Chapter 66

"Too bad, there's still a lot of good stuff we didn't take?" Pei Huayan glanced back at the direction of the explosion, his almond eyes biting on a piece of military rations, feeling a bit regretful.

After replenishing, they naturally blew up the enemy's base. However, the Scavenger didn't directly blow it up but planted a timed bomb in a hidden place in the arsenal. This way, if any reinforcements arrived at the camp or the patrolling soldiers returned, the outcome would be predictable.

Feeling that his actions were somewhat despicable, Pei Huayan suddenly realized that the Scavenger seemed even more despicable. Of course, in the Scavenger's view, this was called strategy, not despicableness. Maximizing the number of enemies killed also increased the chances of survival.

"Is the compressed military rations tasty?" Kantu, walking beside Pei Huayan, looked at him in surprise. As long as it was compressed food, it never tasted good. Kantu was skeptical about Pei Huayan's taste.

"What do you know? Have you ever watched military dramas on TV? When there's no food, those soldiers eat raw rat meat. Do you think raw rat meat tastes better or compressed military rations?" Pei Huayan glared at Kantu. Thinking of eating raw rat meat, Kantu closed his mouth.

"Stop dawdling and hurry up. We need to get away from this area as soon as possible to avoid being locked onto. They even have armed helicopters; is this a terrorist activity? I think it's more like a war. With such firepower, any player who comes in now will die, except for Kantu's firepower."

The Scavenger waved his hand to get the two moving. Regarding Pei Huayan's eating habits, the Scavenger didn't comment. In the game, as long as eating kept one's attributes from weakening due to hunger, it was fine. Each bag of compressed food had a standard for replenishing the player's hunger.

For example, one compressed biscuit could provide the energy of a full meal. Eating three such biscuits a day would prevent the system from judging the player as hungry, with more physical activity requiring more food. However, Pei Huayan didn't care about this. He seemed to have brought his real-life big appetite into the game.

Even if one compressed biscuit could replenish all his energy and prevent the system from judging him as hungry, Pei Huayan would still eat three at once. This had nothing to do with the system's energy standards.

This was Pei Huayan's own psychological suggestion. In reality, he could eat a lot, and in the game, he felt he needed to eat more, even if the system thought he wasn't hungry. This was purely psychological and had nothing to do with physiology.

So, when replenishing, Pei Huayan first had a big meal. Since everything was going to be blown up, he might as well eat it himself. If the Scavenger hadn't stopped him, Pei Huayan would have filled his bag with compressed food and carried nothing else. As they walked, Pei Huayan still had a piece of military rations in his mouth, as if he hadn't eaten in his life and was making up for it now.

The Scavenger wanted to say something about Pei Huayan's wastefulness, as wasting food on the battlefield was dangerous. But Pei Huayan retorted, "Is blowing up so much food not wasteful? Since it's free, it's better to eat it than to blow it up. I'm just being thrifty, okay?" The Scavenger was speechless.

As for Kantu's firepower, the Scavenger didn't know what to say. If not for the need for merit points to buy higher-grade heavy weapons, Kantu might have bought an armed helicopter himself. Although a rocket launcher costing 100,000 points was equivalent to 5,000 yuan in real life, which was a bit expensive, the system was always like this, and the Scavenger didn't comment.

However, such purchases were entirely self-funded, not provided by the military base. Kantu directly spent 50,000 yuan on this mission, and the Scavenger didn't know what to say.

50,000 yuan was equivalent to 1,000,000 points yesterday, and the decapitation mission seemed to only reward 100,000 points. So, the price of the rocket launcher Kantu had already fired was 100,000 points. The cost-effectiveness... well, there was no cost-effectiveness; it was purely for fun.

As night slowly fell, the dark, damp jungle, the nightingale's calls, and the occasional roars of beasts filled the surroundings with fear. The Scavenger stood in front of a large tree, alert to the surroundings. Behind him were Kantu and Pei Huayan, sitting on the ground.

At this moment, Kantu and Pei Huayan were motionless, like wooden statues, because they had temporarily logged out. Yes, they logged out. The system had likely considered that this mission wouldn't be completed in a short time, so players could log out in this mission.

However, logging out offered no safety guarantees. If the player's character was attacked while they were offline, the character would remain motionless. Kantu and Pei Huayan went to eat and take care of personal needs, while the Scavenger guarded their logged-out characters to prevent any attacks.

"Alright, Scavenger, it's your turn. How long do you need?" After a while, Kantu and Pei Huayan's characters moved, having eaten, drunk, and relieved themselves, they finally logged back in.

"Ten minutes should be enough. I still have some instant noodles in the fridge." The Scavenger turned and said. Then he walked to the tree, leaned against it, and sat down. Kantu and Pei Huayan stood up and began to help the Scavenger keep watch.

Ten minutes later, the Scavenger finished and logged back in. The three continued their journey.

"This is the right place. The game wouldn't create multiple camps to confuse us; otherwise, this mission would be impossible. How do we attack?" An hour later, the three emerged from the jungle and cautiously peered at the distant camp.

The moonlight was good, and with their night vision equipment, although distant objects were a bit blurry, it didn't significantly affect their vision. This camp was larger than the previous one, with about 150 people.

It was around 9 PM in the game, and most of the soldiers hadn't rested, sitting in their tents, talking about something. Several figures moved in the main tent, and a few patrol soldiers walked back and forth. Not far away, an armed helicopter was parked quietly. The camp was relatively quiet, but in the silent night, it was still somewhat noisy.

"We can't go in directly. After we blow it up, we can escape under the cover of night. If this isn't the right one, we'll go to the third dense point." The Scavenger pulled back his head and opened his backpack, taking out a rocket launcher.

When replenishing after eliminating the previous gathering point, the Scavenger didn't carry bullets but two rocket launchers. Pei Huayan carried a launcher, and Kantu had a rocket launcher, with his launcher in the weapon space.

"How confident are you? Those over a hundred people aren't easy, and there are dogs too." Pei Huayan was a bit nervous, especially seeing the several large military dogs, which made him even more uneasy. Dogs were more useful at night than humans, and these mutated military dogs that could fight wild beasts were even more formidable.

Pei Huayan had already complained multiple times about the game designers making this mission too difficult. Not only were there mutated beasts in the jungle, but the three of them also faced so many enemies. Then there were armed helicopters and military dogs; it was like a small military base.

"Don't worry. Even if we don't kill them, we won't charge in. We'll retreat into the jungle, eliminate their pursuers, and come back. Charging in with so many people would be suicide." The Scavenger patted Pei Huayan's shoulder, took the launcher, and loaded a rocket.

"Do you see the circle I marked on the main tent? Aim there directly, ignore the parabolic trajectory of the shell. I'll count to three, and we'll fire. Use the lock-on and precision skills; we only have one chance, so don't miss." The Scavenger helped Kantu calibrate the launcher, took out a military telescope, and measured the distance and angle.

"No problem." Following the Scavenger's instructions, Kantu knelt on one knee to stabilize the launcher and gave the Scavenger an OK sign.

"After firing the rocket, the enemy machine gunners will definitely open fire. You two retreat, and I'll take out their armed helicopter. Whether we kill the people in the main tent or not, we'll retreat." The Scavenger emphasized again.

Then he started counting in the team channel. When the Scavenger counted to three, the two fired their rockets simultaneously. Kantu, who originally wanted to see the result of his shot, remembered the Scavenger's instructions and immediately threw the launcher into the weapon space and retreated. The Scavenger loaded another rocket into the launcher and moved from his original position.

Boom! The two rockets hit their targets, breaking the silence of the night. The main tent was blown to pieces by the explosions. The soldiers in the camp rushed out, and several firing points began to shoot at the Scavenger's position.

The Scavenger, who had already moved from his original position, repositioned the launcher on his shoulder and fired at the armed helicopter parked on a flat area.

Boom, boom... The armed helicopter exploded violently, and the shells inside also detonated. The helicopter instantly turned into debris, and the soldiers on guard nearby were engulfed by the explosion.

"How did it go? Did we kill the target?" The Scavenger bent down and retreated, taking his backpack from Pei Huayan. As for the launcher, the Scavenger, who had no more shells, threw it away.

Ding! Congratulations on successfully decapitating the target. Please arrive at coordinates 213, 516 within 2 hours, where a helicopter will pick you up.

"Haha, we succeeded! The target was there. We don't need to go to the next damn dense point. But... damn, 213, 516 is 20 kilometers away. How can we get there in 2 hours? Isn't the mission over once we kill the target? Why not just teleport us back? What's the point of a helicopter?"

Hearing the system's prompt, Pei Huayan was excited but quickly searched the return coordinates on his computer and couldn't help but curse. They had taken 6 hours to travel 30 kilometers from the previous dense point to here. On average, 20 kilometers would take 4 hours.

But the system only gave them 2 hours, and it was night, which would affect their speed. With the already agitated pursuers behind them, even if they were given 2 more hours, they might not make it.

"Stop talking about that. Hurry up, they're already chasing us." Bullets flew over their heads, and the Scavenger pulled up the cursing Pei Huayan. The three bent down and started running quickly.