Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 735: Mist Dwelling Tree
"Pay attention to the brake marks on the ground." Ke Lan had already stopped the car at this time. "It seems that these people were chased into the Great Basin by the remnants of the heretical sect..."
"Why are the remnants of the heretic sect chasing these people?" Ivan asked in confusion, "Could it be that these people have discovered their hiding place and the heretic sect wants to kill them to silence them?"
"Who knows." Sanshisan shrugged and looked at Ke Lan who was sitting in the cockpit. "It's up to you to decide whether to intervene or not. But my suggestion is that it's better to get involved less than more. If you help them, it will not only waste time, but also increase the risk of exposure. It's not worth it no matter how you think about it."
There were only five people left in this group of unidentified people, including the female sniper, and the remnants of the heretical sect besieging them numbered as many as 100. Although not all of these 100 people had guns, they still formed an all-round suppression in terms of firepower.
The party that was holding on did not dare to show their heads to aim, and could only stick the muzzle of their gun out of the cover and fire indiscriminately. They could hardly pose any threat to the members of the heretic sect. Only the female sniper could knock down a member of the heretic sect every time she fired.
If she hadn't been there, the remnants of this heretical sect would have rushed over and dragged these people out of the temporary defensive position built by the off-road vehicle.
"This sniper is quite capable." Thirty-three looked at the battle on the screen and nodded with appreciation.
Each time the female sniper leans out, the time is controlled within two seconds. She stands up, raises her gun, determines the target, aims, pulls the trigger, and retracts into the cover... This whole set of actions is completed in one go, which not only has very high requirements for marksmanship and body movements, but also tests courage even more than the former two.
After all, the opponent does not have the ability to observe the trajectory of the ball by stopping time like Ke Lan. No one knows whether he will be hit by a stray bullet when he leans forward to shoot next time.
To be able to hit the target with every shot in such a situation, one's mental quality must be extremely strong.
In comparison, the performance of the other men was much inferior.
The offensive of the remnants of the heretic sect was quite professional - the first few people advanced slowly with crude shields made of car doors, thin steel plates and wood, and those holding guns followed closely behind the shield soldiers, shooting outwards using the tops of the shields and the gaps between the shields. As for those with shields made from car doors, they directly placed their guns on the car windows and shot.
Behind the gunmen were the largest group of remnants of the heretical sect. They were unkempt, poorly dressed, and poorly equipped. Many of them even held stones and sticks in their hands. The best ones were just rusty knives or steel pipes. These people bent their bodies, dodging the stray bullets from a distance, and slowly approached with the shield soldiers and gunmen. Whenever a gunman or shield soldier was knocked down by the sniper, someone among them would immediately step forward to fill in the position , pick up the dead companion's weapon, and maintain the original formation.
"This group of remnants of the heretical sect should have received a period of systematic training." Thirty-three commented.
Speaking of training, Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the two instructors he captured in the New Star Chamber of Commerce. According to the narration of one of them, after he joined the heretical sect, he was sent to train those heretical believers who were converted from exiles... Could it be that these people were trained by him?
Could it be possible that a random excuse could actually lead to the discovery of the remnants that had connections with the New Star Chamber of Commerce?
What kind of shit luck is this?
"Let the drone get closer." Ivan pointed at the screen and said, "Look at the two people in the back directing these believers. They are wearing black robes. Could they be cardinals in black robes?"
"After the death of the prophet, the black cardinals have lost the ability to use the 'Holy Word'. The threat they can pose now is not even as great as the containers of the Seeds of Corrosion... Come to think of it, there don't seem to be many containers among the remnants of this heretical sect? I saw that the sniper has killed more than a dozen people, and there wasn't a single corpse with a Seed of Corrosion crawling out of it." Ke Lan said.
"Fortunately there is no container, otherwise a Corrosion Seed in the Rapid Transformation stage would be enough to kill these people. Why would it be so complicated?" Thirty-three continued, "You may not feel anything because you are the 'privileged class', but for ordinary people, active ammunition is not that easy to deal with."
Ivan grabbed the gun bag next to the medical kit and asked, "Should we intervene or not?"
If Ke Lan and the others chose to turn a blind eye, it would only be a matter of time before these people were killed by the remnants of the heretic sect - the remnants of the heretic sect had already advanced to a place less than a hundred meters away from the three off-road vehicles with the help of those simple shields. Although these shields could not block the shooting of anti-material sniper rifles, they were more than enough to resist the stray bullets fired randomly.
The only one who could accomplish the kill was the female sniper using the TAC-50 sniper rifle.
Even if we ignore the ammunition reserves and the time for changing and reloading, and assume that she can fire a shot every five seconds and every shot hits the target, it will take her ten minutes to kill all the hundred people.
But in another two or three minutes, when the shield formation approaches to the last twenty or thirty meters away from the off-road vehicle, the remnants of the heretic sect armed with melee weapons can directly launch a charge. With the firepower of only five people, they will be instantly overwhelmed by enemies that are ten times their number.
This is under the premise that there is no "container" among the remnants of this heretical sect. If there is a "container" of the Seed of Erosion among these hundred people, then the battle will end when the sniper draws the "container".
Ke Lan was about to speak, but when his eyes moved to the overturned SUV, his pupils shrank violently.
On the roof rack of the off-road vehicle, several logs were tied tightly with steel cables. Although the bark on the surface of these logs had been scraped off, the unique light gray wood fibers allowed Ke Lan to recognize the species of these logs at once.
Mist Tree! It is the Mist Tree that grows in the Gray Mist Forest!
Could it be that this group of people, this convoy... did they come out of the Gray Mist Forest?
"It seems we have more things to do today." Ke Lan sighed and said, "This group of unidentified guys should have been to the Gray Mist Forest not long ago."
"How do you know?" Thirty-three was stunned and asked.
All of them were focused on the battlefield where the two sides were exchanging fire, and they did not pay much attention to the overturned SUV on the side.
"The overturned car was carrying Wu Qimu," Ke Lan explained.
