Ark Chess Player

"Let's do it."

"Great!"

The assassins cheered wildly, the effects of the poison becoming increasingly apparent, and these twisted madmen recklessly unleashed their unique skills.

The members of the Guard Bureau were horrified. Their opponents had suddenly transformed from nameless nobodies into fearless warriors. They were instantly overwhelmed, barely able to switch from offense to defense, as they were simply lambs to the slaughter.

In less than fifteen minutes, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and corpses littered the field.

The entire Guard squad belonging to Alexander Swell was wiped out.

No, there is still one person alive, and this person is the Guard Bureau member who escaped because he went to contact his superiors.

When he discovered that only seven Infected members of Reunion had managed to slaughter his well-trained colleagues on the spot, his eyes reddened as he suppressed the urge to join the fray and turned back. He had received professional training and knew that going in to his death at this time would be utterly useless; the most important thing was to report the intelligence to his superiors!

This person was completely unaware that he had fallen into a trap. The reason the assassins initially concealed their strength was to spread the news of the Reunion Movement's invasion of the Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Building. However, they couldn't attract too much attention from the Guard Bureau, so they staged a performance.

At least before the Guard Bureau reacts, the assassins have plenty of time to complete their mission.

The Imperial Guard officer, who had run a few steps toward the communications room, stumbled, his chest went empty, and he collapsed to the ground covered in blood.

Chapter 249 You Are the Person I Must Protect

Outer ring road of Longmen, Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals Building.

Kal'tsit was sitting in her office handling official business when suddenly she frowned, got up, and went to the floor-to-ceiling window.

A patch of glaring red came into view in front of the building's main entrance. Kal'tsit's gaze was icy, as if a snowstorm were falling before her.

Memories flooded back, and she couldn't help but recall her time at the Ursus Research Institute. If it weren't for the purge from the Ursus leadership, perhaps Shanalot, Ilya, Gendek… those researchers could have joined her in founding Rhodes Island.

"Wei Yanwu, oh Wei Yanwu."

Kal'tsit narrowed her eyes, her voice chilling.

"Is this your plan? Using one tiger to devour another, what a clever tactic."

She knew no one would respond, but she also knew that the entire Rhode Island building was riddled with listening devices.

Kal'tsit knew this but didn't dismantle it because she never intended to make it an important base for Rhodes Island.

What others give you for free is always the most expensive.

"So you enjoy eavesdropping, huh? You want to listen? Then listen to your heart's content. When I leave, I'll give you eighty players back. I'll play the sound of Mousse scratching a blackboard on repeat until your brain trembles." Kal'tsit thought to herself, but the first thing to deal with wasn't disgusting Wei Yanwu, but protecting herself.

Kal'tsit quickly mentally deduced a tactical command plan, taking into account the current combat strength of the Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Building. Two major problems loomed: first, she didn't know the total number of enemy troops or their skill level; second, Rhodes Island's operators were unfamiliar with the terrain.

This newly completed building is cluttered with mostly unused or even useless facilities.

In the worst-case scenario, the enemy might already have the blueprints for the Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals Building.

After all, these things... well, who can say for sure?

Kal'tsit's mind was racing. She considered herself inferior to the Doctor in tactical command, and could only regard herself as a pawn.

"Since that's the case, then we have no choice but to..."

Kal'tsit took a syringe and a small vial of dark green liquid from her pocket.

She shook the viscous, ominous liquid in the bottle, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Kal'tsit's mind flashed back to the scene where Lin Lu had stormed into Rhodes Island's central control room and carried her to his office. It was because she had been injected with drugs that Lin Lu had erupted in fury, berating the elite operators. Although some time had passed, it allowed her... to finally get a good night's sleep, something she hadn't done in a long time.

"You can't stop me this time."

Kal'tsit chuckled self-deprecatingly, skillfully manipulating the syringe, rolling up her sleeve, and preparing to inject herself into her arm.

Just then, the melodious sound of a violin began to play, and her mobile terminal emitted a notification sound that only rang when communicating with people she paid special attention to.

Kal'tsit's special attention is focused on only two people.

Could it be him?

Kal'tsit put down the syringe and took out a mobile terminal from another pocket of her white coat. When she saw the numbers displayed on it and the cute brown-haired bunny girl's avatar, she couldn't help but smile, realizing she had truly been bewitched.

"This is Kal'tsit." She answered the phone.

"Dr. Kal'tsit! Something terrible has happened!"

Amiya's voice was quite excited; you could almost picture her nervously gesturing and dancing on the other end of the phone, even through the mobile device.

"Don't rush, tell me slowly."

Kal'tsit sighed helplessly, thinking that Amiya had grown up, but she was still so impulsive.

Amiya's breathing came clearly through the mobile terminal. After calming herself, she said in a deep voice, "Dr. Kal'tsit, while carrying out a mission commissioned by the Lungmen Guard in the slums, we discovered two unknown forces. One is the 'Lungmen New Life' group, composed of hundreds of Lungmen citizens, whose operational principle is to forcibly expel the infected. The other is... people from the Lungmen Guard, but a force not under Commander Chen's jurisdiction. Through Instructor Dobermann's interrogation, we learned that they are planning to attack the Pharmaceutical Building!"

“…Okay, I understand.” Kal'tsit paused, omitting the information that had already been sent. “Leave this to me, you continue with your mission.”

"Ah."

Amiya responded with some concern and ended the brief call.

She knew how weak the defenses of the Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Building were. The small team dispatched by the Guard Bureau could handle routine security issues, but they wouldn't stand a chance against a targeted enemy attack! Everyone knew how incompetent the Guard Bureau team was.

Amiya could only hope that Ace and the others could reach the pharmaceutical building on the outskirts of Lungmen as soon as possible. Before setting off on her mission, she had specifically contacted the elite operators on the Rhodes Island ships. She wondered if Operation Reserve Team A4 had arrived in Lungmen yet… Oh no, she forgot to tell Dr. Kal'tsit about the Kingslayer!

Amiya's long rabbit ears stood up, and she quickly dialed the number again using the communication device in her hand.

In the Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Building office, Kal'tsit was preparing to re-inject the medication when her mobile terminal rang again, and the needle ended up piercing thin air.

"Amiya, what's wrong?"

Slightly annoyed, Kal'tsit picked up the terminal and asked instinctively.

“...I am Lawyer Lin.”

A familiar, neutral voice came from the mobile device.

Kal'tsit's fingers trembled for a moment, and she almost dropped the mobile terminal.

A storm swept through her head, and Kal'tsit quickly covered the microphone on her mobile terminal. She took a deep breath, calming her fluctuating emotions—a mixture of shock and relief at having regained what she had lost. Even during her business negotiations with Lungmen Governor Wei Yanwu, Kal'tsit had never been this nervous.

Are you awake, or are you still dreaming?

Kal'tsit said calmly, her voice completely flat.

This statement sounded somewhat nonsensical, but Lin Lu knew what she was talking about.

The person who knows him best is actually Kal'tsit.

Neither Bai Huang nor Chao Shan, nor even Amiya and the King Killer... knew what Lin Lu's current situation was.

Lin Lu thought for a moment and replied, "Have you eaten?"

"……not yet."

"Can't you hear me! You think you can eat when you're speaking so softly? Try again!"

"Law, what's gotten into you again?"

Kal'tsit raised the back of her hand to her forehead, feeling somewhat helpless, but she had to admit that she felt much more at ease.

"Kal'tsit, does my three days of unexcused absence count as voluntary resignation?" Lin Lu asked with a light laugh.

"...Where did you get the three days of absence from work? Rhodes Island has always been generous to its employees. This is a work injury, and you are entitled to paid leave."

"Then I'll go back and lie down for a while."

"Go."

Kal'tsit said calmly.

The two fell silent until a sigh slowly came from the mobile terminal.

Lin Lu felt a deep sense of regret, realizing that Kal'tsit didn't understand human nature.

But then again, hasn't this woman always been like this?

I'm used to facing everything alone, and I always shoulder everything on my own shoulders.

He still keeps picking up kids from outside and bringing them back to Rhodes Island. Even though he's already overwhelmed with his own problems, he still can't let go of them.

"I'm Rhodes Island's chief tactical commander, right?" Lin Lu's reassuring voice echoed through the mobile terminal. "I'll be in charge of this operation. Put away all that stuff you've been using to torment yourself. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Although I don't know what happened in the past, I do know..."

"You are someone I must protect."

Chapter 250 Rhodes Island Elite Operators (4K)

"Boss, haven't we been here just now?"

The assassins moved through the Rhodes Island building, unaware of how much time had passed; given their speed, they should have reached their destination long ago.

The leader also felt something was wrong. Even if the drugs were affecting their memory, it shouldn't be to the point that they would forget things so easily.

"Humph!"

The leader drew his sword and left a groove in the wall as a landmark, then turned and continued walking.

Following the path, after wandering around for a while, the leader of the assassins suddenly stopped in his tracks. He stared at the wall, where the grooves were clearly visible.

"I've been tricked."

The leader of the assassins clenched his molars and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

He had long heard of the Bagua formation set up by the ancient scholars of Yan, which was endlessly cyclical and ever-changing, just like this encounter.

"Boss, what do we do?"

The assassins asked, and wisps of white smoke rose from the two deep-set eye sockets beneath their pale masks.

The poison had taken full effect, causing their skin to turn blood red, their internal energy to surge wildly, and their bodies to swell to the point of bursting.

The deaths of the Royal Guards ignited the bloodlust of the suicide squad members. If they were allowed to remain silent any longer, they might lose their minds and start killing each other at any moment. If they hadn't been thoroughly brainwashed, having listened to the mission objectives and requirements through headphones for two hours during mission preparation, the suicide squad members might already be out of control and going berserk by now.

The leader of the assassins snorted coldly. He pulled out the architectural plans of the Rhodes Island Tower and determined his location.

can't read.

Maybe the angle is wrong, try turning it over.

Hmm, I still don't understand.

What is this architectural design drawing of Justin Bieber?!