Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards-Chapter 548 - 373: Breaking the Siege

As soon as this person finished speaking, everyone in the pitch-black underground passage instantly focused their attention on him.

"A place where we can hide until we reach the final checkpoint? Does such a place really exist?"

"How far exactly is it?"

"In our current environment, even with vehicles, we can’t use them to get there."

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The players lowered their voices as they responded one after another. After all, they had essentially been discovered, so there wasn’t much need for concealment anymore.

"Time is urgent! I can’t explain too much about the specifics! If there are no suitable tools, I propose we first clear the enemies outside, and then I’ll summon some creatures to guide us to that hiding spot!"

The white summoner, while sensing the gradually approaching enemies above, offered a secondary suggestion.

"Are you really sure that place can hide us until the end?"

The square-faced Xia Country player who had just called everyone to charge out and fight asked again with a heavier tone.

"If you’re truly not joking with us, I do have a way to help everyone leave together, but the energy consumed must be shared by everyone."

In the darkness, he focused almost all of his sensing abilities on the white summoner, the seriousness of his intent was very evident.

"I have no reason to lie! It’s a hidden location in the desert! There’s water, food, and a safe environment!"

The white summoner was starting to get impatient as well, thinking that if he didn’t want to rely on the group’s power to eliminate the enemies outside, he would have made a getaway alone.

Upon receiving his affirmation, the square-faced Xia Country player stopped wasting words.

He immediately pulled out a two-foot-long cylindrical object from his personal space, attracting the attention of all the players in the darkness.

He then held the object with both hands, spreading it open to reveal its true form, which turned out to be a scroll-like tool.

"I obtained this mystical landscape painting in a high-level quest. One of its abilities is to transform someone into a part of the painting, granting them extraordinary abilities relevant to that transformation. Maintaining this state requires energy which the transformed individual must bear themselves, and the state can be terminated at any time. Now, I’m temporarily sharing one of these transformative abilities with everyone..."

The person first briefly introduced the function of the tool he took out, then began to act swiftly, making the magical scroll emit a faint ink-like glow that illuminated the faces of everyone around, especially the part of the painting with several birds, which came alive vividly.

Meanwhile, on the surface above this underground passage, several combat mechas had taken positions to form a surrounding circle, and some people with varied attire and either cold or excited expressions were also nearby, ready to engage in battle.

These people were not ordinary natives, but a special group in this world, special ability users.

"Everyone remember! They want them alive up there! Each captured living outsider will be rewarded!"

A middle-aged native standing in front of the special ability users emphasized, causing the expressions of some excited special ability users in front of him to vary.

"Can’t we just kill a few outsiders for fun? I heard their means of resistance are quite unique; my hands have been itching for a while!"

A small and frail-looking special ability user boy responded first, his slender appearance contrasting sharply with his arrogant and confident demeanor, leaving one to wonder what kind of special ability he possesses to make him so bloodthirsty for battle.

"Mad Hornet, if you want to end up in the lowermost prison, you can try disobeying the leader’s orders! But, battles can hardly be completely controlled, and having a few outsiders die isn’t much of a problem as long as it’s within limits..."

The middle-aged leader first warned this young special ability user, then went on to suggest that the orders above could be executed with some flexibility as long as they weren’t excessively crossed.

"Great! Let me kill a few people first to enjoy myself! No one else is allowed to take them!"

The small boy called Mad Hornet responded eagerly with a bloodthirsty expression, but the other special ability users around him seemed unfazed, not commenting.

"Alright! All preparations are complete! Now, everyone move out! Mecha Team! Use firepower to blast open the ground!"

The middle-aged leader then began directing the combat.

In fact, these people had long used technological means to confirm the players hidden underground, but considering the command from above to capture them alive, they deliberately delayed the operation until all sides were prepared to capture all the players and take them to a research facility.

Boom~ Boom~ Boom~

Missiles were launched from all directions by the mechas, bombarding above the underground passage where the players were hiding. Under the impact of the explosive energy, a large amount of earth was immediately blasted into the air, exposing the hidden space below.

The power of these explosions was arranged quite cleverly, ensuring the ground would be breached while not causing too much harm to the players inside. The natives had long considered the players’ tolerance levels, hoping to keep them alive to facilitate capture.

"Special Ability Users Team! Begin the operation!"

As the enemies were forcibly exposed, the middle-aged leader ordered the special ability users in front of him to commence their action, each charging toward the players’ location which had just received a barrage of explosions.

Originally, this task could have been assigned to ordinary native personnel, achieving the goal through sheer numbers and being unafraid of sacrifices.