Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 71: The Dead
The next morning, over twenty freshmen dressed in black and red battle armor, carrying various exaggerated weapons on their backs, gathered outside the hotel.
Each of them had a High-Power Pistol strapped to their waist, and nine differently shaped metal bombs hung from their waists, fully armed and exuding a murderous aura.
As for the classmate injured by a grenade, he was still lying in the medical room recovering and was expected to be out for a week.
Soon, a modified, roofless off-road vehicle arrived to pick them up, and one by one, they jumped on, agile as ever.
There was no other choice; wearing battle armor made them look tall and imposing, and with weapons that were two meters long, they wouldn’t have fit if there was a roof.
Standing on the off-road vehicle, Xia Youhui, leaning on his Heavy Shield, suddenly asked, "A Chu, why do I feel like your battle armor looks better than ours?"
Chen Chu’s battle armor, reinforced to +8, felt deeper and heavier compared to the other students' armors.
Upon hearing this, Liu Feng and Bai Mu also noticed it, their eyes showing confusion.
In response to this question, Chen Chu smiled slightly: "Because I sprayed a matte finish on my armor. How about that? Doesn’t it look much cooler than yours?"
The difference in color on the armor was an easy issue to handle; he had just made up some excuse about spray paint.
Moreover, to make it more believable, Chen Chu had actually woken up early to get a can of matte spray paint from the logistics department.
"Damn, brother, you really are something. Why didn’t I think of that?"
Liu Feng’s eyes lit up, excitedly saying, "After today’s mission, I’m going to get a can of spray paint to turn my armor gold, haha."
Bai Mu chimed in enthusiastically, "Gold is too tacky; I think silver is cooler."
Xia Youhui added, "No, no, your ideas are too mundane. I think adding a pair of metallic wings on the back would look more stylish."
… Wait, aren’t your imaginations running a bit wild? Chen Chu felt inexplicably that the upcoming trial might take a strange turn.
A few minutes later, the four of them met up with the armored squad.
However, today’s patrol area was a bit farther, approaching the suburbs.
As tanks and armored vehicles rumbled down the dilapidated road surrounded by old buildings, the few pedestrians and motorcycles quickly cleared the way.
There wasn’t a single decent car in sight, giving Chen Chu a sense of the backwardness of a third-world country, a stark contrast to the bustling Eastern Summer.
On both sides of the road, the Keluoya civilians looked on with awe as the armored squad passed by.
This situation gave Chen Chu a feeling that they were the villains, arriving in the backward Keluoya with guns and cannons to display their might.
Cough! How could that be? They were federal special forces here to suppress the cult of the evil god.
On the vehicle, Chen Chu squinted his eyes, appearing to rest, but in reality, he had entered a state of heightened awareness, sensing the surroundings with his sixth sense.
In this situation, he would immediately feel any hostile gaze directed at him.
However, until the armored squad passed through this area, no enemies appeared. At that moment, Zhang Hong in the front tank received an order.
"All vehicles pay attention, Fifth Squad is under heavy ambush by a large number of enemies. Immediately follow me for support."
With the announcement over the intercom, the lead tank roared and turned, its speed instantly skyrocketing to eighty miles per hour, kicking up clouds of dust on the already broken road.
Chen Chu and the others perked up, suddenly standing, as the presence of enemies meant there would be gains.
The area being patrolled by the Fifth Squad was adjacent to where Chen Chu and the others were, so it took less than ten minutes before they saw flames and heard explosions and gunfire ahead.
This was already the suburbs; ahead was an abandoned village.
At that moment, more than two hundred insurgents relied on buildings and traps to trap the Fifth Armored Squad at the street entrance. Two tanks had already lost mobility, and several armored vehicles were flipped over from explosions.