Half an hour later, atop the eastern wall of Liberation City-100.
The short-haired young man, Wang Shoucheng, pressed his steel-cast arms against the battlements. Half-congealed blood covered his body as his sharp eyes stared into the distance.
At that moment, a middle-aged man strode up. "Brother Wang!"
It might have seemed strange for a middle-aged man to call a young man "big brother," but Wang Shoucheng was actually over a hundred years old. The virus had granted him great power, as well as a longer lifespan, so the title was entirely fitting.
"Little Zhang, how are the troops deployed?" Wang Shoucheng asked. City Lord Zhang Chongtian replied, "Everything is ready. It's just that... without the Steel Great Wall, I'm afraid what we have here won't hold for long." Wang Shoucheng said gravely, "Even if we can't hold, we have to! We must hold until the Chairman arrives."
"Yes..."
"Did you finish investigating what I asked?" Wang Shoucheng clenched his fists, hatred on his face. Zhang Chongtian said, "Ten unfamiliar evolved humans did enter the city two days ago. Three of them matched Brother Wang's description. But none of them have been seen these past two days."
"Damn it!" He slammed his fist down, denting the battlement. "What about those God Worship Cult scum?" Zhang Chongtian replied, "They've all been arrested. How should we deal with them?" Wang Shoucheng sneered. "Collaborating with the enemy, betraying their species—burn them!" He pointed toward the open ground before the city gates. "Right there. Now. Burn them alive! Broadcast it throughout the city! I want everyone to see what happens to those who betray their species and side with the enemy! Tell everyone: if they don't want to die, then pick up their weapons and fight!"
"Yes!"
Before long, a convoy drove out of the