Chapter 902 - 730: Hidden Character

Chapter 902: Chapter 730: Hidden Character

Accompanied by an almost inaudible "zzzz" sound, the pen-like object swiftly burrowed into the ground as if it had a life of its own.

During its complete immersion, the built-in micro mechanism guided the surrounding loose soil, perfectly covering the hole, leaving almost no traces visible to the naked eye.

Chen Town focused intensely, quickly planting each "death pen" behind the slope.

In just a moment, a densely packed minefield, irregularly fan-shaped and covering most of the area behind the slope, had taken initial form.

The thorns of death were quietly woven into the seemingly calm soil.

With the installation complete, Chen Town operated his tactical goggles once more, switching to "minefield management" mode.

In his vision, the position of each "poison needle" just planted was clearly marked. Based on their distribution, the goggle’s processor automatically calculated and generated a "safe passage" just wide enough for one person to pass, indicated by a green dashed line.

Of course, relying on just this hidden minefield, the defense wasn’t yet perfect. The margin for error was too low; additional arrangements were needed, which awaited Team One’s setup.

Team One was carrying some big toys, after all.

Chen Town crouched down again, raising his wrist to check the time.

The numbers silently ticked along, already far exceeding half a minute.

Logically, Team One should already have appeared in his field of view, yet he still hadn’t caught sight of them.

Chen Town frowned and pressed the communication button again:

"Team One, this is Chen Town, report your location."

The communication channel was deathly silent this time, with no response, only the rustling of background noise.

Chen Town’s heart sank abruptly, an ominous premonition magnifying instantly.

He called out two more times in succession, each tone more urgent than the last, but all he received in his earpiece was the unsettling silence.

He hurriedly addressed Intelligent Brain Xiaoyou:

"Xiaoyou, immediately pull up the drone perspective to check Team One’s real-time situation and specific location!"

Above, the stealth drone swarm had its main monitoring resources and computational power focused on the front battlefield and Feng Mu’s core area.

Relatively considered a "safe zone" behind the houses, they hadn’t invested much attention.

Intelligent Brain Xiaoyou’s emotionless electronic synthesized voice quickly emerged in the channel:

"Command received. Dispatching recon unit..."

In the sky, a stealth drone immediately broke formation, diving rapidly towards the marked route of Team One.

Soon, Xiaoyou’s voice echoed again in the communication channel:

"Scan complete. Team One found, three members, life signs signal lost. Confirmed deceased.

...Detected unknown energy residues and physical damage traces, determining activity from unknown hostile units. Threat level assessment: Extremely high.

Matching features in the database, conducting characteristic search..."

An unknown enemy!

Not on the front battlefield, but in the rear, where they considered themselves safe?!!

Chen Town’s pupils rapidly contracted, almost doubting his hearing.

Immediately, a chill, as if stared down by a venomous snake, shot up his spine like an electric current, every hair standing on end.

He jerked his head back, and at the moment his gaze shifted——a shadow "emerged" silently from the darkness of the grass, as if it were born from it.

The figure was extremely short, its height just reaching the top of the dense grass.

A simple white mask, identical, covered its face, revealing only a pair of eyes translucent as mercury.

Another White Mask!

The fifth White Mask!

Chen Town’s scalp exploded instantly, a chill shooting from his feet straight to his skull.

He shouted into the earpiece in horror:

"Captain! There aren’t four White Masks! There are five! Repeat, the fifth White Mask has appeared at Point B!"

While yelling, Chen Town’s body reacted before his mind could.

He swiftly raised his assault rifle, the muzzle instantly aiming at the petite white silhouette less than ten meters away.

However, fast as his actions were, the white figure was faster.

In a flash, the petite White Mask took three steps at a time, eerily and precisely avoiding the mines as it zipped into a zigzag pattern.

The deadly "death pens" became mere accompaniments to its dance, none being triggered.

It instantly appeared before Chen Town, its two small feet stepping on Chen Town’s shoes.

In a blink, the white zigzag line had crossed the minefield, with its two white exoskeleton-clad feet precisely landing on the surface of Chen Town’s combat boot.

"Correct, but no reward."

Then a slender hand gently patted the gun body.

"Crack—Boom!!"

An unimaginably overwhelming force crashed through the gun as if an avalanche, instantaneously transmitting through it.

Chen Town’s grip tore open, and the gun’s solid alloy and composite material construction shattered like a fragile plastic toy, with countless metal fragments blasting outward, slamming fiercely into Chen Town’s chest.

"Puh—!"

Chen Town’s chest visibly caved in, his combat attire tearing like paper, an intense pain engulfing him instantly. He felt his internal organs were shattered by the strike.

A clear, small handprint was deeply seared into his sunken chest.

His throat tasted sweet, large amounts of foamy blood uncontrollably spewing out.