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Chapter 202 [Encounter Battle] (6800)

Chapter 196 [Encounter Battle] (6800)

Beyond Snow Cliff Pass, towards Evil Soil Mountain, lies an ice field.

After leaving Snow Cliff Pass and traveling less than twenty miles into the Ice Plains, the concentration of vital energy dropped sharply—affected by the vast Sea of ​​Evil Spirit Trees near Evil Earth Mountain.

After leaving Xueya Pass, Chen Yan ran for more than ten miles across the snowfield. When Xueya Pass had disappeared from sight and visibility was extremely low due to the swirling snow, Chen Yan stopped and found a snow slope to rest and adjust his pace.

The concentration of vital energy here has decreased significantly, but overall it's still acceptable; it's barely enough to retrieve the items from the storage jade pendant.

Chen Yan made much more thorough preparations for his return to the realm this time than before—with storage equipment, he could naturally carry more supplies.

This area is still quite safe—the ferocious beasts won't approach the area within twenty miles of Snow Cliff Pass. Within this area, the spiritual energy gradually increases, allowing cultivators to cast spells, and the powerful physique upon which the ferocious beasts rely for survival loses its advantage in battle.

Chen Yan stayed in this "safe zone" for a day and made extensive preparations.

He took an armored vehicle out of his storage jade pendant. The armored personnel carrier had a large interior space, was equipped with all-weather tracks, a diesel engine, and a 30mm caliber autocannon with a fire control system.

To put it simply, the 30mm caliber concept refers to the 12.7mm caliber of anti-materiel heavy sniper rifles like the Barrett.

This thing was taken by Chen Yan from the armory of an anti-government armed group in Southeast Asia. The model is a bit outdated—after all, those Southeast Asian anti-government armed groups can't buy newer tanks.

The fire control system is also quite outdated, lacking features such as thermal imagers, laser rangefinders, and vehicle-mounted radar. However, Chen Yan felt that using the vehicle-mounted 30mm autocannon to fight those ferocious beast tribes that could only drive sleds was enough!
Several barrels of diesel fuel were moved into the carriage—energy only exists in the safe zone; once outside the safe zone, it's impossible to take anything from the storage jade pendant.

After filling half the truck with weapon and ammunition boxes, Chen Yan loaded another backpack full of supplies into the vehicle. Before nightfall, Chen Yan set off.

·
Despite the darkness, visibility on the icy plains was surprisingly good, with a vast expanse of white snow everywhere. Chen Yan even wore sunglasses to prevent snow blindness.

The roar of the armored vehicle's diesel engine could be heard very far at night, but fortunately, the wind and snow on the snow-covered plains were very strong, and the howling wind blocked out most of the engine's sound.

Chen Yan had considered getting a batch of drones—the problem was, there was no network in the domain! And no satellites in the sky!
As dawn approached, Chen Yan estimated the vehicle's speed and concluded that they were quite far from Xueya Pass and had now entered the "red zone," which, as shown on the map, was an area where the Beast Clan's scout teams frequently appeared.

Chen Yan parked the armored vehicle behind a snowdrift, jumped out, rubbed his hands in the cold wind, then turned around and took a bag out of the vehicle. He grabbed a shovel in his other hand and quickly walked into the snow.

Walking through the snowfield in the wind and snow was quite strenuous, but fortunately, Chen Yan was already familiar with the terrain and climate here, and with his extraordinary physique, he gritted his teeth and walked a few hundred steps before grabbing a shovel and frantically digging in the snowfield...

Following the methods of setting up booby traps and landmines in the field that he learned from that guy named Vanel in that club in Mauritius, he set up defensive zones in several surrounding areas.

After two hours, Chen Yan stopped working. He looked at the "minefield" he had set up and was actually not satisfied with it.

The technique was too crude, and the concealment wasn't very good either.

But it doesn't matter, it's enough to deal with the ferocious beast race in the realm.

After doing all that, Chen Yan bent over and braved the wind and snow to walk back into the armored vehicle.

This thing was stolen from anti-government forces in a small Southeast Asian country. It's a tropical country, and the armored vehicles there are all painted in tropical jungle colors. Chen Yan couldn't paint this big guy with snow camouflage paint. But it doesn't matter. With such a heavy snowstorm, if it stops for an hour or two, the outer shell of the vehicle will be covered in a layer of white.

If you don't get close, from a distance it looks like a snowdrift on a snowfield.

Chen Yan returned to the car. Naturally, there was no in-car heating system in the car, but after eating two pieces of game meat, Chen Yan felt a warm sensation rising in his chest and abdomen, so he didn't care about the cold anymore.

After resting in the car for half a day without any movement around him, Chen Yan wasn't in a hurry—after all, he had come out to hunt.

This is like fishing; you have to be patient.

The terrain here is quite good—the armored vehicle is parked on a slightly elevated spot in the snow, with a snowdrift to the left for cover and a fan-shaped open area to the right.

In short, it's quite suitable for ambushes.

Chen Yan only had a few barrels of fuel in the vehicle, which was not enough to support him aimlessly driving the armored vehicle on an armed march across the snowfield. Once he found a suitable ambush point, he could only wait here for his prey to come to him.

"It's all about luck," Chen Yan said with a smile.

He believed his luck wouldn't be bad.

·
As he waited there until it was almost dark, Chen Yan thought he might not get anything today. But just as he was about to make himself a self-heating rice to fill his stomach, he suddenly sat up straight!
Chen Yan opened the car door, quickly climbed onto the roof, and listened carefully to the whistling wind for a while before sniffing the air.

The effects of repeatedly strengthening his physical body were evident in him.

Not only were their hearing keen, but they could also hear the faint growls of hunting beasts and the whistles of the ferocious beast tribe coming from the east.

And along with the wind, he seemed to catch a faint whiff of musky, pungent odor!
Chen Yan, who had been a slave in the Beast Clan, was naturally familiar with this smell.

He picked up the binoculars on his chest and looked in that direction for a while, then smirked – a good target!

Chen Yan immediately jumped off the roof of the car, climbed inside, and quickly pulled out a weapon bag.

On the snowy plains at night, Chen Yan shot an arrow with a tinder attached to its tip from a great distance, hitting a minefield about five hundred paces away.

Chen Yan was wearing a stab-proof vest and had also draped a snow cloak over his back as camouflage.

He watched quietly as the arrow flew into the minefield. The ignition device attached to the arrowhead exploded, and flames shot up. The fuel inside was enough to keep the flames burning for three to five minutes.

Hmm, that should be enough... Chen Yan thought to himself.

Soon, the distant whistling sound began to change direction. It was clear that the other side had discovered the firelight on Chen Yan's side at night. Perhaps they mistook it for the Thunder Beast cavalry scouts from Snow Cliff Pass who were encamped here, so the whistling sound came straight towards them!

Chen Yan clenched his fist quickly, then released it, and vigorously moved his fingers and wrists.

Those ferocious beastmen were indeed as the brothers in the Brotherhood had said—warlike and reckless!
In the snowfields, they will charge at any human scout team they encounter without hesitation.

Those guys seemed to have very little concept of tactics or strategy; from head to toe, they probably only had two words in mind: head-on confrontation.

So all you need to do is leave a few traces and wait patiently! As long as a sled team from the Beast Clan spots them, they'll definitely crash into them.

Chen Yan squinted, picked up his gun bag, and jumped onto the roof of the car, placing it beside him. He quickly pulled up the rack of the vehicle-mounted machine gun and rapidly checked the ammunition belt...

A few minutes later, the sled team came into view!
Chen Yan squinted and counted silently. There were five sleds in total, each pulled by two hunting beasts, and there were about twelve or thirteen ferocious beastmen on board.

Although it was night, visibility on the snow was not low. Chen Yan slowly adjusted and calibrated the firing area with the machine gun...

at last……

boom! !

A loud boom came from within the minefield!
A sled rushed into the minefield and traveled less than ten meters before being overturned by a blast wave!
One of the prey animals was instantly ripped apart by the flying shrapnel! The other one also tumbled and fell to the ground.

The sled had overturned, and one of the beastmen on it rolled out, while another was crushed underneath—but judging from the fact that the other was covered in blood and wasn't struggling under the sled, he was probably already dead.

Then, before Chen Yan could react...

boom!
The second sled that crashed into the minefield also exploded!
Chen Yan's eyes were icy cold as he cocked the machine gun and pulled the trigger!
The sound of the machine gun mounted on this armored vehicle when it fires is not actually "rat-a-tat-tat," but rather a "thump-thump-thump-thump" sound that seems to hit people's hearts one by one. The metallic sound of the bullets is like a hammer striking people's eardrums.

Chen Yan clearly saw that after the third sled was hit by the ballistic trajectory, the hunting beast pulling the sled was torn to pieces!
The ball then pierced through the sled, and the two beastmen sitting inside didn't even have a chance to jump off before their bodies were blown apart!

A 30mm caliber bullet, when it hits flesh and blood, is enough to shatter a carbon-based radioactive material into pieces!

The fourth and fifth sleds had already attempted to turn—but animal-powered sleds, when trying to turn at high speed, have much slower reaction time.

The fourth vehicle quickly rushed into the barrage of bullets, and after being swept by the machine gun's trajectory, wood chips and flesh were torn to pieces and sprayed everywhere.

The fifth sled finally managed to dodge the bullets—but one of the beasts pulling the sled was shot in half. Relying on the remaining beast's evasion, the sled was forcibly pulled along, almost grazing past the barrage of bullets.

Chen Yan wasn't in a hurry. He quickly put down the machine gun, picked up a rifle from his gun bag, lay on the roof of the vehicle, and calmly observed the firing range through the scope.

Although the last sled wasn't hit by the heavy machine gun, the death of one of its prey led to the birth of a new prey to pull the sled, which noticeably slowed its speed and reaction time.

Chen Yan fired a shot, instantly blowing the last remaining beast in the head. He watched as the three ferocious beastmen jumped off the sled, brandishing axes and charging towards them.

Chen Yan snorted and fired again.

He fired five shots, four of which hit their mark, three of which struck vital organs.

The two ferocious beastmen immediately rolled on the ground, and the last one even emitted a ball of red light. Chen Yan's rifle bullet hit him, but it only stirred up a ripple on the red light.

Chen Yan frowned.

However, he did not continue firing because the guy had already run into the minefield.

Yes, the ferocious beast race truly lives up to its reputation as monsters with powerful physiques. This guy is tall and robust, and even when running on the snowfield, his speed is comparable to that of a 100-meter sprinter in the real world.

but……

boom!
With a loud explosion, this guy probably stepped on a booby trap and his lower body exploded!

The protective red light blocked almost half of the damage, but blood gushed from its legs, and it rolled to the ground, the red light on its body dissipating.

Chen Yan raised his rifle again and waited patiently while lying on the roof of the car.

Two minutes later, he saw a figure emerge from behind an overturned sled, seemingly trying to sneak out under the sled's cover...

boom!
A bullet pierced the neck of the ferocious beast, causing blood to spurt out. The beast staggered a few times before collapsing to the ground, struggling and trembling for a while before gradually stiffening.

Chen Yan waited patiently, and half a minute later, he found another survivor and shot him dead.

The battle was actually over at this point.

However, adhering to the principle of "preserving his life," Chen Yan waited a while longer in the same spot. Only after confirming that no surviving members of the ferocious beast tribe had gotten up again did he carry a rifle in one hand and a knife in the other, and jog over in the snow.

After searching the battlefield, the corpses of thirteen ferocious beastmen were found.

However, it's a bit of a shame that only nine heads could be cut off.

Four members of the Beast Clan died from heavy machine gun fire; 300mm bullets blew their heads off.

The snowfield was littered with broken bones and bits of flesh.

Chen Yan was somewhat disappointed; losing four kills meant losing a significant amount of bounty.

According to the bounty order of the Realm of the Immortal Platform, the head of a ferocious beast can be exchanged for 200 coins, and the town general of Snow Cliff Pass has set an additional bounty of 50 coins for each head.

In other words, one head could be exchanged for 250 coins. Losing four heads meant a loss of 1000 coins. Chen Yan expressed his heartache.

With an almost ruthless manner, Chen Yan severed the heads of nine ferocious beastmen, and then carried back the corpses of the ten dead hunting beasts one by one.

The head was thrown into the carriage and wrapped in a mountaineering canvas—in this cold climate, there was no worry about it rotting in the short term.

As for the carcasses of the hunted beasts, Chen Yan simply took a knife and cut them open on the spot, removed their internal organs and bones, and managed to extract over a thousand pounds of meat, which he then threw into the armored vehicle's cargo compartment.

"Luckily, it was an troop carrier, and the cargo compartment is spacious enough," Chen Yan comforted himself.

Nine heads can be exchanged for 2250 coins.

This is quite a fortune. When I last went to Xueya Pass, all my assets amounted to only two thousand coins.

Chen Yan was satisfied with this small ambush.

However, he was not arrogant, but kept in mind what the old mercenary, Vanner, had taught him in the club in Mao.

He first reviewed the battle process, seriously reflecting on and summarizing the problems in his combat skills and techniques.

He quickly came up with a few points.

For example, firing heavy machine guns against such a small squad of ferocious sled soldiers is actually a waste.

The enemy had fewer troops, their vehicle formations were not dense enough, and the heavy machine guns were not very effective at hitting targets.

He didn't have much ammunition in his heavy machine gun, and he couldn't afford to waste it like that.

After Chen Yan finished his serious summary, he took the spoils from the vehicle, started the armored vehicle, and left the area.

He returned to the "safe zone" and used the energy there to manipulate the storage jade pendant, storing the head of the ferocious beast tribe and the meat of the hunted beasts inside.

Then, after checking the map, he set off again, entering the "red zone" from another direction.

·
Five or six days later.

Chen Yan lay in a snowdrift, holding an electric toothbrush in his mouth, letting the toothbrush vibrate and buzz in his mouth.

A moment later, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of toothpaste foam, then grabbed a handful of snow, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then spat it out.

My mouth had a refreshing minty smell, like toothpaste.

The smell made Chen Yan feel a little better—but only a little.

At this moment, he was covered in blood, and his underwear and hair reeked of stale oil.

A few short stubbles had grown under his nose and on his chin, making him look much rougher.

In the past five or six days, Chen Yan has experienced four more battles.

The third battle, in particular, was exceptionally thrilling.

While Chen Yan was driving an armored vehicle in the snowfield looking for an ambush point, he encountered a sled team of the Beast Tribe!

This was an encounter battle. After Chen Yan decisively stopped the car, he used the fierce firepower of the vehicle-mounted machine gun to destroy six of the enemy's sleds.

However, with only one vehicle-mounted machine gun, the barrage was far from sufficient to cover the armored vehicle, and two sleds still managed to get close to it.

After having to discard his machine gun, Chen Yan used his rifle to fight back. The last beastman almost rushed up to Chen Yan and engaged him in hand-to-hand combat.

Fortunately, Chen Yan drew his pistol and shot the other man's wrist, then pounced on him and, after a struggle, strangled the ferocious beast to death with his own hands.

However, Chen Yan was also injured. He was slashed by the axe of the ferocious beast tribe, although he tried his best to dodge and the blow did not land.

But the axe still tore his stab-proof vest, leaving a bloody gash on his right chest.

The wound wasn't deep, but it was about seven or eight centimeters long. Chen Yan promptly disinfected the wound, applied hemostatic powder, and bandaged it, but it still made him wince in pain.

Chen Yan didn't think he was unlucky—in fact, he thought he was very lucky!
He fought five battles against the sled team of the Beast Clan. So far, his storage jade pendant has contained more than sixty heads, plus four thousand catties of meat from the corpses of more than thirty hunting beasts.

Five battles, so many kills, and only minor injuries—if this isn't good enough, what is?
Chen Yan was very satisfied.

This trip was very fruitful—but that's where it ends.

The 30mm vehicle-mounted machine gun only had a little over a hundred rounds of ammunition left. Don't be fooled by the fact that a little over a hundred rounds seems like a lot; in a real fight, given the machine gun's rate of fire, those rounds would be gone in less than a minute.

The diesel fuel was almost used up, and the remaining fuel was only enough for Chen Yan to return to Xueya Pass—slightly more than enough, but really not much.

Considering the failure rate and effective driving range of this old-fashioned armored vehicle, the fact that it hasn't broken down in the harsh climate and terrain of the snowfield over the past few days makes Chen Yan feel like he's incredibly lucky!

In fact, he had already mentally prepared himself that he probably wouldn't be able to bring the armored vehicle back with him this time.

He had been lying in ambush at this spot for a day and a night without any success.

"Forget it, if we don't find anything by dawn, we can go back." Chen Yan indicated that he wasn't greedy.

Under the cover of night, Chen Yan moved an empty diesel drum several hundred meters away from the ambush site, poured some gasoline and wood into it, and set it on fire!
He then returned to the ambush site and lay there for over an hour.

Just when Chen Yan thought he might never find his prey...

Suddenly, he perked up!
The distant wind carried the sound of whistling in waves!
The sleds traveled across the snowfield, making whooshing and hissing sounds that seemed to stretch endlessly, interspersed with the cries of hunting animals!
Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately picked up the binoculars to observe carefully.

Then, his expression changed, and his heart sank.

Oh shit!

Looking at the discovery within the telescope's field of vision, Chen Yan couldn't help but swallow hard.

Am I just incredibly lucky, or incredibly unlucky?

The original plan was to make one last battle, gather some more prey, and then return!
As a result, the flames from the oil drums lit on the snowfield that night attracted... a huge fish!

A convoy of sleds was speeding towards us from afar; even a quick glance revealed at least thirty sleds!
Chen Yan made his judgment in less than five seconds!

The fish is too big! I can't eat it all!
More than a hundred rounds of heavy machine gun bullets were intended to take down more than thirty sleds—including at least sixty hunting beasts, plus possibly a hundred beast warriors!

Chen Yan felt that he didn't have that ability.

The landmines had long been exhausted. Now, in the minefield near the oil drums, Chen Yan had only planted two landmines and four booby traps.

The area covered by the explosion was unlikely to result in an effective kill ratio for a convoy of more than thirty sleds.

run!
Once Chen Yan made a decision, he acted without the slightest hesitation.

He immediately crawled out of the snowdrift where he was hiding, crouched down, and ran quickly toward the location where he had parked his armored vehicle in the distance!

Behind us, the roar of the sled team grew ever closer!

When Chen Yan finally ran to within twenty steps of the armored vehicle, a roar came from behind him!
A landmine did its job, overturning a sled and then knocking over another sled following behind.

But... that's about all the results we've achieved.

Perhaps because the wait was too long, the accumulated snow rendered the booby traps ineffective, and Chen Yan still did not hear any further explosions after climbing onto the armored vehicle.

However, the sled caravan of the Beast Clan had already reached the vicinity of the burning oil drums, and their formation had already broken up. After pausing for a while, they quickly scattered and searched everywhere.

Chen Yan sat inside the armored vehicle, watching this scene with a furrowed brow!
It's not quite perfect.

If I were to start the armored vehicle and escape now...

Armored vehicles are not particularly fast, and their engines are very loud. Once started, they will definitely attract the attention of the enemy and lead to pursuit.

On the snow-covered plains, trying to shake off the sled team would be a tough task!

Old-fashioned armored vehicles generally only reach a maximum speed of fifty or sixty kilometers per hour—and that's on a highway! On a highway!!

In the harsh geographical environment of the snowfield, driving speed will be reduced.

Chen Yan immediately made a judgment in his mind: he only had two choices now!

Alternatively, abandon the armored vehicle immediately and leave alone in the snowfield!

Alternatively, hide inside the armored vehicle—the armored vehicle is parked here, covered in snow, and it's nighttime. The parking spot is several hundred meters from the ambush point, so the enemy might not even notice it if their visibility is poor…

wrong!

Chen Yan immediately dismissed his second idea!

The other side has a prey!
Hunting animals isn't just about pulling livestock; these creatures have a very keen sense of smell.

Chen Yan patted the dashboard—it seems this precious item won't be coming back.

I'm not too bothered. When I get back, I can do one or two more risk-free deals and snatch up newer and better ones.

Next time, let's try to get a main battle tank from the United States!

Thinking of this, Chen Yan gently opened the car door, slid out, and slowly closed the door.

He moved nimbly, stealthily creeping through the snow—in the opposite direction from the ambush point.

Just after he had jogged for several dozen meters with his head down... suddenly!
A distant horn blared, its horns blaring.

Then, the roars and howls of the Thunder Beast came with the wind!
Chen Yan immediately dropped to the ground, ignoring the flying snowflakes that flew up and swallowed them. He frantically grabbed his binoculars and looked in the direction from which the horn was coming...

To the east, in the direction of Xueya Pass, large snowflakes are flying and swirling across the snow-covered plains!
A large contingent of Thunder Beast cavalry galloped across the snowfield!

The roar of the Thunder Beast seemed to carry a certain momentum, rolling along with the snowflakes!

After Chen Yan recognized that it was a charging formation of Thunder Beasts, he immediately made a decision!
He jumped up from the ground, turned around, and ran towards the armored vehicle!
(End of this chapter)