Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 415 Gathering in Solmar

March 23, Somalia, the capital of the United People's Federation, office of the Federation.

"As expected of Soroma... even an office building is so grand!"

Yang Ran walked into the spacious hall and sighed as he looked at the magnificent gold and silver decorations around him.

Li Meng, Guan Tong, Chen Na, Yin Hu, and Bai Xuewu entered one after another. The six of them had come from Beixing on a private plane to join forces with other member states of the Human Alliance to carry out the decapitation operation against the Fire Thief Cult.

The Kingdom of France, which was dominated by the Church of the Fire Thieves, was located on the same continent as the Roman Empire and was relatively close. Therefore, the People's Association decided that the joint action team would first assemble here and then set off together.

There were already more than ten people in the lobby of the office; they were action team members from other member states of the Federation of Peoples’ Associations.

The most notable of these was the Soro Roman Empire's army, led by Adam.

Adam is tall with long blond hair, possessing an androgynous air. Coupled with his considerable fame, he has always been the center of attention.

He was talking with the team from the Kingdom of Sisya at the moment, but when the North Star team arrived, his eyes lit up and he quickly came over.

"Everyone from Beixing, you must be tired from your long journey. Please sit down and rest."

The two countries, Beixing and Soma, are located at opposite ends of the planet Tianshui, and it takes more than ten hours to travel between them by plane.

Li Meng smiled and said, "No need. We've been sitting on the plane the whole way; standing for a while is a good rest."

"Hehe, that's true."

Adam smiled, his gaze sweeping over each of the people before finally settling on Guan Tong's face.

"Speaking of which, we should thank those cultists. If they hadn't caused trouble, we probably wouldn't have been able to see each other for a long time."

Upon hearing this, the members of the North Star team all wore strange expressions, unsure of the relationship between the two.

Guan Tong herself felt that this guy was being a bit too cheesy on their first meeting.

He simply said "hello" and then didn't say anything more.

Adam didn't mind and looked at Bai Xuewu again, saying, "Miss Bai, we meet again."

The two had previously served in the human alliance on the front lines of the Black Flag Nation, and together they had eliminated many parasites, so they naturally knew each other.

Bai Xuewu said, "It seems you are the captain of the Soma team."

"Yes. Let me introduce our team members to you."

Adam called his team over; including himself, there were four people in total: two men and two women.

He first introduced one of the two women, a woman with a high nose and deep-set eyes: "This is Amanda, an assault soldier in our team, and also one of my wives."

"Hello to everyone who has come from afar." Amanda nodded in greeting.

“This is our fortune teller,” Adam then introduced another woman, “the Key of the Moon.”

Upon hearing the name "Key of the Moon," the group looked over in surprise.

She was wearing a purple robe covered in star patterns and a light purple veil. She looked like she hadn't been sleeping well for a long time, and even her heavy eye makeup couldn't cover her thick dark circles.

"The Moon Key" is a well-known Ascended Person. She is famous for her divination and predictions, and her accuracy rate is extremely high. Many Ascended Persons will bring generous gifts to her to ask for help in predicting their fate.

Unexpectedly, she joined the action team this time as well.

Although Chen Na is young, she is not shy. Even on their first meeting, out of curiosity, she asked directly, "Sister, can you really see the future?"

"The future may be visible, but that doesn't mean it's unchangeable. By the time I can see a certain future, it may already no longer exist."

Chen Na didn't understand the mysterious words spoken by the Moon Key.

Adam smiled and said, "In scientific terms, it's a bit like quantum theory, where the observation itself affects the result... Actually, I don't really understand it either."

He then introduced the last person in the group, a young man with white hair: "This is Peter."

Peter said very politely, "Gentlemen, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'll have to trouble you to take care of me during the battles to come."

"Definitely!" Yang Ran said casually, "We'll look after each other!"

Upon hearing Peter's name and looking at his face, Silver Fox asked with interest, "Aren't you Peter, the one who made it to the finals?"

In the previous "Death Race" rule era, during the competition held by Soro, Peter was one of the final participants, whose ability was to control lightning.

The final match was interrupted by a bomb attack by the Fire Thief Cult, and no final champion was decided.

But now it seems that Peter's inclusion in Soroma's action team must mean that his abilities have been recognized by the higher-ups.

“Yes,” Peter said. “Although the competition didn’t go smoothly, I was fortunate enough to be noticed by the Senate afterward, which allowed me to join the team this time.” “Oh, I see.”

Silver Fox narrowed her eyes; those who knew her well knew she didn't seem to like this arrangement.

Afterwards, Li Meng introduced the members of the Beixing team, and after the members of other member countries arrived, they got to know each other.

Excluding the commanders from each country, the joint task force consists of a total of nineteen members.

Of the six members of the Beixing team, five were present, while Wenren Yizhi, who was absent, provided remote assistance via Go pieces.

The team consisted of four members from Soroma, three from Sisya, and one member each from the other six smaller countries, led by Lu Rui.

The person sent by Yingqi Kingdom was none other than Shangyuan Zi, who was wearing a mask and sunglasses.

She had previously said that she would also participate in this operation. She originally wanted to secretly infiltrate Fahe, but after discussing it with Guan Tong, she decided to participate as Ying Qi's representative.

The reason for this was that the representatives sent by the six small countries were not very familiar with each other, and each felt that they were just there to make up the numbers. The main battles would be handled by the teams from Beixing, Soroma, and Xisya. Therefore, the six people were not familiar with each other and did not even know much about each other's abilities. This way, Shangyuan Zi would not reveal her own information.

Therefore, she did not talk to Guan Tong in public. The two pretended not to know each other, and only Silver Fox and Chen Na glanced at her a few more times.

Clearly, they had participated in the operation against Misawa Jun together and were somewhat familiar with Uehara Yuki.

The nineteen team members, along with some commanders, entered the operations room half an hour after everyone arrived to begin the operations meeting.

The meeting was chaired by one of Solmar's elders, who displayed the details and arrangements on a large screen.

"Regarding the country of France that you are going to, the entire country is now almost abandoned, with only one city still functioning, namely the city of Liluoan."

"This city, Liloan, is the headquarters of the Fire Thief Cult. The city has a population of about one million, and it can be determined that most of these one million people have become believers."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned serious.

It is truly lamentable that France, once a powerful international nation, has now fallen to the point where only one city remains operational and the entire population has become followers of the fire-stealer cult.

But everyone understands that this is not a choice made by the law or the people themselves, but may be related to mind control.

"According to intelligence, the targets of your operation are the Pope and several bishops of the Church of the Fire Thieves, who usually operate here."

The screen zoomed in on an image of a building, accompanied by a floor plan demonstration; it appeared to be a large library.

"This is the National Library of France, which has six floors. After the Church of the Fire Thieves was founded, it renovated the interior of this library, and its followers call it the 'Church of the Fire Thieves.' The mission of the action team is to raid this place and eliminate the high-ranking members of the church, including the Pope and the bishops."

Li Meng then asked, "If this Zoroastrian church is the enemy's lair, wouldn't it be easier to destroy it directly with ballistic missiles first, and then have the action team clean up the battlefield?"

The elder shook his head in denial: "Missiles are not a panacea. If they fail, the cult leaders may escape, and it will not be so easy to find them again."

Li Meng was puzzled by what he heard, but he didn't say anything more.

"Our Soromagnets will provide teleportation devices that activate via coordinates," the elder continued. "The action team will teleport to the outside of the library and directly enter the cathedral to carry out the decapitation operation, avoiding entanglement with other cultists. As for what's inside the cathedral and how many enemies there are, that's for the action team members to explore. I believe you all have the strength to handle those cultists."

After the elders finished explaining the situation, they announced that the operation would officially begin tomorrow morning.

Afterwards, the team commanders met, exchanged information about their teams, and then discussed and gave instructions to their respective team members.

In the Beixing team's room, the team members sat together, a tablet on the table with remote video enabled for communication with Wenren Yizhi. Although she was in Beixing, as a team member, she still needed to understand the specific situation.

“Be extra careful after you teleport there tomorrow,” Li Meng earnestly instructed. “By being careful, I don’t just mean being careful of those cultists… but also being careful of other teams.”

"Be careful of other teams?" Bai Xuewu frowned, and Chen Na and Yang Ran were also a little puzzled.

Silver Fox bluntly stated: "We need to be careful of the Soma team."

Li Meng looked at her: "Silver Fox, why do you say that? Have you figured something out?"

Silver Fox shrugged: "I don't see anything else, but I don't like that they chose Peter for the team. I wouldn't feel comfortable sending someone like that into battle."

Li Meng nodded and said, "I understand what you mean. Peter killed many people in that competition, and it is indeed difficult for us in Beixing to accept such an action. But my suspicion about Soroma is that I feel that the elder is hiding something."

Guan Tong asked, "Is it because he refused to use long-range missiles to bomb the Zoroastrian Church?"

“That’s right. Now that we’ve confirmed the cult’s leaders are in that building, the safest and most effective way to fight is to bomb them from a distance first, followed by a ground sweep. Soro’s refusal to do so is definitely not just because he’s afraid of alerting them.”

"Hearing what you're saying, it feels like there's some kind of conspiracy!" Yang Ran scratched his head as he listened.

"In short, Guan Tong, as the team leader, you need to be extra careful after we teleport there tomorrow. More important than completing the mission is the safety of your team members."

“I understand.”

Even without Li Meng's instructions, Guan Tong would prioritize the safety of his team members over killing the enemy.

(End of this chapter)