“Got it!”
Wan Qianhong didn't know what Xu Mo meant, but hearing the urgency in his voice, she understood his command to wrap things up quickly!
Had something gone wrong?
She didn't hesitate any longer. The border defenses of the North District were thoroughly corrupt. Even if these soldiers were somewhat innocent, they were still part of a rotten system.
Besides, if something had really gone wrong, showing mercy now would only make things worse.
She snapped her eyes open, red veins creeping across the whites around her pupils.
Raising her hand, she clenched her fist with force!
Blood Reversal!
Instantly, all the city defense soldiers who were still standing grew dizzy and collapsed to their knees in agony.
Their faces flushed a deep red, and the veins beneath their skin wriggled violently like earthworms, looking as if they would burst at any moment.
Wan Qianhong casually hoisted a soldier at her feet and stared into his eyes.
“Call your highest-ranking officer out and open the gates!”
“It's time to end this farce.”
The soldier couldn't even control his own blood flow. Looking at Wan Qianhong was no different from looking at a god. He gasped out with great difficulty:
“O-Officer... I don't know where he is either. It looked like one of the officers just flew away a moment ago.”
Wan Qianhong: ?
“What do you mean, flew away?”
Trembling violently, the soldier continued, “Just now... I think I saw someone get launched off the ramparts.”
Wan Qianhong paused, looking up at the ramparts. She saw “Bai Feifei” standing on the edge of the battlements, grinning down at her.
“There are no real officers left. I've killed everyone who needed to be killed. There isn't even a single Edgerunner here.”
Wan Qianhong: ...
How are your hands so fast?
She was utterly speechless, not knowing what to say.
“Alright, let's not make this so complicated,” Xu Mo said, waving his hand dismissively.
He looked up, glancing at Xie Xuan in front of the armored vehicle, and then at Xie Jin, who had temporarily disabled all the weapons before the wall.
“Hey, you guys from Turing City aren't exactly goody-two-shoes, are you?”
“When you helped build this place, didn't you leave behind some backdoors or weaknesses?”
“We're all old foxes here, so don't play tricks with me! Break down the gates. I'm giving you the green light!”
Hearing this, Xie Xuan looked slightly embarrassed. He gave “Bai Feifei” a wry smile.
“Haha, so you even know about that... Teacher Bai, you really are direct.”
He highly respected this female warrior, but they had only been casual acquaintances before. Now, her words were a bit too blunt...
Having their secrets exposed on the spot like this was a bit embarrassing for anyone in their line of work.
But Xie Jin clearly didn't care. He grinned, and arcs of electricity instantly erupted along his thick mechanical arm!
“OK! Hahaha! You asked for it!” Xie Jin looked up and flashed an OK sign to “Bai Feifei” on the ramparts.
He strode forward, the veins on his forehead bulging as the electrical arcs crackled around him.
He looked like a man bathed in lightning. From beginning to end, no one had dared to approach him.
Boom!
He threw a powerful punch, slamming his mechanical arm heavily against one side of the steel wall.
In the next second, countless silvery-white electrical arcs crawled frantically along the wall like living creatures!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Sharp snapping sounds rang out one after another as the mechanical components hidden beneath the steel plates began to shatter, bursting into showers of sparks.
Under everyone's shocked gazes, the barrier of the North District—which was claimed to be impregnable—began to groan heavily. The massive steel gate slowly started to rise.
Gates locked shut?
Naturally, they had a way to open them!
“This...”
“The... the gates are opening...”
The North District Scavengers slumped on the ground looked up at this scene, their shock beyond words.
The barrier they took so much pride in, the source of their long-standing arrogance, had been breached just like that.
This was practically a surrender!
Had the city's defenses fallen so easily? It felt like a dream.
Wan Qianhong stood before the city gates, watching the massive gate slowly rise, her expression incredibly complex.
She was a citizen of Dawn City, after all.
The North District had been the symbol of Dawn City's military might for so many years, its window to display its strength to the outside world.
But now, seeing this seemingly impregnable barrier bypassed so effortlessly, she couldn't help but feel a sense of frustration and sorrow.
In truth, the North District shouldn't have been like this.
They should have had a rigorous rotation system, ensuring any threatening individuals or aberrations were quickly identified and guarded against the moment they approached.
They should have had a formidable weapons system to keep powerful adversaries from easily drawing near, preventing someone like “Bai Feifei” from scaling the walls so effortlessly.
They should have had powerful experts stationed here at all times to avoid being left utterly helpless when facing Edgerunners like Xie Jin and Wan Qianhong.
Yet, they had none of these.
Words like iron-blooded, rigorous, and ruthless had gradually become mere labels they used to boast about themselves, rather than actual standards they maintained.
As a result, this fortress that appeared so rock-solid was like a leaky, dilapidated house. All it took was a single kick from an outsider for it to collapse.
Before all this happened, even Wan Qianhong hadn't expected it to be so easy.
Dawn City...
The moment the steel gate opened, the scene fell into complete chaos!
The city defense Scavengers of the North District enjoyed far more privileges than those in the Inner City, but that came with corresponding responsibilities.
Now that the gates were breached, the Scavengers stationed here would face the death penalty!
For a moment, some hot-blooded soldiers charged forward with bloodshot eyes, roaring as they tried to fight to the death.
Meanwhile, those with weaker resolve felt their legs go weak. They began to quietly slip away, planning to change their identities in the chaos and flee Dawn City.
The scene grew chaotic to the extreme. Even though nothing major had actually happened yet, it already felt like the end of the world.
Wan Qianhong shook her head helplessly.
Suddenly, a majestic and furious voice echoed down from the sky, reverberating across the entire area.
“To think you would actually dare to force your way into the North District and slaughter loyal soldiers! Your crimes are unforgivable!”
The voice was icy cold, clearly directed at one person.
“Bai Feifei, your days of arrogance end today!”
Xu Mo looked up toward the source of the voice.
He saw two figures rapidly descending from the drifting clouds in the sky.
The man leading them had graying hair at his temples. Xu Mo actually recognized him.
It was none other than Xu Linyuan.
Xu Mo was momentarily taken aback when he saw Xu Linyuan.
In the next second, the slightly anxious expression on his face vanished, replaced by an incredibly bright, almost pleasantly surprised grin.
Looking at Xu Linyuan's arrival, Xu Mo said with a beaming smile:
“Oh, so you guys didn't run away after all?”
“Look at this mess. It was all a misunderstanding! I thought I wouldn't get to kill you guys today. You really scared me!”
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