Chapter 897: The Combat Power of Passerby Players
Chapter 897 The Combat Power of Passerby Players
Seeing the figure suddenly appearing on the street, the soldiers of the purge team were obviously stunned.
The man was wearing a raincoat. His face could not be seen in the dark night, nor could the things hidden under the raincoat be seen.
The team leader immediately became alert, quickly raised the muzzle of his gun and aimed at the man, and then reported the situation to the centurion.
”An unidentified target was found… located outside the mission execution area, and this guy blocked the escape route of the militants.”
With the rustling sound of electricity, the voice of the centurion soon came from the other end of the communication channel.
”Report his detailed situation.”
The team leader took a deep breath and reported hurriedly.
”I can’t see it here, he is wearing a raincoat… This guy gives me a feeling that something is wrong.”
The centurion calmly ordered: “Maybe he is an accomplice of the militants, arrest him together.”
They have captured some prisoners, but it is not enough.
According to the explanation of those minions, the one who jumped out of the window and escaped is their leader.
That is, the so-called disciple of the Enlightenment Society.
”Yes.”
The team leader waved his right fist after hanging up the call. The team quickly split into two groups. One group continued to push forward along the street, while the other group aimed its rifle at the figure in the raincoat and approached him.
For some reason, the team leader felt his heart beating violently. He felt an instinctive panic, as if he was being stared at by some dangerous alien species.
Ten meters away!
Seeing that the five people were about to come into contact with the guy standing still, the change happened at this moment.
”Da Da Da!”
Flames suddenly burst out from the shadows covered by the raincoat, and tracers rushed towards them, killing the five-member team by surprise. At
a distance of less than ten meters, there was no time to dodge such dense firepower, and there was no place to dodge or move!
Fortunately, the bulletproof lining of the exoskeleton blocked the rain of bullets. Although everyone was embarrassed by the volley, they were not hit in the vitals, and they decisively pulled the trigger to fight back.
In this lightning moment, the figure in the raincoat suddenly moved.
The two scimitars were like the front legs of a mantis, flashing a fleeting white light in the rain, and with a “hum” they attacked the side of the five-man team.
The soldier standing on the left had no time to react, and watched the sharp blade split the raindrops hanging on the tactical eyepiece.
”Dang!”
The alloy blade cut into the helmet. The bulletproof lining that could defend against bullets was not a slightly thicker wooden board in front of the power of a level 30 agility player.
Coupled with the exoskeleton drive, this attack instantly dealt tons of damage.
Blood splashed out of the shattered helmet, and the man who was cut lost consciousness instantly.
Letting go of the hand holding the handle, the joker directly abandoned the scimitar embedded in the helmet and grasped the other handle in his left hand, changing from holding two knives to holding them with both hands.
Looking at their teammates whose life and death were unknown, the other four soldiers were dumbfounded. Before they even figured out what was happening, they saw the lightning-fast figure rushing in front of them again.
”Stop him–” The soldier who reacted first turned his gun and fired at close range.
However, before he finished speaking, the whirlwind-like blade light had already wiped his neck.
”Die!”
As soon as the curse words blew into his ears, his vision rose into the air with the severed head, and rolled in the air.
The first body had just fallen to the ground, and two of the five-man team had already died! With
a high fighting spirit burning in his eyes, the Comedian did not stop killing.
He quickly dodged the gunfire that was almost touching his face, and the whirlwind-like blade light turned around and chopped at the soldier’s calf against the sound of the gun.
”Ah!!”
The blade embedded in the bulletproof armor of the exoskeleton leg guard.
It’s better to say that it was smashed in than to say it was chopped in!
The soldier cried out in pain and knelt on one knee on the ground, and the knee guard hit the rain on the ground.
The Comedian lifted the soldier by the back of his neck with his left hand, holding it in front of him like a shield, and rushed to the next prey who was aiming at him.
The soldier staggered and fell backwards with his gun after being hit by the back of the friendly soldier.
He threw away the soldier with a broken leg with his left hand, and rushed forward to catch up with him. At the same time, his right hand reached for the submachine gun hanging on his waist with half a magazine left, and the muzzle of the gun was like the tip of a dagger against the jaw of the soldier who fell backwards.
”The fourth one!”
As the hideous voice blurted out, flames spurted out of the muzzle of the gun.
The “da da da” explosion penetrated the soft part of the exoskeleton, and the soldier’s head instantly exploded into a paste. His body twitched like an electric shock in the flashing sparks, and then he fell heavily on the rain-soaked street.
Seeing his teammates die one after another, the only remaining soldier was already terrified.
Seeing the brim of the raincoat facing him, he couldn’t even muster the courage to face the man. He just shouted “Monster!” in fear, and turned around and fled into the rain.
Obviously, not all Willant people are not afraid of death.
Especially facing this unreasonable “monster”.
Looking at the incredibly fast afterimage and the brothers who fell down in a few breaths, the captain’s pupils had shrunk into a dot, and he was shocked and angry in his heart. He didn’t even bother to scold the guy who fled in the face of the enemy.
”So fast!”
Although he was also an awakened person, he didn’t have the confidence to win at this distance against such terrifying power and speed.
The soldier whose calf was cut off did not die, but just stared at the man in the raincoat with wide eyes, twitching and gasping in the rain.
The joker put a submachine gun against his head as a hostage to prevent the five people not far away from opening fire and attacking, and then pulled off the rifle hanging on his shoulder.
”Do you still want to fight?”
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at the remaining five people standing on the street.
The distance between the two sides was about 20 meters, which was neither too far nor too close for him.
The captain swallowed his saliva, and the barrel of the gun with the silencer trembled slightly.
This guy is a monster…
He lowered his voice and called the sniper, but he didn’t hear any response, and his heart sank immediately.
These people came prepared!
The sniper they ambushed nearby is likely to have met with an accident…
”…Who are you?” To buy time, the captain lowered his voice. He
was standing here to buy time. Seeing that the other party was frightened and dared not move, he was not in a hurry to fight and decided to tease this guy.
”Disciple of the Enlightenment Society.”
The captain’s pupils shrank slightly.
”The Enlightenment Society…”
It’s the name again!
His index finger rubbed the trigger, he swallowed nervously, and continued to ask in a low voice.
”…What do you want to do?”
”You don’t need to know…” The joker also lowered his voice, like a real villain.
The air between the two sides seemed to be frozen, and they were deadlocked there for a while.
About two minutes passed.
The captain kept swallowing his saliva, secretly anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. What
made him afraid was not just the man standing in front of him, but also the teammate who was stepped on by this guy, and the other gun hidden in the dark.
The sniper lost contact, and he was almost certain that the gun had blocked the street.
His superiors had already assigned a team of ten to search the sniper point, and before waiting for the result, he did not dare to risk his own life and the lives of his brothers.
At this moment, the voice of the centurion came from the communication channel.
”…Reinforcements are coming soon, you hold on for a while.”
The captain said nervously.
”Understood…What about the target who escaped?”
After a brief rustling sound of electricity, the centurion continued.
”Don’t worry about him for the time being, control the target in front of you first. As for the guy who escaped, his identity has been confirmed… He can’t escape.”
Hearing this, the captain finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his originally nervous mood gradually calmed down.
Since there was no need to rush to take care of the guy who escaped, he didn’t need to fight with the man in front of him.
Just keep an eye on him and wait for reinforcements to arrive!
The group of people standing in the rain confronted each other like this, letting the increasingly rapid raindrops hit their raincoats and exoskeleton armor.
At this moment, the sound of cars was faintly heard in the wind blowing along the street.
At the same time, the voice of the comedian standing in the rain curtain was also heard in the communication channel.
”…There are two pieces of bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”
Hearing this, the Comedian rolled his eyes.
”I’m just pretending to be cool. Can you stop talking nonsense and speak quickly?”
Without further ado, the Sha Diao continued.
”The troops surrounding the radio station opened fire on civilians. One of the Desert Corps members died and one was injured, but fortunately there was no trace left and our people were successfully evacuated… In addition, the residents of Yongye Port seemed to have suffered heavy casualties. I saw the explosion and went to take a look offline. I heard what the dead person said.”
The Comedian clicked his tongue in surprise.
This Southern Corps was really ruthless. When they were forced into a corner, they really opened fire on their own civilians.
”…These are two pieces of bad news?”
The Sha Diao continued in the communication channel.
”One is counted, and the other is about you. There are two armored vehicles heading in your direction, about two or three minutes’ drive away. I saw it from the drone.”
After a pause, he said again.
”Of course, I’m almost done here, so feel free to do as you please.”
”Received.”
After a simple reply, the Comedian tapped his helmet with his index finger and hung up the communication.
Looking at the five people standing in a battle array in the distance, he thought for a while, came up with an idea, and called out.
”Hey.”
The captain standing opposite him tensed up instantly, his index finger on the trigger like a taut string.
”What for?”
The Comedian grinned.
”I spared your life, what’s your name?”
The captain’s eyes flashed with anger, but thinking that reinforcements were coming, there was no need to anger this monster at this time, so he finally suppressed his anger and said in a low voice.
”Toby.”
”Toby… remember,” the Comedian silently repeated the name, nodded, and said in a meaningful tone, “Goodbye, see you later.”
After that, he kicked the lame guy under his feet to the side.
Toby was stunned for a moment, and he hadn’t come back to his senses yet What does this mean.
At this moment, a dazzling flame suddenly jumped from under the raincoat, and the murderous monster exploded into a ball of fire in full view of everyone!
The hot flames ignited the battery of the exoskeleton. Just half a second after the first explosion, the second explosion sounded, and thick smoke spread instantly. The
burning sparks splashed like fireworks, illuminating the dark streets.
Faced with this sudden change, Toby was completely dumbfounded.
Suicide? !
The screams coming through the smoke woke him up. He quickly put aside the muzzle of the gun, rushed forward in a few steps, and pulled the teammate who was still in the fire out of the smoke.
The guy’s calf was still embedded with a machete, and the bulletproof lining on his chest was on fire, and no matter how he shot, it would not go out.
Toby gritted his teeth and removed the bulletproof lining on his chest and threw it into the sea of fire not far away.
Just then, two reinforcement armored vehicles finally rushed over from the other side of the street.
The vehicle stopped steadily on the side of the road, and a Willant soldier holding a rifle jumped out of the car and strode to Toby.
”We are the reconnaissance team of the 400,000th Army. We heard that reinforcements are needed here, so we rushed here from the port area.”
The soldier shrugged after taking a look at Toby and the wounded man next to him.
”It looks like your battle is over.”
Reaching out and moving the scimitar embedded in his teammate’s calf, Toby saw that it seemed to have cut into the bone, and finally gave up pulling it out and decided to leave the job to a professional surgeon.
It was really tragic.
He didn’t get injured on the battlefield, but fell down at the doorstep of his own home with a broken leg. I’m afraid he will have to retire early.
Toby stood up from the ground.
”It’s over, you’re a step too late.”
The soldier from the reconnaissance team grinned.
”It’s the same for you, I heard that a very important person died.”
Toby nodded silently.
”Captain of the Underworld.”
The key point is not the rank of captain of the underworld, but that this guy is the secretary of the director of the general affairs department of the theater.
At this moment, Toby did not know that his friendly forces had opened fire on civilians.
If he knew, he probably would not make a fuss about such a small matter as “the death of a captain of the underworld.”
The soldiers of the opposite reconnaissance team clicked their tongues lightly and looked at the fire scene on the side.
”Killing a captain of the underworld…it seems that these gang members are tired of living.”
The billowing smoke was quickly diluted by the rain, but the burning flames could not be extinguished no matter what, and they burned tenaciously in the increasingly heavy rain.
When the pungent smoke dissipated, only a charcoal-like torso was left on the street.
Toby swallowed his saliva, pressed his index finger on the helmet, and reported to his superiors.
”We lost three people… and one was seriously injured.”
”The other party claimed to be a disciple of the Enlightenment Society, and was suspected to be an awakener above the second stage… No, maybe it was the third or fourth stage, which doesn’t seem to be a speed that can be achieved with just an exoskeleton.”
The communication channel was silent for a while, and his centurion asked in a deep voice.
”…Where is the person? Did you catch him?”
Toby whispered.
”He committed suicide… and the body was burned to charcoal.”
The communication channel was silent for a long time again, and the centurion said concisely.
”Got it, let’s withdraw.”
Toby asked hurriedly.
”Where is the escaped target?”
The centurion continued.
”The city defense army has blocked Evernight Harbor, including the Blackwater Alley that is blocked… The rat can’t escape.”
”The chaos tonight is a bit big… There may be other tasks later.”
Toby took a deep breath.
”Got it.”
…
On the other side, Morse, who was running around in the alley, finally found the base of the Enlightenment Society with his vague memory.
At this moment, he was like a dog that fell into the water. His whole body was soaked by the rain, and it also exuded a faint stench of swill.
Without taking the time to tidy up his appearance, he stumbled forward and punched the tightly closed door.
However, the tightly closed door did not move at all, and there was no intention to open it.
He could not help but panic and yelled at the tightly closed door.
”Open the door! I have done everything you asked me to do… Although there was an accident, Tony died, but I can’t do anything. Who would have thought that I would run into the regular army of the legion!”
Wait…
Why would I run into the regular army of the legion? !
Didn’t the Enlightenment Society already deal with the top leaders? Otherwise, how could he make a scene in Tony’s casino… The garrison alone would be enough to crush him to death, and the regular army wouldn’t even need to take action.
Unless…
the garrison didn’t want to come, but encountered an accident.
The guy who threw an olive branch to him and was killed by him is the real big shot.
This did explain why Tony would rather die in his hands than run away.
But…
what about the previous events?
The power of the Enlightenment Society had clearly gotten him out of the Cartnod prison.
Morse’s brain became increasingly confused, his eyebrows ached faintly, and bloodshot eyes.
The damn illusion appeared again.
He bit his gums until they bled, and knocked his head hard to drive the illusion out of his mind.
What went wrong? !
He had actually already vaguely sensed something.
Perhaps this was not a collaboration between the Legion and the Enlightenment Society at all, but a secret struggle between the Legion and the Alliance.
As for him…
he was just involved by chance, and he was self-indulgent and had some misunderstandings.
He was not a maggot living in the sewer, but a pupa living in a cocoon.
He used all his strength and tried his best, and finally bit a hole in the solid cocoon, but the light shining into the cocoon blinded his eyes.
Which side was the illusion? Which side was the reality?
”Damn it! Open the door!”
Morse yelled at the top of his lungs, banging on the door with his almost unconscious arm, almost breaking the closed door panel.
”Haven’t you already acknowledged me? Am I not a member of the Enlightenment Society?”
The moment he heard the word “Enlightenment Society”, there was finally a slight movement inside the door.
A glimmer of hope flashed in Morse’s eyes, especially when he saw the door open.
However, the next second, the glimmer of hope solidified in the center of his pupils with a short gunshot.
”Bang!”
A 9mm bullet pierced his head, and Morse fell to the ground without a word.
Looking at the body soaked in the rain, the gloomy man cursed angrily and put away the smoking pistol.
”So noisy… Damn it, don’t you think your voice is loud enough?!”
This bunch of rubbish…
Not only did they risk their lives, but they also used the name of the Enlightenment Society to make a fuss everywhere.
Now it’s good.
They can’t keep a low profile even if they want to!
He couldn’t count how many accusations were put on his head, and he wanted to skin this idiot alive!
Looking at the street and seeing that there was no one else, the man breathed a sigh of relief, squatted down, grabbed the legs of the corpse, and prepared to drag the dead dog into the house to dispose of it.
And just as he lowered his head, a sound of breaking air hit his head.
There was no time to react at all, and he fell straight to the ground after being hit by a club.
Throwing away the stick in his hand, Sha Diao glanced at Morse’s body and sighed softly.
He had read the story of this guy in Taran’s post. Although he was a complete villain and a lunatic with a not-so-normal mind, he was also a guy with dreams.
It is said that in his dream, he changed Blackwater Alley and made it into Night City in the wasteland, a low-profile version of the Free State of Bughra.
If he was born somewhere else and received a good education, this guy might really be able to achieve something with his ability, even if he didn’t become the emperor of the underground world.
However, this is Evernight Harbor ruled by the Willants.
It is Blackwater Alley where aliens are born and rot.
”You will become a legend in Blackwater Alley, and the people here will remember your name for a long time… This is all I can do for you. Rest in peace, my friend whom I just met.”
Throwing down these words, Sha Diao dragged his body and the unconscious man into the base of the “True Enlightenment Society”.
After tonight, this guy’s wanted poster will probably be posted all over the streets and alleys of Blackwater Alley. After the troubles in the northwestern city are settled, the Willants will look for him like crazy.
But they won’t succeed.
He will disappear completely from this settlement as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth, becoming a legend circulating in the streets and alleys of Blackwater Alley, and a legend in the eyes of countless young men…
along with the secrets he may or may not know.
(End of this chapter)
