Chapter 340: Cover the Retreat

POSTED ON MARCH 13, 2023 BY KEN

Fortunately, Kanner directly launched their team skill: [Sparkle].

[Sparkle] was a compound team skill, and it was also a passive skill. As soon as a team member entered the dying state, they would be randomly teleported 30-50 meters backward at a 90-degree angle. The landing point will be selected as safe as possible.

(For example, if there is magma in the rear, the person will definitely not be sent in. Unless it is all magma, then a place with a lower temperature will be chosen.)

At the same time, bless the team member with [Rejuvenation], which will continue to restore the member’s HP within 15 seconds of 10+2×the team leader’s highest basic attributes value. The frequency of restoring HP is every 3 seconds.

However, this [Sparkle] also had a disadvantage, that was, it would take a whole week to be used again. That meant, in most cases, it could only be triggered once when entering a world.

Not only that, after triggering this team skill, even if the team member returns to full health in the future, he will fall into a negative state of continuous fragile, which will directly cause the 6 attributes of strength, agility, stamina, spirit, perception, and charm to be temporarily reduced for 120 minutes.

Therefore, Goat’s crazy outburst was really a meritorious service! He didn’t expect that he would be able to cripple such a powerful enemy as Kanner.

If it was normal time, Kanner was not too important in Koi’s team. Although his combat effectiveness was not weak, he was just a regular type.

He was not like Koi who could kill people from thousands of miles away and turn defeat into victory with 1 shoot, nor could he take people’s lives with intangible force like Old Black, the necromancer.

However, when exploring the ruins, Kanner was very useful. His perception was amazing, and he also had the abilities of [Trap Removal] and [Scout]. As a result, he was crippled by someone at the entrance of the ruins. How could they not feel indignation?

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After Goat cast out the second instant [Large Fireball], he left without hesitating, because he knew that his tricks had been used up. Why would he still stand there to chant?

Anyway, he was just holding them off. Whether the attack was effective or not, it would be discussed later. At least, he had shown his strength so that the enemy couldn’t move forward unscrupulously.

However, as soon as he was safe, he immediately checked in the battle log: he actually blasted the other party into the dying state. This sense of accomplishment was really overwhelming. He thought secretly that the magician really needed equipment support. Rich is really a superpower.

At this time, the elite mechanical warrant officer also trotted over to support him. It was still holding the standard M4A1 carbine distributed by the Duckland Company before. It had a built-in grenade launch function, so its power was quite decent.

The elite mechanical warrant officer could inherit Fang Linyan’s basic abilities too, so it had Fang Linyan’s Basic Shooting LV4 and Basic Step LV6 to make up for its shortcomings of being a robot that had stiff and slow movements. Its combat power was enhanced by a chunk.

As soon as the elite mechanical warrant officer appeared, it half-kneeled on the ground and fired 3 consecutive shots at Kanner, who was floating on the water 40 meters away. One bullet flew past his temple and missed. The other 2 bullets landed in his chest.

Kanner’s eyes showed fear.

Needless to say, he be spamming for help in the team channel faster than a rapper.

Kanner was at his most vulnerable time now, attacking him was equivalent to hitting the snake’s seven inches. Unless the rest of the team was willing to watch Kanner die in vain, then they must save him!

The submersible had only one exit, which was very narrow and could only accommodate 1 person to climb up and down.

Therefore, the shooting by the elite mechanical warrant officer seemed random, but in fact, Koi, who had just emerged, was forced to save Kanner instead of attacking.

Otherwise, the next shot would be a more powerful grenade with large aoe damage. Koi would have to face the cruel fact of the death of her teammate.

Koi aimed and shot at the elite mechanical warrant officer. This was similar to the high-end skills of “flick sniping” and “blind sniping”, then she jumped into the water regardless of the shooting result and went to save Kanner.

Then came the necromancer Old Black. In this kind of mid-range battle, the power of all kinds of black magic he was good at was also astonishing, not inferior to Koi.

In fact, Old Black was also full of anger at this time. He had already pre-chanted a [Bone Spear], and he was about to teach the damn magician a lesson when he got up.

But how could everything be as he wished?

As soon as Old Black popped up, he retracted his head at a faster speed as if the turtle saw the knife.

Because he had already seen a crimson [Large Fireball] flying toward him. Even the flame texture and ripples on the surface of the [Large Fireball] could be clearly seen.

If he didn’t shrink back, this shot [Large Fireball] would directly hit face, which was obviously an unpleasant thing for him.

Seeing the reinforcement, Goat cast another [Large Fireball] at Old Black again.

In the next second, the entire submersible shook violently. Old Black was unstable and fell backward. Fortunately, Gores supported him in time, otherwise he would really make a fool of himself.

Obviously, the submersible was hit by [Large Fireball], and it was immediately pushed backward by the strong explosion force. Originally, it was only 6 meters away from the temporary dock. After being hit by [Large Fireball], it swayed away for a dozen meters.

Not only that, several meters inside the submersible began to flash red lights. It obviously suffered serious damage after taking this [Large Fireball].

However, in this situation, Koi still showed extremely strong strength.

Her previous flick sniping actually managed to hit the elite mechanical warrant officer‘s right chest. The bullet penetrated into it, blasting out a deep hole the size of an orange. The metal structure inside was clearly visible. A few wires emitted electric sparks and made squeaking sounds.

Then both sides engaged in a chaotic battle. The elite mechanical warranty officer and Goat mainly focused on harassment anyway. They were being as annoying as they could.

But soon Gores also found out that they were planning to delay time, so he decided to forcefully rush up. As a result, he was bombarded by 2 high-explosive grenades and got forced back into the water again.

At this time, Fang Linyan said in the team channel,

“Goat, I’m ready, you cast one more [Large Fireball] and then back off.”

Goat immediately let out a long breath of relief. He began to chant directly, and Fang Linyan simply pulled down the repaired switch at this time.

Suddenly, there was a “rumbling” sound. Even the ground began to shake slightly, and the heavy door slowly opened.

He couldn’t help it. It was the characteristics of made by Russia. It was durable, but the noise was loud. Fang Linyan could only do this in a hurry.

After feeling this scene, Gores and others already said furiously,

“They’re stalling! Follow me!”

After finishing speaking, Gores had already drunk a bottle of expensive Tyrant Potion. A faint golden-red light bloomed all over his body, and he rushed forward directly. After suffering a [Large Fireball] and a high-explosive grenade head-on, he still charged over with unabated speed like a tyrannical bull.

Needless to say, Goat, who was already prepared to retreat when he saw the enemy attacking at all costs, ran away without saying a word. Fang Linyan originally planned to repeat the old trick and wanted to leave the elite mechanical warrant officer behind, but he suddenly thought of something very important.

The reason why the artificial intelligence that dominates here treats me preferentially is first, I have a mechanical companion. It can also monitor the situation here.

Well, once it sees that I abandon my mechanical companion at will, it will be inappropriate…

Therefore, Fang Linyan simply rushed out to meet them.

Seeing the 2 enemies who were as disgusting as flies trying to escape, Gores and others immediately chased after them madly.

But after they rushed 6 meters into the passage, they immediately discovered a very annoying thing, that was, the surroundings were pitch black.

Gores, who drank Tyrant Potion, rushed in, only to hear a series of noises. He knocked down a lot of sundries in the passage. Gores even hit his head on the supporting column, stunning him Immediately.

They hurriedly looked the glow sticks for exploration, but it turned them into live targets as. Fang Linyan, who came to support in time, bombarded them with a grenade, blowing them into a dizzy state.

After they threw out 8 lighting glow sticks in a row and finally solved the lighting problem, Goat and the elite mechanical warrant officer had already successfully retreated. They rushed into the half-opened thick heavy metal door.

Now, it was Fang Linyan’s turn to cover the retreat. After he pulled the switch beside, the heavy metal door began to slowly descend again amidst the humming of mechanical operation.

Fang Linyan was not in a hurry to enter the metal door, because he now suspected that the enemy had a mechanical expert. If he directly entered the door and left now, the enemy could possibly open the door again and come after him.

So the best way was to set a 3 seconds delay to the grenade, throw it to the side of the controller when the door was about half a meter to the ground, and then go into the door.

In this way, after 3 seconds, the door had dropped to the point where no one could pass through it. Once the switch was blown, no one could fix it in a short time. This was the plan to get the best of both worlds.

TL: Can he hold them off alone?