Speaking of squad martyrs, Shin had seen many. This squad, ZXC12315, had unfortunately seen its fair share of casualties before.
Take the captain, for instance. Sakamoto Kenji was the third captain of this squad; there had been two others before him.
As for the other martyrs, there were truly too many to count—easily over a hundred.
Sure enough, a short time later, a small drone appeared in the sky above the mountain. Through the internal comms, Yoshida Haru warned everyone: "Attention, attention. Everyone, keep a low profile. Don't let them notice us."
Kisaragi Rei chimed in: "I've deployed the Dark Night Canopy. It can block infrared detection."
For the first time, Shin felt the difficulty of team combat. After all, if he were fighting solo according to his usual methods, he would be at a severe disadvantage at this stage.
Even with his overwhelmingly strong combat power, it was extremely difficult for him to camouflage himself alongside others.
If he were spotted by a reconnaissance drone like that, he would definitely be discovered, and then a full-blown battle would be unavoidable.
He truly wasn't good at this stealth stuff.
But now, having a team was incredibly convenient.
Although for them, it might just mean expanding the defensive perimeter or something similar, for Shin, it directly compensated for his shortcomings.
Therefore, in many cases, the strength of those Lone Wolves was genuine. Even against a large squad of dozens or hundreds of people, even if those individuals covered each other's weaknesses and used their best skills to compete, they still probably couldn't beat those Lone Wolves.
These individuals had an incredibly deep understanding of combat, personal defense, stealth, and various other attributes.
This was why many squads, both large and small, were extremely eager to recruit these Lone Wolves.
Truly, their utility was immense.
For small squads, these Lone Wolves could serve as the core of the team and a combat advisor.
They could also be utilized as a jack-of-all-trades.
Even a top-tier powerhouse might not be a better fit than them.
Sometimes, when a squad lacked a support or a main attacker, they could step in. After all, they had done it all when they were Lone Wolves.
Otherwise, they could never have survived independently in the Reincarnation Missions as a Lone Wolf.
Large squads recruited Lone Wolves primarily for their combat power.
As mentioned before, the majority of those who consistently dominated the Reincarnator Combat Power Leaderboards, occupying the top ranks, were these Lone Wolves.
Their combat power far exceeded the core damage output of a typical squad.
Even someone like Domon Kyouji, who in most cases could achieve remarkable combat feats in the ZXC series squad competitions, would find it difficult to crack the top one hundred in the overall Reincarnator Leaderboards.
Of course, there were personal reasons for Kyouji's ranking, such as his reliance on physical attacks and his extremely weak magic attacks.
But these factors were actually the true reasons limiting him from becoming a core damage dealer.
After all, a squad couldn't split its manpower to support two different cores.
At least, based on the situation of ZXC12315, it was impossible.
But for those large squads, it might be somewhat feasible.
The opposing squad, after their reconnaissance drone swept the area and found no enemies, began to confidently march up the mountain.
After all, for many people, given this terrain, if visual reconnaissance and drone reconnaissance showed nothing, it was highly likely to be safe.
It was almost impossible for enemies to be hiding here.
Unless they weren't human at all.
How could a six-person squad possibly have so many defensive measures?
Furthermore, this squad's average mission count was only around a dozen. They likely hadn't experienced many grueling battles, so how could they know such advanced tactics?
In many cases, for Reincarnators, team combat missions occurred once every five worlds, and many Reincarnators actually only started participating in team missions on their tenth Reincarnation Mission.
Because of this, many Reincarnators actually lacked any real combat experience.
Take this opposing squad, QAZ10050, for example. Aside from their captain, Wang, who had participated in three team battles, the others had only participated in one. This was their second team battle.
Naturally, their combat power hadn't fully matured.
Although Wang didn't know the exact situation of the enemy, he assumed that since they were matched together, they must be a squad of similar strength.
But he absolutely never expected that while the opposing team had several veterans, they also had Yoshida Haru, who had participated six times, and Shin, who had never participated even once, pulling down the average.
Although the average was only a dozen or so missions.
But Captain Sakamoto Kenji and Domon Kyouji had participated in quite a few team missions. Naturally, they were highly experienced and wouldn't be easily outsmarted by the enemy.
Because of their extensive experience, they could naturally direct their teammates and assist them in various activities.
For example, Haru's detection of surrounding mechanical devices was done under Kenji's guidance.
Although Kenji didn't seem very strong, his combat experience was incredibly rich.
Relying solely on this advantage, one could definitively say that Kenji was an excellent captain.
Because strong combat power didn't mean everything. For example, if you let Shin be the captain, even though he was an absolute powerhouse, if a real fight broke out, he couldn't possibly suppress and kill everyone on the opposing team. Most likely, he would be locked in a fierce battle with their main force.
But if that happened, a massive amount of the combat shockwaves would have to be endured by his own teammates.
In fact, this was a major flaw of the "Breeder Squads". Their members had no way of surviving for long.
Why?
Because even if their captain—the one doing the breeding—was incredibly strong, their immense combat power couldn't protect their teammates.
Even the residual shockwaves from their battles could kill their own squad members.
Even if they got lucky once or twice, what about the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth time? Basically, trying to survive until a team combat mission was incredibly difficult.
If they were truly lucky enough to survive until a team combat mission, and they ran into the opposing team, it was still certain death.
Unless, of course, they never encountered the enemy team.
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