Faceless Unit

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"Today's news: The Lower Three Districts of City No. 10 have been completely transformed. Buildings that have been dimly lit for over thirty years have suddenly lit up. According to our reporters on the scene, this action was a decision made by nearly a hundred community organizations. At present, it is unclear why these organizations took this action, and it is still under investigation."

In a ground-floor apartment in District 5 of City No. 10, a middle-aged man sat in front of a holographic television, watching the female host projected onto him, and muttered, "They can make news out of a lousy house in the Lower Three Districts turning on its lights? What's so interesting about this?"

As he spoke, his eyes kept glancing at the woman's chest, and he even stood up to look down at her, as if he could see something on the holographic projection that way.

Just then, the middle-aged man suddenly heard a noise coming from the toilet.

He walked toward the toilet with suspicion.

There was a cracking sound, like the sound of some kind of ceramic product breaking.

The middle-aged man opened the toilet door in astonishment and was shocked to see a rat the size of a basketball falling from the ventilation duct of the central air conditioning system in the ceiling. Its heavy body smashed his toilet seat.

"What the hell?!" the middle-aged man exclaimed in surprise, instinctively reaching for a mop to swat the rat.

But the scene that appeared the next moment made his scalp tingle and the hairs on his body stand on end.

But then they saw rats falling into the room one after another from the broken central air conditioning duct, so numerous that their tails were as thick as a child's arm.

The middle-aged man screamed and slammed the toilet door shut.

But before he could close the door properly, a rat had already blocked the crack with its body.

The middle-aged man had no choice but to give up and ran towards the door like a madman.

He had just reached for the doorknob when three rats pounced on him, tearing at him viciously.

These newly grown mice need to eat, and they have never been so eager for protein.

However, after biting off the pieces of meat, they did not swallow them. Instead, they piled up on top of each other and climbed back into the ventilation duct to deliver the fresh meat to the baby mice inside.

The baby mice crawled densely in the pipes. After eating, they did not grow as quickly as the previous mice, but maintained the size of a mouse, but their muscle fibers and bones evolved to be more perfect.

The large rats continued their search for their next target, seemingly tireless, yet rarely ate.

It seems as if their destiny is to selflessly dedicate themselves to the new generation of rats.

This phenomenon is not uncommon in nature, but it has never occurred in mouse populations.

Their reproduction rate is beyond imagination.

The middle-aged man's mangled body convulsed on the ground, while a female news anchor projected onto the ground calmly reported the news, "It is understood that in the past two days, the Kei family, the Chen family, the Kamishiro family, and the Kashima Corporation have all submitted exercise plans to the Diet. Currently, the various troops have left their posts, and their specific whereabouts are currently unknown. Insiders have revealed that this exercise plan is not simple, but no one knows exactly where these troops went or what they are going to do..."

At this moment, a mouse suddenly stopped and stared quietly at the female host, as if it could understand what she was saying.

The next moment, it suddenly lunged at the female host, but its body passed through the holographic light and shadow and it didn't hit anything.

The female news anchor continued her news broadcast with a smile, "It is understood that the Tribunal of Taboos also left City No. 10 in March, along with nearly a hundred of Tribunal of Taboos members. Some suspect that the Tribunal of Taboos movements are related to this military exercise..."

"Brother, who sent you to train me? Why did you have to turn on me now of all times?"

Qing Chen was running at a steady pace across the mountains and fields, complaining as he ran.

However, despite his complaints, no matter how undulating the mountain was, he always carried his shadow steadily on his back.

"I know you need to feign weakness to lure Chen Yu and Li Bingxi out, but this kind of thing can be acted out, there's no need to go all out!"

Qing Chen was very clear about one thing: Chen Yu and Li Bingxi were now two vicious wolves.

If you are targeted by two wolves in the desert, they may chase you for up to half a month in order to have a full meal, until they are sure you are at your wit's end before they come to your side and devour your flesh.

What Shadow is doing now is not only to make himself appear weak, but also to drive Qing Chen to a dead end, so that the other party will believe it...

Chen Yu and Li Bingxi will then appear.

Where can Qing Chen go to seek justice? His own brother is forcing him to a dead end; it's a bit impossible to guard against.

At this moment, Yang Yang, carrying Xiao Mengqian, Sun Chuci, and Tuanzi, slowly flew in the sky. Although the speed was a bit slow, her ability to fly in a straight line regardless of the terrain allowed her to maintain a speed that was only slightly behind Qing Chen.

As they spoke, unusual electromagnetic waves were detected in the distance. Qing Chen, who was at the forefront, experienced fluctuations in the plasma within his body. While simultaneously mimicking the reflected electromagnetic waves, he shouted, "Land! Cover!"

However, Yang Yang, who had not yet been scanned by the phased array radar, immediately landed. The group quickly gathered together, while Zard instantly used his ability to create a protective shell of sand around them to avoid the phased array radar and biometric detection, like a small bunker.

Moreover, Zard was very meticulous in his work; there were even weeds and vegetation on his little bunker.

An A-Class Airship drifted by in the sky, but even A-Class Airship could not detect the anomaly on the ground.

In the darkness of the bunker, everyone waited quietly.

Zard suddenly asked, "Boss, didn't you and Yang Yang shoot down a plane together before? Why don't you two go up in the sky and shoot it down?"

With a snap.

Sun Chuci yelled, "Who hit me on the back of the head?"

Qing Chen: "Sorry, I dialed the wrong person."

Zard: "Hehe, I switched seats, wasn't that clever?"

Yang Yang explained, "I was only responsible for tossing Qing Chen around in the air; Qing Chen took off the plane himself."

Qing Chen: "Are you two ever going to stop? How come you're still on the same wavelength as Zard? You've been keeping things going so well these past few days, why are you suddenly making suggestive remarks again? There are kids here!"

Yang Yang muttered, "Isn't that Brother Shadow sleeping?"

Inside this small bunker, where no one could see anyone else, they were able to catch their breath for a moment.

Zard said, "Boss, there won't be many A-Class Airship. You two go up and take them out, then we won't have to hide anymore."

"No," Qing Chen said, "Things are different now. Before, the enemy only had airships, but now the ground might be full of enemies. Even if we shoot down A-Class Airship, we'll still be discovered. The most important thing is that we've already shot down airships before, and this time the enemy is targeting me very clearly. They might have left some kind of backup plan on the airship."

"Oh, never mind then, let's chat here!" Zard said.

"Wait a minute, can't you control the sand to move? We're in this little bunker, so why don't you just move this bunker?" Qing Chen said.

"Yeah, right... who's touching my hand?" Zard asked.

Tuanzi stammered for a while, "Sorry, I... I touched the wrong person!"

Zard: "I'm a respectable person!"

Qing Chen, with his back to the shadow, said, "Everyone, keep your hands to yourselves. We're running for our lives. Romance can wait until we're alive. Let's keep going."

As it spoke, the small sandcastle on the ground began to move slowly southward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, looking like a killer in a movie, stealthily stalking a green belt.

Yang Yang uses her force field to sense the outside world from inside the small sand bunker, and she can detect enemy activity 300 meters in advance.

Qing Chen suddenly realized that they were an absolutely perfect battlefield infiltration team, equipped with anti-radar, anti-life detection, and force field radar...

It would be even better if everyone stopped chatting and making silly faces in the little sandcastle.

The first A-Class Airship slowly flew northward, and soon, the second one flew overhead as well.

The troops of the Qing and Chen clans seemed to have cast a large net across the mountains and fields, determined to find Yingzi and Qing Chen.

Both sides felt they held the strongest hand on the table, and they were locked in a fierce battle, each putting on an act, neither willing to back down.

At this moment, Yang Yang suddenly said, "Stop!"

The small sandcastle suddenly stopped.

Less than a minute later, a small squad of seven soldiers passed through from the south. They didn't even glance at the small sand tower before continuing northward.

Surprisingly, no one discovered this small sandcastle.

"Although the small sand bunker is moving a bit slowly, it is well concealed. Unless someone is holding a life detector at close range, they definitely won't be able to find us," Yang Yang said.

Just then, another group of soldiers appeared, carrying life detectors.

Qing Chen asked, "Can they find us?"

Yang Yang: "It should be possible... Why is she carrying a life detector around? Is she really that cautious?"

The soldiers glanced at the screen on their instruments, then looked up at the small sand bunker in front of them, overgrown with weeds and saplings...

Inside that small sandcastle, there were clearly several people whispering among themselves!

"Fire! Target spotted in area B49, requesting support!" the soldier roared into the communications channel. "Requesting airships to return to base for air support!"

The silence on the communication channel was suddenly broken.

To the west, in Faceless Unit of 41 B-Class gene warriors, the soldier who always held a handheld terminal said, "Captain, target found."

He checked the map again. "Nine o'clock."

The captain, his face crisscrossed with scars, said with a ferocious expression, "Let's go."

This elite special forces unit suddenly sprang into action, carrying two black boxes, the purpose of which was unknown.

A special forces unit of 41 B-Class gene warriors can even wipe out a battalion-level organization in the wilderness without suffering any casualties!

Meanwhile, Qing Chen, hearing the gunfire outside, said, "... Are you making your words law? Zard, provide cover and kill these people first!"

We can't wait any longer...

With blockades ahead and pursuers behind, their progress was already slow. If they were stopped here, even with Zard, him, Yang Yang there, they would eventually be overwhelmed.

If we have to wait for Shadow to wake up and save the day, then Shadow will waste his life in the face of sheer numbers.

Qing Chen carefully placed the shadow on Yang Yang's back and whispered, "If there are too many of them... then fly away with him."

As he spoke, the small sand bunker suddenly broke open, forming a sand wall that both protected Qing Chen's approaching squad of soldiers and shielded them from a hail of bullets.

The sand walls surged like waves, raising huge clouds of dust on the ground.

The moment the sand wall encountered the seven soldiers, it slammed into them like a locomotive, sending them flying. Qing Chen also emerged from behind the sand wall, firing in bursts with his Black Sniper as if it were a pistol.

It was clearly a gun, but he used it like a hand cannon!

The exoskeleton armor worn by the soldiers was also shattered in the battle.

At that moment, the airship in the sky suddenly turned around, and the soldiers who were originally scattered in the wilderness also approached Qing Chen and the others in an orderly manner, like a swarm of bees.

Just as Qing Chen finished killing the first squad, the second and third squads appeared.

Zard moved underground, constantly using the moving sand walls to cover Qing Chen's gunfire, while he himself kept dragging soldiers underground. The saplings above his head wandered through the mountains and fields, occasionally having to avoid the stones under the soil.

More and more soldiers gathered, as if the whole world was the enemy. At one point, Qing Chen looked at the big tree not far away and almost thought that it was also the enemy.

He had no idea where the enemy would emerge from next, so he could only take cover behind the sand wall and keep firing.

This is a game that tests your reaction speed; you can't be even a little slow.

Considering Qing Chen and his group's killing efficiency, it was already quite efficient.

Qing Chen, Yang Yang, and Zard were like a meat grinder on the battlefield, slaughtering their way through the mountains, leaving corpses strewn everywhere and rivers of blood flowing. But there were just too many enemies.

Qing Chen's mood slowly sank. Not far away, Zhang Mengqian suddenly climbed out of the sand wall. He crawled forward quickly, not afraid of cutting his body on the pebbles on the ground.

The little boy crawled to the body of Chen Clan soldier, grabbed three automatic rifles, and crawled back.

Back behind the sand wall, Tuanzi looked at his wounds and yelled, "Are you out of your mind?"

While checking the magazines, Zhang Mengqian calmly glanced up at Tuanzi and tossed the inspected guns to Sun Chuci: "The boss and his men are short-handed. Those who want to live, fight together."

Tuanzi was stunned for a moment. The way Zhang Mengqian had looked up at her just now was as fierce and ruthless as a wolf cub, yet calm.

She had seen this scene before, back when Qing Chen walked out of the barbecue restaurant in City No. 10.

For some reason, Tuanzi felt that this child was just too similar to Qing Chen. Despite being just an ordinary person, he could suddenly give people an extremely strong sense of pressure in such a crisis.

This kind of person is a born killer.

Without this potential, it would have been impossible for Zhang Mengqian, a child, to survive alone in the Lower Three Districts of City 22.

Sun Chuci quickly checked the weapons and said to Qing Chen, "Leave the 11 o'clock position to me."

As he was speaking, a soldier who had just peeked out from the 11 o'clock direction was shot dead by him.

Seeing this, Qing Chen suddenly said, "Zard, move the sand wall south! We're going to break out! Keep an eye on the south side; no matter how many people come, bury them all!"

"Received," Zard said with a cheerful laugh, seemingly without any pressure.

The troops started moving, and everyone broke through to the south while firing under the cover of the sand wall.

But at that moment, Qing Chen suddenly saw another army appear in the west.

This unit was completely different, wearing black combat uniforms unlike any other soldiers, without exoskeletons, and each of them had hideous scars etched on their faces.

Those scars looked like marks left by the ferocious tiger in its repeated battles with other wild beasts.

The most crucial point is that these people are incredibly fast.

Even though two of them were carrying black boxes that were half a person tall, they moved around in the mountains without any hindrance.

Qing Chen's heart sank. "Enemies have appeared to the west, 41 people, each one is at least B-Class, not the Shadow Unit!"

Zard yelled, "Holy crap, the Faceless Unit! What are those boxes they're carrying? Are they something specifically designed to counter my Earth Element abilities?!"

Qing Chen had heard of the Faceless Unit, a notorious mercenary group within the Federation. However, he remembered that the Faceless Unit's overall strength should be C-Class. How come they've all become B-Class now?

Is it because they're trying to engage in an arms race with the Shadow Unit? But where did they get the gene serum from?

Who provided this gene serum to Kamishiro, Chen, Kashima, and Kei?

Qing Chen took a deep breath. He glanced at the still unconscious Shadow, and while firing at the approaching soldiers, he said to Yang Yang, "You go first... and take Xiao Mengqian with you, so you can maintain high-speed flight. Shadow can't die now, please. Those people want to kill me more now. Just keep climbing and flying south... We'll stay here to draw their fire, we'll find a way."

Yang Yang frowned. She wasn't an indecisive person, but she knew that Qing Chen and Zard stayed behind, they would face a near-certain death.

She glanced down at the shadow. "Brother, you're really going to mess this up!"

But at that moment, when Qing Chen aimed his Black Sniper at the Faceless Unit, he saw the 41 Faceless Man suddenly launch a merciless attack on the Chen Clan soldier.

This unexpected turn of events shocked everyone.

Qing Chen thought they were enemies, and even the Chen Clan soldier thought they were reinforcements for their own troops. But when the Faceless Man charged in so decisively, it was as if he were in an empty field.

In just a moment, the 41 Faceless Man, working in perfect unison, were like a black dagger, ruthlessly piercing the heart of Chen Clan troops.

They quickly charged towards Qing Chen, and any soldiers who stood in the way of the Faceless Unit were blasted into puffs of blood mist.

These Faceless Man, with their extremely strong physical abilities, roamed freely in the mountains and fields as if walking on flat ground, like superheroes.

Qing Chen only glanced at them briefly before discovering that at least 11 of the 41 people possessed an absolute feel for guns within 200 meters.

In these remote mountains, where heavy mobile forces cannot get in, this kind of super-mobile force becomes an insurmountable force.

Soon, the Faceless Man stopped 200 meters away from Qing Chen. The captain said coldly, "Tell Mr. Shadow that we are Qing Kun's men, and he sent us. Head south, but be careful as there are still several blockades there. Leave the north to us. As long as we are alive, Qing's reconnaissance battalion and airships won't be able to get through. Also, Qing Yi wants you to visit him when you have time."

As they spoke, the Faceless Unit began to build a defensive line on the spot and went to find places to hide, as if Qing Chen and the others did not exist.

Two Faceless Man opened two huge black boxes, inside which appeared to be two strange signal transmitting devices.

It looks like a laser emitter?

Qing Chen stared blankly as the Faceless Unit operated as if no one else was around.

This infamous Faceless Unit was actually secretly trained by Qing Kun?

Qing Kun, Qing Yi's father.

Qing Chen smiled and said to Zard, "Let's go. From now on, we don't need to worry about threats from behind. Let's fight our way out from the south!"