Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

"Huh? No reaction at all, that shouldn't be! The Energy Network clearly showed a teleportation fluctuation here..."

Staring at the pink mist enveloping the Stone Forest in the distance, several Wolf Riders furrowed their brows slightly.

"Could the Energy Network have made a false alarm?"

"Impossible. The Tower Lord said enemies would invade us. The teleportation fluctuation and timing both match the intelligence he provided. There's no way it's just a coincidence."

The leader glanced at the others.

"Everyone, expand the search radius. We must find the enemy."

As he spoke, the man suddenly fell silent, adopting a listening expression while lightly touching his earpiece.

A few seconds later, the order changed.

"Everyone, evacuate immediately!"

Within the Shadow Dimension, Yu Yuan sensed something was off. He immediately followed behind the Wolf Riders, distancing himself from the Stone Forest area.

Then, just seconds later.

He heard several whistling sounds from the air.

Yu Yuan looked up and saw several artillery shells landing right where he had been standing.

The next moment, as the shells struck the ground, deep purple liquid splattered out from them, then transformed into purple mist that enveloped the entire Stone Forest.

A crackling, sizzling sound rang out.

Then, Yu Yuan watched as the Stone Forest that had stood there moments ago rapidly dissolved and collapsed under the purple mist.

Yu Yuan just watched.

When the purple mist finally dissipated, the Stone Forest had been stripped of an entire layer.

Gulp...

Yu Yuan could almost hear the sound of himself swallowing.

This destructive power...

He gave chase to those Wolf Riders.

A few hours later.

Night had fallen.

Yu Yuan appeared at an outpost.

Seven Wolf Riders were stationed there.

[Parasitic Blood Vine] moved silently underground. Zhi Zhi and Yu Yuan also melted into the darkness, and the moment the enemies reacted, they subdued them.

Loser's Cube immediately trapped the seven in place.

The entrance to the Shadow Dimension vanished.

The seven wolves sensed something wrong, but by the time they turned to look, their riders had already disappeared.

-

At the motel.

Yu Yuan waited for the results. Bloodcurdling screams came from the room next door.

Before long, Shadow emerged from the room, his body still stained with fresh blood.

"King, I've gotten the information."

"The reason they pinpointed our location so quickly was because of the Energy Network. The Energy Network is a reconnaissance system their Tower Lord, Unicorn Rhino, set up within a ten-kilometer radius around Gado Lakefront.

It's extremely sensitive to energy fluctuations, especially teleportation fluctuations. So the moment you completed your teleportation, they detected the energy alert from the Energy Network's teleportation sensors."

Hearing Shadow's report, Yu Yuan finally understood why the enemy had locked onto him.

"Is that all? Would things like mechanical vehicles trigger the Energy Network?" Yu Yuan asked.

Shadow shook his head.

"According to their intel, the Energy Network's main function is to target teleportation fluctuations and obvious spiritual energy. Other disturbances won't be caught by the network."

"As for Unicorn Rhino's combat forces, these guys are just reconnaissance troops responsible for monitoring the Energy Network and locking down coordinates. The shells that destroyed the Stone Forest earlier came from a long-range lethal weapon called the Acid Erosion Obliteration Cannon. It has a dedicated launch vehicle, and the core of those shells is an acid corrosion reagent..."

As Shadow reported, Yu Yuan began to form a concept in his mind of Unicorn Rhino's potion civilization.

The surrounding thousand-kilometer radius was all under Unicorn Rhino's control. Besides Gado Lakefront serving as the main base, he also controlled two other large cities, though both were located more than three hundred kilometers away. The total controlled population was around three to four thousand.

These three cities formed Unicorn Rhino's resource control network.

The Energy Network was the monitoring core within a ten-kilometer radius of Gado Lakefront.

It was specifically designed to detect teleportation energy and spiritual energy.

Clearly, this was a system item meant to pair with that Gold-grade artifact, [The False Civilization].

The Acid Erosion Obliteration Cannon was also part of this system.

If any invading player showed up, one could imagine that without Yu Yuan's abilities, they would suffer a devastating blow in the very first moment.

99% would die outright.

"A clever setup!"

Yu Yuan muttered inwardly.

If he hadn't learned about Unicorn Rhino's intelligence from Greenfield in advance...

If he had suddenly been teleported here without warning, he probably would have been completely lost.

But since he now knew Unicorn Rhino's methods, Yu Yuan's counterattack was about to begin.

-

Yu Yuan released the Pioneering Group and all ten armored vehicles from the motel.

"Alpha, let's begin!"

"Yes sir!"

Yu Yuan entered the Shadow Dimension once more and charged toward the direction of Gado Lakefront.

The combat plan had already been finalized at the motel. Alpha immediately started issuing orders.

"Everyone, move out according to the battle plan!"

Drones flew into the sky to begin reconnaissance. The 'Ghost' armored vehicle monitored all electronic bands in the surrounding area and extended the drones' detection range.

Below, the Shadow Squad took point, leading the Scout squads as they began approaching the outposts within the ten-kilometer range of Gado Lakefront, using intelligence provided by the drones.

The Pioneering Group's Firepower Squad and Sniper Team followed behind the Scout squads.

All missile-launching armored vehicles were placed on standby, ready to fire. But because they were worried that Unicorn Rhino might also possess a 'radar warning receiver' that would alert him when fire-control radar locked on, the fire-control radar did not directly lock targets.

However, the drone reconnaissance meant that whenever needed, targets could be locked on instantly.

The Shadow Squad quickly located the first outpost based on drone coordinates. Inside was a small camp with five Wolf Riders.

And at the center of the camp was a launch base housing the Acid Erosion Obliteration Cannon.

Shadow hid in the darkness and began issuing orders...

Yu Yuan, meanwhile, had already crossed over ten kilometers and arrived at Gado Lakefront.

He looked at the towering hundreds-of-meters-high spire on the island in the middle of the lake, and at the city built around its base.

Perhaps because they still hadn't found Yu Yuan's trail after so long, Unicorn Rhino's lakeside city was shrouded in a faint energy shield.

On the city walls, potion runes of various colors also flickered to life.

From the interrogation, Yu Yuan had learned that because of these potion runes, the hardness and toughness of those walls were extraordinary.

Bang—

A sudden gunshot rang out from afar.

And that gunshot was like a switch.

The next second, the battle officially began. Sounds of combat erupted from different directions and different positions.

Three cruise missiles streaked across the night sky, carrying blazing fury as they flew toward the central spire on the lake island.

But just as the missiles reached the airspace above the lakeside city, three consecutive dazzling laser beams shot out, precisely hitting the cruise missiles.

Boom, boom, boom—

The cruise missiles exploded as they neared the energy shield. The impact and shrapnel from the explosions rippled across the energy shield like waves on water.

Yu Yuan watched this scene clearly and recorded the footage, transmitting it to Alpha.

[Wolf Den · King: The enemy has laser anti-air interception systems. Halt missile attacks and relocate immediately.]

A few seconds later, Alpha's message came through.

[Alpha: Outposts within three kilometers have been cleared. The Pioneering Group is advancing and has entered the enemy's seven-kilometer range. Estimated arrival at designated coordinates in 20 minutes...]

And just then, activity stirred within the lakeside city.

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