Chapter 142: Chapter 140: The Advancing Torch Warrior (Please Subscribe)_2
“By now, many cities’ situations are probably starting to spin out of control, not to ntion, this place is very likely a stronghold of the Heretical Cult followers.”
He glanced at the black claw marks in the distance, then looked toward Luo Rui, “It’s for you to decide what to do now.”
In his ears, the eerie howls of the Mysterious Evil could still be faintly heard.
Luo Rui clenched his fists, wanting to charge straight in and slay the Mysterious Evil, which was not difficult, as any person present could do it.
However, this was the lair of the Heretical Cult, and revealing the identity of an Awakener would not only put them in great danger but could also lead to mission failure.
rely killing a single Mysterious Evil wouldn’t solve the problem.
There were too many Mysterious Evils here!
He swung his fist down hard, “I… We are leaving!”
…
Before coming here, he had so understanding of the situation in the Wavemist Nation, and now seeing it with his own eyes, he felt it even more.
So major cities still maintained order, mainly due to the efforts of the Wavemist Nation’s dostic secret departnt – the Ultra Combat Unit, formally known as the Ultra Combat Departnt.
But the Ultra Combat Unit didn’t have many awakeners at its disposal, core mbers, those recruited from the public, and contracted rcenaries together didn’t even make up half.
Many awakeners were in the hands of large consortia.
Protecting their own interests.
“These short-sighted fools, do they think they can survive once the world is completely devoured and eradicated!”
Luo Rui was indignant.
Wind Chant, the big brother, also had a heavy expression, “But these issues are too far removed for us to consider. They are for instructors and ntors to think about. What we need to do now is to complete the mission to the best of our ability.”
Based on so information they had collected on the internet beforehand, they found a local Chinese person and used their… No, money wasn’t very useful at this ti; supermarkets might not have the items they needed.
Inside the apartnt,
Luo Rui took out ready-to-eat food and a large bundle of Wavemist Nation currency from his combat backpack.
“We are just asking for so information, and afterward, all this will be yours. You’re a newspaper reporter, right? Have you noticed anything unusual in Snow Màn City recently?”
The young man across from him looked haggard, his hair a ss like a bird’s nest. He tore open a bag of bread and wolfed it down, making a muffled “mm-hmm, too many unusual things” sound.
After a while, the young man drank so water and seed to co back to life. Then, mysteriously, he said,
“Do you believe in the existence of monsters?”
He didn’t notice the odd look on the faces of Luo Rui and the others as he continued, “About a month ago, when I was still a newspaper reporter, I witnessed the appearance of a terrifying monster with my own eyes. Even if it was just a silhouette, I believed it wasn’t a hallucination, it was real!”
“Because I saw with my own eyes, several people were missing parts of their bodies; they had been eaten by the monster!”
“I wanted to publish the story in the newspaper, but no one believed . That stupid editor-in-chief even fired … It’s fine to be fired; it’s just a rubbish newspaper that I don’t care to stay at.”
“You believe it, right? It’s not a made-up story.”
Of course, we believe it.
Not only do we believe, we’ve seen more than you’ve heard.
Luo Rui said, “It’s precisely because we believe that we ca to you.”
The haggard young man smiled excitedly, “I knew it! Monsters really do exist! Like the things happening lately, people randomly going mad, jumping off buildings, getting dismbered… But I know it’s not any kind of ntal contagion, it’s the unseen monsters that are committing these acts!”
“What about people? Are there any with abnormal behavior?”
Luo Rui asked.
The haggard young man thought for a mont and said, “Our place seems livelier at night than during the day, but I’ve been too scared to go out recently, so I don’t know much… Oh right, I don’t know if the Holy Moon Cult counts.”
“It’s a new sect. Maybe because of the tense and strange current situation, people need sothing to believe in to ease the pressure, so followers of this cult like to gather at night, which is weird.”
He didn’t think it was abnormal, just suicidal.
But people in Wavemist Nation, well, they love to take risks, so it didn’t strike them as odd. It was Luo Rui and his companions, however, who perked up at this.
They asked for more details.
The outline of a Heretical Cult church was slowly taking shape in their minds.
Suddenly,
Thud!
The wall trembled as if a massive creature had slamd into it.
Wind Chant’s ears twitched slightly, and his expression suddenly turned grave.
“Get out of the way!”
He roared.
Luo Rui, with quick eyes and hands, yanked the haggard youth over, and the next mont the wall nearby burst open as if it were a broken wooden plank.
A figure smashed into the wall like a rag doll, neck oozing streams of blood, evidently not going to make it.
Then, a disheveled figure burst through the gap.
With a pale face, wearing fangs and sharp teeth, and before Luo Rui could take a closer look, he heard shouting from the next room, along with the rat-tat-tat of gunfire.
Bullets struck the slender figure, forcing her to keep retreating.
The haggard youth’s eyes widened, “It’s Mrs. Chris from next door, but how…?”
He covered his mouth.
Mrs. Chris, dressed in a ho gown, staggered with blossoms of blood opening across her body.
Four ard n erged from the hole, their pistol muzzles steadily aid at the shadow not far away.
“Damn, he actually killed Abel!”
“Never expected that one to be an Awakener.”
“Hmph! What does it matter if she’s an Awakener, can she withstand firearms? It wouldn’t have happened to Abel if she hadn’t gone berserk out of nowhere!”
“Damn bastard!”
Nad Chris, the woman was bathed in blood and teetered on the brink.
Suddenly, her pupils dilated, and the wounds from a dozen bullets stopped bleeding in an instant. She lunged with great vigor toward the nearest shadow.
Claws pierced the heart.
Even after sustaining several shots, she still had energy left.
Only when the lead gunman dropped his weapon, his fists covered in a tallic hue, and struck blow after blow at close range, did he finally put down the crazed Awakener.
He gasped for air.
His mind was filled with anger, confusion, bewildernt.
Just as he looked at the others in the room, wanting to say sothing, he suddenly realized…
“Sothing’s not right with the boss.”
Another team mber leaned over, his pistol aid at the hole nearby.
There, where two figures had appeared at so unknown ti.
They seed no different from normal people dressed in ordinary clothes, but as they approached, the corners of their mouths gradually revealed fangs, and their nails grew long like claws.
At the sa mont, the front door of the haggard youth’s ho burst open like debris, and another figure walked in.
Three people.
No,
“Are these people or monsters?”
The three mbers from Wavemist Nation’s Ultra Combat Unit were unsure as well.
The leader of the Awakeners said, “Retreat, retreat, retreat! We’re no match for them.”
In such cramped quarters, with only himself as an Awakener, they couldn’t fight, especially since these monsters seed to… have an incredibly tenacious vitality.
They were shot so many tis and yet didn’t die!
As for the four ordinary people who had been dragged into this, the captain of the Awakeners ntally apologized, you’re on your own now.
Just as he thought this, he saw one of them crouch down, spread his fingers, and press them against the floor.
In an instant,
Countless white threads spread from the floor, rising and intertwining, forming a net.
Accompanied by a low shout, the crouching youth’s palms sparked with thunder, and the lightning shot along the threads with great speed. In just a mont before the three cultists could react, the azure lightning enveloped them.
Craack—
Craack—
The dazzling lightning illuminated the room, revealing the stunned faces of the Ultra Combat Unit.
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