Chapter 89: A Citywide Bulletin—I Never Really Wanted This

“Sir, two vehicles are coming toward us. Shall we make our move?”

Smack!

With a swift backhand, Watanabe struck the man on the back of the head.

“Are you an idiot? How far can our guns even reach? Wait until they get closer, then let the vehicles behind us attack! The cars on both sides are ready to charge at any moment. Even if we cannot kill them, we must force them to surrender.”

Defeating the enemy was easier said than done. Watanabe knew exactly what kind of weapons they had in hand.

He believed the other side was thinking the same thing. Then it would simply be a matter of who could hold out to the end.

If he had not seen so many rooms in the opposing settlement, he would already have sent men rushing forward.

It was just that...

What exactly was that three-story building in the middle?

With his men, Zhang Qian had lingered in the center for a full three minutes, and still the other side had not acted.

After thinking it over, he edged forward a little more, yet there was still no reaction from the enemy.

“Brother Qian, what do we do? We’re already around three hundred fifty meters out.”

Zhang Qian scratched his head. If they moved any closer, they would truly be asking for a beating.

“Back up. Slowly.”

“Yes!”

The two vehicles turned around at once and rolled back at a leisurely pace.

Seeing this, Watanabe’s brow furrowed. What did they mean by this? Why were they no longer coming closer?

“Shall we pursue them?”

Smack!

Another backhand.

“Are you stupid? At that speed, they’re obviously luring you in. And you still want to fall for it? Nobody move. I want to see what trick they’re playing.”

If they surrendered, they would have to hand over half their supplies.

If they failed, death would be the end.

In other words, so long as no one made the first move, the two sides would be forced into this face-to-face stalemate.

Death or retreat—you had to choose one.

Otherwise, it would never end.

In truth, both sides were thinking almost the same thing, only Lin Mu had a backup plan.

Lin Mu shook his head. “Looks like we’ll only be able to take their supplies. We won’t be able to take the people.”

“You two, speed back. The rest of you get ready. The moment they return, raise the heavy machine guns for me and shoot that flag-bearing shelter in the middle to pieces!”

He had wanted to lure them over, but the other side was not taking the bait.

What else could he do?

Since that was the case, brute force was the only solution.

What a waste of all those men.

He just didn’t know whether the others could still flee after their captain died.

If they could not, then this would be a huge windfall; otherwise, he would lose half the supplies.

Zhang Qian floored the accelerator and led the other vehicle back to base at full speed.

In truth, only three minutes had passed.

Clank, clank, clank...

Heavy machine guns rose up from the tops of the buildings on both flanks and directly ahead.

The heavy machine guns atop the building in front were mounted at staggered heights toward the rear, so none of them interfered with one another.

“Fire!”

In the opposing building, Watanabe stared at the screen, his pupils contracting.

What in the world was this thing?!

Heavy machine guns?!

How could there be such a thing?

In the next instant, bullets struck the building, rippling across its surface.

Dense streams of rounds rained to the ground.

Watanabe let out a breath of relief. He did not know what this thing was, but at least it could defend—

Crack!

The protective barrier did not even last three seconds before shattering. A storm of bullets tore through the wall and blasted the people inside apart.

The flag collapsed.

Ding!

Congratulations to the Chinese player Lin Mu for killing the Sakura player Watanabe Haru. You have obtained eighty percent of the other party’s supplies, eighty percent of the other party’s convoy supplies, and twelve prisoners.

Prisoners were a good thing, but that could wait.

Why only eighty percent? What about the remaining twenty?

As for the personal convoy, that was not much of an issue.

But what was the deal with that twenty percent?

“System, why can I only obtain eighty percent of the supplies?”

[To support a battle, we had to pay out a fairly large loan. Is it too much to charge a twenty percent processing fee?]

Lin Mu’s mouth twitched. As if he dared say that it was too much.

[To prevent you from asking again later, this twenty percent also includes the vehicle core. Please be informed.]

Lin Mu opened his mouth, suppressing the urge to curse out loud.

He took a deep breath and replaced his expression with one of calm.

“May I ask where those items are?”

[They are in the other side’s base. You have only thirty minutes to collect the supplies; otherwise, they will belong to the game.]

Thanks a lot, damn you.

“Everyone, drive over and bring the supplies back for me! Bring back even the vehicle fragments!”

Since they were charging me a twenty percent fee, then don’t leave a single thing for them!

After the defeated shelters were broken apart, they all reverted into ordinary vehicles.

Hauling them back was simple enough.

As for the people inside the vehicles, they were all unconscious at the moment.

“Brother Mu, I suggest you take a look at the regional channel. You seem to have become famous,” Shu Yi reminded him.

Famous? The regional channel?

Lin Mu hurriedly opened the regional channel.

At the top of the chat box, in gilded lettering, were the words: Chinese player Lin Mu kills Sakura player Watanabe Haru.

By now, the entire chat box was talking about this, though the messages were scrolling a little slowly.

“Boss Lin Mu is insane.”

“So this is what it means to awaken your bloodline? Everyone else has only just started, and you’ve already finished?”

“If it were me, I could do it this fast too!”

“...”

It wasn’t only the regional channel. Even the global channel had been seized by gilded text, and it was even larger than the one in the regional channel.

Lin Mu’s mouth twitched.

What kind of nonsense was this?

Could they not at least listen to his opinion?

Even when playing a game, one could choose anonymous broadcasting, yet here they had publicly announced it for him.

Fortunately, his own chat remained anonymous...

[China] Anonymous: “Amazing!”

The text he sent out was actually gold.

After he posted, the number of messages surged instantly.

The Chinese were all praising him, while the Sakura players were cursing him and even threatening to kill him.

Lin Mu helplessly closed the panel.

Whether they cursed or not, it did not matter. He would just kill them later.

It was only this golden chat text that was somewhat eye-catching.

“Sir System, what exactly is going on with this golden text? Can it be turned off?”

[It can be turned off. It will disappear after midnight, so rest assured.

The first player to get a kill each day receives golden text, the second receives silver text, and the third receives yellow text. It lasts for one day.]

You are really kind to me. Thanks a lot.

Fortunately, only the text itself was gold; his messages were still posted anonymously.

That was at least some comfort.

The team members each pulled a vehicle back, and the base resumed moving forward.

Looking at these vehicles, Lin Mu could not help feeling satisfied.

“Which one is the command vehicle?”

Jiang Ying pointed at the battered wreck behind her. “This one.”

It was a bit beaten up, but inside was a level six vehicle core.

Lin Mu tore off the door and took out the core from inside.

“Where’s my level six?!”