Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 147: Chapter 67 Strong Attack!

From the first gunshot to Li Yelai’s plunge into the factory to kill the Spiritual Ability User believers, only about five minutes had passed.

At this moment, within the entire stronghold, nearly all members of the Ember Church believers had been executed within this short span of five minutes.

Whether they were Spiritual Ability Users or regular believers.

Under the concentrated onslaught of the Processing Department, they were quickly and efficiently annihilated.

Snipers in vantage points, Plasma Cannons mounted hundreds of meters away, over ten Processors.

And even more numerous, the fully-armed combat assault teams.

In a surprise attack strategy, and with zero casualties, they took down this stronghold that should have been difficult to handle.

Meanwhile, within the entire Giant City, there were twelve Church strongholds and over thirty Church safe houses.

Hundreds of believers were hidden in various districts, each with different identities and statuses.

Among them, there were even traitors hidden within the institutions of Giant City.

At this moment, they were efficiently being cleaned up!

The officials had used a Class B Forbidden Item, the power of the Demon Host, to directly hack all of the enemy’s communications and networks. Unbeknownst to them, their connection with the sub-branch had been severed.

This made it so that these believers could not even send out alarms or calls for help to the sub-branch before they were astonished to find themselves either eliminated or captured.

”The stronghold is clear, the operation is successful! Night General, prepare to enter the tunnels!” A signaler’s reminder came through the earpiece.

”I understand,” Li Yelai exhaled, truly feeling somewhat nervous. He was afraid that a mistake on his part could lead to the failure of the plan.

Fortunately, his performance was not bad, and his teammates had not suffered any casualties.

The officials moved quickly, and the tactics were well distributed.

Many believers didn’t even realize what had happened before they were shot down or captured.

Occasionally some reacted quickly, grabbing weapons to resist, but they too were swiftly taken down by the Processors.

Some Processors simply activated their Spiritual Barriers, acting as human shields for the allied combat teams.

This allowed the squad to advance quickly and achieve real zero casualties!

If the enemies in the stronghold had been given time to react, considering the firearms and the number of Spiritual Ability Users hidden within the stronghold,

Who knows what cost it would have taken?

”Comrades, you really are reliable,” Li Yelai mused as he looked over the now-peaceful battlefield.

Speaking of which, his previous encounters on missions were quite sudden and special, without official support and assistance.

This was actually his first time executing a formal mission.

Due to the hacking of the entire stronghold’s system,

The opponents had no way to escape, and Li Yelai just needed to follow the signaler’s instructions to find the enemies hiding.

With the combat team following behind him for fire support,

The progress of the operation was smooth and flowing.

The next step was to open the passageway to the basement and fiercely attack the Underground Branch.

At this time, Li Yelai noticed a series of heavy transport trucks driving into the factory.

As the wings of the truck’s cargo compartment unfolded, tall figures emerged.

Those were... Border Iron Guards. Organized troops of Border Iron Guards!

Indeed, since they were about to engage in an underground siege, those human tank-like Iron Guards would naturally not be absent.

The Border Iron Guards were a high-end technological troop type that arose after the outbreak of the Calamity.

The Iron Guard soldiers, who had undergone some sort of dangerous modification, were covered from head to toe in solid Power Armor, and ordinary firearms could not harm them.

While possessing great strength, they also had a faster speed and reaction ability beyond that of ordinary humans.

Armed with heavy Chain Saw Axes and Hot Melt Guns, they could make even Spiritual Ability Users avoid their sharp edges.

Spiritual Ability Users’ Spiritual Barriers were very strong, but the persistent attack of the Chain Saw Axe and Hot Melt Gun were powerful weapons capable of rapidly depleting the Spiritual Barrier.

It is said that in the early days of Giant City’s establishment, before the Disaster Processing Bureau was formed,

It was these Iron Guards who contended with the Sufferers and Calamity Abnormalities.

They had no Spiritual Barriers, no Spiritual Abilities. But relying on courage and technology, they would tirelessly rescue humanity at all costs, facing the enemies of humans!

No matter how powerful the Sufferers and Abnormalities were, they would be worn down by the inexhaustible tide of steel.

Watching the troops of Iron Guards appear outside of the factory, Li Yelai felt a bit nervous.

This really was shaping up to be a major battle, and he himself had to attract those formidable enemies escaping the encirclement of team leaders!

At this time, Li Yelai noticed something odd with Heavy Knight muttering in the corner.

This made Li Yelai somewhat curious; Heavy Knight was usually a man of few words.

Normally on the network, it was fine, but in reality, he was pretty much a social recluse.

Why the change now?

Li Yelai couldn’t help but approach and saw that Heavy Knight was holding a book and reading softly.

Seeing Li Yelai approach, Heavy Knight looked up at him and said, ”Cough... don’t mind me, my curse is that after using my ability, I must continuously say whatever comes to my mind.”

Li Yelai raised an eyebrow, thinking that such a curse must be very troublesome since everyone has some secrets in their heart.

Once triggered, the curse would make them say everything. If they accidentally spoke their harmful inner thoughts, they would truly meet a social death.

Moreover, Heavy Knight was not one for talking... this curse must be a lot of pressure on him.

”So, you have to keep reading to cover up your inner thoughts... I understand,” expressed Li Yelai in understanding.

Heavy Knight then suddenly asked, ”Are you scared? Why... do you act so bravely? From the first Void Realm Creatures to the earlier University Town security Abnormality. What gives you the courage to face these entities?”

This seemed to be a question Heavy Knight had long been curious about, now spontaneously asked with the prompt of his inner thoughts.