"What's going on with this biohazard infection? Are you saying all these people have been infected?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked.
"That's right." The intelligence officer pulled up combat footage. Drone recordings clearly showed infected people's bodies bursting apart, releasing huge amounts of living sludge. The sludge was mixed among the infected, making it impossible to guard against.
According to the footage, anyone touched by the sludge would quickly have it burrow into their body. Within as little as ten minutes, and no longer than an hour, that person would be taken over. Without question, that sludge was the source of infection!
In front of several defensive lines established by the army, War Wolf Mechs equipped with flamethrowers were already clearing away the sludge. Once burned, it quickly charred and carbonized, completely losing its vitality.
But there was simply too much sludge. No one knew how many people it had infected. It was everywhere, blotting out the sky and covering the ground!
The air force now knew what to do as well. Banshee Fighters began carrying incendiary bombs to clear the sludge from the infected zones.
"How many people were in the prison sector where the infection broke out?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked.
"Prison Sector V. It primarily holds serious offenders. There are 12,000 guards, 450 office staff, and 2,000 maintenance workers. The prisoners are mostly rioters arrested during uprisings across the planet, around 1,600 in total... But the biggest problem is..." The intelligence officer's expression turned grave. "Because of the Extermination Order, around 80,000 Xilu people were temporarily housed there... The guard units were all hastily redeployed."
Lieutenant General He Ru's expression darkened as well. "So the infection began with the Xilu people?"
"That cannot be confirmed yet, but it is highly likely," the intelligence officer said.
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