Number One Dungeon Supplier
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"This place is more than just a maze." Hou Fei said as he had managed to stay hidden if not for Ayse's specially made invisibility suit. The suit was made to ensure that even magic users were not able to detect it but the only problem with it was that it was running based on the crystal energy that Peppers had made. Even though the System would notify Hou Fei when the battery of the suit was going low and it was time to change, the Snake General had already anticipated that it might cause some problem and asked for an invisibility cloak as well as a backup.

And even if that is not enough for Hou Fei for he feared that the Demon Rats being beasts might be able to detect via their other senses aside from sight so he made sure to bring a few odourless temporary inscriptions to ensure that he would not be sniffed out.

"But to think that I can still participate in an infiltration mission. I do not know whether the boss wanted to make sure that I break my back and have an early retirement or he was trying to find out if I am bluffing or not." The Snake General said as he had already released the listening 'bugs' into the first and second floor of the Dark Tower.

Because of the filthiness of the Dark Tower, Jin and the System deduce that there might be some critters living within the place. When the Snake Shadow had managed to get access into the Dark Tower, he had confirmed that there were indeed spiders and lizards crawling around the place. Thus, he had released those few mechanised insects that were proudly created by Rei. With the help of Weslie, he and the Scholar of the West had managed to fuse mechanical parts and biological bodies together. Those insects would be their ears and eyes for the subsequent part of their plan to invade the Dark Tower.

To Hou Fei's surprise, the security was rather lax and he was able to traverse up to the highest level of the tower without many obstacles in the way. He thought that he had to go through vents, assassinate some Demon Rats or even unlock magical doors. It seemed as if he over prepared the items as he reached the main communications bridge where it was filled with consoles to the brim. The number of screens and keyboards could even rival the main communications room in his world and the Rats were busy relaying information.

He did not know whether it was because they were so busy that they could not detect him or the security was just too low level that the Demon Rats had no way of detecting him. In any case, he checked the corners of the room to make sure that there were some 'inhabitants' before releasing the mechanical insects once more. A total of fifty listening 'bugs' had been installed and they also had extra listening devices on them so that they could crawl into places where the Demon Rats would not realise and leave them there in case those creepy crawlies were found out.

Even though the mission had been completed, Hou Fei felt that it would be great to have an additional backup plan and had decided to try his luck in hiding a few explosives in a few places. One of which was their resting area mainly due to the fact that those Demon Rats that were working in this place seemed to be more intelligent than their usual rank and file brutes. Killing them would put a dent in their communication system and modern warfare tactics had always put an emphasis on information first.

But the main problem was that the walkway to their resting area was used on a regular basis, a single nudge out of nowhere might prove to create suspicion if he was not careful even with his invisibility gear on. Even if he had boasted to be one of the best Snake Shadows, the ability to reach the Dark Tower was already considered a miracle for his lack of practice in recent years.

Thus, he decided not to risk his luck any further and decided to walk away…until he 'accidentally' pondered to their generator room. After all, it would still be a wasted trip if he did not throw away all of his explosives when he brought many extras, "I guess this should work quite decently too. Shutting down their power would cause them to panic a little but this would be useless if I do not destroy their backup generator. System, do you have any clue where it is?"

"Apologies, the System is currently occupied and does not have sufficient resources to look into it.

"More like, because the mission objective is completed, you did not care anymore what I am doing, right? As maddening as ever" Hou Fei sighed and then he felt that breaking their generator was more than enough for a backup distraction plan. He took out an empty crate from his storage which he picked up on the way to the Dark Tower and decided to place it in the corner of the Generator room. After which, he neatly placed all the C4 brick explosives into the crate and covered it with a huge rag which was in his storage ring as well. (One wonders what kind of junk he would keep in his storage ring but it seems to be useful.)

Once that was done, he did not teleport back but rather proceed to the escape route that was preassigned to him by the System as Hou Fei did not wish to have any possible magical signal being left by him. But because of his efforts, the System was already busy analysing the number of troops, their movements and even the real time commands given out by their commanders.

Information gathering was indeed the most important portion of the war.