Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1474 - 62: Stunning Performance

Chapter 1474: Chapter 62: Stunning Performance

The warm and sunny sunlight pierced into the gloomy and damp sewer, yet everyone felt not a hint of warmth; rather, they felt a chill throughout their bodies as a lowly fighter was swarmed and drowned by the mutant rats, his protective clothing punctured in an instant, a significant amount of flesh gnawed away.

"Save me!" The lowly fighter had barely cried for help before the sharp teeth of the mutant rats tore through his cheek and severed his throat. He released his ability and flung away some of the creatures, but there were simply too many monsters.

Chunks of concrete fell thick and fast, adding to the chaos within the sewer.

Squeaking, the rats shot out like crossbow arrows, hitting the walls of the temporary team at the speed of bullets, creating large pits in the wall.

"Let’s move!" Tang Zheng deployed a gravity barrier.

The mutant rat swarm was instantly repelled, clearing a space, but they didn’t give up and continued their frenzied sprint.

The lowly fighters, seeing Tang Zheng stay behind to cover their retreat, were so moved they nearly died of gratitude, but it was just a momentary emotional surge; they would not stop to let the group leader go first.

"Move it!" Pang Meiqin was so angry she wanted to hit someone. These guys were in a complete panic; some of them even messed up trying to jump to the five-meter-high surface.

"There’s no time!" Tang Zheng activated antigravity, wrapping it around the lowly fighters and catapulted them out of the sewer like cannon shells.

The mutant rat swarm began their assault, swarming out of the sewers and sprawling in all directions. So numerous and forceful were they that they caused the sewer to collapse.

The road surface of a large half-block area collapsed, and not only did it fail to kill the mutant rats, but it also freed them to pour out and start killing.

Pedestrians on the street were stunned for a moment, then fled in terror, but were quickly caught by the rat swarm, consumed to the bone within three seconds.

Nothing was left in the wake of the rat swarm, not even the concrete buildings were spared a few bites.

"It seems that in addition to the hostile Trojan faction, we have other enemies waiting for us." Zhu Kefu reported the situation to Natasha while holding a heavy machine gun, his face grim.

"How can you be sure they aren’t on the same side?" Fu Tianxiao didn’t understand, "They could also be artificial monsters created by the opponent."

"That’s impossible. The destructive power of such monsters is too great; I reckon they couldn’t control them either." Dong Zixuan remembered the ambush they had experienced when logging into the theme world, "They must abide by certain rules, otherwise, why not plant enough mini nuclear bombs? While they wouldn’t be able to wipe out the Trojan Squad entirely, it would still cause chaos."

"That’s not enough evidence; nuclear bombs are something that some abilities and instruments can detect. The Conquerors aren’t fools; once they enter the game, they’ll definitely check their surroundings. If they find a nuclear bomb trap, the opponent’s subsequent hunting plan would surely fail, so they definitely wouldn’t do that."

"Nuclear bombs? Such a low-level tactic is only good for dealing with fodder; any Hero Level wouldn’t get killed by a bombing. But you are right about one thing: any Trojan squad must follow one rule, which is not to cause irreparable damage to the theme world, otherwise, there will be terrible consequences."

"What consequences?" Dong Zixuan was curious.

"Don’t know, maybe world collapse or something. Anyway, it’s related to causality. Our world’s ninth-ranked Trojan squad disappeared without a trace because they had once caused a big chaos," Zhu Kefu folded his arms, making a scared expression, deliberately frightening them.

"Now there’s no doubt, they’re definitely not together." Fu Tianxiao pointed at the street corner a hundred meters away, where several armored vehicles appeared and collided with the mutant rat swarm, launching an aggressive attack; from the skills they exhibited, they were Conquerors.

"Let’s go!" Tang Zheng was not surprised at all. If the temporary team was left stranded and the enemy did not take the opportunity to bite, then they must have been hit on the head by the door.

The team sprinted out 200 meters, passing through two street blocks, and could see the infantry armored car hidden in the alley.

"Zhu Kefu, scan the war chariot!" Along the way, Tang Zheng had roughly asked about the abilities of the Blonde Handsome Guy and knew he was the captain of the Russian land combat team, especially adept at guerrilla warfare.

Zhu Kefu snapped his fingers, and a two-meter-tall magnetic storm soldier appeared, wearing light armor and carrying a magnetic storm rifle, with the bright Soviet Union red star branded on its chest and helmet.

The soldier pulled out a black scanner, shooting out a green light that spread into a plane upon hitting the war chariot, sweeping over the body of the vehicle.

Beep, beep, the urgent alarm sounded.

"There’s a bomb," Zhu Kefu’s face changed as he aimed his gun behind, sticking close to the wall.

"Follow me!" Tang Zheng backed up against the wall, smashed it with a punch, and then entered.

The lowly fighters were too slow to react; they did not understand that ’bomb’ meant that the enemy had already arrived and even set an ambush.

The next moment, a tsunami-like barrage hit them. Two unlucky guys who didn’t squeeze to the front were injured and their pace delayed. They were then sniped and had their heads blown off.

Two Trojan squads driving more than a dozen infantry armored cars came out and blocked both exits of the alley, ready to play catching turtles in a jar. However, Tang Zheng’s house-drilling tactic left their amped up strike with no outlet.

"What do we do?" The middle-aged man was anxious, sweating profusely from his forehead.

"Zhu Kefu, Meiqin, Xin Lan, Sha Ou, go to the other side, try to spread out as much as possible, make some noise. When I say OK, we’ll all rush out together, create chaos, and seize a war chariot," Tang Zheng didn’t have time to care for the middle-aged man, quickly assigning tasks.

"Why split our forces?" Seven-point Head felt Tang Zheng’s tactics were wrong. At this time, they should concentrate their power, attack a point of the enemy fiercely, and break through.

The protectors also had a quick-reacting group leader. Based on the noise of the temporary team breaking through the wall, they identified their location and directed their cannon fodder to cover fire.

"Shut up, that’s why." Tang Zheng roared softly, waving a hand, Seven-point Head was pulled by gravity, smashing directly into the wall and tumbling into the alley, "When I’m speaking, anyone who interrupts can go to hell!"

The small fry went silent as if they were struck by cold.

"Move out!" Zhu Kefu, clearly from a big team, didn’t haggle and had a sharp grasp of the timing for combat.

The protectors, on seeing Seven-point Head, immediately focused their fire on him, and Zhu Kefu took advantage of that second to break through the wall and enter another building.

Li Xinlan and two others followed.

"Composed under pressure, prompt in response, and even removing potential threats, this guy is truly dreadful!" Wang Fang watched Tang Zheng’s broad back and felt extremely at ease following him—you didn’t need to worry at all; he had thought of every detail.

Seven-point Head only said a word and was openly used by Tang Zheng as bait.

Fu Tianxiao and others thought Tang Zheng threw him out because he was angry at Seven-point Head’s interruption, but in fact, it was just for show, the real purpose was to reduce the danger for Xin Lan and the other three during their move, as well as for their own surprise attack.

Seven-point Head entered Hero Mode, withstanding the first volley round. Such a performance made the protectors think he was a formidable enemy, releasing an even more fierce attack.

"Dammit!" Seven-point Head cursed, fleeing pathetically, trying to take cover in the room to the right.

"Wang Fang, Fu Tianxiao, focus and locate the psychic ability user on the other side." Tang Zheng remained calm as he reminded them.

"How do we confirm that?" Fu Tianxiao asked naively, but Tang Zheng no longer needed to answer.

"Mental Attack!" The protector group leader shouted, commanding the combat, "All Conquerors of third-order and above, full force strike!"

A bearded man focused on Seven-point Head, unleashing a psychic lightning.

Seven-point Head’s body suddenly stiffened, overwhelmed with dizziness, and as a multitude of abilities struck him, unsurprisingly, he was blasted to bits.

"I’ve got a feeling, coordinate with me for the attack!" Wang Fang, through psychic sensing and despite the barrier of walls, could pinpoint the enemy’s location.

For psychic ability users, their psychic waves are naturally stronger than average people, plus the attack just now made him stand out like a firefly in the dark, glaringly obvious.

"Understood!" Fu Tianxiao felt dejected, realizing her combat thinking just couldn’t keep up with theirs; had they been the enemy, she would have been killed long ago.

"OK, let’s go!" Tang Zheng roared.

Boom, Tang Zheng burst through the wall, appearing in the alley, and at the same time, twenty heavily armored magnetic storm infantry appeared, unleashing an electromagnetic storm at the opposing Trojan Squad.

Blue electric arcs rampaged.

"It’s the bearded guy!" Wang Fang muttered, entering Hero Mode and focusing her full Psychic Illusion on the target.

Fu Tianxiao acted accordingly.

Taking cover behind the magnetic storm infantry, Tang Zheng teleported, appearing behind the bearded man, already entrapped in the illusion.

"No good!" The protector group leader had good eyesight, but it was too late to rescue.

Gravity Well descended, and the Conquerors of Trojan Squad immediately stiffened, those below third-order group members were even pressed down to the ground.

"Die!" Tang Zheng grabbed the bearded man’s head, squeezed with all his might, and the head burst like a rotten watermelon.

Bang, Zhu Kefu broke through the wall and jumped down from a three-story height, holding a heavy machine gun and furiously shooting at the group leader.

Pang Meiqin, wielding a curved knife, followed closely behind, cutting a gory swath through the Trojan Squad.

Without Tang Zheng’s command, Wang Fang and Fu Tianxiao also knew to bomb with full force, throwing the enemy into chaos.

Dong Zixuan’s ability activated, the road surface cracked open, and hot lava rolled out, pouring over those conquerors who were pressed down by gravity and couldn’t get up.

Li Xinlan clenched her right fist and slammed it into the wall, white ice layer immediately spread.

The rear of the Trojan Squad charged forward, seeing the ice layer pass by their side, then suddenly swelling and forming a forest of spear-thorns shooting out.

The protectors tried to dodge, Sha Ou clapped his hands together, and the buildings on both sides collapsed, falling down and burying them alive.

The protector group leader saw that over half of his group members had fallen at first encounter and lost all will to fight, seeking to flee.

"Since you’re here, don’t even think about leaving." The blonde handsome guy whistled, magnetic storm infantry encircled the group leader to attack.

The group leader activated his shield, but it wobbled under the magnetic storm. He opened fire in full force, barely killing an infantry when suddenly, the victim self-destructed, and the resulting shock wave hit him head-on.

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