After they climbed the mountain, they would have to go through a series of ice and traps set up within 300 meters.
“Rest assured, Captain! We’re ready!” a soldier replied while pointing to the weapons beside him. The soldiers maintained a firm mentality thanks to the countless deaths during the virtual reality training.
With the good morale of the team, Feng Tianmin did not say anymore and silently returned to his post.
He sat in the trench, repeatedly checking the panel as he waited for the enemies to arrive.
Five minutes past five in the morning.
Sun Bahu’s three vehicles stopped right before the battlefront, where they could see the campsite in the distance.
Sun Bahu got off the Spike twice, seemingly to restructure the teams or inquire about information, and stood on the vehicles, observing with interest.
However, his team was still far away and the soldier’s rifles would not be able to cause damage at this distance. Thus, they could only wait patiently for the approaching enemies’ next move.
One twenty in the morning.
Two coughs mixed with the howling of the winds and echoed in the mountains.
Sun Bahu did not choose to advance with three vehicles simultaneously. Instead, he returned to the car to start his first wave of psychological warfare.
“Greetings, my fellow humans! I’m the territory lord of Origin Territory, Sun Bahu.
“Indeed, this territory is not under my jurisdiction. However, for some reason, one of my possessions has been stolen by one of your men.
“I can promise to turn around to leave and never step foot in your mountain again if you hand over that thing. At the same time, we’ll also provide you with a batch of resources to get through the cold winter. We can even form a friendly alliance to trade supplies after the big cooling disaster.”
After throwing out a series of enticements, Sun Bahu paused and changed his tone.
“Of course, I know what you’re relying on right now. I can sense a strong person among you whose strength is not inferior to mine.
“What I want to say, buddy, is that times have already changed. Relying on physical strength alone will eventually get you eliminated by the disasters or destroyed by other greedy foreign races. An individual’s strength can’t extend to every aspect.
“I can accept you as my deputy if you’re willing. We can fight, seize and reclaim the resources that belong to us humans. Let’s create a new world without natural disasters for the remaining humans that have survived so far.
“At the same time, I give you the chance to embrace true power and obtain a strong physique with a long lifespan that is not inferior to that of an alien!
“Are…you willing to join me?”
Sun Bahu who not a qualified orator but neither was he a brutish man that dealt with everything using only muscle.
With the help of the loudspeaker, not only Su Mo, who was located on the mountaintop, could hear him clearly, but all the soldiers exchanged glances and searched for the source.
It was undeniable that the coercion and enticements offered by Sun Bahu were attractive.
He would surely fool an ordinary person, and in the worst case, he might even be able to crumble the loyalty of the whole army.
However…
“This Sun Bahu does have some brains. Come, pass me the loudspeaker!”
Feng Tianmin’s face flashed with a faint hint of anger as he held the loudspeaker arrogantly.
It has been forty to fifty minutes since the explosion. Although Feng Long’s avatar was still green, there had been no contact from his team.
There was a high probability that the second explosion was Sun Bahu’s counterattack which caused a troublesome situation for the ambush team.
Hearing Sun Bahu’s shameless attempts to persuade them to surrender, Feng Tianmin turned on the loudspeaker and shouted without hesitation.
“Hey, you iron lump below, is your brain rusted from the rain and snow? What bullsh*t are you spouting?!
“Your tiny brain can’t even manage a territory and you only know how to oppress ordinary people. You’ve achieved nothing and instead allowed seventy percent of the territory’s resources needed by thirty thousand people to survive the winter to get stolen! Don’t you think you’re a useless lump of iron?
“Besides, as a territory lord, aren’t you supposed to think about how to make your residents’ lives better and how to survive the disasters? Instead, you decide to forfeit half of the people in your territory while sucking more resources out of them and making them kill each other. Who do you think you are? Thanos?
“Are you trying to achieve a human eradication plan?
“How dare you, a worthless thing that doesn’t even compare to a monster, try to persuade us to surrender? Listen carefully. Get out of the car and beg us for forgiveness. Also, repent your crimes in front of everyone, and maybe we will let you die in one piece. Do you hear me?”
Feng Tianmin took a deep breath and continuously scolded him in a few sentences, stopping when his face had completely flushed red.
His words seemed to have released the anger suppressed in everyone’s heart, and the voices of applause could be heard everywhere on the campsite.
“Are you sure you want to fight?”
After hearing Feng Tianmin’s scolding, Sun Bahu snorted indifferently and did not bother to continue persuading them.
Of course, it was not that he could not return the threats, but it was because that Feng Tianmin’s words attacked his insecurity.
As the territory lord, his current decision lived up to the word “monster,” and he could not refute it at all.
One thirty-five in the morning.
After hearing no more movements from the campsite, Sun Bahu understood the opponent’s decision and he stopped the useless psychological warfare.
The ice creaked, and the three vehicles parked on the mountainside finally began to move and gradually approached the top.
A massive war was about to break out!
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