The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 169: Goal, Choice, People and Tricks
XN City.

In an underground secret passage dozens of meters deep from the ground.

The elite warriors of the guard were surrounding several officials dressed in luxurious clothes.

No matter how the battle in XN City develops, even if all the level 3 infected persons from the Research Institute and the Investigation Team are dispatched, the powerful level 3 infected persons from the Guard Team have no intention of offering help at all.

Woo!
In the underground secret passage, the sound of a train whistle suddenly sounded, and a train actually came over.

"Sir, the news from the ground is that the Level 4 octopus was defeated by the Level 4 cat demon that suddenly appeared. Now, both Level 4 monsters have left XN City."

Surrounded by the third-level infected people of the escort team, the person who was about to board the train suddenly stopped.

"Ahem." Clearing his throat, the leading official withdrew his foot from the train and said, "Give me the combat data."

Upon hearing the order, the level 3 infected person who entered the underground secret passage to report the situation immediately lowered his head and submitted the battle report.

Huang Tianding took a look at the report. He was the mayor of XN City, but he was only a level 2 infected person.

The reason why he could become the city lord at doomsday was because he came from Chang'an City and represented the power and resources of Chang'an City.

This underground railway was secretly built by Chang'an City. Once the city of XN is in danger, Huang Tianding can arrange his most trusted subordinates to accompany him to the safer Chang'an City.

The closer the infected are to the center of power, the more they know the horror of Chang'an City.

Rune technology, Yangshi weapons, even runes, infected person ability division and promotion, all came from Chang'an City.

Other cities are merely developed based on Chang'an City's core technology. Without Chang'an City's help, all human cities cannot be built, let alone survive.

"The level 4 octopus escaped with serious injuries, the cat demon disappeared, and a large number of infected people from the research institute and the investigation team died in the battle."

There was no record of civilian casualties in the report.

The city lord Huang Tianding didn't care at all.

"Hmm? That Zhang Yuqi shines in the battle again?"

Huang Tianding snorted. Zhang Yuqi hunted monsters around the city every day. Even with the old dean's ability to keep secrets, Zhang Yuqi's frequent appearances were no match for him.

Rules are meant to be broken.

Rules ability too.

The guards had noticed Zhang Yuqi a long time ago.

"Sir, do you want to recruit Zhang Yuqi into the guard team?"

When Huang Tianding mentioned Zhang Yuqi's name, some infected people immediately made flattering suggestions.

"No." Huang Tianding shook his head: "The more anxious she is to prove herself, the more she wants something."

"If it's just to protect humanity, what's the difference between staying in Ailing Town and staying in XN City?"

"The people of Ailing Town are people, and the people of XN City are also people. She gave up Ailing Town and came to XN City, which proves that what she wants to save is not people, but her ambition."

Huang Tianding snorted: "The escort team doesn't need ambitious people."

Huang Tianding didn't care about Zhang Yuqi's message, but sighed and said, "XN City is not destroyed. If we leave now, it will violate the regulations of Chang'an City. So, everyone should be patient and return to the ground first to take over XN City and make long-term plans."

The entire guard team, including XN City Lord Huang Tianding, never cared about the life and death of XN City. In fact, they hoped that XN City would be destroyed so that they could reasonably live in the safer Chang'an City.

"Sir, we have not taken any action so far. Now that we are back on the ground, do we need to come up with a reason?"

No one expected that XN City could survive the hands of a level 4 monster. The guards didn't raise a hand during the entire battle. If they go up now, they will probably be scolded by countless people.

"Just tell them that the Guard has something more important that is top secret and cannot be made public."

"If you don't believe me, just kill me on the spot."

Huang Tianding waved his hand nonchalantly: "Now, the remaining level 3 infected people in the investigation team and the research institute are less than our number added together. Do we need to explain to them?"

"Now, the most important thing is, the injured level 4 octopus, well, go and see if the fetus girl is still alive."

The escort team was divided into two groups. Huang Tianding led a few trusted men into the elevator behind the station, while the rest of the people ran up to the ground through a secret passage.

“Everyone, don’t be sad. We in XN City have survived the level 4 infected creature!” The level 3 infected of the escort team came to the ground and immediately began to shout: “Surviving once proves that we can survive every time afterwards. Everyone, cheer up now. Those who have tasks in hand continue to complete them. Those who don’t have tasks in hand, come and gather around me. I will lead everyone to rebuild our home.”

At this moment in the city of XN, corpses were everywhere and there was grief. Some people lost their children, some lost their parents, and everyone was immersed in sorrow. When they heard the guard's orders, everyone's eyes were red and no one moved.

The face of the guard soldier who was shouting darkened. He looked around and saw Qin Yang in the center of the crowd. Then he raised the corner of his mouth and walked over.

In this battle, the investigation team contributed the most. The former leader of the investigation team is now almost alone. Besides Qin Yang himself, there are only four level three infected people left in the investigation team.

"Captain, your ability is hope. Now, it's time to use it to cheer everyone up." The infected people in the guard team were sarcastic. Usually, Qin Yang looked down on the guard team who only knew how to hide in the city. He often applied for the third-level infected people in the guard team to temporarily join the investigation team during the safe period. In this way, every member of the guard team hated him very much.

"Your guards hid so well, no one died, how could they understand our sorrow?" Scorpio standing next to Qin Yang was very dissatisfied: "During the battle, none of your guards' level 3 infected people took to the field. You thought we were blind. I wonder what you were thinking?"

"Since you've become a coward, just keep your head down." Scorpio was very angry. In this battle, three of the twelve zodiac signs died.

In addition to Cancer and Leo, the body of the dwarf Gao Zaishang was also found in the corner. Not knowing the cause of Gao Zaishang's death, Scorpio subconsciously thought that Gao Zaishang was also killed by the octopus.

Qin Yang didn't say anything, but just stared at the guards with red eyes.

The rest of the infected people and ordinary people affected by the war stared at the guards with red eyes. They didn't expect that the guards, who usually consumed the most resources in XN City, would not only flee without a fight, but also be so inhumane!
boom!
The infected member of the escort team suddenly drew his gun and shot Scorpio in the middle of his eyebrows.

The guards' guns are specially designed to counter strange Yangshi weapons, and are also very effective against infected people.

"you!"

Scorpio roared. Although a bullet would injure him, it could not kill a level three infected person immediately.

But before Scorpio could react, the guards behind the captain drew their guns and started shooting at Scorpio.

Bang bang bang bang bang.

There was a burst of gunfire, and Scorpio was instantly shot into a sieve. Even a level three infected person could not withstand such close and dense Yangshi bullets.

No one thought that the guards would dare to shoot and kill the few level 3 infected people in XN City.

Even Scorpio himself thought of it!
There was no time to defend himself, and a large amount of solar power destroyed Scorpio's body. The next second, Scorpio became like burning straw paper, his body curled up instantly, and then turned into ashes.

"You!" Qin Yang shouted, turned around and drew his sword from his warhorse: "You bunch of rubbish, you actually killed people! Scorpio just wanted to sacrifice his own life, feed himself to the octopus as food, and use his body to poison the fourth-level monster!"

This warrior, who was willing to die to hold back the level 4 monster for humanity, was actually shot dead by the guards!
A powerful third-level infected person with the title of the twelve zodiac signs died so easily.

"asshole!"

Aquarius also rushed forward and subconsciously wanted to grab the captain of the guard by the collar, but the guards immediately raised their guns and pointed them at her.

"Our escort team has also been fighting. Our mission is top secret from Chang'an City and is directly related to the survival of XN City. We just completed our mission and immediately came up to reinforce you!"

The captain of the escort team looked at Aquarius with contempt: "If anyone else tries to slander or inquire about Chang'an City's top-secret mission, they will end up like Scorpio and be executed on the spot by us."

you!

Aquarius's fat body kept shaking, like a container filled with anger that was about to explode at any time.

"Don't try to scare me with unfounded stories. You, the people who fired the shots, must give an explanation to the research institute!" Aquarius' eyes widened so wide that his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. His gaze was fixed on the captain of the guard, as if he wanted to burn a hole in him.

"Top secret mission, no comment." The captain of the escort team raised his eyes slightly: "You don't understand the importance of the country."

Zhang Yuqi looked coldly at everything that was happening before her eyes. She didn’t care who was right or wrong among humans.

As the level 4 octopus escaped, the power it exerted on her also disappeared. After the battle just now, Zhang Yuqi discovered that Qin Yang's ability was not the hope that the old dean had mentioned.

Despair represents death, and hope represents survival. So, is it possible that the hope mentioned by the old dean is held in the hands of the guards? They hide underground because they are confident that after XN City is breached by monsters, they can still rely on the hope in their hands and live comfortably.

"Now, everyone, cheer up. Grief cannot bring back the dead, nor can it rebuild the city. We must rally our forces and make XN City stronger, so that those who survive today will not suffer the same casualties again."

The captain of the guard team looked fearlessly into the eyes that were staring at him. He did not feel guilty at all. Instead, it made people feel that he was upright!

"Yes, the guards are only going to complete a top-secret mission, which does not mean they are not participating in the war."

"That makes sense. Just like the cat demon that suddenly appeared, it might be some secret weapon."

"But, they killed Scorpio."

"There's nothing I can do. I can only say that Scorpio is unlucky. He could have just asked nicely. Why did he have to scold the guards?"

Slowly, voices defending the guards began to emerge from the crowd. Some really believed the guards' lies, while others had seen Scorpio's tragic death and were afraid that they would follow in Scorpio's footsteps.

Soon, some people obeyed the orders of the guards and gathered in front of the guards. After one, there was a second one. Some who were dissatisfied with the guards could only swallow their dissatisfaction and were swept up by the crowd and slowly moved in front of the guards.

“I understand everyone’s sadness, and I am as sad as everyone else. XN City is your home, where your loved ones are. This is also my home, where my loved ones are!” The captain of the guard looked at the infected people and ordinary people gathered in front of him, then bent down and bowed to everyone.

This……

Some people who were originally dissatisfied with the Guards were also shaken.

In the distance, hiding among the ruins, a thumb-sized figure sighed.

"Teacher, your research direction is wrong. Facing power, the research institute cannot save humanity. Only by becoming the one at the top can you truly end the doomsday."

Gao Zaishang looked at the citizens who were being busy by the guards and didn't even care about their sorrow, and shook his head: "The key items for promotion should be in the guards, otherwise they can't be so relaxed."

Gao Zaishang and Zhang Yuqi, one openly and one secretly, both had their eyes on the guard team.

On the other side, Huang Tianding returned to the shelter with several followers and opened a secret room.

The secret room is similar to the cage where the high-ranking ones are imprisoned, but the person imprisoned inside is a woman.

Seeing Huang Tianding appear, the woman was a little disappointed: "I heard someone outside shouting about a level 4 monster. I didn't expect that a level 4 monster attacking the city didn't kill you bastards."

Huang Tianding ignored the woman's abuse and smiled, "It seems that I am too lucky. That level 4 monster not only didn't hurt me, but also seriously injured me. This is why I came to you. The newborns before were too weak. This time, if you fuse the DNA of the level 4 monster, you will definitely be able to give birth to a level 4 human baby."

The woman stared at Huang Tianding with resentment and did not speak.

She is a level three infected person, known as a fetal girl, which means that her ability is pregnancy. As long as she gets the DNA, she can become pregnant and give birth to a human baby.

This seemingly useless ability became her nightmare.

After the guards discovered her abilities, they imprisoned her. Then, they injected her with the DNA of various monsters, causing her to be pregnant for ten months and give birth to a baby with both human and monster abilities.

However, in XN City, the strongest monster that can be hunted is only level three. If the fetus gets level three DNA, it can only give birth to a baby who is born with level three infection.

However, Huang Tianding was still not satisfied. The baby would abuse its abilities before growing up. Raising a level three baby was extremely costly. Huang Tianding did not want to waste so much energy and only wanted a level three infected person.

Moreover, there were too many level-three infected people in Chang'an City, so it was not difficult for this to be his achievement.

Today, the opportunity comes.

As long as he succeeds, Huang Tianding can personally raise a level 4 infected baby to adulthood and become the father of a level 4 infected person. Then, both his political achievements and strength will have a qualitative leap. What's more, he is not prepared to have only one baby, a girl.

If the octopus's DNA combined with the fetal girl's could give birth to a level 4 baby, Huang Tianding was prepared to let the fetal girl live until she died.

Obviously, the girl in the womb had thought of this as well.

But she had no ability to resist.

As a level 3 infected person, she was not good at fighting, and she couldn't even commit suicide, because she didn't have enough Yang energy to suppress the virus. No matter how she committed suicide, her body would slowly recover...

The cage opens.

Huang Tianding's followers came in, put handcuffs and shackles on the fetal girl, and then took her out.

"You are not a human, you are a devil, and you will definitely be punished."

Huang Tianding pinched the woman's face and said indifferently: "You will understand when you see it. Only people with more power than me can punish me, but people with more power than me are more terrifying than me..."

“Only a world ruled by the devil will tell you that there is a God.”

"Because the devil wants to leave you a glimmer of hope to survive."

“So, even if there is a God in this world, he is the devil in disguise.”

"How can the real God coexist with the devil?"

"Instead of insulting me, you should give birth to a level 4 infected person. In that case, I will allow you to live the life that the demons are enjoying."

(End of this chapter)