Chapter 852 - 207: Explosion
He wiped the blood off his hand with a dark red handkerchief, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground.
"You didn’t have to do that, he’s already back."
Shen Xuan looked at the tower in front of her and muttered to herself, opening her eyes to reveal light red pupils, a smile, and a demeanor both calm and fanatical.
The high tower was surrounded by four wing buildings, with walls and floors constructed of silvery metal, appearing smooth and clean.
In the dim environment under the black mist, this tall building emitted dazzling lights, illuminating the surroundings.
Although it was the end of the world, here, the scent of apocalypse was absent.
Shen Xuan seemed to think of something, her smile becoming more exaggerated, as if she had become another person: "Wouldn’t it be great to destroy this place? You hate it anyway."
From afar, you could see a large number of helmeted soldiers holding long guns, patrolling the plaza in an orderly manner.
The power of firearms had been greatly reduced, and they had not mastered more advanced technology.
Ordinary soldiers instead abandoned firearms for cold weapons, which allowed them to exhibit stronger combat capabilities.
Wearing a hood that hid her face in shadows, Shen Xuan moved forward step by step, body slightly bent as if dragging something.
It sounded as if something was sliding on the metal floor, making a slight noise.
At this moment.
A person also wearing a black hood came from behind and said in a low voice: "My lord, we have received news. Wang Yuan, Chen Qiqiang, and Mu Yulin should be inside. Shall we act now?"
Shen Xuan’s lips curled into a smile, replying in Shen Xuan’s tone: "Three? A bit few, ha, but just right. You move when you see the signal."
The person behind remained silent for a while, seemingly gathering courage before reminding: "My lord, doing this might cause big trouble. After all, we are in deep cooperation with the National Council."
This approach would undoubtedly make them the target of public criticism, and even Chenxi would not tolerate them.
Shen Xuan stopped, tilted her head to look at him, showed a pondering expression, and said with a gleaming smile: "What, do you have an opinion?"
Zhang Zifu hurriedly shook his head and said seriously: "I am utterly loyal to my lord, I just hope the lord considers it carefully...this approach is indeed too risky."
He really could not understand why the Nun would want to do this, but if the Nun did not change her mind, he had no way.
In Chenxi, the Apocalypse have absolute authority, at least over their own subordinates.
Each Apocalypse controls a part of Chenxi, and they are independent of each other.
When one Apocalypse dies, another strong person will take that position, though this person must be powerful.
Zhang Zifu himself was not weak, also a Deacon of Chenxi, at Tier Eight, but his combat ability was not strong. His position was Mind Observer, able to gain information from others’ emotions.
These confidential pieces of information about the National Council were also obtained by him.
"Since three council members are here, there must be quite a few strong ones." Zhang Zifu couldn’t help but speak again, the act they were about to undertake only made his scalp tingle.
Although 17’s strength could contend with the National Council, or even stronger, the National Council was still considered legitimate.
The act they were planning was akin to terrorists attacking a nation’s head before the apocalypse.
Besides, he always felt that this matter was decided by the Nun temporarily, without even a complete plan.
The only plan seemed to be, "Go, let’s take them down."
How different was this from street hooligans fighting? Deciding to fight then fighting, deciding not to and then not.
However, there was nothing to be done, since the other party was his superior, the most powerful person in Chenxi, and more importantly, had immense strength.
The Nun was also considered one of the strongest in Chenxi.
Nothing could be done about it.
He had to send out a message on his phone: "Prepare for battle, watch for the Nun’s signal."
"What signal?"
"I don’t know."
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Their abnormal actions certainly drew attention, soon high-ranking officials of Chenhe were questioning them, as well as other Apocalypse inquiring.
After all, such a large group suddenly sneaking over from the battlefield seemed odd no matter how you looked at it.
Probably nobody expected them to suddenly arrive at the National Council’s Celestial Guard Tower to topple it equipped.
When Zhang Zifu looked ahead again, he could no longer spot Shen Xuan’s figure.
Humming a little tune, Shen Xuan swaggered all the way to the outside of the Celestial Guard Tower, slipped in familiarly, seemingly unnoticed by anyone.
She arrived at the inner side of the east wing building, tossed out a canister she was carrying, and then ran outward without looking back.
That’s when someone finally noticed her.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" It was a middle-aged man in a black suit, carrying double blades.
He earlier sensed some disturbance in the vicinity, then saw Shen Xuan acting sneakily here, unsure of her actions, and then she dashed off which immediately triggered a bad premonition as if danger was about to transpire nearby.
Just about to give chase, he saw Shen Xuan make a gesture towards him, then felt pain, pausing in place, looking down to find a large hole had appeared in his chest somehow.
A mighty Extraordinary.
Danger.
An alarm is needed.
He quickly realized this, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Enemy attack!"
But it was too late, as soon as he spoke, before others could react, there was a bright white light flashing on the ground, fire, and explosion enveloped this area and the entire Celestial Guard Tower.
This explosion was different from ordinary bomb-induced ones, its power entirely confined to a specific range without affecting surrounding areas.
This also greatly enhanced the explosion’s power.
The blast waves caused Shen Xuan’s black coat to flutter madly, her smile even more exaggerated, eyes shining, looking very excited, her figure concealed by the white blast light, everything around was blanketed, turning into a white world.
Bam!!
Bam!!!
Bam!!!!
"That’s the signal!" Zhang Zifu looked at the white light rising from the Celestial Guard Tower, eyes widening, suddenly falling into self-doubt.
The entire ground trembled with it, those outside the explosion range involuntarily covered their eyes, crouching and trembling on the ground.
"Who is it!"
An angry voice echoed from the Celestial Guard Tower, resounding between heaven and earth.
Yet immediately after, the white light flashed again, a second explosion followed closely, drowning out the not-so-loud voice in the explosion.