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Even Wei Yanwu, the governor of Longmen, held a little-known position in Yan Kingdom.

According to gossip from the Lungmen paparazzi, ten years ago, a naive reporter wrote an article about whether Wei Yanwu had connections to the imperial family and even secretly followed Wei Yanwu's movements. That night, the Lungmen Guard found the reporter's body in his cramped living quarters in the slums; he had been shot twelve times in the back, and the cause of death was suicide.

"……dragon?"

Only then did the listless Lawyer Lin turn his attention to Superintendent Chen.

The Imperial Guard uniform jacket, stained with blood and mud from prolonged combat, had a section of her long purple hair with burn marks at the end. Her beautiful eyes, filled with fighting spirit, stared straight at Lin Lu, and the pair of horns on her head... I want to touch them, I really want to touch them.

"Doctor? Doctor!" Amiya gently pinched Lin Lu's side and whispered a warning, "Put your hand away, it's very rude!"

“Ah, ah this…”

Unconsciously, Lin Lu raised his hands, making a gesture as if he wanted to search high and low.

Those who didn't know better would have thought he was about to use a lost art to grab Bolong's hand.

But did he really want to touch it?

Who wouldn't want to play with a beast-eared girl's horns with both hands, forcing her to look up at them? Just thinking about it is so cute, and how adorably pitiful she looks!

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, I am not a dragon."

Lin Lu shut down the XP system and responded calmly.

Because she is still in the form of being controlled by a heroic spirit, Lin's current body is female, and her voice has become melodious and pleasant.

Wait, piloting heroic spirits?

Lin Lu suddenly understood why Superintendent Chen had mistaken him for a dragon.

Even though Lin Lu only had information based on the panel, he knew that Jeanne Alter had a certain characteristic.

—The Dragon Witch.

This does not mean that a witch was born from among the dragons, but rather that a witch is capable of controlling evil dragons.

The aura of the Dragon Witch still lingered around Lin Lu, possessing the innate power to command dragons and a special leadership quality that made dragons obey.

However, Lin Lu also had a strange fondness for Chen.

Perhaps it's because my past identity had some connection with the Yan Kingdom?

Lin Lu, who was about to ask about the matter, suddenly felt a sense of crisis. He subconsciously turned his head to look southeast, and an invisible aura suddenly spread.

"Hoshiguma, there's a hidden unit of infected approaching us from four o'clock," Lin Lu said in a deep voice.

"You mean..."

Hoshiguma frowned. She hadn't expected that even after almost cleaning up the battlefield, the Reunion team still hadn't given up their obsession with attacking Lungmen.

"you……"

Chen glanced back and forth between Lin Lu and Hoshiguma with some surprise. Had she misheard? How could this Rhodes Island doctor be so familiar, calling Hoshiguma so affectionately... and Hoshiguma didn't seem to mind at all? What was going on?!

"Commander Chen! Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened—the infected—they're here again—" The Guardian team member in charge of reconnaissance ran over breathlessly to report.

"What a panic! What kind of behavior is this!" Chen immediately scolded. "Team One, on alert! Snipers, take your positions!"

"Yes!"

Compared to the flustered detectives, Superintendent Chen's elite guard unit was clearly much more efficient. The officers quickly stopped what they were doing and were ready for action in less than a minute. Each of them bore the marks of battle, and despite the arduous struggle, their spirits remained high.

After learning that the direction from which the infected squad had attacked coincided with the kind warning from the Rhodes Island advisor, Chen's impression of this mysterious person deepened even further.

It should be noted that Chen's gaze remained fixed on Lin Lu, observing his every move.

The other party didn't even move their head, as if they had suddenly discovered the enemy's whereabouts.

"Do you need my help?"

Hoshiguma patted Hannya, and a dull thud was heard.

Before Chen could respond, Lin Lu spoke first: "I don't recommend you do that, and I also don't recommend any member of the Guard Bureau engage in close combat. If the Lungmen Guard Bureau's sniper team has the capability, please snipe these thugs on the spot, fifty meters away from the checkpoint."

"it is good."

Hoshiguma nodded in agreement almost instinctively. Not only her, but every member of the Lungmen Guard on the Lofty Heel defense line was completely convinced of Rhodes Island's superiority. Even those young masters who had previously looked down on Hoshiguma were completely different. Under Rhodes Island's tactical command, none of these officers, who had never seen such a scene before, were killed. Their worldviews were as if they had been turned upside down.

The battlefield is the place in the world where interpersonal relationships are forged the fastest, after experiencing life-and-death separations, desperate rescues, and entrusting each other with responsibilities. Hoshiguma couldn't wait to take Lin Lu to a bar, treat him to her most recommended drinks, listen to her favorite old songs, and talk about their past stories.

Even those rich young men remembered the name Rhodes Island.

"Give me a reason."

Chen did not agree immediately; she felt a strange pang of jealousy.

It's like your best friend suddenly getting a boyfriend. It's one thing to have a boyfriend, but the important thing is that your best friend and this man have only been together for less than three hours!

"There are five infected people who have arrived so far, and each of them... has ingested a drug that can greatly increase the fusion rate of Originium cells in their bodies in a short period of time." Lin Lu turned to look at Hoshiguma, and with just that one look, the other understood what he was referring to.

Hoshiguma instinctively took out the sealed bottle, and the black substance inside the transparent container showed faint signs of activity.

Lin Lu continued, "The purpose of the Reunion Movement is to send out suicide squads while the exhausted Lungmen Guard Bureau is cleaning up the battlefield, taking advantage of their relaxation. These people are mobile sources of Oripathy infection. If they can assimilate the Lungmen Guard Bureau officers into infected individuals, their operation tonight will not be considered a failure. No matter how strong the walls are, there will always be a weak point inside. A thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole. Oripathy is the secret weapon that the Reunion Movement uses to defeat Lungmen."

"I wonder if you are satisfied with this explanation, Commander Chen?" Lin Lu said calmly, his face hidden under the mask revealing an extremely confident smile.

Chen remained silent for a moment before slowly asking, "...Who exactly are you?"

"We are Rhodes Island."

Lin Lu slowly stepped back, standing shoulder to shoulder with Amiya and the Kingslayer, their uniform Rhodes Island coats fluttering in the wind.

"We are experts in patients with Oripathy."

Chapter 187 Dragon Gate

As it turned out, Lin Lu's suggestion was correct.

Upon receiving Commander Chen's orders, the Lungmen Guard Bureau's sniper squad immediately abandoned any thought of capturing the enemy and launched a full-scale sweep attack. Crossbow bolts and gun shells rained down, covering the area and stopping the infected suicide squad forty meters away from the checkpoint.

Even so, the aftershocks of the infected's self-destruction were far greater than anticipated, even turning a distant hearse into a pincushion of flying ore fragments. Even if the vehicle itself was undamaged, it couldn't continue towards Lungmen. The Guardians had to remove the infected corpses they had painstakingly collected from the vehicle and drive it to an abandoned site for cremation. Continuing towards Lungmen recklessly would be tantamount to bringing home a super-infectious source, drastically increasing the Oripathy infection rate.

"Superintendent Chen, if I'm not mistaken, the Reunion Movement's intentions extend beyond just the quarantine checkpoints in District 5. Other checkpoints will likely be subjected to similar suicide attacks by infected individuals. These thugs have been thoroughly brainwashed by the Reunion Movement's commanders, and their bloodlines have become unstable; capturing them alive for interrogation is futile. Death is a form of salvation for them, and the only way to alleviate the burden on Lungmen."

Lin Lu said softly, quietly observing the bloody and mangled center of the explosion.

The area affected by Mephistopheles' herds' self-destruction was far wider than he had imagined, and the impact was far worse than he had anticipated.

Regardless of whether each checkpoint in Lungmen would suffer massive casualties from suicide bombings by Reunion Movement infected individuals, every region in Lungmen would face an increased risk of infected individuals.

The self-destruction of an infected person will cause a significant increase in Originium radiation in the air. Even if Lungmen dispatches its dedicated cleaning company from its Originium refinery to handle the situation, it will take at least a week to restore it to normal levels. The Originium radiation level in the Lungmen region is expected to surge in the near future; hopefully, this won't cause a natural disaster cloud to form.

Moreover, these regions are the main gateways for Lungmen to welcome outsiders. After the Chernobog incident, all sorts of people rushed to Lungmen like madmen, causing the pressure to pass through Lungmen to increase dramatically.

The Lungmen Guard Bureau members will likely be on duty all night to regroup before dawn and prevent Lungmen's international image from plummeting.

"Commander Chen, urgent communications have come from various regions. This is a summary of the intelligence..."

"...I heard everything. That's enough. The border will reopen in two hours after the re-inspection process. Also, notify the police department to isolate and disinfect the area where the infected person was in the explosion, and move the quarantine checkpoint line forward by forty meters, and re-plan the new entry control channel with metal barriers. If you can't even handle this small matter, you might as well take off your badges now and never say you've worked for the Guard Bureau again!"

"Yes, sir!"

Chen Huijie's face was ashen. Even though she immediately used the walkie-talkie to notify the Guard Bureau members in other areas after she came to her senses, the reports she received one after another showed that the execution was ineffective, with Guard Bureau police officers being injured or killed, and even some civilians who had come out of the city to watch the commotion being affected and injured! She was completely shocked!

What kind of time is this? Why are people still coming to join in the fun?! Aren't these people afraid of dying?! What are the Guard Bureau people doing? Do they need to be taught the principles of sealing off an area when fighting off an enemy all over again? What? These civilians who were bombed were paid fake journalists who disrupted Lungmen's order? And they were even from the Colombian Federation? Oh well, let them die, it's good that a few more die.

Superintendent Chen sighed and rubbed her forehead. She felt dizzy and her hands and feet were ice cold.

If the Reunion Movement still has the resources to launch an offensive at this point, will the Lungmen Outer Ring...

"Don't worry, Commander Chen. The Reunion Movement has achieved its goal tonight, and there's a high probability that they won't launch another fierce offensive like before." Lin Lu's voice maintained a rhythmic tone, making people feel reassured, like listening to a soothing whisper before bed.

Superintendent Chen felt a chill run down his spine, but outwardly feigned nonchalance and asked, "Could the people from Rhodes Island read minds?"

Amiya, the little rabbit standing nearby, quietly shifted her gaze.

Lin Lu chuckled and said, "As a doctor from Rhodes Island, I have a little knowledge of various things, a little knowledge of them."

Chen silently observed the Rhodes Island group, her gaze lingering on the Kingslayer for several seconds, but she said nothing.

"Fine, you guys come with me." Chen shifted her gaze, looking at Hoshiguma with a complicated expression, and said, suppressing her dissatisfaction, "I'll leave this place to you."

"Yes, sir—wait, Chen, are you angry?" Hoshiguma whispered in Chen's ear.

"I am not angry!"

Chen rolled her eyes at her, then glanced at the Doctor from Rhodes Island and said angrily, "What are you standing there for, Rhodes Island? Come here."

Hoshiguma looked bewildered. She looked at Ryū, pointed to herself, and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"Don't worry, Hoshiguma, the orange is all set." Lin Lu gave her a thumbs up. "The orange is doing very well, and the air is filled with the aroma of citrus."

"The Reunion Movement is in such a mess tonight, what's good about it... I can only smell the stench of corpses and blood." Hoshiguma sniffed, her honesty almost endearing.

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it~"

Chen silently turned her head to watch the actions between the two, and involuntarily raised her hand to cover her cheek.

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Longmen, this mobile city, is far more prosperous than Lin Lu had imagined.

Led by Superintendent Chen, the group wandered around and finally arrived at the Lungmen Administrative Hall.

They rode in a transparent elevator, where they could get a direct view of the magnificent Dragon Gate.

As the elevator ascends, towering buildings rise above the city, their neon lights shimmering. Under the illumination of spotlights, beams of light shooting into the sky constantly shift and change, painting the night sky with a breathtaking array of colors, as if one were in a world of advanced technology.

This steel city is completely different from Chernobog. If Chernobog is a tough guy who smells of engine oil, then Lungmen is a beautiful woman at the forefront of the times, whose words and actions reveal nobility and elegance.

Even Amiya couldn't help but look up and exclaim, "Wow, what a tall building!"

Needless to say, the girl who had never seen much of the world, the Kingslayer, stared blankly at the city that never sleeps before her, even the emoticons on her mask expressing utter shock. This was only the outer ring of Lungmen, not to mention the luxuriousness of Lungmen's city center and wealthy districts, which were several times more opulent than this.

For some reason, Lin Lu didn't feel anything about it.

Even if he loses his memory, he is certain that he has seen cities that are more beautiful than this one.

It's much more beautiful than this place.

A truly beautiful city is not just one that looks glamorous on the outside, but one that allows its inhabitants to live and work in peace and contentment.

While people's lives will undoubtedly improve due to increasingly advanced industrial technology, in a market economy, the best always belong to businessmen, and especially successful ones. Environmental damage and the dregs of the times are left to the poor at the bottom of society, while the rich enjoy a commanding view from their skyscrapers.

The glittering glory of Longmen was actually built upon countless corpses.

Chapter 188 The Wife-Protecting Madman Doctor (Third Update)

"Rhodes Island deserves much credit for this defense operation, and I will report your achievements truthfully," Chen said calmly after receiving the report from Hoshiguma.

"Ah..." Amiya's rabbit ears twitched. She hadn't expected the cold-faced beauty, Superintendent Chen, to praise them like that. "Thank you for the compliment, Superintendent Chen."

Superintendent Chen opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but after glancing down at the report, she chose to remain silent.

In Hoshiguma's report, she practically lauded the Rhodes Island Doctor to the skies.

She's never praised me like that before!

Ah, no...

Chen banished the idle thoughts from his mind; now was not the time to think about such things, there were more important matters to attend to!

In these documents, Hoshiguma not only praises the skills of Rhodes Island operators but also emphasizes the unique strategic foresight of Rhodes Island's Doctor. Under his brilliant command, Rhodes Island and the Guard Bureau were able to withstand wave after wave of attacks despite being outnumbered by forty to one. Moreover, the Doctor's combat prowess is considerable! During the battle against Reunion, he and another Rhodes Island operator executed a mobile tactic, successfully decapitating the main force of Reunion and buying valuable time for the Lungmen Guard Bureau.

"It is strongly recommended to pay close attention to this person."

Hoshiguma practically blurted out the word "poaching" in her report. It was the first time Chen had ever seen the usually monotonous and retro-inspired, calm and shrewd Oni-nee so excited. Even when she found her favorite old records at a secondhand store, she wasn't this excited.

"The Doctor from Rhodes Island..."

Using the transparent wall as a cover, Chen secretly glanced at the mysterious person who was completely hidden, and silently put away the report.

"I'll remind you one more time: Lungmen is the next Chernobog!"

As the elevator doors opened and the Rhodes Island crew took their first step, a resounding warning could be heard across the long corridor.

"It's Dr. Kal'tsit!"

Amiya keenly recognized the owner of the familiar voice and couldn't help but smile.