510: Supporting facilities

"Captain Luo, I think you're a genius!"

Xiao Yun immediately exclaimed in admiration after hearing what Luo Xiu, the captain of the Divine Squad, said.

This exclamation contained no pretense; it was a completely genuine thought from the bottom of his heart.

After all, the tactics Luo Xiu described were indeed quite useful.

As long as the two teams didn't group up in the forbidden zone, other teams wouldn't realize they were teamed, and naturally, they wouldn't encounter a situation where every subsequent match was a team fight.

Even if Luo Xiu asked to share the looted supplies equally, Xiao Yun wouldn't have any complaints.

Besides, they didn't know Xiao Yun had a secure container. When he found big red supplies, he could just put them directly into the secure container and not tell them, wouldn't that be fine?

However, what Xiao Yun didn't expect was this.

Luo Xiu wanted to take his team to cover, but wouldn't share any supplies. This was practically free escort!

Aside from not giving Xiao Yun and his team the equipment they found, Luo Xiu's proposal was exactly like an escort team, and the top-tier kind at that.

Lower-end escorts generally have the boss hide in one place, or have a female medic follow them to cast skills. Only after the area is cleared do they dare to search for supplies on the map.

Only the highest-level top escorts dare to let the boss search freely in the Core Area, while they take their teammates and rush to kill all other Operators on the map.

"Then let's do as you say. Let's go, get ready to enter the forbidden zone."

"No rush, no rush. Anyway, the next round is still a few minutes away, and didn't I say before that using this tactic might involve some consumption?"

"What kind of consumption could this be?"

Xiao Yun was a little confused. Luo Xiu's playstyle, logically speaking, besides consuming their equipment and bullets, at most would only consume some driftwood at home.

He also wasn't sure what Luo Xiu meant by consumption.

"It means you have to buy all the cards before entering the forbidden zone."

Luo Xiu said, pointing to the lounge not far away.

This is a standard facility for every forbidden zone, providing secure lockers for temporary storage of important items, and several sets of tables and chairs for Operators to wait in line.

And next to the lounge of each forbidden zone, there are usually merchants selling equipment and potions, earning a bit of hard-earned money from the price difference.

Some teams that successfully evacuated but didn't consume much, only needing to replenish potions and ammunition, would visit here. Both sides benefited.

Generally speaking, for forbidden zones like Confidential Aerospace, merchants are equipped with a complete set of Aerospace keys, making it very convenient to buy a set from them before each match.

After all, as the forbidden zone level increases, the facilities in the rest area become more sophisticated.

For example, the lounge next to the Endless Night Dam, though not yet completed, was a top-tier Level 1 forbidden zone, and the construction site looked roughly the same size as the Visitor Center in Dam No. 0.

And the lounge supporting this Level 4 forbidden zone where Xiao Yun was currently located was only a quarter of that size, about the same size as the exhibition room north of the Visitor Center.

"Speaking of keycards, don't be reluctant. For the Confidential Aerospace map, the Yuan Tong, West University, and East District Suspension Bridge cards are a must-carry for every match. Even if you die and drop them, it's worth spending 200,000 to buy a set for one round. Who knows, one card might save your life someday."

It seemed Luo Xiu was worried Xiao Yun wasn't familiar with the Aerospace Base map, so he specifically explained.

"I know that."

In this world where everyone ran with knives, keycards were not as expensive as in the games of Xiao Yun's previous life.

In his previous life, to gather the three keycards needed to enter the Core Area at the start of Aerospace, it would cost at least two million.

But in this world, because keycards are small, easy to carry out, and even normal difficulty can drop keycards—with a much higher probability than red supplies, almost comparable to gold supplies—

Plus, there's no secure container in this world, and most people are unwilling to buy keycards because they're lost upon death, so the price of keycards has been greatly discounted.

The price of these three Aerospace passage cards is still okay, only falling to one-tenth of what it was in his previous life.

After all, this item is a necessity for those playing the Aerospace map, and any professional team would have them, so the price remains relatively stable.

You know, the price of the East Building Managers Office that Xiao Yun bought had fallen to one percent of its price in the game of his previous life, only four or five tens of thousands for one!

"But I've already prepared all the cards, so you can rest assured about that."

Xiao Yun smiled faintly, telling Luo Xiu.

In fact, at this moment, he had evolved to the point where he could open various doors without a keycard.

When encountering a locked room, he only needed to wave his military knife, and it would quickly be cut open.

However, this item was also a family heirloom related to the system, and Xiao Yun didn't intend to tell anyone other than his own teammates.

"Alright, since you're ready, let's wait for the next forbidden zone to begin!"

...A few minutes later.

When the previous match ended, the remaining people in the match gradually appeared at the entrance of the forbidden zone.

These people were precisely the teams Xiao Yun saw covering each other in the previous match.

Xiao Yun still remembered that at the dorms, two teams, one in Dorm Building One and one in Dorm Building Three, were staring at each other through the glass.

And in the Sandy Area, the revived Yuan Tong team and the revived Prison Boss team were also covering each other.

As for the team that had been continuously hiding in Jail Three since the start... Xiao Yun scanned the area but didn't see them.

They probably couldn't stay hidden in the last match. They checked the time, it was almost up, and the gate had been pulled once. They thought no one was left on the field and wanted to come out to pick up some scraps, but were instantly killed by the two teams covering each other in the Sandy Area.

At the same time, Luo Xiu, seeing so many people suddenly appear at the forbidden zone entrance, raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"Hmm? Why did so many people come out all at once?"