332: Professional squatter

Evacuation Failed!

Duration: 00:03:57

Earnings this round: 0!

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Jinghai City, on a platform of the Great Wall.

The team that had been camping at the evacuation point returned to the Forbidden Zone entrance, their eyes filled with confusion as they looked at the continuous mountain ranges around them.

This team consisted of three young men in their early thirties, all of whom had reached the Black Eagle tier in GTI.

For their age, reaching such a high tier was already considered outstanding among ordinary people.

Many people spend their entire lives running through the Forbidden Zone, only to return as Platinum or Gold tier players, never reaching the heights of the Black Eagle tier.

However.

Even though they had reached a level that ordinary people found hard to achieve, being just one assessment away from becoming GTI Professional, they had witnessed something in the Forbidden Zone that they couldn't comprehend!

"What... what exactly happened?"

"That was indeed Ural's loitering munition, but why could it turn? When did this thing gain automatic tracking?"

"Logically, controlling Ural's missile is similar to controlling a drone; both require adjustments based on visual feedback. If we consider the missile's trajectory just now, could that person have accurately hit the target while looking at an inverted screen?"

"That's too exaggerated! None of the loitering munitions we've seen before could turn like that!"

The three recalled the scene, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.

The loitering munition that hit them just now was simply too incredible!

It hit them directly after a 180-degree turn. If it were a left or right turn, that would be within the realm of what an ordinary person could control, but the problem was it turned downwards!

Just as the three were in shock, one of their phones rang.

He frowned immediately, a bad feeling in his heart. Indeed, when he opened his phone, it was a text message from an unknown number.

"Your operation failed, bounty zeroed."

The message content was very brief, making it impossible to tell if it was sent by a real person or an automated system.

"Ugh, what bad luck! If it weren't for that 'Ural,' we might have completed this job!"

"It's a real shame, that was thirty million! Even after deducting all the taxes and such, each of us would have gotten at least 8 million, right?"

"How could a job like this be taxed? It must be a private transfer!"

"By the way, Captain, where did you get this job of camping at the evacuation point?"

The two teammates suddenly asked.

The Captain was also puzzled, because when he received the text message, the sender had used a virtual number.

Such virtual numbers are generally untraceable, often abused by telecom fraudsters.

The message he received was also very simple: it instructed them to enter a specific Forbidden Zone at 3:30 PM today and act according to the message.

The sender told them to camp for a team led by a person named Xiao Yun, claiming that this team liked to use the drop-off evacuation point, so they were told to wait at the drop-off evacuation point from the start of the match.

Initially, the Captain didn't believe it at all, thinking it was some new type of scam message.

However, before he could close the message, a new text popped up on his phone, showing a 500,000 deposit into his bank account. Only then did he take the message seriously.

Giving a 500,000 deposit right off the bat, how could that be a scammer?

Immediately after, the other party also sent a quote: if they managed to ambush Xiao Yun's team, one tag would be exchanged for 10 million.

Seeing this bounty, he couldn't deny that he was tempted.

After discussing it with his two teammates, the three immediately began preparations.

This matter wasn't illegal or against regulations; it was just rather unethical.

More importantly, camping evacuation points was something their team loved to do!

The reason they could reach the Black Eagle tier so quickly wasn't just because they camped the drop-off evacuation point at the Aerospace Base.

When playing at the Zero Dam, they would camp behind the Administrative Building for the pull-lever evacuation. If that wasn't available, they'd camp the Wallbreaker operation. If all else failed, they'd go camp other evacuation points. There was always someone to ambush; it just depended on whether they could defeat them after ambushing.

At Longbow Creek Valley, the three of them would carry sniper rifles directly inside, find a mountaintop, lie down, and kill anyone who came by, specializing in collecting tolls.

It was also thanks to this 'burn-the-house-down' playstyle that they were able to ambush people and climb tiers, reaching the Black Eagle tier in ten years.

Although compared to someone like Xiao Yun, who reached Black Eagle in a week, their ten years to reach Black Eagle seemed like a joke, for other people in Dragon Country, this was already considered very fast.

After all, in this world where everyone runs the blade, ordinary people in Dragon Country can only gain access to the Forbidden Zone after the age of 18. There are few people who can reach the Black Eagle tier, and most who do rise to this tier do so by accumulating many matches, with an average age between 35 and 40.

People in this age group are also the main force in Forbidden Zone runs. After all, by this age, most ordinary people have stable jobs, and whether they have Forbidden Zone talent can be seen after so many years. Not many people will dream unrealistic dreams; those without talent will honestly go to work.

"By the way, what's the background of this Xiao Yun, that someone is willing to spend so much money to have us snipe him?"

"Unclear. Ten million for one tag, even a top GTI Professional probably isn't worth that price, right? After all, this is just one match."

"Sigh, it's such a shame, we were so close! If it weren't for that Ural interfering, we definitely would have ambushed them!"

The three discussed among themselves and then left the Forbidden Zone.

Meanwhile, on the other side, among the examiner team, Ogota Ishi and Park Gwacheon were looking at them nervously.

"These three people... they actually failed?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Ogota Ishi and Park Gwacheon's hearts sank when they saw the three of them appear at the Forbidden Zone entrance.

Park Gwacheon also quickly pulled out his phone and composed a text message, sending it.

Although their actions were very discreet at the moment, the surrounding examiners didn't notice anything.

However, both of them felt extremely guilty for what they had done.

Apparently, the person who sent them the mysterious text message was Park Gwacheon, who was from South Korea!

And Ogota Ishi, from Sakura Country, was also an accomplice in this matter.

The two had originally intended to use the 500,000 as bait, bribing this team to target Xiao Yun's team in the Forbidden Zone.

However, looking at it now, the money was wasted!

"General Examiner! They got kill points!"

And just then.

The examiner monitoring the match data suddenly exclaimed in surprise.