Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1956: Cave Huo Transport squad

Nights on the survivor fortress were not much different from those on a normal planet, because the entire fortress needed to obtain many things dynamically, such as light, power, adaptability to their former home planets…

But whether on natural celestial bodies or on artificial fortresses, night usually meant the beginning of sin. Of course, precisely speaking, the color black itself provided a natural protective cover for many things.

The Cave Huo People were one of the ‘Eight Heads’ of Darkstrip City, meaning one of the eight medium-level races.

However, their reputation was not very good, at least towards the Star-Eye Clan.

The Cave Huo People were skilled at excavation and construction. Although they weren’t the most skilled among all the cosmic races, no other race in Darkstrip City did better in this regard.

They built the Star-Eye Clan’s underground fortress. However, they had severely overcharged this client back then, making the Star-Eye Clan, who were eager for a foothold, the sucker.

In the following days, the Cave Huo People no longer felt guilty about their black hearts and treated the Star-Eye Clan more kindly. On the contrary, whenever there was an opportunity, they would take a bite out of this increasingly weaker small race.

Towards the Cave Huo People, the Star-Eye Clan was full of ill will.

Today, a hundred-person squad of Cave Huo People was escorting a batch of materials and equipment to another city. Yanghu Plantation was their necessary path.

Deep within the Yanghu Plantation, Ye Zhongming looked at the fully assembled Assault Camp and began announcing today’s mission.

“Today, our goal is to plunder the Cave Huo People’s transport team.”

This one sentence made everyone in the Assault Camp feel uneasy.

Plunder their transport team?

Wasn’t this a joke? This wasn’t like the old days when transporting anything relied on many vehicles. Essentially, various space equipment was now being used. A transport team, in plain terms, was simply an elite team riding in vehicles.

As for large-scale machinery, that would be transported by air, using aircraft.

Those transported by ground basically had destinations not too far away, just between two adjacent cities.

Once a distress signal was sent out, the transport capacity of various advanced aircraft and vehicles enabled reinforcements to arrive within minutes.

By then, forget stealing things, even leaving might be a problem.

However, Ye Zhongming’s authority had been established during this phase. Although the Assault Camp soldiers felt it was very unreliable in their hearts, they did not panic.

“I know what you are worried about, but what I can tell you is, since I decided to do this, I won’t joke about my own life or everyone else’s.”

Ye Zhongming spoke while looking at the people below. “Later, you just focus on killing. Don’t worry about anything else. If you can’t kill people, then you will only be killed.”

“Again, I’m not joking. Think about when they built the underground fortress; they took advantage of our desperation and overcharged the clan so much money. How much money was that? How many excellent soldiers could we have trained with that money? How much good equipment could we have bought?”

Perhaps feeling that the previous training and everything had been too strict, Ye Zhongming began appealing to their emotions and reasoning.

“What we are doing today is just taking back a little interest.”

Speaking about this, Ye Zhongming’s voice softened. “Everyone knows the clan’s situation. Although the good results in the recent Novice battlefield alleviated the bad situation, it’s still not optimistic. We need to make some changes. Today is the beginning of that change.”

“Why was the Assault Camp established? Wasn’t it to use our own hands and our own lives to help the clan, to ensure the three words ‘Star-Eye Clan’ still exist among the cosmic races? Since that’s the case, what is there to hesitate and worry about? Are you just afraid?”

“Not afraid!” The Assault Camp suppressed their voices.

Since the Order Leader said so, what was there to hesitate about? Let’s do it!

“Surprise attacks are what our Star-Eye Clan is good at, aren’t they? This time we are certain to win.”

“Next, I will assign the respective assault areas each is responsible for.”

…………………………

“This piece of junk is not only slow but also bumpy. Why didn’t they assign us a few hovercars?”

A large man wearing a suit of armor, holding a firearm approximately one meter long, complained while seated on the mechanical vehicle.

The driver was a bald man. From the back of his head to the edge of his combat armor’s neck, there were some black keratinous substances, characteristic of the Cave Huo People.

“And get you a hovercar? Don’t those things consume energy? What time is it now? It’s when all the survivor fortresses are shifting positions, consuming vast amounts of Moonspan Gold. We don’t know about those major races, but all the medium races have started tightening their belts. Having mechanical vehicles is pretty good. Apart from the mechanical legs being a bit bumpy and a bit slow, they are at least safer than hovercars, right?”

The person who spoke first was dismissive. “Safe? How far have we even left Darkstrip City? We’re also very close to our target. Who would be so blind as to provoke us? This is a task that could be completed with our eyes closed.”

“Don’t be so confident. Things have been uneasy recently.”

Another person was still very cautious, watching the outside movement through the monitoring screen on the mechanical vehicle.

“Stop looking. The display effect of this thing from hundreds of years ago is like being blind. Also, the unease is a matter for those major races. What danger could there be here? Don’t tell me someone wants to rob our convoy.”

Hearing this person speak, the others laughed.

In Darkstrip City, the Cave Huo People were not the most powerful, but they were one of the most powerful races. This hundred-person squad, riding in five old-style mechanical vehicles towards their destination, although not a high-intensity march, not a top-secret operation, and they weren’t a top-tier team, but considering what they were transporting, deploying this many people was already showing sufficient respect.

The people in every vehicle were chatting casually, not feeling there would be any danger ahead at all.

With this mindset, they entered the Yanghu Plantation.

Ye Zhongming stood quietly in the canopy of a tree, looking outside through the gaps in the leaves. The five mechanical vehicles were getting closer and closer.

“Boss.”

Helsky appeared behind him, looked at the convoy, and said, “Really don’t need me?”

He was somewhat doubtful about the Assault Camp’s combat strength. If this battle couldn’t be resolved quickly, it would be troublesome.

“No need. Just do the task I assigned you properly. That is more valuable than here.”

Helsky listened and nodded, said goodbye, and disappeared into the night.

Estimating the distance and the target, at a certain moment, Ye Zhongming took out a display panel that Helsky had given him earlier and pressed a button on it.

Afterwards, silent radio waves rippled through the forest.

The surprise attack began.