Doomsday police, please show your god/demon ID card.

Tang Long raised his hand to calm the crowd's excitement.

His gaze was calm yet incredibly firm as he slowly swept over each of his comrades.

"I know it's dangerous." His voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear: "That's precisely why I have to go."

"I am the commander, but first and foremost, I am a soldier. Dr. Su also needs protection."

"This isn't about playing the hero; it's the tactical choice with the highest probability of success based on the existing conditions."

His gaze swept over Wang Hu, Liu Qiang, and Luo Yongchao. "If you were also superhumans, I wouldn't refuse!"

"But you are just ordinary people, you are outstanding soldiers, the pillars of the base..."

"Your battlefield is elsewhere; we must minimize unnecessary casualties."

His words were quite straightforward, leaving everyone silent for a moment.

Wang Hu opened his mouth, clenched and unclenched his fists, and finally sighed, slumping back into his chair.

The others exchanged glances, a hint of helplessness in their eyes.

Seeing this, Tang Long said no more.

His tone returned to its usual calm and decisive: "Alright, enough with the emotions. Everyone to your positions, let's begin the final preparations as planned."

"..."

......

Nighttime, police dormitory building.

Su Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, her eyes slightly closed, her breathing long and even.

This is not some mysterious method, but a meditation technique she figured out on her own.

By clearing your mind and allowing your mental energy to flow in a calm state, you can hone the precision of your control.

Suddenly, her brow twitched slightly.

A familiar malice emanated from the direction of the city center once again, cold, massive, and carrying an indifferent disdain as if looking down upon ants.

But this time, something seems subtly different.

Deep within the cold malice, she keenly detected a trace of another emotion.

That is...

A deep, overwhelming sadness.

It felt strange, like a child crying in a desolate wilderness, having lost his most precious toy, his cries filled with helplessness and despair.

Immediately afterwards, the intermittent sound of a nursery rhyme drifted into her consciousness.

"Twinkle... twinkle... sparkle..."

"The sky... is full of... little stars..."

The singing voice was childish, but the melody was strangely drawn out, lacking any childlike charm and instead exuding a chilling eeriness and desolation.

"call!"

Su Yan suddenly opened her eyes, her chest heaving violently, and her forehead instantly covered in cold sweat.

"What's going on?" She clutched her chest, her eyes filled with fear.

After hesitating for a moment, she walked to the window, parted a corner of the curtain, and looked towards the city center.

The darkness remained thick and impenetrable, giving one a strange sense of unease.

Taking a deep breath, Su Yan put on her coat, turned around, and walked out of the room.

……

the other side.

It was also inside the police officers' dormitory.

Tang Long stood on the balcony, a cigarette between his fingers.

The crimson flames flickered in the night, and the smoke was dispersed by the evening breeze.

He couldn't sleep at all.

Tomorrow is the decisive battle, and his mind is filled with all sorts of plans and contingency plans, but even more so with a lingering unease.

But whenever I think of that giant face floating above the sea of ​​clouds, made up of countless suffering faces, a sense of unease rises in my heart.

suddenly.

dong dong dong.

A gentle knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

Tang Long stubbed out his cigarette, turned around, and opened the door.

Su Yan stood outside the door, wearing a thin coat, her face appearing somewhat pale in the dim light of the corridor.

"Why are you here?" Tang Long asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Captain Tang, I felt it again just now! In the city center." Su Yan's voice was soft, with a hint of fatigue.

Tang Long raised an eyebrow and stepped aside to let her in: "Was it a malicious attack? How strong was it?"

He was already used to the occasional mental "noise" that Su Yan received.

They even regard it as an important source of intelligence.

"It wasn't just malice." Su Yan frowned slightly, as if organizing her thoughts. "This time... I felt an extremely strong emotion of sadness, pure and intense."

"Sadness?" Tang Long frowned upon hearing this.

"Yes, a deep sadness, like a child who has lost their beloved possession," Su Yan added. "And, I think I also heard singing, like a nursery rhyme."

Tang Long fell silent.

He didn't think Su Yan would lie to him, but this whole thing was just too bizarre and absurd.

"Are you too nervous?" His tone softened, with a hint of barely perceptible concern. "The operation is tomorrow, and the mental pressure might be causing some illusions."

Su Yan paused for a moment, then nodded gently: "Perhaps."

Tang Long's guess is not without possibility.

She came here simply to follow the principle of reporting any abnormalities immediately.

"Go back and get some rest, don't think about anything," Tang Long patted her shoulder and comforted her.

"it is good."

Su Yan turned and left, her figure quickly disappearing into the corridor.

Tang Long closed the door, walked back to the balcony, and lit another cigarette.

He looked towards the city center, his brow furrowed.

sad?

Nursery rhymes?

How could a monster made up of countless human heads know what sadness is?

……

The next morning, before dawn.

The searchlights in the base plaza illuminated the entire area as if it were daytime.

Amidst the roar of engines, a convoy of armored vehicles and modified trucks was ready to depart.

Wang Hu and Luo Yongchao were leading their respective teams in a final equipment check.

"Listen up, all of you! This time we're going to stir up a hornet's nest! Anyone who dares to mess things up, I'll skin them alive when I get back!" Wang Hu's voice was as loud as a bell.

"yes!"

The thunderous response echoed throughout the square.

Tang Long, dressed in a black training uniform, walked to the front of the group.

"Set off!"

There was no unnecessary mobilization; just two words, concise and powerful.

The convoy slowly drove out of the base gate and headed towards the city center shrouded in morning mist.

Two hours later.

Downtown, one kilometer from the World Trade Center.

As soon as the convoy came to a stop, a piercing alarm sounded on the walkie-talkie.

"Enemy attack!!"

Ahead, thick fog billowed, and countless staggering figures emerged from it.

It's a headless zombie.

They no longer stood silently in pilgrimage as before, but rushed over like wild beasts driven by some kind of instinct.

In the sky, heads floated, and layers of whispers and murmurs converged into a mental noise that caused splitting headaches, trying to penetrate the minds of every soldier.

"Damn! They reacted so quickly this time!" Wang Hu cursed and roared.

"Fire!"

Da da da da!

The machine guns spat fire, carving bloody furrows through the horde of corpses.

But there were too many headless zombies, which charged at the defense line fearlessly.

The battle instantly intensified.

A police officer was momentarily distracted by the whispering heads in the sky, his eyes darting around, and his finger hesitated for a second before pulling the trigger.

In that instant, he was torn to pieces by several headless zombies that pounced on him.

Further away from the position, on the top of a building.

Tang Long put down his binoculars, followed by Li Mo, Su Yan, and an armed helicopter.

"Wait a minute! The zombie horde's reaction this time is way too slow!"

"Is it because the Queen's serious injuries caused the entire group to go berserk and abandon their pilgrimage posture?"

"Or was this a special order issued by the Queen?" Tang Long muttered to himself, took out his walkie-talkie, and began to give orders.

"Chen Ming! We can begin!"

"receive!"

On the battlefield, the cover on top of a modified heavy truck slowly opened.

hum~

Hundreds of drones, each equipped with a peculiar disc-shaped device, roared into the sky like a swarm of bees.

They formed a huge array in the air, and the discs under the fuselage lit up at the same time.

A high-frequency sound wave instantly swept across the entire battlefield.

The charging headless zombie horde seemed to have collectively crashed into an invisible wall, their movements suddenly stiffening and contorting before collapsing in droves like puppets with broken strings.

The floating heads in the sky were like televisions with a cut signal; the image flashed and then froze instantly.

next second.

puff!puff!puff!

One by one, they broke apart in mid-air, exploding into countless pieces of flesh and black blood.

A terrifying rain of human heads fell from the sky.

"Holy shit..." Wang Hu looked up and couldn't help but swear.

"Xiao Ming! You're awesome!"

The drone swarm didn't stop; it continued to climb, flying deeper into the dense fog. They would serve as the first line of defense, buying time for Tang Long's infiltration.

……

Above the sea of ​​clouds.

The Queen seemed to sense the disturbance from below, and her tightly closed eyes on the giant face composed of countless human heads suddenly opened.

Those were not real eyes, but two enormous vortexes formed by the convergence of thousands upon thousands of heads.

A surge of rage swept in like a tsunami.

The outline of the giant face was fully revealed in the sea of ​​clouds, covering the sky and the sun, like a mountain range suspended in the sky.

Blinding light gathered in the void.

"Oh no!" Wang Hu shouted in horror as he looked at the scene on the screen, "Run!"

snort~

Two thick, grayish-white beams of death light shot out, like whips of divine punishment, sweeping across the sea of ​​clouds below.

Wherever the beam of light passed, drones, drifting clouds, and even the occasional bird carcass vanished without a trace.

"Li Mo! Now! Take off!" Tang Long's voice rang out.

Li Mo, who was already waiting in the cockpit, suddenly pushed the control stick.

hum!

The rotors of the armed helicopter whipped up a gust of wind as it ascended vertically into the air.

Inside the cabin, Tang Long remained calm, while Su Yan closed her eyes, gently pressing her temples with both hands, radiating her mental energy forward like a delicate spider web.

"Su Yan, it's all up to you!" Tang Long said in a deep voice.

"Three parallel beams of death light are sweeping across the left front, spaced 0.7 seconds apart. We can pass through the middle!"

"Received!" Li Mo's fingers danced across the control panel.

The helicopter made a graceful side tilt and narrowly slipped through the gap between the two beams of light.

"15 degrees to the right! Pull up!"

"Descend! Quickly!"

Under Su Yan's mental perception, the armed helicopter, like a swift darting through turbulent waves, repeatedly brushed past death.

Su Yan's face grew paler and paler, and her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Dispelling the Queen's unconscious mental erosion at close range took a huge toll on her.

At the same time, she felt a contradictory call coming from deep within the giant face.

The call seemed both a desperate attempt to repel their approach and a yearning for their arrival.

This conflicting feeling made her uneasy.

She glanced at Tang Long, who was completely absorbed in his surroundings, and her lips moved, but she didn't say anything.

Now...

It's not the time to be distracted.

The helicopter flew higher and higher until it broke through the last layer of clouds.

First, golden light scattered across the sky, followed by a terrifying giant face with countless heads squeezed together and stuck together.

The pain and despair on the faces of each head are clearly visible.

They seemed to be alive, silently wailing and writhing on that giant face.

It has no edge in sight, and it is even difficult to see the overall outline. It is like a god or demon lying across the sea of ​​clouds.

They were like two tiny flying insects trying to challenge a god who looked down upon the heavens and the earth.

"Good heavens..." Li Mo gasped, his hand gripping the joystick trembling involuntarily.

Compared to Tang Long and his companion, who were already mentally prepared, Li Mo, who was seeing the Queen for the first time, was clearly somewhat mentally unbalanced.

"Don't be afraid! Keep driving." A gentle voice rang in her ears. Su Yan looked at him, a glint of green light flashing in her eyes.

Li Mo paused for a moment, then his gaze cleared.

He took a deep breath: "Yes."

The attack helicopter continued to take off and eventually hovered about ten meters in front of the giant face's mouth.

Of course, it's less of a mouth and more like a huge cavity with a diameter of over 100 meters.

At the edge of the cave entrance, countless heads turned around in unison, their empty eye sockets staring intently at the uninvited guest.

Tang Long took a deep breath, unbuckled his seatbelt, and glanced at Su Yan beside him.

"Are you ready?"

Su Yan opened her eyes and softly responded, "Mmm."

Without further hesitation, Tang Long scooped Su Yan up in his arms and shielded her with his body.

He yelled into the cockpit, "Li Mo! Cover us according to plan! Maintain communication silence and take care of yourselves!"

After saying that, he picked up Su Yan and jumped out of the cabin door.

The wind whistled past my ears as I plummeted downwards. The enormous black hole below resembled a monster's esophagus, emanating a nauseating, pungent stench and a powerful suction.

The instant they leaped down, countless heads at the edge of the passage seemed to receive a command and abruptly detached from their original positions.

A dense swarm of projectiles shot towards the two people falling from the sky!

"Now!" Li Mo took a deep breath and pressed a red button on the control panel.

Om-!

A powerful sound wave, several times stronger than the drone array, burst forth from a specially designed jammer mounted beneath the helicopter, instantly enveloping a large area of ​​airspace above Tang Long and his companion.

The heads that were rushing towards them paused abruptly in mid-air, then fell like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Tang Long seized the opportunity, flicked his wrist, and two whips of order shot out, accurately wrapping around the heads on the upper lip of the giant mouth.

"Hold on tight!" Tang Long shouted, and the Whip of Order suddenly contracted.

The powerful pull changed their trajectory, carrying the two of them through an arc before they narrowly escaped being plunged into that terrifying maw with a diameter of 100 meters!