Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 285: Plan Success and an Unexpected Outcome, The Shadow Behind the Battlefield

Yu Yuan Shelter.

Yu Yuan walked out of the Escape Door, a wide smile on his face.

The Humpback Whale were really good people!

Without them, Yu Yuan would have had to put in a lot more effort to get his hands on this batch of supplies.

Seeing Yu Yuan return through the Escape Door, Masier greeted him warmly.

She knew today was a very important day. Seeing Yu Yuan return safely now clearly meant the plan had been carried out successfully.

Yu Yuan placed the two mechanical reforger bodies in Masier's workshop.

"Masier, these two are the mechanical reforgers from the Mechanical Vanguard Society. See if they have any research value."

The moment Yu Yuan pulled out the mechanical reforger bodies, Masier's gaze was already captivated.

"Valuable, extremely valuable! I will definitely study them thoroughly. So this is what a mechanical reforger looks like....""Masier, that's not urgent. I need you to make an instrument that can detect trackers, or signal transmitters."

"Uh... Are you talking about a signal detector, an instrument that senses radio waves on specific frequency bands?" Masier thought for a moment, then nodded and said:

"That's actually simple, I can make it quickly. I've made something like that before...."

Yu Yuan nodded.

"Good, this is very urgent. The detectable frequency range can be a bit wider...."

"No problem, I'll start making it right away."

As Masier went to work, Yu Yuan pulled over a chair from the workshop and sat down.

Only then did he begin checking the situation with the 【Jackal】 team, Carmen, and Mona.

He had been busy collecting supplies earlier.

He hadn't received any urgent messages from them, which clearly indicated their part of the plan was also proceeding smoothly.

Quickly browsing the information log in the Commander System, Yu Yuan gradually grasped the situation of the District 11 battlefield.

The facts proved that all of Yu Yuan's preparations were quite sufficient and effective.

Although Blackfire and Bloodbone's combat power exceeded Yu Yuan's previous estimates, and Cold Crow and the other three's caution was downright appalling.

Under Yu Yuan's design and guidance, he successfully used Blackfire and Bloodbone as the knives to kill Cold Crow and the other three.

Clearing the final obstacle for Mona's rise to power.

Now, the high-ranking members of the Aurora Animal Assistance Association were only left with Saint Jiu Feng and Preacher Miller.

And as Miller's student, Mona naturally and logically became the third most important figure in the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.

Yu Yuan opened the 【Civilization Management】 — 【Civilization Overview】 page on the Virtual Light Screen.

In the 【Controlled Factions】 column, the control percentage for the Aurora Animal Assistance Association had shockingly increased from the previous 5.3% to 21%.

This increase was already quite exaggerated.

Yu Yuan was very satisfied that Mona had managed to achieve this.

The deaths of Cold Crow and the other three not only elevated Mona's position within the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.

With the number of high-ranking members reduced, her standing in the eyes of Miller and the Saint would also rise again, which was crucial for Yu Yuan's next moves.

"Mona has successfully risen to power, so next is Carmen!"

Although the main purpose of this operation was to eliminate Cold Crow and the other three, Carmen really did have incredible luck.

His control over the Black Shield Police Department had also increased from this morning's 11.4% to 37.1%, and the reason was that Commander Lao Ke had actually died.

And he died in a rather humiliating way.

To explain all this, we have to go back to the situation after Bloodbone killed Cold Crow.

When Blackfire fell from a high altitude, by deliberately changing direction, he used the tall building as a buffer, reducing his falling height. Although his body sustained damage, the overall impact wasn't significant.

But Bloodbone, at that time, due to Cold Crow's electric current chains, the strong current greatly affected his mechanical body's performance, preventing him from effectively controlling his movements.

Therefore, he could only plummet straight towards the ground. Fortunately, two mechanical reforgers were fighting nearby. Seeing Bloodbone falling, they immediately jumped into the air, using their bodies' upward kinetic energy to cushion Bloodbone's falling speed.

Those two mechanical reforgers also took quite an impact.

One of the mechanical reforgers had been killed in the previous combined attack by the mutated creatures. The remaining three mechanical reforgers were also damaged to varying degrees.

With Blackfire and Bloodbone coordinating, those few mutated creatures were quickly eliminated. But just as they were preparing to continue towards the Aurora Animal Assistance Association...

Perhaps seeing that the Aurora Animal Assistance Association's mutated creatures, including the preacher, had all been killed, the three Ascetics from the Humpback Whale launched a sneak attack on them right as they regrouped.

It must be said, the Humpback Whale truly lived up to being old rivals of the Mechanical Vanguard Society.

The three Ascetics' attack was decisive and lethal.

And the appearance of the Ascetics was something Blackfire and Bloodbone had never anticipated.

This wasn't the Terra Continent, after all.

Caught off guard, they fell right into the Ascetics' trap.

The moment the Ascetics struck, they directly killed the three already heavily injured mechanical reforgers.

Flames and molten lava became the most powerful weapons in the Ascetics' hands.

The Ascetics' molten lava attacks had a certain countering effect against the mechanical reforgers.

They could even withstand bullets and explosions head-on without issue.

But high temperature was a collective weakness for all living beings.

Mechanical bodies could resist high-temperature invasion for a short time, but under sustained high temperatures, the mechanical metal would heat up rapidly, severely testing and impairing all body functions and operations.

This was something even an Executor-level figure could not avoid.

Therefore, although Blackfire and Bloodbone reacted the moment the Ascetics appeared.

After killing two Ascetics, Blackfire's arm prosthesis and chest malfunctioned under the high-temperature roasting.

The artificial blood vessels in Bloodbone's right leg directly ruptured under the high temperature, and many internal components were pierced through by the scorching molten lava.

Seeing that the mission could not be completed, the last remaining Ascetic resolutely decided to detonate all the energy within his body, determined to kill both of them.

At the critical last moment, Bloodbone shielded Blackfire, taking the full brunt of the Ascetic's self-detonation. His body, now mangled, collapsed.

The Mechanical Vanguard Society's operation this time was undoubtedly a complete failure.

This ambush had spiraled out of their control from the moment it was detected and countered by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.

Not to mention, the strength of the Aurora Animal Assistance Association also far exceeded their predictions.

Of course, the most crucial factor was the existence of the Ascetics. This was absolutely the biggest surprise of this operation.

All these unexpected factors stacked together resulted in the current situation.

A sense of lingering fear rose in his heart.

"Thankfully the 【Binding Bramble】 has the dual effect of absorbing blood and energy. If that Ascetic had also self-destructed on me back then, it would have been dangerous!"

And as for Lao Ke, talk about being unlucky!

As the battle ended, the bodies of Executor Bloodbone, the mechanical reforgers, and the Ascetics naturally became the Aurora Animal Assistance Association's most valuable trophies.

But Lao Ke proactively took on this task. As Carmen's superior, Carmen naturally could only agree.

Who would have thought that Bloodbone, who should have been utterly destroyed in the Ascetic's self-detonation, was actually not dead yet? The moment Lao Ke appeared, Bloodbone locked onto him.

Despite Lao Ke being cautious enough to stay at the very back, he still couldn't stop Bloodbone from using his last bit of energy to kill him.

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Bloodbone was actually captured by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association!"

Looking at the information, Yu Yuan couldn't help but sneer.

"Interesting... this is really interesting! This plan truly had unexpected outcomes!"

No matter what, in this three-way battle directed by Yu Yuan's hand.

He was undoubtedly the biggest winner.

But because of the Humpback Whale's unexpected appearance, the Aurora Animal Assistance Association successfully eliminated Cold Crow and the other three, and even captured Bloodbone.

This counted as publicly avenging Cold Crow, consolidating the loyalty of the ordinary Thugs.

For Miller and the Saint, wasn't this also a victory?

The ones who suffered the greatest losses were probably just the two unlucky groups: the Mechanical Vanguard Society and the Humpback Whale!

As for Blackfire, who escaped, he probably couldn't figure out, no matter how hard he thought, how a perfectly good plan ended up like this.

Nor would he understand that behind this battle, a shadow had been manipulating their every move all along.

And the cause of this whole incident was simply because he had taken a fancy to that batch of supplies parked at the Feed Factory.