Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 261: Chapter 255: A Mission with No Return

Lin Yuan was engaged in a fierce battle with the Ghost Leader at the headquarters of the Deceitful King Faction. Meanwhile, the officials, having dispatched Life Pattern Masters from various places, launched a full-scale assault on Lin’an City from four directions under the command of Meng Zhang, Jian Bing, Zhi Ming, and Ling Guang.

The official assault was extremely fierce. To resist the official forces, most of the strength of Lin’an City was concentrated on the periphery.

At this moment, the interior of Lin’an City was considerably empty. Even the defensive forces at the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters had been significantly reduced.

Despite the considerable strength of the Deceitful King Faction, it was still far inferior compared to the officials.

When the officials were determined to deal with the Deceitful King Faction, even a long-distant expedition made it hard for the faction to cope.

Once the full-scale attack commenced, the number of patrol personnel within Lin’an City had already thinned out by more than half.

Most of the forces were transferred to the outer defenses.

The few remaining patrol personnel were solely to guard against the remnants of the Liu Family and Huang Family causing disturbances.

Inside the Liu Family’s secret hideout.

The Patriarch Liu and a middle-aged man with an unfamiliar face were discussing something while looking at a map.

This map was of the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters, detailing patrol routes, various outposts, and the purpose of each building.

Additionally, some areas were marked with bright red Xs. The places highlighted with red Xs represented absolute secrecy; even the Patriarch Liu had never been there.

The middle-aged man with the unfamiliar face was the Death Warrior sent by the officials.

This time, he was tasked with carrying a small nuclear device into the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters and detonating it.

To ensure absolute success, the detonation of the nuclear device had to be manual.

Undoubtedly, the person responsible for detonating the small nuclear device was doomed to die.

Looking at the map with densely packed bright red Xs, these places were potential locations for storing the Ghost Leader’s physical remains.

However, checking each one individually would be an enormous waste of time.

The primary goal of this mission was undoubtedly to find the location storing the Ghost Leader’s physical remains and then detonate the nuclear device.

This would ensure that the Ghost Leader’s physical remains were at the very center of the nuclear explosion.

If it couldn’t be found, then a backup plan would be initiated.

The backup plan was to detonate the nuclear device at the center of the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters; the yield of the nuclear device would be sufficient to destroy the Ghost Leader’s physical remains.

He asked the Patriarch Liu: ”Where is the center of the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters roughly located?”

Patriarch Liu circled a spot on the map and said: ”It’s roughly in this location.”

Having asked all possible questions, the Death Warrior from the officials had almost learned everything about the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters.

He put away the map; it was time to act.

”It’s getting late!”

”Patriarch Liu, please assign someone to guide us; we need to begin our operation!” the Death Warrior said.

No one ever informed Patriarch Liu of the exact nature of this mission.

But Patriarch Liu was an exceptionally intelligent person.

In reality, he had already approximately guessed the mission.

Whoever was sent would undoubtedly die, with no chance of survival.

Patriarch Liu summoned a few Liu Family members familiar with the Deceitful King Faction headquarters’ layout and briefly outlined the next task.

These individuals were responsible for Patriarch Liu’s safety and had frequently accompanied him to meetings at the Deceitful King Faction headquarters before.

”You’ve all been to the Deceitful King Faction headquarters with me. You are also familiar with the interior layout,”

”Who is willing to guide them...” Patriarch Liu asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shout, ”I’ll go!”

This voice did not come from the people in front of him, but from behind.

Patriarch Liu turned his head and saw it was his second brother.

”Big brother, let me go!”

”I’m the most familiar with the situation at the Deceitful King Faction headquarters, apart from you.”

”The Liu Family cannot function without you. With you here to give commands, staying by your side serves no purpose for me!”

”It’s most fitting for me to guide them!” Liu’s second brother said solemnly, evidently ready to face death with resolve.

Patriarch Liu looked at his brother and said, ”Second brother, do you know what this mission means?”

Liu’s second brother grinned and said, ”I know, it’s nothing but death!”

”Moreover, haven’t our fates already been decided? It’s just a matter of dying early or late.”

”Rather than being executed after a trial or spending the rest of my life in prison, I would rather die in this battle.”

”Big brother, please let me do this!”

The Liu Family was one of the nine great families of the Deceitful King Faction, and Liu’s second brother belonged to the direct line of the Liu Family.

Despite any meritorious acts they might perform, they could never be deemed innocent for the deeds they had previously committed.

The final outcome would be execution or a life sentence.

In such a case, dying in battle turned out to be the best ending.

As for the final request from his brother, the Liu Family Patriarch did not refuse.

He waved his hand and said, ”Go! Go!”

The Liu Family Patriarch had the uniforms of the patrol team under the Deceitful King Faction brought over, allowing all the Death Warriors to change into them.

To ensure the progress of the mission, there were a total of seven Death Warriors, plus the guide, Liu Family Second, making eight people in total.

These eight would disguise themselves as members of the Deceitful King Faction and infiltrate their headquarters.

Besides those responsible for infiltration, there were those in charge of cover.

If these people encountered danger during their infiltration, those in charge of cover would need to safeguard them and obstruct the threat.

This time, the team responsible for cover was led by Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen has already successfully broken through to Tier Five, though not as strong as Meng Zhang or Jian Bing, but he is considered mid-level in Tier Five.

Zhang Zhen, this Tier Five master, led a team of thirteen Tier Six Life Pattern Masters to form a guard team to ensure the Death Warriors could enter the Deceitful King Faction headquarters.

It’s worth mentioning that the leader among the Death Warriors was the person who earlier secretly communicated with the Liu Family Patriarch.

He is also Tier Five!

A Tier Five powerhouse is considered the pinnacle for human Life Pattern Masters.

To have Tier Five powerhouses as Death Warriors, it is apparent that the authorities have heavily invested in the plan to annihilate the Deceitful King Faction.

Seven Death Warriors, and a dozen-strong guard team, all changed into the patrol team uniforms of the Deceitful King Faction.

Two Tier Five powerhouses in total, and the rest comprised entirely of Tier Six Life Pattern Masters.

This team is considered elite.

The Liu Family Patriarch is quite a remarkable person!

Even under the Ghost Leader’s wanted order, he managed to obtain the route pass issued by the Ghost Leader.

Currently, Lin’an City is tense and vigilant.

Not only are people guarded against outsiders, but even those within the Deceitful King Faction are on alert.

Having learned from the incidents with the Liu and Huang families, the Ghost Leader himself cannot guarantee that others won’t rebel against him.

The entire Lin’an City has been divided into different zones by the Ghost Leader.

Each zone is patrolled and defended by different families.

Patrol teams in each zone cannot cross into other zones without a route pass personally issued by the Ghost Leader.

Normally, only families and close associates of the Ghost Leader have such route passes allowing them to operate in various zones.

Following the rebellion of the Liu and Huang families, previous route passes were rendered void.

Under such circumstances, it is remarkable that the Liu Family Patriarch still managed to obtain a new route pass.

The implications of this are clear.

With the route pass in hand, and donning the patrol uniforms of the Deceitful King Faction,

guided by Liu Family Second, they avoided the patrol team routes as much as possible, quickly approaching the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters.

Along the way, they did encounter situations where it was unavoidable.

Upon directly confronting the patrol team of the Deceitful King Faction, they had a pre-emptive plan for dealing with it.

Liu Family Second had done some simple disguising, and no one recognized him.

Zhang Zhen stepped forward, presented the route pass, and claiming to execute a secret mission under the Ghost Leader’s orders, drove the patrol members away.

Believe it or not, with the Ghost Leader’s route pass, this trick really works again and again.

As they approached the vicinity of the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters, twice they faced off with patrol teams, and Zhang Zhen successfully drove them away.

Of course, the reason for not being discovered also relates to the patrols slacking off.

Currently, the authorities are aggressively attacking Lin’an City with the clear objective of annihilating the Deceitful King Faction.

In such uncertainty about the future, many whose resolve is not strong have ceased wholeheartedly serving the Ghost Leader.

Approaching the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters, straight-line distance is less than five kilometers.

Here, one could even feel the violent energy fluctuations from the battle between Lin Yuan and the Ghost Leader.

”Be cautious, this territory is patrolled by the Zhang Family!”

”The Zhang Family is the Ghost Leader’s dogs, if we encounter them, they will undoubtedly question us thoroughly!” Liu Family Second warned in Zhang Zhen’s ear.

Zhang Zhen smiled and said, ”Don’t worry, my luck is always good!”

Just as Zhang Zhen spoke, a patrol team appeared at the end of the street coming toward them.

It was the Zhang Family’s patrol team.

Suddenly, everyone gave Zhang Zhen strange looks.

Is this really what you meant by good luck?

Zhang Zhen showed an awkward smile and quietly said to everyone, ”Don’t panic, we can handle it.”

At this moment, as the patrol team from the other end of the street approached, seeing a group of people ahead, they became tense.

”Who are you?” the team shouted in question.