404: Birth Combo! (Two in One)

“He’s not easy either; there’s no need for us to bully others,” Xiao Qingtian said calmly, looking at Seyid, who was being tormented in the hallway.

“Besides, killing him won’t benefit us. What if he drops an africa heart? Wouldn’t we be screwed?”

Xiao Qingtian said words that Seyid couldn’t understand. After speaking, he also dropped the weapon in his hand, which he had just confiscated from an Asala Soldier.

“True, it’s not easy for others to guard a restricted area.”

“After all, we are not enemies.”

After Xiao Qingtian finished speaking, the other two members of the team also discarded their weapons and emerged from their respective covers, appearing to have given up resistance.

However, only Seyid, who was surrounded by the three, knew.

These three people weren’t giving up resistance; they were choosing to spare his life!

The one who truly wanted to give up resistance should have been him!

“You… what do you mean?”

Seyid looked at the somewhat bizarre scene before him: three bearded middle-aged men stood around him. They were clearly just a little bit away from defeating him, yet at this crucial moment, these three men chose to stop.

“It means nothing, just a little something,” one of them said with a faint smile.

Looking at the three men’s distracted expressions, cold sweat broke out on Seyid’s forehead.

He couldn’t fathom what these three people were thinking, and the strength they displayed was stronger than all the operatives he had encountered before!

That’s right, all of them!

Although he had been stationed at the Ordinary Dam, a normal difficulty Dam No. 0, ever since he became a Seyid.

But before that, when his level was still an eight-level soldier, he had once been a Machine Gunner for Baksh in the top-secret difficulty, standing in the Museum holding a Gatling, feeling radiant.

However, after reaching the ninth-level soldier, not only did he not go to a higher-level restricted area, but he was instead sent back to the Ordinary Dam to become a Seyid.

This kind of promotion with a pay cut, logically, should only happen in Hafk’s faction. He never expected that someone from Asala like himself would encounter it!

And at that time, in top-secret Baksh, as a Machine Gunner, he had also fought against many GTI Professional Teams.

It was said that these were professional treasure-hunting teams from another world, contracted with GTI. Their strength was one in ten thousand, or even one in a hundred thousand, or a million.

Not only were they well-equipped, but their familiarity with the restricted areas was also extraordinary. Whenever they appeared in a restricted area, Asala would suffer heavy losses in that match.

And what was even more terrifying was that some of these GTI operatives also possessed special abilities.

Not only would their appearances become identical, but the endless variety of prop skills also made the Asala Soldiers groan in misery.

However.

Even if this group of people was an unbeatable existence for ordinary soldiers.

Their strength, however, was far from comparable to the team Seyid saw at this moment!

After all, when those professional teams entered restricted areas, it was mostly an overwhelming advantage of skills and equipment, forming an absolute suppression over the Asala forces.

However, the team in front of him, the three people, didn’t even bring equipment!

Even if they entered a normal difficulty Dam No. 0, both their attack speed and their understanding of the restricted area far exceeded those GTI elite teams Seyid had seen in top-secret Baksh!

After all, who would have thought that these people, holding iron skewers and beer bottles, could also kill all the Asala Soldiers who had guns!

“Why didn’t you kill me?”

Seyid asked his most perplexing question.

Just now, someone had clearly gone behind him and was about to inflict a fatal blow.

However, the opponent only shattered his armor, then stopped firing, sparing his life.

This made Seyid feel somewhat chilling, not knowing what the purpose of these three people in front of him was.

“You could have easily killed me… but why did you stop? Do you have some other purpose?”

“You are the most talkative Seyid I’ve ever met.”

Xiao Qingtian narrowed his eyes, looking at the other party with disdain.

“Don’t your Asala rules say you’re not allowed to talk to GTI operatives? Did you forget that?”

“…I didn’t forget, but for me, it doesn’t matter.”

“True, after all, you’re the boss of this area. Besides you not wanting to live, no one dares to report you. Sigh, I really envy you being able to rule this restricted area like a king. We little GTI operatives are miserable.”

Xiao Qingtian said with a bitter smile. It was then that Seyid realized that although his logic was very clear, he staggered when he walked, looking completely like a drunkard.

Seeing this, Seyid’s heart was even more shocked.

He couldn’t imagine how such an opponent had just killed the surrounding soldiers!

“So, you were punished by GTI and have some restrictions in the restricted area?”

Seyid quickly guessed the reason for the other party putting down their weapons, but this reason made him even more incredulous.

After all, he had already witnessed the strength of Xiao Qingtian and his two companions; they were definitely not something an ordinary GTI Professional Team could contend with.

And for a team so powerful to be restricted by GTI, what kind of grave mistake could they have committed?

“That’s right, so killing you won’t benefit us. We are enemies on the surface, but in reality, we are just pawns used by the three major organizations.”

“I understand.”

Seyid silently sighed, then, as Xiao Qingtian wished, though unwillingly, he somewhat hesitantly pulled the trigger on him.

At that time, he didn’t realize that his connection with Xiao Qingtian was not yet severed.

And the next time the two met, it completely changed Seyid’s attitude towards the restricted area.

…

“No, it shouldn’t be him.”

In the Endless Night Dam restricted area, Seyid came back to his senses, murmuring somewhat distractedly.

“After all, they don’t have the qualifications to enter restricted areas above confidential…”

“Boss, who are you talking about?”

A soldier nearby saw him bowing his head for a while, seemingly lost in thought, and asked somewhat confusedly.

“No, nothing. Our top priority now is to deal with the enemy in front of us.”

Seyid came back to his senses, re-mounted his M249, and re-scanned the container area in front of him.

There was no wall breach in this match, so the enemy could only be near the containers.

At this moment, he had already gathered some soldiers around him, and as long as the enemy made any move, they could react immediately.

…

At the same time.

Xiao Yun was currently hiding in a nearby container passage, silently observing everything.

And when he saw the equipment on Seyid, he was immediately somewhat disappointed.

Because what Seyid was wearing was only a six-piece set, just like the elite soldiers in the Administrative Building, and even the durability was similar, almost brand new.

And looking at the M249 in his hand, it was probably firing level five military shells, after all, this thing doesn't have level six military shells.

The only thing that made Xiao Yun happy was the group of Asala Soldiers around him.

The six ordinary soldiers currently following him, including the one Xiao Yun just killed, a total of seven ordinary soldiers, had guns averaging five to six hundred thousand each.

If he could ‘beansauce’ them all in this wave, that would be at least five million in profit!

Not to mention that after killing them, the Administrative Building was completely unsearched.

According to the drop rate of this match, if Lu Xueqing came to search the Administrative Building, at least a few big reds would drop.

“However, they’re quite smart.”

Seeing Seyid gather everyone together, Xiao Yun also silently sighed.

Originally, Seyid had sent a three-person Asala Squad to inspect the containers. He could have eliminated them one by one silently during his stealth, causing a reduction of three people without a sound.

However, he didn’t expect Seyid’s reaction to be so quick. He had just killed one of the soldiers, and Seyid quickly gathered everyone together.

However.

Seyid’s self-proclaimed safe action, however, gave Xiao Yun another opportunity.

Just now, their positions were too scattered, and at this moment, they were too tightly grouped.

Although Seyid didn’t take Tiger Crouching Cannon damage, the other soldiers did!

As long as all the other soldiers were blown down, and then he dealt with Seyid alone, he could easily dismantle their current formation.

However.

Before making his move, Xiao Yun’s mind stirred, and he opened his system interface.

“Let’s first see if there are any reliable skills.”

[Bounty Hunter Trait (SS-rank) Skill List: Disarm Assault, Bullet Rain, Gunfire Negotiation, Bounty Chest]

[Card Master (SS-rank) Skill List: Loaded Dice, Card Trickery, Wild Card, Fate]

[Lanling King (SS-rank) Skill List: Secret Technique: Concealment, Secret Technique: Shadow Corrosion, Secret Technique: Extreme Intent, Secret Technique: Dark Strike]

…

Xiao Yun hid all the S-rank operative skills and then searched for answers in the SS-rank skill pack.

The three SS-rank skill packs unlocked at this time also provided him with a total of 12 powerful skills.

However, he only used a few of them regularly.

Gunfire Negotiation for farming gold coins, Fate for scouting, and Secret Technique: Concealment for stealth.

Other than that, the other skills had basically never been used. Xiao Yun had always treated these skills as accessories that came with buying the main skills and had not developed them.

And at this moment, he had also witnessed the powerful effect produced by the skill combination of the rare-grade safe, which made him think of utilizing these skills he had already unlocked.

“That’s right!”

Looking at Disarm Assault in the SS-rank skill list, he suddenly had an idea.

[Disarm Assault: Your next bullet will ignore armor and paralyze the target for 2 seconds.]

“The next bullet causes paralysis, so does Ural’s missile count as a bullet?”

Xiao Yun thought to himself.

Logically speaking, any ammunition fired from a firearm can be called a bullet.

Ural’s missile is also fired from a cannon barrel, so it’s reasonable to call it a bullet, right?

If Xiao Yun’s thinking was correct, then this skill could be very useful!

A single loitering missile explosion would cause area damage, and it also came with subsequent small explosions.

If the loitering missile could attach this skill, then it could directly paralyze an area with one missile!

Two seconds would be enough time for Xiao Yun to rush in and kill everyone with one knife each.

“Given the system’s inertia, it might actually work.”

Xiao Yun thought to himself, but without a response from the system, he didn’t act rashly.

Instead, he planned to go to another place to conduct an experiment first, and then come back to deal with the Asala Squad led by Seyid.

“Seyid, wait for me!”

…

“Current Location: Zero Dam (Eternal Night) - Military Camp.”

“Current drop rate: Top Secret”

“Current game end time: 19 minutes 21 seconds”

“Hint: Please complete evacuation before time runs out!”

Xiao Yun used a series of acceleration skills and quickly arrived at the Military Camp in the western Administrative District.

In his impression, a GTI Squad died here at the beginning of the match.

And the ones who killed them were a Shield Bro in five-piece armor, plus two Asala Soldiers in four-piece armor.

This strong and two weak configuration was perfect for Xiao Yun to experiment with skill combinations!

“Hey, what did the contact from the Administrative District just say?”

“Nothing much, just asked if we encountered any operatives.”

“Then what did you say?”

“I certainly reported truthfully. We wiped out a team at the start, and then haven’t seen anyone since. It’s very strange.”

“Damn it! If you say that, how are we going to make money? There’s a military shell in this tent! How are we going to sneak it out then?”

“I forgot about that! You didn’t remind me earlier!”

“Forget it, it’s just one military shell. It won’t be much after splitting it on the black market. Let’s play cards.”

Indeed.

As soon as Xiao Yun arrived near the Military Camp, he heard movement from inside.

He saw three soldiers sitting in a tent, their weapons tossed aside, idly playing poker.

And based on their conversation, Xiao Yun’s eyebrows raised, and he immediately noticed an opportunity.

“There’s even a big red here! I don’t even need to search myself.”

Xiao Yun was secretly delighted. He had originally planned to have Liu Shihhan and Lu Xueqing come over to search after clearing this place, but he didn’t expect these Asala Soldiers to have already searched for him, saving him a lot of searching effort.

While surprised, Xiao Yun didn’t forget the main task.

He stood not far from this Asala Squad, then with a thought, a black barrel suddenly appeared in his hand.

The next second, he tried to use the Disarm Assault skill, and the result was exactly as he had thought before: the skill indeed gave a feedback of activation!

[Ding! Disarm Assault skill activated!]

Feeling a slight change in weight on his shoulder, Xiao Yun was immediately surprised.

This skill, it really could be used this way!

The next second, he pulled the trigger without hesitation, directly firing this loitering missile with Disarm Assault attached.

Whoosh—

Bang!

“Not good… Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh!”

“I ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh!”

The loitering missile quickly exploded, producing crackling electric sounds.

As the explosion spread, the three Asala Soldiers immediately twitched on the spot, paralyzed!

Then, without Xiao Yun even needing to act, two ordinary soldiers were immediately killed by the subsequent explosions, and although the Shield Bro didn’t die, he wasn’t in much better shape.

However, Xiao Yun was not in a hurry to deal with him, but suddenly had another idea.

“That’s right, since cannon shells count as ‘bullets,’ then Luna’s electric arrow might also?”

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(PS: This chapter is two chapters merged into one. Sorry for the break yesterday. I’ve been playing too much lately. Starting tomorrow, I’ll quit gaming and focus on writing!)