Kamishiro Unsou laughed: "Finally, this moment has come... Wait, no, that's not right."
The security personnel looked at each other in bewilderment.
What's wrong?
With a ferocious expression, Shen Daiyuncang said, "Why are there only a quarter of the rats left? Oh no, Li Shutong is here! When did the knights acquire such terrifying area-of-effect damage!"
This forbidden substance, ACE-022 Queen Ant, actually allowed Kamishiro Unsou to control the Rat King Queen, search the Rat King's memories, and see the scenes the Rat Swarm saw, just like the Rat King.
When Shen Dai Yun Cang saw Li Shutong exhale that cloud of energy in the Rat King's memory, his hand trembled.
How can a knight, an individual powerhouse, possess such terrifying area-of-effect damage? Does this even make sense?!
According to his plan, if the various conglomerates drop missiles in the city, he will leave the safe house and go to other cities to look for opportunities. If the conglomerates do not drop missiles, he will sacrifice half of the rat swarm to break through the lower three districts, use them as a food warehouse, and quickly breed a new rat swarm.
In just three days, he can lead the rat horde north, at which point both the Li and Qing families will die.
But now an unexpected event has occurred. The defense line of the Lower Three Districts put up a fierce resistance and killed one wave of rats. Li Shutong appeared and killed another wave of rats. It seems that the remaining rat horde is not strong enough to break through the Lower Three Districts!
"Abandon the lower three districts!" Kamishiro Unsang said coldly. "We must get the rat horde out as soon as possible. As long as we hide in the wilderness, we still have a chance to make a comeback."
Once the rat horde reaches the wilderness, he will be able to regain a massive rat horde in less than three months.
Inside the lower three defense lines, Xiao San had just returned to the defense team when he saw the rat swarm receding like the tide.
They ran away!
The rat swarm dispersed, running in different directions toward the four gates of the fortress, hoping to leave the city through them and then reunite in the wilderness.
The mistress was stunned as the rat swarm receded.
Did we win?
We won!
"No," Qin Shuli suddenly said, "This rat swarm wants to escape, but we can't let them get away like this. We must wipe them out in one fell swoop, otherwise they will come back one day!"
Xiao San also realized what was happening. He jumped onto the sandbags on the defensive line and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Pass out the order! Everyone, form your squads and follow us to search the entire city. Don't let the rats escape!"
As they spoke, all the refugees rushed out of the defense line with their families, surging outwards like a flood.
City 10 did not wait for support from the Federation Army Group, but they still achieved victory.
History always belongs to the people, but there are always those who forget that.
Hope Media reporter Gao Wen watched this scene with great excitement, holding up his camera and continuously taking pictures of the scenes before him.
A little girl with a face covered in dust sat in the ruins, an aunt carrying a dull kitchen knife ran through the streets, a man carrying a stool rushed through the crowd, and parents wearing scarves cut from their clothes rushed to the front.
Daylight broke, and the snow stopped.
The golden rays of the rising sun on the horizon enveloped the entire city.
All the buildings turned golden, and the sunlight shone warmly on the refugees.
Gao Wen suddenly wiped his eyes. In that instant, he felt a vitality he had never seen before bursting forth in City 10, complementing the rising sun.
...
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The rat horde continued its escape, relentlessly carrying out Kamishiro Unsou's escape plan without ever looking back.
In the elevator shaft of Zone 4, a white lantern flew into the sky, like a signal lighthouse.
Shikigami, ATS-271, never falling!
At the immigration gate of City 10, an Onmyoji dressed in black combat uniform held binoculars and coldly watched the elusive sky. He knew this was a signal for him: the gate was about to open.
This city defense system, physically isolated from the network and with independent backup power, can only be controlled from the inside by humans; it cannot be controlled from the outside. Therefore, this Onmyoji has been waiting here, awaiting the orders of his ancestor.
Now, the order has arrived.
The Onmyoji turned and walked towards the control room...
The moment he stepped into the control room, he suddenly felt something was amiss behind him.
Without time to think, all the shikigami from his natal divine bridge emerged and surged toward the uninvited guest behind him.
The space began to tremble, and the Onmyoji felt unbearable pain in his internal organs, as if he were resonating with the space itself.
But then a hand reached out from the shadow gate and gripped his neck tightly.
Qingji walked out of the Shadow Gate expressionlessly, grabbed the other party by the neck, and used the Onmyoji's body to sweep away the attacking shikigami one by one, as if he were throwing a doll.
Then, he easily and calmly picked up the Onmyoji and smashed it against the alloy gate, again and again, until the Onmyoji's bones were broken!
Blood was flowing from all seven orifices!
"Boring," Qingji tossed the Onmyoji aside like a tattered rag bag.
At this moment, Qing Ji suddenly remembered that he once had a friend who loved to say the word "interesting," while he himself loved to say the word "boring"...
He shook his head, walked straight to the control room, unplugged the device that the Onmyoji had inserted, and replaced it with the device he had brought himself.
In an instant, the metal storm across the city stopped; one second later, the metal storm restarted completely!
At this moment, the biological characteristics they need to target are no longer humans, but only rats.
Qing Ji walked out of the control room with a desolate expression. He put his hands in his sleeves and stood in the once bustling immigration channel, looking at the human skeletons that had been killed by the metal storm in the distance.
No one knows exactly how many people were killed in the seven days that this metal storm, meant to protect humanity, actually killed.
Seeing this scene, Qing Ji thought to himself that he really shouldn't have been thinking about such a question.
Just be a knife, not a thinking knife.
Otherwise, it will mislead your Daoist heart.
The hustle and bustle of this world... is really boring.
Chapter 694, Kneel Down
Kamishiro Unsou knew that no plan could guarantee a 100% success rate.
Even though he was prepared for defeat, his retreat still filled him with uncontrollable anger.
If he fails, all he will lose is a forbidden item, ACE-022 Queen Ant, and a forbidden item, ACE-039 Beyond the Three Realms.
For those who succeed, what does losing two forbidden items matter?
However, what Chiaki Kamishiro found hard to accept was that his plan failed before the conglomerates even launched a missile.
“Sir, we will escort you away,” a security guard said. “Please wait a moment. Once we reach the ground and there are no safety concerns, you can come out.”
Kamishiro Unsou nodded: "Take five people with you, and be careful."
"clear."
Security personnel opened the elevator shaft of the safe house and then climbed up the elevator cable.
Kamishiro Unsou watched silently until the security personnel climbed out of the 50-meter elevator shaft. Suddenly, he turned on a desk lamp on the table in the safe house, opening a hidden door about one meter square behind him.
“Evacuate,” he said coldly. “We’ll go this way; the passage leads to the sewers. I’ve got the rat swarm under control now; it’s safe.”
On the ground, six security personnel emerged from the elevator shaft. After carefully checking their surroundings and confirming that no one was around, they broke out in tactical formation.
"Be on alert. Are there any enemy targets?" the security personnel whispered.
"No enemy activity detected at position 2."
No enemy activity detected at position 3.
"Position 4..."
The combat team, used as bait by Kamishiro Unsou, moved quickly. One of them returned to the building and shouted into the elevator shaft, "The ground is safe, you can come out now!"
However, no one came out from underground for a long time after he finished speaking.
The genetically engineered soldier understood. He returned to his unit, cold weapon raised: "The commander has already evacuated from other places. We are the bait."
“Understood,” the security captain said. “Move toward 11 o’clock. We are now expendable. Go find some clothes to change into and prepare to blend into the refugees in the lower three districts. They won’t be able to identify us.”
These security personnel were highly trained and did not care at all even though they knew they were being used as expendable pawns. Instead, they immediately made the wisest decision: the Lower Three Districts were about to be won, and there were millions of people there. As long as they could change into civilian clothes and blend into the crowd, no one would be able to identify them.
The six security guards outside the building moved quickly forward, but at the second intersection, eight people suddenly appeared and blocked their way.
The gene warriors felt a chill run down their spines. Had they really been targeted? It seemed their commander's decision was correct.
The security captain whispered, "Quickly, use your speed advantage to create distance. Our decoy role has been fulfilled. Don't linger."
As they spoke, the security team immediately turned around, preparing to leave in another direction and shake off the eight people blocking their way.
However, just as he turned around, he saw eight more people appearing on the road they had come from.
Sixteen people blocked them on this narrow path.
Surrounded by towering buildings, there was nowhere to escape; this was a carefully planned place to be shut down.
Seeing this, the security captain sneered: "Trying to ambush us? You're overestimating yourselves. Kill them all, and then continue on your way!"
It should be noted that every soldier in this security team is at least at the B-level. This level of elite troops can easily move or fight against ordinary troops on the battlefield, and can crush others without hesitation.
"Fire!"
As they spoke, six security soldiers pulled the triggers, and gunfire erupted down the street.
While firing, they split into two groups of three and headed towards both ends of the long street, intending to quickly end the battle with three against eight.
But at that very moment, the security captain suddenly felt something was off.
The reason was that the sixteen people at both ends of the long street did not retreat but advanced, and with extremely strong skills, they judged the trajectory of their bullets and avoided them.
This speed... is it B-level?
The security captain was momentarily stunned. What was going on?
He thought his team, composed entirely of B-grade gene warriors, was enough to crush the ordinary troops in front of him, but the troops in front of him were not ordinary at all.
Sixteen people, and every single one of them is at Rank B! What kind of person would hide such a team amidst the chaotic rat swarm?
"Not good!" the security captain roared. "Shrink the formation and focus on defense."
The words, "Coming to intercept us? You're overestimating yourself!" almost made the spies at both ends of the street laugh. The fact that they didn't laugh was because they were well-trained and maintained the utmost respect for the battlefield.