I write obituaries for the gods

"They probably ran away."

In a corner of the factory’s core area, Louis leaned against the wall, holding a tablet in his hand.

Not far away, Ms. J was pacing back and forth, her face contorted in a ferocious expression.

"Are we really going to stay here?" the young messenger asked Louis. "That madman... he'll definitely tear the First Rapid Response Division to shreds."

“Don’t underestimate the Quick Response Division,” Louis said. “Of course, don’t overestimate them either.”

Lavassis did not respond, but Louis knew better than anyone what this meant.

Not long ago, St. Peter's Orphanage was attacked by an airstrike, apparently carried out by the Bureau of Investigation.

Lavasis did not reply, which meant that he had been captured or even killed by the Bureau of Investigation.

If it were the Rapid Response Division, Lin Chen would definitely have a way to get intelligence from him.

Lin Chen... always Lin Chen...

Louis closed his eyes and clenched his fists.

His temples started to ache again. Was Baiduozhi's ghost about to start speaking again?

At this moment, the messenger cautiously spoke:

"Director, if I remember correctly, you graduated from Yuda University, right?"

Louis opened his eyes and looked at the messenger.

“Yes,” he said, inexplicably finding himself interested in chatting, “I graduated from Yuda University.”

"Impressive," the messenger nodded. "Back in my hometown, a top scholar came out and got into Yuda University. Everyone was talking about it..."

“Rain isn’t really that bad,” Louis shook his head. “It’s useless once you enter the workforce.”

"But you went straight into the Rapid Response Division after graduation," the messenger said with admiration. "And look at your decisiveness... now you're the director!"

“I’ve been kicked out, soldier,” Louis said softly. “I’ve failed.”

“I don’t think so. You’re fighting for a better Rain City,” the messenger said solemnly. “Of course I support you… Look at what those people are trying to do to Rain City. Look what our city has become! They’re either profiting from the war or they’ve gone mad. These people are all in high positions, but not one of them is truly doing anything for Rain City!”

"Perhaps," Louis said, letting out a sigh of relief.

"I've always thought that if I could get into Yuda University and hold a high position in the Investigation Bureau, maybe I could do more," the messenger murmured. "Unfortunately, I don't have that ability, I really don't..."

“It’s not as simple as you think,” Louis chuckled.

This kid is so naive. He really thinks that getting into a good university will make him a "talent" in the social sense, and that he will be given important responsibilities after graduation and then shine in the world.

He's so naive. He thinks that those who show their faces in public are the main characters, and that as long as you have the ability, you can do anything.

Louis felt that this young man was exactly like his younger self.

Naïve, foolish, driven by wishful thinking, and willing to do anything.

That's probably why he dared to follow the rebels all the way to the end of Yudu.

“If we want to change Rain City, we can’t leave here,” Louis said softly. “We must stay until the very end.”

"it is good."

The messenger nodded, and then a hint of fear appeared on his excited expression.

"Um...Chief..."

"what happened?"

Aren't you afraid?

"afraid?"

Louis shook his head, finding it somewhat amusing.

Feeling the weight of the half-mask on his face, he lowered his head and changed his words:

"Maybe, maybe a little."

At that moment, the tablet in Louis's hand beeped twice.

He lowered his head, glanced at it, and whispered:

"The factory has been hacked... by the Rapid Response Division 1."

......

Lin Chen felt this place was more like a laboratory than a factory.

The production lines had extremely strict isolation measures in place, and the group had to pass through three or four airlocks before entering the factory.

“Assembly workshop…” Lin Chen looked at the sign next to him, “Zhanyi, see if there is any usable intelligence.”

"it is good."

Li Zhanyi squatted down in front of the panel in the workshop and inserted the USB drive.

She fiddled with it for a while, then whispered:

"Damn it... All the raw materials for the Abyss Crystal were cast half an hour ago, and the fusion process has already begun..."

"Where do we merge?" Jiang Zhengge asked.

"In...the core room!"

Li Zhanyi raised his head and pointed in a direction:

"Passing through Workshop 5, you'll reach the core area directly!"

"Let's go." Jiang Zhengge picked up his gun and rushed towards the connection point of the workshop.

After passing through another air valve, they were greeted by boundless darkness.

"A power outage?" Hua Luori looked up. "That's strange..."

"Activate the night vision goggles," Jiang Zhengge ordered.

One by one, everyone pulled down their night vision goggles, and the scene before them turned green.

At this moment, Li Zhanyi suddenly raised his head:

"Thirty seconds later, the enemy troops entered and took cover."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately scattered throughout the workshop, searching for cover among the production lines.

"Who is the enemy?" Jiang Zhengge asked Li Zhanyi.

“Black Skull,” Li Zhanyi said, “at least five squads.”

Lin Chen hadn't seen the Black Skull Legion for a while.

“A rare guest,” he said in a low voice.

“Let’s also work in groups,” Jiang Zhengge said. “Oss, you and Lucy are in one group, Lin Chenzhanyi, you are in another group, Black Sword.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll show you around, Xiao Jiang,” Hua Luo Ri said.

"Time is of the essence. Any team that has the opportunity should head straight for the core area. Preventing the Abyss crystal from completing its fusion is our top priority," Jiang Zhengge said.

"receive."

"..."

Inside the pitch-black factory, rows of dark figures lined up to enter.

They wore skull masks, their eerie blue eyes gleaming behind them.

These demigod prototypes clearly didn't need night vision goggles to provide excellent eyesight; they spread out in the darkness and began searching for the Rapid Response Division's tracks...

"Zizzizi..."

It's unclear when exactly, but smoke began to billow out from all over the workshop, gradually filling the air.

"Enemy attack." A black skeleton raised his gun and aimed at the smoke.

The next second, he heard the sound of glass shattering—

"Sizzle!"

A superalloy axe severed his head, and at the same time, a gunshot rang out:

"Boom! Boom!"

Lin Chen raised his shotgun and pulled the trigger at the remaining two Black Skulls.

They were hit in the chest by four or five super alloy bullets, yet they still stood there.

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a whale's cry, a .338 whale cry round shattered the Black Skull's mask, killing him.

The remaining black skeleton steadied himself, and with lightning speed drew his dagger, slashing at Lin Chen—

"clang!"

Lin Chen drew his axe and calmly met the attack.

......

Chapter 46 Ms. J

"Successful evacuation, ah...that feels good..."

Inside the submarine, Lavasis stretched, a faint smile on his face, as if he had just returned from a vacation.

"Are we in international waters?" He walked to the cockpit and looked out into the deep darkness.

“We’re in,” the pilot said. “The Freedom Eagle will come to pick us up in a few hours.”

“Oh? It seems the lizardmen have figured it out?” Lavasis smiled. “Good, then when we return to America… we won’t have to go through so much trouble.”

The submarine was sailing in the deep sea, and Lavasis sat in the co-pilot's seat, opening a bottle of champagne.

"Ah... I'll miss the Silver District..." he murmured softly.

At that moment, the submarine's radar went off:

Something is approaching... very soon!

"A torpedo?" Lavasis stood up. "Now? Who launched it?"

“No, it doesn’t look like a torpedo,” the pilot murmured. “It looks like…”

Lavasis soon found out what it was.

A ghost ship sped across the sea, its three masts trailing a ghostly blue light.

On the bridge of the ghost ship, the old captain gripped the oar and swung it rapidly.

"Drift!" the drunken old captain shouted from the deep sea.

"They're from the Secret Service..."

Lavassis sighed softly and sat back in the passenger seat.

“What a fucking waste of time…” he cursed.

"boom!!!!!"

A violent explosion spread across the deep sea, and the ghost ship crashed directly into the submarine, splitting it in two.

......

"Da da da da! Da da da!"

Lin Chen fired a burst of bullets outwards, then turned back to reload.

He and Zhanyi have already taken down 1.5 Black Skull squads and are currently at the front of the line.

As for where the remaining 0.5 is...

"Grenade, above my head!" Li Zhanyi shouted.

Lin Chen pulled Li Zhanyi into his arms and covered her with his trench coat.

He bent down, and a dark blue coating appeared on his body—

"boom!!!"

The violent explosion overturned two or three production lines, and shattered, dark blue crystalline material was scattered all over the ground.