Chapter 77: The War Begins

Jiugong Cilang scanned everyone present and said to Jiugong Xizi, "Onee-san, everyone has come out; no one is hiding in the vehicles."

Upon hearing this, Jiugong Xizi was very satisfied, "Yoshi, this shows they are all smart people. Next, I will explain the battle plan to them."

"Hai!" Jiugong Cilang stepped aside, letting everyone's gaze fall entirely upon his older sister.

Jiugong Xizi shouted to everyone, "Please listen carefully, everyone. Next, you will follow your respective team leaders to act. I will notify them of any tactical planning when the time comes. For now, please return to your vehicles and wait for the team leaders to make their selections."

Zhao Yuxin and Zhu Zhiquan heard Jiugong Xizi's instructions and immediately dove back into their vehicle to begin discussing.

"Ajiu, our panels can be monitored by them. How are we going to communicate with Ling Xi-jiejie next?" Zhao Yuxin asked while stroking the chin of the ice cream cactus.

Zhu Zhiquan sat in the driver's seat, silent. Just as Zhao Yuxin thought this "black-eating-black" scheme was hopeless, Ling Xi suddenly opened a Portal and arrived in their carriage. Without a word, she left behind a piece of Buli and a Crescent Mark before teleporting back.

At the same time, the original Crescent Mark began to slowly fade. Zhao Yuxin picked up the Buli, quickly scanned the content on it, and handed it to Zhu Zhiquan. Zhu Zhiquan gave it a rough glance and then hurriedly threw it back into the carriage.

The content on the note was roughly: "I have gained the trust of the Heisuo Bandit Group's Regiment Leader through my talent. I will come over to exchange intelligence with you periodically."

"You two, come with me!" A gloomy voice came from outside the vehicle. Zhu Zhiquan looked outside and saw a man with a scar on his face sitting on a Tricycle, gesturing at them. His Tricycle appeared to be only at the v3 level.

Zhu Zhiquan followed behind Daobanan's Tricycle. Soon, the entire team expanded to five Tricycles and stopped growing; among them, only Zhu Zhiquan and the others' Tricycle reached v4.

Daobanan signaled for them to keep the convoy in a square formation, while he waited at the very front for the inspection by the Jiugong siblings.

A moment later, Jiugong Xizi looked at the neat and uniform team and said loudly, "Yoshi, since the teams are all divided, I will tell you all the victory conditions.

This Player Group duel is mainly about occupying the Banners on each island. The Player Group that occupies the most Banners before the sun sets will win. Now, please have each team leader take their team to execute their respective missions."

With that, all the teams drove their Tricycles toward their targets. Along the way, Zhu Zhiquan and the others observed the movements of other teams in the surroundings and recorded them in a register.

On the way, Daobanan taught them how to distinguish between friend and foe, "Remember, Regiment Leader-sir has now opened the authorization. Look at the top of your heads now—is there a black cherry blossom mark? That is the mark of our Heikou Dao Group!

Anyone who does not have this mark on their head is an enemy. Does everyone understand?"

"Understood~" everyone replied in unison, and Daobanan nodded as well.

While passing a bridge, Ling Xi came into their carriage through a Portal.

Zhao Yuxin let the ice cream cactus hand the existing intelligence to Ling Xi. Ling Xi nodded slightly and asked them, "Is there anything you want? I can take the opportunity to pass it on."

Seeing this, Zhao Yuxin immediately made a huge demand, "Tell the Heisuo Bandit Group's Regiment Leader that we are going to lick blood off the edge of a blade and need a large batch of protective gear.

Also, my teammate's injuries have not healed yet. If there are no medical supplies, it will be difficult for us to provide intelligence."

Ling Xi added fuel to the fire as she relayed Zhao Yuxin's words to the Heisuo Bandit Group's Regiment Leader. After some back-and-forth, Ling Xi finally used their food-exchange doll to trade for four sets of Special Combat Suits.

Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin's eyes lit up; only then did they realize that the food-exchange doll could be lent to other players to use.

Ling Xi took two sets of Special Combat Suits and returned to her own Tricycle with the intelligence.

Although there were no healing items, Zhao Yuxin was still very happy. She and Zhu Zhiquan changed into their gear, and she knelt alone before the Guardian Goddess Statue to pray, providing two hundred points of energy to the Guardian Goddess Statue.

Before long, the team encountered an attack by a large group of players while passing through a jungle. Daobanan intended to find an opportunity to escape, but ended up being blown into the sky along with his vehicle by Zhu Zhiquan, who was holding a sea buckthorn bomb.

The rest of the team members were either killed or surrendered. The battle ended in an instant. At this time, a player from the Black Lock Bandit Group walked over and saluted Zhu Zhiquan and the others.

After Zhu Zhiquan returned the salute, he hurriedly drove the Tricycle to rush out of the encirclement. However, Zhao Yuxin saw that the players behind were not chasing and shouted, "Don't just stand there, hurry up and chase us! Or do you want to let others see that we have a problem ahead of time?"

Those players were stunned for a moment, then reacted and drove their Tricycles to chase after them. Watching their acting, Zhao Yuxin couldn't help but complain, "You guys should actually attack us; is this to let others see that we have a problem?"

Hearing Zhao Yuxin's words, those players finally started attacking wildly. The huge noise attracted other Black Mouth Blade Group players to come over. When they saw Zhu Zhiquan and the others' Tricycle being chased by the Black Lock Bandit Group behind them...

Seeing other Black Mouth Blade Group members coming to support, the Black Lock Bandit Group people immediately turned around and ran back. The Black Mouth Blade Group members were not about to let them leave, so they simply chased after them.

Zhao Yuxin had long since moved a Swift Wind Pea Shooter to the back of the carriage. She saw the Swift Wind Pea Shooter condense energy and fire a black shadow at the Black Mouth Blade Group's Tricycle; this black shadow passed through two Black Mouth Blade Group Tricycles before stopping.

"Nani?" Before the Black Mouth Blade Group could figure out what had happened, the Black Lock Bandit Group had already seized the opportunity to rush back and launch an attack on them.

This Black Mouth Blade Group team was wiped out in an instant. Zhao Yuxin saluted the Black Lock Bandit Group player in the carriage, then faded out of their field of vision as Zhu Zhiquan drove away.

This sudden change took Jiugong Xizi, who was hiding in the rear, by surprise. Seeing the number of people in her Player Group suddenly drop by dozens, she felt a trace of unease.

At this moment, she only felt that the Black Lock Bandit Group's strength was very formidable and did not notice at all that there was a mole on her side. Thus, she asked each team to report their respective situations in the Player Group chat channel.

After waiting for a moment, Jiugong Cilang said heavily, "Big sister, we seem to have lost two teams on our side, and some of the other teams that are moving have already engaged in battle with the Black Lock Bandit Group."

Jiugong Xizi took a deep breath and turned to her younger brother, "Otōto, you organize a group of people and have them ready at all times to provide support to other islands."

"Hai."

Just as Jiugong Cilang was arranging support, Zhu Zhiquan and the others had already arrived at a Banner occupied by the Black Mouth Blade Group. At this time, there were thirty Tricycles here, which also indicated that the number of people here was between thirty and sixty.

(Individual Tricycles might only have one player inside for certain reasons.)

At this time, Ling Xi teleported into their Tricycle. The moment Ling Xi stepped out of the Portal, the ice cream cactus pounced on her and licked her constantly.

Ling Xi pushed the ice cream cactus away and, finding that Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin were not in the vehicle, asked in a low voice, "Did your mom and dad leave anything for me before they left?"

"Wu~" The ice cream cactus went behind the Micro Poultry Breeding Platform and took out a piece of Buli. Ling Xi took the Buli in her hand and, with the help of a flashlight's beam, distinguished that this was a map left by Zhu Zhiquan and the others.

Ling Xi put the map away, communicated with the Black Lock Bandit Group side, and then took out another piece of cloth to write down the next plan.

After writing, Ling Xi began to instruct the ice cream cactus, "Little one, when your mom and dad come back later, remember to give this to them, okay~"

"Wu~" The ice cream cactus made a saluting gesture, its expression full of confidence.

Ling Xi covered her mouth, left a Crescent Mark in the vehicle, and teleported away. The ice cream cactus picked up the Buli with the intelligence and sat there in a daze.

Bored, it could only tease the poultry in the Micro Poultry Breeding Platform or the Jiaoyang Kuikui in the corner.

I don't know how much time passed, but Zhao Yuxin returned first. The ice cream cactus hurriedly gave the intelligence left by Ling Xi to Zhao Yuxin.

Zhao Yuxin first kissed the ice cream cactus, then turned on the flashlight to check what was written in the intelligence left by Ling Xi.