Meng Chao held his breath and released a wisp of spirit energy through the hole in the manhole cover.
His spirit energy trembled and created ripples in the area. He did not detect any vitality magnetic fields that were too powerful.
It was only then that Meng Chao carefully and quietly pushed open the manhole cover and crawled out with A 'Ji.
They were in a secluded corner of a poor and shabby alley.
Through the gap between two crooked, illegal buildings, they could see the building where the Deification Capsule pharmacy was located. It was in ruins after it completely collapsed.
The fire burning on the surface of the ruins had already been extinguished by the villagers.
But there were still a lot of spirit energy-containing substances in the depths of the ruins. They were burning, and thick, black smoke came out of the gaps in the ruins.
The smoke was like a black pillar that pierced the dim sky. It dyed the colorful fog in the sky black.
It was as if a black coffin had fallen over and suppressed Leprosy Village — no, all of Golden Tooth Lair.
Meng Chao knew that the gelatinous "dark cloud" was the product of low-grade crystals and etherealized substances not being burned enough.
Based on his experience, the black smoke would cover the sky for at least half a month or even longer.
During that period of time, most of the electromagnetic, spirit energy magnetic, and wireless signals would be blocked by the black smoke.
Besides, the enemy would intentionally interfere with the area, so all communications would be blocked. It would be difficult for the outside world to know what was going on inside.
Drones and other precision machines would find it difficult to operate for a long period of time in the black smoke.
Before long, their control chips would be corroded by the low-grade crystal powder in the black smoke, and they would fall down like headless chickens.
By the same logic, even Heaven Realm superhumans would have their pores clogged by the low-grade crystal powder if they flew for a long period of time in the black smoke. It would interfere with their vitality magnetic fields, and their cultivation realms and fighting strength would plummet. In the end, the enemies lurking in the dark would be shot down like sparrows shot down by a slingshot.
Meng Chao only hoped that Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong and the other veteran hunters would be able to escape and report what happened to the command center before the black smoke completely covered the sky above the lair.
With that thought in mind, Meng Chao and A 'Ji walked to the entrance of the alley.
Since Meng Chao did not have a cloak, the Bloody Soul and Tiger Fang Saber on his back, the chain sabers wrapped around his arms, his muscles that looked like explosives, and the intersecting wounds that covered his strong body were too eye-catching.
He could only hide in the darkness and poke his head out to observe the situation on the road.
There were quite a number of Leprosy Village villagers who looked like wandering ghosts on the road.
It seemed that they had just escaped from the collapsed building.
Some of them had their clothes and skin burnt away by the flames. Underneath their ragged clothes was a patch of white skin with tissue fluid seeping through it. It was a horrible sight to behold.
While some were not injured, they lost their homes and all their belongings in the explosion. They stared at the dark, suffocating sky above their heads like statues.
Even more people had cold and gloomy gazes as they looked at everything around them. It was as if they were filled with an unforgettable hatred towards everything. They did not hide their desire to survive by any means necessary.
No matter what, survival was the first instinct of life.
If they wanted to survive, they needed food, water, and space.
If he didn't have it, then he would steal or rob!
Meng Chao could sense an undercurrent that wanted to destroy everything quietly gathering among the survivors who had lost everything.
He suddenly understood why the Vortex had gathered so many cultivation resources to create a super crystal bomb.
It did not matter how many veteran hunters it killed.
What was important was to create countless people who had lost their homes, lost their families, had nothing, and were filled with hatred and a desire to survive.
These people would completely destroy the order in Leprosy Village.
Then, with the Vortex's help, it would create even more people who had nothing but hatred and a desire to survive.
Then, they would rush out of the ruined Leprosy Village that had gone completely out of control and destroyed the order in Golden Tooth Lair. All the lair citizens would have nothing and would be filled with hatred and a desire to survive.
It was like a snowball.
They would use the super crystal bomb to destroy the order in Leprosy Village.
They would chase away the villagers who had nothing but hatred, rage, and a desire to survive. They would then destroy the order in Golden Tooth Lair.
In the end, all the lair citizens would flee the completely destroyed Golden Tooth Lair regardless of the cost. Then, chaos and disorder would spread through all of Dragon City.
"Chaos," Meng Chao mumbled.
"Chaos is everything the Vortex wants!"
At that moment, piercing alarms suddenly rose from all directions.
All the buildings were rumbling.
Even the ground started trembling slightly.
This was an alarm that Dragon Citizens were not unfamiliar with.
"Fortification!"
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes. "All of Golden Tooth Lair has entered a fortification state!"
The lair was a super fortress built during the zombie crisis.
All of Golden Tooth Lair had entered a full fortification state, and its defenses were ten times tighter than those in old residential areas like Blessed Heavenly Garden.
This should be the second plan that Nie Chenglong mentioned.
After the hunting squad's operation failed, they locked down all of Golden Tooth Lair from the outside.
Since they had a severe lack of manpower, doing this could maintain order to the greatest extent and prevent the chaos in the lair from spreading to other areas.
But it also meant that in the next few days or half a month, it would be difficult for the outside world to mobilize enough manpower to enter the lair to clean up the situation.
This place might turn into … the Supernatural Entity's paradise.
"Uncle …"
A 'Ji stood on tiptoes behind Meng Chao and stared at the smoke coming out of the ruins for a long time. Then, he pricked up his ears and listened to the alarms and machines in the distance. "The people outside have abandoned us, right?" he suddenly said.
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
"It's fine. I knew it a long time ago."
A 'Ji sniffed and said, "The people outside abandoned us decades ago and left us to fend for ourselves."
"Don't be ridiculous."
Meng Chao turned around and grabbed A 'Ji's shoulder. He said firmly, "Humans shouldn't abandon any of their comrades. In the past, due to a lack of resources, Dragon City did indeed have a lot of problems that we didn't solve, but as long as we win this war and obtain enough resources, all our problems will be solved!"
He was too strong. A 'Ji gasped, and pain appeared on his face.
Meng Chao quickly let go.
A 'Ji grimaced and rubbed his young shoulder, but when he obtained Meng Chao's promise, he was still very happy.
"Uncle, I'll get you a cloak first," A 'Ji said attentively.
Before his voice faded away, a deafening explosion suddenly came from above them.
"Careful!"
Meng Chao grabbed A 'Ji's neck and yanked him over.
A stone the size of a head fell from the sky and brushed past A 'Ji's nose before it fell to the ground. It scared the boy so much that his face turned pale.
The two of them looked up in the direction where the stone fell.
The balconies of the buildings around them exploded at the same time. Bullet chains intersected with each other, forming a burning net that locked down the entire sky.
A few people who had just flown into the sky and wanted to use the smoke to retreat were immediately struck down by the flaming whips. They fell like shooting stars and smashed into the ground, creating a huge ruckus. More than ten buildings were destroyed.
Immediately after, a group of superhumans dressed in heavy motorized armor with their helmets painted to look like skeletons and surrounded by spirit flames pounced on the spot where they fell with an aggressive momentum.
Meng Chao and A 'Ji's vision was blocked by the buildings, so they could not see the intense fight between the two groups.
They could only hear the sounds of guns, fighting, screams, and shockwaves, and tell that the battle was pretty intense.
The buildings in Leprosy Village were designed based on fortresses, so they were pretty sturdy.
But over the past few decades, the population of Leprosy Village had increased rapidly. To expand living space and squeeze more people inside, they added a lot of illegal buildings and built a lot of them outside the original buildings. They did not care about safety at all.
When the superhumans activated their spirit flames, they were the same as self-propelled cannons with unlimited ammunition. When they fired at full power, it was only natural that the buildings and innocent villagers around them would be affected.
In just a short half a minute, quite a number of buildings were riddled with holes. Intersecting, terrifying cracks appeared on them.
The illegal buildings attached to the main building began to tilt and collapse one after another.
Quite a number of villagers bled from their orifices because of the shockwaves created by the superhumans.
There were also people who could not dodge in time and were injured by the bricks, stones, and reinforced concrete that fell from the buildings.
A lot of villagers were originally thankful that their houses were not affected by the super crystal bombs, but they suddenly ran into two superhumans fighting fiercely. As they fought, they crashed into their houses.
Each of the superhumans' punches and kicks had the power of a pile driver. With a few punches and kicks, they destroyed the walls, crushed the floors, and punched a hole in the ceiling. It was something that could not be avoided.
Hence, the streets descended into chaos once more. More Leprosy Village villagers screamed and ran away from their swaying homes. They covered their heads and ran far away from the battlefield before they dared to turn their heads around in fear and stare at the burning homes under the superhumans' feet.
Some people were grief-stricken, some wanted to cry, but no tears came out. Some gritted their teeth and clenched their fists so tightly that the sounds of their bones cracking could be heard. As they watched the superhumans fight, their eyes burned with anger.
'These people are too reckless!'
Meng Chao cursed in his heart. 'Even if it's to capture the mastermind, they can't ignore the lives and property of innocent people! If they cause a lot of casualties in Leprosy Village and turn it into a mess, what's the point of capturing the mastermind?
'Wait!
'Logically speaking, Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong's hunting squad and the powerful fighters of the gangs suffered major losses in the explosion of the super crystal bombs. For the time being, the secret police, abnormal beast research department, and the gangs shouldn't be able to organize a second wave of effective attacks.
'Just who are these people in motorized armor and skull masks who are wreaking havoc and aren't afraid of accidentally injuring the citizens?!'
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