As spiritual energy revived, I, having acquired certain attributes, gradually ascended to immortalit

"Fast enough."

Shen Qing took out another talisman and smashed it. This equipment was indeed extraordinary; the interference effect was not just two or three minutes as Yang Xu had estimated.

Thirty seconds at most.

Moreover, it only affects detection capabilities and does not affect combat effectiveness at all.

Shen Qing raised his rifle and aimed. In his line of sight, in the night as bright as day, three figures were rapidly approaching.

"Five hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters..."

He's not good with rifles, but he's had experience with pistols and his results are pretty good. As long as you're close enough, there's no such thing as being bad at shooting!

……

"This is?"

Looking at the faint light about two kilometers away, the leader of Team A frowned, his eyes clearly capturing a heat source through thermal imaging.

"Over there in Group Three?"

He suppressed his unease and immediately began to call out.

"Each group, upon receiving this message, must respond immediately! Report on your respective situations!"

After a hissing sound in the communication channel, sound finally came through.

"This is the first group; your reply has been received!"

"We have just detected an abnormal heat source between Group 2 and Group 3. We are preparing to report it and are heading there to investigate."

Several seconds later, only the first group's voice could be heard on the communication channel.

The captain stopped.

He then realized that both Group 2 and Group 3 had lost contact, and less than three minutes had passed without their first situation report.

"Team One, do not act on your own, rejoin me immediately!"

"Yes, Captain!"

However, it was still too late.

The other person was only halfway through speaking when the communication was cut off, as if something had blocked it.

"Are superhumans with innate abilities really that outrageous?"

The captain clenched his fist. If they could wipe them out, it meant that the enemy could potentially wipe out an armored company without infantry.

Even a mechanized infantry company—the latter is more difficult than the former.

They fight individually, are strong and small targets, essentially human tanks, and are more agile than real tanks.

Therefore, it is easier to deal with armored companies that have limited firepower and poor infantry-tank coordination.

A large number of mechanized troops, unless a surprise attack succeeds, can be suppressed by a barrage of fire.

Although modern armies emphasize coordination and cannot function without infantry, the success rate is actually very low, but the individual strength of these soldiers is absolutely beyond imagination.

"One-on-one?"

He took a deep breath and walked toward the location where the heat source had been detected, preparing for the worst.

……

Meanwhile, at their destination a hundred kilometers away, the tents were brightly lit.

On the display screen, nine of the ten dots representing the members of Team A went out in just two minutes, leaving only the team leader.

Team Leader Chen's expression froze completely.

This squad, on which he had placed high hopes, was nearly wiped out before it could even complete its first mission.

Even if they managed to complete the mission in the end, they had completely lost face.

Moreover, the situation is still uncertain.

The exoskeleton provides a fourfold strength boost, with ordinary squad members possessing approximately two tons of strength, while the team leader can reach four tons, exceeding the limit of an ordinary E-level superhuman.

With such a configuration, there are only two possibilities for quickly eliminating nine members of the squad.

First, the enemy's individual strength far exceeded that of the captain; otherwise, even if they were defeated one by one, it would not have been possible to do so quickly.

The light extinguished after a short pause, clearly indicating that the reinforcements had also been eliminated.

Secondly, the opposing team has assembled a sizable force, which can provide firepower suppression.

Let's set aside the relationships between these new recruits from previous years.

As the captain of the elite A squad, he would never engage in a direct confrontation if the enemy had superior firepower.

How could he have been beaten like this?

Just as Team Leader Chen was confused about the situation, in the Gobi Desert, Team Leader A finally met Shen Qing for the first time.

Shen Qing did not hide, and continued to prepare for a sneak attack.

With only one person left, there was no need to hide anymore. Besides, even if he hid, he would be discovered anyway, and he had already used up the talismans Yang Xu had given him.

It's being consumed too quickly.

A sneak attack is no longer possible; their firearms have a range of less than 500 meters and would be detected by bio-radar in advance.

With the time it takes him to aim at a moving target, he can already hit the person.

The captain of Team A was furious when he glanced at his teammates sitting on the ground watching the show not far away; veins bulged on his forehead.

Back when I was just an ordinary person, I didn't end up like this during the special forces assessment.

He suppressed his anger and looked at Shen Qing, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Shen Qing, right?"

The squad leader stared at the exoskeleton on Shen Qing's body. "I'd like to ask, what do you mean by this?"

He stared at Shen Qing, bewildered, as Shen Qing had actually donned their exoskeleton.

Does this person think that anyone can wear an exoskeleton? It's all about identity verification.

Wearing it would not only offer no benefit to others, but its weight of two hundred kilograms would be a considerable burden even for E-level supernatural beings, affecting their mobility.

"It looks pretty cool, I'll give it a try."

Shen Qing answered casually, stretching his shoulders.

In reality, he wanted to increase his strength, and fortunately, this exoskeleton was designed for mass production and its body shape could be adjusted.

After breaking through to the eighth rank, his weight was estimated to be over 300 kilograms.

The 200-kilogram exoskeleton, with the "Light on the Bound" synergy, can increase strength by 1.4 times.

Even an ordinary soldier can have two tons of strength, so he naturally had to be cautious when facing the captain.

"Does he look cool?"

"Okay, okay."

The leader of Squad A felt this was a provocation and was furious. He nodded, "Are you sure you want to fight me like this?"

Carrying two hundred kilograms of weight, that's incredibly disrespectful to them. And indeed, they were almost wiped out in less than two minutes.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glare at his teammates again.

Seeing that Shen Qing had no intention of removing the exoskeleton, the captain stopped talking and did not use any firearms.

Regular firearms are unlikely to reach the exoskeleton's elimination limit, while psionic rifles have a lower rate of fire than regular firearms, making them less effective at close range.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With a series of heavy footsteps, the captain vanished from his spot in an instant, and in the darkness, a blurry figure rushed towards him.

Shen Qing instinctively threw a punch to meet the attack.

"clang!"

A loud metallic clanging sound rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.

The two separated immediately upon contact; the captain took three steps back, while Shen Qing took four.

Shock was visible in both of their eyes.

The captain was surprised that Shen Qing, carrying a load of 200 kilograms, only took one more step back than him, yet possessed a strength of nearly four tons.

Shen Qing was surprised. Even with his power boost, he was still at a disadvantage. If they really went head-to-head, he would be no match for him.

"I'm sorry."

The captain suddenly spoke, patting his waist with his right hand, "Although it's a bit unfair to do this, at least we've paid the price of the team's annihilation."

The mission must be completed!

Before he finished speaking, a layer of gleaming boxing gloves instantly covered his metal gloves.

"This is... a magical artifact?"

Shen Qing was taken aback, and subconsciously touched himself, where a knife was hanging on his exoskeleton.

Upon closer inspection, a faint light appeared, and the blade vibrated rapidly; it was a high-frequency vibrating military knife.

"I think I have that too?"

As he spoke, he felt something was wrong. Where was his spiritual energy?

The captain shook his head.

"That's just a standard melee weapon." He raised his gauntlet. "But this is equipment unique to each of us."

After saying that, he charged forward like a cannonball.

"Whoosh!"

A purple talisman in Shen Qing's hand vanished. This talisman, a gift from Li Yangzhao, instantly transformed into a golden flame and flew out.

It can be shattered in an instant, the next moment.

When the military knife collided with the fist, the high-frequency vibrating knife, which could cut steel like tofu, only produced a few sparks and left no mark.

Shen Qing staggered back several steps, her arm going numb.

Those boxing gloves were not only ridiculously hard, but they also increased the impact, making each punch carry extra damage.

His expression instantly turned ugly, just like when he faced that zombie last time and was completely outmatched again.

Back then, there was blood to restrain the opponent, and even Xie Chong's assistance, but now... there's nothing left, it's like entering a dead end.