How to Kill a City (Six Thousand Words)

"Who are the contaminated people?"

"Is this guy crazy?"

"He... he Mingming didn't have any bullets in his gun..."

With Xiao Xiao's sudden move, killing the police officer who was about to use severe punishment and taking the director hostage, the people around him who were pointing guns at him were extremely nervous. They all looked at him with fear and disbelief, with too many horrors and questions surfacing in their hearts.

What kind of monster is this?

He could actually break free of handcuffs, shatter reinforced glass, and kill someone with an unloaded pistol!

Amidst the terrified gazes of this group, Xiao Xiao, having just delivered his declaration, also spent less than a millisecond carefully reviewing and analyzing the situation, arriving at a conclusion. "It's not enough. If I want the news of my appearance and the video I just delivered to the hands of those in power in the real world of Night's End City without being hindered by other factors, now..."

"... The commotion needs to be even bigger!"

"..."

"Shoot! Don't worry about me, just shoot!"

Just as Xiao Xiao was pondering this question, the director he was holding hostage suddenly struggled violently and roared loudly.

The desperate struggle of someone with a gun pointed at them carries considerable weight.

Xiao Xiao's enhanced body, with one arm binding him, was a bit annoying. Moreover, he was not surprised that the person he was holding hostage would struggle like this. The person who had been corrupted, or rather, secretly bought by the stranger, followed a different logic in his heart, regarded the stranger's will as his command, and did not care about life or death, pain or torture.

Therefore, he realized his own intentions and was willing to risk his own life to drag others down with him.

Having understood all this, Xiao Xiao certainly wouldn't waste any more time.

As the other person suddenly struggled, he twisted the hand holding the other person's neck, snapping the neck with a snap.

Then, smiling, he looked up at the dark gun barrels both inside and outside the building.

Everyone holding guns was taken aback, staring blankly at him, and then, without prior agreement, pulled the triggers.

Although I don't understand what Xiao Xiao meant by what he just said to the camera, seeing him break the director's neck without hesitation while being held at gunpoint makes killing this terrifying guy on the spot the obvious choice.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Bullets rained down, covering the sky and earth.

But Xiao Xiao, who had snapped the director's neck, suddenly twisted his body, like a ghost.

In an instant, he passed through the hail of bullets and appeared strangely behind the front row of armed personnel.

Too slow.

To Xiao Xiao, the movements and reactions of these indigenous people were far too slow.

After snapping the director's neck, he had already planned his next move. He lunged forward, and the others fired their guns a full half second slower than him. Combined with his Insight ability, he could almost clearly judge the trajectory of each bullet. In addition, the explosive power brought by the Violence Factor gave him enough time to dodge every bullet.

So all he had to do was rush forward, twisting and turning left and right, his body flashing and swaying, avoiding the trajectory of every bullet as he moved forward.

Of course, the human eye cannot capture such a rapid movement.

It appeared as if Xiao Xiao's figure had left behind a series of afterimages, strangely appearing behind them.

The key point is that those afterimages... were actually dance moves!

"Behind me, behind me..."

"Don't shoot, don't let anyone get hurt..."

"..."

The armed men at the front were suddenly struck by the hail of bullets that shattered every inch of the room's furnishings, but Xiao Xiao had vanished. They felt a chill run down their spines, as if they had seen a ghost. However, the men behind them were both shocked and terrified when they suddenly saw Xiao Xiao appear. On one hand, they raised their guns and fired as if they had been electrocuted, but on the other hand, they suddenly realized that they were likely to accidentally injure others and shouted a warning.

Regardless of their reactions, Xiao Xiao simply looked at them and gave them a gentle smile.

The next moment, his pupils contracted slightly. "Summon— Thorn Hound!"

Buzz...

An invisible barrier suddenly appeared centered on his body, or rather his brain, causing the air to become distorted.

Within the area enveloped by this invisible force, even Mingming there was nothing in front of them, some people heard faint barking. Even with the naked eye, they seemed to catch three shadowy traces. They circled around Xiao Xiao, weaving back and forth in an instant, enveloping the dozen or so people around him. It looked as if an invisible barrier had opened up, and everyone was submerged.

Weeping bitterly...

All the police officers who were submerged, or rather, touched by those three remaining shadows, were simultaneously in a daze.

An indescribable look of pain appeared on their faces. They couldn't control their memories; tragic and painful scenes from their lives flooded back, overwhelming them. One by one, they knelt on the ground, their expressions blank...

"Verification 2: Application of the abilities of fantasy creatures."

Xiao Xiao silently pondered these thoughts as he walked forward down the corridor.

Anyone who entered within a 30-meter radius of him was immediately entangled by the dark shadow and collapsed to the ground, stunned.

It looked as if his body possessed invisible radiation that could render anyone incapacitated.

"From the perspective of a stranger, I have only summoned three Thorn Hound. Anyone touched by them will be immediately overwhelmed by painful memories and lose their ability to act and think. They can even grow painful thorns wherever they go, leaving behind a forbidden zone where anyone who enters will be uncontrollably reminded of painful memories, completely controlling the person's mind."

"But from the indigenous perspective, the Thorn Hound doesn't exist; it's just a creature of my imagination."

"The explanation for this ability is that I can create a mental field, and within my mental field are three special mental fruits. Anyone affected by these mental fruits will immediately experience painful memories and lose the ability to resist."

"Two completely different interpretations, yet the same result."

"..."

As he pondered this, Xiao Xiao walked forward.

Whether it was due to his spiritual power or not, the lights in the corridor began to flicker and become unstable.

Between light and darkness, wherever he went, it sometimes became a strange forbidden zone overgrown with painful thorns and intertwined with dark red crystals, and sometimes a pale, empty corridor filled with invisible spiritual power, distorting the air.

He slowly moved forward between these two constantly shifting and vastly different worlds.

Wherever it went, everyone knelt on the ground, unable to move, and occasionally some minor accidents would occur.

When they reached the end of the corridor, a group of police officers who had just rushed over hadn't even had time to shout any threats or fire a shot before they all knelt down on the ground with thuds, their expressions contorted in pain. But among this group, only one handsome young man remained, still holding a gun in his hand, oblivious to what was happening around him, just staring blankly at Xiao Xiao was walking towards him.

But everyone around him had fallen, and he was unsure whether he should fire. His hand holding the gun just kept trembling.

"Huh?"

Xiao Xiao glanced at him curiously.

Why is this guy unaffected by painful memories?

But by simply looking intently into his eyes, the observer's insightful abilities provided the answer.

"This guy is really lucky..."

Since acquiring the three Pain Hound, Xiao Xiao has only encountered two people who are unaffected by his painful memories.

One is a little girl from the Rotten Kingdom. Because of that little girl, life is full of pain, and she has become accustomed to it and numb to it.

And then there's this tall, handsome young police officer in front of me.

He was born into a wealthy family with loving parents. He had everything he wanted growing up. In addition, he had a good personality, so when he started school, girls liked him and boys were willing to be his friends. His grades weren't particularly outstanding, but they were good enough. When he looked for a job, the one he liked was the one his family could help with. And when he looked for a wife, she happened to like him...

This is simply an irrational life trajectory.

In theory, who doesn't have some painful memories that they want to erase forever?

But this guy is so fortunate that his life is so happy that he is unaffected by painful memories.

Perhaps the most painful memory of his was the death of his cat, which he had when he was in school, at the ripe old age of eighteen.

I cried when I buried the cat.

But such memories are far from enough to rob him of his ability to act and think.

So...

... There really are people in this world who have such an unreasonablely happy life.

Xiao Xiao glanced at him with envy, then sighed as he walked past this guy who was only slightly less handsome than himself.

But just as this person was overjoyed and breathed a slight sigh of relief, Xiao Xiao suddenly turned around again.

She gave him a strange look and said, "I still find it hard to believe that someone can be so happy that they have no painful memories at all..."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped him across the face, startling and frightening the man so much that tears welled up in his eyes.

Xiao Xiao nodded in satisfaction and smiled, "Now you have..."

A life isn't complete without some painful memories!

I think I've done a good deed.

Facing a group of ordinary people and surrounded by three Thorn Hound, Xiao Xiao was completely unmatched in this sealed space. He didn't even need to do anything special to put everyone in the entire building into painful memories. Occasionally, when he encountered one or two people who seemed to have special identities and were related to strangers, he simply shot and killed them. He slowly made his way upstairs.

Contrary to the expectations of the terrified crowd, Xiao Xiao did not leave the Guard Hall, but instead went up to the top floor, the 13th floor.

Standing atop a tall building in the night, Xiao Xiao looked down at the city and let out a soft sigh.

"Has the commotion been big enough yet?"

"..."

The entire the Guard Hall has been occupied by myself; it should be big enough by all accounts.

But he still felt that something was missing, so he pondered it silently.

Rolling around...

Suddenly, bright lights swept towards the top of the building, and the sound of sniper rifles could be heard in the distance.

Xiao Xiao looked up and saw two helicopters rapidly approaching the rooftop from the left and right. It seemed that Night's End City reacted quickly; when he was wreaking havoc inside the Guard Hall and the situation was completely out of control, they immediately dispatched two armed helicopters from outside. One of them even opened fire without warning...

It's like a pillow coming right when you're sleepy...

Xiao Xiao smiled and raised his head, the bright spotlight illuminating his smiling face.

Then he raised the Silver Revolver in his hand and aimed it at the helicopter that had fired at him.

"You have to have sex with me all the time, whether there's something to do or not..."

"No matter the occasion or the timing, if I think of you, I have to have sex with you..."

"This is a crucial moment, you can't let us down..."

"..."

He silently spoke to the Silver Revolver in his hand, "Even if it draws all your blood, this shot has to be powerful enough!"

"Bang!"

Having given the instructions, he suddenly pulled the trigger.

The gunshot was deafening, like the roar of some monster. The gun itself tumbled instantly, and the air at the muzzle was shaken into a fan-shaped distortion. The next moment, a strange, visible light instantly pierced the air, shooting straight up hundreds of meters into the sky onto the circling helicopter.

Boom...

The Ji Ji shook violently, and a few seconds later, it suddenly lost its balance and crashed erratically.

A huge flame shot into the sky, illuminating the city, which was shrouded in darkness, as if it were daytime.

Xiao Xiao smiled contentedly against the backdrop of the raging flames:

"That should make a big enough commotion..."

"..."

"..."

Night's End City is descending into chaos, and panic is spreading like wildfire.

The fact that the Guard Hall was occupied by a strange person, and that even the helicopters flying by were instantly destroyed, created an information effect that could not be contained. The news of the Guard Hall being occupied, along with the video of Xiao Xiao in the Guard Hall's interrogation room, were placed on the desks of the real-world rulers of Night's End City within just a few minutes, and pairs of terrified eyes looked at the screen.

"Who exactly is this person?"

"A monster created by those strange genetic experiments in the Black Forest?"

"What kind of pollution is he talking about?"

A significant number of people simply did not understand how Xiao Xiao had accomplished those things, and felt that their worldview had been shaken.

However, some people, whose status was high enough to know some of the truth, were terrified after seeing Xiao Xiao's video and his declaration in it. They turned pale with disbelief and whispered, "Has Black Forest gone mad?"

"Are they confident enough to deal with the Matrix's invasion?"

"..."

The phenomenon, which was so shocking to their sanity, caused their bodies to tremble.

"This secret war has been going on for so many years, and no one has ever dared to confront those lunatics head-on..."

"..."

In reality, the existence of a stranger, or rather, a mother figure, only exists in these three situations.

One type of person was completely unaware of the situation, simply regarding it as some bizarre legend in the city. These people, upon seeing Xiao Xiao's declaration, regarded it merely as the ravings of a madman, at most wondering where Xiao Xiao's strange abilities came from. The other type consisted of those who had already been purchased by the outsiders. They recognized Xiao Xiao's situation at a glance and immediately began questioning the main will.

There is another type, which is the Xiao Xiao most wants to notify.

The true ruler of Night's End City, and a ruler who has not been corrupted by outsiders.

Before doing these things, Xiao Xiao had already considered that such people must exist.

Because of the city's structure and the purchase of points by some people, the higher the level of power, the more expensive the points are. For example, Chairman Xiao Mingming have ten points, which is already a huge fortune, but if he wanted to buy the top people in Black Gate City, he could only buy about ten Rabbit Boss at most, far from being able to wipe them all out.

How could a small city like Night's End City possibly have complete control over the city's upper echelons?

Based on this logic, Xiao Xiao believed that there must exist a group of people who knew about the "mother's" invasion and were secretly on guard against it.

Making a big fuss about it is to ensure that the news of my appearance won't be buried and can be successfully delivered.

And now, these messages have been delivered.

Of course, their reaction was not ideal. Upon hearing Xiao Xiao's declaration, they would immediately stand up and stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Xiao to declare war on the Mother Body. Instead, their first reaction was tension and panic. They were afraid that things would escalate, and they dared not immediately step forward to protect Xiao Xiao at this moment.

Nonsense. If I show myself, I might be targeted by strangers. What if they contaminate me?

They didn't even understand why the people from the Black Forest had come.

If you truly have the confidence to fight the Matrix, then start by eliminating them from your stronghold, the Black Gate...

What are you doing in our Night's End City? Are you conducting a pilot program?

Fortunately, Xiao Xiao's key issue doesn't lie with them.

When he didn't escape but instead voluntarily allowed himself to be brought back to the Guard Hall, and even took control of the Guard Hall, news had already reached the ears of the outsiders in Night's End City. They had planted their own people in various locations, enough to give them access to this information. However, upon seeing this news, they were momentarily horrified, feeling that the world had become incomprehensible:

"Has the guild leader of Black Gate City gone mad?"

Why did he reveal all the traces of our existence to those indigenous people?

"This guy actually managed to break into the city when the entire city started shunning him?"

"..."

In their view, when the entire city began to ostracize Xiao Xiao and his group, the smartest thing for them to do was to leave the city, since no one would be foolish enough to directly confront the city... But they were wrong. Xiao Xiao actually did confront the city. He even went so far as to cause trouble inside the city and send signals to the original inhabitants while the entire city threatened him.

This is incomprehensible behavior because no one has ever done it before.

But the instincts of strangers led them to immediately give the order, "Kill him. He wants to die, so kill him."

"We gave him a way out, but he insisted on courting death..."

"Does he really think that just because he defeated the Hell Organization once, he's become some kind of big shot?"

"Unfortunately, our Night's End City is different from their Black Gate City. Although Black Gate City is large in scale, it is just a disorganized mess, while we have built a perfect defense mechanism. No matter how powerful the Night's End City are, they will only be killed by us..."

"..."

The entire city began to function normally.

When a strange individual takes over the Guard Hall and shoots down a helicopter in public, the city's operating mechanism is to dispatch all its violent institutions to capture or eliminate this Anomalies who has disrupted the city's routines.

In other words, the city began to turn against Xiao Xiao.

Various departments and armed forces mobilized and surrounded the Guard Hall building.

"Night's End City and Black Gate City are indeed different..."

Xiao Xiao felt a strong sense of crisis emerging in various parts of the city, and he sighed silently in his heart.

Perhaps due to the existence of the Black Forest, the outsiders of Black Gate City are completely different from those of Night's End City in terms of survival. They are almost like two parallel lines, occasionally intersecting but immediately separating. Therefore, even when facing the invasion of the Hell Organization or resolving the Rotten Kingdom incident, Black Gate City relies on the outsiders' own strength to fight desperately against that group of amusing madmen.

However, Night's End City had almost completely taken control of the indigenous people's armed forces.

This decision was likely made by placing their own people in certain key positions, which allowed them to quickly mobilize the power of the natives to eliminate dissidents. Of course, Xiao Xiao guessed that from the perspective of outsiders, this might appear as if the city itself was taking action.

But this...

... which would better suit my requirements.

"Little Four, are you ready?"

Standing atop the building, Xiao Xiao, certain that he had attracted the attention of the entire city, let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, his three Eye of the Seer flew into the air at the same time, like three red spheres. He stretched out his arms, holding Silver Revolver in his right hand and a red-handled plastic dagger in his left. He leaned back and rushed straight towards the building. In mid-air, he slowly turned around and faced the city. As the wind blew against his face, his expression became unusually cold.

Downstairs, countless armed forces intertwined to form enormous, blood-red tentacles and eerie, pale faces.

As Xiao Xiao approached, the twisted monster seemed poised to devour Xiao Xiao.

Only...

... It was Xiao Xiao rushing towards the city, not the city rushing towards Xiao Xiao.

How to kill a city?

The method is actually very simple: first, kill the most corrupted people at the bottom of the city.

Free the mother from the city's lowest-level armed forces from their control.

Unfortunately, Xiao Xiao is an insightful observer who is very good at discovering these corrupted people. And now, these corrupted people must have already been driven by the strangers and are rapidly approaching the Guard Hall, using their influence to issue orders.

You've prepared the bait area, but you still can't catch any fish?