Chapter 725

Again

At first, no one paid any attention to this disaster. Everyone thought it was just an ordinary blackout, a fire, an industrial accident.

Until the disaster became intimately tied to every single person.

It was an unremarkable afternoon. Beneath the blazing sun, the sky was clear and endless.

Under the azure heavens, traffic still flowed through the busiest, noisiest downtown district of Luo Island.

On the lavish yet elegant duty-free shopping street, figures dripping in jewels came and went.

But compared to usual, there were far more people in the streets and alleys. Numerous armed guards stood watch over key roads, casting cold glances at everyone who passed by. From time to time, they stopped suspicious individuals to verify their identities. At the slightest mistake or conflict, they would arrest them and haul them away.

They looked ready to kill the wrong person rather than let the right one go, leaving all the tourists and travelers briefly bewildered. They could not understand what could warrant such an enormous fuss, even at the cost of disrupting business and offending so many people.

"So there really is a terrorist attack."

Inside an armored vehicle parked in an alley, the captain smoked as he stared at the many surveillance screens before him. He yawned, unable to understand. "Why did things suddenly get so tense? What the hell is going on?"

"You still don't know?" The driver had just returned from the restroom and sat back down, sighing. "Luo Island and Elephant Isle have torn off the mask. The Chopra Family might come attacking at any time. A relative of mine who works at the docks told me they've been shipping weapons back by the boatload these past few days. Supposedly, there are even retired Federation warships and armored vehicles!"

"Fuck—"

The captain