Beg Him for Mercy

"He's coming down, kill him..."

"Pay attention to the formation, and bring in some heavy weaponry..."

As Xiao Xiao leaped down from the high-rise building and rushed into the city, the armed forces that had gathered next to the Guard Hall scattered in disarray. Various orders and shouts arose one after another, and armed forces of different shapes and sizes, each wielding their most powerful weapons, rapidly approached, like the city's own sharp teeth. Xiao Xiao was in the middle.

Yet amidst this tense and fierce offensive momentum, another emotion could not be erased.

Fear!

For the vast majority of the armed forces deployed here, the prevailing emotion is fear. Regardless of whether they are police officers or security personnel, and regardless of their usual training, they are still, after all, individuals.

People are afraid of the unknown, and they don't know what Xiao Xiao is right now.

What kind of monster is it?

He could easily take over a huge the Guard Hall building, destroy a helicopter single-handedly, emerge unscathed from a hail of bullets, and just now, everyone saw him jump directly from the thirteenth floor of a building. Despite the terrifying gravity and acceleration, he landed steadily on the ground using only his own body strength and a few electrical wires.

This isn't human...

Everything proves that this is a monster, a monster beyond imagination.

As a human being, when faced with such a monster, the first instinct is to run away and retreat, but there are always people around urging you to move forward.

They forced themselves to rush forward and fight that monster-like guy to the death.

"Damn it, why do we have to face something like this?"

"Get up here! If you don't, I'll kill you first!"

"..."

In the midst of chaos, this could be a less obvious and easily overlooked emotional conflict.

But to an insightful observer, this emotional conflict is as obvious as a louse on a programmer's head.

"We've found you..."

Facing the chaotic crowd, Xiao Xiao landed and stood up, his pale face showing an excited expression.

These individuals, corrupted by outsiders, are mixed in with key positions across various armed forces and functional departments in Night's End City. Under normal circumstances, they are indistinguishable from others, only unconditionally obeying the orders given to them by outsiders at the most critical moments.

But at this moment, they stood out conspicuously in Xiao Xiao's eyes.

At this point, they had split into two groups. One group was brave and fearless, charging forward with their men without any fear of Xiao Xiao. Because they were beings corrupted by outsiders, they had no fear of death in their eyes and only thought about killing Xiao Xiao.

Another approach is to spare no effort in directing and mobilizing the armed forces at hand.

After all, those who have been corrupted aren't stupid. Their talents, minds, and wisdom still remain; it's just that an inviolable command has been implanted in their minds: kill Xiao Xiao. Therefore, those who have the power to command will understand that it's more advantageous to order others to charge forward than to rush in themselves. Thus, they still choose to remain hidden behind the crowd...

No matter which one, Xiao Xiao could find them.

Around his body, three enormous Eye of the Seer sometimes merged and sometimes separated, flying in the air above the area.

Three Thorn Hound, barking and pouncing, pinned down one armed squad after another.

To outsiders, Xiao Xiao appeared tense and chaotic, with countless forces raging around him. However, to the natives, Xiao Xiao appeared calm and unhurried. The surging spiritual energy around him contrasted sharply with his quiet demeanor, creating a stark contrast that even caused a strong sense of dizziness and nausea among those around him.

"Found it..."

They could barely see Xiao Xiao's body clearly, but Xiao Xiao could see them very clearly.

"The one wearing a black hat on the left, carrying a submachine gun..."

"The commander on the right, wearing a suit and sunglasses..."

"At three o'clock, there's that guy carrying a rocket launcher, aiming it at me..."

"... Holy crap, a rocket launcher?"

"..."

Xiao Xiao his body slightly to the side, his movements as elegant as a ballet dancer who had forgotten to wear a short skirt.

A grenade, its rear end glowing with fire, flew past him, blasting the building behind him into a cloud of flames.

Xiao Xiao sighed deeply, glanced at the man carrying the rocket launcher, and whispered:

"Little Four, let's get started!"

"It all started with the guy who shot me with a rocket launcher..."

"..."

"Understood, Chairman!"

Before the official order was given, Xiao Xiao had no idea where Little Four was.

He was certain that Little Four would receive his orders based on their contractual superior-subordinate relationship, but he didn't expect that the moment he gave the order, a pale face would suddenly appear from the shadows behind the man who was replacing another rocket launcher. Little Four "grew" out of the shadows, leaning slightly forward with his arms wrapped around him.

In his hand, he held a sharp, cold blade; upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be in the shape of a belt.

Then, without a sound, he slashed the man's neck and disappeared back into the darkness, as if he had never been there.

The next moment, a man who was giving loud instructions a dozen meters away suddenly lost his voice.

Suddenly, a horrifying bloodstain appeared on his throat. He strained his eyes to look around, only to see a thin figure disappear without looking back into a pipe less than ten centimeters in diameter, rushing towards another target.

One, two, three, four...

Even Xiao Xiao didn't expect that he would feel how fragile human life is at this moment.

He identified those who had been corrupted by the outsiders, but did not take action himself.

Firstly, I am too much of a target, and secondly, I don't have much experience in killing, so I'm afraid that killing too many people will leave me with psychological trauma.

As the head of such a high-ranking organization, it's not unusual for him to order his subordinates to kill people, right?

But he didn't expect Little Four's execution ability to be so strong. He picked out those corrupted people from the crowd, marked them one by one, and then, under Little Four's silent assassination, they all fell to the ground clutching their necks. Because the action was so clean, under the watchful eyes of everyone, some people were dead for several tens of seconds before they were discovered.

Precise and efficient.

To carry out a silent assassination amidst the chaos of the crowd.

Killing the natives was originally an easy task, but now Xiao Xiao felt a different kind of ease.

You only need to glance at them, and they'll be dead.

One or two is fine, but as more and more people die at Little Four's hands, a different atmosphere gradually emerges in the chaotic armed forces around them. The initial ferocity, violence, and frenzied surge are rapidly fading, and the attacking force is gradually being suppressed.

The strangers in Night's End City only realized this belatedly.

"What happened?"

Where is our commander?

"Captain Sun, that monster is unkillable! Should we still charge in? Captain Sun..."

"Holy crap, did that guy surnamed Sun run away?"

"..."

There were quite a few armed forces that arrived at the scene. Logically speaking, the various weapons and offensive momentum should not stop until Xiao Xiao is killed. However, as time went by, this offensive momentum was stopped. Many people began to surround Xiao Xiao without attacking. The mentality of slacking off due to fear took the lead at this time. They retreated to a distance of several dozen meters to observe the situation.

Meanwhile, corpses with their throats slit were discovered one after another, causing endless panic.

Unfortunately, those who had their throats slit were precisely the hardliners who had just advocated for war, which further dampened the offensive momentum.

"Brother Xiao is truly amazing..."

Amidst this panic, the one most terrified was Little Four.

He had no idea what kind of people Xiao Xiao had marked, but he dared not disobey orders. At this moment, he couldn't even tell what he was killing. He only saw a writhing, twisted flesh in front of him, with countless tentacles and skinned monsters combining to form all sorts of terrifying phenomena, advancing towards Xiao Xiao. But Xiao Xiao remained calm and composed amidst this attack, directing him.

Sometimes it marks a shed-skinned native, sometimes it marks the root of a wriggling tentacle.

Sometimes it points to a particular eye.

All I need to do is erase the marked monsters.

Normally, facing the entire city and such a massive flesh and blood body, what he had done was utterly ineffective, just as no one would expect an elephant to collapse from mosquito bites. But Little Four discovered that as he carried out Xiao Xiao's orders, the flesh and blood of this behemoth began to shrink, moving further and further away from Xiao Xiao's position.

"Is this city actually afraid of Brother Xiao?"

Little Four suddenly realized what this phenomenon meant, and his hair stood on end in shock.

"Is that about enough?"

Xiao Xiao silently calculated in his mind that at least twenty or thirty people had died at Little Four's hands in just a short while.

"How many people in the various important departments of Night's End City have been corrupted?"

"According to the data from Black Gate City, the number of people actually corrupted by the outsiders is not large, only a few dozen in total. They are just deeply entrenched, only influencing certain functional departments at the most critical moments. Night's End City, on the other hand, clearly has a better defense system than us, so the number of Nightfall City personnel they have corrupted must be much greater than ours..."

"But in these armed forces departments, there are probably only a few dozen?"

"From my perception, it's almost impossible to find any more contaminated people around here, so, is the first step complete?"

"..."

As he pondered these thoughts, he raised his head and gazed at the deep, dark Night's End City.

From a stranger's perspective, what one would see at this moment is a city with bared teeth and claws, endless flesh and blood transformed into tentacles and huge mouths, fiercely threatening Xiao Xiao. However, inexplicably, the surging flesh and blood around Xiao Xiao has already retreated a large circle.

It was as if the city was afraid; although it was still issuing threats, it simply dared not approach Xiao Xiao.

From the perspective of the indigenous people, Xiao Xiao sees a city in chaos and riots.

Armed forces simultaneously advanced towards the Guard Hall building, leaving the surrounding citizens bewildered, closing their doors and windows, and trembling with fear.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao, who had completed the initial cleanup, constructed a third perspective in his imagination. He seemed to see a huge, invisible tree towering over Night's End City. The roots of this huge tree penetrated deep into the social functions of Night's End City and entangled themselves around individual people, thus becoming deeply rooted and integrated with Night's End City.

Now, I have cut off its deepest layer of roots.

Its connection with the city is weakening, and Xiao Xiao can even sense its fear and anger.

"Why haven't they killed them yet?"

"This is terrible! Are those guys just sitting around doing nothing?"

In another place, the strangers in Night's End City were almost going crazy. They initially thought that since the city had shown its rejection of Xiao Xiao and his group, they would take the initiative to flee. After all, no one dared to confront a city head-on. However, Xiao Xiao and his group did not. Instead, they took the initiative to penetrate deeper into the city. They thought that since the city's power had been mobilized, Xiao Xiao and his group should be quickly devoured, since their power was limited.

There are indeed outsiders who can confront an entire city head-on, but they are all legendary figures.

Although Chairman Xiao has a terrifying reputation, he is far from being at this level.

But the result was still not the same. After so much time, Xiao Xiao was still perfectly fine and was still causing trouble in the city...

"He's not someone who just sits around doing nothing..."

As the president's stern questioning continued, someone finally realized the problem and murmured, "It's..."

"... is already dead."

"..."

The president didn't even react for a moment. "What? Dead?"

"That guy is still alive and well..."

"..."

"I'm not talking about Chairman Xiao, but those original inhabitants we bought out and who helped us mobilize the city's resources..."

The person who discovered the problem murmured, "They're dead."

The president exclaimed in horror, "Which one? Which one is dead?"

"Every..."

The person answering the question spoke with a strained voice, "Every single one."

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

The guild leader roared incredulously, "We've spent tens of thousands of points to control the armed forces in the city, buying up countless natives in key locations. They can help us mobilize the city's forces to fight off invasions in critical moments. They can mobilize almost every armed force in the city, forming the foundation of our perfect defense system..."

"What outsider could possibly wipe out all these armed forces?"

"..."

"No, that's not how it is..."

Hearing the chairman's roar, the speaker stammered, almost collapsing in despair. "It wasn't that we eliminated those armed forces. In fact, those forces were only slightly damaged. They... they just precisely eliminated the people we had planted inside, like cutting the strings of a puppet. We... we've lost control of those forces..."

"How so?"

Hearing his explanation, all the strangers in Night's End City were stunned.

They had never heard of such a thing before, so they found it hard to understand.

In the logic of a stranger, such a thing makes no sense.

"No, they only eliminated the lowest level. We still have people at the higher levels..."

Someone realized something else, and it was Bai Cheng, who had just downloaded the new consciousness. "As long as the order comes from above, we can still mobilize the armed forces of Night's End City to attack them. Guild Master, those people above were personally purchased by you, so you should be the one to give the order..."

"No, that's not right. Let me think about it. Something's not right..."

The president initially berated them loudly, but now his face suddenly turned pale as he began to think about some issues:

"Our perfect defense system means that we can perfectly mobilize the power of Night's End City..."

"But, but those guys..."

"I don't know how they did it, but they've already cleared out the people we planted in the armed forces, causing us to lose direct command of the city's armed forces. Although the people we left in the city hall are still there, if... if those people above them are also cleared out, wouldn't our... the defense system we spent so many points to build completely collapse?"

"..."

"..."

As he pondered these thoughts, a sense of panic began to creep into his heart.

"That's not all!"

Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao was also silently calculating in his mind. "What has been cleared out now is only a part of the Mother's control over the lowest level of Night's End City. It is conceivable that in the middle and even upper levels of Night's End City, there are people who have been corrupted by the outsiders. The Mother of Night's End City uses these people to perfectly control the city. And now, if those roots are also cut off..."

He suddenly looked up at the city. "Won't you completely lose control of this city?"

I have a vague feeling that things might not be as simple as I think.

But seriously, it's worth a try...

"The Special Investigator sent from the Black Forest is still alive..."

At this moment, the high-level meeting of Night's End City was also filled with panic. The high-level officials of Night's End City, who initially realized what this meant, did not dare to express their opinions directly. They knew of the existence of the Mother and were afraid of being corrupted, but they did not dare to stand up and confront the Mother directly. Therefore, the development of the situation went out of control for a period of time, and the armed forces automatically went to hunt down Xiao Xiao.

But Xiao Xiao did not die during the hunt.

Gradually, the higher-ups in Night's End City began to consider whether they should order someone to bring Xiao Xiao over, either to control him or to send someone to negotiate with him, instead of indiscriminately killing him as they were doing now.

Even some people hidden in the upper echelons of Night's End City began to hesitate.

Deep down, they hadn't received any new instructions; their primary objective remained killing Xiao Xiao.

But now, realizing that something was wrong, it began to consider whether it should report the information to its owner.

The strangers in Night's End City were indeed aware of the problem and were hesitating.

However, Xiao Xiao had anticipated these problems in advance.

"Let's begin the second step in killing the city!"

He looked in one direction, his heart filled with an unprecedented excitement and anticipation, which made his eyes shine even brighter.

"What exactly is that pervert trying to do?"

Even now, Lin Bo and several of Dante Organization's men still don't understand Xiao Xiao's purpose.

They had just experienced a series of shocks. From the beginning, Xiao Xiao decided to stay and fight against Night's End City, and now that so much time had passed, he was still not killed by Night's End City. Every step had been beyond their expectations. So, when they realized that it was almost time for them to carry out Xiao Xiao's arrangements, they felt extremely nervous.

Before them stood a building, now parasitized by flesh and blood.

The massive cannon barrels were already aimed at the Night's End City, ready to fire at any moment.

But Lin Bo had no idea what the consequences would be for Night's End City if he released them.

"Whatever he wants to do, we must cooperate with him."

At that moment, the disheveled woman suddenly put down the electronic device in her hand and said to Lin Bo with a serious expression, "I have recorded all the data from the time he voluntarily came downstairs until now, and I have also realized a problem that I had not thought of before!"

Lin Bo was slightly surprised. "What?"

The female researcher said, "Have you ever seen a stranger who can fight against an entire city?"

"I've seen him before..."

Lin Bo said, "Can't our mentors do it?"

The female researcher asked, "Have you ever seen a Level 3 Enhanced Outsider who can fight against an entire city?"

Lin Bo was suddenly taken aback. "This doesn't make sense."

"It is indeed unreasonable, but he is turning it into reality step by step."

The female researcher suddenly shoved the data she had just captured in front of him, excitedly saying, "You forgot he said he was going to give us a gift? Now I know what that gift is. He didn't fight the city using the power of outsiders, but rather exploited the flaws in the city's internal logic, taking advantage of how the city operates from the perspective of the natives..."

Do you know what this means?

"..."

Lin Bo's professional skills were already superior to those of his subordinates; he just could be a bit stubborn at times.

Hearing her words, he was suddenly jolted awake and realized. "Is this the logic problem from the perspective of the indigenous people that we've been researching? If he can really solve it, then our previous research will have taken a huge step forward?"

"Holy crap, he's not even a member of Dante Organization, how could he possibly know more about this than we do?"

"..."

In a state of both surprise and delight, he almost panicked and immediately urged the appearance of the False Light.

Regardless of whether the guess is right or wrong, even if there is only a one percent chance, we must cooperate with him at all costs.

"Boom!"

Just as the False Light appeared, or rather, a moment before this crucial light appeared, in the Night's End City's gathering place for outsiders, the belatedly aware guild leader finally guessed at something terrible. Thinking of the potentially horrific consequences, he felt his throat tighten, and as if electrocuted, he leaped from the sofa.

"Quick..."

His voice trembled. "Everyone, let's go find that Chairman Xiao..."

"Did you kill him yourself?"

Bai Cheng and the others were also taken aback. "That guy can kill hundreds of people from the Hell Organization in one go, his strength is terrifying..."

"No, it's not..."

The Night's End City Guild Master shook his head repeatedly, his face deathly pale. "We'll go apologize, we'll beg him..."

"... Please, he spares us!"