Chapter 702: Chapter 447 Strong Confidence_3

Chen Lun nodded.

He rose from the sofa and turned to look at the rest of his subordinates.

“According to the plan I discussed with you before I left, you may now begin the operation,” he said.

“Yes, Mr. Jack,” they responded in unison.

They then stepped down from the carriage and vanished into the Spirit World.

Although Chen Lun had anticipated that Anlong’s Transcendents would be guarding near the Bridgehead Fortress in the Spirit World, he believed that Floey and the others could handle this minor trouble.

Seated alone in the carriage, Chen Lun pondered for a moment, then operated something on the panel and issued a mission to the more than two thousand Circus players who were deployed with the army–

[Side Mission: Western War/Hercules Bridgehead Fortress Battle/Siege Warfare!]

Mission Description: You have chosen to follow Governing Officer Jack Spett of the Generous Council on a remote expedition. Your primary objective is to find a way to break through the blockade on the Hercules Bridge and storm the Bridgehead Fortress!

Mission Rewards: Successfully storm the Bridgehead Fortress and receive 5000 Experience Points, 80 Silver Ducats, and 20 Contribution Points. (Additional kill rewards: Enemy Soldier or ordinary player, 100 Experience Points; Enemy Sequence Nine Transcendent, 500 Experience Points and 1 Contribution Point; Enemy Sequence Eight Transcendent, 1000 Experience Points and 2 Contribution Points.)

“Wow! Here it comes!”

In the back of the tent cluster, Dongyang and others were sitting inside a tent when Doghead Gold, the first to notice the prompt on the panel, stood up and shouted.

“Brothers, the mission is here!”

After Dongyang carefully read through the mission description, he smirked and chose to accept it.

Then, he turned to the others.

“After the battle starts, let’s first follow behind the army to assess the situation and understand the enemy’s attack patterns before discussing and researching… After all, storming the Bridgehead Fortress is just a matter of time. The rewards from this mission are definitely ours to take, considering the strength of the Imperial Army these past few days. They are extraordinarily powerful…so what we need to do is try to minimize the number of resurrections.”

“Dongyang is right,” said Chenxi with a nod, then immediately looked at Polaris.

“During this process, if we encounter an NPC from Sequence Eight of the enemy, let everyone know in the chat room so we can trap them together, giving Polaris a chance to duel.”

“Agreed, it’s decided then!”

Keying waved her fist in agreement.

Polaris, looking at everyone, took a deep breath and with a resolute gaze, led the way out of the tent.

Meanwhile.

Chen Lun had already alighted from the carriage alone. He pulled the brim of his hat lower and with the aid of his Silver Staff, silently passed through numerous temporary tents, brushing past soldiers of the Empire.

For some reason, these soldiers seemed to ignore his presence, yet reflexively avoided bumping into Chen Lun, making way for him on their own.

A moment later.

Inside the command tent not far away, a humanoid shadow appeared behind General Vance and uttered in a deep voice:

“Vance, the person in charge of the Generous Council’s accompanying army, that Governing Officer named Jack, is leaving the camp heading towards the western riverside.”

General Vance looked down at the documents and maps and waved his hand.

“Let him be, it does not matter if it doesn’t affect the Imperial Army.”

“Understood,” said the shadow.

It then descended and retreated back into Vance’s shadow.

By the Benavides riverbank.

Chen Lun removed the black glove from his left hand, Moonlight in Palm, and bent down to scoop some water with his hand, tasting a sip. The icy and slightly sweet taste made him lament the fine quality of the water here, a pity that cannon fire and mountains of corpses would eventually pollute…

Shortly after, he took out a moldy, filthy glove and put it on his left hand.

This was an A-rank Mysterious Object–Decay’s Desire–borrowed from the headquarters of the Generous Council, capable of widely suppressing targets’ desire for combat, killing, and conflict, and could even affect the reaction of firearms. However, it only worked on ordinary humans and objects; its effectiveness was greatly reduced against mystical forces, which was why this Mysterious Object was seldom used.

The last time, during the Bloody Campaign, Chen Lun had already noted some of his Church’s strategic-level Mysterious Object information. So, when contemplating strategies, he thought of it immediately.

Chen Lun raised his left hand and gently snapped his fingers.

Countless dark green particles emerged from his hand, dispersing like dust or spores, flying toward the Hercules Bridge and the fortress.

They avoided human sight, seemingly traveling through the crack between the real world and the Spirit World. Even as they flew in front of soldiers from the Imperial and Anlong’s armies, no one noticed.

Until they reached the secret bricks under the bridge, the riverbed of the Benavides River, the basement of the Hercules Bridgehead Fortress, and the numerous barrels of gunpowder next to the load-bearing stone pillars…

The dark green particles penetrated the gunpowder, germinated, and sprouted eerie mold…