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Chapter 153 - 152 Igniting Unwillingness

Chapter 153: Chapter 152 Igniting Unwillingness

"0:00, Begin."

The coastal area of Half City was surrounded by walls and illuminated by lights, except for the southeast direction where the factory’s position blocked the street lamps, making it exceptionally dark.

Moreover, since two captains’ duty stations were positioned in the northeast and directly south, the southeast was the easiest area to infiltrate.

In fact, there were several such areas. When the patrol teams were assigned to guard patrols, these areas were also included. However, because the area was too dimly lit, patrol personnel would look and leave quickly, and even if the stationed personnel stayed there, they would try to stay within the lit areas.

For Luminous Stone people, light was already almost as essential as air — unless they were sleeping, staying long in a dark area would make a normal Luminous Stone person psychologically tired and nauseous. Therefore, it was understandable when the stationed team members slightly deviated from their positions.

More importantly, they didn’t expect anyone to attack Half City again. Last time, the mob succeeded in looting the factory zone because no one could stop them there, and the Patrol Execution Guard reacted too slowly, allowing them to escape.

Now that the Patrol Execution Guard had strengthened the night duty personnel, with patrol teams stationed all over Half City, no one believed Backlight Particle would dare to attack the factory zone again — it would be a suicide mission!

So when Yin Minghong and his group climbed over the wall, the team members at the far wall tower were yawning, the patrol team members assigned to each area had just left, and the stationed personnel nearby were basking in the daylight lamp.

Quietly, unnoticed.

"0:15, Knock out the stationed personnel."

Four Martial Artists burst from darkness into the light, instantly knocking out the dazed patrol team members under the street lamps on both sides, covering their mouths so they couldn’t utter a scream as they fainted. Even as they fell, they were caught by the White Night Walkers, who gently lowered their heads, making almost no sound.

"0:35, Infiltrate the four nearby border factories and install Luminous Firepowder."

In this elite White Night Walker raid, the factory stay-back personnel were no match at all, especially as the guard arrangements had already been leaked by the so-called ’Young Lord Captain’ who delivered midnight snacks days earlier.

They didn’t know what happened before their eyes went black, fainting as the White Night Walkers swiftly entered the factory, taking out the Luminous Firepowder hidden in oil bags and carefully affixing it to the machines.

Firepowder had been invented long ago, and the Luminous Stone people invented a special strengthened version of it — Luminous Firepowder, which mixed with Luminous Stone fragments to enhance the explosive power to another level. However, due to its excessive power and instability, which could ignite nearby materials, it was difficult to use for military purposes and was mostly used in mining.

Apparently, what miners could access, White Night could also obtain.

"0:55, Sequentially detonate the factory’s firepowder. Based on the length of the fuses, Factory One, Two, Three, and Four will explode respectively in 15, 30, 45, and 60 seconds. This chain reaction will concentrate the Patrol Execution Guard’s attention in this area."

After the White Night Walkers installed the firepower bombs, Yin Minghong and others quickly subdued the large factory near the center of Half City. This factory belonged to the Luo family, with a Wolf Eagle Fist adept Martial Artist guarding it. But clearly, thanks to a tactful ’Young Lord Captain’ coming over for card games, Yin Minghong and the others burst into his resting room, letting him dream sweetly.

Yin Minghong and others hid in the corner of the wall, silently counting down in their hearts: ’5, 4, 3, 2...’

Boom!

Boom!

Two violent explosions made Yin Minghong’s pupils contract suddenly! He turned his head and saw flames shooting to the sky, lighting up the black night!

Almost simultaneously, Factory One blossomed into dazzling fireworks, its fiery burst sending the factory’s roof soaring into the sky!

A White Night Walker couldn’t help but change his expression, "How did it explode over there!?"

The first explosion sound originated from the central area of Half City!

They were all here, so who blew up the central factory?

If it was an accident, that’s impossible — this kind of fiercely burning sky-spraying flames were distinctive of Luminous Firepowder, an accident couldn’t cause such an effect, like a stomach ache would at most cause diarrhea, not spurt a blood flower like a hemorrhoid burst from the third eye!

Before they could settle on how to respond to this sudden change, the ground of the factory zone trembled again!

Boom!

Boom!

Two more factories spurted sky-high flames!

Instantly, the lights of Half City dimmed, and the sky-reaching flames illuminated every corner of the factory zone!

"Someone else also chose to attack the factory zone tonight," the second leader of the ’Shattered Silver Operation’ Yin Minghong calmly analyzed, "Moreover, the timing coincides completely with ours."

"Though this timing is indeed the best, just after the patrol team shift change, other members disarmed and began resting, and those from the Patrol Execution Guard were weary and fatigued; though Luminous Firepowder is indeed the best destructive tool, especially against factory machines; though..."

"Although many coincidences can be explained, I rather think this is an arranged inevitability." Yin Minghong said, "It seems that our ’friend’ doesn’t quite trust our capability and integrity, so he sent another team to ’support’ us."

"Is it our ally?" someone asked.

Yin Minghong nodded, "First, they inserted people in the factory, then attacked starting from the central area; this was part of our planning book, categorized as a secondary strategy. We originally planned to execute both main and secondary strategies, to maximize results, but due to insufficient personnel, we could only execute the main strategy."

"Main strategy from southeast to southwest, secondary strategy from central to northern. With central and southeast factories exploding sequentially, patrol troops will inevitably gather there."

"Unexpectedly, our ’friend’ actually had such a team capable of executing the secondary strategy... so we’ll fulfill their good intention, continuing with the original plan, but the walkers responsible for sabotaging the central factory won’t need to go anymore..."

As he said this, Yin Minghong frowned, climbing into the factory’s guard tower to gaze into the distance.

’The eight factories in that area belonged to the Jing Family, Zhou Family, and Quan Family, with Jing Family owning four, Zhou Family one, Quan Family three... why were three of Jing Family’s factories gone, yet only Jing Zhengwei’s factory was left?’

Yin Minghong remembered that in the planning book, the eight factories in the central area were prioritized targets because according to the ’Yin Yin Yin’s’ investigation, they were the most profitable production bases for the Silver Blood Association, necessitating a robust critique with arms.

If ’Yin Yin Yin’ sent people to execute the secondary strategy, why did they spare Jing Zhengwei’s factory?

Yin Minghong didn’t believe it was ’Yin Yin Yin’s’ partiality — if he really didn’t want White Night Walkers to attack Jing Zhengwei’s factory, he could’ve excluded the central area from the planning book. After all, the time for ’Shattered Silver’ operation was tight and extremely risky, reducing a few targets wouldn’t bother White Night.

If this wasn’t ’Yin Yin Yin’s’ intention, then it was his subordinates’ unilateral decision.

Just then, Yin Minghong suddenly recalled Wen Hong’s speculations about ’Yin Yin Yin’.

Qing Lan...

Jing Zhengwei...

Jing Zhengwei possessing unknown intelligence sources, suspected of possessing a special unit...

The people sent by ’Yin Yin Yin’ avoided Jing Zhengwei’s factory...

Could it be that this group of ’allies’ is connected to Jing Zhengwei? Is ’Yin Yin Yin’ truly the Qing Lan who can contact Jing Zhengwei’s secret forces?

In a flash, countless conjectures flitted through Yin Minghong’s mind, but there was no time for further contemplation, "Those assigned to destroy Factory 19, proceed as planned. After Factory 19, personnel can pair up and act freely with others... Time’s up!"

No matter what happens, the original plan must be executed.

If we’re supposed to blow up all eight factories in the Central District, then all of them must be destroyed, not a single one left!

Since you all ’can’t bear’ to take action, then we’ll do it for you!

Boom!

At this moment, Factory No. 2 erupted in a blaze, signaling the transition to the second phase of the attack plan!

"1:25, Factory No. 2 destroyed, everyone split up, avoid brightly lit avenues, use the dark alleys between factories to quickly reach various parts of Half City, creating the illusion of a large number of attackers."

With just a few gusts of wind, everyone simultaneously darted out of the factory, slipping into the factory-adjacent winding paths like shadows, swiftly roaming through Half City!

"1:55, Factory No. 4 explodes, expected patrol moving southeast, no White Night Walker in the northeast area at this time."

"2:15, Factories No. 5 and No. 6 in the southern area explode simultaneously, expected central patrol converging south, White Night Walker evacuates in advance."

"2:55..."

All White Night Walkers were like clockwork robots, precisely following the timeline in the plan, doing the corresponding tasks at the corresponding times, never early, never late!

A few days ago, when Yin Minghong saw this plan, his instinctive reaction was disbelief.

Too fast!

This plan was too fast!

Attacking half of the factories in Half City in just a few short minutes is an utterly impossible task!

It’s like a tiger pouncing on a goat; theoretically, if the goat bends down and rams the tiger’s belly with its horns, it could counter-kill—though theoretically possible, it’s practically unattainable!

But upon careful reading, Yin Minghong had to admit, if they could indeed gather the right people to execute the plan, perhaps, maybe, there might be a slight chance to achieve the strategic goal of this plan.

Though it’s ultimately about finding suitable candidates, Yin Minghong and the others had already prepared themselves to die when participating in the plan.

In fact, over the years, for Xuanzhu’s White Night activities, when was their life not hanging by a thread?

Ants shaking the tree,

The weak wielding swords against the strong,

Ordinary people resisting the tyrannical rulers,

Naturally requires the resolve to forge ahead despite countless deaths.

Actually, even if Xuanzhu’s White Night’s attack on Half City succeeds, it won’t have much substantial significance.

The Silver Blood Association’s rule comes from the Governor’s household, from the proclaimed government, from the Heyang Army, from the eighty-eight merchant associations — the entire Dongyang District’s economy, military, politics, and even culture, are under the Silver Blood Association’s control.

Even if half of the city is destroyed, they can rebuild it. Xuanzhu’s White Night’s current loss to the Silver Blood Association is not fatal, but conversely, if this group of White Night Walkers gets caught, then Xuanzhu’s White Night might have to withdraw from Dongyang District — except for Mu Qingmei, the monster, these thirteen people are almost Xuanzhu’s White Night’s main combat strength.

The risk and outcome are completely disproportionate, but why does Xuanzhu’s White Night still carry out this ’Fragmented Silver’ mission?

Because they want the Dongyang people to know.

If we can hit them once, we can hit them twice!

Take those on high and drag them from the clouds into the mud.

Let those living below boldly gaze at the sky.

Turn the sacred into the laughingstock, expose the weaknesses of the powerful, let the people who are used to being exploited by the Silver Blood Association realize that the so-called Silver Blood Association is just that.

Otherwise, even without the Silver Blood Association, there will be governors, governors, noble families to rule this land. The people must realize that these rulers from the old era are paper tigers, only then can White Night replace the Luminous.

White Night is not afraid that the people here are lazy, vain, gluttonous and lazy, materialistic and pleasure-seeking. These traits are, in fact, very normal human desires, and the Silver Blood Association just amplifies and utilizes these traits.

What White Night fears is that the people here are content with the status quo.

’Being a servant isn’t so bad.’

’Working 16 hours a day is no big deal.’

’As long as I don’t upset the master, and work a bit harder, the master won’t beat me.’

Therefore, Xuanzhu’s White Night urgently needs a resounding counterattack.

White Night wants the people of Xuanzhu to know, that besides being content with the status quo, self-consolation, and barely surviving, they carry another sentiment deep within their blood, inherited from their soul—

Discontent.

They can be discontent!

Yin Minghong walked to the guard post, standing beside the knocked-out sentry.

Watching the city filled with smoke and fire, he couldn’t help but squint, stretching out his arms as if wanting to embrace everything before him.

"Living in Xuanzhu County for 24 years, this is the most beautiful scenery I’ve ever seen in Xuanzhu County."

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Like a string of fireworks, one after another, flames erupted from the factories, reminiscent of thunder igniting earthly fire, the sound of explosions roared like thunder, shaking the ground, trembling Xuanzhu!

Five factories plunged into a sea of ​​flames, the raging inferno painting Half City’s night sky into a White Night!

Let this fire ignite Half City, and also ignite the people’s... ’discontent’ in Xuanzhu!

"5:55, simultaneously detonating five factories, declaring the end of the ’Fragmented Silver’ operation’s second phase and entering the third phase."