Ark Chess Player.

Currently, Lungmen's special forces teams, Suzaku and Hakko, are stationed in the slums, so they're unlikely to fall into the worst-case scenario... Even so, the Rhodes Island reconnaissance operator's words, "The Guard Bureau suffered heavy casualties," sent a chill down Officer Chen's spine, making her wish she could return immediately. But she couldn't; she still had to deal with Misha's situation. Otherwise, with this back and forth, the slums might fall before reinforcements could arrive, and Misha might be taken back to Chernobog because no one would rescue her.

dilemma.

If this was a treacherous scheme by the Reunion Movement commander, then... Chen Huijie, as the person in charge of this matter in the Guard Bureau, bears undeniable responsibility for tactical negligence.

At Amiya's summons, Razer had just entered when Chen impatiently urged him to use the cumbersome battlefield communication device.

"Beep--"

During the long wait, Chen Huijie couldn't help but stomp her feet. She had never hated Longmen's disrespect on the communication network so much!

After finally getting through, Superintendent Chen immediately said, "Hello? This is Chen. What's the situation in the Lungmen slums? Answer me!"

"...Hello? Hello! Please respond if you receive this!"

There was no reply from the other end of the communication for a long time, but the sounds of fierce fighting and the screams of some kind of monster could still be heard.

Just as Chen was beginning to feel disheartened, a clear voice, unlike anything he had ever heard before, came through the microphone.

"Battle situation? The Suzaku Squad of the Lungmen Special Forces was completely wiped out, but the White Tiger Squad was more resilient and a few of them are still alive. Tsk tsk, good equipment is good, Lungmen is really rich. It's a pity that this money is not being used where it should be, the entire defense line is full of loopholes. This is no good, this Guard Bureau is no good."

You are absolutely right.

The undisguised contempt and deep disdain could be heard even across the vast void, and echoes of others came from the other end of the communication. The voice sounded somewhat familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before, but I couldn't quite place it.

Chen frowned and quickly asked, "Who are you?!"

“Me? I am Alexander Swell, Senior Superintendent of the Lungmen Guard Bureau…”

"Stop talking nonsense!" Superintendent Chen roared immediately.

"I haven't finished speaking yet."

A nonchalant voice came from the other end of the microphone. The person chuckled and said, "I am Alexander Swell's new boss, the new president of the Dragongate Eagle Pulse Group, and also—the Doctor of Rhodes Island."

Lin Lu's voice echoed in Chen's mind.

"Long time no see, Officer Chen."

Chapter 322 The Raiders (4K)

The border of Lungmen slums, the Wall of Mary.

The so-called Wall of Mary is not simply about building a high wall to keep all enemies out.

This is a defensive concept, with defensive structures built in key areas of the mobile city of Lungmen to ensure that it is able to defend itself against natural disasters or man-made calamities.

The Wall of Mary, with its fan-shaped crossfire, surrounds the entire slum, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

...That's how it should be.

The Suzaku and Hakko squads of the Lungmen Guard Bureau's special forces arrived at the scene within ten minutes of receiving Wei Yanwu's dispatch order. Their mission was to guard the heavy defensive network of Wall Maria and prevent anyone from having the opportunity to break into the Lungmen main area.

Lungmen had already issued a time-limited expulsion order, and now that the deadline has passed, anyone who tries to enter the city will be considered an enemy by the Guard Bureau.

Of course, the new members of Lungmen were no exception.

These young people, manipulated by Colombian federal spies, succumbed to despair and fell into the abyss, transforming into wild beasts. Their unbridled expression of humanity in the slums went beyond simply slaughtering the infected; it shattered the order and peace that Lungmen had long maintained.

The Colombian Federation and Alexander's former patriarch, Sodan, had a well-thought-out plan: to bind the new generation, symbolizing the future of Lungmen, to their own career advancement, only to crush them once the train stopped. They intended to force Wei Yanwu to back down and steal the position of Lungmen's executive officer… However, no one expected just how ruthless Wei Yanwu truly was.

What does the fact that young people from Lungmen New School were attacked and killed by Infected members of the Reunion Movement in the slums have to do with our Guard Bureau?

The Guard Bureau expressed deep regret, stating that these were the pillars of Lungmen, the future leaders. No one wanted this to happen. Furthermore, the Lungmen Guard Bureau intercepts intelligence favorable to itself, monopolizes the media, and disseminates altered and embellished information.

This story teaches us that we must never go astray.

Trying to make money by any means necessary will only turn you into a walking 500,000.

Of course, these are things to worry about later. The problem at present is that... no one in Lungmen expected that the slums had already slipped out of their control.

Haru, the captain of the Suzaku Special Forces team, initially thought it was just a small mission to stroll around the streets, and that they had only been sent to keep things quiet. However, he hadn't anticipated that three different factions were simultaneously causing trouble in the Lungmen slums.

First, those infected by the Integration Movement.

Second, the remnants of the newly formed Longmen faction and the interference from foreign forces.

Three... an unknown organization whose numbers cannot be confirmed, whose stance is ambiguous, and which acts with extreme speed.

Whether it's the infected from the Reunion Movement, the young people from Lungmen driven mad to wield illegally modified weapons and wreak havoc, or even the Shadow Guards in black cloaks secretly dispatched by the Guard Bureau to handle the situation, once they encounter a third force, they won't even be able to call for help and will be silently annihilated; the other side seems to have no intention of leaving any survivors.

The Guard Bureau keeps records of all organizations within Lungmen to prevent situations where they cannot be located if problems arise. Such suddenly emerging, highly armed organizations are no less dangerous than the Reunion Movement.

At first, some people speculated whether this organization was related to the infected people in the slums, or to Rhodes Island, which had cooperated with Lungmen a few days earlier. However, the proposal was laughed off. Putting aside the fact that Rhodes Island is just a pharmaceutical company, if the infected people in the slums were so dangerous, then... the slums should have been abolished long ago and developed into high-rise, compact residential areas.

The prosperity of Longmen naturally leads to increased population density, and with many areas still undeveloped, the housing problem remains unresolved. Under these circumstances, Wei Yanwu's decision to allocate vast slums to Oripathy patients naturally draws criticism.

Haru, the captain of the Suzaku squad, originally wanted to personally intervene and use himself as bait to investigate the mysterious third force organization.

However, his application was rejected by Zhao Zhenglei, the captain of the White Tiger Squad.

"We were fooled."

Zhao Zhenglei said through gritted teeth.

The initial intelligence received by the special forces indicated that only a portion of the Reunion Movement was attempting to infiltrate Lungmen from the slums, and their primary mission was to stop anyone from entering Lungmen city.

In response, the defensive structures of Wall Maria are fully open to special forces, eliminating any concerns about their safety.

However, Lungmen could never have imagined that the people sent by the Reunion Movement were not just a commando team operating covertly in the slums, but also a suicide squad constantly dispersing and eroding the Guard Bureau's defense capabilities in the outer ring of Lungmen.

The Reunion Movement, an infected organization that was virtually unknown not long ago, is now advancing on Lungmen with a mixed force of nearly a thousand people! The number of infected far exceeds that of the nighttime raid a few days ago, and most importantly... these infected are concentrated in the slums, instead of being scattered in different areas as before, giving the Guard Bureau the opportunity to pick them off one by one.

Longmen's underestimation of their opponent ultimately led to disaster.

True and false, false and true.

They constantly harassed Longmen, luring them into setting an ambush.

Longmen originally thought he could use the complex terrain of the slums to encircle and annihilate the enemy, but he did not expect that it was exactly what the enemy wanted.

Despite having the right timing, location, and people, Lungmen has not gained any advantage; instead, the Integration Movement has usurped its place!

Mephisto, the operations commander of the Reunion Movement, used the Dragon Gate as a chessboard, placing pieces one by one towards his invisible opponent.

Mephisto initially sacrificed infected soldiers as pawns, throwing them in droves into the meat grinder of the battlefield, sending them there with the attitude that even their deaths were worthwhile. Could there be a better deal for Mephisto than solving logistical problems while simultaneously inflicting damage on Lungmen? Not only that, he desecrated even the corpses, squeezing every last drop of usable material from them. Using the abyssal will of the Holy Grail, he condensed the infected, now transformed into Originium sculptures, into terrifying black mud anomalies, attempting to dismantle the steel city of Lungmen from within.

If Rhodes Island weren't there, the gates of Lungmen would have been pried open long ago!

The moment the night raids end will be the moment when the Reunion Movement launches its full-scale attack! They will wage a blitzkrieg without regard for the consequences, with plunder as their primary objective, and destroy Lungmen at all costs! Even if the final result is a complete rupture between ordinary people and the infected, igniting a world war, it doesn't matter.

If it were Mephistopheles, he wouldn't mind doing so.

On the contrary, he is more inclined to do so.

The rights and future of those infected?

Mephistopheles didn't care.

Mephistopheles's mad, almost inhuman behavior did indeed carve a gap in the Lungmen.

The Lungmen Guard Bureau has very little knowledge of the Reunion Movement, and even disdains to learn about it. Perhaps they are confident in their mobile city, or perhaps they believe that even with its limited police force, the Guard Bureau is sufficient to deal with the infected who have stormed Chernobog.

Therefore, Lungmen must pay the price for its arrogance.

When Zhao Zhenglei, the captain of the White Tiger Squad, discovered the Reunion Movement army approaching, he quickly assessed the disparity in troop strength and analyzed the current deployment of the Guard Bureau's police force. After confirming that reinforcements were unlikely in the short term, Zhao Zhenglei hesitated repeatedly before gritting his teeth and ordering the engineering department to immediately detach from the area connecting to the slums!

This act is akin to a warrior cutting off his own arm, or a gecko, when entangled, having no choice but to sever its tail to save itself.

Sacrificing pawns to save the king is also part of military strategy, even if it means sacrificing thousands of lives in the Longmen slums. Moreover, Wei Yanwu had already granted Zhao Zhenglei this authority, allowing him to abandon these people if necessary.

However, Zhao Zhenglei's hard-won decision came to nothing.

Because the slums... cannot be separated!!

Regardless of the country, mobile cities require the simultaneous unlocking of electronic systems and connection devices when separating different sections.

This is a double insurance mechanism to prevent accidental or intentional triggering of one of the zones, causing the mobile city to detach from a particular zone during its journey. The separation of zones in a mobile city is not as simple as train carriages separating; each zone has unique significance, whether it's primarily inhabited by people, special agricultural areas, or industrial zones. If left behind in the desert, without a sophisticated disaster sensing system and disaster messengers, even with ample food reserves, annihilation is only a matter of time.

"Get out of the way and let me come!"

Zhao Zhenglei rushed to the boundary line, snatched the tablet from the engineering staff without a word, and entered the key. At the same time, he ordered his men to unlock the connection device, anxiously waiting to see the screen indicating successful unlocking.

Just like preparing to pre-order a new mobile device, watching the time change makes you anxious and a little uneasy.

"Unlock failed."

"Unlock failed."

"Unlock failed - three unlock attempts failed. Please enter the core city startup key."

“*Longmen swears*!!!”

Zhao Zhenglei was so angry that he raised the tablet high, ready to smash it to the ground, but he stopped himself. He couldn't destroy even the slightest possibility of its existence; perhaps at some crucial moment, the separated plates could still play a role.

With Plan A failing, Zhao Zhenglei attempted to contact Wei Yanwu urgently, but the communication system had been cut off by the Reunion Movement's Ghost Squad. Rhodes Island's crucial stronghold, which had been fiercely defended during the Reunion Movement's night raids, had been easily surrendered by the Guard Bureau. If Hoshiguma knew about this, she would probably tear Zhao Zhenglei's foolish face off in a fit of rage. Even the gentlest ghost couldn't tolerate such humiliation.

Left with no other choice, Zhao Zhenglei had to resort to the most cumbersome method: temporarily dispatching a messenger to the Guard Bureau building.

He chose to hold his ground to the death.

If there's anything fortunate about this misfortune, it's that... the city defense system is still usable.

If the Maria Wall defenses fail, it's only a matter of time before the Reunion Movement storms the city. This also means that the Sina Wall and the Ruth Wall might also become ineffective. Lungmen is like a female knight stripped of her armor and weapons, forced to groan in despair before the hideous orcs. If the Guard Bureau wants to preserve its integrity, it has no choice but to risk everything.

Compared to the Qianlong Squad, which was wiped out by Lin without contributing anything, the Zhuque and Baihu Squads performed admirably as elite members of the Guard Bureau. Despite being outnumbered, they fought to the bitter end against a slum that was practically beyond their control. The massive destructive power of the defensive devices effectively halted the Reunion Movement's near-frenzied offensive, giving a glimmer of hope for victory.

—Until the Bone Raiders arrive.

It was a huge monster with four legs, whose entire body was covered in countless amber veins in addition to its glaring bone-white color.

A single-eyed skeleton obscured a triangular head, and a resinous liquid flowed from a transparent chest cavity that seemed capable of holding ten people at once. Not only was its speed astonishing, but its destructive power was also terrifying.

Under the onslaught of the Bone Raiders, the defensive devices of Wall Maria were destroyed one after another. The Suzaku Squad launched a full-scale attack to protect the equipment! Led by Captain Haru, they formed a Yan Kingdom formation, trapping the giant monster within, while also holding off many infected from the Reunion Movement.

Before the White Tiger Squad could send reinforcements, a beam of light imbued with terrifying power shot out from the head of the Bone Raider. The almost white light streaked across the dense formation, and a pillar of intense heat, capable of instantly turning a person into charred remains, shot into the sky, wiping out the entire Vermilion Bird Squad.

The Vermilion Bird Squad perished in the flames; it's hard to say whether it's a joke or a tragedy.

Just as the White Tiger Squad and the Royal Guard were exhausted from defending the city and on the verge of total collapse—

A vehicle that looks ordinary on the surface, but has actually been modified into an armored vehicle by a rich second-generation with an extremely strong will to survive, speeds by.

Since they were coming from the direction of Lungmen City, Zhao Zhenglei, the captain of the White Tiger Squad, assumed it was a successful messenger message and that the Guard Bureau had sent reinforcements… However, only two people got out of the car. One was Alexander Swell, one of Lungmen's few senior police superintendents. The other was a mysterious person completely covered by a heavy black robe, who appeared to have no distinguishing features.

The man glanced into the distance as soon as he got out of the car. Zhao Zhenglei frowned; he didn't know why Swell had come here at such a crucial moment, bringing a burden along. But the next second, he suddenly realized what the man was looking at—that direction was exactly where the Bone Raiders were!

"From now on, I will take over command of the battlefield."

Lin Lu said indifferently, completely disregarding Zhao Zhenglei's opinion, and went directly to the command center of the Maria Wall facility.

He was so familiar with the place as if he were walking in his own backyard, without the slightest delay. Coupled with Swell's almost worshipful and respectful attitude towards him, Zhao Zhenglei began to have a slight suspicion: perhaps this person was the Guard Bureau's hidden ace.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Zhenglei was impressed by Lin Lu's abilities.

Under Lin Lu's surgically precise command, the Reunion Movement's frontal assault was diverted, allowing the exhausted Guard Bureau officers to catch their breath. The Lungmen newcomers and foreign powers were conveniently used as scapegoats, fulfilling Wei Yanwu's wishes. The city's defensive devices were utilized to the fullest extent, and most importantly—the actions of the Bone Raiders were successfully halted.

This is a feat that even the entire Suzaku Squad could not achieve despite their sacrifice.

Just then, the communication device that had been urgently repaired came through.

Chapter 323 The Great Emperor (4K)

"The Doctor from Rhodes Island?"

Chen Huijie muttered to herself, somewhat confused. She remembered that the Doctor from Rhodes Island was a woman with a good figure and golden eyes, and her voice sounded particularly dashing. However, this annoying tone of voice was quite similar.

As a police superintendent, Chen pays close attention to the words and actions of those around him; this is a fundamental skill in criminal investigation. If the woman at the Lungmen Administrative Office a few days ago was also a Doctor from Rhodes Island, does that mean that "Doctor" is not just an identity, but also a title?

"Eh? Doctor?!"

Amiya immediately perked up her ears, unable to contain her curiosity, and moved closer to Superintendent Chen, wanting to eavesdrop. But when Chen stopped her with a gesture, she puffed out her cheeks unhappily and returned to her original spot in a huff.

"Why is the doctor from Rhodes Island at the Lungmen command center?" Superintendent Chen said sternly, his voice booming.

"Because the Guard Bureau has too many useless idiots who don't give me any peace of mind."

"What did you say?!"

Anger flashed in Chen's eyes for a moment, but she soon heard a noisy sound from the other end of the communication, as if someone was arguing back.

"No... don't misunderstand, I'm not targeting you."

Lin, who was in charge of the command center of the Wall of Mary, shifted his gaze from Zhao Zhenglei. He looked around, scanning everyone as if he were calling out a roll, and slowly said, "I mean, everyone here is trash."