On the southern coast of Mitchell State, within the White Eagle Federation, there lies a large mercenary base.
This is the headquarters of the Red Spider, a mercenary organization that crosses boundaries.
Among the top three in the White Eagle Federation, this mercenary organization has immense power and even participated in oil wars in its earlier form.
This group of mercenaries developed even faster after the Abyss Descent.
The appearance of the Abyss led to relaxed arms control across human nations, allowing mercenaries to own more powerful military equipment. Follow current novels on novelꞁire.net
There is another reason the Red Spider headquarters is located on the coastline.
They have a private port, with several thousand-ton warships docked there.
Yes, this is a superpower mercenary group that owns warships.
With warships in their possession, equipment like rocket launchers is just a matter of price.
Backing the Red Spider is the Berg Family, for whom money is merely an inflatable number.
After receiving news that the Red Spider’s black mercenary captain, Tednie Merton, had returned to the base, Lin Zeyu and Xie Shi’en had also entered the White Eagle Federation’s territory.
The four of them met outside the Red Spider Base to plan their next course of action.
"Lin Zeyu will find a spot for sniping, Xie Shi’en will ensure his safety, Mu Yu will conduct reconnaissance nearby and provide me with the target’s location. I’ll go in to capture that black man, extract the needed information, and then come out."
Lu Heng arranged the action plan, then asked Su Muyu to set up an invisibility field before heading towards the Red Spider Base.
Before meeting, Su Muyu had used the Qingluan Divine Bird for a round of reconnaissance, and was able to offer suggestions:
"There are quite a few Perceiver guards at the main gate of the base. Although these Perceivers shouldn’t penetrate the Invisibility Field, it’s still best not to get too close.
"Enter from the west port direction, where it’s spacious and can avoid most of the guards.
"That black mercenary captain is currently in the third-floor game room of the main building playing cards, it’s better to wait for him to be alone before making a move."
The goal of this operation is to extract useful information from the black mercenary captain Tednie Merton, so it’s best not to cause too much commotion.
Even if a big commotion is to be made, key intelligence must be obtained first.
Otherwise, if the situation escalates and the Berg Family along with Bloodline Demons react, unforeseeable changes could occur.
Lu Heng agreed, circled to the port location, and entered the Red Spider Base, avoiding the guards as much as possible.
Although he had an Invisibility Field, it wasn’t omnipotent.
When a Perceiver’s Perception Attribute reaches a certain value, a hidden attribute called Perception Absolute Value emerges.
This Perception Absolute Value means that stealth abilities, upon approaching a Perceiver’s range, would still give the Perceiver an unusual sensation.
This is akin to a Perceiver’s intuition, similar to the feeling of being watched from behind.
No matter how powerful an assassin is, it’s impossible to reach a Perceiver’s side unnoticed.
Lu Heng knew about the Perception Absolute Value and understood this range wasn’t large. Maintaining a two to three meters distance generally prevents discovery.
Thus, when covertly infiltrating, the best way to avoid Perception-type guards is to keep away from them.
If unavoidable, the best solution is... to eliminate the target directly.
Like the Perceiver smoking by the window in the first-floor corridor of the main building.
Lu Heng assessed the surroundings, finding it difficult to bypass.
Using Shadow Traversal to pass through walls would cause Source Material Energy Waves, increasing the risk of detection.
In missions like these, it’s crucial to minimize skill usage, since any energy wave could be perceived.
Especially with top Perceivers like Su Muyu with Energy Wave Perception, skill use could lead to immediate detection.
Lu Heng surveyed the area to ensure no other witnesses were around, then moved forward to edge behind the smoking Perceiver.
Upon nearing about two meters, the Perceiver’s hand holding the cigarette paused.
Evidently detecting something unusual, yet as this sensation was akin to intuition, only a sense of something being behind arose without clear discernibility.
Without giving a chance to react, Lu Heng swiftly reached out as the smoking paused, grabbing the Perceiver’s head and wrenching it.
He efficiently eliminated the target without any Source Energy, using purely his bodily Strength.
Lu Heng’s Agility Attribute had reached 207 points, 20 times that of an ordinary human, leaving no chance for his opponent to respond due to his nerve reaction and execution speed.
After disposing of the target, Lu Heng dragged him into the bathroom and locked him in a stall.
Then, he took the stairway to outside the third-floor game room, standing outside the window to observe the situation inside.
The game room housed three tables of card players and another engaged in billiards.
Some were smoking and drinking as they played, thick smoke clouding the room.
If he needed to act, Lu Heng could take down everyone in the game room in a single move, but that would create a considerable racket.
He needed to acquire the key information first.
After some waiting, the black mercenary captain Tednie Merton lost money, quarreled with people at the card table, then got up to go to the bathroom.