The sun rose into the sky. Da Hwa City's Nan An Street was already bustling with activity.
Uncles and aunties in training outfits were training by the roadside. The sanitation workers were sweeping the ground, some were walking their dogs, some were jogging and some were riding bicycles. Most of the shops on both sides of the street were closed. Only a few eateries were open for breakfast.
Nan An Street was the busiest commercial street in the city, it was famous even among the surrounding cities.
The haze of the legionella pneumonia had faded. It was supposed to be a sunny morning.
But suddenly, the uncles and aunties who were playing Tai Chi were stunned. The other citizens were confused too. They saw a convoy drive into the street. There were armored vehicles, medical vans, quarantine vans, communication vans … all of them had a star logo on them. By now, everyone knew that it was Phecda.
Before they could react, a group of burly soldiers had already separated them from the crowd. "Phecda is here!"
Some people tried to take pictures with their phones but they were stopped by the soldiers. They were also forcibly taken away.
However, the uncles and aunties who loved to join in the fun did not want to be involved in the Phecda incident. They were more anxious than the soldiers to leave.
At the same time, as soon as the armored personnel carriers stopped, the rear doors opened, and a group of armed people jumped out. Before the passersby could completely evacuate, some people rushed to a shop called "Li Qi Zai" and stuck a bomb on the closed iron door.
The soldier quickly moved away and then the bomb exploded.
Boom! The steel door was blasted away. It brought with it the sound of things collapsing inside the shop.
Some uncles and aunties gasped in shock. Their ears were ringing and the Tai Chi swords in their hands almost dropped to the ground.
Explosion, explosion …
"Ah!" Some of the younger people gasped. Some panicked while others felt their blood boil. They did not expect to encounter something like this before they left home.
Hearing the explosion, some of the residents on the higher floors ran out from their balconies to take a look. They used their phones to record the scene.
Some posted on the internet, 'This is bad, this is bad.'
The members of the vanguard were all wearing special equipment, such as bulletproof vests, helmets, night vision goggles, and so on. They were so well covered that no one could tell who they were.
Previously, when the country announced something like Phecda and supernatural powers, it seemed like nothing had changed after a few days. Other than the publicity and education activities organized by the neighborhood committee, life was still the same. But now, the changes suddenly rushed over like a flood!
Of course, Phecda had considered the problem of the masses in his battle plan.
This was also the reason why they chose to act in the early morning. In another two or three hours, this place would become a bustling city. They didn't choose to act in the middle of the night because the power of darkness would always grow at night. Moreover, there were five locations in the wild.
After the door of the shop was blasted open, a combat vehicle immediately drove in.
Gu Jun, Lou Xiaoning, Xue Ba, and the others focused their attention and prepared themselves. The robot car led the way and probed the general situation. If it was possible to charge forward, they would do so.
In fact, the higher-ups did not want Gu Jun to take the risk himself, but he insisted on coming. Some subtle feelings could only be understood on the spot. If he wanted to see through the surface and see the truth, he had to come. Not only did he want to get to the bottom of this, he also wanted to get to the bottom of Deng Ximei.
Furthermore, he did not want to become a publicity ambassador in front of the camera. It was time for that kind of life to come to an end.
The video captured by the robot car was synchronized to the command central and the command vehicle. Li Qi Zhai was an antique shop. The shop was less than fifty square meters in size, and it was decorated in an antique style. The wooden shelves were filled with vases, bowls, and so on. There were no abnormal creatures, and the infrared thermal imaging device did not detect any bombs.
At the same time, the other fifteen locations were on the move as well. Temporarily, there was no ambush, but some of them were already engaged in battle.
"Eastern State, Eastern State, the enemy is using a spell!"
"There is a battle in Cave No. 1. Zombie spotted, zombie spotted!"
The information from the command central came from the earpiece of Gu Jun's group, and it caused them to hold their breaths.
It was about time. Gu Jun waved his hand, and the group rushed into the shop with automatic rifles. They cooperatively aimed the muzzles at their surroundings.
From the moment Gu Jun stepped into the shop, he felt something was off. It was the vitality that Deng Ximei mentioned. The shop was located in the middle of a busy city, but it felt like he had walked into a gloomy graveyard. The patterns on the vases on the shelves … reminded him of flowers from the foreign world.
Gu Jun was flustered, but when he thought back to the voice that day, he felt like the fog had cleared. This was indeed a 'contact point'.
They had seen the layout of the shop before. The front was the shop, and the back was a room about thirty square meters in size. It could be used as a storage room or a bedroom. The owner had not left the shop after closing the shop last night. There was no one in front of the shop, but there was at least one person behind the door.
Gu Jun made a hand gesture to break down the door. Several members rushed forward with the door crashers and blasted the steel door down.
The group saw the middle-aged owner standing next to the wall and splashing some paint on it. The room was empty, but the wall was painted with many strange patterns.
The man was destroying the ritual patterns! Gu Jun immediately pulled the trigger of the rifle in his hand. Two shots rang out.
"Ah …" Blood splattered from the middle-aged man's calves. He collapsed to the ground. The paint bucket clattered to the ground, forming a pool of paint. The middle-aged man's face was twisted from anger. When he spoke, his voice was distorted like the screams of the demons from the abyss.
"Gu Jun, it was us who nurtured you, you are our creation …"
Bang! Bang! Bang! The middle-aged man's lower limbs were shot several times. The pain caused his body to convulse, but the expression on his face turned even more fanatical …
Regardless of whether the man had the intention to cast a spell or not, Gu Jun had already drawn out an Ancient Seal. The man immediately howled again. Xue Ba and the other members rushed forward to knock out the owner with the electric gun.
Gu Jun did not care what the man had to say. He was excited to capture the cultists alive but at the same time, he wondered if the contact point that the enemy had set up at the city where Phecda's headquarters was located only had this many guards. It should be more than that … The life force around him was more than that.
At that moment, the urgent voice from the command central came through the earpiece, "Attention, Da Hwa, Nan An Street is warping!"
'Warping? How? ' But everyone immediately understood what he meant, because the surroundings began to rumble and shake as if there was an earthquake.
Gu Jun frowned. 'This might be a big fish …'
He led Lou Xiaoning and the rest out of the shop. When they returned to the street, they saw the buildings on both sides of the street were shaking violently. The residents screamed in fear.
Even though the night vision goggles allowed him to see clearly, it also hindered his senses. Gu Jun pushed the goggles up and scanned the chaotic atmosphere around him. It was underground. Something was moving underground, causing the tremors. Could it be the subterrain giant worm? No, not even the subterrain giant worm could be that powerful.
'Is this the power of the spatial ritual? Is this an attack or an escape? '
It had only been a short while since the battle started. Due to the slow movement of the uncles and aunties, they could still see Li Qi Zai from afar.
Like the residents around them, they were panicking from the earthquake.
However, someone with sharp eyes recognized a face. "Captain Gu, that looks like Captain Gu!" "It's him, it's him!"
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