Chapter 358 - 179 Trust?
At seven in the morning, Blood Meng walked from the inner quarters to the campfire and sat down on a worn wooden chair. She reached over to the base’s water supply to fill a cup, poured the water into an iron pot, and added two sticks of firewood to the campfire to start boiling the water. The base’s water supply was a system benefit that provided players with a certain amount of clean water. It wasn’t enough for taking baths or watering plants, but it was sufficient to make a couple of cups of tea and coffee. However, this benefit would also be canceled in the summer.
The temporary base’s sentry post was at the back door. Nightmare finished his shift at the sentry post, went to the living room, put a teabag into his thermos, and after Blood Meng poured in boiling water, they chatted idly. Nightmare came out of the inner quarters, walked out of the base, stood at the edge of the base’s safe zone to stretch and loosen his limbs, and turned his head to survey the surroundings.
Nightmare called over to Nightmare at the campfire and said, "When he leaves the base, he might wear a forehead guard, so the best time to assassinate him is when he returns to the base. The moment he steps into the base, all his items will be confiscated by the warehouse, and that’s the best opportunity to assassinate him."
Blood Meng said, "The signal tower can only see part of the back yard and the western parking lot. What if he doesn’t take those two routes?"
Nightmare replied, "That’s why there are three of us." Three people taking turns on duty would always manage to catch him.
Blood Meng said, "We get more skill books than ordinary players. Have you ever thought that we could also train our attributes and skills?"
With his hands around a cup of hot tea, Nightmare said, "It’s useless, I’ve tried it, can’t withstand it." They needed to complete missions, which were very dangerous, sometimes requiring self-sacrifice to succeed. Training attributes and skills meant that they would have many more concerns during operations.
After thinking for a moment, Blood Meng realized that it was indeed unrealistic. Beyond the dangerous nature of their tasks, they also needed to collect various materials to make weapons and tools. The best strategy would be to affiliate with a big base to share resources and complement each other. But both Southward Town in Right County where Blood Meng was and Southward Town in Left County where Nightmare was lacked any notable big bases.
The only exceptional one in North Town of Left County was Shadow, which had successfully established itself in Left County. Blood Meng looked at Nightmare; this guy wasn’t just planning on simply assassinating Lin Wu— he also wanted to eliminate his biggest rival: Nightmare. After eliminating Nightmare, his next target would be herself. Unlike ordinary players, the ten Fortress agents were in intense competition. Only interests, not emotions, could keep them united.