Happy New Year / Returning to Karaton
Everyone felt themselves uncontrollably drawn closer to Suika.
But Suika was surrounded by two iron chains that emitted terrifying shrieks. Looking at her comrades who had been whipped beyond recognition, no one had the courage to resist Suika's attack at this moment.
However, the increasingly strong suction force became uncontrollable for them.
Those who were lucky enough to have large machinery or obstacles nearby would desperately cling to those items in hopes of escaping unharmed.
Those with bad luck, however, are plunged closer and closer to Suika's spinning top amidst endless despair and fear, eventually turning into a cloud of blood mist.
Ten minutes later, the top stopped spinning, Suika plopped down on the ground.
"Ugh... I feel so dizzy."
I'll never play like that again~~~
Vomit..."
Suika a little regretful. She had always thought that her constitution was invincible, but now it seemed that it was still somewhat lacking.
She sat there for two or three minutes before she recovered.
Looking around, I saw that the people around me who were still alive had either hidden themselves or had already run into the nearby woods.
As for the dead... the tattered pieces of clothing and bits of flesh around them are their remains.
It's unlikely that anyone could successfully separate these people.
When Suika reached the cannons, her original plan was to destroy the equipment directly.
But seeing these cannons, brimming with technological brilliance and the spirit of steel, she couldn't bear to part with them.
Previously, she wouldn't have been able to take something this big with her; she would have had to destroy it.
But now, she has Gap that can be used as a spatial pocket.
She went to each of the cannons, touched them one by one, and then put them all back into her hands.
After searching the camp again, they successfully located the enemy's shell storage house and wiped it out before heading down.
After all, the battle is not over yet.
Apart from this artillery battalion and command post, most of the enemy was on the road.
She had to cut off the enemy's pursuit route from the north.
After returning to the village, Suika questioned the Little Suika who had stayed behind, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one else was in the village.
At this time, the northern legion was still about five kilometers away from the town.
To the south, it's even closer, only three kilometers away, and it's already engaged in conflict with Shanghai.
Therefore, Suika doesn't have much time left.
Her original plan was to bury the two northern troops directly under the mountains.
But Whitesmith stopped her.
Upon learning of her plan, Whitesmith asked her if there was any way to prevent the enemy from the north from getting through.
"Ah, they want to kill us, and you're still planning to spare their lives?"
Suika harbored murderous intent towards Iberia, was utterly bewildered by this.
"Killing them might be easy for you."
But if the Columbia lose an entire regiment, they'll go crazy.
Even the child of that high-ranking official we rescued wouldn't choose to have any contact with Rhodes Island under these circumstances.
In that case, all the sacrifices our operators made would have been for nothing.
Moreover, once the other side's higher-ups know that Rhodes Island is involved, they will definitely target us, which would be detrimental to Rhodes Island's future relationship with Columbia.
Whitesmith calmly explained to Suika.
"So we're just going to let them go like that?" Suika wasn't satisfied with the killing, and hearing Whitesmith's words made her even more aggrieved.
By what right do you have the audacity to point weapons at civilians and Rhodes Island residents without any restraint?
And we have to consider all these messy things just to fight back.
"But now, their actions have lost the honor of soldiers."
As long as we can successfully withdraw, we can spread the news through the media that the Columbia military has turned its weapons against its own people.
Those who survive will also be tried by military courts.
Moreover, only when enough people are alive can we bring down the real mastermind behind them."
After Whitesmith finished explaining his point of view, Suika, though dissatisfied, respected his opinion.
"Forget it, they were your team members who died. You already promised to spare their lives, so there's no need for me to make a fool of myself..."
After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone and immediately began to grow larger.
Once she was level with the mountain, Suika placed her hands on either side of the mountain and pushed hard...
Chapter 555 Happy New Year
Accompanied by the action of Suika.
In an instant, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and mountains and rivers shifted.
Two mountains, each several thousand meters high, converged in the middle, completely blocking the original road.
The people of Rhodes Island and the village who were fleeing stopped in their tracks at the loud noise behind them. Turning around, they saw a terrifying female (child) giant closing the two mountains to the north with her bare hands.
For a moment, everyone stood frozen in place, stunned.
Ahead of them, the second and third companies, acting as defenders, were even more terrifying than they were.
Because they face directly north, they see more.
But one pointless thing is that this giant came to help these fleeing villagers.
This scene, resembling the descent of a deity, aroused doubt among many of them.
Doubts about whether one's actions are just.
After all, "great" gods descended upon the world to help these poor Infected.
At this moment, Whitesmith's mind was completely blank.
Even though he had witnessed Suika's feat of stopping High-Speed Battleship with a single punch, he truly hadn't expected that she could actually move two mountains.
"What are you standing there for? Get your people and leave!"
Just then, he heard Suika's voice.
He looked around but didn't see Suika herself.
"What are you looking around for? Hurry up and leave while they're still staring blankly!"
Suika's voice came again.
He realized what was happening and, with a wave of his hand, led his men directly towards the weakest point in the encirclement.
Faced with the escape of these Infected, the military personnel chose to remain silent this time.
The reason is that they dare not gamble; if they persist in blocking this group of escaped Infected, will that terrifying giant reappear on their heads?
Given the size of the enemy, even if we only had two companies, two regiments wouldn't be enough to keep them rolling on the ground.
Most importantly, they lost contact with command.
The moment the giants appeared, the high command of both companies sent messages to Regiment Commander Boris and the staff to inquire about the next battle plan.
But there was absolutely no response.
In this situation, the two company commanders discussed it and realized that the agreed-upon ten-minute shelling had only lasted three rounds before stopping, and with the command post losing contact, it was highly likely that something had happened on the other side.
Therefore, they decisively chose to preserve their strength and let the refugees from Rhodes Island and Moon Creek Village leave.
Suika, who had rushed over, followed the crowd through the encirclement and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that the other side had not attacked the group.
Meanwhile, the two companies heading south in the north were also dumbfounded by the sudden and completely changed environment ahead.
The original road was completely blocked by two mountains that suddenly merged together, and the only way to get through was to climb over the mountains.
But given the current situation, who would dare to go up the mountain?
We can't get in touch with the command center either.
It took more than half an hour to make contact with the two companies to the south.
After learning the news from the other side, they abandoned the pursuit and instead headed towards the artillery battalion and the regimental commander's location.
When they arrived, all they found was a bare campsite.
Several survivors were found in the forest, and after learning from them what had happened there, everyone gasped in horror.
The command post, including the artillery battalion, had at least three or four hundred men, yet they were almost wiped out by a single enemy soldier.
And...
Thinking back to when we first came in, we felt a sticky, bloody smell under our feet. We didn't pay attention to it because we were in a hurry to find the living people. Now that we realized what it was, everyone felt like vomiting.
The two companies to the south felt a surge of relief, but they exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with horror.
If the other side can easily wipe out the people here, they can naturally eliminate their own group as well.
If I hadn't made the decisive decision to abandon the attack, I probably would have become a lump of mud on this ground.
"What should we do?" one of the company commanders asked.
"What else can we do? This is not the situation we want to see."
Boris's sacrifice for the country deserves our remembrance, but we must withdraw from the battlefield and return to the border.
Otherwise, if military intelligence emerges at the border, we will be the real sinners."
After the eldest person finished speaking, the remaining three people seconded the agreement.
They quickly packed up their belongings and retreated to the area where their troops were originally stationed.
As for the artillery battalion and Boris, that's something the higher-ups need to consider. Under these circumstances, they were able to preserve their companies intact, and the higher-ups couldn't find anything to criticize.
After all, there's no benefit in exposing how things turned out this way. Even if Boris's men are furious, they have to swallow this bitter pill and send people to appease the companies.
Otherwise, if others take advantage of the situation, this company will no longer be in the enemy's hands.
Meanwhile, the people of Rhodes Island and Moon Creek Town ran north for dozens of kilometers before stopping just before they reached the border of Siesta.
Whitesmith and a man next to him dressed as a sheriff but with a missing arm discussed their plans for coming down.
The people of Moon Creek Village definitely couldn't leave with the Rhodes Island squad, since the Rhodes Island main ship was quite a distance away, and bringing so many people along would cause trouble.
The final decision was that the refugees from Moon Creek Village and the Infected who had previously fled would continue south to Siesta in search of a chance to survive.
Rhodes Island will then return to Rhodes Island with the son of the high-ranking official they rescued—a boy Mark.
The suggestion was made by the other party themselves.
Mark knew very well that the people of Moon Creek Village Infected had no way to protect him, and since this whole thing could be said to have started because of him, they would definitely blame him once they realized what was happening.
Therefore, he will not go with these people.
Having lost his protection and unable to return to his father alone, he was left with only one option: to retreat to Victoria with the Rhodes Island agents and then use Rhodes Island's channels to contact his father.
Although going to Victoria was a bleak prospect, the chances of survival seemed much higher than the other two options.
After all, he had witnessed Suika's earth-shattering, mountain-combining strike.
After thinking about it for a while, Whitesmith agreed.
This trip has resulted in significant losses for me.
Not only were almost all the supplies being transported lost, but three operators were also permanently killed, and the rest were all wounded.
Bringing Mark back to Rhodes Island, if we can establish this relationship and obtain some compensation, will at least not be a loss for Rhodes Island.
The two sides then parted ways at the border of Siesta. After watching the refugees enter Siesta, Suika looked at the pale-faced Whitesmith.
Do you have a plan for what to do next?
Chapter 556 Revisiting Karaton
Whitesmith took out a map and drew an arc.