Invincible through Touching Corpses

Hearing Lin Xinghai’s warning, the group adjusted their mindset slightly.

Even so, they only revised their estimation of Lin Xinghai’s power down to the Peak of the Body Shaping Realm.

After all, it wasn’t as if they had never seen a Body Shaping Realm expert in action. A powerhouse in the Early or Middle Stage of the Body Shaping Realm, even one specializing in Speed, could never have pulled off what Lin Xinghai just did.

With such a powerhouse on their side, they truly had nothing to fear.

Of course, they didn’t lack the necessary caution.

It was just that the targets requiring caution had changed. Instead of worrying about ordinary elite squads, they now only needed to be on high alert for the appearance of a Body Shaping Realm powerhouse.

Lin Xinghai couldn’t know what everyone was thinking. He offered his reminder and said no more; after all, they weren’t three-year-olds.

Soon, the squad set out again. After witnessing Lin Xinghai’s power, Fu Yuan once again adjusted the squad’s combat plan.

Overall, the new plan was far more aggressive. However, Lin Xinghai was relieved to see that Fu Yuan’s arrangements, while bold, were also meticulous. The necessary points of caution had not been overlooked in the slightest, which put Lin Xinghai’s mind at ease.

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As Lin Xinghai’s squad rapidly approached the third subterranean level, the other dispatched special forces squads were only just arriving near the other entrances to the underground base.

The Thick Earth Squad was assigned to the same entrance as the Wolf Hunting Squad, and they were just now finally approaching it.

If Lin Xinghai had been there, he would have instantly recognized the squad’s leader as Jin Xiu, the man who had ridden in the same Armored Vehicle with them.

In fact, the only reason both squads had shared an Armored Vehicle was because the Military Department had assigned them to the same entry point.

However, to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop, the two squads disembarked at different locations and took separate infiltration routes.

A light breeze swept past the entrance, kicking up a cloud of dust. But anyone staring closely at the dust cloud would have noticed ten faint, flickering figures moving within it.

The cover provided by the dust, combined with their camouflage fatigues, made them extremely difficult to spot.

"We’re about to reach the target area. Be ready to strike at a moment’s notice," Jin Xiu said in a low, deep voice over the comms.

He knew very well that the entrance to a secret passage like this would be guarded. In fact, the security here was bound to be even tighter than anywhere else.

Having infiltrated this far, they had gained a profound understanding of just how strong the base’s overall Defense Power was. They’d had three close calls in the last kilometer alone.

Fortunately, their Thick Earth Squad had a full three Earth Ability Users. By coordinating with each other, they could jointly unleash a surprise Superpower at critical moments, instantly burying their targets underground and silencing any sound.

That was how they had avoided detection and narrowly survived those three crises.

But because of these close calls, everyone’s vigilance was now at its peak.

Hearing Jin Xiu’s words, the others all nodded with solemn expressions.

Everyone’s nerves were stretched taut, ready to spring into action at any moment.

As they drew closer to the entrance, they scanned the area over and over, searching for hidden sentries.

"Captain, two o’clock. Target is twenty-three meters out," a squad member suddenly whispered.

Jin Xiu immediately looked in that direction. There was a patch of dry, yellow grass, and a quick glance revealed nothing out of the ordinary.

However, for a highly trained special forces soldier like Jin Xiu, it only took a moment’s observation to spot the target.

"Xiao Shu, you’re with me. We’ll sneak over. Everyone else, provide cover," Jin Xiu immediately ordered.

The two of them then used every trick in the book to silently close in on the target.

At that moment, Jin Xiu leaped forward—fast, precise, and ruthless. He clamped one hand over the target’s mouth and nose while his other hand drove a dagger swiftly into the back of their neck.

The entire sequence of motions was as smooth as flowing water, a textbook example of a stealth takedown.

But the expression on Jin Xiu’s face held no trace of satisfaction. Instead, it was one of surprise.

The moment his hand covered the target’s mouth and nose, he had sensed that something was wrong. The feeling was even more pronounced when his dagger plunged into the person’s neck.

He took a closer look and realized the sentry had already been dead before he even attacked.

’So all that effort was just a show for a dead man.’

"He was already dead. Scan the perimeter. Are there other sentries? Have they all been eliminated?" Jin Xiu said, his voice laced with a complex mix of emotions after composing himself.

Hearing their captain’s words, the other squad members couldn’t hide their astonishment.

If they weren’t mistaken, the other squad assigned to the same entrance was the Wolf Hunting Squad, who had traveled with them.

They never imagined that even without their captain, the other squad could still reach the location first, deal with the targets, and, by the looks of it, had already gone inside.

But no matter how surprised they felt, as they discovered one dead sentry after another in the vicinity, they had no choice but to accept the truth.

After confirming the area was clear, the members of the Thick Earth Squad used the dust for cover and quickly reached the Alloy gate at the cave entrance.

Every special forces squad has a member who specializes in computer technology—a hacker, in other words.

The Thick Earth Squad was no exception. Without waiting for an order, their tech expert immediately stepped forward and pressed a device against the electronic lock on the gate.

The instant he pressed it, before he could even type a single line of code, the lock was successfully decrypted.

The squad member stared, stunned for a moment, before saying in a tone of disbelief, "They left a ’Back Door’ in the enemy’s program. No need to hack it. We can go in right now."

"What? They were that careless? Leaving a ’Back Door’ here would expose it immediately during the program’s next self-check, wouldn’t it?" Jin Xiu couldn’t help but frown.

’The Wolf Hunting Squad shouldn’t make such a Low Level mistake.’

"No... uh, according to the program’s feedback, they left the ’Back Door’ for us in the enemy’s central control system. They even left a code interface."

"We can even use this code interface to forge commands and send them to the patrol teams on the first and second subterranean levels," the tech expert stammered.

’This is something I’ve always wanted to do but never had the chance!’

He knew Huang Tianyu from the Wolf Hunting Squad. Their hacking skills were more or less on the same level.

But this time, Huang Tianyu had actually left a ’Back Door’ in the enemy’s central control system. He figured that besides their Thick Earth Squad, the other squads would also gain a huge advantage from this.

’After this mission, it won’t just be the Merit points that are enviable. His future standing as a hacker will leave me miles behind.’