I write obituaries for the gods

“After helping you on the central island, the eldest brother’s black skull immediately ordered us to evacuate,” Oswald said. “I originally thought it was to evacuate us, but it turned out the focus was on a launch pad.”

"Including those researchers you drove away, everything still alive in the Space Islands has been loaded onto rockets and launched into low Earth orbit."

“I originally wanted to follow them, but those black skulls were unusual; they discovered my disguise.”

Oswald shook his head.

"The only thing we can do is find a way to escape."

“Those black skeletons were demigod prototypes, they were really tough to deal with,” Li Zhanyi shook his head. “Lucy and I barely managed to win thanks to our Deepsea Armor; the armor was completely destroyed afterward…”

“Without armor, we at this level have absolutely no room for error when dealing with Black Skull,” Lucy sighed. “Unlike Section Chief and Kobayashi, who are fine even after defeating Triton’s armor.”

“Actually, mine is also ruined,” Jiang Zhengge shook his head. “I brought it back because I still have some spare parts that I can use to replace Xiaolin’s set.”

"I'd rather we didn't need the armor in the future," Lin Chen said.

The foundation's sending a large number of people into space clearly confirms Lin Chen's conjecture.

After declaring war, they moved their main strongholds to space, thus completely cutting off any possibility of ground forces intervening in their conflict.

In this way, it seems that the only place that can reach Black Star VI is Xileina's launch base deep in the mountains of the Silver District.

“Let’s go, it’s about time to set off,” Jiang Zhengge stood up. “We need to find Hua Molan first; she needs to explain the missile issue to us.”

"..."

Ten minutes later, after a brief preparation, the group loaded the two deep-sea armor suits onto the truck that Oswald had sent, and then drove towards the Westview District.

In the open fields of the Southern Development Zone, Li Zhanyi sat in the back seat of a truck, gazing at the starry sky swallowed by black smoke.

"I didn't see a meteor shower last time I came here, and this time I can't even see any stars," Li Zhanyi sighed softly.

A faint melancholy crept onto her face; someone who didn't know her might have thought she was just complaining about the weather.

But Lin Chen understood what was affecting Li Zhanyi's mood.

"It will be alright."

He gently grasped Li Zhanyi's wrist and squeezed it.

The girl's body visibly trembled slightly. She glanced at Lin Chen furtively, pretending nothing had happened.

"It'll be...it'll be alright."

“We found a transit point on the islands and refueled our fighters,” Black Sword’s voice came through. “The good news is that the air raids on Rain City are over. The bad news is that, according to the Foundation’s map, the ground-based air defense arrays have been almost completely destroyed… Well, it’s not all bad news, since we can now enter the city together.”

The roar of fighter jets echoed in the sky. Lin Chen looked up and saw a fighter jet hovering among the clouds.

"Thank you for your hard work. Please let us know immediately if anything happens," Jiang Zhengge said.

He had barely finished speaking when Black Sword's voice rang out:

"Fifty aerial units are approaching you!"

"Xiao Jiang, is your jinxed mouth blessed with some kind of magic?"

"I'm so damn..."

Jiang Zhengge slapped his own mouth, then leaned out of the side window, letting his head into the evening breeze carrying faint sparks—

Countless tiny silver dots are flying straight towards us!

Their eyes met for only a few seconds before streaks of light lit up the darkness—

"Buzzing—"

"Rocket barrage!" Lucy shouted from the passenger seat.

Oswald jerked the steering wheel sharply, and the truck's massive body spun at an uncanny angle across the wilderness, narrowly missing the first wave of incoming missiles.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Amidst the soaring flames, Lin Chen finally saw the true form of those tiny silver dots—

Those were drones!

"I'll handle it!"

Lin Chen grabbed the side of the truck with one hand and stood up on the speeding, drifting vehicle.

He stretched out one hand, raising it towards the sky, his eyes gleaming with a deep blue light—

"boom!!!"

A violent gust of wind exploded in the air, instantly creating a burst of fire amidst the swarm of drones!

The exploding drones flew wildly in the air, crashing into other drones and blasting a path through them.

Lucy and Jiang Zhengge simultaneously leaned out of the car window and fired wildly at the swarm of drones.

The truck wrecked across the open field, carving a path through the swarm of drones.

Some fragments fell into the back of the truck. Li Zhanyi picked up a fragment and wiped off the scorch marks.

“Peak Group…” Li Zhanyi murmured, “Is it Mr. Iron Mask’s army?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, streaks of silver light pierced the sky—

"Om——"

Another large swarm of drones swept across the open field, chasing after the truck.

Lin Chen reached out and once again manipulated the raging wind to explode—

"boom!"

A violent explosion rocked the open field, turning the highway red.

The truck continued to ram through the southern development zone with the help of the crowd.

With the entrance to the West Wing District right in front of him, Lin Chen felt he was about to reach his limit.

He stuck a combat sustain injection around his neck and then a can of Azure Factor, panting heavily.

"Brother Lin! Can you still hold on?" Li Zhanyi turned his head back and changed the magazine on his rifle.

"One more time at most."

Lin Chen let out a deep breath and looked up at the swarm of drones in the sky.

It must be said that Triton's power is much easier to master than Euclid's, and it consumes far less energy.

No... it's not that the consumption wasn't that great, but rather that Triton's power also included his physical strength, and Lin Chen's mastery of Alpha-level power has evolved considerably.

Even so, after using it all the way, Lin Chen still felt that he was close to being overdrawn.

Peak Group has too many drones, like a locust swarm passing through, killing one batch only to have another come.

Each of these small units can launch miniature missiles, making them incredibly destructive.

Along the way, it was only thanks to Li Zhanyi's early warning, Jiang Zhengge's wind interference, Lin Chen's detonation of a gale, and the combined efforts of everyone's heavy fire that a path was barely cleared.

But at this moment, Lin Chen really couldn't hold on any longer.

"The next barrage will be launched in ten seconds," Li Zhanyi said.

"Ah."

Lin Chen stretched out his hand, his pupils turning a deep blue once again.

He counted silently in his mind, waiting for the drones to launch missiles.

Just as the countdown was about to reach ten seconds—

"Om————"

A buzzing sound rang out, and a blue light wave swept from directly in front of the truck, across the sky above the field.

In an instant, the swarm of drones crashed to the ground, exploding into fireballs.

Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi turned their heads at the same time and saw a four-legged mech lying at the end of the road, surrounded by machine gun defenses.

On that quadruped mecha, Lin Chen saw a familiar mark: RBAI.

Those are the Bureau of Investigation's troops stationed there!

......

Chapter Three: The Traitor (6000 words)

Behind the outpost, Lin Chen met the garrison commander.

This was a stranger; Lin Chen had never seen him before, but the other person clearly had.

That's not surprising; everyone in the Investigation Bureau knows Lin Chen.

"Finally, we've picked you up," the squad leader shook hands with Lin Chen. "I'm Zhao Tianmu, from the Second Armed Division."

"Captain Zhao, what's the situation?" Lin Chen frowned. "Why are all communications down? Why are our missiles targeting the rocket?"

“It’s a bit complicated to explain. The higher-ups want us to go back to the Investigation Bureau to talk about it,” Zhao Tianmu shook his head. “Talking about it here would make it easy for them to eavesdrop.”

"Where is Hua Molan?" Jiang Zhengge stepped forward.

"The director is at headquarters."

Zhao Tianmu made a "please" gesture.

"Come on, everyone, please."

The members of the rapid response team exchanged glances, then boarded the trucks and, escorted by the convoy, drove into the Xiwang District.

As night fell, smoke filled the West Wing district, and bullet holes were visible everywhere on both sides of the street. Police cars drove by with sirens blaring, and cries were carried away by the wind, giving the wind a sorrowful hue.

“As soon as the attack started, we quickly evacuated the crowd,” Zhao Tianmu explained to Lin Chen, “but unfortunately, the other side flipped the table too suddenly, and we didn’t have much time to react.”

"Who started it?" Jiang Zhengge asked.

“I don’t know,” Zhao Tianmu shook his head. “My task is simply to guard the street corner, nothing more.”

The truck drove down the street and soon stopped in front of the Bureau of Investigation building.

At this moment, a defensive line has been set up in the courtyard in front of the Investigation Bureau. Machine guns have been set up where the guard post used to be, and a four-legged mech is parked in the center of the courtyard, on alert.

Led by Zhao Tianmu, the group crossed the courtyard and entered the lobby of the Investigation Bureau.

In the center of the hall, a row of fully armed soldiers were waiting for everyone.

"Hand over your guns," Zhao Tianmu said, turning to the front of the line and extending his hand to the crowd. "Our security level is currently at the highest level."

"Are you kidding me?" Lucy narrowed her eyes. "The Rapid Response Division has unconditional clearance at all times. If our actions are still restricted by your broken rules, how can we get anything done?"

“This is Director Hua Molan’s instruction,” Zhao Tianmu said calmly. “Sorry, I’ll have to cooperate.”

"Let Hua Molan speak," Jiang Zhengge said bluntly.

“Once you hand over your gun, we can go see Director Hua Molan,” Zhao Tianmu said.

For a moment, the situation reached a stalemate.

Just as tensions were about to rise, Lin Chen suddenly chuckled softly.

"I can hand over my weapon."

His gaze suddenly lifted, looking towards a corner of the hall above.

"Before that, did you remove the sniper posts?"

Where Lin Chen was looking, a sniper was hiding in the shadows of the dome.

The moment Lin Chen spotted him, the sniper felt his palms sweating.

How did he discover it?

"..."

Upon entering the hall, the first thing Lin Chen did was to activate the "Mirage City" and explore the past.

Then, he saw the scene that was not surprising at all:

"Sniper post, prepare to move in. Rapid Response Division 1 is about to enter. Initiate the arrest procedure."

Arrest procedure.

Lin Chen closed his eyes.

The thing he least wanted to happen, eventually happened.