Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 68 Powerful Attack!

From the first gunshot to Li Ye's infiltration of the factory and slaughter of the psychic cult members, only about five minutes had passed.

At this moment, almost all the members of the Ember Church within the entire stronghold were killed in just five minutes.

Whether they are psionicists or ordinary believers.

Under the relentless attack of the processing department, they were quickly and efficiently eliminated.

Snipers occupying high ground, plasma cannons set up hundreds of meters away, and more than ten processors.

And even more numerous, fully armed combat assault teams.

With a surprise attack, they captured this supposedly difficult stronghold with zero casualties.

Meanwhile, within the entire megacity, there are twelve church outposts and more than thirty church safe houses.

Hundreds of followers, of different backgrounds and social statuses, are hidden in various neighborhoods.

Among them were even traitors hidden within the Giant City organization.

Everything is being efficiently cleaned up at this moment!

The authorities used a Class B forbidden item, the power of the Demonic Host, to directly hack all of the enemy's communications and networks, severing their connection with the branch headquarters without their knowledge.

This prevented these followers from even sounding the alarm or calling for help from their respective branches, as they were eliminated or arrested in a state of shock.

"Outpost cleared, operation successful! Night General, prepare to enter the tunnel!" came the liaison officer's reminder over the earpiece.

"I understand." Li Yelai let out a breath; he was genuinely a little nervous, fearing he might make a mistake and cause the plan to fail.

Fortunately, he performed well. And none of his teammates suffered any casualties.

The official response was swift, and the various tactics were well-organized.

Many followers were killed or arrested without even knowing what was happening.

A few quick-thinking individuals managed to grab weapons and prepare to fight back, but they were swiftly picked off by the handlers.

Some processors simply activate psionic barriers to act as meat shields for friendly combat teams.

This allowed the squad to advance rapidly, achieving truly zero casualties!

If the enemies in the stronghold react, given the firepower and number of psionicists hidden within, they would be in serious trouble.

Who knows how much more it will cost?

"Comrades, they really are reliable." Li Yelai looked at the battlefield that had been quelled and couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, the missions he had encountered before were all rather sudden and unusual, and he was unable to get official support and assistance.

This was his first time carrying out a proper mission.

Because the entire base's system was hacked.

This leaves the enemy with nowhere to escape. As long as Li Yelai follows the instructions of the liaison officer, he can find the hidden enemy.

A combat squad followed behind, providing suppressive fire.

The implementation of the plan proceeded smoothly and efficiently.

The next step was to open the basement passage and storm the underground branch as quickly as possible.

At this moment, Li Yelai noticed heavy transport trucks driving into the factory.

As the truck's cargo bed unfolded, tall figures emerged from it.

Those are border guards. A fully-fledged border guard unit!
Yes, since an underground assault is to be carried out, the Iron Guards, who are like human tanks, will naturally be present.

Border Guards are a high-tech unit that emerged after the outbreak of the calamity.

The Iron Guard soldiers, who have undergone some kind of dangerous modification, are covered in thick power armor, making them impervious to ordinary firearms.

In addition to possessing immense strength, they also have superhuman speed and reaction abilities.

They wielded heavy chainsaw axes and hot melt guns, enough to deter even psykers from their attacks.

Psionicists have strong psionic barriers, but powerful weapons like chainsaw axes and molten guns, which provide sustained attacks, can deplete psionic barriers very quickly.

It is said that in the early days of the Great City, before the Bureau of Calamity Management was established.

These are the Iron Guards who fight against the suffering and the monstrous calamities.

They have no psionic barriers, no psionic abilities. But with courage and technology, they repeatedly save humanity, regardless of the cost. Facing humanity's enemies!
Even the most powerful victims and monsters will be worn down by the endless torrent of steel.

Seeing squads of guards appear outside the factory, Li Yelai felt a little nervous.

This is truly a major battle. And I must draw in those powerful enemies who have escaped the captains' encirclement!

At this moment, Li Yelai noticed that the heavy cavalry were muttering something in a corner.

This surprised Li Yelai, as the heavy cavalry usually spoke very little.

He seems normal online, but in real life, he's basically a socially anxious person.

Why the change of heart?

Li Yelai couldn't help but move closer and saw that Chongqi was holding a book and reading it quietly.

Seemingly noticing Li Ye approaching, the heavy cavalryman looked up at him and said, "Ahem, don't mind it. My curse is that after using my ability, I have to keep saying what's on my mind."

Li Yelai raised an eyebrow. That kind of curse is troublesome. Everyone has secrets in their heart.

Once the curse is triggered, everything will be revealed. If anything unpleasant is said, it could truly be fatal.

Moreover, heavy cavalrymen are not talkative to begin with. This curse must have put a lot of pressure on her.

"So you need to keep reading to cover up your innermost thoughts, please understand." Li Yelai expressed his understanding.

The heavy cavalryman suddenly asked, "Are you afraid? Why are you acting so bravely? The initial creatures from the Void Realm, and the strange security guards from the university town—what makes you dare to face these beings?"

This seemed to be a question that the heavy cavalry had been wondering about for some time, and now, as they spoke their minds, they asked it out.

As a fellow new processor, she was really curious about how Li Yelai overcame his fear.

Does this person not feel fear or dread?

Li Yelai was taken aback, then nodded and said truthfully, "I am actually very scared, but sometimes it seems that there is no other choice."

If Li Yelai doesn't take action against the creatures of the Void Realm, then everyone, including Zhishi, who is still a novice, will be in danger.

Li Yelai will also lose these friends now.

That security guard is so strange. Li Yelai can't just watch him swing everyone to death with a single chain, can he?
Even with the utmost effort, there is still hope.

If you are overwhelmed by fear, then there is really no hope.

Of course, Li Yelai didn't explain much.

He can't very well say that since Mr. Shadow is paying the bill, he can do whatever he wants and appear very heroic, can he?

Thinking of this, Li Yelai said seriously, "In the following operations, if I encounter any danger, such as being chased by a powerful enemy, don't risk your lives to save me. I have a super trump card that I can only use when my teammate isn't around!"

He would make a deal with Mr. Shadow if necessary, so as not to drag his teammates down.

The heavy cavalryman frowned upon hearing this, seemingly thinking of Li Yelai's misfortune, and nodded gravely: "I hope you don't have to use that kind of trump card! I'm afraid it'll cause a collapse."

"You're really a jinx!" Li Yelai complained.

Soon, with the battlefield cleared, all the outposts and entrances to the underground network were under official control. Therefore, at the same time, the routes to the underground branches were opened.

As the basement door opened, a narrow staircase leading underground was revealed to Li Ye.

This is the underground road connecting this base to the branch headquarters.

Because the internal structure of the prototype underground city was extremely complex, with pipes running everywhere.

Without the intelligence from that informant, the group might have gotten lost once they entered.

Now, the authorities know the exact locations of those sentries, both visible and hidden.

This allowed them to make sufficient preparations for the official raid!

Two teams of border guards and a night watch team filed in front of Li Yelai.

Meanwhile, at other strongholds, captain-level experts led their elite squads underground.

With their formidable strength, they aim to eliminate as many visible and hidden sentries as possible.

Get as close as possible to the branch headquarters before the enemy notices you.

Give the other party no chance to react!
Next came Li Yelai's group. They would go to and clear out the various underground network nodes, completely blocking the escape routes of the cult members.

Ten minutes after the first team entered the underground, Li Yelai and others also rushed into the underground with a group of combat personnel.

After walking down a series of underground stairs that were more than ten meters long, the space in front of Li Yelai suddenly opened up.

This outpost leads to an underground area, which is a huge passageway.

This appears to be an underground passage for transporting equipment; it is very spacious, like a tunnel.

Huge fans spun on the walls, while white light bulbs flickered occasionally from the ceiling.

This was the prototype of the underground city. After being discovered and modified by the Church of the Embers, it became their underground fortress.

If they had received prior warning, this place would likely already be heavily fortified and guarded by numerous psionicists.

And now, they are unaware that the authorities have already begun their crackdown.

Li Yelai followed orders and advanced deeper into the territory with the team.

After walking for a few minutes, they found a body at the corner.

Fortunately, the bodies were not friendly forces.

Instead, he was a middle-aged bald man wearing a deep red robe, with strange red patterns on his face.

It appears he was walking when he was suddenly attacked from the side, a whip kick snapping his neck and embedding him into the wall. His drooping head resembled a ripe persimmon, blood dripping from his seven orifices.

"It must have been a patrolling sentry, killed in one move by the Night Scouts. He didn't even have time to give any warning." Benlei glanced at the corpse, but wasn't surprised; this was part of the Night Scouts' mission. They would eliminate as many visible and hidden sentries as possible to allow the main force to penetrate deeper safely.

The group continued forward, and at a crossroads in a passageway, Li Yelai and the others saw more corpses.

This is the junction of two underground passages, and also a defensive point set up by the Church of the Embers.

It has a large number of automated defense facilities and is guarded by three psychic cult members.

At that moment, the three cult members dressed in dark red robes were killed in the fortifications.

Neck broken, heart pierced, decapitation—the manner of death varies, but all are fatal in one blow.

No one was surprised anymore. After determining their location, they continued on their way.

Next, they saw more corpses, but their expressions became serious.

They saw two heavily wounded Iron Guards unable to move forward, and also a Night Watchman who had lost an arm and was bandaging his wound on the spot.

"How is it?" Benlei asked as he approached the Night Scout.

"We encountered a formidable patrol team, and thankfully we managed to take them down. But we also paid a price," Night Shield slowly shook his head.

The Iron Guard beside him had his body sliced ​​open by some kind of sharp blade; his power armor was completely cut open, and blood stained the armor red. He now slumped against the wall, without making a sound.

Li Yelai's heart sank. He felt that the fallen guard was somewhat familiar. But the guards all dressed the same, so he couldn't tell them apart.

But then another heavily wounded Iron Guard spoke up, "Night General? Is that you?"

That's Old Chen? The veteran Iron Guard who guarded one of the branch entrances?

They were the only two Iron Guards that Li Yelai was familiar with.

Li Yelai stared blankly at Chen Tiewei.

Somewhat incredulous, if he was Old Chen, then this familiar Iron Guard must be...
"Stop looking. Old Wang severely injured several Awakened Spirit Users with his molten metal bomb, creating an opportunity for his teammates. He died a worthy death." Chen Tiewei leaned against the wall and said in a deep voice, "Keep moving forward, don't stop! Go and kill more enemies of humanity!"

Seeing a familiar face sacrificed once again, Li Yelai felt a heavy weight in his chest.

He nodded vigorously, then continued moving forward with the group without saying a word.

Watching Li Yelai's departing figure, Chen Tiewei sighed softly, reaching out to pat the corpse of Tiewei beside him: "Old Wang, Old Wang, you see, my judgment wasn't bad after all. Sigh, how did you end up dead?"

Meanwhile, the team continued to advance.

About half an hour after the main force went deep underground, the piercing alarm finally resounded throughout the underground space.

The infiltration team ahead was eventually discovered.

But this was expected.

Therefore, the official team changed its infiltration strategy and began to launch a strong attack on the church branch!
The Ember Church, after having dozens of sites and a large number of its members secretly wiped out, finally began to resist.

"How did they get to this distance? Why didn't we get a single tip-off?"

"The ground outposts have been breached? All of them?"

"Why didn't the people buried inside the giant city's mechanisms issue a warning?"

"We have a traitor among us!"

"Enough!" someone said coldly. "Not only has our branch location been discovered, but our retreat has also been silently blocked. What are we arguing about now? Sheephead, release the Black Zombie Legion. I'm going to start the ritual. You prepare to break out! Buy me some time!"

"Yes, sir!" The man in the goat-head mask bowed respectfully, his heart pounding wildly.

He remembered the mole he had killed a few hours earlier.

Could it be that everything that's happening now is because of him? But how did he manage to smuggle so much intelligence out?
This made the sheep-headed man even more apprehensive, and he dared not linger at the branch headquarters any longer.

He immediately left the branch headquarters with his men to deploy resistance forces.

Meanwhile, Li Yelai's team finally encountered the enemy.

Those enemies were completely black, with hard bodies, and devoid of any life or breath.

They are hidden in every corner, hidden in the ceiling and inside the pipes.

Undetected by anyone, and as the group crossed the road, they suddenly launched a deadly attack from the shadows!

However, they all crashed into that thick shield wall!

Behind the shield wall, Li Yelai looked indifferently at the monsters.

He brandished the Crimson Dragon Halberd in his hand.

(Sorry, I wasn't feeling well and missed it.)
(End of this chapter)