into the sky without saying a word.

A flash of green light burst into the sky, and soon bloomed with a dark green light!

Regardless of whether the others saw it or not, Malik ran back to the SUV without saying a word, pulled the door and sat in the passenger seat.

Although he didn't know what kind of nerves the boss had, Valen followed him back to the car.

Hurriedly turning on the engine, he looked at the head sitting in the passenger seat and was about to ask, but before he could open his mouth, the latter shouted urgently.

"Quick! Drive! ”

Valen stammered as he gripped the steering wheel tightly.

"Go, where?"

Marik's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and roared.

"No matter where you go! Let's get out of here first! ”

The gunfire outside was getting faster and faster.

Realizing that things were not good, Valen did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly stepped on the accelerator.

The SUV's engine roared like a monster, and the wheels swayed out of the window.

He slammed the steering wheel with both hands and turned left, trying to return to the outside of the city along the same road, but at this moment he heard a crisp sound of "pop"!

It was the sound of a bullet piercing the window, and it was the last sound he had ever heard in his life.

The mass bullet several times the speed of sound shattered the helmet in an instant, and even smashed half of the seat!

The red and white squirted out together, and Valen's head spilled half of the carriage like a mashed watermelon.

The off-road vehicle lost control and crashed into the side of the road.

Malik, who was doused with hot blood, only felt cardiac arrest, and his whole body was half cold.

Almost instinctively, he slammed the car door and jumped out, scurrying into a nearby window before the second gunshot rang out, yelling loudly in the communication channel.

"Sniper!"

The communication shield continues.

Naturally, no one could hear that voice.

At the same time, in the sand dunes eight hundred meters away, a thick and long Gauss sniper rifle was erected in front of the [Desert Eagle] covered in a desert-colored camouflage net.

The power of this shot even has to go around the power armor, and no matter how many levels of the awakened have to kneel!

"What a coward!" Looking at the target who had fled into the shops along the street, he gently twitched his tongue and raised his index finger to turn off the charged capacitor.

That guy probably didn't dare to come out for a while.

But it doesn't matter.

There are people from the Desert Corps all around here, and there is no way he can escape!

On the other side, in the ruins of skyscrapers, fierce battles continue!

Flashing tracer lights weaved through the corridors, with occasional loud explosions.

The scorpion-emblazoned soldier with the scorpion on his exoskeleton had terror written on his face as he hurriedly strafed into the darkness not far away, dragging his wounded teammates out of the building.

The scene was chaotic.

The darkness resounded not only with gunshots and explosions, but also with cursing and shouting.

"Here's a group! We are under attack by unknown forces! ”

"It's the Alliance!!"

"Damn! Our communication system is blocked! ”

"Flares! It's a flare! ”

"Captain, let's retreat!"

"Retreat?! Are you kidding! They've surrounded us! Without support, we'd all die here! ”

The expression of fear was imprinted on every face, and every dark room made the Enlightenment soldiers present can't help but tighten the string in their heads.

Forced to fight on their own, they don't know how many people there are in their opponents, or even how many of their own people are left......

The team that was the first to storm the building was the first to be hit hard!

As the Coalition planes flew by, they were scattered on the top floor of the ruins to search and set up defenses, not noticing that the Union soldiers were lying in ambush right under their noses!

Hearing the roar of the fighter jet, the Alliance soldiers who were ambushed in the shadows immediately opened the fluorescent identification strip on the exoskeleton and revealed the weapon hidden in the darkness!

Led by the Taran Raiders, about thirty players of the Desert Corps launched a surprise attack.

Under the cover of communication shielding and familiarizing themselves with the terrain in advance, they worked in groups of three to defeat the nearly forty Enlightenment soldiers scattered in the building one by one!

And until the sound of the gunshot, which pierced the silence, the team on the top floor alone had been reduced by half!

And the others didn't know until the gunshots rang out because of the blocking of communications!

"I'm fighting with you!!"

Finally, a lone "desert scorpion" could no longer hold back the fear in his heart, and with a roar, he poked his rifle out of cover and swept towards the flickering stairway.

His index finger was almost slammed to the trigger, and the bullet rolled like a storm towards the figure that was so fast that it was barely visible!

Flickering tracer light danced across the angular armor, as fast as a gust of wind, almost grazing the whistling rain of bullets in front of him.

The "desert scorpion"'s pupils shrank suddenly, and there was only one thought left in the sticky mind—

So fast!!

He had almost just seen the other party's movements when the other party had already rushed into his face.

And that's not all!

The bright sword light slashed at his face like lightning, and he was caught off guard almost subconsciously raised his hand and set up the rifle in his hand to block.

"Knock ——!"

The sheer force shook him to the point of pain!

And through that momentary pause, he finally saw clearly the cold glow that tore through the steel!

It was a blade that opened outward!

The curved blade is like a scythe on the arm of a praying mantis!

His pupils were filled with fear.

However, before he could react, the sharp cold light cleaved his helmet with unabated momentum, and the "bell" chiseled through his skull.

"Three."

Easily taking out a "super soldier" who was in the way, the player in power armor silently counted the heads, and then kicked the dead corpse away.

Looking at the bloody scene, the soldiers of the Enlightenment Society, who were squatting behind the bunker not far away, panicked one by two.

Fearing that they would fall into the same fate, they all set up the guy in their hands and beckoned to the fierce guy desperately.

The tracer nails are like tickling on the power armor, which is why the armor-piercing bullets fired by the bazooka can pose some threat.

But it's easy to dodge that thing.

Especially in such straight corridors and corridors.

"That's it?"

In the face of the rain of bullets, the "high play" grinned, only shook off the blood stuck to the mantis knife, and killed it without dodging!

And at this moment, the "little scorpions" standing opposite him were all frightened, and they could no longer maintain their morale on the verge of collapse, so they turned around and ran away as if they were dead!

The bloody slaughter continues.

It's not just the fight inside the building, it's the same outside the building!

The "desert scorpions" lying in ambush on the east and west sides of the ruins of the skyscraper did not wait for the prey to hit the muzzle, but became the turtle in the cage themselves.

More than a dozen off-road vehicles scattered like birds and beasts towards the desert outside the city, but as soon as they touched the exit of the city, they were blown up by anti-armor missiles catching up.

Seeing no hope of escape, the soldiers who were left behind finally dropped their weapons in despair and surrendered in the face of continuous casualties.

They have never suffered losses in hand-to-hand firefights, but this time they kicked on the iron plate!

And a certain second- and third-line corps that was playing soy sauce throughout the whole process in the "Southern Barbarian Invasion" expansion pack finally raised his eyebrows this time!

Although it was thanks to the help of a few loose bosses that it was fought so beautifully, the vast majority of the battles were fought by the players in the corps themselves.

Looking at the more than thirty captives who had taken off their equipment and squatted in the corner with their heads hugged, the [Taran Raider] had a happy smile on his face.

"Haha! It's really a mother's pleasure! ”

After sitting on the cold bench for so long, it can be regarded as Lao Tzu's turn to pretend to be forced!

……

(Thanks to the leader of the alliance "God of the line of fire, save me" for his reward!! ）