NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

With the help of the wool blanket to muffle the noise, Phoenix silently descended the stairs to the second floor of the casino and stepped into the secret storage room of the Gold Coin Battle.

The designer probably never imagined that anyone could cheat by seeing through objects in real life, so the secret storage room used to store weapons was equipped with an expensive miniature ventilation system.

Perhaps Mastin's aesthetic sense wouldn't allow the smell of grooming oil to waft out when his armory is opened.

The next question is how to open the gate...

Two pieces of bad news.

But before he could finish his arms-themed dream, Anik's cold voice interrupted his train of thought.

She said:

[1. Combat personnel are preparing to infiltrate the main gate, back gate, rooftop, and north and south walls. Final weapons checks have begun at all units.]

Second, this gate has a very high level of security. Judging from a hardware perspective, with my computing power, it would take eight to twelve minutes to brute-force crack it.

From a software perspective, it's unknown; it's possible the other party directly handed over the firewall to that imposter. If it was that one…

Despite his limited computing power, Anik humanely refrained from continuing with any unnecessary rambling.

Phoenix also sensed the political turmoil within the Ark from the first piece of bad news.

Shuen's matter wasn't finished yet, and Mastine specially sent someone to welcome him as a gesture of goodwill. The commanders had often suffered at the hands of the military, so the command headquarters was unlikely to do anything for the military...

Thinking about it this way, of the three major companies in Ark, one is on its side, another is at least neutral, the Ark government's command can only adopt a "spend a fortune to buy horse bones" policy to protect itself, the Tribunal also believes that it still has strategic value, and there is also an intelligence department that is dispensable...

Such a formidable political lineup was still forced by his political enemies to resort to force and carry out an operation to arrest him.

tsk...

Phoenix scratched the back of his head in frustration.

The lieutenant realized that among these combatants were government officials who genuinely intended to bring him to justice, friendly forces who wanted to protect him, and enemies who might shoot him in the back at any moment. He knew this was going to be a difficult situation.

Kill them one by one? No way...

Doing it this way is less practical than just raising a flag and rebelling.

It must be a point-to-point sniping operation, wiping out all the military personnel. Only when you are completely opposed to the military will the higher-ups dare to place bets with peace of mind.

With a plan forming in his mind, Lieutenant Phoenix pondered for a few seconds before suddenly waving his hand, directing the hundreds of ghost girls surrounding him.

"Fallen, Martha, take some men underground and see if you can burn down the casino's power supply system. Remember to burn down the backup power supply as well."

After saying that, the man skillfully took off his shoes once again.

……

……

Three, two, one

Clang!

Above the third-floor windows on the south side of the casino, under Privati's sign language guidance, all members of the Triangle Force Anti-Terrorism Team A, who had rappelled down from the rooftop to the south wall, successfully broke through the windows in a pendulum-like manner.

Even though they had already conducted a simple reconnaissance using drones beforehand, the members of Counter-Terrorism Team A still managed to instantly confirm every nook and cranny in the vicinity with their extremely high combat skills, ensuring that no one was hiding there.

【Clear】

【Clear】

A series of hand gestures representing safety were gradually passed to Privati, and the corresponding text information was carefully compiled by the intelligence department staff and uploaded to the huge projection table in the central conference room.

【implement……】

Having confirmed there was no danger, the twin-tailed girl holding the gun in one hand was using sign language. However, before she could even execute the "plan," the corners on both sides of the corridor suddenly went dark, and all the lights went out at the same time.

Swah——

This sudden turn of events immediately caused the anti-terrorism soldiers to point their guns at the stairwells on both sides.

Meanwhile, in Privati's main channel, several squad leaders who had already infiltrated the casino sent reports.

"Anti-terrorism Team C, the main hall on the first floor is without power and there is no light."

"Police Team B, the north-facing side room on the first floor is without power and there is no light."

"Special Forces B, first floor south side chamber fault... sizzle... sizzle sizzle..."

……

"Zi la..."

……

"Zi la la..."

"what happened?!"

In the central conference room, a major general raised his eyebrows, took a sip of his still-steaming genuine coffee, and said in a sarcastic tone:

"The Ark Construction Bureau has been asking for money all these years, how come they can't even get a wireless network in the city center sorted out?"

"That's a lie. As for the internet, it's definitely not a problem."

The construction bureau director, who had been inexplicably disgusted, rolled his eyes disdainfully and replied slowly and deliberately:

"How many years has it been since the military fought a war? When they encounter a signal loss, their first thought is a network problem, instead of considering whether the other side has jamming equipment."

"Interference equipment? Ha."

Upon hearing this, the young major general first shrugged, then spread his hands and laughed.

"Do you mean Tetra installed military-grade jamming equipment in the casino? Or did someone illegally supply that commander with military-grade jamming weapons?"

This accusation was, to say the least, skillfully and expertly placed. So much so that the construction bureau director was momentarily unable to find a reasonable point of attack.

However, as the saying goes, "Man proposes, God disposes."

Just when the major general thought he had won the round, he never expected that Special Forces B's network would suddenly reconnect at the crucial moment.

Furthermore, the moment the network reconnected, the life detector, which had turned from green to red, began issuing warnings to the assembled dignitaries.

—Four members of Special Forces B have been confirmed dead.

Major General of the Army: "..."

Construction Bureau Director: "..."

After a few moments of silence, the intelligence department uploaded all the text data.

[PM, 4:55:21:44 — Special Forces Team B's network connection has been lost.]

[PM, 4:55:35:52 — Special Forces Team B reconnects to the network.]

The network outage lasted a total of 14.08 seconds.

[The following are the times of death confirmed by life detectors, listed in chronological order.]

【No. 1: 4:55:22.38】

【No. 3: 4:55:23.57】

【No. 4: 4:55:24.49】

【No. 2: 4:55:25.12】

Less than four seconds?

The head of the intelligence department, the only one sitting in the meeting room with a clear view of this information, almost jumped up from his chair in excitement.

"Killed four people in just over three seconds?"

Chapter 137 The Hunt

The word "弄" (nòng), which came out of the mouth of the head of the intelligence department, perfectly captures the conflict between the Ark military headquarters and the intelligence department.

Unfortunately, Phoenix, far away in the Gold Coin Casino and shrouded in darkness, was unaware of this.

He was now gripping the ceiling at the corner of the corridor with one hand, like a giant gecko, looking down at the twelve ACPU officers below who were conducting a thorough search.

……

……

"Attention everyone, target confirmed to be on the first floor. Second floor searchers, immediately seal off the floor passages. Third floor searchers, rappel down through the windows, immediate backup... *sizzle*... *sizzle*..."

Hearing the sudden burst of loud static in his earphones, Patton, like his colleagues, immediately pulled the earphones out of his ears and then nervously raised his gun to survey his surroundings.

He was not the captain of the ACPU squadron, so he naturally wouldn't know that Special Forces B had been completely wiped out.

However, the malfunctioning night vision goggles, the occasional need to face the unknown in the dark alone, and the captain's quiet order to stay on guard—every detail relentlessly strained Patton's mental state.

He could feel it, he really could feel it! Just now, a strange, cold wind that shouldn't have been there brushed against his cheek.

Immediately, the black and white image on the night vision device began to flicker, like a faulty light bulb flashing on and off, causing irritation and anxiety.

it seems that……

Something is coming.

Driven by an intense, instinctive unease, Patton gripped the rifle barrel handguard tightly, his heart pounding and his breathing like a car engine roaring incessantly in his ears.

Boom-!