Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 206 - 97: Calamity Strikes, Slaughter Insect Swarm_2

Chapter 206: Chapter 97: Calamity Strikes, Slaughter Insect Swarm_2

They had all undergone training from the Processing Department and possessed certain combat skills, each of them equipped with firearms.

There had even been cases where civilian personnel had suppressed Abnormalities.

If it were truly an Abnormality, there should have been some traces left behind.

Ben Lei thought to himself as he quickly arrived at the deeper area.

They were now at the location where those workers had lost contact.

Ben Lei and his teammates spread out, maintaining a safe distance while beginning to examine their surroundings.

But still, they could not find any signs of combat, only the footprints of those who had lost contact.

Ben Lei tried to contact the person in charge to confirm that the signal here hadn’t been severed.

How had they lost contact then? Could it be that they encountered some danger and hid?

"Flying Hero, can you sense them?" Ben Lei asked aloud.

Flying Hero was one of his teammates, a Third Awakening Path of Zero Spiritual Ability User with the ability to sense heat.

This gave him a significant advantage in the search.

He had successfully detected survivors beneath the rubble at a fire scene, saving many lives.

Ben Lei trusted him greatly, but this time, Flying Hero did not respond.

"Flying Hero?"

Ben Lei and the other Processors were shocked and looked incredulously towards the area Flying Hero had been checking—a dimly lit tunnel.

All the light seemed to have been devoured by darkness, which also swallowed Flying Hero who had entered it.

"Flying Hero! Respond!" a Processor shouted, his voice echoing far through the underground tunnel, yet there was no sound of footsteps or calls from Flying Hero.

The team couldn’t believe it, had Flying Hero been caught off guard?

Impossible, he was a Third Awakening Path of Zero Spiritual Ability User, highly sensitive to danger and anomalies. And with teammates right beside him, how could he have been ambushed without realizing?

"How can this be?" Ben Lei’s heart began pounding, and he immediately commanded, "Prepare for combat!"

The Processors promptly picked up their Spiritual Ability Equipment, while a small squad of Iron Guards quickly approached the tunnel.

They had to be cautious against an enemy capable of taking down Flying Hero in these circumstances.

However, just as the Iron Guards neared the tunnel,

the leading Iron Guard seemed to notice something, suddenly stopped, and immediately raised his hot melt gun.

But in the next instant, a Black Shadow descended from above, four sharp blades slashing simultaneously, instantly slicing open the thick Power Armor of the Iron Guard.

In a split second, everyone’s pupils shrank.

For along with the Black Shadow, a wisp of thin fog emerged.

In the thin fog, Ben Lei saw the figure of the attacker.

It had a dinosaur-like body covered with black shells, four muscular arms with sharp claws made their strikes swift and mighty, and a serpentine tail ended with a spear-like sharp barb. Its head extended to a large cranial pouch backward, bearing a flesh-colored face that resembled a human’s yet had a mouth full of pointed teeth.

It held sharp claws capable of tearing apart Power Armor, and in the fog, it let out a silent scream—no, not a silent scream, the sound of its scream was simply muted by the fog!

As if disturbed, the fog swiftly seeped out of the tunnel along with this attack, and the faint mist grew increasingly dense.

The Iron Guard Team closest to the tunnel was instantly engulfed. They roared, they fired, they swung their chain saw axes, as if battling some dreadful Abnormality.

Yet their figures vanished in an instant, as if devoured by the mist.

This was, this was...

"It’s the Disaster Fog! Disaster Fog No.71!" Ben Lei screamed madly, his voice filled with terror, "Everyone get out! Take the message out!"

Of course, only the Disaster Fog could sever signals, isolating everything, devouring life.

But why would the Disaster Fog emerge from underground?

How had it resisted the repellent effects of Giant City’s high walls?

How had it invaded the inside of Giant City?

Why was there no reaction whatsoever from the Void Realm?

Didn’t this mean that Giant City’s response to the Disaster Fog was about to fail completely?

However, no one could answer these questions.

Seeing the fog surging around, Ben Lei immediately employed Aerial Stepping.

The Processors, overwhelmed with shock, also used all their abilities to escape the underground tunnel as fast as possible.

At the same time, they frantically called over the communicator.

"The Disaster Fog has appeared underground!"

"Evacuate the civilians quickly!"

"No, quickly establish a shelter!"

However, as the fog appeared, all of their communicators lost signal.

Their warnings failed to catch anyone’s attention.

Behind them, the fog ignored any physical barriers, rapidly surging out and gradually catching up with the crowd.

Some processors, seeing the way blocked by the fog, could only grab their Spiritual Ability Equipment and charge towards the Disaster Fog.

"For Giant City, for humanity, I’m going to fight you to the end!"

He roared, swinging his weapon, and collided with the Disaster Fog. His figure wavered for a few seconds before disappearing.

"Team leader, run, aren’t you a True Martial? Your speed..." someone bellowed, but the voice abruptly cut off.

"Connect, connect, damn it, connect!" Ben Lei howled, accelerating frantically.

He unleashed the terrifying power of a Four Awakenings Spiritual Ability User.

He raced through the networks, but tears streamed down his face.

Behind him, all sounds had vanished. His teammates, comrades, and friends.

They...

They were all devoured by the Disaster Fog!

But he couldn’t stop, he had to inform Giant City about the intelligence, even if a minute in advance. Giant City could react!

Suppressing his grief, Ben Lei crashed into a wall. Clenching his fists, he smashed through the wall that stood in his way.

The fog wasn’t stopped by walls, but he couldn’t ignore them.

As he tore through the wall, his communicator still had no signal.

But Ben Lei felt a surge of joy in his heart.

Because at this location, he felt the spiritual energy wavelength of the person in charge, here, he could hear his own outcry.

So, at the moment he was swallowed by the fog.

Ben Lei’s Virtual Realm Projection entered the Virtual Realm Starry Sky, and he roared madly into the Void Realm!

"Disaster Fog number 71 in the underground shelter! It’s the Slaughter Insect Swarm!"

His frenzied roar echoed in the minds of the person in charge.

The shelter’s person in charge trembled, his expression full of disbelief.

How on earth did the Disaster Fog get underground?

His heart was seized with fear, but his hand resolutely pressed the emergency button.

Instantly, the frantic alarm sounded throughout Giant City!

Countless processors woke up from their rest to the alarm, and countless ready legions were roused by the alarm.

And on everyone’s phones, an emergency text was received simultaneously.

"Immediately cooperate with Giant City, head to your nearest shelter!"

Li Yelai was also startled awake by the alarm, and after a moment of silence, he immediately picked up his communicator.

In this situation, to receive an emergency order meant... Disaster Fog had arrived!

"Night General, the Disaster Fog has really come!" Sure enough, the voice in the communicator was stern and urgent, "Communication could be cut off at any time. Please immediately head to the nearest shelter! Protect the people!"

"How much time do we have?" Li Yelai was frightened but picked up his weapon and rushed out of his apartment while suppressing his fear to ask.

"Less than twenty minutes, and the Disaster Fog will spread from underground and engulf East City, South City, and parts of North City. Nearly half of Giant City! We can use the Mixed Element Banner to lock the space and prevent the Disaster Fog from spreading further," the liaison spoke quickly. "But in those areas, close to two million people have not yet evacuated."

Twenty minutes, there wasn’t nearly enough time to evacuate all the people.

Half of Giant City... these more than two million people, would all be engulfed by the Disaster Fog.

The Mixed Element Banner could only ensure the entire Giant City wouldn’t be overrun by the Disaster Fog, it couldn’t save these people.

"I understand," Li Yelai took a deep breath. "I will head to the nearest shelter!"

"Night General, good luck!"

"Same to you, comrade!"

Li Yelai took a deep breath.

At this point, No.3 Border City was already beyond salvation.

But for humanity, for Giant City, this place would also become a grave for the Calamity!

"Mr. Shadow, can a deal with you eliminate the Disaster Fog?" Li Yelai murmured.

A faint and elusive voice slowly drifted over.

"When you face the dominator..."