In the past, the thunder season was the period that Vila Nova Dônia people looked forward to the most.
Due to the lack of outdoor work environments, many construction projects would be stuck in the construction period. As a result, many companies and organizations in the city would slow down their work.
Their wages wouldn't be reduced, and their work hours would be halved. They would even frequently have two days off. Various clubs and organizations would even start all sorts of entertainment activities. Life in Vila Nova Dônia was basically like heaven.
Previously, the major churches had paid a huge price in order to obtain more believers. Many people in Novodonia benefited greatly from this. Recently, many people in Vila Nova Dônia had been fooling around all day.
But today, the situation was different.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! We're about to board the plane! There's not enough time!"
"Get out of the way!"
Ever since noon, the entire city's atmosphere had changed. If the hurried warriors on the streets were only an accident, then the airships and magic armors that kept flying past above their heads were a clear indication that something was wrong with the situation.
Fully armed Holy Church knights also appeared on the streets. They were fully armed and had long since surpassed the level of public security.
Infantry, motorcycles, and magic armors directly replaced the public security police and began to manage the daily lives of all citizens.
These soldiers who seemed to be on high alert quickly made the situation even more tense. Overreacting, they would pick up their weapons against anyone who approached them. Even if no one approached them, they would still scurry around as if they were raiding someone's home.
Small alleys, bars, black markets, and other gray areas were all mysteriously affected. In just a few short hours, several gangs that hadn't had the chance to dominate the city were wiped out. Hundreds of wanted criminals and petty thieves were found in unknown corners.
But this time, these usually peaceful church warriors were reacting fiercely. Many unlucky wanted criminals didn't even have to go to jail. They would be killed on the spot if they tried to resist.
However, the sensitive citizens could still sense that something was wrong. The church warriors were all nervous and prepared for battle. They were always looking around … as if they were afraid of something.
Fear and uneasiness could spread. The tension between the public security and the violent organizations caused uneasiness to spread.
The smart ones gave up on their plans to go out for entertainment. They rationally returned to their homes and shut their doors. Perhaps this wouldn't really make them safer, but it would at least prevent them from being shot in the head by the overly sensitive city guards.
"… These guys, as expected, only know how to spoil things."
On the top floor of the Victory Building, Isabella looked at the chaos downstairs and her colleagues who were like headless flies. It was rare for her to be serious.
Since Rorschach wasn't around, Lori's attention was unavoidably focused on the rescue team. As the temporary commander-in-chief, she had a lot of work to do, which made her more and more irritable … But in the eyes of her temporary subordinates, the main reason for her irritable mood was that she hadn't touched a game controller for several hours.
"Is it not done yet?"
"Soon, soon."
However, no matter how impatient she was, some things couldn't be rushed.
Behind her, the engineers were busy debugging the park system again. Next, they couldn't make any mistakes. Otherwise, a mistake could cost a life.
"They're here."
A group of outsiders entered the first floor of the Victory Building, but their arrival made everyone present heave a sigh of relief.
"It's finally here. Activate the Blind Bat plan."
If one were to pick the area with the most traffic in the new city, perhaps the second ranked area wouldn't even have half the traffic of the first ranked area, the dock area.
Dounia's airport, at the same time, had the multiple functions of shipbuilding, commercial berths, military docks and so on. Naturally, it became the city's most important dock area.
And now, with the full deployment of the major churches in preparation for war, ships constantly landed and took off here. Several main roads were completely paralyzed by the excessive traffic.
Hundreds of motorcycles, trucks and carriages were jammed on the roads. The few remaining gaps were used by the military to load and unload goods.
The floating airship in mid-air announced the current congested areas. The anxious drivers found out in despair that the list of congested areas was basically the same as reading the names of all the streets in the dock area.
The only thing worth rejoicing about was that the announcement mentioned that there would be free food, water … and plastic chamber pots for the drivers stuck in traffic.
Hearing the last item, some people already knew that there was no hope for today. There was no intention to open traffic today at all.
And after that, there was the possibility of toilet paper and plastic boxes being delivered if the traffic continued until nighttime. This made them even more speechless.
The situation had already deteriorated to the point where it couldn't get any worse. Most people could only curse while waiting patiently. But for Schuyler and Berford, this was completely unacceptable.
"… We can't wait any longer. Our Lord's mission …"
"… Then do you think it's a good idea to carry high explosives through the gaps between the cars? In order to complete the mission, we've brought 400 kilograms of explosives. "
"We can jump over the roof of the car …"
"And then because we're overweight invisible people, we can smash through the roof of other people's cars and attract a group of mentally allergic idiots who are shooting everywhere. Don't be silly. "
In a sense, this was a very serious and realistic problem — terrorists would also encounter traffic jams and be stuck on the road when carrying out an attack mission. Once they were stuck on the road, what should they do when their plan was completely ruined?
Right now, Schuyler and Berford were facing such an embarrassing situation.
Both of them were high-level believers and spies of the Eye of Wisdom. Berford was the Eye of Wisdom's "divine power". Now, even he was filled with anxiety and uneasiness in his empty and evil white eyes, which represented his divine pet.
Blowing up the communication tower at the docks, setting fire to the warehouse area, and creating as much chaos as possible was the mission given to him by his Lord. Now that he was stuck on the road for such an absurd reason, he was naturally filled with anxiety.
And when he saw that the emergency passage that had been temporarily cleared out was actually a vehicle with the Radiance Scroll Church's symbol, he became even more anxious.
"Open the window, water delivery."
Meanwhile, the motorcyclist was knocking on the window. As the motorcyclist, Shuleier could only force out a smile as he recalled the recent announcement. But, the moment he rolled down the window and looked outside … a thick and black gun barrel was directly stuffed into his gaping mouth.
* Bang! *
The crisp sound of a watermelon exploding behind him startled him.
Even without turning his head, the rearview mirror told him about the headless corpse of the Eye of Wisdom, and the blonde girl who had unknowingly sat behind him.
She was wearing a strange half-covered helmet, and there was an antenna on the side that constantly flashed with indicator lights. Her eyes with red and blue glass lenses flashed with electricity.
Schuyler finally remembered what this was. Wasn't this the AR virtual gaming helmet that had been very popular not long ago? Was this person still in the virtual world?
[Modeling of the surrounding one kilometer has been completed. Comparison complete. Comparing the virtual world and the real world … Beep, beep. Two non-overlapping targets are respectively 467 meters and 789 meters ahead. Please clear the targets as soon as possible.]
The mechanical notification that suddenly sounded from the helmet made Schuyler's scalp tingle. Not far ahead, wasn't that where the other two Eye of Wisdom were?
"Sir! There's … "
* Bang! *
The sudden crisp sound made everything return to normal. The blonde girl disappeared from the backseat, and the other two "enthusiastic water delivery boys" directly went to their new workplace.
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