Chapter 1 The Initial Ascent

The morning sun rises, the day's plan lies in the morning, and so does battle.

Having breached the fourth layer of the警戒 perimeter last night, Kelter ordered the troops to rest for an hour. At dawn, they continued their advance, ready to take Dark Crow Valley base in one fell swoop. They were currently fighting the enemy in the third layer of the警戒 perimeter.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Explosions were incessant. The forest was a mess of bullets and shells, with shattered casings and shrapnel everywhere, and smoke filled the air.

The Haixia soldiers' squads, in coordination with armored vehicles, attacked one defensive position after another, pillboxes, bunkers. Ye Fan's captured intelligence came in handy, making the enemy's defensive works nowhere to hide. The Haixia army breached one defensive work after another with minimal losses, and the battle damage ratio was very pleasing. The soldiers had never fought such a smooth battle.

"Keep moving forward, take the last two lines of defense in one fell swoop!"

Kelter was full of spirit.

Of course, the morale-boosting troops stormed into the second layer of the defense circle, and the battle situation took a sharp turn from smooth sailing!

Not long after entering the second layer, the Haixia army encountered the first ambush since the start of the war. Two armored vehicles and a dozen soldiers were sent to the sky by anti-infantry mines. This was just an appetizer. The Haixia army had been so smooth before, and now it was so miserable. The number of casualties continued to rise, as if ambushes and traps were everywhere.

Ye Fan's intelligence was useless, and the wrong instructions resulted in even greater losses. One squad commander after another panicked.

Using intelligence from the first four areas to lure the Haixia army to advance rashly, luring the enemy to go deep, and then hitting back in one wave, Ji Jie's trap was launched.

The number of casualties rose sharply!

Kelter was shocked and angry.

Wen Na and others changed their faces. It turned out that the intelligence they had obtained was indeed bait. Han Xiao's speculation was fulfilled, and they were partly responsible for the defeat of the battle.

Ye Fan shook his head and said, "The enemy is too insidious and ruthless. The other side's intelligence traps use their own people as bait. It's too difficult not to fall for it. This is the advantage of the defenders. Meng Ya can disregard the consequences of hurting both sides, but we can't. Kelter is too radical. He should listen to Han Xiao's advice and be more conservative." He looked at his self-reproaching teammates and sighed.

At this time, Kelter looked at the frontline soldiers falling one after another, his face was very ugly. The good situation was reversed. It should have been a great victory, but now even if he won, it would be a pyrrhic victory, which greatly reduced his battle results.

The Haixia army was hit head-on and suffered heavy losses, and the speed of advance became as slow as a snail.

Suddenly, a fierce-looking man, holding a long saber upside down, sprinted out of the enemy's ranks, his body emitting a cold, colorless aura, like an invisible flame, distorting the surrounding air, heading straight for a Haixia soldier squad. The team of soldiers hurriedly opened fire, only to see the man spin his feet while running, and the long saber swung out a brilliant blade light, sweeping across his face like a wiper. All the bullets were rolled into pieces by the blade light and fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Martial Artist!"

As the soldiers were horrified, the man crashed into the crowd, and a chaotic blade light exploded in a second, erupting in the center of the squad. The soldiers were dismembered into a rain of blood in the blink of an eye, limbs, trunks, and heads fell to the ground, and the man stood in blood, like a god of war.

"Pan Kuang!"

The agents changed color.

The director of Dark Crow Valley base, the executive officer of the Meng Ya organization, has a large number of fierce battle records on the dark web, and has killed countless strong people.

According to the battle reports recorded on the dark web, Pan Kuang is good at swordsmanship, and his martial arts school comes from Ruilan, and he is known as "Sword Soul".

His blade light is the last image of the enemy's retina before death.

The armored vehicle turned its muzzle, and large-caliber bullets bombarded Pan Kuang. Pan Kuang moved, relying on a pair of legs to be incredibly fast, dodging behind trees. Ordinary soldiers could not lock Pan Kuang at all. Often, Pan Kuang disappeared from sight with a flash in front of their eyes, and all the bullets hit the empty space.

Pan Kuang roamed the battlefield, like a grim reaper reaping lives, and one soldier squad after another was beheaded by him. Even a few armored vehicles had their outer armor split open by him, and all the soldiers in the car were stabbed to death.

As long as the surrounding environment can provide a barrier to avoid bullets, superhumans can explode with powerful lethality in this low-tech mortal battlefield. With *qi* protecting their bodies, ordinary gunpowder bullets can hardly cause damage to them.

A Class D superhuman can withstand a small armed force alone, and there is still a high probability of escaping safely afterwards.

Class C superhumans have crossed a certain standard in terms of individual strength, possess strong physical resistance, are difficult to damage with guns and small shells, and begin to possess destructive power that ignores terrain. Tearing down buildings with bare hands is commonplace. Class C is considered a basic force in the universe and is also known as the "basic physique of planet exploration warriors." Planets have different gravity and climate environments, and Class C physique can land on most planets. Even some cosmic races with harsh living environments possess Class C physical fitness at birth.

However, there are very few Class C superhumans on Aquamarine Star. The level of superhumans on this planet is low.

Pan Kuang is an E+ level superhuman, only one step away from Class D. He is more than capable of dealing with a group of Haixia soldiers in the complex jungle environment. Superhumans are powerful individuals, and the greatest threat is to raid commanders in the midst of thousands of troops, or to carry out infiltration and sabotage.

Pan Kuang raided and beheaded soldiers all the way, and the direction of advance was Kelter!

Kelter was locked on by Pan Kuang's killing intent, and his hair stood on end. The surrounding troops could not give him a sense of security. He hurriedly shouted, "Launch a heat-seeking missile array!"

An armored vehicle equipped with missile launchers arrived late and fired several small heat-seeking rockets, all locked on Pan Kuang.

Pan Kuang quickly circled in the woods. The heat-seeking rockets crashed into the trees and exploded, leaving only the last one to pass through the gaps in the trees and head straight for Pan Kuang.

Frowning, Pan Kuang slammed on the brakes. Under the effect of inertia, he shoveled up a piece of mud, held the saber in both hands, extended the invisible saber *qi*, and swung the saber to block the heat-seeking rocket. The movement was extremely fast, hitting the side of the rocket just right, and the timing was perfect! He skillfully split the heat-seeking rocket and flew it away, crashing crookedly into a tree twenty meters away, bursting into flames. Pan Kuang only suffered a slight shock wave. If Han Xiao were here, he would see that the damage value was less than twenty points.

Seeing that the rockets were also ineffective, Kelter felt a chill in his heart. He turned his eyes to the agents, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Go!" Wen Na shouted, and the Haixia agents surrounded him.

The Thirteenth Bureau watched coldly from the sidelines. The so-called joint operation had fallen apart, and naturally they would not help.

Seeing the agents going out to fight, Pan Kuang immediately retracted his saber and retreated. He didn't want to be entangled here.

Gunshots rang out.

Bullets left the chamber.

A touch of saber light flashed, and the bullet shot towards the eyebrows was split in half by Pan Kuang. His speed was not faster than the bullet, but he had already erected the blade on the trajectory before the bullet came. His reaction was extremely fast.

Pan Kuang turned and disappeared into the forest at high speed with a blank expression.

In this raid, Pan Kuang killed hundreds of people and destroyed several armored vehicles. The Haixia army's morale was low, and casualties were heavy. The fatigue accumulated from the previous attack on the four-layer defense circle burst out. Seeing this, Kelter had no choice but to slow down his offensive, even if he was unwilling.

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Inside Dark Crow Valley base, Ji Jie watched the battle on the surveillance screen. The second line of defense had been breached, and the Haixia army was advancing towards the last line of defense. Even if he let the Haixia army fall into the trap and suffer heavy losses, he could not fill the gap between the base's armed personnel and the regular army.

However, everything was still under control.

After Pan Kuang returned, Ji Jie locked the通道 between the outer base and the inner base. Even if the enemy broke through the outer base, it would be impossible to find the inner base. Moreover, Ji Jie left a "big gift" for the Haixia army in the outer base.

"Vice Director, when will we evacuate?"

"Now," Ji Jie said lightly.

In front of the No. 3 secret passage door, the personnel of the inner base gathered. Lin Yao and Lan Beite were at the end of the team. Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, they pretended to talk to each other and secretly transmitted messages to the miniature earpieces through暗号.

…

"Boom!"

The last bunker was blown into ruins by a small tank. The last armed personnel had only the last choice, and they retreated to the base one after another.

All the defense lines were destroyed, and Kelter finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The last two lines of defense caused him to lose 70% more of his combat strength. The battle report would definitely not look good.

"The enemy only has the last base left, and there is no way to escape. Should we let the army rest for a while?" the adjutant said.

Kelter pondered, suddenly remembering Han Xiao's intelligence, which mentioned that there was also an inner base and a secret 通道 inside. He immediately felt that this was the only opportunity to expand his military exploits, so he could not delay. He was worried that the enemy would slip away, so he decisively gave the order.

"Attack immediately, let the soldiers pay attention to searching the facilities inside, especially pay attention to the sundries room. There must be a secret door hidden, which can lead to the enemy's secret inner base."

The order was issued, and the soldiers who had not recovered from the fierce battle cheered up and entered the Dark Crow Valley base to sweep away the enemy. The space in the base was small, equivalent to street fighting, and gunshots were incessant.

The battle continued for a while.

"Report, the target sundries room has been found, but there are no secret doors, all of them are normal walls, and they have been tested with explosives."

"Is the intelligence wrong again?" Kelter frowned and called the adjutant, "Go and bring the people from the Thirteenth Bureau over, as well as that Han Xiao, I want to ask them about the intelligence."