61: Never trust beautiful women

Di Yun and his men charged out, instantly taking down twenty to thirty players; even Wu Chong and his group nearly lost their lives.

However, Di Yun and the others didn't continue attacking the players. Instead, they quickly struck the Night God Troops' lines from behind, knowing that even if they killed the players, the troops on the field wouldn't disappear with them. Thus, prioritizing the enemy troops was the way to go.

The unprepared enemy's defensive line was instantly shattered by the meng hu off-road vehicles, and dozens were killed under the wheels on the spot.

After the ten off-road vehicles broke through the line, they swerved left and right to crush the main body of the enemy. The flat Wheat Field provided excellent driving conditions for the vehicles, but left the soldiers of the Night God Squad with nowhere to hide.

The convoy then slammed into the enemy at nearly sixty kilometers per hour, and dozens, even a hundred soldiers, were crushed before they could even react.

Even greater damage came from the heavy machine guns and rifles on the vehicles; they could strafe these clustered troops at close range, while the massive amount of bullets fired by the Night God Troops missed Di Yun and his men due to the high speed of the vehicles.

Seeing that Di Yun's First Platoon had successfully disrupted the Night God Troops' attack lines, Li Xiao hastily ordered a full-scale offensive over the command channel.

The meng hu off-road vehicles tore through the entire Night God Squad battle line. Countless bullets tried to stop their savage rampage, but it was all in vain.

On terrain like this, neither Xiaoyao nor Night God would usually choose to charge with vehicles because the targets were simply too large. A civilian off-road vehicle would explode after taking just a few dozen rounds, and an explosion meant four or five deaths.

Only someone like Li Xiao, who could boost the durability of non-armored vehicles by tens or hundreds of thousands, could withstand the firepower and serve a breakthrough and harassment role.

With the First Platoon causing such chaos, the Night God offensive was immediately thwarted. The Xiaoyao Squad took the opportunity to counterattack, and the situation on the battlefield reversed instantly.

"Look! It's those vehicles and people! We can't damage them at all!"

In the squad channel, the Night God players were in utter panic. To some extent, they had all heard from others about the insanely tanky vehicles and people under the Xiaoyao Team Leader's command.

When you actually encounter them, you truly feel the frustration of emptying all your bullets while the enemy remains standing.

Wu Chong watched those off-road vehicles run wild in the Wheat Field, crushing and wounding his own troops. The shooters on the vehicles seemed immortal, continuing to fire frantically even after being hit by hundreds of rounds.

"I wrongly blamed Ren Hao. We all underestimated Li Xiao's strength. He possesses abilities we know nothing about; this has exceeded what we can handle. Unless we have more RPGs or anti-tank weapons, we can't defeat him!"

Wu Chong rested his hands weakly on his knees. Xuan Yu walked over and said, "Chong Ge, let's surrender. Perhaps there's still a chance of survival."

"You announce it..." Wu Chong probably never dreamed that he, who was just yesterday claiming he would wipe out the Xiaoyao Squad, would say these words today.

The Night God Troops had been completely routed. Under the intentional partitioning by the off-road vehicles, they were being picked off bit by bit with almost no room to maneuver.

At that moment, nearly two thousand Night God personnel, including players, suddenly raised their guns high with both hands and knelt on the ground.

Seeing this, Liu Nian immediately ordered a ceasefire over the squad command channel.

"Lao Xiao, what kind of trick are they playing?"

"What else could it be? They can't win, so they're surrendering." Qin Luming wiped his sweat; the psychological pressure of fighting on such a vast plain was truly immense.

While Li Xiao was also wondering, a female player named Xuan Yu sent him a friend request.

He thought for a moment, figured it might be a high-ranking member of Night God, and accepted.

The voice call connected, and a seductive, soft female voice came from the other end of the headset.

"Is this Team Leader Li Xiao? I am the Night God Vice-Leader, Xuan Yu."

Although Li Xiao had been single for twenty-four years before transmigrating, as a somewhat famous war-themed online game commander in certain circles, the number of girls he had interacted with was hard to count.

At his peak, after commanding a ten-thousand-player national war, the girls asking for his contact info could have formed a reinforced battalion.

Among them were plenty of female streamers—lolis, mature types, 'green tea' types—every kind of voice imaginable. He was basically immune to someone of Xuan Yu's level...

"Ah, Vice-Leader Xuan Yu, is your squad laying down its arms and surrendering?"

"Captain Li, because there may have been various misunderstandings before, our Team Leader Wu Chong misjudged the relationship between our two squads, leading to some difficult actions and today's conflict."

"Misjudged?" Li Xiao said with a forced smile, "I helped you get rid of your rival, Hellfire, in exchange for the Chemical Plant—your leader agreed to that. May I ask if I've done anything else to harm your interests since then? And then your leader sends elite troops to launch a sneak attack, and you're telling me that's a misjudgment?"

Xuan Yu didn't seem to want to explain too much, because everything Li Xiao said was the truth.

"In any case, the Night God Squad surrenders as of now and will disband today. I hope that for the sake of being fellow transmigrators, you can let us go."

Xuan Yu's tone was sincere, but between the lines, there was a sense of being forced and unwilling.

"Let you go? If every guy who failed a sneak attack and got counter-killed could save his life just by asking to be let go, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"Then what do you want?" Xuan Yu's tone suddenly turned a few degrees colder.

"Give me the location of Wu Chong's base, and then the Night God Squad will merge into Xiaoyao!"

"Is that the only condition?"

"One should not harbor intentions to harm others, but one must always be on guard! I will not tolerate the continued existence of someone who has intent to kill me!"

"Fine, I understand..."

Xuan Yu hung up the voice call. Li Xiao immediately told Liu Nian to monitor all troops; since the talk failed, there was no guarantee the Night God Squad wouldn't pick up their weapons again.

Seeing Xuan Yu hang up, Wu Chong hurriedly asked, "How was it? Did Li Xiao agree?"

Xuan Yu looked at Wu Chong, her eyes flickering with an unidentifiable light. After a long pause, she said, "Li Xiao agreed, but he has one condition."

"He agreed?! What condition? As long as it's not disbanding the squad or taking our lives, anything is fine!"

"The condition is..."

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!!!!

Xuan Yu's Type 05 automatic pistol fired seven bullets in one breath, every single one hitting Wu Chong in the head.

"Xuan Yu, you..."

Wu Chong fell slowly with a look of disbelief, while Xuan Yu seemed to have all her strength drained, slumping to the ground instantly.

At that moment, a voice prompt echoed in her mind.

[Team Leader Wu Chong has died. Vice-Leader Xuan Yu is automatically promoted to Team Leader!]

This prompt simultaneously rang in the ears of all surviving players in the Night God Squad. The squad channel immediately fell into chaos; some were cheering, some were sighing, but the majority were shouting in support of Xuan Yu.

Xuan Yu's eyes were bloodshot. She watched Wu Chong's body turn into dust, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and stood up again.