After swiftly clearing out several waves of enemies, Xu Xiaoyou noticed that the number of puppet sentinels replenishing from the bushes was noticeably decreasing, and the frequency of their waves appeared much slower.

This wasn't because they had nearly cleared the puppets in the periphery. From the beginning, she had roughly estimated the number of nearby puppets, and by the third minute into the combat, the ones dealt with were less than a quarter of the periphery area.

It's the puppet sentinels converging towards the scope of Zone Two, trying to rebuild defenses. Xu Xiaoyou immediately judged that it seems the Puppet Master realized something, countering move by move, letting those puppet sentinels retreat and redeploy their watchers.

He wants to ensure he doesn't have a long period of visual blind spots, keeping everything under his control, able to notice their movements at any time.

Yet he overlooked one point, Xu Xiaoyou's face remained unchanged.

In this situation, the initially constructed defenses would be scattered and reorganized again, instead giving them the chance to tear open a gap.

This game of gamble, as long as she keeps betting, the opponent would naturally follow, thus exposing flaws.

"Lin Sheng, open a path in the southeast direction!" Xu Xiaoyou shouted towards a direction.

Lin Sheng's eyes moved slightly, nodded almost imperceptibly, then following the girl's instruction, rushed towards the reported direction carrying the Beheading Great Saber.

With the blessing of triple buffs, Lin Sheng entered the Blood Boiling Fury state again, his muscles turned bright red, blood boiling, body moisture evaporating, white steam covering his skin making his whole physique seem more robust.

In this state, his muscles became extremely resilient, tough, and sharp claws couldn't tear his skin open, even small-caliber bullets occasionally lodged into his body would get stuck and directly squeezed out through contraction!

Lin Sheng roared, like a raging bull, while pressing forward against the dozens of puppets in front of him. An individual's power creating a tidal wave, actually pushing those puppets down in heaps seen from above like a black mass falling, surging up and down.

Following Lin Sheng's advance, they quickly opened a breakthrough and charged into Zone Two; an area with relatively open vision, on the empty snowy plains distributed numerous ravines and rolling hills, just enough to hide their figures.

"Chen San, two o'clock direction of the Church." Xu Xiaoyou continued issuing commands.

Chen San quickly aimed, surprisingly found an inconspicuous window where previously the girl he half shattered her skull was crawling out again with remaining body, the solitary eye cold and numb.

He fired again, this time hitting the puppet girl's shoulder, severing an arm, watching the enemy's body shrank back into cover.

He turned around, finding a blonde girl resembling Xu Xiaoyou standing behind him, holding up a pair of binoculars.

Seeing Chen San staring blankly at her, Substitute expressionlessly jumped off the hill, running downwards.

The enemy is fighting upfront while being able to control a Substitute to observe the situation remotely? Chen San felt shocked. Before he could think much, Xu Xiaoyou's voice came through the communications:

"Chen San, what are you thinking? Keep moving, follow my Substitute!"

Chen San sensed danger approaching, immediately rolled forward down the hill, just at that moment a bullet flew into the snow pile where he was previously, sending up a spray of snow.

He immediately realized that earlier that puppet girl poked her head out merely to draw his attention. Given the opponent's condition, it's impossible to aim immediately, there's another sniper in the Church direction targeting him, tasked with assassinating him!

In sniper duels, exposing oneself often means the battle is decided, he's already in a precarious passive situation, must quickly shake off the sniper's sight, re-hide himself.

Thinking this, he carried the sniper rifle, keeping close with the girl's Substitute, delving into the bush with the group advancing towards Zone Two.

After a brief adjustment behind a protruding mound, three initiated the second wave of break-through, those puppet sentinels leading Ghouls were searching for their location, pressing heavily towards them, until a few grenades rolled under their feet.

Boom——

In the intense explosion, flames shot into the sky, snowflakes scattered, clustered puppet sentinels were blown sky-high.

Before more puppets could react and reinforce personnel, Xu Xiaoyou had already brought two members charging into the breach again, the three figures sprinting across the snow plain heading straight towards Zone One, the core area centered within a hundred meters of the Church!

The scene ahead resembled a montage, constantly extending to the sides from their surroundings, flying past them, then suddenly, Xu Xiaoyou lowered her voice:

"Tang Xin, pay attention to the direction on the left, about two hundred meters, that puppet hiding behind the tree."

Tang Xin looked in the direction Xu Xiaoyou pointed out, sure enough, behind a coniferous tree, an inconspicuous figure lay concealed, watching them.

The rest of the puppets are surrounding them, only that figure remains motionless, lurking at the back furtively.

Tang Xin thought, that puppet is the Puppet Master's Puppet Nail placed in this region, once dealt with, it could cripple all the puppets in this area, creating an outstanding opportunity for their subsequent breakthrough!

"Can you handle it?" Xu Xiaoyou asked.

"We can create an opportunity for you, soon I'll lead Lin Sheng towards it, the moment it relocates, shoot it."

Tang Xin hesitated for a moment, quickly nodded resolutely, she saw the flame called 'trust' burning in the golden-haired girl's eyes.

Xu Xiaoyou smiled gently at her, then immediately brought Lin Sheng charging out, openly attracting all puppet's attention.

From the rear, Tang Xin's hands trembled with nervousness, clumsily setting up the rifle. The Sisak V-11 developed by Cosmic Heavy Industries, judging by the combat environment, this gun seemed more like a rifle, fully automatic firing, typically used in counter-terrorism, but due to its extreme precision, it's greatly favored by snipers across major firms.

The girl's fingers gently caressed this unfamiliar metallic object, feeling somewhat at a loss, a bit of panic and unease, yet she quickly adjusted, calmed down, recalling the trust she saw in the girl's eyes earlier, she didn't want to betray others' trust.

Fragmentary knowledge she had seen before flashed rapidly through her mind, she fiddled with the gun safety, aligned her sight with the scope, took a deep breath, fingertip hovered over the trigger pointing at the direction behind the tree.

Xiaoyou seemed to spare no expense tossing fragmentation grenades around, amidst thunderous explosions, countless puppets were blown into the sky, they accelerated towards the puppet's direction, momentum incredibly grand.

The Puppet Nail behind the tree saw the scene scared out of its wits, instinctively wanted to flee but suddenly received an instruction in mind—'Stay put.'

Direct orders from the Puppet Master.

Its whole body went rigid, swiftly retracting the exposed half back.

Rushing forward, Xu Xiaoyou's brow slightly furrowed, did the Puppet Master figure out her intentions so quickly?

It shouldn't be, not counting the time delay for information transmission, judgement also requires a certain time.

From rushing towards the tree position the entire process hadn't passed twenty seconds, yet the opponent's reaction seemed like they foresaw what she was doing from the start.

Witnessing puppets encroaching on them, subtly closing off their retreat, Xu Xiaoyou felt apprehension.

Afraid they will fall into a tight battle soon, must complete a breakthrough quickly otherwise once more puppets surround them it'll be hard to pierce through. She didn't expect Tang Xin to hit the Puppet Nail under such conditions.

Only half exposed, even across at least two hundred meters, even for a seasoned sniper this rushed timing, a hit seemed impossible.

Just as Xu Xiaoyou thought this, the unique muted gunshot of a silencer echoed over the snowy plains.

She stared at the tree, seeing the Puppet Nail collapse the instant after the gunshot, the core receiver at its back exploded, impossible for it to be reactivated, and vast swathes of nearby puppets went down alongside.

From distance Tang Xin slowly turned from behind the sniper rifle, witnessing her hit the puppet, slightly excitedly shaking a fist in front: "Nice, Little Blue Bird."

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