60: Get ready, get ready

After cracking and hacking all the landmines, Fang Yun spent another 10 seconds or so modifying all of them into pressure-detonated landmines.

Subsequently, Fang Yun let out a breath and said in the Buckle Family convoy's internal communication channel:

"OK, brothers. Everyone look at me. Look at me, look at me."

"I have hacked and cracked the landmine trap, and at the same time, I've modified the landmines' programs to restore them to 'pressure-detonation mode'."

"Now, we can go dig up all the landmines."

"When we get to the entrance of the 'Black Hand' settlement's stronghold later, we'll use these landmines to blow their damn place up!"

Fang Yun finished speaking with a hint of pride, fantasizing about the scene where "he raises his arm and everyone responds in unison."

After a few seconds, Fang Yun gradually emerged from his fantasy and realized that something seemed a bit off.

The communication channel was completely silent; not a single person spoke.

Fang Yun was instantly stumped and muttered to himself:

"What's going on? How is this different from the scene I imagined?"

"Everyone didn't respond in unison; instead, they fell silent."

"I don't get it."

"Could it be because my efficiency is too low?"

"But there's nothing I can do about low efficiency. Even with a top-tier Fifth Order prosthetic body, simultaneously hacking hundreds of landmines, preventing the landmines' automatic alert program from sending out the message that I'm hacking, and rewriting the programs inside the landmines is still a relatively difficult task."

Just as Fang Yun's thoughts were going off on a tangent, the Buckle Family convoy's internal communication channel suddenly started being flooded with a large number of messages and voices.

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Buckle Family Member A: "Although I don't know how many landmines were included in the landmine trap in total, isn't your hacking and cracking speed a bit too fast?!"

Buckle Family Hacker A (with feelings of being overwhelmed, excitement, exhilaration, jealousy, etc., churning within): "Bush, Gorman. Even just dealing with the dozen or so landmines I scanned with my bionic eye earlier would take me several minutes. You, you, you only spent a little over a minute and solved all the landmines?!"

Buckle Family Member B (who knows a little about hacking): "His hacking speed is actually this fast?! That's absolutely outrageous!"

Karl (silent as always): "..."

Valentine (opened a separate chat window with Fang Yun and said in an astonished and teasing tone): "I didn't expect this, Fang Yun. Your Hacker ability is actually this strong? Quick, tell me, what else are you hiding from us (chuckles)."

Toke (sent an emoji): "Thumbs up.jpg."

Vavinia: "Fang Yun, ..., you are truly amazing."

Seeing the large number of bullet comments constantly appearing in the communication channel as if screen-flooding, Fang Yun suddenly realized that it was because his Hacker ability was too strong and his hacking speed was too fast, which had shocked everyone just now, causing the situation where no one spoke.

Fang Yun's mood immediately brightened, and then he said in the communication channel with a hint of self-satisfaction:

"Oh, don't be surprised, everyone. These are all basic operations, basic operations."

Hearing Fang Yun say this, the Bakker Family members were silent for several seconds before repeatedly praising him in the communication channel.

After a few more unnecessary words, Karl's command finally brought everyone's attention back to the main task.

"Alright, you can say as many words of shock and praise as you want when we get back to the camp."

"What's most important now is to continue acting according to the plan."

"Because the actions of the 'Black Hand' settlement are already tending to exceed the intelligence we have, everyone also needs to be flexible and adapt when acting according to the plan."

"Now, let's resume action."

Karl's steady tone and direct command silenced the communication channel.

Then, the leaders and members of the four small teams responded one after another.

After everyone expressed their apologies to Karl, the Buckle Family convoy resumed its advance towards the 'Black Hand' settlement's stronghold.

With a powerful person like Fang Yun present, the members of the Buckle Family had a considerable degree of confidence in whether they could achieve final victory.

Therefore, unlike the tense and angry atmosphere when they first set off, the Bakker Family members were now much more relaxed internally, and the atmosphere of the entire convoy was also less tense.

The Buckle Family convoy moved slowly forward.

According to the landmine distribution map that Fang Yun transmitted to the internal communication channel, the members of the Buckle Family smoothly picked up all the landmines.

As the landmines were discovered and picked up one by one, the last bit of doubt in the hearts of the Bakker Family members towards Fang Yun slowly dissipated, replaced by genuine trust that was gradually building.

...

After picking up all the landmines, the Buckle Family convoy went full speed ahead, quickly arriving at the entrance of the 'Black Hand' settlement's stronghold at a faster pace than originally planned.

The closer they got to the entrance of Aureole Valley, the more serious and heavy everyone's mood became.

As Karl expected, the people of the 'Black Hand' settlement had already set up a defense line at the entrance of Aureole Valley and were waiting in full force.

The Buckle Family convoy stopped at the critical point of the engagement range.

Then, the people of the 'Black Hand' settlement started spewing trash talk.

"Hey! Look who it is. It's the mad dogs of the Buckle Family!"

"What brings you to our 'Black Hand' settlement? Could it be that the men in your family are useless, so you've sent your women over for some excitement?"

"Hahahahaha!"

The people of the 'Black Hand' settlement laughed incessantly while spewing trash talk.

The people of the Buckle Family were not to be outdone.

"Fuck your 'Black Hand' settlement! You motherless, fatherless pieces of dog shit!"

"We're here for revenge today! You hurt our Buckle Family members, and now you dare to do it but don't dare to admit it, right?! A bunch of cowardly dogs!"

"'Black Hand' settlement, I'll fuck your *****!"

For a time, the people of the 'Black Hand' settlement and the Bakker Family members cursed at each other fiercely.

At this moment, Fang Yun opened a separate chat window and said slyly to Karl:

"Karl, let the family members keep cursing for a while longer."

"While they're doing that, I'll go steal the 'Black Hand' settlement's building and deployment information."

Karl fell silent immediately after hearing Fang Yun's words.

...

While silent, Karl thought to himself:

"Fang Yun's Hacker ability is this strong?"

"The 'Black Hand' settlement's public network is protected by specialized network experts."

"Listening to his tone, why does it sound like he regards network experts as nothing?"

Shaking his head slightly, Karl stopped thinking and replied to Fang Yun:

"Okay."

"I'll have the family members hold off the 'Black Hand' settlement for a bit longer; you go ahead and do what you need to."

When Fang Yun saw the people of the 'Black Hand' settlement, he had already started hacking into their public network.

After hearing Karl's reply, Fang Yun could focus even more on continuing his hacking operation.

On the other side, the members of the Buckle Family received Karl's command and immediately cursed even more vigorously.

Hearing the increasingly vulgar words from the Buckle Family's side, the people of the 'Black Hand' settlement couldn't help but feel their anger flare up.

The two sides exchanged blows, and a cursing battle was fought to a standstill.