On the road leading to Bajalos Shelter, the Gene Primordial's army was still entangled with the ambushes set by the Truth Society.
When they were first ambushed, the Gene Primordial's side suffered heavy losses, with several of the lead vehicles being blown up.
But the military representative, Bask, was no ordinary person; he did not disappoint the high expectations of the higher-ups. He quickly calmed down from his rage and began to command the army and the Intelligence Bureau to counterattack.
In terms of individual combat prowess, the Gene Primordial and the Truth Society were not far apart, but when it came to battlefield coordination, the Gene Primordial, which had fought many major battles, was stronger.
Therefore, even though the Truth Society had the advantage of an ambush, as time passed, the two sides gradually returned to a stalemate.
"Boom, boom, boom—"
The sound of exploding shells and gunshots mixed together, composing a death song on the battlefield.
In the command vehicle, looking at their own personnel fighting back and forth with the ambushing forces along the road, Bask, Director Madeleine, and the head of Four Directions all had solemn expressions.
This was not the situation they wanted to see.
For Director Madeleine and the head of Four Directions, the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous the agents sent to Bajalos Shelter became.
For Bask, his purpose in coming here was to destroy the Truth Society's base. Before coming, he had even patted his chest and guaranteed that he would handle the matter beautifully. With the current situation, even if he ultimately won, he would not gain any benefits.
He had to find a way to break the deadlock.
Bask's gaze fell on the two bigwigs of the Intelligence Bureau.
For his achievements, he could only let the people from the Intelligence Bureau take some risks now, but the Intelligence Bureau and the army belonged to different agencies, so he could not directly command Director Madeleine and the head of Four Directions. It seemed he would have to concede some benefits.
While Bask was contemplating, the front line suddenly became chaotic.
"What's going on?" He frowned.
The walkie-talkie immediately relayed the surprised cry of the frontline commander: "Commander Bask, the Truth Society thugs on my main attack direction have suddenly retreated!"
"What?"
Bask was greatly surprised.
His first suspicion was that this was another trap, but on second thought, it didn't feel right. If they opened such a large gap, did the Truth Society have enough manpower to create a new encirclement?
Before long, exclamations began to continuously sound from the walkie-talkie.
"Where are they?"
"Our side has broken through the defense line and is advancing towards Bajalos Shelter!"
"The enemy is retreating. Should we pursue?"
Everyone around looked at Bask. At this moment, only Bask could make the decision.
Bask hesitated.
It was too abnormal; he completely failed to understand the Truth Society's actions. This was definitely not a rout, nor could it be a trap, because if it were a trap, it would be too foolish.
As he was struggling, someone nearby suddenly shouted.
"The Truth Society's base has been breached by Lily! They're going back to support. Don't let them escape!"
What?
Everyone in the vehicle turned their heads in astonishment, realizing that the person shouting was one of those strange people brought by Lily.
Isn't Lily just Lily? Although they had previously learned from Si that Lily had found the true location of the Bajalos Base, to say that Lily breached the Truth Society's base right after was just too ridiculous.
"Where did you get that news?" Bask pressed.
"The person who attacked the base with Lily told me." The named player quickly urged, "Alright, what's the point of you agonizing over this now? Hurry up and send people to pursue them! This is an excellent opportunity to eliminate the Bajalos Base. If you're late, they might escape!"
Bask clenched his right fist.
He didn't want to believe it, but Lily breaching the base could indeed explain the Truth Society thugs' contrasting actions.
"Pursue!"
He immediately issued the order.
The Gene Primordial soldiers, receiving the order, split into two groups and rapidly advanced with various vehicles. They quickly crossed the trenches dug by the Truth Society. One group pushed into Bajalos Shelter, rescuing the surrounded Intelligence Bureau agents, while the other group headed towards the direction previously announced by Si.
Smooth, it was simply too smooth.
The Gene Primordial soldiers, who had been fighting to the death with the Truth Society just ten minutes ago, never dreamed that the situation would turn out like this. For a moment, they even had the illusion that they weren't here to fight, but to travel.
"I heard that Lily from Four Directions broke through the Truth Society's base."
"Really?"
"What kind of new-era Superman?"
"It's a good thing we brought her this time, otherwise, if this stalemate continued, who knows how many people would have died."
The Gene Primordial soldiers felt incredibly lucky.
Conversely, the people of the Truth Society were on the verge of despair.
Under the Gene Primordial's pursuit, they frantically fled towards the base. As long as they could reach it, even if they couldn't win, they would at least have a chance to escape.
But they never expected that when they finally rushed to the base entrance, what they saw was a tightly closed gate!
"Kill all who do not surrender!" Bask shouted.
...
At the same time that the Truth Society's soldiers were being beaten, inside the base, just a door away, Lily successfully tricked Yulia by exploiting Yulia's weakness of not daring to harm her, and began to attack Yulia.
Even with all of Yulia's abilities, after being locked in a chokehold by her arm, her body still uncontrollably fell to the ground.
"It's looking good!"
"Just a little longer, and when the Gene Primordial eliminates those Truth Society cannon fodder outside, this battle will be over!"
"Go, Lily! Reinforcements are coming soon!"
"Master Fu, cut her through the middle!"
The Four Directions agents and surviving players who witnessed this scene were overjoyed.
Most of the players in the live stream were also excited; only a few players who disliked Lily were stomping their feet in anger, but no one cared about them now. Everyone was discussing how many benefits the players involved in this mission would receive after it ended.
No one thought Yulia could turn the tide at this point.
A squishy mage, after being engaged in melee by the tank Lily, still wants to turn the tables?
Even if Yulia had the ability to turn the tables, there was still a group of Gene Primordial soldiers waiting for her outside.
[Damn it, I'm so jealous! It's really awesome to hang out with Lily. Thankfully, I've already bought a ticket to Lynn. Next time, I want to join too!]
[Indeed, even if you don't kill a single monster, you can still get the basic reward for eliminating the Bajalos Base in the mission settlement. This is too good!]
You guys can just be envious and jealous!
The players who remained on site grinned.
They no longer watched the live stream's bullet comments bragging, but instead focused their attention on Lily and Yulia.
Watching women fight is cool, watching beautiful girls fight is even cooler!
But soon they couldn't laugh anymore. Yulia's throat was only locked, not her source of psionic energy.
To break free from Lily's restraint, she began to madly unleash skills regardless of the cost.
Boom, boom, boom—
Transparent white veils fell from the sky, some hitting Lily's back, but most striking the surrounding players.
Yulia hoped to distract Lily by killing players, thereby escaping. This was tough for those players who had let down their guard; just a moment ago they were smug, but in an instant, they were smashed into corpses, losing a lot of experience for nothing.
Under the continuous bombardment of white veils, the corridor walls and ceiling also suffered, collapsing and shattering one after another.
Excavation Princess, the war correspondent, would have had her head smashed if she hadn't dodged quickly.
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