Chapter 578: Blood for an Eye, Fire for a Tooth
Blazing sun, Ten Thousand Miles of Clear Sky.
Under the scorching heat, Tower City's streets lay in deathly silence.
Under martial law, Tower City's center—once bustling with traffic and crowds, prosperous enough to rival the Empires and Federations—had suddenly become as quiet as a graveyard.
No pedestrians would dare venture outside at a time like this, and no one was looking to court death.
Only armored vehicles drove through the empty streets. Around the Checkpoints, soldiers armed to the teeth watched their surroundings with cold indifference.
Full military control.
Yet outside a factory building, the number of armored vehicles on the surrounding streets continued to grow. In the shadows, four fully armed operation squads—equipped with everything from Rocket Launchers to exoskeletons—had silently taken up position.
On the high-rises, snipers lay prone, skillfully adjusting their scopes according to wind speed and distance, Locking On to every entrance and exit of the factory.
"...I believe it now."
Liang Mo, commander of the rapid response forces at the Federation's Tower City Garrison Base, crouched atop an armored vehicle and smoked. Remembering Tong Shan's earlier description, he could not help but sigh. "This fucking bastard really doesn't do a single thing that even remotely resembles what a human being would do!"
Just yesterday afternoon, you told him not to cause trouble, yet that son of a bitch got blown up that very night.
The Evil Transformation Cult had surfaced in the early hours of the morning. Before dawn had even broken, floating corpses had nearly clogged up the sewers.
And it had only been twenty-four hours since Ji Jue officially set foot in Central Earth, yet the whole of Tower City was already on the verge of a raging storm, with nearly everyone fearing