Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 303: The Criteria for Dividing Thug Forces, Xiao Wu's Shock

Wasteland Calendar Day 46, 2:51 PM.

Temperature: 6°C

Weather: Cloudy

Inside a building 630 meters away from Hyde Mall, Yu Yuan watched the flames igniting on the distant street and asked Zhi Zhi:

"How is it? What's the situation on the other side?"

"Master, the targets have now split into two groups. One group is moving upstairs, while the other group remains in the underground parking lot, controlling that giant lizard. They are likely acting separately."

"That giant lizard has already moved close to the western exit of the underground parking lot. The group upstairs has reached the 4th floor and is heading towards the window positions..."

Yu Yuan immediately shared this intelligence with Carmen and Alpha.

Inside the Black Shield armored command vehicle, Carmen received the intelligence sent by Yu Yuan and immediately formulated a response.

"All personnel on Allen Street, stay away from the underground parking lot exits. All squads, be aware of potential enemies appearing above the mall."Upon hearing Carmen's command, the Enforcer squads positioned on the street west of Hyde Mall immediately began to relocate.

Just as the vehicle convoy was moving, the snipers the Black Shield Police Department had already deployed in the surrounding area also spotted figures appearing in the upper-floor windows of the mall.

Bang—

Accompanied by the sound of shattering glass, a figure with deathly pale skin plummeted from the air, crashed onto the ground, and splattered a spray of blood.

But immediately after, the sniper's position was subjected to concentrated fire from a hail of bullets. The Blood Slave Guard's counterattack had begun.

The battle had fully erupted.

Whoosh—

An RPG rocket was launched from an Enforcer combat vehicle, streaking with its tail flame towards the upper floors of Hyde Mall. An explosion rang out, followed by a burst of flames.

Clearly, the Blood Slave Guard's firepower was simply no match for the Black Shield Police Department.

However, at the exit of the underground parking lot, the Subterranean Stone Lizard, under the control of the Blood Slave Guard, charged straight out of the parking lot. It aimed at the combat vehicles that had just retreated to a distance and stomped down violently with its left foot.

The ground where the Enforcer squad was positioned, a full seventy or eighty meters away from the Subterranean Stone Lizard, suddenly erupted with seven or eight stone pillars. These pillars pierced through the ground, flipping over all the squad's combat vehicles.

One of the combat vehicles had its fuel tank pierced by a stone pillar. As fuel oil leaked out, it exploded.

"What is this?"

Inside the command vehicle, Carmen, who saw this scene, also stiffened, immediately looking towards Hogg beside him.

"Chief!"

Hogg's pupils also contracted. This lizard's strength exceeded his expectations.

In fact, the moment this giant lizard appeared, Hogg thought it was a plot by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association against him.

After all, only they could cultivate mutated creatures this large.

But with this stone pillar attack, Hogg dismissed that idea.

No other reason.

This lizard's power was simply not something the Aurora Animal Assistance Association could possibly cultivate.

However, a trace of tension also rose in Hogg's heart.

If it were just those deathly pale individuals, Hogg could remain calm.

But now, suddenly, such a giant lizard with the ability to manipulate rock had appeared.

If the Aurora Animal Assistance Association found out, they would definitely not let it go.

No...

They would definitely learn about the battle here, given how big the commotion is.

Perhaps they are already on their way here now.

He didn't have much time left.

He had to capture those enemies and bring them back to the Black Shield Police Department before the Aurora Animal Assistance Association's people arrived.

Although he wasn't clear exactly why, a voice inside Hogg's heart kept telling him.

If he captured that enemy, his strength would rise to another level.

His gaze turned towards Hyde Mall.

That enemy was inside that mall.

"Carmen, take it down!"

Hogg struggled to suppress the impulse in his heart and said calmly:

"Understood!"

Carmen looked at the screen inside the command vehicle.

"Armed Armored Vehicle squad, suppress that lizard."

"Yes!"

The Armed Armored Vehicle squad, which had been waiting for orders, began to move out.

At this moment, the three Blood Slaves on the Subterranean Stone Lizard had already been killed by the Black Shield Police Department. With no controllers, the Subterranean Stone Lizard completely entered Frenzied Mode, beginning indiscriminate attacks.

Inside the mall.

Xiao Wu, watching the Subterranean Stone Lizard below entering Frenzied Mode, had an extremely ugly expression on his face.

He had paid a huge price to capture this Subterranean Stone Lizard, and now he was watching it go to its death.

And in his senses, the Blood Slave Guard was also suffering heavy casualties.

He understood that this invasion war had completely failed.

He just couldn't figure out whether this current situation was a trap the Yu Yuan Shelter had already set for him.

Or if he had just been unlucky and stumbled near a Thug faction.

Xiao Wu leaned more towards it being a Thug faction, though their appearance was a bit too coincidental!

Because if all these people were from the Yu Yuan Shelter, that would be terrifying.

"No... impossible. A player capable of controlling such a faction should at least be at the Bronze Rank. Even players ranked in the top hundred at the Rock Rank absolutely would not have this kind of strength."

"But what exactly is going on? Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Why am I so unlucky to have landed in the encirclement of a Thug faction..."

Finally, he looked at the overcast, cloudy sky.

"Let's leave this place first! The weather is cloudy now, no sunlight to weaken my strength. If I'm careful, escaping shouldn't be a problem."

"As long as I leave this building, with my speed, I can hide very quickly..."

Thinking this, Xiao Wu ran towards the east side of the mall.

There was no more time for him to hesitate in this situation.

The failure of this invasion war was already determined. Staying here was just waiting for death.

Since the loss of the Subterranean Stone Lizard was already inevitable, then let it exert the last bit of its warmth!

While it's attracting the enemy's full attention, I must leave as soon as possible.

The sound of artillery fire reached his ears, explosions ringing out one after another behind him.

Xiao Wu could still hear the furious roars of the Subterranean Stone Lizard.

Soon, Xiao Wu reached the mall's second floor. Through the glass, he saw the fully armed wasteland combat vehicles on the street below.

And the Armed Armored Vehicles attacking the Subterranean Stone Lizard, making Xiao Wu's eyelids twitch.

"Armored vehicles... and it's an elite Thug faction... Damn it, what on earth is going on?"

Regarding Thug factions, some Veteran Players had clear classification standards.

If they only had ordinary modified wasteland combat vehicles and ordinary weapons and equipment, they were called ordinary Thug factions.

But ones like this, possessing special combat vehicles and heavy weapons, were called 'elite Thug factions' by Veteran Players. This kind of Thug faction was already quite powerful; basically, having one in a city was already rare.

A Rock Rank player encountering this kind of strength would pretty much be a free kill, even players ranked in the top hundred were the same. The equipment suppression was too severe.

This kind of Thug faction already had the potential to become the final type of Thug faction.

This final type of Thug faction was called 'Regional Overlord'.

As the name implied, this kind of Thug faction generally occupied resource-rich regions and possessed the ability to suppress other factions within that region.

This ability wasn't just about having a few armored vehicles and tanks; they needed power that surpassed the conventional level.

Currently, Xiao Wu had only seen two 'Regional Overlord' factions.

One was a warlord faction possessing a long-range missile strike system.

The other was an underground city-state faction that mastered the technology of breeding Spiritual Creatures and could control these creatures for battle.

The former was one he encountered when invading another player before.

The second 'Regional Overlord' faction was one within the Subterranean Gloom Civilization region where he was located. In fact, the location of Xiao Wu's shelter was on the radiation fringe of this Overlord faction's territory.

That Subterranean Stone Lizard was also one he managed to lure out from deep within that faction's territory and capture.

It was precisely because he knew the differences between these Thug factions that seeing the ones surrounding him were actually an elite Thug faction.

Xiao Wu almost lost his composure.

"No good, this place is too dangerous."

Soon, he found a weak point in the encirclement.

"Let's go from here!"