Silicon Invasion

Niu Wei didn't have much time to rest because the wolf pack was really fast. Even counting the few seconds of system protection upon entering the simulated battlefield, it didn't even take half a minute for the first wolf pack to appear in front of Niu Wei.

Fortunately, they had accurate intelligence from the last time. Without Lin Xinxin needing to say a word, Niu Wei had already controlled the mech, facing the 112 direction in a defensive posture.

At this moment, they discovered another benefit of clearing the battlefield.

That was, because they had a buffer of open field of vision, the Crimson Gold Beasts, following the wolf pack and hiding in the tree trunks, had no way to effectively attack the drones hovering in the air.

In this way, a drone that had just been tracking this wolf pack at high altitude, hovering in the middle of the battlefield between the two sides, more than fifty meters away from the forest, was not only much safer, but could also effectively monitor the wolf pack.

"Two are missing!" Lin Xinxin's voice suddenly came from the team channel.

"What?" Niu Wei was concentrating, preparing to meet the impact of the wolf pack, and was a little stunned when he heard this unrelated sentence.

"There are two fewer wolves in the 112 direction!"

According to the intelligence gathered during the last reconnaissance, the wolf pack in the 112 direction had accurate data, showing they had 17 members. But at this time, only 15 of them rushed out of the forest.

After Niu Wei's initial shock, he immediately understood what was happening. He shouted loudly, "There's a leader in this wolf pack!"

The wolf leader, plus a guard, exactly two. This number could not help but make people speculate.

"Find their location!" Niu Wei ordered sharply.

"Understood!"

If one paid close attention, they would find that among the drones carried by Shunfeng Er this time, several were a size larger than the previous drones. If they weren't treating them as disposable items, no one would dare to use them in this way.

These special drones had an additional function: far-infrared scanning!

Although silicon-based beasts have mechanical body parts and organs, high-level silicon-based beasts can even achieve full silicon-based transformation, but the wolves obviously couldn't reach this level, so they couldn't be immune to far-infrared scanning.

Although silicon crystal trees can somewhat block these scans, because a large circle has now been cleared, the wolf leader's cover has become thin, and the drones can barely find them now.

"Found them!"

Soon, Lin Xinxin had a discovery, and she shared the location information with other members of the team. But soon, the Shining Knights discovered an awkward problem.

That was, they had no way to effectively attack the wolf leader.

The Warrior III's ranged attack method was only throwing short axes, and they could only throw two of them, and the accuracy could only be guaranteed at short range. Who knew where they could hit beyond twenty meters.

Two Shunfeng Ers were posing, the large signal boosters were turned on, maintaining the connection with the drones, and with the experience from last time, as long as they didn't move, they wouldn't be attacked by the wolf pack for the time being. In online game terms, they had no aggro. Therefore, even if they could fire a few autocannons and machine guns, they absolutely couldn't use them.

And the only ones left were two Warrior 7s, but in order to clear obstacles, they chose a dual rocket launcher configuration, and the ammunition was also area-of-effect type. They could injure the wolves, but it was difficult to inflict fatal damage on them.

Not to mention, they had already "whooshed, whooshed, whooshed" to their hearts' content, and the rocket launchers were all thrown on the ground...

As for their semi-buried autocannons and hidden machine guns, these things could only harass. They couldn't kill the wolves with them, and besides, they couldn't penetrate the obstacles between them.

Therefore, if they wanted to attack the wolf leader, they could only engage in close combat, but not to mention whether they could catch up, even if the wolf leader was a metalhead, well, they really were metalheads.

Even if the wolf leader was a simpleton, staying in place waiting for the mech to chop it, how many troops would have to be split off to deal with it?

Although the distance between the two was only a hundred meters according to calculations, for mechs, which generally have a height of more than 8 meters, it was only a few steps away. But for the wolves in the distance, they were also a hundred or two hundred meters away from the battlefield, also a few steps away.

This meant that as long as a mech left the position, not to mention whether it could successfully kill the wolf leader, it was 100% certain that it would not be able to return.

And the team only had three combat units to begin with. Losing one mech was equivalent to weakening the defense line by 30% in an instant. So, how long could the entire team last?

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. The fastest wolf had already arrived in front of him. Niu Wei had no time to carefully consider the pros and cons, and could only act according to the plan.

"Defend according to the original plan. This time, the main focus is on collecting intelligence!"

"Received!"

After a fierce battle, even with a plan and preparations, and having more intelligence than the first time, the team still typed GG after two minutes.

"Niu Wei and the others are done..."

"This is really too difficult. It's simply not something we can handle at this stage."

"Is this retribution? They got the lowest difficulty rating for clearing the level, but when they needed to prove themselves, they were immediately assigned the highest difficulty."

"Don't talk about those unnecessary things. Even at the lowest difficulty, you wouldn't be able to pass, so they still have strength."

"Bullshit strength, isn't that newcomer just stronger?"

"Stop arguing uselessly!"

"If our team were randomly assigned this difficulty, we might as well just give up directly, saving time."

"Me too, it's too difficult."

"Hmph, you guys can't even compare to them on this point. Even if it's difficult, they haven't given up yet, and I saw that they seemed to have made some targeted arrangements in this battle."

"That's right! This point is indeed worthy of praise and learning!"

"Judging from their arrangements, it seems that they discovered that there are multiple leaders among those wolves?"

"It looks like that's the case. If each team has a leader, according to the habits of the wolves, if one or two of the leaders are killed, they might just fall into chaos themselves!"

"If we find the trick, the difficulty of clearing the level might not be as high as we imagine."

"The question is, where is the trick?"

"Can't you see this? The trick is of course to kill the wolf leader."

"Heh heh, the question is, what are you going to use to kill them? Warrior III, or Warrior 7, or long-range artillery? Please don't say such low-IQ things, okay? It will lower the status of the rest of us!"

"You...!"

However, the crowd ignored him and quickly continued the topic.

"This is indeed the most difficult problem. Even with long-range artillery, even if the wolf leader is discovered, it will be difficult to kill them hiding behind the forest obstacles. Once they fail to kill them, then the wasted firepower is equivalent to one less mech to defend, which will directly ruin this challenge."

"Yes, it now depends on what they choose."

"What else can they choose? Besides gambling, what other choice do they have?"