Chapter 616: The Battle Begins
Maybe someone was stirring things up. A video of Special Defense Department members sedating players and dragging them away in animal traps had topped the trending lists across major Network Platforms, briefly overshadowing the news of the residential building explosion. Public opinion was firmly against the Special Defense Department. The key issue was that not everyone they had arrested was a Cannibal Player.
This left people who had become Players, were about to become Players, or hoped to become Players feeling anxious and afraid of becoming targets.
However, the Special Defense Department had people specifically in charge of this. Immediately after the arrests, they released a brief explanation of the mission's purpose and how it had been carried out. They stated that everyone arrested had been plotting crimes, and that they had even caused two of the explosions. They also provided supporting evidence.
The sudden incidents around Special Defense Department headquarters were gradually broadcast live by drones as well. There was so much breaking news that netizens couldn't keep up with the comments, and a brief silence fell over the internet.
It didn't last long. In the drone footage, a group of Players had killed a team of rescue workers along with the wounded people they were helping. These Cannibal Players had even taunted the drone, biting a dying rescue worker to death right in front of the camera!
Hatred of Cannibal Players surged to unprecedented levels online. For many people, Player battles had only ever been seen in censored online videos or heard about secondhand. Nobody could bear to watch such a direct, bloody, and brutal slaughter.
"Kill them all!"
Those four words flooded every Network Platform, and many Players nearby spontaneously formed groups and headed over to help.
In response, the Special Defense