Chapter 2340: Counterattack and Good News

Sitting on the corpse pile, Su Xiao now really wants to sleep and recover his injuries through the healing aura in the base camp.

"Bai Ye, toasted bread, want some?"

The Dean, who had three bloodstains on his face, shouted not far away. Su Xiao didn't speak. He didn't even want to move a finger now.

Baja flew down from low altitude, took the paper bag from the Dean, landed on Su Xiao's shoulder, and began to eat toasted bread with Su Xiao on this corpse pile with a pungent bloody smell.

"Ibu, clam..."

Baja said 'bird language'. Its bird face was full of helplessness. It was being affected by a slow ability and would only recover in a few minutes.

"Bai Ye, why do you think the Heterogeneous retreated?"

"Not clear. If it were me commanding, I would never retreat now."

"That's right, there are two possibilities now. The power system within the Heterogeneous is unstable, or the Terrain-types need supplies. They are very hungry."

The Dean pulled up his shirt, and on his side waist, a large piece of flesh was bitten off.

"After that Terrain-type bit off a piece of my flesh, it fled."

"Fled?"

Su Xiao was somewhat surprised; based on what he had seen, the Earth-Walking Species would never flee, but then he thought of something.

"Controlling the Earth-Walking Species shouldn't be simple; at the very least, they must be kept fed. 'Beasts' driven by extreme hunger are very difficult to control."

"I have the same thought. The supplies for the Alien army should be arriving soon; this is a rare opportunity."

The Dean did not continue; there was no longer any need. He believed Su Xiao had already figured out what he intended to do and what his plan was: to cut off the Aliens' supplies. Being on the receiving end of a beating had never been the style of the contractors from Reincarnation Paradise.

"Who will do it?"

Although Su Xiao wanted to go, he could not leave the base camp now. If he left, this place could not be held. This was not his own assumption, but the result verified by the war.

"The Suicide Squad will go. Fatty is reaching his limit. After eating these corpses, the Black Demon inside his body will be enough to give the Aliens a hard time."

As soon as the Dean finished speaking, a mass of black, rotting flesh surged onto the pile of corpses near him, devouring the bodies of the Earth-Walking Species in an instant.

Su Xiao stood up and walked toward the base camp. The Black Demon surged past him—it was the purest malice, one that had begun to make no distinction between friend and foe.

"It is time to counterattack."

The Dean was smiling; within that aged body, it seemed as if something terrifying was hidden.

At this moment, only four members of the Suicide Squad remained: Fatty, Poison Master, Ghost Girl, and Evil Living Species.

Black Parasite died before Su Xiao's eyes, and after the Taliban player performed a final self-detonation, he also turned into ashes.

Su Xiao and the Dean walked toward the base camp. Before they had gone far, Su Xiao saw a contractor lying on the ground. Her lower body was nowhere to be found, and the wound was frozen with cold ice. Those eyes, having lost their luster, looked at the sky, one hand reaching forward as if trying to block the sunlight shining on her face, or perhaps trying to watch the sun through her fingers.

"This combat healer is dead too."

The Dean's tone was normal; in this situation, it was all too normal for one's own side to have casualties.

"Don't step on me, and I'm not dead yet, just in a minimal life-support state. Old man, if you have even a shred of conscience, drag me into the base camp. I saved you two hours ago."

The combat healer turned her head as if she were a corpse coming back to life, extending a slender middle finger at the Dean. Originally, she was the healer in the Healer-Tank combo; after an hour of cooperation, the combat healer's mana was exhausted.

Amu had handed this "pendant" to Xiang Bubu. On the way back to the base camp, a "Poliu Blast Barrel" flew over and blew the combat healer away. In the chaos of battle, there was no way Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang could find her again.

The combat healer had found a corpse of an Earth-Walking Species, pressed it over herself, and then closed her eyes to wait for death. She hadn't expected to actually survive, not being eaten by the Earth-Walking Species by chance, but instead being stepped on until she was near death.

"Yaha, not dead, huh."

The passing King Kong Wang looked quite surprised. This guy was carrying a body bag; he was responsible for burying the corpses of contractors after the battle.

King Kong Wang was very heroic and firmly believed in one thing: after allies died, they must be buried. Since they had chosen to fight together, he could not let his own people be left to rot in the wilderness.

It was just that this guy sometimes didn't speak like a human. Last time, during the "mid-war break," this guy had mysteriously approached Su Xiao and whispered that he had found a place with great feng shui, and if Su Xiao died in battle, he would bury him there.

At the time, Amu had glared at King Kong Wang in anger. King Kong Wang raised an eyebrow and smiled, adding: "Amu, I've prepared your graveyard too, no need to thank me."

Su Xiao picked up the combat healer and walked into the base camp with Baja. Just as he entered, he saw Amu, who was almost wrapped into a rice dumpling with bandages, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was limping.

"Truly miserable, Amu, but it's good that you're not dead."

Baja broke free from the debuff state and its speech returned to normal. It was shivering; this was fatigue caused by high-intensity combat. It was the only one on their side capable of high-altitude reconnaissance; things like detection equipment or items would be shot down as soon as they took off.

Amu brought over a large pile of food, and Su Xiao began to eat in large mouthfuls. He needed to maintain his condition; if the Dean's plan failed, the chaotic battle would continue.

In less than five minutes, Su Xiao finished his lunch. The comfort of being full made him drowsy.

There were 162 people left alive on their side at this moment. This was only thanks to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's rescue; otherwise, the number of survivors would not have exceeded 100. The third round of the chaotic battle had been too tragic.

"Bai Ye, about the Suicide Squad..."

The Dean hesitated. This time, sending the Suicide Squad to cut off supplies meant the four members might be completely wiped out.

"Poison Master."

Just as Su Xiao spoke, Poison Master, sitting at a dining table not far away, cast a glance over, his mouth stuffed with meat. He did not have a body as powerful as Su Xiao's; he still had an appetite to eat after the battle. Poison Master was now so tired he wasn't hungry, but he had to eat a large amount of food.

"The four of you go to cut off the enemy's supplies. Oh, and, there is a high probability you will all die there."

Su Xiao did not hide anything and stated directly how dangerous cutting off the supplies was.

"..."

The chewing motion in Poison Master's mouth stopped for a moment, then he continued to chew, nodding as if in thought.

"Mm, I know."

Poison Master swallowed the food in his mouth and stuffed in another large mouthful. He would eat as much as he could while he could; once dead, there would be nothing left to eat.

Ghost Girl, sitting next to Poison Master, looked at Su Xiao sideways. A moment later, she nodded. If it had been the Dean speaking just now, she would have retorted—definitely.

There were some things the Dean could not say. He was indeed the decision-maker for their side, but his performance in battle could only be considered quite good, not reaching the level of commanding respect. Su Xiao, however, had stood alone on the south side the entire time, blocking almost all the Earth-Walking Species on that flank.

"Fangirl, stop looking; no one is going to take a fancy to you."

Poison Master stood up and walked out of the base camp. Ghost Girl hurriedly picked up two pieces of pastry and followed quickly. Evil Living Species remained silent the whole time, maintaining his cool demeanor.

If the Suicide Squad succeeded, the war situation would shift from passive to active. The number of Earth-Walking Species was too high; if they kept grinding it out, their side would definitely be the one to lose.

Returning to the lounge, Su Xiao lay on the bed after a refreshing shower to check his merit acquisition records. His own kills, plus those obtained by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja, had earned a total of 507 merit points in this round of battle. If they could win, these 507 merit points alone would be a huge gain.

The fatigue, combined with the recovery from the healing aura, caused Su Xiao to fall asleep without realizing it. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja were the same, especially Amu, who was snoring very loudly.

He didn't know how long he had slept when Su Xiao heard a faint knocking at the door. His eyes opened.

The fatigue throughout his body had completely faded, and his thoughts were clearer. Su Xiao picked up the clock on the bedside table; he had slept for 12 hours, and his condition was excellent.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, yawning, opened the door. The person who arrived was the Dean.

"Three and a half of the Suicide Squad are dead. Poison Master and Ghost Girl returned. Ghost Girl is really turning into a ghost now, and Poison Master crawled back."

Speaking of this, the Dean felt some emotion, marveling at the vitality of the Suicide Squad.

Evil Living Species was dead for sure, torn apart by Earth-Walking Species. Whether Fatty was dead or not, he didn't know, but the Black Demon was still there, currently wreaking havoc near the Alien war fortress. Whether it was friend or foe, it was unclear.

After Ghost Girl was "killed," she could only survive temporarily as a spirit body. If they didn't win this world conquest, she was a goner.

Poison Master's body from the chest down was gone. He had been dragged out of the danger zone by Ghost Girl at the cost of burning her soul, and then he crawled back himself. That was why the Dean said three and a half of the Suicide Squad had died.

The most miserable one was Evil Living Species. The survivability of the other Suicide Squad members was truly badass, while Evil Living Species only looked badass.

In this raid, Fatty performed the greatest service. He released the Black Demon, which split up and rushed into the Alien war fortress, eating all but one-tenth of the meat supplies transported from the rear.

"Meow?"

Benny's little head poked out from beside the door. In fact, Su Xiao had sensed her long ago.

"Meow~"

Benny jumped onto the bed; one could tell her current state just by her wobbly figure.

"Well done."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face; Benny had made a great contribution this time.

Benny hadn't found the World Core, but she had found a place. It was a vital Alien stronghold, heavily guarded. There, 9 Space-Time Power Condensates were stored. The war mission only required 5 to be completed.

The counterattack officially began.