Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 171 The Brutal Consequences of the Bombing Operation

boom! ! !
The explosion destroyed and swallowed up large areas of mountains, rocks, and forests, and the dazzling firelight was monitored by the shadows and simultaneously transmitted to Guan Tong's eyes in the distance.

"It really is long-range bombing."

Guan Tong had anticipated this situation, which is why her physical body had remained separated from the fragments.

Otherwise, if the fragments are on your body and you are suddenly attacked by a long-range missile, you will be seriously injured even if you don't die.

Which side will it be?

Guan Tong wanted to know whether this long-range bombing was carried out by the Soro Empire or the Sakura Kingdom.

He doesn't need to investigate; he'll get the results quickly.

Because no matter how far the bombing is conducted, ground personnel will inevitably be dispatched to collect the debris afterward.

All I have to do is wait for those people to appear.

After a round of bombing ended, the commander immediately ordered, "Proceed!"

The special forces team immediately rushed to the blast area.

The commander now concluded that the holder of the fragment had most likely been killed in the explosion.

The timing of this surprise attack was the result of Mu Tiancheng's long-planned strategy.

The higher-ups already knew the location of the fragments, and in recent days, Mu Tiancheng, the instructor of the Chosen Group, had been studying how to seize them.

Considering that the holder is likely a shadow, and this powerful Ascendant has just single-handedly destroyed the stronghold of a minor warlord, sending troops to deal with it rashly may not be successful.

If you fail, you'll alert the enemy, making it much harder to target them later.

After conducting his research, Mu Tiancheng made a decision.

He first communicated with the high-ranking officials of the Antai Kingdom through diplomatic channels, explaining that the Yingqi Kingdom was willing to help them eliminate the enemy, Shadow.

The top brass of An Tai State were initially shocked to learn that the shadow was still within their country's borders.

They all thought the shadow had left, but according to Mu Tiancheng, the shadow hadn't left; it had simply hidden deep in a rainforest.

This greatly worried the leaders of Antai State, who feared that the Shadow would continue to cause trouble. Therefore, they readily agreed to Mu Tiancheng's proposal.

After all, although the national strength of Yingqi Kingdom is not as great as that of Beixing and Soro, it is still a world power, and eliminating a shadow is more than enough.

Following consultations, An Tai State agreed to allow the warships of the Kingdom of Sengki to enter its territorial waters and special forces to enter the capital to carry out operations.

Thus, in Mu Tiancheng's operational plan, the warships were first moved to the territorial waters of An Tai State, and then the special forces were deployed to the edge of the rainforest.

The attack will take place the moment after Rule 10 takes effect.

He believed that the shadow would then focus its attention on one of the five senses that had been eliminated, thus lowering its guard to some extent.

At this moment, suddenly being bombarded by missiles... even Shadow, the self-proclaimed world's number one Ascendant, would only face certain death if caught off guard.

Then the special forces team will retrieve the fragments and bring them back to Sakura Kingdom, thus obtaining three fragments and gaining an advantage.

As for the two pieces from Soma, we'll find a way to acquire them later.

At this moment, Mu Tiancheng was on a warship, surrounded by darkness. Unlike the special forces, he hadn't tried to blind himself with medication. He was unsure about the potential side effects of any drugs and couldn't afford the risk.

He could accept being blind for only fifteen days.

After the long-range bombing ended, he immediately contacted the fragment holder, Orochi Yukari of the Chosen Ones, by phone with the assistance of his adjutant.

"Purple, has the position of the fragment changed?"

"No."

"Good!" Mu Tiancheng clenched his fist tightly. "This means that the shadow was most likely blown up! And the fragments, due to their 'indestructible' nature, were left behind."

"..."

After a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, the call ended. Mu Tiancheng wasn't surprised, as Yagi Yukari was always rather taciturn.

He put down the phone. Although everything was dark, he seemed to see a bright future beckoning to him.

"Next, we just wait for the special forces to bring back the fragments!"

……

The special forces team quickly entered the blast zone, where they saw large areas of fallen trees and craters in the ground.

They spread out in a defensive formation, carefully surveying the area in an attempt to find the shadowy corpse that had been killed in the explosion.

However, after a thorough search, no body was found. Not even a body, not even limbs or blood were found.

Similarly, they found no fragments.

The commander frowned and reported remotely to Mu Tiancheng: "Lord Mu Tiancheng, we—"

"what!!!"

His report was interrupted by the screams of his teammate. He turned his head sharply and saw a teammate being pierced through the body by a black spike that emerged from the ground!
It's the shadow! The shadow isn't dead!
The moment the Shadow's attack method was revealed, the commander was shocked and incredulous. How could the Shadow be still alive after being bombarded by so many missiles?!
"what!"

"Da da da!"

"Don't break formation!"

The attacks by black spikes continued, and seven or eight of the approximately twenty-strong special forces team were quickly killed.

Hearing the screams coming from the communicator, Mu Tiancheng realized something was wrong: "Shadow isn't dead?!"

"Yes! That thing is manipulating shadows to attack us!" the commander shouted. "We can't locate it!"

Mu Tiancheng paused for two seconds: "Use your lives to hold them off, and the Divine Child will remember your sacrifice."

"Yes!"

Mu Tiancheng hung up the communication and immediately ordered the other soldiers on the warship: "Launch another long-range attack on the target area immediately. The enemy is fighting our people. This time we will definitely succeed!"

Upon hearing this, the warship soldier hesitated and said, "Then what about our people...?"

"It is their honor to sacrifice for the country and for His Holiness the God! Launch immediately!"

"Yes!"

A new round of missiles was launched from the warships, bombing the target area.

The commander knew the outcome as soon as he hung up the communication and shouted, "Long live the Divine Child!"

Boom boom boom! ! !
A new round of missile bombardment hit the area, and several special forces members, including the commander, who had not yet been killed by the Shadow, were all blown to pieces by the missiles.

Guan Tongyuan frowned upon seeing this and muttered under his breath, "Inhuman bastards."

He actually had a slight premonition about this situation, which is why he didn't immediately use teleportation to get there.

But when his premonition came true and he saw the remaining soldiers blown up, he was still somewhat surprised by the cruelty of the person who gave the order.

However, based on the appearance of these people, and the Sakura Prayer words that the guy who seemed to be the commander shouted before he died, Guan Tong could tell that it was the Sakura Prayer Kingdom that planned this operation.

Furthermore, the holder of the fragment in the Cherry Blossom Kingdom is not an independent individual, but rather an official. Otherwise, without official support, where would these special forces soldiers and long-range bombardment missiles come from?

...Okay.

Guan Tong thought to himself that he had originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity presented by the rules to acquire other fragments. Now that Yingqi Kingdom had taken the initiative to cause him trouble, it gave him a clear objective.

Soon after the second round of bombing ended, another team of soldiers went to the area to try to recover the debris.

However, neither they nor Mu Tiancheng knew that although the location of the fragment had not changed, it was shrouded in shadow and located deep underground, and could not be found unless a missile was used to plow the ground three feet deep.

The second team of soldiers met the same fate as the first team, quickly dying at the hands of the shadows remotely controlled by Guan Tong.

After losing contact with the second team, Mu Tiancheng realized that something was wrong with the operation.

He couldn't understand why the shadow could evade missile attacks. Even with defensive items, it was impossible for it to survive two rounds of bombing.
But the facts are undeniable.

Unwilling to give up, he ordered, "Bomb one more time, this time expand the area!"

The soldier reported, "I'm sorry, Lord Mutiancheng, the warship has run out of missiles."

“…Damn it!” Mu Tiancheng cursed, then shook his head helplessly after a moment. “Operation over, let’s go back!”

"Yes."

The warships of the Sakura Kingdom quickly left, and shortly afterward, the An Tai State also dispatched official soldiers to investigate the bombing area.

Apart from finding some mutilated corpses of Sakura Inori soldiers, nothing else was found.

The soldiers from An Tai State looked at the scene and couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

"They blew up their own people?"

"It seems so."

"I really don't know what the prince was thinking, allowing the Sakura people to bomb our territory."

"It's all about taking down Shadow, isn't it... I wonder if they succeeded."

Listening to the conversation between the soldiers of Antai State, Guan Tong roughly deduced that Antai State and Yingqi Kingdom had reached an agreement.

An Daibang wanted to kill himself, but was worried about retaliation or lack of ability, so he used someone else to do the killing, allowing Yingqi Kingdom to enter and bomb... As for Yingqi Kingdom's purpose, it was naturally to take away the puzzle pieces.

"very good."

With that in mind, Guan Tong now had a clear plan.

He was determined to make a trip to the Kingdom of Cherry, but before he left, he felt it necessary to make the Antai State government pay some price for its actions against him.

People die when they are killed. Even the most powerful and influential person cannot escape this natural law.

(End of this chapter)