Rainstorm, Flames, Killer
The Eclipse Project was jointly constructed by multiple United Research Bureau of World Companies.
It can completely seal off the Moon City in a short period of time, and the strength of the seal is close to the world's limit, meaning that even a monster incarnate would have a hard time breaking through it.
The only remaining pathway is the Earth-Moon Orbit.
Once a lunar eclipse occurs
The headquarters will dispatch a "Suppression Squad" by train to the Moon City to carry out forced suppression.
The situation was the same this time; a fully armed Suppression Squad quickly met at the boarding gate of the Earth-Moon Orbit (Capital Station).
However, the situation before them was quite surprising.
The track, which had never had any problems before, was suddenly punctured by a short circuit in multiple devices, which ultimately caused a violent explosion and also resulted in a certain degree of tunnel collapse.
This is the Earth-Moon Orbit, a key area that the World Bureau built at great expense and maintains daily by a professional team.
The probability of this happening is no greater than one in ten million.
Given that a lunar eclipse is currently taking place, it's easy to see that this tunnel explosion must have been caused by human intervention.
However, this was not the Suppression Squad's mission; their target was only Moon City.
One of the team members simply placed his palm on the collapsed tunnel rock, and the giant rock began to move aside on its own, revealing a deep and long train tunnel to them.
No vehicle was used.
The Suppression Squad traversed the "Earth-Moon Orbit" on foot, and the closed orbit gates along the way were reopened due to their arrival.
The lunar eclipse has begun. All residents of Moon City are requested to suspend all work and current activities, return home as quickly as possible, close doors and windows, and await the end of the eclipse. If your journey home takes more than five minutes, it is recommended that you seek refuge in a nearby public area.
All residents of the Moon City received the news immediately.
All shops are closed.
Employees who were at work stayed inside the company premises and closed all entrances and exits.
Taxi drivers who were working at night also stopped working and quickly returned home or to nearby shelters.
Within minutes, Moon City was placed under a state of emergency.
Logically speaking, an ordinary person wouldn't stay on the street, but tonight was a bit different.
A middle-aged blond man in a sharp suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses first appeared around the train station. He did not heed the broadcast's instructions to go to the nearest shelter, even though there was a shelter at the train station.
He seemed more like a passenger arriving in Moon City for the first time.
His tense face twitched slightly, filled with unease.
He had never encountered such a situation before, such a sudden and unexpected situation that was beyond his control, in his entire life.
Benjamin Stewart
Born in London, England, he displayed exceptional intelligence from a young age, far surpassing his peers. However, no one noticed that a small clique always existed in his class, and this clique was completely subservient to him.
She began pursuing a PhD in psychology at Cambridge University at the age of eighteen.
He was also the youngest vice president of the student union.
He was expelled due to a serious incident on campus.
In the second week after being fired, Benjamin no longer longed for his hometown and turned his attention to a special country in the East, a country full of opportunities but also incredibly dangerous.
It was the Federated States, built in the corner.
He decisively signed up for the elite immigration program, achieved excellent results, and earned the opportunity to study at the University of Los Angeles.
Just when Benjamin thought he could still easily get by in school by relying on his brains, as before...
He discovered that this university was completely different, and could not even be called a school... The students here were all monsters, and his level could only barely reach the middle.
Even if he tries his best, he can't stand out. He'll even be exposed if he tries to form a clique, and he'll be ostracized on campus.
that's all,
Benjamin remained silent for twenty years, still unable to make a name for himself in the capital.
He finally got an opportunity when he was forty years old.
With his still-intelligent mind and his ability to manipulate corners of the world, he won the position of "Moon Supervisor," a role that few people considered at the time.
Upon arriving in Moon City, a city riddled with festering sores, Benjamin felt as if he were returning home.
He quickly regained the confidence he had lost in the capital city here, and gradually discovered that Moon City was the most suitable place for him in the world.
In just five short years.
He then developed the Moon Surveillance Team, which annually submitted several times more high-quality pituitary glands to the capital than before.
Moreover, under his management, the safety assessment parameters of Moon City have increased, even exceeding the previous highest values, and there has been no lunar eclipse for several years.
The entire Moon City appears gleaming on the surface, like a mine full of gold and silver, relying on the capital.
Over the years, he has been enjoying the fruits of his labor, reveling in the feeling of dominating the entire city, and any voice of resistance from within the city would be suppressed immediately.
Smooth sailing.
Until the 4hs website he created, a young man with the account name "Mr. Di" came to the city.
Not a single car?
Benjamin's physical body was not much different from that of an ordinary person. He ran out of the train station and looked around, trying to find a passing car.
As long as he can see it, his mind can act on it and control the driver.
Because he wasted time on the city wall, there were no cars left on the street.
He knew perfectly well that his true form was marked with a strange Gray Mark that would be difficult to remove in a short time. His only option now was the safest area in the city – the Mercury Hotel.
It would be impossible for him to run across from the train station, given his physical abilities.
At a critical moment.
Benjamin pulled a syringe filled with white emulsion from his dressing room and injected it directly into his carotid artery. As some kind of brain-related essence flowed into the artery, his mental power coverage was expanded to three times.
A lightbulb went off in my head!
"Looks like my luck is pretty good!"
A car that hadn't been driven away was parked on the next street.
He simultaneously used his mental energy to strengthen his physical body, quickly sprinting towards the vehicle while constantly scanning his surroundings, trying to find Luo Di, who might be chasing after him at any moment.
As he got into the car and started it with his mental power, he didn't notice anyone approaching him throughout the entire process.
That makes sense.
The Surveillance Team he painstakingly built consisted of members who were at a level close to, or even equal to, those of city investigators.
Moreover, they had all undergone extensive demonic implantation, greatly enhancing their physical abilities and granting them a variety of different skills. Even if they were all killed, they would inevitably inflict significant injuries on Luo Di, and he might even die afterward.
The vehicle starts.
With the city deserted and the streets empty, it takes less than fifteen minutes to reach the center.
As soon as he arrives at the Mercury Hotel, Benjamin activates his membership to request the highest level of security protection until the Suppression Squad responsible for handling the Moon Eclipse Event arrives.
Tick-tock!
Raindrops the size of beans pattered against the car window.
[Eclipse Rain]
During a lunar eclipse, artificial rain, carried out by a canopy device covering the Moon City, is mixed with a Pheromone that helps the Suppression Squad locate the source of danger more quickly.
Benjamin maintained a high level of mental focus, and even in torrential rain, he could always scan the specific road conditions a hundred meters ahead.
The Mercury Hotel, the largest hotel in the city and brightly lit, had already come into view; he would arrive in less than three minutes.
Just then.
On the street that should have been deserted, his mental energy sensed something... There was someone ahead!
Benjamin leaned forward, looking straight ahead through the high beams. The rain was so heavy that he could only vaguely make out the outline of one person.
But seeing just the outline is enough.
"Luo Di!"
The Mercury Hotel is on this route, and if we turn around now and deviate from the route, it will be easier for them to catch up.
Perhaps...
Benjamin floored the accelerator and rammed into Luo Di at top speed.
As long as the other party is still within the realm of human beings, it is impossible for them to withstand a collision from a car traveling at 180 km/h.
He also extended his mental energy forward as thin threads, attempting to intervene at the brain level and simplify the impact process.
Strangely,
Any strand of mental energy that gets close to the target will first be burned by the high temperature and then directly severed by an invisible killing intent. It seems that Luo Di has become different from before.
100m
50m
20m
From this distance, you can already see Luo Di standing at the crossroads, his body shrouded in a heavy, oversized leather coat, his thick-soled leather shoes treading between puddles.
Strangely enough.
The other person's face was still unclear, as if it were obscured by something, or covered by some invisible color.
Luo Di had already raised his hands high, holding a knife in each hand.
The Metal Construction of the torture instrument made the knife heavy and huge, three times the size of the original pig-slaughtering knife, and it was reinforced with various wires.
This knife no longer seems to be used to kill people...
But Benjamin didn't care about any of that anymore and charged at full speed!
The front of the car collided.
The blade slashed down!
The clanging of metal echoed through the rainy night streets.
The car, cut in two, rolled wildly through the streets.
The passenger side of the car crashed into a streetlight and exploded violently, sending flames soaring into the sky.
The half of the vehicle where Benjamin was located, after rolling more than ten times, landed right in the middle of the road, upside down.
Thanks to the seatbelt and the stress protection provided by the brain in an emergency, he only suffered a few fractures and a mild concussion.
Fortunately, the cut that cleaved the car body did not injure him.
The pituitary gland secretes to forcibly suppress the dizziness caused by the concussion.
Benjamin's gaze shifted from the wrecked car window to the Mercury Hotel, which was just a street away, less than 300 meters away.
Driven by the will to survive, he began to move, reaching out to pull at the seatbelt that was stuck.
He wanted to crawl out of the completely wrecked car and head towards the Mercury Hotel.
Just then,
A sound came from beside his ear.
A sound that could drown out a downpour.
Tap tap tap!
The heavy footsteps were approaching, each one feeling like it was pounding on his heart.
This oppressive feeling, squeezing his soul, forced him to turn his head and look behind him.
The burning flames,
A torrential downpour,
And the "murderer" who walked step by step along the middle of the road.
There was no running, no quickening of the pace.
It was just a normal walk.
There was absolutely no rush; they were simply engaging in the most primal form of hunting.
By the light of the burning fire, Benjamin finally saw the other person's face clearly; it was a mask... and upon seeing this mask, Benjamin's face showed fear for the first time.