Resurrection Empire-Chapter 970 - 373: Maneuvering Alliances, Strategies of Vertical and Horizontal Integration (Part 2)

Ren Zhong: "Yes. There will certainly be a hunting team of around thirty people passing through this area, attempting to join others. So I want you to bury traps in the valley five hundred meters northwest. Don't use high explosives, use electromagnetic interference traps. After the traps are activated, lead your people to charge out directly, use cold weapons for close-range assassinations, and try not to make any explosion noises."

Hu Yang's eyes lit up at these words.

"After the ambush is complete, remember to leave a note revealing the citizens' redemption lie. You haven't done this properly before."

"I understand, I'm sorry."

"There's no need to apologize to me, you're fighting for yourself, not for me. Go now."

Three minutes later, a thirty-two-person hunting team detachment was crossing the valley, led by a recently joined solo contestant.

In the next instant, the buzzing sound echoed throughout the valley.

Then, Hu Yang, maneuvering five loyal drones, along with eleven other comrades, swooped down from the mountainside.

The hunting team immediately drew their guns to counterattack, with some attempting to activate their armor for a counter-charge. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

But they quickly realized something was amiss.

Their equipment refused to respond, and all guns with smart chips were locked in safety mode.

In an instant, the hunting team members fell into a state of panic.

At this moment, Hu Yang and her team arrived.

Wearing agility-type armor, Hu Yang exerted all her strength, raising the barrel of the heavy cannon in her hand and using it as a blunt weapon to smash down fiercely.

The first person struck had his brains splattered and fell heavily.

The next second, loyal drones and others rushed in, starting close combat with the enemy.

In a narrow path, the brave win, and with careful planning against the unprepared, Hu Yang and her team brutally annihilated most of the hunting detachment in just over thirty seconds, with only a few escaping quickly, narrowly avoiding disaster.

Someone wanted to pursue them, but Hu Yang immediately called them off, "One minute to clean the battlefield, and then retreat south with me immediately, and do not linger."

One minute later, Hu Yang and her group withdrew on time, but didn't escape far, instead halting in a relatively flat area.

During the previous surprise attack, Hu Yang harvested plenty, especially acquiring many bombs.

This team's role in the hunting group was precisely assault and spot demolition.

This was not luck.

Before her action, Ren Zhong had already informed her of the personnel and resource configuration of the opposing team.

She targeted precisely these items.

After the communications ended, Hu Yang waved her hand and instructed, "Start moving, we're setting up a large minefield here. The target this time isn't resources but to kill as many of the opponent's living forces as possible. Plant the mines and leave quickly."

Hu Yang instructed like this.

…

Meanwhile, the hunting team hurried to the battlefield but had undoubtedly arrived a step too late, empty-handed.

Moreover, many people picked up paper flyers left by Hu Yang on the ground.

If this were a well-trained team, the first thing a person who picked up the flyers would do is submit them.

The commander would then collect all the flyers and prohibit any reading or discussion.

Unfortunately, this was merely a ragtag group temporarily assembled, each harboring their own thoughts.

"Could what this person said be true? Were we deceived?"

"It's not impossible."

"Citizens' promises to the wildlings and slaves have always been less fulfilled and more deceitful, that's not surprising, right? But we have no other choice now, right? We can only take the gamble."

"But it just feels a bit lackluster. If the cost of redemption is really this high, how many players would actually pay it?"

"Moreover, this matter is indeed not simple. Do the math, we've already lost almost a hundred people, yet haven't even caught a trace of her. She could eliminate so many of us in one go, if we continue to act separately, no one knows who's the next."

"Indeed."

Seeds of distrust and self-doubt quietly sprouted in the hearts of the hunting team members.

Next, the hunting team changed their action mode again, further integrating resources, transforming into groups of over a hundred people, four groups in total.

These four groups split into four directions and scattered again.

This manner of operation made it even more unrealistic to catch the slippery and cunning Hu Yang quickly.

Outside, the citizen players were furious, but with communications just completed, they had no way to reprimand these contestants, and could only grudgingly accept it. When Hu Yang and others threw paper balls on the ground earlier, many citizen players were suspicious, but none expected it to be a psychological leaflet.