Chapter 920: Job


    “Based on orders, we are not allowed to head out. Even the intel is from the first team...”


    The deputy wanted to say something, but the captain’s fierce gaze stopped him.


    He kept quiet. The last person whom the captain looked at with such gazes was dead, and his body was probably decomposed.


    “Do you know what it means that the third team has lost contact?”


    The deputy was stunned but still replied, “Something must have happened, but we don’t know who did it. It is a bit of a stretch to say that Cloud Peak did it. The first team has been monitoring Xia Lei’s squad. Although they can’t get too close, they don’t have much movement. Then it can only be mutated lifeforms.”


    He pinched his chin, “It should be a strong lifeform that could kill the third team so silently. After all, they are quite strong, too.”


    This analysis made sense and was the closest answer. The truth was that the Death King Tree finished the third team. But he didn''t expect the Death King Tree to be so smart, and they wouldn’t expect it to end up working with Ye Zhongming.


    “Since that is the case, we aren’t safe, either. Who knows if that thing would find us? There aren’t many people in Ying City. The third team is the smallest and might not be enough for that strong lifeform.”


    The captain felt like the deputy’s words were logical. Even a small, advanced mutated lifeform ate a lot; simply put, it could eat many people a meal. A few hundred people would barely be enough for a snack if it were a fellow like the level eight Zombie Ape.


    Moreover, they were picky and only ate certain parts of humans, requiring a huge amount of food.


    So, the third team might have four digits of warriors, but if they met such a fellow, they wouldn’t be enough.


    The deputy nodded. The more humans gather together, the bigger the target they become. It was the same underground. Some monsters wouldn’t attack a single survivor or even a few dozen. But they might attack a few thousand survivors, which would be able to be full after just one hunt.


    The second team fit those requirements. If that strong lifeform wasn’t full or searching for its next meal, it might look for them.


    Choosing between disobeying orders or staying alive would obviously select the latter.


    A loud battle exploded outside the city and even showed signs of scattering the mutated lifeform army. But there were too many of them, and there wasn’t a huge breakthrough.


    But the city outside retreated after seeing no hope of victory. As their thinking and actions were similar, those mutated lifeforms didn’t react, and the humans retreated safely after paying a very small price.


    Although the number of humans was fewer than the mutated lifeforms, they had a benefit. Apart from special jobs or skills, each person had similar speeds. So when the team moved, they could maintain a complete formation.


    Mutated lifeforms were different. During their evolution process, they develop obvious tendencies.


    Each specialty was something that humans couldn’t compare to. Like speed, defense, strength, reaction, etc. These caused the fastest monsters to be at the front, far in front of the other lifeforms.


    Humans used this situation, making use of the high-level warriors’ control of their speed to turn to kill those speed-type lifeforms that were close. They then continued running, causing the mutated lifeform army squad to get tired and give up.


    But once they gave up, the humans stopped running and started looking for a chance. Once they found a chance, they would strike, then... Continue running.


    Anyways, they couldn’t catch up. Those who could be quick but weak were directly killed.


    This gave those outside a clear advantage.


    The warriors inside the city knew why there were so many forces outside of the city. They were envious of their brothers outside now as that battle was so straightforward. Unlike here, it was a huge risk!


    Everyone also knew that this idea was from the boss. They could use this method and the overall speed gap to obtain huge rewards.


    The time gap and speed gap were used well by humans.


    At this moment, the mutated lifeform army took several losses before they suddenly changed their strategy.