183: First mission

“You sly dog, you’re really low-key. I’ve been in the organization for so long, yet I’ve never heard your name.”

The Vulture’s phantom figure crossed his arms over his chest, saying with a playful tone.

Ye Chen chuckled.

“I’m also a late bloomer. I just joined the organization not long ago. After finishing the new recruit training, I was sent here. It’s normal that you haven’t heard of me; few people in the organization have even seen me.”

“So, it means our Seventh Assault Team has found a treasure this time? But you’ve hidden yourself quite well, still able to pull out a high-tier team at the very end.”

With that, Vulture suddenly lowered his voice and asked, “By the way, how much strength did you use this time?”

Ye Chen smiled mysteriously, not answering.

This reaction made Vulture feel a bit uneasy, completely unable to gauge the true strength of the person in front of him.

As for the teammates observing from the side, they had already mentally labeled this new teammate as “strong and reliable.”

Vulture was an assault member of the Seventh Assault Team, and his strength was quite renowned among the few of them.

Especially his Titan and Ancient One Giant, which left a very deep impression on his teammates.

Relying on the resurrection mechanism and powerful strength, Vulture’s dependents always charged at the forefront in every mission.

As for the others, Ostrich was mainly responsible for logistics and support, Seagull for intelligence, Owl for reconnaissance and vigilance, Swift for rapid assault and support, Kingfisher for long-range sniping, and Hummingbird for interfering with and confusing enemies.

As for the strongest captain, Eagle, he was responsible for overall coordination and strategic command.

He not only had to formulate tactics based on the battlefield situation but also coordinate the cooperation of each team member’s dependents to maximize the team’s combat power.

Now with the addition of the powerful Ye Chen, the entire Seventh Assault Team gained another assault member, increasing their strength by several points.

After understanding Ye Chen’s strength, everyone felt more confident, and Eagle even decided to use a battle to refine the team’s coordination.

Under normal circumstances, when there were no mandatory missions, assault teams like theirs could go to the stronghold to accept some missions to accumulate contribution points.

These missions could be chosen freely, offering high flexibility.

Of course, if a mandatory mission was issued, they had to interrupt these “side” missions and execute the mandatory mission immediately.

And Eagle was preparing to choose a suitable mission to train the team.

The squad arrived at the stronghold, and there were many missions on the task center’s panel.

Investigation, infiltration, assassination, destruction, occupation, resource collection…

Eagle prioritized checking the combat missions.

Most combat missions targeted hostile factions’ resource points and strongholds, and the danger was not small.

Soon, he selected a mission to occupy a resource point.

Resource points in the Gods and Demons Battlefield were basically all owned, monopolized by various factions to enhance their foundations.

And it was very difficult for individuals to hold onto resource points, unless they were those that major factions didn’t care for.

This time, Eagle chose a resource point of “Forest of Ten Thousand Bones,” a hostile faction to “Night Raven.”

When Seagull introduced that the boss of Forest of Ten Thousand Bones started his rise with undead calamities, Ye Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Although he didn’t lack high-tier combat power now, the Bone Dragon soul he suddenly acquired when he was penniless was still vivid in his memory.

At that time, just a Fourth-Tier Bone Dragon brought Ye Chen immense surprise, as it directly resurrected into a Sixth-Tier Epic Demon Dragon.

If he hadn’t had the Demon Dragon, the Abyss wouldn’t have developed so quickly.

So, upon hearing that the opponent’s boss possessed a massive number of undead, Ye Chen couldn’t help but feel a little eager, with a sense of anticipation like opening a blind box.

Who knew if an ordinary little skeleton might be a master from some world.

Forest of Ten Thousand Bones was a very aggressive faction. They not only attacked ordinary factions but also didn’t spare dark factions like theirs.

As long as there was a hint of weakness, they would bite like a mad dog.

However, because their boss, the Bone King, was very powerful, any faction that joined Forest of Ten Thousand Bones received his protection, and he was also very generous, which attracted many desperadoes.

This mission naturally wouldn’t involve confronting the Bone King; it was just an ordinary resource point.

After accepting the mission, Eagle also obtained the intelligence for this mission.

This resource point was a Gold Essence Mine close to their own stronghold. Stronghold Number Three also had a Gold Essence Mine, but it was located behind the stronghold. Initially, the stronghold leader, Golden Eagle, had planned for Ye Chen to guard it.

The target vein was a large one, currently guarded and mined by more than ten God Lords.

However, among these ten-plus individuals, most of their strength wasn’t particularly impressive; otherwise, they wouldn’t be content with mining here.

The difficulty for them to conquer and occupy this resource point was not high, but after occupying it, they would need to guard it for a few days, waiting for their own faction to complete its defenses.

And during these few days, they would inevitably face retaliatory attacks from Forest of Ten Thousand Bones. If their strength was insufficient, they could easily be overwhelmed by continuous attacks.

This was also why ordinary squads were unwilling to take on such occupation missions; they preferred to strike and leave.

However, such missions offered extremely high contribution points, which would be allocated based on the scale of the resource point and its value after mining, like a dividend.

Of course, these contribution points were not distributed all at once but in installments. If the resource point was recaptured by the enemy, the distribution would cease.

Eagle’s plan this time was to seize this resource point, then move their own stronghold here. While guarding it, they could also obtain a large number of contribution points, which would be delightful.

When Eagle informed his team members of his idea, everyone agreed.

Now with the powerful Ye Chen joining, it was indeed worth a try.

With a decision made, the few of them no longer hesitated and directly rushed towards the target point.

As they left their own territory and just stepped into the territory of Forest of Ten Thousand Bones, the lookout minions discovered them:

“Stop! This is Forest of Ten Thousand Bones territory. Trespassers will bear the consequences!”

The team members paid no heed, accelerating their pace and pushing forward.

Seeing this, the minion knew that the few were not friendly and hastily fired an alarm signal, then closely followed behind them.

Upon receiving the alarm, nearby Forest of Ten Thousand Bones members rushed to the location, preparing to expel the intruders.

Meanwhile, the assault squad had already charged to the Gold Essence Mine, crashing into it without hesitation.

The Gold Essence Mine was extremely lively at this time, with countless laborers toiling away, mining Gold Essence Ore.

This mine was enormous, like a small continent, accommodating many miners and guards.

When the assault squad charged near, the God Lords also discovered them and became vigilant.

When nine connecting passages linked to the mine, and countless dependents swarmed in, they knew that a major battle was inevitable and immediately arranged for their own dependents to charge towards them, attempting to blockade the enemies there.