Chapter 950: Chapter 549: The City Sealed by the Extraordinary
Of course, when the training match gets intense, it’s not entirely impossible for a duel to be fought to the end. Enthusiasts who love dueling find it hard to stop when faced with an exhilarating match.
Since there were no immediate clues to the source of the disturbance, Shen Sui simply opened the Dueling Device to check on Alice’s current situation.
This time, Alice wasn’t in any trouble; it was just a way for him to relax by seeing how she was doing.
Alice had already led Deep Sea North Residence and Zhu Yue through more than half the journey towards Shen Gang.
The good news was that Alice hadn’t been actively causing any trouble along the way.
The bad news was that there were quite a few people looking to make trouble for Alice.
Currently, the Federal border is quite restless, with frequent instances of looting.
Among the fleets conducting these raids were vanguard forces from the Deep Sea as well as fleets from the border fortresses.
As evidence shows, when internal and external ideologies are not unified, and high-level strategies are unpredictable, the border fortress is the most susceptible to corruption.
There are many fortresses like the Red Maple Fortress, where large supplies go missing, even requiring Fire Dragon Burn Warehouse to cover the accounts.
When the fortress leadership can’t deliver supplies, the Commanders, who bear the burden of supplying many shipgirls, naturally have to seek alternative solutions.
Alice repelled quite a few fleet attacks along the way.
She and Zhu Yue couldn’t actually contribute much combat power; it was mainly Deep Sea North Residence exerting its strength.
For a Deep Sea BOSS, dealing with these small fleets was naturally no problem.
Surprisingly, Alice was actually quite reliable this time, which brought Shen Sui comfort, and he told Alice about the buffer zone.
"My projection?" Alice was taken aback. "Is it testing something?"
"My world of soul cultivation has been attacked by some external Extraordinary individuals, so I created a buffer zone to isolate them," Shen Sui didn’t hide this from Alice.
"Huh? The place of soul cultivation..." Alice blinked, suddenly realizing, "So every time I looked for you and couldn’t find you, it was because your soul had gone to this world?"
"You could say that."
Shen Sui felt a bit guilty, knowing he had kept this from Alice for a long time.
To his surprise, Alice was actually quite happy, patting her chest with relief, saying, "That’s good, that’s good. I was worried that something had happened to your soul since you needed to sleep for such long periods each time."
Seeing Alice’s reaction, Shen Sui didn’t know what to say.
Alice, the little girl, was actually quite concerned about him.
As he thought this, Shen Sui explained the details about the buffer zone to Alice.
"This is a test," Shen Sui said, "Our goal is to eliminate the puppet that serves as the enemy for this internal test."
"A puppet, huh?" Alice’s eyes lit up; she was a genuine puppet enthusiast. "Is it beautiful?"
"Of course," Shen Sui had confidence in Vivian’s aesthetic standards.
Alice anticipated, "If I defeat it, can I take it home?"
"Uh...Let’s focus on defeating the opponent first," Shen Sui wisely chose not to dwell on the issue.
Time passed quickly, and the situation remained unchanged the next day.
However, the Exploration Bureau had analyzed the origins of those attackers.
They were enhanced individuals from a certain Science Fiction World, possessing incredibly strong combat capabilities and adept at using a variety of high-tech tools.
As general-purpose enhanced individuals, their greatest strength was their ease of modification and strong adaptability, capable of integrating any weapon or hardware.
This meant that the Science Fiction World wasn’t necessarily their original home; based on their performance, they had been modified.
However, finding the source didn’t bring any fundamental change to the current situation.
Because the attackers still seemed to appear from nowhere, attacking passersby.
Valhalla had effectively become an isolated island due to these enhanced individuals, with even basic supplies and necessary energy unable to be transported in.
The good news was that Valhalla wasn’t very large, and the city’s population wasn’t substantial either.
But no matter how small the population, it was enough to be a concern. If the current situation wasn’t resolved, even if they could fight their way out through enforced dueling, ordinary citizens in the city might starve or freeze to death.
So that afternoon, You Wenqi approached Shen Sui: "Interested in an adventure?"
"Adventure?" Shen Sui’s interest was piqued, "Tell me more."
"I’ve already contacted Director Zhang, and together we’ll coordinate from inside and outside to forcefully open a supply transportation route," You Wenqi said seriously. "Even if we can’t find the source of these individuals quickly, at least we need to ensure the residents and our supply needs are met."
"Just the two of us?"
You Wenqi nodded: "Just the two of us."
His attitude was very determined; Shen Sui was sure that even if he refused, You Wenqi would still go ahead with the plan, even alone if necessary.
This time, You Wenqi didn’t include Tan Song and the others.
It wasn’t because Tan Song and his group were weak; a ninth-rank Life Card Master isn’t weak. However, their mentality and tactics were more suited for professional competition matches rather than life-and-death battles like this.
You Wenqi had experienced this firsthand, almost getting killed several times, and naturally didn’t want Tan Song and the others to take such risks.
Though this team was technically just companions, when the official match comes, they would still be competitors, but You Wenqi naturally took on a leader’s responsibility.
Shen Sui, on the other hand, was different from Tan Song; from his interactions with Shen Sui, You Wenqi knew that Shen Sui’s strength wasn’t just in his card set and skills, but also his confidence.
Shen Sui naturally had no reason to refuse. He could use this opportunity to confront these black-clad attackers—without whom he would have already been dueling on the dreamful wings.
Interestingly, perhaps due to his long-standing runner-up status, You Wenqi seemed to have extensive connections in Valhalla, managing to secure a battle vehicle for Shen Sui. Of course, this plan involved more than just the Life Card Masters from Huaxia. Once it was clear that the issue wasn’t going to be easily resolved, everyone began seeking ways to self-rescue.
Some planned to withdraw from the competition and leave the city, while for others, orders from their home countries or pure noble intentions motivated them.
As for the Life Card Masters who remained, honor’s allure may have outweighed life and death as a reason; the primary motivation was the city’s residents in need of protection, and they, as Life Card Masters, were the best protectors in the current environment.
In reality, opening the path wasn’t the main focus; even Tan Song and his group could create a supply route by paying some price.
However, ensuring the continual operation of this supply route required securing the road’s safety.
The solution was straightforward and effective—escort teams, with several Life Card Masters in each convoy to fend off attackers.
The opening process wasn’t particularly difficult; the same way they came, they went out.
After a few days of back-and-forth maneuvers, they finally established a relatively safe and stable route.
During this period, the Thunder God Cup preliminaries also officially began. Some Life Card Masters participating in this mission lost in the preliminaries due to the intense battles of the past couple of days and were eliminated.
However, they chose not to leave. Instead, they stayed to ensure the security of the supply transports.
Meanwhile, special forces from various countries entered Valhalla through this passage.
They suspected that the true target of this Extraordinary interference might be on the Thunder God Cup’s arena.
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