Chapter 38 Powering Down and Evacuating?!
Chapter 38 Powering Down and Evacuating?!
There are a lot of Asara's minions in this large military camp. Even with the smoke ability, entering it will still alert Asara's minions.
Even if they are all utility operators, it's hard for them not to make a commotion when facing an attack from Asara's minions.
"First team of the military camp," Yang Feiqi reported his information in the team channel.
"Then we don't need to set up the other two places," Lu Qianqian said. "There are at most three teams in the west. If there is one team in the military camp, the number one spot in the west building will definitely spawn, and that team will be full."
"You go eat the container. I'll keep an eye on the military camp. We'll leave once they enter the building," the white-haired man said.
The military camp is on higher ground than other places.
If the military camp chooses to ambush the cement factory workers after realizing they are there, then the cement factory workers will be unable to fight back and will be at a disadvantage in terms of firepower.
"Okay." Upon hearing Bai Mao's words, Yang Feiqi stopped monitoring the military camp and turned around to open various containers in the cement factory.
However, Yang Feiqi's drop rate was indeed average; after searching the entire cement factory, he didn't get a single gold collectible.
Just as Yang Feiqi was about to report his search results to Lu Qianqian, Lu Qianqian spoke up first, saying, "Before the extraction point opens, no matter what level of collectibles you find, don't tell us."
"Why?" Yang Feiqi asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Because it will affect our mindset. If it's a regular map, and you find valuable collectibles, we can just choose to evacuate."
However, the extraction points on this map are only unlocked later. If the person in charge knows in advance that the team has found valuable collectibles, they might make conservative command decisions.
This would actually alert other teams to the situation and lead to a coordinated attack on us.
Yang Feiqi understood.
The Long Night Dam map is a special map where professional tomb raiders from various large companies enter, and their tactics and routes are very formulaic.
If a team deviates from the usual route and shows any intention to retreat as soon as possible, even a fool could guess that the team has already acquired some loot.
For the other teams on the map, firefights are common in places like the administration building and substation; whether they go there or not is optional.
But if the direction of the evacuation point is clear, and there is a sudden burst of intense gunfire in the riverbank or wilderness, then...
The other teams need to assess the situation to see if any are planning to leave prematurely.
"Understood." Yang Feiqi was happy not to talk about his gains now.
Although the troops at the military camp probably already knew there were troops at the cement plant, they did not choose to wait for Yang Feiqi and his group to arrive. Instead, after searching the military camp, they headed directly towards the administrative building area.
"It seems there are experienced people in charge over there," Lu Qianqian said after seeing the situation. "They understand that if they don't move, we won't move either."
However, the cement plant has an underground passage leading to the administration building, while they can only access it through the main gate in the west wall or a secret passage. If they don't head towards the administration building now, they might miss their chance.
"So, what do we do now?" Yang Feiqi asked.
"Let's take the underground passage and listen for any sounds from the substation," Lu Qianqian said. "There haven't been any shots fired from the administration building yet, and if we follow the military contingent, we might get ambushed."
After Lu Qianqian finished speaking, the three of them immediately entered the underground passage of the cement plant and made their way to the pit located in front of the substation gate.
But the substation was unusually quiet at this time.
Yang Feiqi couldn't even hear the voice of Asara's soldier.
"The substation has been cleared out. A team of people should have been born at substation number one near the small military camp," Lu Qianqian concluded.
Now the locations of all teams on the map can be determined.
There are five teams in total: East and West Buildings, Cement Plant, Big Barracks, and Small Barracks.
With the evacuation point not yet open, all teams fell silent, waiting for an opportunity to arise.
A full hour passed.
Yang Feiqi and the others then heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the administration building.
"I'll swipe the key card to open the underground passage." Lu Qianqian took out a key card and swiped it to open the underground passage leading to the administration building.
"Let's go." The three of them walked quietly towards the administration building.
The closer they got to the administration building, the more intense the gunfire became.
Moreover, this gunshot was not the fake gunshot that Yang Feiqi had his teammates fake last time.
Instead, it was the real sound of gunfire from a fierce exchange of fire between the two teams.
The area leading to the basement of the administration building is a raised platform.
Jumping down from here will take you to the underground passage of the administration building, but you will never be able to return to the underground passage.
So the three of them waited here for a while, intending to wait until the two teams lost players before going out.
But after waiting for more than ten minutes, the three of them did not hear the sound of someone being killed, but instead heard gunfire from another brand new team joining the battle.
"It's gunfire from the military camp." Lu Qianqian heard the gunfire coming from the west building and judged that the military camp had joined the battle.
"Let's go down then." The white-haired man jumped down from the platform first and entered the underground of the administration building.
However, just after the three of them jumped off the platform...
A tremendous sound suddenly rang out across the entire dam, echoing throughout the map.
This is the sound indicating that the power outage evacuation point has been activated!
"Why did some teams shut down so quickly?!" The three of them were shocked at the same time.
The default evacuation point is usually the area inside the administration building where the victorious teams evacuate.
The power will only be cut off when the outcome of the battle in the administration building is decided.
Unless someone deliberately sabotages the process, this gate will not be pulled prematurely.
"Could it be that the substation team pulled the switch?" Yang Feiqi voiced his suspicion.
There are two locations where the power can be switched off for evacuation.
One is the west wing of the administration building, and the other is the control room of the large substation.
If the team at the large substation wants to block the evacuation point, they might cut off the power in advance, rendering the evacuation point useless, and thus blocking other teams at the regular evacuation point.
"No," Lu Qianqian said. "The teams from each company enter the map to obtain valuable collectibles."
Once they discover that someone is trying to block the evacuation point, they will only attempt to charge towards it in the last few tens of seconds.
Even if they die, the teams blocking the evacuation point won't have time to collect their loot boxes.
Yang Feiqi thought about it and realized that what Lu Qianqian said made sense.
This map is entirely for fixed teams; there are no random teams.
In random matches, you can try gambling that the opposing team doesn't have any scout operators blocking your escape point.
However, fixed platoons cannot be without reconnaissance positions, so the success rate of intercepting evacuation points and obtaining high-value supplies is very small.
That leaves only one possibility.
A team inside the administration building has found a high-value collectible and wants to use the evacuation point to evacuate ahead of time!
"They probably only sent one person to shut down the power, while the other two were already waiting to evacuate near the evacuation point."
Lu Qianqian said, "We'll go out from the basement of the west building and head straight for the containers to intercept the team trying to evacuate!"
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