ctnovel Chapter 2: The Delta, Initiated!
Chapter 2: The Delta, Initiated!
The next second, the entire dormitory heard his shout:
"Command center! Command center! Answer the phone!!"
In the girls' dormitory, Su Qianqian's face darkened, and she muttered a curse at the screen:
"Loser".
They even have to ask the system for equipment; they're utterly pathetic.
With a swift tap of her finger, she exited the live stream, unfollowed the user, and blocked them—a one-stop service.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Meanwhile, Lin Chen's live stream chat was already in stitches.
[Haha, the first person to beg for food from command post]
[It's Season 4, everyone knows this phone is useless.]
I never answered the phone at command center.
[Hilarious! Do you really think command will issue you equipment?]
In Season 4 of this world, most players are unaware that the command center actually distributes supplies.
Moreover, the probability is extremely low and the reward is random, so no one is willing to waste time clicking.
Ignoring everything else, Lin Chen frantically tapped the call button.
"Command center, issue the money!!!"
Just when everyone thought it was all for the sake of the show.
【drop】
A crisp system notification sound echoed throughout the live stream room.
[The command center has provided a special supply; please check it.]
silence.
The entire live stream room, with 18 people, fell silent instantly.
Lin Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened the email.
The next second, he slammed his hand on the table and cried out in alarm:
"No, bro, it's the Heart of Africa!"
On the screen, in the email rewards section, lay a completely transparent diamond.
The Heart of Africa.
The description above reads: "The world's largest diamond, dazzling and symbolizing eternal love."
The live stream chat exploded.
[Wait, can the command center really deliver the goods?]
[No way, they really gave it to you?]
[Holy crap, Heart of Africa? I've been playing for four seasons and haven't gotten a single one.]
"Just give it to him if he insists?"
[I successfully made three or four calls, totaling less than 100,000 Haff coins! You just sent me a heart of Africa?]
[Is it the official favorite?!]
This scream immediately drew all three roommates over.
Zhao Peng, Li Ang, and Wang Hao huddled together, staring at Lin Chen's screen.
When they saw the African heart in the email, the three of them gasped in shock.
"Holy crap!!!"
"Did they really give the heart of Africa?"
"Chen'er, did you give it to the planner? Tell the truth, did you sell the hook to the planner?"
The Heart of Africa, one of the rarest resources currently available, is worth 13 million Haff credits!
Throughout the entire four seasons, no one on the entire internet has ever seen anyone leave the command center!
The most expensive items people are looking for are just some big red things, like rocket fuel, satellite dishes, and the like.
Lin Chen remained calm, his mouse already hovering over the "sell" button.
"Alright, now that we have money, let me show you what a real Demon King Warrior is like."
sold!
Upon seeing this, his three roommates immediately became agitated and grabbed his hand.
"Don't sell! Don't sell! Don't sell!"
Wang Hao was so anxious he jumped up and down: "If you don't have money, I'll run the knife for you, I'll scrape together the funds for you! This is the first Heart of Africa that the entire network's command center is going to release, and you're actually going to sell it?"
"Exactly, it would be such a waste to sell it!" Zhao Peng also advised.
Lin Chen said nonchalantly, "Just sell it and then touch it again. It's not like it's anything rare."
The three people: "..."
Listen to this, listen to this, is this even human language?
Wang Hao suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Chenzi, don't sell yet, help me out! This is a top-secret mission at the space base, and my backpack is leaking oil. We only have about ten minutes left to evacuate, and there are only one or two teams left on the field. They haven't made a move. You know we're terrible at gunfights, we can't possibly take anything out!"
Although the original owner was bad at the game, he had great talent. After a few days of intense practice, his skills improved, and he was considered a pro compared to his three roommates who only knew how to play defensively.
Lin Chen then turned around and looked at Wang Hao's computer across from him.
The two beds face each other, and you can see the screen clearly with just a turn of your head.
The bee doctor was still lying in the cell block, with a can of rocket fuel in his backpack.
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow.
"Alright."
"I'll reluctantly help you this once."
He stood up, sat in Wang Hao's seat, grabbed the mouse, opened the settings, and started adjusting the key bindings.
Wang Hao immediately scurried over, picked up the webcam from Lin Chen's desk, pointed it at his computer screen, and smiled at the live stream:
"Brothers, let me show you a different perspective. Watch my brother Chenzi demonstrate his real skills!"
The live stream chat instantly went wild.
Because the command center needed to bring out the Heart of Africa, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room increased from eighteen to thirty or forty.
【What? I just came in and saw someone using a boosting service?】
[Didn't they say someone was trying to get the Heart of Africa out of command? I only saw a rat.]
[Wasn't it supposed to be about mice? Why are you also helping people carry oil?]
[Anyone with a big dick? Tell me who this streamer is.]
Lin Chen sat in front of the computer and flexed his fingers.
On the screen, the bee doctor was still huddled in a corner of the cell block.
First, take a look at the character's equipment: four eggs QCQ171, a damaged level 4 hearing helmet, a damaged level 4 armor borrowed from a bot, a 17-slot single accessory, plus a bot's backpack.
Purely a mouse-like running knife outfit.
Anyone who didn't know better would think he was planning to ambush and possess someone.
"Time is running out."
Lin Chen glanced at the upper right corner; remaining evacuation time: 11 minutes.
He immediately opened the minimap to check the packet loss and evacuation status, but unfortunately, the icon had already gone dark.
Top-secret spaceflight mission: if the package is lost, only one person can leave, and now it's been stolen.
Looking again at the ascension and evacuation, thankfully no one was there to pick them up.
If the space base wants to evacuate, there are only three options: drop off the package and evacuate, pull the double gates of the buoyancy chamber/blue chamber and evacuate by ascent.
If your backpack is running low on oil and you want to survive, the best solution is to ascend.
If you don't swipe your card across the suspension bridge from the prison area to the launch area, you can only take the two-person route around the core area, or around the central control building and dormitory area, and then go to the first-person route at the West University to swipe your card. This route is long and risky.
"Cross the suspension bridge."
As he spoke, he manipulated the bee doctor to run quickly toward the suspension bridge.
[A suspension bridge? Isn't that easy to build?]
[Hey streamer, don't send gifts! The boss's account still has fuel left!]
[A mouse equipped with gear walks across a suspension bridge, purely for thrills]
As soon as I reached the entrance to the suspension bridge, I heard a system sound effect that echoed throughout the entire map.
"Hafk rocket detected descending. Initiate Operation Ascendant. Lightning 3-1, activate fire control radar and ensure it draws everyone's attention..."
Wang Hao's face turned green instantly, and he cursed under his breath, "Damn it, my ascension has been stolen."
[?? Ascension is gone?]
[Oh no, this round is going to be a disaster]
[The streamer should jump into the water!]
[If the streamer isn't doing well, they can use a coded signal to slip away unnoticed.]
Without ascension and without abandoning the pack, if they want to take the oil with them, they can only fight, or, as the comments said, use coded signals to mix smoke.
At this moment, Lin Chen appeared unusually calm. In that instant, he had clearly heard the information from the other end.
"Three people: one is a Dragon jetpack fighter, one is a Red Wolf sliding tackle fighter, and the third one is too far away to hear clearly. It seems to be the escort team."
[Escort: ??? No, there's a cheat code. How can they hear the ascension noise?]
[Top-secret space escort team? Isn't that the setup for a professional livestreamer? Did you run into someone else?]
[A car crash? That's hilarious! Should the intelligence team investigate?]
[This piece of junk equipment is for fighting an escort fleet? Don't be ridiculous]
Oh no, we're out of gas!
Lin Chen had his back to his computer and couldn't see the comments, so he simply continued to listen to the sounds from the launch area. After activating the ascension, the normal team would immediately press the rocket computer to trigger the start-up sound effect.
But after waiting for more than a minute, there was no sound at all, so it seemed he hadn't gone to ascend.
Lin Chen's eyes darkened, and he said:
"Time is running out, only nine minutes left. This is the escort team clearing the map. They pulled the ascension and didn't retreat, it's intentional. They're probably going to pull the ten-minute limit gate now. We have to win this game."
"If we don't clear them out, we definitely won't be able to leave."
The three roommates felt a chill run down their spines.
Are they escorting a map-clearing team, or seasoned veterans who know how to play the extreme gate?
How can we fight them in their tattered rat-like outfits?
Wang Hao, looking utterly devastated, said, "If all else fails, let's jump into the water."
"Suicide is not my style."
As Lin Chen spoke, he turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go to the core area and gather some firsthand information."
He was playing a bee-drug build, which came with its own smoke system, giving him an advantage when retreating amidst the smoke.
But the opposing team is a map-clearing team with stable vision and tight information. Trying to force their way into the smoke is just suicide, and sending signals is even more impossible.
As soon as I reached the bottom of the Blue Room building, I saw that the centrifugal switch on the map had been activated.
"The centrifugal force has been pulled, so they'll have to move to the blue room."
QCQ171, a tattered level 4 armor, would surely be doomed if it faced a full escort squadron head-on. For now, it can only be the sixth one and possess another body!
Listen carefully to footsteps.
[Can the anchor locate footsteps? Can they even pinpoint the location of sounds?]
Even mice dream of doing things, right?
[Escort + Boss? If the streamer gets killed, wouldn't that be incredibly lucrative?]
[Being fat won't help; your equipment will break with the slightest touch.]
Stop bragging, killing even one is a win.
Lin Chen controlled the bee doctor and tiptoed up to the third floor of the Blue Room, heading straight for the innermost Blue Core Corridor.
This location has only one entrance; it's a formidable stronghold.
It can be used to block the power lines outside, and it can also be used to directly fight off enemies who rush in.
Even if the opposing team has information operators like Mai Xiaowen and Luna, we are not afraid.
Moreover, the opposing team has no information positions.
The voice just fell.
click, click, click...
Clear footsteps came from the direction of the central garden.
Getting closer.
It was accompanied by a short, sharp hissing sound.
It's Dragon.
Lin Chen's lips curled slightly as he concealed himself and moved quietly.
next second.
A dragon headed straight for the Blue Core room door. Judging from its footsteps, the dragon was very cautious, constantly checking each room. After checking each room, the dragon closed the door behind it and began to slowly make its way towards the Blue Core.
He never imagined that there would be a cunning old man hiding in a small blue core.