Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 347 An Uneasy Wait
Black Flag Country, Wuze City.

The national shrine where the parasite's high-ranking members once gathered to discuss matters has now been destroyed.

The Allied forces' elite Ascended Corps arrived here via airborne assault to carry out a decapitation strike.

Since there are differences in intelligence among the parasite groups, as long as the intelligent groups are eliminated, the remaining leaderless parasites will not be able to cause much trouble.

The plan was perfect, and the execution was excellent.

The goal simply went astray.

"These people don't look like high-ranking members of the parasite; they're more like pitiful scapegoats left behind."

Adam looked at the corpses of some parasites on the ground and said that these people were unable to put up any effective resistance in the face of their airborne attack and were quickly wiped out.

"Is that so, Miss Driver?"

He looked up at the person in front of him and said that the latter was Bai Xuewu, who had just gotten out of the mecha.

When Adam asked her a question, she merely glanced at him, offered no reply, and left.

Adam shook his head helplessly: "Looks like I'm disliked."

"That's about it for Bai Xuewu. She doesn't seem to talk to anyone else much."

"Didn't you guys watch 'The Ascendants'? She ignored everyone else on the show and just focused on competing."

Most of the other Ascended Ones had watched the Ascended Ones variety show and knew Snow White. Adam, however, looked completely blank, clearly having never watched it.

“I think Adam is right. These parasites are too weak and they fight without any coordination. They don’t seem like a group with outstanding intelligence at all.”

"Damn it, how did those highly intelligent people know we were going to launch a surprise air raid here? Did the intelligence get leaked?"

"That's unlikely..."

As everyone was talking, the commander's order came through the communication.

"The elite Ascended Legion is in distress. A human Ascended resistance group is under attack by parasites five kilometers away and has sent us a distress call. Go to their aid immediately!"

Upon receiving the order, the group did not linger and immediately headed to the mission location.

When they arrived, they saw about a dozen Ascended Beings blocked on a broken bridge, while hundreds of Parasites were charging forward one after another at the bridgehead, launching a fierce attack.

Those dozen or so ascendants seemed to have almost exhausted their mental energy and were powerless to defend themselves.

Upon seeing this, Adam immediately took action.

He raised his hands and pressed them down, activating his ability to manipulate force fields.

The hundreds of parasites immediately felt themselves being pressed down by some invisible force, and unable to bear it, they all knelt down or even lay on the ground, unable to move.

The crisis was immediately resolved.

This scene left many Ascended beings, who had never seen Adam in action before, completely dumbfounded.

Even though most of the parasites are ordinary people, how many ascendants can suppress hundreds of people with just one move like Adam? That power is truly immense.

"You've arrived just in time! Our mental energy is completely depleted!"

"If we had been any later, we would have been killed by these monsters!"

"There's been rescue! That's great..."

The dozen or so saved individuals were deeply moved, their eyes brimming with tears.

Some of them wanted to take the opportunity to kill the parasite that Adam had suppressed with his invisible force field, but they were stopped by some of Adam's companions.

"Our allied commander has given orders to avoid killing as many as possible. These captured parasites can be transported to Sisya."

The Ascended Ones bound the parasites. Adam looked at the dozen or so Ascended Ones who had been saved and curiously asked, "How did you manage to hold out until now?"

Although the entire Black Flag Nation had fallen, the parasites were most concentrated in the capital city of Wuze. The Ascended resistance groups in this city were almost all among the first wave of victims eliminated or captured.

"We were hiding in the sewers to avoid being discovered by these monsters! But we ran out of food and had to come out to search, and that's how..."

"Oh, so that's it."

Adam nodded thoughtfully.

Soon, the captured parasites and more than a dozen ascendants were transported back to the Allied Forces' temporary base outside the city.

The parasites were immediately packed up and sent to Sisia. As for the rescued Ascended resistance groups, the Allied Forces' approach was to first gather them together and then deal with them later.

Although this may cause dissatisfaction among those involved, it is for the benefit of the coalition forces. Otherwise, if parasites were mixed in, it would pose a huge threat to the coalition forces.

"You will stay here for now. You are not allowed to go out or move around the base without permission."

The soldiers led a dozen or so Ascended to a large tent and settled them in. After the soldiers left, the dozen or so couldn't help but curse. "What bastards! Are they treating us like parasites?"

"We are real human beings!"

"Well, it's normal for them to be more careful. At least we're safe now, and that's enough."

A man stood silently in the corner, while someone next to him asked with concern, "Wang Ming, are you alright? Are you injured?"

The man named "Wang Ming" looked up, and the face that was revealed was actually Lu Cheng, who had left the academy and killed two of his companions along the way.

He said "I'm fine" and then lowered his head again, but a barely perceptible green glint flashed in his eyes.

……

France and the country.

Four people dressed in black robes embroidered with gold trim arrived at a dark hall. Deep inside the hall, a person sat on a chair, his upper body completely hidden in shadow, only his legs visible.

Upon approaching, the four men knelt on one knee and addressed him respectfully as "Your Holiness."

The person in the chair grunted in response; it sounded like a hoarse male voice.

"what's up."

"Your Holiness, the apostolic mission led by Father Acker to attack Soroma has been completely wiped out."

"..."

"The heretics of Soromagatoni deployed an intelligent war weapon that had never appeared before, which they called the 'Annihilator.' That thing was so powerful that the Apostle Corps was completely unable to contend with it."

"Your Holiness, should we send more people to quell the heresy of Salamander?"

After listening to the report, the Pope, seated in his chair, slowly said, "No need, their mission is complete."

The four men looked at each other in disbelief. Was the complete annihilation of the entire army considered a mission accomplished?

One person couldn't help but ask, "Your Holiness, isn't their mission to capture Rodel and teach Soroma a painful lesson?"

The Pope let out a soft laugh.

"You guys go out."

Although the four did not understand why, they still obeyed and got up to leave the hall.

After they came out, the group looked at each other, all completely bewildered.

"What exactly does His Holiness the Pope mean?"

"I don't understand it either."

"Then don't overthink it. As the four bishops under His Holiness the Pope, all we need to do is carry out His Holiness's orders and manage the priests and apostles under our command."

“That’s right. His Holiness the Pope is wise and powerful, and he must have his own considerations. We just need to follow his orders.”

……

In the icy town, Shangyuan Zi sat by the window of her rented house, observing the town's situation.

After Guan Tong went to meet Ye Lianka, the two temporarily separated.

Guan Tong disguised himself as a soldier and infiltrated the landing site, preparing to ask the alien intelligent beings questions when the opportunity arose.

Shangyuan Zi then stayed in this small town on the icy plains for the time being, waiting for him to contact her.

Guan Tong knew that there might be signal jamming issues at the landing site, so before leaving, he traded two [Secret Communication Scrolls] to her, which they could use to contact each other immediately in case of any emergency.

Shang Yuanzi originally thought she only needed to wait here for a few days, but when she woke up this morning, the situation in the town had changed.

She watched the endless stream of people entering the town and pondered what was going on.

When she and Guan Tong came before, the town was almost full. They were able to rent this house only after spending a lot of Ascension Coins.

Now, hundreds more people are entering, undoubtedly far exceeding the capacity of this icy town.

Shangyuan Zi looked towards the outskirts of the town.

Starting last night, some military vehicles began to stay for extended periods, and many Sisyan armed soldiers would conduct random patrols and check people in the town.

It is evident that some high-ranking individuals in Sisia have realized that this small town on the ice plains, the closest to the "landing site," has become a gathering place for people from all walks of life.

Fanatical alien researchers, questioners seeking answers, members of unknown organizations with ulterior motives, and even potentially infiltrating parasites... all sorts of people have entered this town.

Shang Yuanzi had a premonition that her short few days of waiting would not be peaceful.

(End of this chapter)