Amidst intense dia shockwaves, the Trollen City Governnt held a press conference, announcing that there were no casualties, and the Rockville Energy Group rcenary Corps were found not guilty.
The viral videos circulating online were censored overnight across the entire network.
The entire Federation was swept by an even more fierce storm, with more intense protests erupting in various cities.
You finally found traces of your son; he first went to Dawn City and then to Vitland. It seems he was surrounded by a group of radical ’K’ believers, and you realized sothing was wrong, ordering your subordinates to bring him back imdiately.
Several cities controlled by the nshu Group also experienced large protests, criticizing the nshu Group for shielding the Rockville Energy Group rcenary Corps and helping Rockville Energy Group delete the videos.
The number of protestors increased, and the protests gradually spiraled out of control, starting to attack group buildings.
You received orders from the board, stating that force could be used if necessary, with the local city governnt cooperating with your actions.
You continued to restrain the rcenary Corps’ actions.
But the situation did not cool down because of your restraint. In Delock City, a city in the Northwest Federation, there was also a clash between the rcenary Corps and protest groups, resulting in larger-scale casualties.
anwhile, the new President in Ains issued an order declaring that protests across the Federation were illegal, attributing all conflicts to Christos’ secret instigation, with Dawn City’s forces behind it.
Gray Stone Palace demanded that Christos surrender imdiately and announced investigations into companies like Wint City United Industries and Kaye City Nolanka Group related to Christos.
Federation Intelligence Bureau personnel quickly raided the headquarters of listed companies, but none was successful.
The Kaye City Governnt and the Wint City Governnt declared the actions of the Federation Intelligence Bureau unconstitutional, vowing to purge its personnel.
Gray Stone Palace quickly counteracted, announcing investigations into the mayors of both cities, not ruling out the possibility that the city governnts had been corrupted by the Evil God.
The Ains Post-controlled dia produced a long-form docuntary, detailing how Christos, as a believer of the Evil God ’K,’ deceived the citizens of Dawn City and beca the city’s mayor.
Nurous short videos began circulating online, comparing speeches of the new President before and after taking office, accusing them of being erratic and treacherous.
Countless conspiracy theories about the new President deliberately arranging the assassination of forr President Kemingda to seize power also spread online.
So mbers of the House of Representatives attempted to swiftly advance the impeachnt of the new President, but the overall progress was hindered.
Gray Stone Palace issued an order, in the na of the Federation’s highest military commander, to mobilize three central divisions from the Eastern Federation to head to Dawn City, and one division from the west to head to Wint City, and in the na of eradicating Evil God beliefs, convened rcenary Corps for ’punishnt’ in Dawn City, Kaye City, Wint City, and other cities.
The consortium led by Rockville Energy Group quickly responded, with a total of five consortiums and eight rcenary Corps joining the siege, with more consortiums eager to move.
And you also received an order from the board, hoping you would lead the First rcenary Corps to Kaye City, cooperating with other consortiums to suppress the forces of Kaye City and the Nolanka Group.
You delayed the progress temporarily with the excuse that the rcenary Corps’ protection of various branches ant the forces were scattered and needed ti to gather.
The developnt of the Federation’s situation had gone beyond your expectations, and you didn’t quite understand why things had developed this way.
You received the latest news about your son; he left Vitland, and together with so radical ’K’ believers, headed to Ains.
You imdiately sent an old subordinate who had been with you the longest to Ains, instructing him to bring your son back at all costs.
Your deputy reported you to the board, saying you deliberately delayed the assembly ti of the corps, and under the pressure from the board, you had to gather the corps to head to Kaye City.
Your speed was not fast, and every ti you passed through a city, you would send soone in to contact your old subordinates and gather the latest news.
You did not receive any news about your son. You knew Christos delivered a speech, stating that the new President was provoking a civil war, while the new President claid that it was about clearing out cult mbers, and that it was Christos who was provoking a civil war, demanding his surrender.
Apart from the increasingly fierce online battles between the two sides, protests in various places also grew more violent, resulting in more tragic incidents between the protestors and the consortium’s rcenary Corps.
Even in Ains, there broke out an ultra-large protest, with the protestors surrounding the Gray Stone Palace. The new President, standing on the balcony, claid the protestors were misled and promised to provide an answer to everyone. Ultimately, the protestors were dispersed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federation Intelligence Bureau.
Even though videos and news from places like Dawn City and Kaye City were censored by major consortiums on their dia, soone always managed to find unknown channels to share these videos with more viewers.
Various city governnts began extensive arrests of those distributing the videos and information, labeling them as Evil God believers and protest agitators. In the intense confrontations, more casualties were caused.
After passing through several cities, you still had not received news about your son.
Finally, upon reaching the wasteland in Central Federation, you received news from your old subordinate that your son had been found.
You had a video call with your son, finding out he was organizing protests in Ains. You believed he had no idea about the dangerous situation he was in. After a fierce argunt, you instructed your old subordinate to forcibly bring your son back.
After crossing the central wasteland, you received the latest news that Ains had erupted with a bigger protest than before. This ti, the new President did not appear, and before the protestors could reach the Gray Stone Palace, conflicts already broke out with the Rockville Energy Group’s rcenary Corps stationed there.
A massacre ensued, with many young people dying during this protest.
At the sa ti, you received news from your subordinates that your son had escaped. It turned out the few subordinates guarding him had been persuaded by your son early on, and it was with their help that he was able to escape each ti.
You realized sothing was wrong and ordered an imdiate investigation into your son’s whereabouts.
You halted the entire unit’s advance and waited for a day and night before receiving a response.
Your son was in the Ains’ major protest but did not die in the conflict.
However, he was one of the organizers of the major protest, and so ’gang mbers’ found him and other organizers in the slum where he stayed.
After a fierce conflict, he and those you once sent to protect him all died in the brawl. Everyone present was massacred by the gang mbers, with even the bodies being taken away by them.
You returned silently to the camp, only to find a completely unfamiliar person waiting. He claid to be an envoy from the board, bringing an order for your suspension, and the board demanded that you imdiately go to the headquarters to explain your recent actions.
You sensed sothing was wrong, and with your trusted aides, prepared to leave overnight, only to find the unfamiliar ’envoy’ waiting for you.
He produced an object that seed to be an item ’bestowed’ by an Angel.
[Your mission is: Solve the conspiracy behind the Phantom Heart]
[Enjoy your ga]
Complex and long-lasting mories.
Leaning against a large stone standing on the wasteland, He Ao slightly opened his eyes, listening to the rustling sound of the night wind stirring the leaves.
A sharp pain ca from his chest; he lowered his head and looked at his chest.
An illusory bone, seemingly a thigh bone, was stuck in his chest.
Purple blood flowed slowly from his chest like a stream.
Fine and long fangs were slowly extending from the illusory thigh bone, piercing into his flesh and wounds, sucking his blood and vitality.
His physical strength and consciousness seed to be rapidly draining away with this sucking.
His field of view was already showing so blurring.
At this mont, Hawke’s state was even more fragile than he anticipated.
Bang, bang, bang—
At that mont, a booming sound ca from not far behind him.
It seed to be the sound of an electromagnetic cannon.
A silhouette fell from the sky, crashing onto the ground not far from He Ao.
He Ao struggled to stand up, turned his body, and took a step forward.
Bang—
Then, in the next instant, he fell directly to the ground.
He propped himself up with his hands and stood up again, continuing forward, walking out from behind the giant rock where he had just been hiding, stepping out of the dim shadow.
Bright radiance shone at once on his brown-golden pupils, illuminating his blood-covered body.
He lowered his head, gazing ahead.
Burning chas, broken war vehicles, soldiers fallen all around, thick smoke and flas, and searchlights illuminating the battlefield in the distance were reflected in his pupils.
The ground trembled slightly, the void echoed with thunderous sounds, as armored units approached in dense formations.
Squeak—
A crisp sound ca from the direction where a figure had just fallen and crashed to the ground, as a middle-aged man wearing a damaged exoskeleton armor struggled to get up.
He raised his head, looking at He Ao, and his eyes widened instantly, "Captain, run!"
A stream of light streaked across the sky, but it wasn’t heading toward He Ao; it was heading for the middle-aged man struggling up from the ground.
The earth trembled violently at that mont, kicking up a thick cloud of dust.
It was the long-awaited electromagnetic cannon.
Boom—
The supersonic sound ca tardily, dispersing the dust.
And beneath the dust were not scattered bodies but a middle-aged man still in the process of getting up, and an elderly man covered in blood, with white hair.
The elderly man’s right hand was raised in front, gripping a largely lted silver alloy shell, standing there like an ancient statue.
He raised his head, looking toward the direction where the cannon shell originated, his brown-golden eyes reflecting bright light under the intense searchlights.
Drip-drip—
Blood with a purple glow flowed down from his further ripped right hand, soaking into the parched earth, blooming like blood-red flowers.
And at the end of his gaze, a massive jet-black cha stood in the sky, gazing down at him.
Hades.
A special modification of Hell Apostle chs, created specifically for Hawke by the nshu Group, sparing no expense to enhance defense and attack, with power equipnt upgraded from high-performance batteries to a mini nuclear-powered reactor, enabling this cha to even confront B-level strong adversaries in a short ti.
"Captain," the middle-aged man, now aware, crawled up from the ground, the damaged exoskeleton armor on his body crackling. Looking at the huge cha ahead, he quickly said, "You go first; I can still cover you. You must survive to co back and avenge us."
Bang—
He Ao dropped the nearly lted alloy shell he held onto the ground, and blood gushed down his right arm.
He lowered his head, looking at the scattered bodies in front of him. These bodies mostly wore the uniform of the nshu Group rcenary Corps, with so dressed simply in unmarked bulletproof vests.
Familiar yet unfamiliar faces, each face recalled fragnts of mory in his mind.
The people lying here had followed Hawke for at least ten years.
At this mont, the cha Hades in the sky raised its hand again, and a larger cannon barrel opened from its palm.
At this point, the cha seed to hear sothing and stopped its action.
Suddenly, a Dragon Cavalry Fighter streaked across the sky, stopping in front of He Ao, and a man in a white suit jumped down from the Dragon Cavalry Fighter.
With a template-style smile, his hands held an illusory purple badge, "As expected of the Western Lion, reaching B-level as a legendary Transcendent with no hereditary powers. Even at this extent, you can withstand the attack of a nuclear-powered cha."
He Ao quietly stared at the man in front of him; this man was the ’Angel Envoy’ sent by the nshu Group.
His gaze fell on the badge in the man’s hand. Just earlier, a phantom thigh bone suddenly shot out from the badge, piercing through Hawke’s body and sending him near to death with one hit.
Far away, the intense sound of gunfire ca from Hawke’s remaining subordinates being chased.
He Ao lowered his gaze, looking at the man before him, "Your target should be , there’s no need to target my subordinates."
"Mr. Hawke, you’re in no position to negotiate with right now," the man in a white suit smiled as he looked at He Ao, casting a glance at the severely injured middle-aged man nearby, "I must admit, the confidants you’ve nurtured are excellent, pure-hearted people. They make excellent mysticism materials."
Hearing this, He Ao was silent for a mont. He reached out to grip the bone at his chest.
"I should have told you before, Mr. Hawke," the man in the suit quietly gazed at He Ao with a smile,
"The bone in your chest is rely an illusionary mysticism concept, representing the absorption of your soul and body’s power. You cannot grasp it, nor pull it out. This is a power bestowed by the Angel. When will you finally realize that you’re just an insignificant bug, unable to resist the Angel."
Saying this, he sighed, slightly raising his head, looking down at He Ao, "It’s true; you’re completely unheritaged. Your knowledge of mysticism is likely pathetically scarce. You might never understand the aning of ’symbolism’ and ’illusion,’ only able to keep trying to grasp the invisible bone."
As he was rambling on, He Ao grasped the thigh bone embedded in his body.
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