The two rushed towards the dormitory building, one after the other. At that moment, the gunman leader, who had just entered the dormitory to search for someone, stumbled out, looking utterly devastated. His eyes were filled with a deep, ocean-like terror; his willpower had crumbled, his emotions were erratic, and he began to bark… “Dead! All dead! All dead! Absolutely dead! Ah~~~~~~~~~ The end of the world has come~~~~~~ Demons! Monsters! Aliens! Zombies! They’re here! They’re here! The end of the world has arrived!”
He started screaming and howling like a madman.
The sound was extremely mournful.
The gunmen, who had stayed up all night, rushed towards the dormitory building.
Holman rushed forward, grabbed the gunman's shoulders, and said in a trembling voice, "Shut up! Bastard! Be quiet! Quiet! What's going on? What's going on!"
"The end of the world is here! Dead! All dead! It's over!" The gunman's facial muscles were contorted, then suddenly... "Gah!" The muscles in his Adam's apple twitched, and then the complex expression on his face froze instantly, like a paste smeared on his face, as if he were wearing a clumsy clown mask! His breathing also stopped instantly!
Dead!
The gunman's leader, a distinguished veteran of the U.S. Delta Force, died for no apparent reason!
Even in death, his bulging eyes were filled with a profound fear, as if he had seen a living ghost.
"Useless!" Holman was gripped by a strange anxiety, a chill running down his spine! A sense of unease crept over him! In an instant, he grabbed the gunman's corpse, lifted it high, and then channeled his inner strength into his hands… 'Hiss!'
The body was torn in half at the waist!
Fresh blood mixed with internal organs, intestines and other excrement gushed out, pouring onto Holman's head, face and body!
"Bang!" Holman threw the mangled corpse aside and rushed into the dormitory. Dale also rushed in with a grim expression.
The gunmen outside were terrified, their bodies trembling, as if they had been frozen in place, too afraid to move.
Holman and Dale finally saw the 87 corpses Gao Jianfei had left them. The facial expressions of each corpse were peaceful; they had passed away naturally.
Each corpse showed no visible wounds on its surface.
Half an hour later, in a room on the 10th floor, Holman and Dale found a white letter on the face of the gunman leader, Dent. The letter was pressed against Dent's cold face, and there were a few lines of neat English on it...
"My dear Mr. Holman, it's our first meeting, and I'd love to present you with a grand gift. However, since arriving in America, I've been plagued by some annoying pests, making it impossible for me to visit you through normal channels. Therefore, I came here last night to deliver a gift to you. Hehe, I hope you'll like it. Isn't it a pleasant surprise? Hahaha! Don't worry, I'll be sending you similar gifts every day from now on... a friend you've been looking for."
This letter was written by Gao Jianfei on the spur of the moment after he had killed someone, when he was in a playful mood.
He wanted to instill fear and psychological pressure in Holman!
He wanted to use all sorts of methods to undermine Holman's spirit and morale.
In fact, Gao Jianfei understood very well that a contest between masters of ancient martial arts was not only a contest of skill, but also a contest of momentum and mental fortitude. Gao Jianfei knew that Holman was accompanied by another super master, and they were always inseparable. If Gao Jianfei wanted to kill Holman, it would inevitably be a two-on-one situation. Therefore, Gao Jianfei had to use underhanded tactics, first employing various methods to undermine the morale of Holman and the other master, instilling psychological fear in them. Only then would Gao Jianfei gain a significant and unexpected advantage in the fight!
Holman held the letter, his pupils bulging like a dead fish, staring intently at the last few sentences... "Rest assured, I will send you a similar gift every day from now on... a friend you are looking for."
Holman and Dale both fell silent.
Three minutes later... "It was Gao Jianfei who did it," Dell suddenly said.
"It's him! But... how did he sneak into the dormitory? How did he get into my base? How... how did he do it?" Holman asked in horror.
"I...I don't know either...Right now, we must stay calm! Stay calm! Is he still hiding in the base? Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Search the entire base, inside and out!" Dale roared hysterically. "We must find him! We must!"
Soon, news of the attack on the dormitory building and the deaths of nearly 100 gunmen spread throughout the base. The surviving gunmen, especially those on night patrol outside the base, simply fled in panic! They dared not return to the base and instead ran in the opposite direction into the city!
The gunmen remaining at the base, including the canteen staff, the secretary, and all of them, totaled... 21 people!
A base with over 200 people has been reduced to only 21!
What a ridiculous and absurd reality this is!
Moreover, the psychological defenses of these 21 people had been completely destroyed. They were utterly useless; they were terrified! Like walking corpses, they stood foolishly beside Holman and Dale.
Holman finally made a phone call, informing several bigwigs in the New York underworld to send reinforcements!
"Listen up! The base has been attacked! You, take your elite men and get to the base immediately! I mean immediately!"
Holman roared into the phone. He had already swiftly brought his most capable men to base. He ordered them to temporarily abandon their investigation of New York City.
Within half an hour, hundreds of cars drove up and parked outside the base!
Groups of local New York underworld figures opened the car doors, jumped out, and ran into the base.
Holman lived up to his reputation as the king of New York's underworld; in a short time, he gathered more than 1,000 members of his underground forces and brought them to the base.
Holman and Dale stood on the wall, below them a sea of black heads.
The scene was completely silent.
The thugs who arrived didn't know exactly what was happening inside the base, but they all sensed the strange atmosphere... This base was Holman's lair, and these underground figures were usually not allowed to enter the base. Why had Holman summoned everyone to the base today?
Also, where are the gunmen in the base? I only saw a dozen or twenty gunmen in extremely poor mental condition. What about the rest?
Why were all the trees outside the base burned?
More than a thousand people, each with a huge question in their heart.
"Listen, an enemy has infiltrated the base... He's dangerous! Search! Search the entire base! Don't miss a single inch! Search every single place thoroughly! Now!" Holman roared, issuing the order. He paused, then added, "Everyone, take your weapons! The enemy is dangerous! Take your weapons!"
"Yes, Lord Holman!"
More than a thousand thugs, all notorious figures in New York City, began a massive search of the base on Holman's orders.
Meanwhile, Dale ordered that all 21 surviving gunmen at the base be imprisoned, their weapons confiscated, and dozens of thugs be assigned to guard them.
According to Dale, "Gao Jianfei has definitely infiltrated the base. We all know he's skilled in disguise, so his method of infiltrating the base was probably through disguise, impersonating someone inside. Therefore... all the survivors are suspects! Lock them up!"
The thorough investigation has officially begun.
More than a thousand people searched carefully, leaving no place unchecked where people could hide.
They searched the flowerbeds, every room, the warehouse, and of course, the sewer where Gao Jianfei hid. However, in Gao Jianfei's den of iniquity, these investigators naturally came up empty-handed.
In short, with this method of investigation, if someone really manages to infiltrate the base, they will definitely have nowhere to hide.
Holman and Dale sat at the coffee table on the main villa's balcony, sipping coffee and anxiously awaiting the results.
In the den of ghosts.
Gao Jianfei ate a bowl of noodles, then cooked some wontons, and then some dumplings; he was quite full. Then, while picking his teeth with a toothpick, he crossed his legs and asked Mu Wanqing and Iijima@Aika to come downstairs and chat with him.
Time ticked by. Gao Jianfei found an alarm clock in the ghost den and checked the time; there were still 10 seconds left until 10 a.m.
Gao Jianfei stood up abruptly, clapped his hands loudly, and then roared at the thousands of level 1 ghosts on the first floor of the Ghost Den, "Ladies and gentlemen, please count down with me! Haha! 5...4...3..."
The level 1 ghosts joined in the cheering... "3...2...1!"
Meanwhile, inside the base.
"drop!"
In the armory, the timed bomb that Gao Jianfei had set would detonate as soon as the time was up!
Because Gao Jianfei had spent a lot of manpower moving boxes of grenades apart, then putting the time bomb in a wooden box, and then stacking boxes of grenades on top of the time bomb, the investigators did not discover it. When the time bomb detonated, it also detonated hundreds of boxes of grenades at the same time!
"boom!"
A mushroom cloud rose directly from the armory, blasting the entire armory to pieces! The force of the explosion affected nearly half of the base!
Of the more than 1,000 investigators, over 400 were killed instantly, over 200 were seriously injured, and over 100 were slightly injured!
"Oh! Damn it!" Holman and Dale's main villa, although far from the armory and not affected by the explosion, still shook violently a few times!
Holman and Dale both stood up... They saw that half of the buildings in the base were already in pieces, billowing smoke filled the air, and the smell of gunpowder was pungent...
Chapter 470 Things are in complete chaos!
Chapter 470 Things are in complete chaos!
A massive explosion occurred at the base right on schedule! Holman and Dale practically witnessed the buildings collapse and crumble within the base; they also watched as the limbs of hundreds of their men were blown to pieces and their bodies burned to charcoal. They became witnesses to this devastating disaster.
The main villa shook violently. Holman and Dale stood on the balcony, their eyes blank and lifeless as they gazed at the thick smoke rising from the base, the wails of dying thugs echoing in their ears.
The two of them stood there dumbfounded for a full five minutes before finally exchanging a glance. Then, their bodies began to tremble.
If Gao Jianfei's long-range sneak attack outside the base, killing dozens of gunmen, only angered and put Dale on guard; and his infiltration of the base and assassination of dozens of gunmen terrified Dale; then this massive explosion truly broke Dale and his team!
This is a disaster! A real disaster! After this massive explosion, Holman's base is practically worthless... destroyed! His painstakingly built base is gone! Moreover, the thugs killed were elite members of the New York underworld, Holman's trusted henchmen; today, practically half of them are dead or wounded. This will directly lead to the collapse of the New York underworld empire!
“Gao… Gao… Gao Jian… Fei…” Holman said in a terrified voice.
"Alright! Let's clean up this mess!" Dale said hoarsely, snapping out of his daze. "I think this will alarm the US 'government.' This unprecedented explosion will definitely alarm the US 'government'!"
Dale was right. Holman's base wasn't a true military base, but rather a villa complex located in the suburbs of Manhattan. This massive explosion was enough to immediately draw the attention of nearby residents and the police!
Two hours later, a large number of police cars flooded the perimeter of the base. More than 100 police officers stormed into the base.
The New York City Police Commissioner began negotiating with Holman in person. After such an incident, the NYPD also faced a difficult situation explaining itself to the public. Because such a devastating explosion easily evoked the word…terrorist!
The total number of deaths from this explosion, including those of the al-Qaeda gunman prior to it, could easily exceed 500! This is an extremely rare terrorist attack within the United States!
Soon after the police arrived, the U.S. military also forcefully moved into the dilapidated base.
Holman, Dale, the New York Police Commissioner, and a U.S. Army colonel began a tense meeting.
Soldiers and police officers helped Holman's thugs extinguish the raging fires inside the base; they also transported the wounded to nearby hospitals and treated the charred corpses...
The emergency meeting lasted three hours. Finally, the US military took over the base and evacuated residents within a radius of several kilometers. Their mission was to find the perpetrator of this disaster. Holman had told the US colonel that the killer was likely still inside the base, hiding somewhere.
Holman, as a student of the Holy Land, wielded considerable influence within the United States. However, at this juncture, in order to deal with Gao Jianfei, he was willing to cooperate with the US military.
Therefore, by nightfall, the base was under the control of over 1,000 American soldiers. Checkpoints and sentries were set up around the base, and fully equipped American soldiers in combat camouflage uniforms, carrying AKs and wearing night vision goggles patrolled everywhere.
Inside the base, a large number of American soldiers are using advanced life detectors to survey the entire base! One purpose is to rescue the victims of this explosion; the other is to find Gao Jianfei, this 'terrorist'.
On the balcony of the main villa, Holman, Dale, and the American colonel sat at a round table, drinking coffee.
Holman glanced around and saw the base, brightly lit by searchlights, filled with well-trained and well-equipped American soldiers. Holman finally breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, these American soldiers' individual combat capabilities were far superior to his thugs'. Moreover, now that the US military had intervened, it was equivalent to Gao Jianfei offending the entire United States!
"Hmph! Gao Jianfei, you've really messed things up! I want to see just how much power you and your family have that you can withstand the cooperation between our Holy Land and the US 'government'? You're just waiting to die! I swear, I will make you pay for the losses I suffered today, tenfold!" Holman finally became certain of himself.
"His Excellency the President has personally issued an order that the murderer must be caught at all costs!" the American colonel said righteously.
In Gao Jianfei's den of ghosts.
Gao Jianfei put on a set of pajamas, brushed his teeth, and then sat on a chair on the first floor of the Ghost Den, crossing his legs, listening to the messages relayed back by the Level 1 ghosts.
Gao Jianfei also deployed level 1 ghosts to monitor the area outside the ghost den 24 hours a day. It can be said that Gao Jianfei had control over every single event and every detail that happened outside the ghost den, without missing a single detail.
"So, the US 'government' is involved in this game too." Gao Jianfei rubbed his temples. "Heh, things are getting bigger and bigger. But... I like it!"
"Right now, the whole world is against me. The reason they're targeting me is because, compared to the Holy Land, I'm the weaker party. They've placed their bets on the Holy Land. The best way for me to retaliate is to teach these countries that support the Holy Land a profound lesson, to tell them... they've made the wrong bet! Uh, America... I love you! I'll make sure you remember my name forever! Hehehe!"
“No problem! Since we’ve already gone this far, I’ll keep playing!” Gao Jianfei said with a playful smile.
At this point, with the situation having developed to this stage, Gao Jianfei was completely reckless. He possessed an indomitable spirit, ready to slay any obstacle in his path!
Who cares about all that? Anyone who opposes me will be wiped out!