After the armored vehicle was out of danger, it began to slow down, and finally the convoy stopped 5 kilometers away from the Hell Tornado.
Even so, Lin Xinghai could feel the terrifying force of the tornado, with large rocks being swept up and blown toward the direction of the hellish twister.
However, this Hell Tornado appeared and disappeared just as quickly. After only 3 minutes, it dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Countless amounts of dirt and rock that had been swept into the sky by the tornado now rained down like hailstones.
Even though the convoy had already moved 5 kilometers away, they still faced the onslaught of dirt and rocks.
The armored vehicle was even hit by a massive rock weighing over a hundred pounds, making Lin Xinghai once again realize the terrifying power of nature.
If it weren’t for the protection of the armored vehicle, even if he wasn’t directly swept up by the Hellish Tornado, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand this kind of indiscriminate area attack when the tornado dissipated.
“Everyone, get out and inspect the vehicles.” Roger ordered once the sand and stone assault had ended.
Lin Xinghai also jumped out of the car. He found that people in the other cars also got off. It was obvious that this was a unified process.
On the armored vehicle’s end, there wasn’t much to inspect. It wasn’t made of ordinary metal but crafted from highly durable alloy. Even a stone weighing hundreds of pounds wouldn’t do much damage.
Even the two multi-functional off-road vehicles withstood the attacks.
Therefore, the crew only looked into two aspects.
Firstly, it was the engine. After all, in the situation just now, the engine was overloaded. If the engine was not inspected and maintained, problems were likely to occur later.
The second aspect was the rocket thrusters. After Lin Xinghai counted them in detail, he discovered that there were 16 rocket thrusters distributed in the second half of the entire armored vehicle.
No wonder that in just a few seconds, this 50-ton iron could travel so fast that it was almost like flying.
In addition to completing basic inspections, the most important thing was to refill the energy for these rocket thrusters.
The energy used by rocket thrusters was not fuel or nitrous oxide in the conventional sense, but a type of energy crystal.
Judging by the pained expression on Roger’s face, it was clear that this thing… must have been very expensive.
“Is this the energy crystal that we are looking for in this mission?” Lin Xinghai asked.
“It’s close, but this is an energy crystal that has been compressed twice, so it’s even more expensive. The replacement crystals in total would cost around 3,000 points.” Roger said, wincing at the thought.
Hearing this, Lin Xinghai was also taken aback. From what he understood, a typical level-one mercenary group, after deducting various expenses from a mission, would only save up about this many points.
After half an hour of maintenance, the convoy was back on the road.
The rest of the journey went without any unexpected events, and they quickly reached the outskirts of Heaven’s Peak City.
What entered Lin Xinghai’s eyes were either dilapidated houses or ruins.
The catastrophe lasted for 20 years. Any houses that survived were a testament to their sturdiness.
At the same time, the zombie detector in the vehicle also continuously sounded the alarm.
At the beginning, only one or two zombies appeared in the detector.
However, as the vehicle continued to move forward, the number rapidly increased. It quickly surpassed 10, then reached 20, and soon 30.
Initially, these zombies were scattered. But as the convoy moved and made noise, they surprisingly began to converge on the convoy’s location.
What surprised Lin Xinghai even more was that almost half of the red dots displayed by the detector were dark red, which represented intermediate zombies!
This suggested that the zombies here were an order of magnitude more dangerous than those outside.
As Lin Xinghai watched the red dots on the zombie detector increase, he couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
He didn’t know what the situation was like after traversing deeper into the city. However, even the zombies that appeared here were not something the 1st Team could deal with.
Especially those zombies at intermediate threat level, they really have a strong killing power up close.
Fortunately, the Sky Fracture Mercenary Group didn’t proceed in the same manner as before.
The two multi-purpose off-road vehicles, which had previously been on the sidelines, surprisingly moved to the front of the line, driving side by side.
At some point, a mercenary sat in the shooting position on the roof of the car. The “heavy machine gun” mounted on the roof of the car was activated.
The statement about activating a heavy machine gun sounded a bit strange, but it was true.
The barrels of the two heavy machine guns surprisingly began to extend. Starting from the base, the entire gun lit up with a blue glow.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Lin Xinghai felt like there was an electric light flowing around the muzzle.
Once activated, the heavy machine guns looked way cooler and more imposing than before, to the point where they didn’t even seem like machine guns anymore.
Of course, no one said that these two were heavy machine guns. That was just Lin Xinghai’s first intuitive impression after seeing them.
At that moment, Roger approached him and began to outline the upcoming tactics, “Using two electromagnetic railguns to create crossfire, as long as we have enough energy and ammunition, we can quickly eliminate even if a thousand zombies charge straight at us.”
Lin Xinghai smiled bitterly in his heart. The so-called heavy machine gun was indeed his wishful thinking.
Of course, Roger didn’t know what Lin Xinghai was thinking, so he continued, “The 2nd Team and the 3rd Team will provide support from the center. In addition to dealing with the zombies on both sides, they will also deal with all emergencies.”
“Strictly speaking, it is processed by the [Sky Fracture] and [Sky Frost] mecha.”
As Roger spoke, the two armored vehicles behind them had already passed them, moving to the middle of the convoy. The hatches on their roofs slowly opened.
Fang Tianhe and Shen Han, the two elites of the mercenary group, had entered the mecha. They were in a standby state, ready to attack at any time.
“So, our job is to cover the rear?” Lin Xinghai remarked, looking at how they had moved from leading the charge to the very back. It felt a bit saddening for him.
Of course, whether Lin Xinghai liked it, the strategy proceeded. What annoyed him the most was that as the convoy advanced according to this tactic, he wouldn’t get to collect energy crystals at all!
What about my Blood Essence? My plan is to make a fortune!
“Yes, covering the rear is relatively easy. It’s like giving us a break in disguise.”
“Of course, you won’t get to rest. With so many zombies as targets here, it’s the perfect shooting range. You have to seize this opportunity and try to improve your marksmanship as quickly as possible.” Roger said.