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

"roar!"

The crowd erupted in a wild, beast-like roar.

"Our leader is awesome!"

"Let's break our vegetarian diet! Let's break our vegetarian diet!!"

"..."

Gao Tianlang grinned, smiled with satisfaction, and took out the key to open the iron cage.

Just then.

Boom!!!

A deafening roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, suddenly exploded!

The entire KTV building shook violently, the old chandeliers on the ceiling swayed wildly, and dust fell in clumps.

"Damn! What's that noise?!" Gao Tianlang's key clattered to the ground, startled by the sudden noise.

A subordinate scrambled up from downstairs, his face filled with terror: "Boss... Boss! Something terrible has happened!"

"An armored vehicle...an armored vehicle just rammed into us!"

"Police! Lots of police!"

Gao Tianlang's expression froze, and he didn't react for a moment.

police?

Armored vehicle?

What on earth is all this?!

"What the hell are you talking about?" he cursed.

However, the words had barely left his mouth.

boom! boom! boom!

A series of muffled, rhythmic gunshots came from downstairs, followed by faint screams of agony.

Gao Tianlang's pupils suddenly contracted. He shoved aside his subordinate, grabbed the pistol from the sofa, and roared at everyone in the hall.

"What the hell are you all standing there for?!"

"Get your weapons ready!"

The rioters, as if waking from a dream, grabbed machetes, steel pipes, and homemade shotguns... and rushed haphazardly towards the stairwell.

However, they had just reached the top of the stairs.

Da da da da da!!

A violent tongue of fire swept up from below the stairs!

The few thugs at the front were instantly riddled with bullets, their flesh and blood flying everywhere, screaming as they tumbled down the stairs.

Wang Hu's imposing, towering figure appeared at the top of the stairs.

Holding a Type 95 assault rifle, a sinister smile on his face, he stepped over the corpses and walked up step by step.

"A bunch of scum."

"All of you, get your hands on your heads and squat on the ground!"

A team of fully armed police officers quickly followed behind him.

They held riot shields, and the Type 92 pistols in their right hands extended steadily from the gaps in the shields, the muzzles pointed at everyone in the hall.

In the hall, all the rioters were stunned with fear; some of them collapsed to the ground, their legs giving way.

They're police!

They really are police officers!

They've seen police before—but in this apocalypse, the police often fare worse than they do.

They either already had to go along with the corrupt practices, or they died quietly.

But this group of people in front of us was well-equipped and exuded a chilling aura; they were clearly different.

They seemed like elites who had fought their way back from another world, or more like... the kind of awe-inspiring official organization that existed before the apocalypse, inspiring both respect and fear.

For ordinary people, such police officers are like guardian angels.

But to them, it was a violent institution that completely crushed them and left no room for mercy.

Some people trembled all over, and even felt that their deceased great-grandmother was waving to them from heaven.

Just then, the police officers at the stairwell stepped slightly to the sides.

Tang Long walked up unhurriedly.

He ignored the trembling thugs and looked directly at Gao Tianlang's face, bypassing everyone else.

That look in his eyes was calm and indifferent, like he was looking at a dead person.

"Gao Tianlang".

Tang Long spoke, his voice not loud, but it clearly carried throughout the entire hall.

Gao Tianlang's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. He slowly raised his gun, aimed it at Tang Long, and roared, his voice trembling with fear, "Who the hell are you? Stop playing games!"

"Playing tricks?" Tang Long scoffed.

He slowly raised his right hand, his index finger steadily pointing towards his heart on his left chest.

There, a silver police badge was hidden!

Even though it was dark all around, it seemed to radiate a cold light.

It's as if the embers of the old order, which haven't been completely burned out, are quietly returning!

Tang Long raised his eyes and said, word by word:

"Tang Long, the chief of the First Police Station in Dongcheng District."

"You are hereby arrested in accordance with the law!"

These words struck the hearts of everyone in the KTV lobby like an invisible hammer.

The air seemed to freeze.

Gao Tianlang's facial muscles twitched slightly.

He gripped the gun, the veins on his arm bulging, staring intently at the police badge on Tang Long's chest.

It just feels absurd and ridiculous!

"Fuck you, cops!" Gao Tianlang snapped out of his shock, his face contorted with extreme anger and fear.

"This world is finished! Might makes right!"

"Brothers, don't let them scare you! There are only a few of them! Fight them! Kill them, and all the food, supplies, and women here are ours!!"

The dozens of thugs behind him were also awakened by the roar.

They looked at each other, and saw ferocity and desperation in each other's eyes.

Indeed, at this point, what is there to be afraid of?

"Dry them to death!"

"Kill these cops!"

The crowd stirred again, and several of the fiercest men roared and raised their homemade guns and machetes, ready to pounce.

Tang Long's expression remained unchanged.

He didn't even look at the clamoring thugs; his gaze remained fixed on Gao Tianlang.

"I'm giving you one last chance." Tang Long's voice remained calm, yet carried a mountain-like pressure: "Put down your weapons and surrender."

"three..."

Gao Tianlang's eyes twitched violently; he could tell that the other party was not joking.

"two."

Wang Hu stepped forward, lowered the muzzle of his gun slightly, and aimed the dark muzzle at Gao Tianlang's knee.

The police officers behind him also stepped forward in unison.

The riot shield in his hand struck the ground with a dull "thud," like the beating of a war drum, and an invisible force pressed forward like a wave!

The thugs in the hall were intimidated by this momentum, and their shouts unconsciously subsided.

"Don't fucking come any closer!"

Gao Tianlang panicked completely. He grabbed one of his men and pulled him over to shield himself, pressing the gun firmly against the man's temple.

"If you come any closer, I'll shoot!" he roared.

"Aren't you police officers? Get back!"

A hint of surprise appeared in Tang Long's eyes, but he didn't stop talking.

It's one thing before the apocalypse, but to use a scumbag to threaten the police after the apocalypse seems a bit much.

"one."

The moment the words fell.

puff!

A soft gunshot rang out.

Gao Tianlang grabbed the hostage's arm, and a burst of blood suddenly erupted from his wrist.

"Ah! My hand!!" Gao Tianlang let out a painful howl as his pistol flew out of his hand and fell to the ground.

He clutched his bloodied and mangled wrist, writhing in pain, and collapsed to his knees, tears streaming down his face.

The subordinate who was being held hostage in front of him was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground, his crotch soaked.

All the thugs froze, and took a step back in unison.

"What's going on?"

"Who fired the shot!"

"..." However, the next second.

All the thugs stared wide-eyed at Gao Tianlang, their fierce expressions completely replaced by terror.

A faint red dot, like a deadly ghost, was imprinted on Gao Tianlang's forehead.

"Sniper...sniper?" someone realized.

With a loud clang.

He threw the gun in his hand away.

Their weaponry was never as good as the enemy's.

Now that even snipers have appeared, what's the point of fighting?

Wang Hu grinned, strode forward, and stomped on Gao Tianlang's back, pinning him firmly to the ground.

"Damn it, they dare to talk back to us?"

He raised his foot and kicked Gao Tianlang hard in the face again.

boom!

Gao Tianlang's nose was broken off, his face was covered in blood, and he spat out teeth mixed with blood and foam.

"No...don't kill me..." he pleaded incoherently, his previous arrogance completely gone.

"Put down your weapons! Hands over your heads! Crouch down!" Wang Hu roared, pointing his gun at the remaining thugs.

Clang! Clang!

It's unclear who started it, but a steel pipe fell to the ground.

Immediately following, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction, with machetes, homemade guns, daggers... all sorts of random weapons were thrown to the ground in a rush.

All the rioters rushed to squat down, covering their heads, their bodies trembling like leaves, not daring to even breathe.

Tang Long then walked slowly to the center of the hall.

He glanced at the cage made of welded steel pipes, and the two trembling girls inside who were completely bewildered.

His gaze turned cold.

"Zhao Fan."

"Yes, Captain Tang!" Zhao Fan immediately stepped forward.

"Take two men to the underground warehouse and bring up all the survivors."

"Wang Hu".

"exist!"

"Find out the ringleaders of these people."

"Alright!" Wang Hu grinned maliciously and began to identify people one by one from the squatting crowd.

Soon, he pulled seven or eight men who looked like minor leaders out of the crowd and kicked them so they were forced to kneel in a row.

in...

Gao Tianlang was dragged to the front like a dead dog.