Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 320 An Unforgivable Escape
With the port blockaded and no air superiority, the cargo ship used for experiments had nowhere to escape.

Shortly after the Flying Fire Fleet finished its call, the Yun Jia responded.

"We will not surrender. There are tens of thousands of hostages on board. If you have the guts, open fire and sink us. If you don't want these people to die with us, then leave immediately."

The threat from the Yun Jia was ineffective. Since Bei Xing had dispatched the Flying Fire Fleet, it was clearly aimed at resolving the issue once and for all.

Compromise and abandonment of action were never considered from the outset.

"You have no right to negotiate, surrender immediately!"

Do you think I'm bluffing?

A cold, sinister voice came from the communicator.

Before long, the latest news came from the investigation team.

"Report! The enemy has just pushed dozens of men into the sea from the deck!"

The captain's face darkened upon hearing this.

The enemy is demonstrating its resolve through concrete actions.

"This is just the beginning. If you don't retreat in five minutes, more than just this many people will be sent down next time."

That chilling voice came through the communicator again.

After a moment's consideration, the captain summoned Silver Fox and the others and explained the situation.

“If you have no other options, I will immediately order a full-scale assault,” the captain said. “This will cause some casualties among innocent personnel, but it will save many more lives.”

Guan Tong agreed with the captain.

If we abandon the evacuation out of concern for the hostages, we are not saving lives, but harming them. Because sooner or later, those hostages will still become experimental subjects and suffer persecution.

A direct attack would result in some casualties, but many more would be saved.

Upon hearing this, Silver Fox looked at Guan Tong and asked, "Do you have a solution?"

Before Guan Tong could speak, Chen Na chimed in, "Brother Guan probably doesn't have any good ideas either. There are too many enemies on the ship, and they might all be very powerful... It would be better to just send the warships to attack."

Upon hearing this, Silver Fox glanced at Chen Na, knowing that the little girl didn't want Guan Tong to take any risks.

But the key lies in what Guan Tong herself thinks.

“I can eliminate the guards in front of those containers, but I can’t guarantee that I can suppress those rooms protected by the barrier immediately,” Guan Tong said after a moment of thought.

Guan Tong had no idea how many people or powerful individuals were inside the private room protected by the barrier.

Forcing a breakthrough without intelligence would be dangerous even for him.

“In that case, you are responsible for eliminating those guards and the defense forces on deck,” Captain Fei Huo said to Guan Tong. “Then I will have the soldiers board the ship and attack the core personnel inside the cabin together.”

"can."

Guan Tong agreed.

The operation began immediately. He manipulated the shadows that had been lying in ambush in the cabin to reach the feet of the guards who were waiting near the containers on the deck.

Once everyone is in position, launch the attack all at once.

"Uh!!!"

All the guards on the deck were simultaneously strangled by the shadow line and suffocated to the ground.

At the same time, the captain of the Flying Fire ordered the soldiers to immediately land on the deck of the Yun Jia via the aircraft carrier's transport planes and take complete control of the deck as soon as possible.

All of this happened very quickly, but the enemy inside the ship's cabin had already noticed.

Most of the hostages on the ship were held in containers. Now that Beixingfang has taken over the deck, Yuze Chun and others have lost a lot of leverage.

Moreover, Captain Flyfire immediately ordered an attack on the ship's cabins after the soldiers landed.

Guan Tong and the others had also arrived on the Yun Jia. He used Shadow Vision to synchronize the situation inside the cabin with the Fei Huo, and the captain then adjusted the soldiers' attack direction according to the situation.

"The enemy has been mobilized!"

Chen Na closed her eyes and let out a soft cry. She had activated her perception domain after boarding the ship.

Unlike before when she could only sense living things, she has now taken her perception to a new level by continuously developing her abilities.

Just as no two leaves in the world are exactly alike, the spiritual power of each ascendant may seem indistinguishable, but in Chen Na's perception, they are different.

This is an enhanced ability of her perception domain, enabling her to distinguish different people through subtle differences in mental power. The more familiar the person is, the more obvious this difference becomes.

Just like Guan Tong's mental power, the characteristics she perceives are like a bottomless black hole, which undoubtedly means that the extent of his mental power is unimaginable.

At this moment, she sensed the characteristics of the enemies' mental power as a kind of madness and distortion, unlike anything a normal human would possess.

"Weird, monster!"

"It's a snake-man!"

"Retreat!!!"

The soldiers in front encountered resistance and immediately retreated while maintaining their formation.

The enemies who attacked them also emerged from the ship's cabin. Even though Guan Tong and the others had some idea of ​​what was going on, they were still shocked when they saw it with their own eyes.

Hundreds of half-human, half-snake monsters surged onto the deck. Most of their bodies were covered in scales, with only their upper bodies retaining parts of human form; the rest were entirely snake-like.

Moreover, unlike the snake servants created by Uehara Yuki, these snake people show even more signs of snakeification. Even though they still retain a human face, their vertical pupils and the tongues that constantly flick out of their mouths are features that Uehara Yuki's snake servants do not possess.

"Let my snake slave army properly entertain you guests."

Misawa Jun's chilling voice came from the ship's loudspeaker. Then, for some unknown reason, he gave an order, and the "Snake Slave Army" all rushed towards the soldiers like madmen.

The scales on these snake slaves are extremely tough, capable of withstanding bullets. The parts not covered by scales are protected by their prone movement, making them difficult for soldiers to hit.

This is when the one who transcends limitations comes into play.

"Let's go!"

Silver Fox took the lead, charging into the snake slave horde with two short daggers in hand, severing the heads of the snake slaves with lightning speed.

Guan Tong also manipulated the shadows to transform into countless shadow spikes, piercing the parts of the snake slaves that were not covered with scales.

The moment Shangyuan Zi made eye contact with a snake slave, she activated her ability. The snake's body immediately stiffened, then it began to struggle in pain. Guan Tong noticed this and asked, "You can control them?"

“I’ve tried to do that, but it doesn’t seem to be working quite well.”

"It looks like it crashed because of a conflict between two commands."

Suddenly, the snake servant hissed and jumped into the sea.

Inside the cabin, Misawa Jun frowned.

Those snake slaves were all modified by mixing his blood, so each one was under his control.

He noticed immediately the one that jumped into the sea due to the conflict caused by different orders.

"My snake slave army was indeed influenced by that woman... I should have executed her sooner."

Kurokawa, standing to the side, said, "The Snake Slave Army is too small; they won't be able to hold them off for long. What exactly are your plans?"

He couldn't understand why Misawa Jun was still acting so calm and collected in the face of danger.

After the snake slave army was destroyed, they were trapped in the cabin like turtles in a jar, with nowhere to escape.

"Kurokawa, our past collaborations have been quite pleasant," Jun Misawa suddenly said. "I am very satisfied with your experimental results, and the data has all been backed up."

These words caused Kurokawa Koshi's expression to change drastically.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, now that the experiment has succeeded, you're no longer needed."

Kurokawa was taken aback. He knew that Misawa Jun was cold-blooded and ruthless, but he didn't expect him to say that directly at this time.

Misawa Jun got up, walked to a corner of the cabin, and pressed an inconspicuous button.

The soft "beep" gave Kurokawa a strong sense of foreboding.

"Misawa Jun, what have you done?!"

Misawa Jun's previous words had already torn off all pretense of respect, so Kurokawa Eshi naturally had no respect for him anymore.

“I planted a lot of bombs on this ship,” Yu Zechun said calmly. “The experiment was supposed to be completed and we needed to eliminate all witnesses. Although Beixing’s attack disrupted my plan, it only brought forward the detonation time a little.”

"Bomb?!"

Kurokawa was utterly shocked.

He never expected that Misawa Jun would be so ruthless, doing such a thing behind everyone's back.

"Don't forget that Beixing has already used a teleportation jamming item!" Kurokawa shouted, snapping out of his daze. "Detonate the bomb, and you won't be able to teleport away either!"

"I don't need to teleport away."

As Misawa Jun spoke, he took off his clothes.

His lower body was that of a snake, while his upper body was composed of seven heads, six of which had their eyes closed, and the one on top stared blankly at Kurokawa Koshi.

"The Yamata no Orochi comes from the deep sea. Do you think I would be afraid of the ship being destroyed?"

With a thud, Kurokawa Koshi collapsed to the ground.

He stared wide-eyed at the monstrous-looking Misawa Jun, his mind completely blank.

"With the research data and information, it's only a matter of time before I can create a real army of snake slaves simply by changing the location. At that time, I will take back all the humiliation that Beixing has caused me today."

"..."

Kurokawa Koshi had nothing more to say and sat slumped on the ground.

He knew all along that cooperating with Yuzawa Jun was like playing with fire, but he never expected the latter to be so ruthless in betraying him. If only he had known…

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The flames of the explosion instantly engulfed him. Several bombs, which were protected by the barrier, were detonated one after another, turning the cargo ship into a sea of ​​fire.

The sudden and violent explosion caught everyone on deck off guard.

Guan Tong was surprised to find bombs on the ship, which he hadn't discovered when he used his shadow to search. Now, upon reflection, he realized the bombs must be hidden in the cabins protected by the barrier.

The large ship is currently making a series of roaring noises, its hull is constantly tilting, and the huge number of containers it carries are losing stability and falling off.

Guan Tong shielded Chen Na with one hand, manipulating his shadow to transform into several large hands to hold back the container that was crashing towards them.

But he couldn't take care of everyone by himself, and people kept getting hit and dying or falling directly into the sea. Accompanied by the shrill screams of the snake slaves, the scene at sea was like a horror movie.

"The ship is sinking! Everyone evacuate immediately!"

The captain gave the order, and the transport helicopters lowered their ladders, allowing the soldiers to climb on or grab onto and leave the cargo ship.

As for the containers that crashed into the sea, neither the captain nor Guan Tong could do anything about it.

If the Sakura people inside were conscious, they might have been able to save themselves or evacuate with the soldiers. However, all of them were in a state of unconsciousness due to the drugs, and the container was extremely heavy, sinking rapidly after falling into the sea, making rescue impossible.

The members of the investigation team then grabbed the ladders deployed by the helicopter and flew away with it.

Guan Tong frowned as he watched the large cargo ship gradually sink below.

Did Misawa Jun blow up the ship to take everyone down with him? But would someone like him die so easily?

"Brother Guan!"

At that moment, Chen Na, whom he was holding, suddenly spoke.

"I sensed someone moving away quickly... hiding in the water!"

Guan Tong's eyes sharpened: "Where exactly is it located?"

"Over there!" Chen Na pointed in a direction. "That guy is running so fast, he's almost out of my perception range!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Tong immediately released his grip on the ladder, his shadow transforming into a long plank beneath his feet. After falling into the water, he quickly chased after the direction Chen Na had indicated.

He was certain that the one who escaped from the water must be Misawa Jun; this guy absolutely could not be let go, or there would be endless trouble.

Seeing Guan Tong's action from not far away, Shang Yuanzi had an idea and abandoned the rescue, jumping into the water and chasing after him in the direction he was moving.

(End of this chapter)