Chapter 129 The Two Sides of the Coin

Speaking of two separate matters…

While Feng Bujue and the three giants of the Illusory Demon Church were plotting their conspiracy somewhere in the main universe, the match between the Trash Alliance and the Sengoku Second Team was still ongoing.

Although this match had already been going on for more than two hours, the members of these two teams had yet to directly confront each other even once.

Currently, Hideyoshi Taira and his group had joined the human camp on the island, gaining the support of the local technological forces.

On the other side… the four members of the Trash Alliance, led by Honghu, had joined the marmot camp.

Yes, on this planet, there was a group of marmots about six feet tall, anthropomorphic, and with a level of technology comparable to that of humans. Moreover, they were not “aliens,” but native creatures living in the underground world of this planet.

Due to the “Special Bacteria Crisis” caused by humans, the underground water sources had also been affected, and the marmots’ homeland had suffered irreparable damage. Therefore, they came to the surface and declared war on humans.

Some might wonder, Honghu and his group of four all looked like humans, so how could the marmot camp accept them?

Actually, this was not a problem, because the humans on this planet themselves had not reached a consensus… The human civil war had already broken out before the marmots attacked. Therefore, when the residents of the underground world came up to attack, many humans chose to join the marmot camp. And within the marmot camp, there were also some marmots who disagreed with their fellows, and they would also go and join the human forces whose political views were similar to theirs.

Now, the war had been going on for more than five years. The personnel of both sides had long since infiltrated and mixed with each other. It was common to see soldiers of the enemy race in anyone's team.

…

Two hours and forty minutes after the script began, night fell on the island…

At this time, in the command room of the marmot army’s “Arrow” unit.

“Frankly, as the person in charge of this unit, I have no way to trust you.” A middle-aged marmot strongman in full high-tech combat armor was speaking to Honghu in front of a 3D simulation map. “However, as the commander of this battle, I must admit… your attack plan is very clever, and there are no flaws to be found from a professional point of view.”

“You flatter me, General River.” Honghu adjusted his glasses, a hint of smug smile on his lips. “I’m just doing my best to provide some basic planning…” He paused. “As for the fact that you can’t trust us… I can completely understand.” He took a few steps and continued in an indifferent tone, “After all, we are ‘travelers from another world.’ In order to achieve our own goals, we are almost without principles or loyalty. If I were you, I wouldn’t trust such a group of people either.”

“Hmm…” General River pondered. “It’s best that you can understand.”

“However…” Honghu changed the subject and looked at River. “You will still follow my plan, right?”

River was silent for a moment, then replied, “Yes… I have no reason to doubt or criticize your attack plan itself…” He continued, “You came up with this plan in a short period of time based on the limited information I provided to you. Moreover, this plan also makes up for some loopholes and deficiencies in my original plan…” He looked thoughtfully at the map beside him. “To be honest… your ability makes me, a battle-hardened battlefield commander, feel a sense of frustration.”

“Heh… you’re exaggerating.” Honghu immediately changed the subject. “In short… as long as you are willing to adopt my plan, that’s all that matters.” As he spoke, he took two steps back. “Then… I’ll go and meet up with my companions and prepare to attack.”

With that, he gave River a salute unique to the “Arrow” unit and left the command room.

…

At the same time, on the “Wood Stone” side of the island's human army.

“Hahaha… you guys did a great job, Mr. Hideyoshi.” The commander on the human army’s side was named Ted, a bald, one-eyed man, about fifty years old. He was wearing a set of camouflage military uniforms, and his exposed hands and neck had obvious scars left by torture. “Those mud-eating bastards would never have imagined that their entire attack plan has been heard by us, hahahaha…”

There was a reason why he was laughing so happily… About an hour ago, [Imagawa Yoshimoto], a reconnaissance specialist player from the Sengoku Second Team, had already scouted the “Arrow” unit’s base camp. Relying on his excellent stealth and disguise skills, he had sneaked into the enemy camp without any danger and found an opportunity to plant a bug in the enemy’s headquarters.

As a result, Honghu and General River’s conversation, as well as other conversations and communication reports in the “Arrow” command room… were all heard clearly by the “Wood Stone” side.

“It was just a small effort.” Hideyoshi Taira appeared relatively calm, and he replied in a deep voice, “However… Colonel, you’d better not be careless. Those ‘travelers from another world’ in the enemy’s formation are also formidable characters, and we must be wary of them.”

“Oh?” Ted asked a rather pointed question upon hearing this. “Are they more powerful than you?”

“Heh…” Hideyoshi Taira chuckled. “It’s not that bad, but… Colonel, you’ve also seen that each of us ‘travelers from another world’ has some unique abilities…”

“Right, right, right~” Colonel Ted’s personality was rather glib and liked to interrupt. “I see… all of you have unique skills.”

“Yes, that’s right.” Hideyoshi Taira followed the other party’s intention, took over the topic, and continued, “I just wanted to remind you, Colonel… to beware of the ‘unique skills’ of those four guys on the other side.”

…

Thirty minutes later, the night was deep.

The soldiers of “Arrow” were fully armed and ready to go. A long-planned night attack was truly “an arrow on the string.” (idiom meaning imminent action)

The transportation tool of the marmot army was a mechanical giant lizard, a kind of mimic robot, similar in appearance to a Komodo dragon, with a “saddle” and control panel for riding on its back.

This kind of mechanical mount was very easy to control, and anyone could learn it quickly. The members of the Trash Alliance team only spent five minutes learning and completely mastered the operating method.

Unlike the “hovering skimmers” on the human army’s side, the marmots’ mechanical giant lizards could travel quietly and quickly through the various mutated plants (due to the contaminated water source, the entire ecosystem on this planet had mutated) without making much noise.

“Alright, listen up!” General River rode a giant lizard to the front of the soldiers, raised the electric fork gun in his hand, and roared, “Soldiers… follow me!”