Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Bai E calmly "shushed" them gently.

As the one who arranged these men, it wasn't his place to directly wipe them all out.

If a wilderness warlord with four well-equipped urban off-road vehicles lacked even this level of ambition, he would be excessively timid…

The wilderness warlord with a large store of meat was exactly the identity Bai E had crafted for the people of Li Ming Town.

Originally, he planned to see if he could bluff his way past the "tentacles" that Li Ming Town sent out to roam the wilderness, but unfortunately, it wasn't clear who was unlucky, as they never managed to run into each other.

Bai E made a last-minute decision, calling over the players to expose themselves, then he could logically follow the trail.

...

The eyes of Kuang Xin, Dai Lian, and the others were surprisingly bright in the dark night.

"The boss's order was to have us attack the squad he's leading, right?"

"If he takes action himself, what's the point in us attacking?"

"Slap!" Kuang Xin, who just raised the question, received a slap on the head from Gu Lan, "If the boss really wanted to take action, would we even get this far? It's clear that the boss won't make a move. We just need to cause some trouble for those soldiers, and that's it."

"Remember not to actually kill anyone. These soldiers are going to be under the boss's command later; they are also part of our Li Ming. Act, but be careful."

"Got it, got it."

Kuang Xin, wielding a giant axe, smirked as he approached a quiet vehicle. But before he could get close enough, the car door suddenly swung open.

As the car door slammed towards Kuang Xin, a war blade swiftly followed, slashing out at him.

None of the military's special forces soldiers were weak. Maybe they were no match for Bai E and Rose, but many veterans were not far behind the Blood God in terms of strength.

The players, who had been fighting in the game until now, had probably just barely reached the Blood God's level.

Underestimating the special forces soldiers led by Bai E would only lead to a big loss.

Fortunately, since they always considered their superior as the hypothetical enemy, Kuang Xin, the first to approach, possessed no underestimation whatsoever, prepped for a spontaneous response. He countered the ambush with a backhand axe swing that directly deflected the incoming slash.

As the aggressors, Dai Lian and the others displayed impeccable cooperation with Kuang Xin, honed through countless real battles.

As Kuang Xin charged forward, reinforcements from the rear were almost simultaneously in place.

The soldier who had only managed to slash out once was immediately shot through the shoulder by an arrow from Dai Lian, letting out a muffled groan as he retreated behind the car door for cover, while his agonized cry echoed through the night.

"Enemy attack!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" The sound of car doors flinging open resonated in an instant.

The wilderness soldiers maintained only the lightest of sleeps, ready to spring awake at any disturbance.

Those with sharper reflexes, like You and Zero, had sensed the approach of outsiders even before Kuang Xin and the others made their move.

"Captain?" You and the others inside the vehicle looked at Bai E, waiting for his signal.

"Go, hold back a little. It would be best if nobody on either side dies; we can afford to take some injuries."

"Understood!" Meng Meng, solid as a rock, nodded vigorously, burst out the car door, and charged directly into the battle that had already started.

There were more than just the four people in Kuang Xin's squad; the players who had defected from Grey Iron City and outfitted themselves with prosthetics had also stayed to develop in Black Street. Hearing of a major mission, they mobilized as a group.

Although this night raid didn't involve their entire forces, they had selected the most skilled among them.

The special forces soldiers, armed with superior weapons, were caught off guard by a band of players extreme in their ferocity.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Gunshots rang out only sporadically; the dark night and the tangled foes prevented the elite firearms of the military soldiers from being of any use. The fighters, teeth clenched in fury, cursed, "Where did these savages come from, daring to attack us directly!"

"Must be one of those roaming warlords from the wastelands! It's not the first or second time they've attacked our isolated teams to steal from us, but I didn't expect them to hit us this time!"

"Where is the War God? We're fighting like this and he still hasn't made a move?" the captain who had the most complaints about Bai E suddenly looked toward the silent vehicle, "Did you not see that Third's arm got chopped off already?"

The general War God surely couldn't still be sleeping while the battle raged on, could he?

"It's obvious, isn't it? The higher his status, the less he dares to risk taking action!" the deputy captain grunted, and his body was suddenly flung several meters away by a tremendous force.

After several tumbles, he quickly got to his feet, eyes full of combativeness as he looked toward the opponent in the darkness brandishing an axe, "Damn, this guy with the axe is really fierce!"

Watching the special forces squad almost completely collapse under the players' onslaught, Bai E also felt a bit surprised.

He had thought the players' combat strength would be strong, but he never imagined it to be this strong.

You and Ling and the others seemed to be holding back less and less, but even so, they could only ensure they weren't getting hurt.

Constantly creating local superiority by fighting with greater numbers against fewer, the method was being pushed to its limits by these players, making a lively commotion.

It looked even more realistic than the real thing...

What mattered most was that they could see the health bars, allowing them to precisely control the damage, never fatally injuring any gravely wounded soldier.

'It's about time.'

Seeing that if he didn't make a move soon the players wouldn't even know how to carry on the act, Bai E sighed softly and swung his sword down, a Spiritual Energy-boosted blade shadow instantly cleaving out for tens of meters.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"

The earth trembled with a roar.

Kuang Xin's axe was cut off from the handle right before his eyes.

"Holy shit!"

Surprise was sincerely felt.

Many of the Grey Iron City players who had never seen true high-end power cursed out loud together.

Kuang Xin led them in shouting, "Retreat!"

With the adult taking action, it meant that the show had come to an end.

Like real disorganized and undisciplined warlords of the wilderness, the group of players turned tail and fled.

Looking at the special forces squad scattered on the ground in the darkness, almost all of them wounded, Bai E's tone was cold as frost, "I wanted to see what you were capable of, but I didn't expect it to be only to this extent. If even a bunch of wild warlords can ambush you, what chance do you have against those brutal bugs?"

The already injured soldiers didn't make a sound; facing Bai E's accusations, they had no room to protest given the facts in front of them.

Even their energy recharge surged dramatically.

["Lucky Strike" charge +1.]

["Lucky Strike" charge +1.]

...

More than ten points were added in just a moment.

They'd always heard about how fierce Bai E was, but they didn't have much of a concrete idea because Bai E's previous actions had always taken place far away from them.

Those who could actually get close enough to see Bai E's prowess usually didn't live to tell the tale.

So their understanding of Bai E's fierceness was limited to paper statistics and hollow descriptions.

Only now, witnessing with their own eyes, did the admiration for the strong deep down in their bones truly take hold.

In the end, Bai E swept a final glance over them and only when he was sure that no one was truly dead did he snort coldly and give an order, "You, help those who are badly injured with their wounds, then catch up later! I want to see where those daring enough to attack the city's army come from!"

Having the invincible strength but choosing to let go of the group that had attacked the army provided a plausible explanation for tracing them back to their lair and thoroughly exterminating them.

And then, when they discovered an inconceivable amount of "biomass resources" in the den of these so-called wild warlords, it all made perfect sense!

...

The special forces soldiers who tracked the marks left by Bai E after a simple treatment smelled a thick stench in the air.

"Do you smell something?"

All seasoned veterans, they were highly sensitive to the scent of war, "Blood! Lots of blood!"

Sitting inside their vehicle, several soldiers who had been initially doubtful of Bai E exchanged glances, horror flashing in their eyes, "The War God, just how many people did he kill?"

["Lucky Strike" charge +5.]