The absent Zone 666 and Zone 08 were most likely sneaky bastards planning an ambush! If they wasted all their time here, their home base might get raided.
In just a few minutes, they distributed the supplies and headed back at full speed!
Qi Xu's group had already loaded all the supplies from the weapon campsite onto their vehicle. Everyone was in high spirits. Combined with what Wolf 004 had managed to steal back, their total haul came to 23 firearms, 4 explosives, and 25 machetes.
This was basically enough to arm everyone. On top of that, they also had 10 random weapon summoning cards. Their combat power had skyrocketed! The gamble paid off!
After making sure there was nothing else to scavenge, Qi Xu and the team completely dismantled and destroyed the weapon campsite. They did this to prevent it from becoming another group's base of operations. After all, it was too close to their own campsite, and they couldn't risk someone occupying it to cause trouble.
Just as they were about to head back in triumph, Dark Night Fanatic unexpectedly showed up!
Qi Xu was taken aback. This didn't make sense. The weapon campsite to the left of their base had already been wiped out, and the ruins campsite to the right only had 42 people left. If that campsite was truly just a pile of ruins with nothing of value, why would they launch a sneak attack instead of going after resource points?
"Boss!"
Dark Night Fanatic moved like a shadow. One moment he was a distant speck, and the next, he was standing right in front of them.
"What's going on? Are we under attack?"
"It's the Surprise campsite! Fifty people! They all came! Strategist A-Bian said not to worry about our base because Master Chef can hold the fort. The strategist also obtained a campsite protection card from a drone. He wants you guys to keep pushing forward and launch a surprise attack directly on their Surprise campsite. Their base is completely empty right now!"
"Let's go!"
With no time to analyze the situation in detail, Qi Xu immediately gave the order. The Surprise campsite was located to the left of the weapon campsite, separated from the food campsite by exactly one weapon campsite.
Qi Xu simply couldn't fathom why they would ignore their immediate left and right flanks and charge straight over to engage in a life-and-death struggle with Zone 666. It was completely illogical.
When they were initially selecting their campsites, even though both sides had made the same choice, the top-ranked player of Zone 08, Threeking, clearly hadn't wanted a direct confrontation. That was why he had chosen to retreat rather than engage in a fight.
As Qi Xu mulled this over in his head, Retired Magical Boy slammed on the gas pedal. The truck launched forward instantly with intense acceleration, nearly flinging the brains out of the group riding in the back...
After struggling to regain their balance, they frantically grabbed onto the sides of the vehicle.
Dark Night Fanatic was still reaching out dramatically with his hand. "Hey, at least let me get in the truck! I've delivered the message, but I have no way back. Or just give me an order so I can run back and deliver another message. You can't just leave me to rely on my own two feet..."
Dark Night Fanatic tried to chase after them for a few steps, but upon realizing that the truck was already out of sight, he accepted his fate and began the grueling trek back, a bitter expression on his face...
Sitting in the passenger seat, Qi Xu thought long and hard but still couldn't figure out why the enemy had dared to mobilize their entire force like this.
Along the way, Qi Xu went ahead and used all ten of the weapon summoning cards.
He summoned his own Cherry Blossom Fall and Cherry Blossom Illusion, Dongfang Yuan's purple longblade, Little Song's chakram, Vitality Brother's calligraphy brush, Old White Dragon's concealed weapons pouch, Wolf 009's longsword, Blessed by Luck's rocket launcher, and Golden Bell Armor Iron Shirt's iron shirt.
Although Golden Bell Armor Iron Shirt wasn't currently with them, they still needed a frontline fighter who could absorb a lot of damage while maintaining some combat capability.
Thanks to Magical Boy's vehicle, their speed and efficiency were maxed out. In about half an hour, they successfully arrived at the Surprise campsite.
Fearing a trap, the group fanned out to encircle the area and advanced simultaneously. Ultimately, they found the entire campsite completely deserted. Not only was there no one around, but the campsite's core was also missing.
Refusing to give up, everyone scoured the area twice but found absolutely nothing.
Qi Xu instantly realized what was going on. No wonder they had dared to send all fifty of their people out on a sneak attack, their campsite core wasn't even here! This thing could actually be moved!?
"Damn it, we've been tricked."
Since they had already fallen for the trap, complaining was useless. The only sensible thing to do now was figure out how to cut their losses.
The living conditions at this Surprise campsite were top-notch. The other two residential sites they had seen so far were nothing more than dilapidated warehouses, but this place was a three-story building!
It had individual rooms, complete with beds and various pieces of furniture. Whether for resting or hiding supplies, it was absolutely perfect.
Deciding to go all out, Qi Xu had a few barrels of gasoline unloaded from Retired Magical Boy's vehicle and instructed everyone to pour them evenly inside and outside the Surprise campsite.
Then, using the spoils they had just looted from the weapon campsite, they threw all four explosives as hard as they could. In an instant, the Surprise campsite was engulfed in a massive sea of flames.
A three-story building? Not anymore. In less than half an hour, it would be nothing but a pile of ash and rubble.
So they really thought they could rest easy just because they took their campsite core with them, huh? Let's see where they sleep without a campsite! With the freezing night temperatures and the monsters out in the desert, even if the elements and beasts couldn't find them or kill them outright, it would slowly wear them down to death!
That was just the kind of person Qi Xu was, he refused to ever be on the losing end. If you screwed him over, he would make sure to take a bite out of your flesh in return!
Qi Xu quickly rallied everyone back into the truck and drove straight back through the middle of the two campsites. There was a good chance they might run right into the group from Zone 08.
The good news was that they did indeed run into them.
Upon discovering that he couldn't break through the enemy's defenses, layer upon layer of shields that left absolutely no possibility of a breach, Threeking had also started to worry that the members of Zone 666 might return from the weapon campsite to flank them. As a result, he had decisively ordered his people to retreat!
On their way back, they happened to spot Dark Night Fanatic running frantically, and they promptly, and quite politely, took him prisoner.
So the bad news was... they couldn't make a move.
Threeking pushed Dark Night Fanatic right to the front lines. Dark Night Fanatic wanted to just kill himself on the spot out of sheer embarrassment, but he was completely immobilized.
"Invincible Black Whirlwind, I don't want to fight right now. Let's just go our separate ways peacefully. I'll return your man to you, and we'll part ways here, alright? I promise I won't team up with the other two campsites to besiege you."
The several Wolf members behind Qi Xu were visibly agitated, glaring intensely at this player named Threeking.
Dandan Seven, who could never keep his thoughts to himself, immediately jumped up and pointed at Threeking. "Are you blind? Can't you see my..."
Before he could finish, Qi Xu yanked him back and shoved him into Wolf 009's arms. Dandan Seven instantly caught on and, without missing a beat or showing any embarrassment, threw out a few generic threats instead.
The others caught on immediately as well. They calmed themselves down and pretended not to recognize him...
Qi Xu had long suspected that this Threeking was actually Wolf 003, and today's encounter confirmed it. His intuition had been spot on!
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