#2838 - against
“Do you know who it is?”
Wien thought for a moment and said, “When the ancient infected insects were excavated, a large number of mercenary groups were present. Someone from that group must have secretly collected the infected insect eggs, but we don't know exactly who it is yet.”
“Um…,” Wu Xiao shrank his neck, raised his hand, and said softly, “After Chloe logged off and respawned, I heard she hired a lot of people to deal with Boss Fang. Could it be someone else who accepted the commission?”
Wien and Acrylic looked at each other.
“Are you talking about Joachim?” Acrylic pondered for a moment and said, “Joachim has always been mixed up with Chloe, so he probably accepted the commission to deal with Boss Fang as well.”
Wien also nodded and said, “Now that you mention it, I remember. I just asked the infected subordinate in detail. According to him, he did come into contact with Joachim's subordinates before.”
“Tch, case closed.” A mocking smile appeared on Acrylic's lips, “Joachim has always been unscrupulous in his actions. He's most likely the one who did it.”
Fang Heng silently noted the name Joachim.
“Alright, let's put Joachim aside for now. The mining area has already been mined. We need to find a new mining area as soon as possible. Does anyone have any recommendations? It's best if it's not too far away, and the mining area should be large enough for us to mine and exchange for contribution points…”
Wien and the others listened and looked at each other, their expressions immediately becoming interesting.
Weren't they saying to put Joachim aside for now?
Why does it sound like they're targeting Joachim, both overtly and covertly?
Fang Heng noticed the strange expressions on everyone's faces and couldn't help but stop and ask, “What's wrong? Is there a problem somewhere?”
“No, no, nothing.” Wien said, “Most of the mining areas discovered on the surveying instrument are occupied by Joachim.”
“Oh? Joachim can occupy so many mining areas?”
“Chloe previously relied on her background to forcibly occupy many small teams' discovered mining areas. The small teams didn't have much strength, so they just accepted it. Later, Chloe's team had limited mining capacity, so they sold them to Joachim at a low price.”
“I see, but Joachim's mining efficiency is also very slow…” Fang Heng opened the surveying map and checked it, nodding and saying, “Then we'll lend a helping hand and go help them first.”
“Ah?”
Wu Xiao exclaimed.
“Is there a problem?”
“Boss Fang, um, if we forcibly seize it…”
Wu Xiao said cautiously, “The West Zone Federation doesn't allow too much conflict between mercenary groups. Chloe previously relied on her distant cousin's relationship to encroach on the small teams' mining areas, but I heard that Captain Zoran warned her many times.”
“If we directly attack Joachim's territory, I'm afraid the Federation will react, and with Chloe fueling the flames behind the scenes, I'm afraid the situation will be very unfavorable to us.”
“I see, I understand what you mean.”
Fang Heng nodded lightly, a smile appearing on the corner of his lips, “So we need to be careful when we take action, leave room for maneuver, and not let the Federation get evidence to prove that we did it, right?”
Ah?
Wu Xiao opened his mouth, thinking, 'That's not what I meant, is it?'
Everyone also looked at each other, not understanding what Fang Heng was planning.
Wien said, “Boss Fang, also, we just observed that the area outside the desert has been completely blocked by alien insect creatures. Not only can't the outside engineering shovels be transported in, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to leave the desert area now.”
Wien and the others felt very uncertain.
In their opinion, Fang Heng's summons can only be active in the desert area. Now, swarms of alien insects have surrounded hundreds of layers outside the desert.
If this continues, wouldn't they be completely trapped in the forest and unable to return?
Fang Heng raised his head and asked, “Are the supplies still sufficient?”
“We don't have many people. We all have reserve food and energy bars in our backpacks. It's no problem to last for a week.”
“That's good.”
Fang Heng snapped his fingers and said, “Get ready, we'll leave in two hours.”
…
Two hours later.
Wien and his group followed Fang Heng to the entrance of an underground cave at the edge of the forest.
Cave?
What is Boss Fang bringing them to the cave for?
Zaka was also suspicious.
When did this cave appear?
They had thoroughly searched the forest before to find the entrance to the mine, but they didn't find any cave entrances.
“Let's go.”
Fang Heng said, stepping into the dark cave and raising his hand forward.
Suddenly, several dark golden light spheres rose from his hand, suspended around everyone's bodies, illuminating the cave environment.
Since the Licker acquired the additional stealth skill, in addition to being able to move quickly underground, the speed of digging tunnels has also greatly increased.
Extremely efficient.
The players were suspicious and followed Fang Heng into the cave together.
The cave was obviously newly excavated. You can still see new wooden boards used to stabilize the cave. Following the sloping passage downwards, the crowd slowly moved deeper into the stratum.
The further Zaka and others went, the more frightened they felt.
The passage is too new!
Could it be… newly excavated?
Until they went deep below the stratum, the terrain gradually flattened, and the left and right sides also became wider.
“That's about it.”
Fang Heng said, stopping and taking out a energy crystal skateboard from his backpack.
Seeing this, everyone looked at each other and followed suit, taking out energy crystal skateboards and flying forward quickly along the tunnel.
Wien was secretly startled and glanced down at the surveying instrument.
They are quickly leaving the desert!
Fang Heng actually dug an underground passage directly from underground to leave the desert area!
And looking at the direction…
It's a passage directly to the next mining area!
The attacks of the alien insect swarms are concentrated in the upper layer of the desert, and they directly bypassed them from below, directly attacking Joachim's mining area.
Directly stealing the base!
Wien raised his head, looked at Fang Heng's back leading the way, and felt even more surprised.
A passage dug out in such a short time?
Was it with the help of that alien insect summon?
So…
Fang Heng's summons are not as they previously predicted, only able to move in the desert area?
Wien sighed silently in his heart, secretly mourning for Joachim.
Joachim is probably done for this time.
…
Joachim occupies the largest mining area camp.
More than fifty mercenary players are responsible for various tasks such as guarding, collecting, and transporting.
Because it is a large camp, it is often harassed by alien creatures, so the mining efficiency of the mining area is not high.
Inside the mine, players responsible for mining are cooperating to excavate psychic crystal ore.
Suddenly, the player captain in charge of the camp faintly felt something was wrong.
What is it?
There seemed to be a slight vibration from under his feet.
Did the mine collapse?
Looking carefully not far away, a slight bulge actually appeared beside a player's feet?
