Long-term salvation

"Incoming Rocket!"

Sergeant Major Sanderson shouted in horror, but then he saw a scene he would never forget—

The girl with long silver hair actually caught the rocket with her bare hands! She twisted her wrist, sending the rocket flying into the sky, causing it to explode after it went out of range.

The debris and debris scattered by the explosion fell and were blown into the soldiers' open mouths by the wind, bringing a bitter taste.

"Sensei, there's a group of survivors here," the girl continued. She saw the Tyrant turn and run away, as if suffering from some psychological trauma. "Judging from the markings, they should be members of Delta Force. You might be able to get some useful information from them."

"very good."

Even the Delta Force soldiers could hear this response. They turned their heads in shock and saw the metal giant striding towards them.

The ground began to tremble slightly, so slightly that people thought it was the vibration caused by the AS mecha stepping.

Soon, the tremors stopped—temporarily.

Chapter 510 No Hesitation (4/7)

The tide of the other world is rising.

Inside the already stuffy cockpit of the mecha, Rhodes took a deep breath. He had already seen the building surrounded by the tide of zombies, as well as Hina and the Delta Force soldiers on it.

Of course, there was also the tyrant who had already jumped off the roof and escaped... This guy was not sure if he was being controlled by someone, but he was very flexible and cunning. He was now using the bodies of various zombies and mutant monsters to cover himself, and quickly disappeared among the densely packed buildings in Mogadishu.

"Everyone, destroy the monsters coming from afar. We need to build a fulcrum here for the helicopter to land and send these people away."

Rhodes spoke to the girls at Hill Villa on the communication channel. He tapped the side screen with his finger, and the map of Mogadishu appeared completely, with the locations of several safe zones marked on it... However, the location of the rift in the inner world had not yet been discovered. Abigail sensed several auras here, but they were too vague, as if obscured by something.

"Be careful not to get hurt. The raging energy from the other world here will affect the healing of your wounds. If you get hurt, go find Rapunzel immediately. She's in the safe zone treating survivors."

"Okay, Sensei." / "No problem, my master!" / "Yes, yes, my fussy commander..."

Listening to these beautiful voices, the corners of Rhodes' mouth curled up slightly, but the smile was soon hidden in the bitter reality - Mogadishu is no longer a city on earth. It is falling and becoming a hotbed of plague nurtured by pain, despair and some ancient and hungry malice.

Those pale, dagger-sharp, icy-cold beams of light were not physical entities, and instead shone from deep within certain cracks. They existed eternally within the viewer's field of vision, always remaining at an unreachable distance. These were merely abnormal phenomena caused by the energy escaping from the other world, a means of disturbing the human mind.

After a slight sigh, Rhodes controlled the AS mecha's head machine gun to fire at the zombies and monsters around the building, tearing the rotten flesh into pieces.

He and the girls temporarily cleared out the monsters around them. Before a new wave of plague arrived, Rhodes controlled the AS mecha to slowly retreat to the side of the building and cooperate with the ground troops that had arrived.

Only at this time did Rhodes have time to ask the Delta Force soldiers:

"Have you seen Aidid?"

"No, sir...it's really embarrassing."

Sergeant Major Sanderson coughed a few times and spoke. He was just guzzling the canteen he had received from the soldiers of the Army Without Borders. After carefully watching the girl called "Ms. Marianne" bandage the most seriously injured member again, the veteran who had fought through hell slowly spoke:

"Two giant monsters defeated us... and then there was an endless hunt. At first, it was those Somali militias, but soon it turned into a flesh-eating plague of zombies with an unknown virus! You must - well, you get it."

The veteran swallowed the second half of his sentence. He saw that every soldier of the Army Without Borders was wearing a thin metal armor plate, which was obviously specially prepared for this mission.

This will significantly increase the burden on soldiers, even with a mechanical exoskeleton, but it is definitely worth it.

"Unknown sir, are you going to kill that damned warlord now?" Sergeant Sanderson raised his head and looked at the sensors of the M9 mecha. "I can lead the way for you...if you need it."

Every word in that tired voice was soaked in hatred and blood.

"He will be killed, but that's not the most important thing right now," Rhodes rejected Sergeant Sanderson's offer. Seeing the disappointment on the veteran's face, he asked, "Did you notice anything strange while escaping? I know everything here is strange, but please try to recall it."

Weird things? Sergeant Sanderson gave a wry smile. All he remembered were the hail of bullets, the hideous monsters, and the scenes of his brothers' deaths... Perhaps this would be of some help to the man before him.

Thinking of this, Sergeant Sanderson took another sip of water, exchanged glances with his good friend Hut, and then slowly said:

"Those monsters—I call them 'Beelzebub's Messengers'. They look like giant flies with human skin, wrapped in plague and virus, like messengers bringing the devil Beelzebub—these damn flies have begun to build their nests in Mogadishu!"

The corners of Rhode's eyes twitched slightly... Now that he thought about it, it was a good thing that he summoned Hina and Makoto early. Otherwise, the terrifying power of the otherworldly version of the Four Apocalypses combined with the Seven Deadly Sins would really make him a little scared, and heaven did not exist in this world.

However, judging by the current pollution level in Mogadishu, even if it wasn't spent here, it wouldn't have much effect. The girl's mysterious nature did possess unparalleled power, but other than that, she was just an ordinary girl who would get sick, get tired, feel panicked, and be shy. That could only happen one day in the future when Rhodes, along with several archangels from the Trinity Tea Party, Satan, Baal, and others, would charge into the otherworldly version of hell and use their overwhelming strength to beat some of the great demons to their knees.

By the way, the girl whose prototype is Beelzebub seems to be Haruna Kurodate from the Gehenari Gourmet Research Society, right?

Rhode thought for a few seconds, then connected with Hinai, who was clearing the surrounding corpses, and asked:

"Hina, has any extremely powerful demon appeared here? Like the Demon King Beelzebub or something? Let's go over and kill it now."

"Sensei, don't think the plague is necessarily caused by religious demons. The humans on this planet have come up with so many confusing interpretations of Lucifer alone. And the literal meaning of strength and weakness isn't always the same. Wasn't Asmodeus a weakling before? Besides, 'Plague' is 'Plague'; the concept is eternal."

After raising her hand and knocking over a Licker that jumped out from the darkness, Hina shook her head, frowning at the disgusting filth that almost splashed on her body:

"The power to control plague doesn't mean the plague disappears once the 'controller' is killed. If Beelzebub were to be killed and transformed into Haruna, lying in your bed, another monster capable of wielding the power of plague might appear in that world, perhaps called the 'Plague King' or something like that. It's just that the name 'Beelzebub' would disappear from the broader religious hell, and the demons who followed him and the cultists in the real world would no longer be able to use this name to gain the corresponding powerful power."

"Isn't that idiot Hanuma Makoto the best example? After she came out, the number of incidents caused by those Satanists dropped instantly. Even if they succeeded, they would fail because of various stupid things."

"I understand, but, ahem...don't use such a blunt and vulgar word like 'lying in bed'."

After quickly passing on the topic, Rhode ignored the girl's slightly jealous complaints and focused on the battle at hand. After quickly marking several areas with high energy reactions in the other world, Rhode asked Sergeant Sanderson again:

"Do you remember where the nest is?"

"Um... that nest has been blown up by us."

Rhodes: “?”

"During our escape, we noticed that many zombies seemed to be gathered together, as if guided by something," Sergeant Sanderson tried to keep his voice steady. However, to him, uncovering these fresh, bloody wounds was not something fun. "Then we discovered the nest of the fly monsters. They used human corpses as fertilizer... and of course, living people as well. They were gradually transformed into flies."

"The commander of the ground forces, Lieutenant Colonel Danny McKnight, immediately decided to destroy the thing, and everyone agreed - these monsters can fly and spread a virus that can turn people into zombies. They must not be allowed to attack the joint task force base - so we did it."

The soldiers made their choice immediately without any hesitation.

The old soldier took a deep breath and smiled, but tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, leaving two clearly visible tear marks on his dusty face.

"We lost fifteen of our brothers, and had to execute five more ourselves."

"But we succeeded. We used heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, and C4 explosives to send all those damn things into the sky! But after that, there was still a very strange crack left. It was very thin, very thin, like those cracks in the wall... If there was anything strange, it was that when we poured gasoline on it and set fire to the contaminated flesh and blood, the crack seemed to shrink a little."

"…You're lucky, Chief Sanderson."

Rhodes said seriously.

"Now, please tell me, where is that crack... Wait, what did you say? You saw more than one nest during your escape? Fvck!"

Chapter 511: Fight for Me, Ladies! (5/7)

The tide of the other world is rising.

Watching the transport helicopter carrying several Delta Force members slowly fly away, Rhodes' heart was filled with anxiety. He really didn't know how to deal with the current situation - the supernatural plague and the real virus combined to produce a greater disaster, and then added to the emotional energy created by millions of people - the collapse of the reality curtain would only happen in the next second, which no one would know.

In this case, can vacuum implosion bombs handle it? Can the black holes of the real universe solve the pollution spreading from the supernatural dimension?

Wait, if I use my own power to purify the pollution first... No, I don't have that many astronomical points now to support the evaporation of the pollution in Mogadishu.

Just when Rhode was lost in thought for a moment, he felt a violent vibration:

This wasn't the shock of an explosion, but rather an epileptic spasm emanating from deep within the city's foundations. Even the sky was no longer a chaotic gray, but had condensed into thousands of swirling vortices of foul, rotten green above a certain area in the heart of the city, like thousands of eyeballs crammed together to form the compound eyes of a fly.

The bombardment tore at Mogadishu's flesh, but the supernatural tremors that enveloped the city gnawed at the last vestiges of its soul.

Mogadishu is falling into the abyss.

"What the hell are those scumbags doing to me?!"

After cursing, Rhodes opened the cockpit of the M9 experimental mecha. He stood on the mecha's shoulder and looked into the distance - the vortex formed by the clouds had begun to touch the ground, which looked very much like the vision Rhodes had seen in Chernobyl, but it was even more weird and crazy.

The frequency of the "Pollution Points in the Other World Increased by 1" in Rhodes' ears was almost catching up with the middle level of the Other World!

"...So, we still need to use the same method, using the purest light and heat, using the fire in the sky and the flame on the earth."

Taking a deep breath, Rhodes made up his mind. He quickly returned to the cockpit, connected to the communication channels of all the girls, the mass-produced Nikki troops, and the Army Without Borders troops, and opened the map of Mogadishu.

"Now, evacuate all Army Without Borders troops... No, we don't have enough manpower. You must stay. I've marked several areas on the edge of the city where there's a strong reaction to the energy of the Otherworld. Have the troops turn there to inspect and destroy them. Tell the soldiers that they only have two hours from now on. Regardless of success or failure, they must retreat."

"Go and inform the Joint Task Force surrounding Mogadishu. They have three hours to move away. A terrorist organization has placed a nuclear bomb in the city. It's an R-36M intercontinental ballistic missile with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warhead, with an explosive yield of approximately 75 tons... Don't believe it? You'll die if you don't!"

"As for the others, come and get the bullets to close the rift in the inner world, and then..."

Rhode paused, but the slender arms that wrapped around him from behind gave him the courage to continue. The girl nuzzled his shoulder like a kitten, the golden hair gradually fading to a pale white like the background noise of the universe, and the keyhole on her forehead slowly opened. After mentally scolding himself, Rhode continued:

"Then, I require you to immediately board XH-9 warbirds and head to every high-energy reaction zone in the city. Each warbird must have a Kivotos student who can sense anomalies. The mass-produced Nikkis must assign the accompanying combat teams. New Jersey will begin the cleanup from another direction and then rendezvous with me at the final location."

"As for Marian and the others, follow me and let's go kill that bastard!"

"Fight for me, ladies!"

"As you wish."

The world shrouded in darkness finally began to move forward, heading towards the terrifying future that was revealed.

At this moment, yellow sand stained with rotting blood began to rise abnormally, spreading through the air and transforming into a thin mist. From this mist surged countless decaying corpses, infected by the virus and infused with supernatural energy. Whipped by an invisible force, they moved towards the center of the vortex, building a flesh-and-blood "door" to completely connect that hellish dimension with reality.

The chaotic noise that had originally subsided due to the withdrawal of the rescue team suddenly increased in volume at this moment, becoming extremely specific and noisy - the screams of the dead, the murmurs of the dead, the roars of mutant creatures, the whispers of weird and abominable monsters - countless voices intertwined together, turning into illusory and hazy shadows, but were shattered by steel at the last second before they were about to take shape!

Several metal steel wings created by human wisdom flew over the distorted Mogadishu, casting shadows over the roaring zombies and covering their cloudy eyeballs.

Some fly demons seemed to have noticed the intentions of the living, but when they flapped their wings and came over, they had to face the barrage of fire from 30mm cannons and 12.7mm Gatling heavy machine guns!

The hot stream of bullets rushed towards the rising black fog, fiercely tearing open the body of the first monster: the flesh and blood that were strong enough to resist the shooting of small-caliber rifles were then torn into pieces like thin paper, and the dirty blood in the body was detonated, turning into a patter of viral acid rain, falling on the heads of the zombies on the ground and making strange hissing sounds.

This surging tide of plague will never be spared. When they turn their bodies due to the roar of fighter planes, artillery fire from outside the distant city has already arrived!

The artillery units outside the city have not yet withdrawn. They are still holding their positions and providing last-minute fire support to their comrades fighting in the city!

The fighter plane moved forward without distraction until the demon leader, known as the "Great Red Dragon," let out an excited cry—

"Wuhu! I saw that disgusting thing!"

The girl held on to the cabin door tightly, holding her military cap with her other hand, and when she got close enough, she jumped down amidst the artillery fire shooting out from the unknown area!

Satan landed lightly on the ground, raising a cloud of dust - Makoto raised her finger, pointing it at the demon in front of her, with an arrogant and cold smile on her lips - using her finger as a line, all the demons on the road suddenly exploded into balls of blood mist in the air!

Almost at the same time, the demon god Baal also found his target——

"These buildings are deteriorating and need to be completely cleaned up."

Holding the machine gun, Hina steadily and efficiently cleared all the enemies around her. She walked slowly forward, flapped her bat wings, and instantly cut through a rusty rocket that attacked from the side. This thing had long been alienated by the energy of the other world and became a weapon in the hands of those fly demons.

The smoke from the explosion passed by the girl on both sides, blowing up her long silver hair.

The breath of death surged on the wind, and the ancient Egyptian god of death smelled it—

"Then start the purification immediately."

The wolf girl said so, shaking her wolf ears and waving her right palm forward twice, and the mass-produced Nikkis next to her immediately stepped forward. The two flamethrowers in the team poured out destruction, and the two people who followed closely behind used grenade launchers to completely cover their targets!

The dancing flames flickered in Bai Zi's strange-colored eyes, casting a dark shadow on the girl's indifferent face.

The drone's reconnaissance footage was transmitted, and human armored vehicles arrived immediately—

"Suppression complete. Now use the [Blackstone Resonance Field] to try to close the rift. For humanity, I will not stop until I die!"

The soldiers of the Army Without Borders roared. They built a defense line centered on the device that emitted invisible waves, and fought back against the staggering zombies with the most ferocious firepower - artillery roared, machine guns roared - some were knocked down by demons or mutant monsters, some were pulled out of the array by tentacles and disappeared in the tide of zombies, but this would all end in an explosion!

Time passed minute by minute, and everyone gritted their teeth and persevered until the soldier operating the device shouted in surprise:

"We succeeded! The device's suppression of the inner world crack is effective. Now, let's close the inner world crack!"

"Start now, close the rift in the other world."

"Start now, close the rift in the other world."

"Starting now..."

"We have successfully closed the rift to the other world."

The mission was accomplished, but no one cheered for it; the mission was accomplished, but the winners had to escape quickly.

Before leaving Mogadishu, the last soldier of the Army Without Borders turned around and looked at the city that was completely swallowed by the dark clouds.

For some reason, the soldier suddenly burst into tears.

Chapter 514 Plague Knight VS Battleship (6/7)

The tide of the other world is rising.

"We have successfully closed the rift to the other world."