I changed the world.

A series of urgent sounds came from ahead, immediately putting the group on alert.

Suddenly, two black figures appeared in an office ahead, like two canines, on all fours, rushing towards the assault team with extreme agility.

The figures were dressed in human clothes, one of them even wearing a commando's combat uniform, but their entire bodies were pitch black, and their facial features were indistinct, as if they had been thrown into the mud and pulled out...

A series of gunshots rang out immediately. The two figures moved nimbly in an S-shape, dodging bullets. Even being hit by a bullet couldn't stop them. However, the width of the passage prevented them from making more wide-ranging dodges. Finally, they were hit in the joints and other parts of their limbs by the dense rain of bullets and fell to the ground.

At that moment, a commando pulled a special warhead, slightly smaller than an egg, from his belt. This was a programmable, adjustable-power grenade specifically designed for indoor combat.

He inserted it into a special slot below the muzzle, pulled the trigger, and the bullet whistled out, landing next to the two fallen monsters. Immediately afterward, there was an explosion, and a shockwave swept over them...

Without showing any sign of relief, the assault team members quickly retreated and soon entered the fire escape.

At that moment, the team member who was watching the ceiling suddenly raised his gun and began to fire.

Everyone looked up and saw something a size larger than an ordinary human. It resembled a slug magnified many times over, or a mass of mud. Its body surface was constantly writhing and rolling, and the mud would occasionally form the shape of a silent, wailing face, as if someone were locked inside its body. It was extremely eerie!

What's even more unsettling is that it has several scattered eyeballs, as if they're misplaced, staring at everyone.

The next moment, everyone started firing. After the brutal battle, although no one knew what it was, they were clear about the consequences of being approached by this thing.

"Da da da da da..."

Sparks flew from the muzzle, and the bullets whipped across the black object like whips, making a thud, as if shooting at mud.

After being hit by the bullet, the monster writhed violently, then, like a swimming mud snake, it swiftly disappeared into the shadows and vanished without a trace.

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"Sir, the test results are in. The possibility of an unknown pathogen has been preliminarily ruled out." In the underground parking lot, a doctor approached Commander Yan Jishen, who looked anxious.

"Everyone except combat personnel, evacuate the scene immediately..."

"Tsk... Report to Commander... Another attack... Unable to confirm... One team member killed... Seriously wounded..."

The interference in the earpiece was getting stronger and stronger, so Yan Jishen could only yell repeatedly into the earpiece: "Back to the underground parking lot, I repeat, everyone back to the underground parking lot..."

Everyone in the upstairs parking lot heard the explosion; after all, the sound of the explosion couldn't be hidden from anyone. However, since it hadn't been confirmed whether it was caused by a pathogen, everyone could only wait anxiously to avoid a "biological crisis."

Upon learning that they could leave, the non-combat personnel, including those in medical vehicles, began to evacuate the building. However, Yan Jishen and several special task force members who remained with him stayed behind, showing no intention of leaving.

"Commander Yan, aren't you leaving?" Sun Jue stepped forward. He and some of his policemen were also preparing to retreat. After all, they were policemen, not soldiers, and they didn't have heavy weapons.

“The brothers haven’t retreated yet…” Yan Jishen shook his head. He and several of the remaining team members had set up a makeshift sniper position outside the fire escape in the underground parking lot.

"Take care..." Sun Jue really wanted to say that he would stay too, but after hesitating for a few moments, he thought of his wife and children waiting for him at home, and in the end he didn't say it. He just saluted the other person.

He returned the salute, then raised the communicator again: "Headquarters, headquarters, the situation here is critical. How long until reinforcements arrive? Repeat..."

"Military reinforcements are arriving soon, please hold on! Please hold on!"

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Finally, the five assault team members retreated from the fire escape, providing cover for each other. One of them was carried on the back of his comrade; he was the only surviving assault team member. They didn't have time to talk to their comrades guarding the entrance; instead, they continued firing into the escape route…

A commando took out a grenade and fired it into the passageway, then rolled to the side. Using such a powerful weapon at close range is extremely dangerous. Even programmable grenades designed for indoor combat can be damaged by close-range impacts.

But there was no time to worry about that now. Several nimble black figures were about to pounce out of the passage when, after an explosion, the passage collapsed...

The shockwave erupted from the tunnel entrance, filling the air with smoke.

Fortunately, those eerie figures seem to have been temporarily blocked.

The remaining team members rushed forward to help the wounded, but they didn't notice that from the shadows nearby, a wriggling mud snake suddenly darted onto one of the team members' backs...

"Splat... Splat..."

The surrounding lights flickered a few times, making the already dim lighting even more dim. From some shadowy corners, several black mud snakes emerged, each one resembling mud with a strange face and eyeballs attached to its surface, and quickly attacked the team members!

"Watch out for those monsters! Rat-a-tat-tat... tat-tat..."

The assault team members reacted incredibly quickly, hitting two of them in an instant, but the others scattered and approached like ghosts.

These creatures are incredibly agile, like swimming fish, and they ignore terrain. At crucial moments, they can disappear into the shadows. The most troublesome thing is that bullets can repel them, but they don't seem to be able to completely eliminate them!

Especially in shaded areas, its speed is so fast that it cannot be seen clearly, and it can only be barely captured by dynamic vision under light.

Even with the helmet's built-in low-light assist function, the team members still struggled against such opponents.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The energy-saving lights overhead began to shatter one by one under the deliberate attack of several monsters.

Gunshots, screams, crackling electricity, and shouts filled the air...

Two assault team members, who had been standing stiffly, suddenly turned their guns on their former comrades and pulled the triggers. They were then quickly shot in the joints by experienced team members and collapsed to the ground.

However, this resulted in an increase in the number of wounded.

Yan Jishen felt a chill run down his spine. He fired his pistol while shouting the order to retreat.

"Everyone retreat! Alternate cover! Alternate cover! Get in the vehicles and retreat!"

"Bang bang bang..."

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Things have gotten out of hand.

The loud gunshots and explosions had already alarmed nearby residents and employees who were still working overtime, and the local police emergency hotline received a large number of calls at the same time.

Meanwhile, the local police station began receiving notifications and started instructing the property management companies of nearby buildings to evacuate residents.

Fortunately, this location is not in the main urban area, but a newly developed industrial park. The occupancy rate is not high at present, and there are not many actual residential areas. There are more office buildings and commercial buildings.

Because it is a new area, the buildings in the park are spaced relatively far apart.

At this moment, residents near Haiyun Building and people who are still working overtime late at night began to receive calls from the police or notifications from property security. Those who did not receive a response will be contacted by the police.

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"Hello, terrorists have broken into the Haiyun Building. Police special forces are currently engaged in a fierce firefight with them. Because the terrorists are using heavy weapons, for your safety, we request your cooperation in the evacuation..."

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Overtime workers, residents who were woken up halfway through their sleep, and even some suspicious individuals with unusual professions were all uniformly directed to evacuation points in a state of confusion or bewilderment.

A large number of police officers were mobilized by the municipal bureau. Many officers were woken up from their beds by phone calls from their superiors and were rushed over to help maintain order without even having time to report to their units.

Outside the Haiyun Building, Sun Yu, as one of the first police officers to enter, was being questioned by the military personnel who had already arrived. Just moments before, two tilt-jet aircraft belonging to the Southeast Military District's National Defense Force had unloaded 30 fully armed special forces members with special equipment. They had already entered the building as the vanguard to support the police special mission team members who were still engaged in combat.

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Chapter 154 Intense Demonic Aura

However, no one noticed that on the top floor of a residential building a few hundred meters to the east of Haiyun Building, three young people were peering out at the building in the distance.

These three were young men who frequented nearby bars. They had received an evacuation order from the police but did not comply. Instead, they sneaked back and hid in this residential building, watching from the rooftop.

"Aji, are we in danger doing this?" a girl with purple highlights and heavy eyeshadow asked with some concern.

"They're hundreds of meters away, what could possibly be a problem..." a young man with a buzz cut and blond hair said dismissively. He then turned to his slightly overweight companion beside him: "Dachun, are you filming?"

"Don't talk, we're recording..." The burly young man with a leather bracelet on his wrist waved his hand irritably.

"Hey, I'll record this too..." The blond guy thought for a moment, then simply took out his phone as well: "This kind of big news, if sold to those self-media accounts, could easily fetch several hundred, maybe even a thousand..."

Hearing him say that, even the girl took out her phone, and the three of them focused on taking pictures. Although the distance was a bit far, with the current camera and low-light compensation function, they were able to take some fairly decent pictures...

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On the top floor of another, even taller office building not far from the Haiyun Building, an old man dressed in a feathered robe stood with his sleeves fluttering, golden flames flashing in his eyes as he stared at the Haiyun Building in the distance.

This was Zhang Jing in disguise. He had also activated the mask's built-in interference function, so if an ordinary person stood in front of him, they could only roughly tell that he was an old man, but they could not see his appearance clearly no matter what, even with optical photography. This was the function he had requested in his last wish.

At this moment, in his eyes, the entire Haiyun Building was enveloped in intense black flames, and these flames were constantly intensifying, even showing signs of transformation...

“Such a strong demonic aura…no wonder…” Zhang Jing’s expression was serious. In his perception, the situation of the building in front of him seemed to be close to that of the demon he had encountered on Chaoyang Mountain.

However, although it is still unclear what kind of demon is inside the building, judging from the situation, the demon is obviously still growing stronger. Based on his knowledge, there is a high probability that this situation is caused by some powerful demon that has just escaped or is recovering from a weakened state.

Thinking of the wish he had made not long ago, Zhang Jing understood that this was most likely a coincidence created by some kind of side effect. He just didn't know what kind of twist of fate could activate a demon of this level...

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had arrived here as soon as possible. If he had delayed any longer, and the demon had grown to a certain size, it might not have been able to control it. Even if the government could eventually use heavy weapons to control the situation, the city of Jiangling would have suffered a severe blow.

The consequence of this would likely be that the secrets of the extraordinary world would become impossible to keep to a certain extent. After all, even the government would find it impossible to keep secrets under such circumstances, which would actually contradict his current interests.

After all, his plan is not yet fully complete; he still needs some time to lay out his strategies.

From his current position, with his keen senses, he could clearly hear the gunshots, explosions, shouts, and dying screams mingling together inside the building, and with each scream, the black flames on the building would intensify...

"This is bad... This demon is using human lives as sustenance to regenerate itself..."

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"Ram it out! Ram it out!!" In the underground parking lot, Yan Jishen, who had already seized an armored vehicle, had completely lost his composure as a superior officer. He shouted hoarsely, ordering his men to smash through the heavy vehicle to create a path...

The entire underground parking lot had been reduced to ruins. Wherever the headlights shone, there were car wrecks and construction debris, and the passageway ahead was almost completely blocked.

At this moment, only five people remained in the vehicle, the last remaining members of this special police task force. Everyone was injured, even Yan Jishen's face was covered in blood, but he paid no attention to that, his eyes fixed intently on the road ahead.

The accelerator was floored, and the team members driving the vehicle slammed on the gas pedal. The armored vehicle, like a raging bull, smashed through four or five cars blocking its path and sped towards the exit...

However, after driving only a few dozen meters forward, the driver's face suddenly froze, and his entire body became stiff and motionless. Then, the armored vehicle failed to turn in time at a corner ahead. Although Yan Jishen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw the situation was bad and swerved the steering wheel, it was still too late to avoid a collision, and the vehicle crashed diagonally into the wall beside the vehicle...

Immediately afterwards, roars and intense gunfire erupted from inside the carriage...