Half an hour later, Adrian was arguing with the commander of the garrison.

Adrian said that he checked the records and found that a batch of weapons and equipment of the defenders had exceeded their service life and needed to be retired and scrapped. If they continued to use them, there might be hidden dangers.

The defending officers kept evading the issue, sometimes claiming ignorance, sometimes using their superiors as a shield. Just as the verbal spat between the two sides seemed to be going on endlessly, a huge commotion was heard outside the tent.

Adrian and the commander of the garrison ran out side by side, and the scene they saw next made them drop their jaws in shock.

This was originally a bridge connecting Shangchao and Zhongchao, but two days ago, Shangchao received news of a riot in Zhongchao, so the bridge was raised and a large number of troops were deployed here for defense.

There is now a troop of more than 200 people stationed at the bridge. They have built trenches with spikes and sandbags, and deployed heavy machine guns and explosion-proof shields in the gaps between the trenches.

This level of defense can deal with almost all urban riots. Unless the enemy deploys armored forces, flesh and blood alone cannot break through this layer of defense.

But now this defensive fortification was being disintegrated from within. Adrian and the commander of the garrison saw a guy over two meters tall, carrying a large box and covered in steam, rampaging inside the trench. Like a chariot, he pushed aside and crushed all obstacles in his path, and continued to advance towards the front of the defensive position.

What's even more bizarre is that all weapons seemed to have lost their effect at this moment. The machine gunner operating the heavy machine gun turned the muzzle at the monster and pulled the trigger, but no matter how the firing pin hit, the primer of the bullet could not be triggered. The machine gunner thought that the bullet was damp so he wanted to remove the magazine. As a result, as soon as he pulled out the magazine, the bullets in the magazine inexplicably popped out and scattered all over the floor.

Not only the heavy machine guns, but all the weapons that were used to attack the monster lost their effectiveness. The grenades did not explode after the safety was pulled out and thrown. The high-voltage power grid automatically sparked and short-circuited. At this time, it seemed that only the close-range bayonet tactics were effective.

However, the armies raised by these upper-nest nobles are usually good at catching a few criminals or suppressing riots with their equipment and numerical advantages, but when it comes to such a situation where they need to risk their lives, very few people have the courage to stand up.

So Adrien watched as Char rushed from the back of the position to the front, then jumped off the bridge.

But Adrien knew that this was the route Char would take to return to the Middle Nest. Sure enough, when Char jumped off the bridge, a strong updraft rose from under the bridge, and along with it rose an air cushion airship that had been on standby under the bridge.

Char stood steadily on the hovercraft and looked at the soldiers on the bridge. Finally, he locked his gaze in the direction of Adrien. He raised his right hand, and the laser weapon installed on his arm began to charge.

Adrian wasn't stupid. He'd seen Char's hand cannon the last time he went to the Middle Nest to capture Howard. It clearly only took less than half a second to charge up before firing, but now Adrian was pointing the hand cannon at him, but it took him ages to charge up. This was clearly telling him, "I'm going to fire at you just for show, so get out of the way."

So Adrian shouted and threw the garrison commander beside him to the ground. Sure enough, the moment he threw the commander to the ground, a scorching laser passed over his head and burned the previous tent to ashes.

"boom!"

At this time, the time limit promised by Howard had arrived, and some soldiers found that their weapons could be used again, so they began to shoot at Char one after another.

After the attack failed, Char did not continue to pursue. Instead, he activated the deflection shield on his body, stood on the hovercraft, and calmly entered the middle nest.

Only after Char disappeared into the middle nest's entrance did the garrison commander dare to rise from the ground. He glanced at the shattered position and said to Adrien, "Sir... I'd like to discuss with you... the issue of expired weapons and equipment..."

Char stood on the hovercraft and entered the middle nest, and then not long after flying, the airship made an emergency landing on the ground.

In order to conceal the operation, Char asked his men to prepare a small airship to pick him up. With a body like Char, it was already seriously overloaded. The airship had successfully completed its mission if it could support Char and safely enter the middle nest.

"Chief!" At this time, the men who were responsible for supporting Char inside the middle nest also rushed to his side and bowed to him.

"Report the situation." Xia said.

"Because we stockpiled medicine and resources in advance, the spread of the infection has been curbed, but the infected area continues to expand." One of his men came forward to report the current situation to Char. "We have established a quarantine area according to your instructions, and the Tech-Priests are now searching for a cure for the plague."

"Take me to him." said Char.

Half an hour later, Yoton, church.

On most planets under the Empire, churches are often one of the most magnificent buildings on the planet. Whether it is the scavengers of the bottom nest or the nobles of the top nest, their belief in the God-Emperor, or at least their belief in the God-Emperor on the surface, is an important basis for their foothold on this planet.

Even in the city within the city completely controlled by the gangs, the people's faith in the God-Emperor has not diminished. The churches here are built tall and magnificent. At the innermost end of the church, surrounded by countless gilded candlesticks with candles, is a statue of the Emperor carved from a whole piece of rock.

This was originally a place where the residents of Jotun listened to the gospel of the God-Emperor and prayed. However, when the plague broke out, Pastor Francis removed all the seats and decorations in the church, retaining only the statue of the God-Emperor, and then converted the church into an isolation and treatment center for the infected.

When Char arrived at the church, he saw Francis, with a bald head and sharp teeth, and words of faith pasted all over his body with sealing wax, walking barefoot among the infected people and reciting prayers for them.

He was followed by two followers who were also bald and had sharp teeth. One of them held a silver basin filled with clean water, and the other held many small cups to distribute the clean water in the basin to everyone he met on the road, whether healthy or infected.

Among the infected people who were either giggling or coughing strangely, and the medical staff coming and going, Char keenly caught a glimpse of a special figure. Unlike Francis's confidence, the man was wearing a strict chemical protective suit and a bird-beak mask, and was accompanied by an equally well-protected mechanical servant.

Char recognized the man as Ivan. At this time, Ivan was half-kneeling beside an infected person. He used a test tube to collect some secretions from the infected person's abscesses, and then shook it gently. The reagent in the test tube quickly turned into a turbid dark gray-green.

After the reagent reacted, Ivan sealed the test tube and threw it on the stretcher where the infected person was lying. Then he stood up and gave orders to the mechanical servant beside him. The mechanical servant immediately lifted up the infected person. Then the infected person was carried out of the church, all the way to the end of the road, and finally, thrown into the burning incinerator.

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