Chapter 710: Panic in the City

In the woods on the outskirts of Midtown, Bertus and the others are beaten to the ground by the witch Landa and suffer heavy casualties. Betus took Midtown's latest enhancement crystal at a critical moment, and opened the energy shield to protect the remaining team members in it, struggling to support it against Landa's spell attack. Just 1 second before the energy shield disintegrated, a large number of flying mechs and land mechs arrived.

The witch Landa sneered, "Do you think these copper cans can make a difference in the battle?" You humans are so naïve. "Throw a few spells again, trying to counter-control the mechs.

To her surprise, only a small half of the mechs were in order, and 10 flying mechs were immune to her spells.

"Huh? It turned out that there was a master involved. It seems that the people of Midtown are not isolated from the rest of the world. Landa the Witch captured a flying mech by force, and took a closer look at it under the siege of other mechs, "Why are these codes that control mechs so familiar?" Her face changed suddenly, and she dropped the mecha and disappeared.

The mechs lost their target and hovered in a daze; Betus ran out of energy and fell to the ground; Everyone in the midtown conference room, who was paying attention remotely, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who the hell is this witch Landa?" Huo Qiankun patted the table and asked, "There is a master of this level hidden under our noses, and a hole has been dug into the underground pipeline system of Midtown, and we are unaware." Do you all eat dry rice from the Inspection Department, the Ministry of Public Security, the Department of Insect Situation, the Department of Collection, and the Department of Environmental Sanitation? ”

"Mr. Huo, the other party is at least a sixth-level Star Soul late-stage or even a seventh-level Star Soul powerhouse, no matter who is replaced, there is nothing to be done about it." The Minister of Insect Affairs responded aggrievedly.

The head of the collection department said: "This woman is indeed very powerful, but fortunately she was driven away by our midtown elite. ”

The so-called Midtown Elite is mainly 3 elite collection teams, they were originally assembled to kill the insects near Midtown, but later the fire thieves disrupted the situation, a large number of people were injured, and the mecha malfunctioned. I encountered the witch Landa again just now, although the scene was ugly, but the other party retreated, which was barely a "small victory".

"Did you really drive me away?" Huo Qiankun raised his voice again, "With the strength of the other party, if you raid the city hall at this time, what will you use to resist?" ”

Everyone was looking at each other, and suddenly a white light flashed in the conference room, revealing the figure of the witch Landa.

"Ahh The crowd screamed. The high-ranking VIP of the Star Soul immediately attacked, and the four mecha guards outside the conference room also reacted quickly.

The witch Landa waved her hand indifferently, instantly froze the people who attacked her, and then sat down in the vacant seat between He Xiaotian and Huo Qiankun with demonic steps under the gaze of everyone. This vacancy is the result of competition and compromise between He and Huo, symbolizing respect and expectation for the sage. The Fire Stealer had been sitting here when he had burst in, and so had Randa the Witch now.

The dignitaries felt the strange and evil energy emanating from the witch Landa up close, and they all shuddered and couldn't help but kneel and worship.

Among the attendees, only He Xiaotian, Huo Qiankun, Chu Yanjiao, and Wang Chengba remained calm.

He Xiaotian quietly pressed the warning button on his seat, and then folded his hands on his chest and pretended to be deaf and dumb. Huo Qiankun tried to ask in a calm tone: "What is the intention of respecting the violent resistance to the law, and now breaking into the city hall?" ”

"You stupid pigs who are not worthy of sitting here leading the survivors, I'm here to give you some good words."

"What do you think?" Huo Qiankun's anger rose, but he didn't show anything.

"You have worshipped me as the supreme god, you have bowed down to me, you have recited the incantations I have imparted, and you have worshiped me as the only faith, and you have spread it throughout the city. If you can do this, I will bless you from being harmed by the Zerg and survive in the last days. ”

"What?!" Huo Qiankun almost jumped. He forcibly restrained his anger, pondered for a few seconds, and calmly responded: "The Venerable Commander is so powerful, we have no room to refuse; But Zunjia didn't know that two days ago, a seventh-level Star Soul powerhouse who claimed to be a fire thief also forcibly broke into the city hall and forced us to accept his protection. The so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, one temple does not worship two gods, if you want me to wait for worship, please get rid of the fire thief first; Otherwise, I am afraid that it will not win any believers. After all, in such an apocalypse, no one worships the weak, right? ”

"Do you think I don't know what the fire stealers do? To tell you the truth, I was inspired by his visit to City Hall today. "Witch Landa cocked her orchid fingers, grabbed a mecha officer in the air, and dismantled his mecha in three or two clicks." With your little wisdom and value, it is not worth the battle of a powerhouse in the late stage of a seventh-level Star Soul. In their eyes, the human beings of the earth are nothing more than animals. They will never think about you, and what they do is for ulterior motives. Do not imagine that the existence of the Fire Stealer will bless you cattle. ”

"Isn't there any difference between a revenator and a fire stealer?" Huo Qiankun couldn't help but ask.

"Of course!" The sorceress Landa replied proudly, "First of all, I am of higher birth than a fire stealer. Secondly, I came to this planet before any other powerful person, and I already regarded this planet as my own vacation cabin, and I would never allow others to infringe on it; And the Fire Stealer has done for you for all that has other intentions, and one day he will betray you all. Again, I know better than the fire thieves about the nature of your planetary species, and in return, I am able to offer you more products and services. ”

When she said this, her eyes turned to Wang Chengba, who had been staring at her greedily and drooling a few feet long in his mouth, "Take this pig as an example, his mind is full of so-called 'goddess', and I only need a spell to satisfy his beautiful need to see the 'goddess' from time to time." With a flick of his fingers, he carved a spell on Wang Chengba's water glass, and the latter was overjoyed and immediately practiced.

The witch Landa's gaze shifted to Huo Qiankun again, "You've been missing your only son, haven't you?" Believe it or not, just tell me enough information and I can make a person who looks exactly like your son out. "Waving his hands to generate a 3D portrait, he looks like a young man in his 20s.

Huo Qiankun screamed when he saw this image, but then controlled himself, "The Venerable Driver is really amazing; But unfortunately, we didn't have the opportunity to see the teacher. Because the Fire Thief has already set a deadline, in 5 days, if we don't agree to his conditions, he will slaughter the city for the Zerg. ”

"If you act now and convert to me, in five days I will deal with the fire thieves for you; On the other hand, if you are obsessed, no one will be able to help you! ”

"Since Venerable Driver has such profound strength, why don't you get rid of the Fire Stealer before you leave now? Wouldn't it be more powerful and inviolable? Wait for another 5 days, whether we can survive is a question, and how can we handle big things for the honorable driver? ”

"Hehe, although you are good at arguing, what you are talking about is the logic of low-level intelligent beings after all. You must know that the 'Immortal Fight' ignores the logic of mortals, and the contest between me and the Fire Stealer is not a contest of combat power, but a contest for the believers. We all know that we can't directly subdue each other with our combat power, so we have to compete for the believers. If you can trust me in time, the fire thieves will know that it will be difficult to retreat. ”

"This ......" Huo Qiankun scolded the witch Landa shamelessly in his heart, but he said tactfully: "Can you allow me to discuss it, after all, this is a major event involving the spiritual beliefs of 50,000 survivors, and it is not something that a few of us can make decisions by temporarily patting our heads." ”

"Okay, I'll give you 24 hours, and I'll be here again tomorrow this time. If you are willing to take refuge, then all will be well. Otherwise, I will slaughter you for the Zerg before the Fire Stealers! ”

The witch Landa finished her words and disappeared.

There was a dead silence in the meeting room.

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Huo Qiankun ordered all the dignitaries to stay in the conference room and stand by at any time, and then entered the VIP lounge with He Xiaotian for a secret talk.

"Brother He, this witch made a big fuss about the city hall just now, why didn't you say anything?"

"It happened suddenly, and I was not prepared to deal with it at all, so I had to bow my head and pretend to be honest." He Xiaotian said in embarrassment, but his hand was shaking the teacup unhurriedly.

"Brother He didn't consider this possibility: we first pretended to promise the witch Landa to convert to her for the time being, but secretly gathered strength and subdued her in one fell swoop when the time came?"

"The power of faith is subtle to us humans, but it can be substantial to the likes of Randa the Witch or the Fire Stealer. I fear that if we allow the witch faith to swell, the human spirit will degenerate. ”

"That's right!" Huo Qiankun nodded again and again, "If we just lag behind in technology and combat power, in time, we still have a chance to cheer up and rejuvenate; But if even spiritual beliefs are dominated by inhuman forces, we are truly animals. Although you and I are not sages, we must never take the lead in being sinners for the ages. ”

"Of course, sinners through the ages can't do it, but they have to come up with an effective way to deal with it, otherwise they will be stupid pigs."

"The only way I can think of is to lure the witch Landa into the shelterbelt and let thousands of sapient plants destroy her for us."

"It's a good idea, but how can you lure the enemy? No one in Midtown could hold up for a few seconds under the attack of the witch Randa. ”

"Only Bitter Betus, he is not only the only sixth-level Star Soul powerhouse we can use at the moment, but also the only person who can control the intelligent plants of the shelterbelt."

"Call him in now!"

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After discussing it with Berts, He and Huo were a little relieved. In order to strengthen the success rate of luring away the witch Landa, He Xiaotian contributed a set of individual combat mecha newly developed by the overrun military industry - Fengshen Type I. This mecha has two major characteristics: (1) high-speed flight and long-term endurance; (2) Extremely durable protective energy shield and extremely high energy overload threshold. In the right hands, it is indeed a powerful weapon for carrying out the tasks of luring the enemy and long-distance raids.

In order to strengthen their control over Zhongcheng, He and Huo ordered the entire city to remain under martial law; ordered all dignitaries to move into the town hall with their relatives by 5 p.m.; Concentrate superior armed forces to protect the city hall, while the rest guard the city gates, important facilities and enforce martial law on the main transportation routes; Require all armed and civil servants to be on duty 24 hours a day; Drained all the smart mechs in the inventory to assist the staff, and activated the access rights of all heavy mechs.

Three Titan mechs watched over the city hall in a triangle, and multiple demigod mecha guarded all corners of the city hall in groups like military parades and formations. The surrounding buildings are filled with mechs, and snipers with special rifles are stationed at key locations. The bullets used by these snipers are made with nanotechnology that, after hitting a target, can "swallow" the substance of its constituent matter in a short time.

In order to prevent the enemy from using heavy weapons to attack the city hall or high-level star soul people to break in, He and Huo both took out housekeeping technology: He Xiaotian asked technicians to install devices that could stimulate super-large energy shields throughout the city hall, while Huo Qiankun's people arranged a computer-controlled intelligent plant XXX-06 - this is an artificially cultivated intelligent plant, like a pet dog, it can accept and understand human instructions very well, and has a strong sense of territory, which is suitable for caring for the home.

Despite the necessary information blocking measures, this unprecedented action by the top brass of Midtown was still noticed by the public. Especially in the afternoon, when a large number of relatives of Midtown dignitaries were seen heading to the town hall in droves, the panic of the citizens suddenly rose to a new peak, and all kinds of rumors and discussions spread everywhere like a storm.

"You know what? He Xiaotian and Huo Qiankun are about to meet in the city hall, both sides are deploying troops, and a power struggle is about to begin. ”

"How did I hear that He and Huo had teamed up to get rid of the ministers and other dignitaries who refused to obey? Unconvinced, these lackeys mobilized their little lackeys to prepare for violent resistance. I think there's going to be a big upheaval in Midtown. ”

"You're all talking nonsense and crapney! According to my brother-in-law's second uncle's third nephew, Midtown is under attack by the super monster Fire Stealer and Landa, and is ready to concentrate on fighting the monster. ”

"No, no, the actual situation is that there is a big outbreak of the slug virus, and the authorities in Midtown are no longer able to control it, so they have taken refuge in the city hall, and then prepared to disinfect the whole city with superweapons. I've heard that this disinfection treatment is ......."

Rumors and legends abound, but the end result was that the truth became more and more unclear and panic grew. More and more low-income citizens are taking to the streets, forming groups to seek solace from each other. A few elements who like to make trouble have taken advantage of the situation to incite the emotions of the citizens, and some areas have gone out of control with the transfer of armed forces and the upper class of citizens, and smashing and looting activities have taken place, and riots are about to break out.

This movement was immediately noticed by Li Yan, who had a keen sense of news, and she immediately reported the situation to Huo Qiankun after arriving at the city hall.

After He Huo and the others briefly exchanged opinions, they immediately assigned 2 demigod mecha to maintain order. By the time the mechs arrived, hundreds of mobs had already grabbed weapons and set houses on fire.

"All personnel, you will be given 10 seconds to lay down your weapons, and then follow us to the designated place to take refuge; Otherwise......" The demigod mech's warning was not read out before it was shot by a mob.

Of course, this backward weapon will not cause damage to the demigod mecha, and the 2 demigod mechs continue to warn according to the procedure: "The countdown begins, 10, 9 ......"

The mob ignored the warning and continued to shoot. Suddenly, a mob screamed and fell to the ground. His belly heaved and eventually burst, and a dozen slugs screamed and rushed at the crowd.

"Ahh Slug! The domineering and well-organized mob panicked, and they shot the slugs to death, then pointed their guns at each other vigilantly.

"Ahh It didn't matter, all the mobs completely lost their rationality and began to attack indiscriminately.

In less than 1 minute, more than 400 mobs killed more than 300 by killing each other.

The personnel in the two demigod mecha stared at the bloody scene in front of them, and they were all stunned.