Lin Sanjiu did not expect that the inner city of Cloud Guardian 9 could accommodate so many posthumans despite its small size.
There were four bluestone stairways connecting the inner and outer city. As the alarm sounded again and again in the city, more and more people jumped down from the bluestone stairways and quickly gathered at the city gate.
When Lin Sanjiu and the goateed man arrived at the city gate, there were already close to a hundred posthumans gathered there. The number of posthumans did not sound like a lot, but if one were to convert each posthuman into a single person, the crowd was enough to fill the city gate to the brim.
The sirens grew more urgent each time. Through the loudspeaker, Lin Sanjiu could hear the trembling of the speaker's voice, "Level 3 alert! Level 3 alert! From the northwest direction of the city gate, there is an unknown number of Enforcers approaching at high speed. Currently, we can only confirm that there are more than three of them … More than four of them! All posthumans must gather at once! All posthumans must gather at once! All emergency measures in the inner city have been activated! "
Lin Sanjiu could clearly hear the goateed man beside her gulping heavily.
He was not the only one. Everyone in the crowd looked pale. Their faces were drenched in cold sweat, and they were all pale with anxiety.
On one side, there were more than a hundred posthumans, and on the other side, there were only "more than four of them". However, on the side with more people, there was a faint sense of fear in the air. It was hard to breathe.
Fortunately, the posthumans were not sheep waiting to be slaughtered. It seemed like it was not their first time facing such a situation. Whether it was in terms of reaction or division of labor, they were fast and orderly. A few posthumans formed a few small teams and rushed out before the Enforcers reached the city gate. They set up all kinds of traps outside. Another group of posthumans climbed up the outer city wall from the stopped elevator and laid in ambush. Most of the posthumans stayed near the city gate and used the city wall as cover to prepare for battle.
Lin Sanjiu followed the goateed man and found a good spot to squat down. She glanced at the dark city gate. The thick and heavy metal gate covered in moss was still hanging silently in the air.
"If you don't want the Enforcers to come in, why don't you close the gate?" Lin Sanjiu asked in a low voice.
"This is a question of why not eat minced meat." The goatee laughed bitterly. His voice was so soft that it was almost drowned out by the shrill alarm. "… We've been at peace for many years. That's why all of Cloudguard's city defense systems are in a state of hibernation. If you want to activate them, you must have the password of the Cloud Guardian Administrator … Only he knows this password, but our Administrator Administrator has long disappeared when a city fell, and we don't know if he's dead or alive. "
It seemed like the apocalypse had happened too suddenly. This city-state country did not even have time to react before it was paralyzed. However, what was the cause of the apocalypse in Puppeteer's hometown?
As Lin Sanjiu thought about it, she scanned the crowd again. However, she still did not see Puppeteer.
Initially, she wasn't afraid of the so-called "Enforcers". However, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous under such a heavy atmosphere. She stared into the distance outside the city gate.
As the hundreds of people waited silently and anxiously, a few black dots finally appeared on the horizon. The black dots drew nearer and nearer as they approached the Nine Cities of the Cloud Guard at a steady pace. Gradually, under the light of the sky, their numbers became clear.
The sound of people sucking in a breath of cold air immediately spread through the crowd. The initial shock quickly turned into a faint commotion and whispers. A few seconds later, a high-pitched cry came out of nowhere, "Six! Six of them! "
The alarm that had been ringing in the sky above the city stopped abruptly.
When the announcer spoke again, he had already thrown the megaphone away. A much fainter voice came from the top of the inner city wall. It trembled as it shouted, "Brothers and sisters, I wish you luck! All the survivors in the inner city will live and die with you today! "
As soon as the announcer finished speaking, the hundreds of posthumans in the outer city roared in unison, "We will not back down even if we die!"
As if they were awakened by the loud roar, a louder and more forceful voice came from the direction of the inner city wall. Lin Sanjiu turned around and saw that the city wall was already filled with people. "I wish our children luck luck!"
The man with the goatee suddenly sucked in a deep breath, drawing Lin Sanjiu's attention back. The eyes and nose of this middle-aged man with thick, black eyebrows were red. His lips were pursed tightly as if he was about to lose control of his emotions. He wasn't the only one.
The man with the goatee seemed to have sensed Lin Sanjiu's gaze. He sniffed and suddenly smiled at her. "I'm Mu Shan. You are very powerful, so you might survive. You can't think of me as a nameless dead person. "
"You … You might not die!"
Mu Shan shook his head. "Don't misunderstand. I'm not afraid of death." He paused for a moment and turned to look at the inner city wall. "If I can exchange my life for the lives of the Enforcers, my death will be worth it …" Lin Sanjiu was stunned.
Lin Sanjiu froze. Just then, she heard a commotion from the crowd, "They are approaching!"
She immediately turned her gaze, and as soon as she saw the figures in the distance, she was stunned.
"Puppeteer?"
Among the six Enforcers, the one who was walking toward the city gate was the first one that Lin Sanjiu could see clearly. The man was wrapped in tight black leather, and there was a feather-like bright purple ornament on one of his shoulders. Even in the gloomy and cloudy sky, the ornament was still very eye-catching.
His black hair fluttered in the wind, covering most of his pale face. It was as if he did not know that there were more than a hundred posthumans in front of him. He took one step after another steadily. The creaking sound of leather gradually became clearer in the air.
"Wait a minute, I saw Puppeteer enter the city with my own eyes. Why is he outside now?" Lin Sanjiu was shocked and suspicious at the same time. Just when she was wondering if the Veda had changed the place again, the other Vindice also appeared in her field of vision. They were all dressed in the same way as Lin Sanjiu.
The only difference between them was the style of leather and the decorations. However, at first glance, it was as if there were six Puppeteers walking in from outside the city.
"Are they the Enforcers?"
"Yes," Mu Shan smiled bitterly. "We thought you were one of them in disguise when we saw that you didn't know anything about this place. Don't mind us, we were also suspicious of you at that time."
"Attack!"
While Lin Sanjiu was still in a daze, someone suddenly shouted. Then, a row of light beams shot out from behind the inner city wall. Lin Sanjiu had seen these light beams before. Not long ago, she was also the target of these light beams.
However, the intensity and density of the light beams could not be compared to the previous one. The ground that came into contact with the light beams seemed to be swallowed by an invisible beast. The ground sunk in a cloud of dust. It seemed that Mu Shan and the other Enforcers had gone easy on her because they were "suspicious" of her.
The sunken ground spread out along with the light beams, swallowing the six Enforcers in the blink of an eye.
The intensity of the light beams in the inner city increased in an instant. The blinding light beams were concentrated on the spot where the Enforcers were swallowed. For a moment, the world was covered in white. Nothing could be seen except for the blinding white light. However, no one breathed a sigh of relief.
When the bright white light finally disappeared due to exhaustion, the six black-leather law enforcers were still walking toward the city wall unhurriedly. Their steps didn't slow down at all because of the light, and they were even closer than before.
The fortifications and traps that were set up outside the city were only slightly stronger than the light beams. They only slowed the six Enforcers down for a few minutes and caused them some minor trouble. When the traps were destroyed one by one, the posthumans in the inner city could no longer sit still.
"We can't let them get any closer! Our families are right behind us! "
Accompanied by a loud and angry roar, the posthumans charged forward like a surging tide, not fearing death. Hundreds of posthumans launched an attack at the same time, roaring as they charged toward the black-clothed man in front of them. For the first time, the Enforcers stopped moving. Like a reef in the river, no matter how many waves hit them, they did not show any signs of letting go.
Since she was already involved, Lin Sanjiu had no intention of staying out of this. She followed the crowd and rushed out of the city gate. After she found her direction, she sprinted toward the Enforcer in front of her like an agile bird. The face of the Enforcer was getting closer and closer. Finally, Lin Sanjiu could see it clearly.
"It's not Puppeteer.
"Is Puppeteer among the other five?"
Just as the thought flashed across Lin Sanjiu's mind, a figure dashed past her and pounced on the Enforcer without any hesitation. It was as if he did not know what death was. Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. She stared at the stiff back of the figure.
The Enforcer did not even move, but his back was shattered into countless pieces. However, Lin Sanjiu could see clearly that it was not a "person".
It was a plastic model.
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