Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 319 Flying Fire Fleet
On the night of January 4th, it was dark and windy.

The sea was pitch black, with only faint lights flickering in the distance, creating a tranquil atmosphere tinged with the unknown.

As always, on the Yun Jia, the researchers were working overtime to conduct gene mixing and modification experiments. Meanwhile, the private soldiers of the Yu Ze family were continuously opening container after container, sending the unconscious people inside to the laboratory.

Everything seemed the same as usual, and the men responsible for moving things were still complaining as they worked.

"I wonder when the Divine Child's plan will end. It's really uncomfortable to stay on the ship every day."

"More and more people are being transported to the lab these past few days, it should be soon. Besides, what's so good about getting off the ship? Haven't you heard about the chaos caused by the parasites? Who knows how many are out there now? At least there aren't any of those monsters on the ship."

"That's true..."

As they were talking, one of them caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a light in the distance on the sea and found it quite strange.

He nudged his companion: "Look over there, isn't there a boat coming this way?"

"A ship? No way?"

"That...that is!!"

They had barely glanced at it when they noticed the light rapidly intensifying, with enormous beams of light shooting straight toward them.

Along with the beam of light came a deafening, amplified sound that reverberated across the entire sea. Simultaneously, the same message echoed through the ship's cockpit on the public communication channels.

"This is the Flying Fire Fleet of the Northern Star Kingdom Navy. All crew members on the Yun Jia must immediately cease all activity, abandon all resistance, and await boarding inspection."

"Repeat, this is..."

The people in the cockpit were shocked to hear this.

"Why did the Flying Fire Fleet suddenly arrive?!"

"Why wasn't there any alarm?!"

"What do we do? This is a cargo ship!"

The Flying Fire Fleet is a carrier battle fleet of the Northern Star, and its combat power is extremely formidable.

The Yun Jia was just a large cargo ship with virtually no weapons. Facing the Flying Fire Fleet, the difference between the two sides was no longer like a child facing a boxing champion, but a child facing a Cybertronian Transformer.

Upon receiving the news, Misawa Jun, the Divine Child, immediately sought out Kurokawa Koshi.

"North Star's warships have arrived; the situation is very bad."

"How could it be so fast?" Kurokawa Koshiya looked astonished. "We've only been on the ship for a few days, how did Hokusei know?"

"There might be an internal problem."

Mizawa Jun is no longer concerned with investigating the source of the intelligence leak; the key is how to deal with the Hokusei warships.

"I just tried to contact my family, but I found that communication has been cut off, the port is also out of reach, and teleportation items are restricted. The enemy must have carried out a complete blockade in advance."

Kurokawa Etsu's face turned extremely ugly upon hearing this: "Hokusei is going to wipe them out this time. I never expected that they, who always follow the rules, would suddenly do this."

The reason they were not adequately prepared was that, unlike Soroma, Beixing always insisted on having a legitimate reason for attacking, and would usually notify you beforehand that "I'm going to attack you."

This time, however, Beixing deviated from its usual style, quietly deploying its carrier battle group. This kind of "nation-destroying" weapon of mass destruction is not deployed casually. It must have been after confirming the experimental situation on the Yunjia that they made the decisive move to completely destroy it.

Moreover, the two countries are currently too close, so close that once the Beixing warship identifies its target, it can simply sail over from port without giving Yingqi any time to react.

“We absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die,” said Jun Mizawa. “Goddess… although I don’t want to admit it, we are facing an aircraft carrier fleet.” Kotetsu Kurokawa shook his head helplessly. “An aircraft carrier battle fleet is enough to destroy the entire Sakuragi Kingdom right now, not to mention we only have one cargo ship.”

After the earthquake rules ended, Sakura's national strength declined significantly, and its weapons were all cheap, locked ones bought from Soma. If Hokusei really wanted to take drastic measures, a single aircraft carrier battle group would indeed be enough to eliminate key personnel and administrative institutions.

"Even if you send out all your guards, plus all the snake slave soldiers on board..."

Kurokawa Etsushi didn't think these things could compete with an aircraft carrier battle group. In the face of missiles and dense artillery fire, they were just fleeting bubbles.

"Who said I only have these?" Yu Zejun said coldly. "Those people in the container can also be put to use."

Kurokawa Koshi was taken aback: "You mean... to use them as hostages?"

Yu Zechun sneered: "There are tens of thousands of civilians on the ship. Let's see if Beixing dares to bomb it."

"This……"

Kurokawa Eshi's expression was strange. There were indeed many civilians in the containers on the ship, but they were mostly Sakuragi people, not Hokusei people. What wouldn't Hokusei people dare to do?

"Kurokawa, we cannot afford to fail, I think you should understand that." Misawa Jun said and turned to walk out. "As long as we withstand the pressure, we might be able to reach a result."

……

On the Flying Fire.

The investigation team, consisting of Guan Tong and several others, is currently in one of the cabins.

They proposed and planned this operation, and upon receiving permission, they naturally arrived here immediately to accompany the warships.

Apart from Silver Fox, the other four were all on board such a large warship for the first time, and found it quite novel.

“Once this powerful weapon is deployed, even if the Divine Child uses his abilities to their fullest extent, it will be useless.” Silver Fox said confidently. “He and his guards have no choice but to surrender obediently.”

That certainly seems to be the case.

The disparity in military strength between the two sides was so great that there would be no suspense whatsoever in a fight.

“Misawa Jun will not surrender.” Kamien Zi suddenly said, “The kind of person who would bite off a piece of your flesh even if he only had teeth left, he would never surrender.”

“I agree with that,” Guan Tong nodded.

Although he had only met Misawa Jun once and had never spoken to him, to understand a person, you only need to look at what he has done.

Based on the results obtained since the start of the investigation, Misawa Jun is, as Uehara Yukari described, extremely cold-blooded and ruthless. Even with a significant advantage, it's unlikely that such a person will be subdued.

"You mean, he'll still resist?" Silver Fox asked curiously. "What makes him think he can?"

"I don't know either. Anyway, just don't give him any chance!" Shangyuan Zi said with some agitation, "If he doesn't listen to the warnings, just open fire and blow the ship up."

“…But weren’t there many civilians on the ship who were captured and used as experimental subjects?” Suzuki suddenly interjected.

“That’s right. Considering the thousands of civilians on the experimental ship, I don’t think the captain would easily order the cannons to fire… Could it be that Jun Mizawa would take advantage of that?”

Silver Fox realized the key point, and her expression immediately turned grim. She knew that Misawa Jun would definitely use those hostages to her advantage.

“We are not gods, we don’t have the ability to save everyone,” Guan Tong said. “As long as we do our best within our capabilities, we can have a clear conscience and that’s enough.”

(End of this chapter)