Chapter 586 - 373: Ultimate Rescue
At this moment, the area surrounding the Heaven-Reaching Tower had plunged into complete chaos.
This tower of threefold parallel structure, originally the tallest and most dignified building in New Moon City, was now emitting thick smoke spiraling up to the sky. Huge cracks could be seen everywhere on the building, winding like snakes, as if slicing it into countless fragments.
The rumbling was incessant, and one could see the firelight of explosions all over the building. Many glass windows were shattered by the shockwaves, sending fragments tumbling through the air like meteor showers, sparkling brilliantly as they fell and hit the ground with sharp clinks.
Due to the fierce internal battles, the main structure of the Heaven-Reaching Tower was severely damaged. The steel bars of the building twisted and deformed in the flames, with chunks of concrete occasionally peeling off, revealing the fiercely burning interior.
At each entrance and exit of the three towers, panicked people constantly fled out; these were all employees of the giant corporations.
Although Fenrir was wreaking havoc among the floors, she was, after all, just one person. The interior of the Heaven-Reaching Tower was very vast, making it impossible to search every place or kill everyone on every floor.
The ones escaping now were the lucky survivors, those who managed to slip through the cracks. After escaping, some had hollow gazes and were at a loss, moving like the walking dead as medical personnel manipulated them at the scene.
Others were scared out of their wits by the Wolf King, bursting into tears on the spot, making the scene even more chaotic.
Around the Heaven-Reaching Tower, support troops called in temporarily by the giant corporations had arrived, comprising the local police force and people from various mercenary groups.
Several transport floating airships flew in the surrounding airspace, intending to directly airdrop personnel into high floors. However, the automatic defense system of the Heaven-Reaching Tower inexplicably identified all these aircraft as hostile units, shooting down each one that came.
Several floating airships, which were loaded with armed personnel from the authorities, had been shot down. They couldn’t penetrate the anti-airfire zone and didn’t dare to bomb the Heaven-Reaching Tower, so eventually, they had to abandon airdrops and deploy the armed personnel on the ground first.
Gathered outside the Heaven-Reaching Tower now were mostly highly ranked extraordinary strong people, including the elite forces of Scythe of Death and Edge.
Looking at the anti-aircraft weapons still operating on the surface of the tower, Su Mo’s gaze was deep.
The electronic systems of the Heaven-Reaching Tower had long been taken over by the Black Extinction Virus. He instructed Qi Ling to destroy any aircraft attempting to approach, to prevent the support troops from deploying too quickly.
On one hand, during this large-scale chaos, Nuobai had already infiltrated the Hegemony Company Tower not long ago, heading to the confidential area to steal the antidote that Qi Ling needed.
This required time, and the fewer the disturbances, the better.
On the other hand, he had a plan in mind to take Fenrir away.
Fenrir, as the major BOSS to face in the "Evil Line" of the original "Dawn" plot, undoubtedly had huge personal potential. Her Divine Protection Level Blood Code Power assault on the Heaven-Reaching Tower was the best proof.
A strong person like that should never be traded for the lives of expendables, dying in such a place for nothing.
In the near future, amid the waves of world-changing influence, Su Mo needed more strong individuals by his side.
At this moment, Su Mo stood outside the Heaven-Reaching Tower, his earpiece connected to Edge Mansion’s central room as he received feedback on the situation.
Soon, KK’s delighted voice came through the earpiece: "Bro, Nuobai sent word that the antidote of the Silencer has been obtained!"
Su Mo discreetly clenched his fist in celebration, lowering his voice to say, "Have Nuobai return to Edge Mansion immediately without drawing any attention."
KK: "Understood!"
While Su Mo communicated with KK, people continued to escape from the entrances of the Hesu Company Tower.
Among the crowd was a woman in cleaner’s attire, heavily pregnant, with disheveled hair hiding her face, running straight toward Su Mo.
Su Mo initially didn’t plan to pay attention to this person. To his surprise, the other suddenly ripped off her wig upon approaching, revealing a face as grim as water.
Su Mo was stunned upon seeing that face.
It was actually Zhao Yiming?!
Throwing away the wig, Zhao Yiming ripped open her buttons and pulled out the pillow strapped to her belly, trembling with fear, pointing at the door and shouting: "Su Mo, quick! Take your people up, that lunatic is severely injured and won’t last long, kill her!!!"
In shock, Su Mo’s emotions became somewhat complicated.
He didn’t expect Zhao Yiming to be so resilient.
Previously, having Qi Ling cripple the electronic systems of the Heaven-Reaching Tower was meant to prevent these high-ranking executives from leaving via flying devices, assisting Fenrir in closing the gate to catch the dogs, so to speak.
Originally, it would have been best for Zhao Yiming to die in this catastrophe, but unexpectedly, this guy actually managed to escape pretending to be a pregnant woman...
That life is tougher than a millennium tortoise...
In broad daylight, Su Mo certainly couldn’t deliver a finishing blow, especially since many escaping company employees recognized Zhao Yiming and surrounded him one after another.
From not far away, Zhou Hanyan also noticed Zhao Yiming and rapidly brought Death Scythe Mercenaries over, urgently saying: "President Zhao, it’s good you’re safe. This place is very dangerous, you should retreat quickly, we’ll handle the situation here."
Despite being in a high position and having strong psychological endurance, Zhao Yiming was evidently terrified in the face of such a catastrophe.
He feared that Fenrir might charge out again after killing several times and took off immediately with Death Scythe’s escorting troops. Before leaving, he kept clamoring for Zhou Hanyan and Su Mo to hurry up and kill Fenrir.
After Zhao Yiming left, Zhou Hanyan stood together with Su Mo, squinting at the fiercely burning Heaven-Reaching Tower ahead, saying: "I never imagined that the Wolf King could be this strong... Thinking about what happened when we tangled with her at the beginning of the year sends shivers down my spine."