"Charge!"
...
The players from the Star God Guild charged toward the direct lifts.
At the same time, the Star God Guild players at the other three direct lifts also launched their charge!
BANG! BANG!
The mortars fired nonstop, as if they were free!
Shell after shell rained down on the direct lifts, pinning Qian Wei and his men down so they couldn’t even raise their heads.
Just then, Qian Lan anxiously asked Qian Wei.
"What do we do now? We’ve been ambushed, our casualties are catastrophic, and they’re charging."
’Damn it!’
Hearing Qian Lan’s words, Qian Wei’s eyes became bloodshot, and he didn’t know what to do.
But just then, the close-in defense turrets that had been activated suddenly fell silent, as if they had run out of ammo.
Gao Feng immediately shouted to Qian Wei.
"Young Master, the defensive weapons have stopped firing."
"Order everyone to charge up, regardless of casualties! We’ll get to the observatory and defend the four lift entrances to fight them!"
Qian Wei immediately snapped to his senses and gave the order.
"Yes, sir!"
Gao Feng picked up his communicator and immediately relayed the order to everyone.
Qian Wei, meanwhile, personally led a group of men in the charge upward.
...
On the northern direct lift’s accessway.
Xiaoqi and the others looked at Long Ming in a panic.
"Long Ming, what do we do now?"
"Charge! We charge up!"
Seeing the shelling weaken, Long Ming made an instant decision and led Xiaoqi and the others in a dash upwards.
Just then, Sun Zhou scrambled up from the ground and began reporting in a shocked voice.
"My god, the All Stars Guild has been ambushed! Their casualties are catastrophic."
The originally dead-silent livestream chat instantly erupted.
"Holy crap, am I seeing things?!"
"I just took a nap, and the All Stars Guild got hammered this badly?"
"Where did all those mortars come from? And so many of them?"
"The All Stars Guild must’ve lost at least half their people in this wave, right?"
"More than that, I’d say. And the enemies from below are charging up."
"Streamer, give us a shot of the attackers! We want to see who they are!"
...
"It’s too dangerous here, I’m heading up!"
Sun Zhou reported frantically before immediately sprinting upward.
"What the fuck, don’t run! Let us see the battle down there!"
"Why are you running so fast?"
"Unbelievable."
...
Countless players watching the stream started cursing him out.
Below the southern direct lift.
Farina gazed into the distance and said.
"It seems our luck isn’t so good. Those defensive weapons that were activated have stopped firing, and that guy Qian Wei is charging up."
"Hmph, it doesn’t matter! Let’s finish off these players behind us first!"
Fakam wasn’t concerned.
"Alright, let’s devour them first!"
Farina agreed.
...
At this moment, Gefens and his men clashed with the various subordinate guilds of the All Stars Guild.
Both sides raised their firearms and began a fierce firefight.
BANG! BANG!
AARGH!
Amidst screams of agony, swathes of players fell.
The players from the affiliated guilds like the Starlight Guild were on a completely different level of strength compared to the players from the Star God Guild.
They were quickly wiped out and killed.
「A dozen or so minutes later.」
Qian Wei was the first to charge up the direct lift with his men. He immediately shouted to Gao Feng and the others.
"Quick, set up the machine guns and other weapons! Assign personnel to defend!"
"Yes, sir!"
Gao Feng immediately directed his subordinates to start setting up defensive positions with their weapons.
...
Northern direct lift.
Long Ming led Xiaoqi and the others up, panting for breath.
"Where are we going?"
Xiaoqi asked, looking at Long Ming.
"Into the observatory base."
Just as Long Ming was about to lead Xiaoqi and the others away.
"Mr. Long Ming, Miss Qi!"
A familiar voice called out.
Long Ming turned his head and saw Captain Fan Shi running over with a few subordinates.
’Captain Fan Shi?’
Long Ming’s heart skipped a beat; he had a bad feeling.
"Mr. Long Ming, we were tricked by the Star God Guild. Lord Qian Wei has ordered us to guard the stairwell entrance, but we’re short on manpower, so we need to conscript you to help."
Fan Shi directly explained the situation to Long Ming.
"No problem, I can stay and help. But Xiaoqi and her friends are members of the Rat Group. They didn’t bring any weapons, and they don’t know how to fight."
Long Ming explained to Fan Shi.
Captain Fan Shi heard Long Ming’s words and replied immediately.
"Have them go hide inside the base!"
"Alright. I’ll get them settled, then I’ll join you."
Long Ming agreed, seeing that Fan Shi wasn’t going to force Xiaoqi and the others to join.
"Good!"
Fan Shi and his men immediately ran toward the right side of the lift entrance.
At this, Xiaoqi and the others looked at Long Ming, at a loss.
"Long Ming, what do we do?"
"I’ll share a route map with you. Follow this map, enter through the logistics corridor, and wait for me at this location."
Long Ming raised his wristband and shared the map with Xiaoqi.
"Okay."
Xiaoqi and the others then turned and left.
Long Ming let out a slight sigh, raised the Night Shadow automatic rifle in his hands, and ran toward Fan Shi and his men.
When Fan Shi saw Long Ming running over, he motioned to him.
"Get down here."
"Alright, Fan Shi! What the hell is going on? How did we get ambushed by the Star God Guild? Where did they get so many mortars?"
Long Ming asked curiously after getting into a prone position.
"No idea. The whole thing is strange. None of our lookouts, overt or covert, sent out a warning."
Fan Shi also found it very strange.
It wouldn’t be strange if a few covert lookouts were taken out, but for all of them to be eliminated... that’s serious.
Either their enemy is terrifyingly strong, or there’s a mole leaking information from the inside.
"I see."
Hearing this, Long Ming didn’t press the matter further.
"But don’t you worry. We were just caught off guard by their surprise attack. Now that we’re blocking the top of the stairwell, there’s no way those bastards are getting up here."
Captain Fan Shi guaranteed to Long Ming with full confidence.
"Heh, that makes sense."
Long Ming gave an awkward smile.
...
Southern direct lift.
Farina and Fakam led their troops up, but they stopped just before reaching the top.
"This is a bit troublesome. Qian Wei’s group forcibly disengaged and ran up. Now they’re the ones blocking us."
Farina said, gazing at the top of the stairs.
"So what? They have the terrain advantage, but we have the firepower advantage. The mortars below will provide fire support."
Fakam revealed a meaningful smile.
"You are right, my lord."
Farina replied respectfully, glancing at Fakam out of the corner of her eye.
"Relay my orders! Begin the assault!"
Fakam ordered Gefens.
"Yes, sir!"
Gefens responded in a low voice.
As the order was given, player after player from the Star God Guild began to charge upward.
Just then, Gao Feng saw the Star God Guild players beginning their assault and immediately said to Qian Wei.
"Sir, they’ve started their assault."
Qian Wei raised a submachine gun, suppressed the rage in his heart, and spoke to all his subordinates with a grim, murderous look.
"Brothers, kill them all!"
"Kill!"
His many subordinates all opened fire, spraying bullets at the Star God Guild members climbing up.
Of course, while the Star God Guild players had chosen to assault, they weren’t stupid enough to be target practice. They took out smoke grenades one by one, pulled the pins, and threw them ahead!