hotmtlnovel Chapter 194 They dared to sacrifice an outer god; the military fought valiantly to encircle them.
Chapter 194 They dared to sacrifice an outer god; the military fought valiantly to encircle them.
Xiao Qianyu's combat boots crunched on the broken stone slabs.
She tapped the end of the Dragon King's Halberd against the withered corpse on the ground.
The embers of the fire and explosion had not yet dissipated, but the chilling atmosphere left by the sacrificial ritual seeped into my bones.
She couldn't figure it out.
Why?
Why would these native-born Chinese awakened individuals willingly offer their souls to those Western false gods of dubious origin?
Is it for that so-called A-grade equipment? Or for that elusive, eternal glory?
Shen Xinglin remained silent.
He stepped forward, holding his ever-changing lance horizontally in front of his chest, blocking Xiao Qianyu from the dark passage leading deeper into the darkness.
His mission is to protect.
"Boss, look at this thing."
Zhao Leiguang crouched down and pulled out a similar silver winged badge from the collar of one of the thugs' corpses.
He picked it up in his hand, weighed it in his hand, and then threw it on the ground.
"Everyone gets one, like they're handing out school badges."
Lin Chuxue finished her inspection and walked over to Xiao Qianyu, whispering something to her.
"Captain, without exception."
"This entire stronghold, from the vice president down to every single thug, is staffed by people from the Vatican."
"Or rather, people who have been converted by the Vatican."
Xiao Qianyu looked at the transparent crystal that she had sealed away herself.
Faith that grows in the mind.
This is more thorough than any brainwashing.
Wen Yue was preparing to explore the newly discovered secret passage.
Beep! Beep! Beep—!
A piercing alarm sounded simultaneously from everyone's tactical terminal.
The screen was forcibly covered by a blood-red alert representing the highest threat level.
A hoarse male voice came through the encrypted communication channel, accompanied by the crackling of electricity and the chaotic sounds of gunfire in the background.
"Captain Xiao! Please respond! This is Tiesheng from the 7th Detachment of the Sichuan-Chongqing Military Region!"
The voice was urgent.
"Are you currently located underground in the western part of Jincheng?"
Xiao Qianyu responded, "Yes, we just cleared out a stronghold. What happened?"
"Something terrible has happened!"
Tiesheng's voice was trembling.
"The area beneath your feet is experiencing massive subsidence! The entire street is sinking!"
"Our high-altitude reconnaissance drone just detected a distorted, high-dimensional energy source in the apartment building above you!"
"Damn, this energy level... it's still skyrocketing!"
Tiesheng's words were interrupted by a loud bang on the other end of the communication line.
"A few days ago, there was a riot in the secret realm on the outskirts of Jincheng. A local guild rescued a survivor, remember?"
"I remember, a young woman," Wen Yue interjected.
"Survivors my ass!"
Tiesheng swore.
"The military's life monitoring center has just confirmed that the woman's vital signs completely disappeared two hours ago!"
"She's not human!"
"She's a...living anchor!"
hum-
Wen Yue almost dropped the terminal in her hand.
She pulled up her terminal and found the photos her cousin had sent her a few days earlier.
Wen Yue operated the terminal and overlaid the photo with a real-time thermal image that she had just downloaded from the military's shared database.
As a result, the hairs on the back of her head stood on end.
In the thermal image, there were no orange dots representing human vital signs on the second floor of that residential building.
There was only one place that was glowing.
That's the coordinate of the woman in the photo.
But that is not the heat source that represents life.
It was a dark purple energy body that was constantly contracting and expanding.
It contracts and expands, and with each pulsation, it frantically absorbs the energy of the surrounding space.
The woman trembling in the photo wasn't faking her fear. It was because something inside her was about to burst out.
The so-called civilian union brought her back to the city center in order to project this walking stargate coordinates into the most densely populated residential area.
"They...are waiting for a launch ceremony."
Wen Yue's voice was somewhat hoarse.
A dull tremor came from above, the sound of heavy tracks rolling over the ground, one after another, forming a continuous sound.
The sound penetrated the thick layers of soil and concrete.
"It's our heavy armored force."
Xiao Qianyu understood.
She cut off communication with Tiesheng and instead connected to the temporary command channel set up by the military in Jincheng.
On the channel, a voice was issuing a series of commands.
"Area A is now sealed off, and roadblocks have been set up on all main roads."
"The evacuation of civilians in Zones B and C was completed within five minutes. Repeat, clear the area within five minutes."
"The sniper team is in position at the high ground, and the infrared sensor has locked onto the target window."
"Attention, breaching teams one, two, and three! You may be facing a different kind of enemy. Abandon energy weapons and switch to large-caliber armor-piercing rounds and high-explosive breaching rams."
"Repeatedly, prioritize physical defense penetration!"
The military did not immediately dispatch an Awakened squad.
In a short period of time, they mobilized dozens of well-equipped special operations teams to completely surround the target residential building.
Zhao Leiguang grinned as he listened to the instructions on the channel.
"Damn, that's efficient."
He muttered something.
"This is what security feels like."
"An underground passage!"
Wen Yue pointed to the dark, secluded passage.
"This road should lead directly to the basement of that building!"
Everyone looked at Xiao Qianyu.
"Aren't you going to wait for Lu Yan?" Lin Chuxue asked.
"I can't wait."
Xiao Qianyu shook off the bloodstains on the Dragon King's Halberd.
"We'll attack from the bottom up."
"Coordinate with ground forces for a pincer attack from above and below!"
She was the first to enter the musty-smelling dark passage.
The first squad followed.
The sound of combat boots stepping on the puddles echoed in unison through the narrow passage.
The dim magic crystals hanging on the wall illuminated the mottled moss and the seeping cracks in the bricks.
The sound of heavy vehicles rolling over the ground overhead grew louder and louder.
……
ground.
Jincheng West District, Xingfuli Community, Building 12.
Under the cover of night, this ordinary residential building was eerily quiet.
All the surrounding lights were turned off, except for the beam of a military searchlight, which was fixed on a second-floor window.
Dozens of fully armed special forces soldiers, in groups of three, were deployed in combat formations in the corridors, on the rooftops, and in the buildings opposite.
The dark muzzles of the guns were all pointing in the same direction.
A special operations captain with the rank of captain stood in front of the tightly closed security door on the second floor.
He glanced at the time on his wrist, then spoke softly into his earpiece.
"Attention all units, three seconds remaining."
"three."
"two."
"one."
He raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and swung it downwards.
The two muscular goalkeepers standing behind him exerted their strength simultaneously.
The heavy alloy hammer, whistling through the air, slammed down heavily on the door lock.
boom!
A loud bang.
The heavy security door collapsed inward.
The door panel crashed to the ground.
A foul stench, a mixture of rotting entrails and sulfur, wafted out from behind the door.