Chapter 221: line with translation of chapter title

【System Prompt: Arrived at the outer perimeter of the mission area.】

【Reconnaissance skill activated, scanning environment.......】

【Warning: Multi‑band passive energy monitoring network detected, monitoring area marked for you】

【Map data updated: Tianmian City Old Weather Observation Station (Surface) (Exploration: 2.1%)】

Ying Duo stood in the shadow of a half‑collapsed warehouse, golden eyes scanning the surroundings.

In the distance, building silhouettes were assembled from gray blocks of varying shades, occasional broken pipes or rusted steel frames jutting out, with clear lines.

If one didn't know they had already reached Tianmian City, this place would look more like a cleaner section of the Slum.

Bai Mu Yun habitually made a gesture, signaling the two to follow.

Lu Mu was merely illiterate, but he had crammed all the mission‑related knowledge, so he could still read the codes.

"Stay close, watch your footing, don't make any sound."

Bai Mu Yun's voice came through the party channel, and Yang Yixie saw a small dialogue bubble icon pop above his head.

【Party Channel】Bai Mu Yun: Move along the marked route.

Today's Bai Mu Yun is trying to tame the party‑matching system.

The lead shepherd leads the way; Bai Mu Yun's figure flickers intermittently, Lu Mu moves like a true shadow, flashing through pipe shadows and broken metal plates, while Raven's agility and concealment talent are pushed to the limit.

They originally thought they needed to watch Ying Duo closely, but Ying Duo's innate stealth talent made them not have to worry at all.

Ying Duo walked while casually pulling from the backpack a series of red‑marked "Remote Detonation Units (small)".

He precisely placed these Explosives at the "detonation points" carefully selected by 【Recon】:

For example, at a crack in a load‑bearing column, at a joint of a suspended pipe, or atop a seemingly unstable ruin...

【Detonation unit deployed (1/??)】

【Detonation unit deployed (2/??)】

【Detonation unit deployed (3/??)】

Lu Mu occasionally looked back, saw Ying Duo's "walk‑and‑throw" stance, twitched his mouth corner, and jibed in the party channel.

【Party Channel】Lu Mu: Kid, are you planning to plow this place all over?

Even if the mission calls for it, didn't Ying Duo set up a bit too many?

【Party Channel】Ying Duo: Better safe than sorry.

Yang Yixie just replied casually, realizing NPCs really can use the party channel; the few from the Mercenary Corps hadn't used it before.

"Version answer":........

It's a pity they're not here now, so they can't hear Yang Yixie's jab.

Doesn't anyone think speaking inside someone else's head is rude?!

【Party Channel】Bai Mu Yun:........ Don't place everything on the outer edge, watch the concealment.

Seeing the two about to chat in their heads, Bai Mu Yun could only silently remind them.

Passing through the conduit area, an energy barrier flickering with unstable pale blue light blocked their path, embedded in a massive concrete wall that also bore several concealed firing ports.

"Two guards."

Bai Mu Yun's illusion began to coalesce, preparing a "sound‑east, strike‑west" distraction enough to draw attention.

Lu Mu licked his lips, shadow‑like feather wisps gathering between his fingers, aiming at the general direction of one guard.

Ying Duo looked up at the barrier; the 【Recon】 skill can locate the barrier's unstable points, which keep flickering, and you just need to time it right.

He timed it, then pulled from his backpack a suction‑cup "Clinging Detonation Device", aimed and threw it; the small device traced a graceful arc through the air, adhering precisely to the concrete wall.

【Party Channel】Bai Mu Yun: I create an illusion to draw the left guard's head, Lu Mu handles the right; once the gap appears, Ying Duo, you go in immediately.

He counted down silently in his mind.

Three, two, one!

A flash of golden light in Bai Mu Yun's eyes; the guard behind the left barrier suddenly "sees" something darting through the side shadow, instinctively turning and raising his gun.

Lu Mu sprang from the shadows like a wraith; Raven's feather blade silently slashed the right guard's throat, he deliberately moderated the force to keep the person alive.

Yang Yixie, upon moving to the concrete wall edge in the unstable zone, tapped a point on the virtual interface.

【Detonate!】

With a muffled "puff", the barrier and wall were blown open into a neat circular hole at the edge, and the barrier dissipated after a brief unstable contact.

Two small robots powered by Ying Duo's energy sprang out from behind him, entered first, and pointed their muzzles at the two barely‑living guards on the ground.

The guards' Blood Bar dropped to zero, experience credited.

【Congratulations, you assisted in killing Supervision Bureau guards x2, Last Hit granted extra experience】

No time for a thorough search, Ying Duo could only loot all the guards' weapons into his own backpack.

He should have expanded his backpack capacity before coming.

Yang Yixie learned another lesson.

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The interior here is more dilapidated than the exterior, yet signs of manual repair and maintenance have increased greatly.

【Map update: Interior layout (partial), mission objective marked for you.】

The danger level inside has risen noticeably.

Bai Mu Yun's illusion usage frequency increased, while Lu Mu fully became an assassin in the shadows, clearing several sporadic patrolling sentries.

Each time he deliberately left the Last Hit opportunity, letting Ying Duo finish the kill with a finishing blow.

Ying Duo's "deployment work" has entered a new stage.

He is no longer satisfied with casually placing Explosives along the way, and his robots now play a huge role here.

Besides Recon, they can also carry small Explosives to spots unreachable by manpower.

Like the ceiling's mezzanine, the depths of narrow ventilation ducts, even the undersides of some large equipment.

Yang Yixie only needs to issue commands on the control interface, and they execute perfectly.

【Explosive unit deployed (17/??)】

【Explosive unit deployed (18/??)】

His backpack slots are emptied at a steady rate, then quickly filled again.

Sure enough, dungeons are the best way to Level Up, and there are so many searchable supply points.

All the way, besides setting up Explosives, Ying Duo was ransacking cabinets, interacting with every flash point.

【Obtained: Old Model Energy Battery x3】

【Obtained: Basic Circuit Board x5】

【Obtained: Damaged Energy Pistol x2】

They don't seem to be here to infiltrate; they look more like a gang of looting robbers.

Bai Mu Yun and Lu Mu ignore his actions; as long as they don't affect their infiltration progress or trigger alarms, Ying Duo can do whatever they want.

In a sense, this counts as Ying Duo's unique "three‑foot scrape" infiltration method.

How could a kid be this destitute?