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The death of Swell's mother was absolutely related to Anlondor.

On her deathbed, his mother repeatedly warned him never to risk his life for a moment of impulsiveness. His father was no longer able to protect him, and the entire family was controlled by Anlongdor's birth mother. Even though Swell was the eldest son, those people would never let him off the hook.

To avoid being targeted, Swell could only pretend to be a good-for-nothing spendthrift, pursuing Swire relentlessly to divert attention. Secretly, he plotted to build his own power base, hoping to one day exact revenge.

But he never expected that this day would come so suddenly.

Lin Lu had carefully reviewed the records of injustices and found no mention of the eldest son of the Alexander family having done anything in this regard. Therefore, he gave Swell a chance to redeem himself. Regardless of the outcome, it was a fact that Swell had proposed sending Rhodes Island to the listening tower on the outer ring of Lungmen. For this alone, Lin Lu would not let him off the hook.

"Tell them I'll be waiting for them in hell!!"

After exhausting all his efforts to no avail in Lin Lu's favor, Swell stared intently at Lin Lu, abandoning all other thoughts. Even though this was the headquarters of the Guard Bureau, even though countless armed police officers were outside the office, even though he only needed to delay a little longer to have a chance to survive.

Lin Lu smiled gently and cut off the ring finger on Swell's right hand, where the ring was worn.

This is the price Swil has to pay.

He forgave Swell.

temporary.

Lin Lu has never been a saint, not in the past, not now, and not in the future.

His world wasn't vast; he was merely an amnesiac who had only woken up less than a month ago, his memories consisting only of knowledge. He didn't intend to dwell on the past; he only hoped to live well in the present.

On the very first day Lin Lu woke up from the stone coffin, he became certain of one thing.

There are only two kinds of people in this world: those who are his people and those who are his enemies.

Anyone who dares to touch his people, even if they go to the ends of Terra, he will make them pay the price.

"Rhodes Island Doctor, I underestimated you."

Wei Yanwu sighed deeply, looking at the dust on the ground, and said slowly, "I didn't expect you to have such high personal charisma. Even if you forced Sodan and Anlongdor to their deaths, you were still able to make Swell serve you."

Swell's gaze followed Wei Yanwu's line of sight, and when he saw the ashes fluttering in the wind, his pupils widened instantly.

Sverre took a few steps forward, disregarding his appearance, and picked up the only thing Sodan hadn't been melted by the white flames: a black ring.

It was that Originium Arts trigger device.

"Mr. Lin, please."

Swell presented the ring to Lin Lu with utmost respect, his face submissive and his tone calm, like a loyal servant.

Lin Lu took the ring, which still retained a trace of warmth, and activated the extraction power. Countless vengeful spirits surged out from it, their shrill screams echoing throughout the reception room. In less than ten seconds, all the vengeful spirits residing in the ring were released, and the accumulated darkness was completely extracted.

Wei Yanwu remained silent for a long time, as if he had been struck by magic and turned to stone, letting the wind whip his swollen and painful face. As the saying goes, if someone slaps your left cheek until it's swollen, then the next thing you should do is offer your right cheek and let them slap you again.

"I, Wei... have learned a lot!"

Wei Yanwu slowly exhaled a breath of resentment.

"Then, let's talk about our grudges."

Lin Lu glanced down at Wei Yanwu's gloomy expression and said calmly, "In the two days I was away, Rhodes Island received a lot of help from you. As one of the highest leaders of Rhodes Island, it would be unreasonable for me not to demand an explanation from you today."

"We'll settle all our scores, old and new. We'll do it properly, slowly."

Wei Yanwu felt an intense malice coming toward him; those unfathomable cobalt blue eyes stared at him as if he were looking at a dead man.

"The Rhodes Island team is in the fifth district of Lungmen Outer Ring, right?"

Wei Yanwu composed himself, determined not to reveal any weakness.

As the executive officer of Lungmen, what storms hasn't he weathered?

He had never actually seen a Saint-level opponent before!

"Whether it's the Reunion Movement or other forces, they've all got their eyes on this team. Aren't you going to support them, Doctor of Rhodes Island, or rather, Commander of Rhodes Island?" Wei Yanwu coaxed patiently, needing to catch his breath and calm his mind, which had been reeling from the shock.

Lin Lu raised his eyes, flicked the three rings into the air, caught them mid-air, and smiled broadly.

"What? I can't win again?"

Chapter 294 Crimson Sky, Sword Draw! (4K)

Outer ring of Longmen, combat zone.

Since the Reunion Movement launched its nighttime raids, Lungmen has entered a state of high alert, urgently strengthening its border defenses and deploying ample supplies and military equipment. In reality, Lungmen is not without defensive measures; on the contrary, it has constructed three heavy defensive networks within the mobile city.

The core protective facility, located between the affluent area and the center of Lungmen, is called the Wall of Sina.

The large defensive siege equipment installed on the outskirts of Lungmen City is known as Ruth's Wall.

In the eyes of those in power, the Lungmen slums also had another name: the Wall of Mary.

With three layers of heavy defense, the slums will be the first line of defense in the event of war or an enemy attack.

In Wei Yanwu's plan, even if they engaged the enemy in direct combat in this area, it wouldn't cause too much economic loss. They could also use the complex terrain to conduct urban warfare, wearing down the enemy here and relieving the burden on Longmen, which was a win-win situation.

Moreover, Wei Yanwu had also hidden two moles in the slum area.

One of the features is the ability to detach from the designated area at any time. If Lungmen is truly in crisis and facing imminent collapse, all enemies can be drawn here, allowing for a drastic measure of survival, leaving everyone stranded here. The slums are poorly equipped with water, electricity, and food. If the enemy is trapped here, they could be worn down and killed within half a month.

The second solution was the slum's sewer system.

This is why Wei Yanwu was not worried at all about Longmen falling into ruin.

If necessary, Wei Yanwu is willing to make appropriate concessions, even if it means using the Guard Bureau building as a pawn, he will not hesitate for a moment.

However, Chen Huijie disagreed with doing so.

On the night the Reunion Movement launched its nighttime attack, she repeatedly requested to use the Wall of Sina, but each time Wei Yanwu vetoed her request. As a result, she was trapped in the wealthy district all night and unable to leave. If it weren't for Rhodes Island's outstanding achievements, the slums might have already become a battlefield.

At this moment, Chen Huijie is still doing her best to try to salvage the situation.

The flames of war raged, and the smoke filled the air; even the blazing sun could not penetrate the fog on the ground.

The most brutal battle zone outside Lungmen is littered with the bodies of Guard Bureau officers and Reunion Movement soldiers.

Screams and cries of despair rose and fell. Everyone present forgot when the battle began or how much time had passed. All they knew was that their mission was to kill the person standing in front of them.

Otherwise, there is no choice.

The battle of Reunion will last as long as it lasts in Lungmen, until complete victory is achieved.

On one side is a battlefield raging with fire, on the other side are slums in dire straits, and on yet another side are the people of Lungmen who are kept in the dark, unaware that the Reunion Movement has reached their doorstep and are still living peaceful lives.

The myriad aspects of human life are nothing more than this.

"Report, report, Commander Chen! We have... reached our limit."

The bloodstained communication headset carried the hoarse voices of his subordinates. This battle had dragged on for far too long; everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit, on the verge of snapping at any moment. If Wei Yanwu hadn't issued the order the day before to dispatch the Guard Bureau's engineering department to temporarily construct transit stations and outposts, the Guard Bureau, with its meager forces and lack of supplies, wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long against the Reunion Movement's overwhelming human wave tactics.

The Suzaku Squad and the White Tiger Squad of Lungmen's special forces are currently guarding inside the Wall of Maria.

According to Wei Yanwu's initial instructions, he originally intended to allow the integration movement to invade the slums.

The infected in the slums thought their actions would go undetected, but Wei Yanwu was well aware that some of them had already connected with the Reunion Movement. As a result, the complex street battles that should have been left to the Reunion Movement were now reversed, and the prey fighting like cornered beasts became the hunters.

Lungmen has taken care of these infected people who have nowhere to go for so long, and these ungrateful wretches sell them off so easily!

"……Ugh."

Really? It's reached its limit...

The desert wind whipped against my face, and the fine sand clung to my wounds, creating an itchy sensation.

Superintendent Chen wiped the blood from her face. The standard-issue long knife in her hand was full of chips, and her uniform was torn in many places.

Throughout the entire process, Lungmen never sent any military support.

Even though two exceptionally strong special operations teams were not far from the slums behind them, they had no intention of coming to help. Their highest orders were to guard this area. If Chen hadn't been stationed at the outermost edge of Lungmen, blocking the main force of the Reunion Movement, what would the slums and Lungmen freshmen have to do with it? Whether infected or trespassing college students, they would all have perished at Wall Maria long ago.

Chen placed her left hand on her headset, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "PC94172, take the squad to the second line of defense for a return defense."

"Yes, Commander Chen. And what about you?"

"I'll follow them shortly."

Chen hung up the call and placed his hand on the hilt of another sword at his waist.

The Guardian squad had done its best, and she couldn't possibly let these people who trusted her stay here any longer. She knew it was all in vain; they alone couldn't possibly stop all the Reunion Movement's infected.

“I can’t control the others, but you have to stay here.”

Chen stared at the monster in front of her, a monster she had killed countless times, yet which kept regrouping and rising again.

The white bones were irregularly joined together, the joints protruding outwards, with only a few pieces of flesh still clinging to its body. The ground was littered with the monster's entrails: bloody intestines, a heart sliced ​​into pieces, a head split in two...

This is the legendary Abnormality, a monster mutated due to Originium radiation.

Chen knew these things existed, but she didn't know they were so troublesome. No matter how she tried to cut them off, they couldn't be completely severed; even if their heads were cut off, new ones would grow back. The thought of letting these monsters run rampant in Lungmen gave her a headache. The Lungmen media would undoubtedly publicize it extensively, causing widespread panic.

Moreover, there is more than one such monster.

Hoshiguma was currently holding off another Abnormality, and of all the Guardians present, only the two of them had the strength to stop it.

"Crunch, crunch—"

Accompanied by a series of eerie sounds as bones collided, multiplied, and proliferated, the skeletal giant stood up again, towering over three and a half meters tall! Superintendent Chen, with his 1.68-meter-tall legs, looked like a dwarf in front of it, only able to hit its knees when he jumped.

Each time Chen defeats it, the skeletal monster transforms into another form, constantly changing.

When it was first knocked down, it was like a chariot; the second time, it turned into a round body covered in thorns; the third time, it turned into a reptile shape with all its joints twisted in the opposite direction; the fourth time, it turned into a white-boned tiger-like beast; and now, the fifth time... it has become a humanoid monster.

A grayish-white, viscous liquid oozed from between the joints, the skeletal giant exuding the stench of decay. It gradually formed vein-like structures, keeping the grayish-white liquid circulating internally. Broken bones protruded outwards from the giant's chest, like prison gates wide open. Its sharp head opened its mouth, emitting a piercing shriek; long streaks of blood and fine bone fragments stretched from its shark-like teeth.

"call……"

Chen gripped the hilt of the sword. She always carried the Crimson Sky Sword with her, but had never drawn it in front of others.

She wasn't hiding her strength, but rather because she hadn't fully mastered the sword's essence; to put it bluntly, her skills weren't up to par.

The Crimson Sky Sword, the sword of the Great Yan Emperor, is also known as the Dragon-Slaying Sword. Even with Chen's bloodline power, it is difficult to control, and she will never draw this sword unless it is absolutely necessary. In a sense, the Crimson Sky Sword is like the Source Stone; a master can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, but reckless use will only lead to a tragedy that brews chaos.

Chen gripped the Crimson Sky Sword, his gaze sharp, staring directly at the skeletal giant before him.

"Chixiao, I beg you. Please lend me your power."

Chen took a deep breath, focused all his attention, and gradually increased the force in his right hand.

Rather than drawing a sword, she was drawing out a tangible ray of light.

Sword energy surged wildly. Chen merely raised the sword half an inch, and a series of fine, slicing sounds arose. The invisible sword intent cut through the skeletal giant, forcing the monster back several steps. A surge of primordial power rose with the drawing of the sword, the majesty of an emperor looming overhead. Inch by inch, frost and snow were exposed in the air, and the cold light rushed towards them like a tsunami. Faintly visible on the snow-white sword were two seal characters engraved on it—"Crimson Sky."