Battle Begins, the Slave Suicide Squad

Yu Yuan studied Land Hotel's location on the virtual map.

He had chosen this Sewer after careful consideration.

It was located just west of the intersection of Golden Orchid Avenue and Waterfront Street, directly across from Land Hotel, with Waterfront Street right ahead of him.

He had already unlocked the Sewer manhole cover. If necessary, he could open it immediately.

Perhaps because a typhoon was approaching, but although it was not yet seven thirty, the sky had already grown incredibly dark, carrying the ominous air of an impending storm.

"It's getting dark. Good, good!" Yu Yuan muttered as he peered through the holes in the manhole cover at the sky outside.

Soon, the sounds of engines and tires scraping against the road reached him.

Yu Yuan immediately made his judgment.

"They're here, coming from Waterfront Street."

Suppressing the urge to lift the cover and look outside, he quietly waited for the battle to begin.

Vrooom, vrooom, vrooom...

The engines drew closer. Perhaps because they were nearing the intersection, the vehicles began to slow down.

Yu Yuan had already moved away from the manhole cover and returned deeper into the Sewer, covering his ears.

Sure enough, the instant his feet touched the ground, a series of explosions erupted above his head.

Then came nonstop gunfire and savage roars.

Rat-a-tat-tat... Boom... Rat-a-tat-tat...

Machine guns and explosions became the most terrifying harvesters of the night.

Yu Yuan could even hear cars exploding and rolling over.

Rat-a-tat-tat...

Another machine gun opened fire. It was very close to the Sewer entrance, and Yu Yuan guessed that Black Shield Police Department's counterattack had begun.

But after firing only a few rounds, it fell silent following a deafening gunshot.

"A Sniping expert?"

Figuring the mines had already detonated, Yu Yuan climbed the ladder again and quietly pushed open the Sewer manhole cover.

What greeted his eyes were flashing muzzle flames and raging fires.

Several heavily modified wasteland combat vehicles lay overturned in the middle of the street, burning fiercely.

Two machine guns spat fire from the third- and fourth-floor windows of Land Hotel, pinning down the Black Shield Police Department personnel below.

Every now and then, someone tossed a Molotov Cocktail that shattered on the ground, scattering flames across a radius of three or four meters. When a thug was accidentally splashed by the liquid inside, flames immediately spread over his body.

Heart-wrenching screams rang through the street, but before the thug could remove his armor, bullets from somewhere unknown pierced his body.

The stench of gunpowder mixed with fuel permeated the air as bullets flew everywhere.

With grenade explosions going off one after another, Yu Yuan's eardrums could barely take it, prickling with pain.

Pew pew...

Several stray bullets struck the wall near the manhole cover. Yu Yuan immediately shut it, but a few seconds later, he quietly opened it again and squinted as he observed.

"This is only danger level—medium? That's ridiculous." This place was practically a small battlefield.

Clearly, Marauder Prison's ambush had been a considerable success.

The Black Shield Police Department personnel were all hiding behind the thickened armored steel plates of their vehicles, waiting for chances to return fire.

Just over ten meters in front of Yu Yuan, seven or eight fully armored Black Shield Police Department thugs had their backs to him as they attacked Land Hotel, but the machine guns kept them from daring to show themselves.

Rat-a-tat-tat... Pew pew pew...

As Yu Yuan continuously scanned the battlefield for targets to strike later, he heard those thugs ahead suddenly shout:

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"Grenade..."

The next moment, the seven or eight Black Shield Police Department thugs abandoned the car serving as cover, took two quick steps, and dove forward.

Boom...

A grenade exploded exactly where they had been hiding moments earlier.

The seven or eight thugs were blasted into the air, after which Marauder Prison's Marauders picked them off one by one.

One of them was blown near the manhole cover where Yu Yuan was hiding. Before the man even hit the ground, more than a dozen bullets had already passed through his body. He landed, rolled a few times, and stopped moving.

Yu Yuan felt a burning pain at his temple. A fragment of stone had grazed past it just now, but he ignored it. His gaze was sharp as an eagle as he swiftly assessed the situation.

At that moment, Yu Yuan was like a hunter poised to strike, waiting for the best possible opportunity.

Less than a minute had passed since the battle began.

Black Shield Police Department's counterattack began.

Whoosh... Boom...

Yu Yuan saw a flash of fire. The room housing Land Hotel's machine-gun position had actually been taken out and was now engulfed in flames.

Without the machine guns suppressing them, the Black Shield Police Department personnel immediately launched a counterattack and began moving toward Waterfront Street.

At the same time, a signal flare glowing red shot into the sky.

Black Shield Police Department was calling for reinforcements.

Bang...

Fire flashed from the upper floors of Land Hotel. It was a sniper.

He killed the Black Shield Police Department thug who had fired the signal flare.

Yu Yuan frowned and thought, Idiot! The flare has already been launched. Killing him accomplishes nothing and only exposes yourself. He now suspected that Marauder Prison's sniper was not very professional.

Sure enough, the sound he had heard earlier rang out again the next second.

Whoosh...

This time, Yu Yuan saw it clearly.

On Waterfront Street, a rocket propelled by blazing white flames flew toward Land Hotel, drilled into the sniper's room, and exploded violently, blasting a hole through the hotel's outer wall.

Two mangled bodies were flung out as well, crashing to the ground like torn rags, but no one paid them any attention.

"They even have RPGs? Black Shield Police Department's firepower is this fierce?" Yu Yuan's eyelid twitched. Marauder Prison and Black Shield Police Department were far more capable than he had imagined.

Marauder Prison's ambush was certainly ruthless, but Black Shield Police Department's counterattack was equally decisive. More importantly, Black Shield Police Department's equipment was clearly superior to Marauder Prison's!

Could a gang operating in a single city block really possess this kind of armed strength?

But... Yu Yuan could not shake the feeling that something was off.

As old rivals, Marauder Prison could not possibly be unaware of Black Shield Police Department's strength.

Since Marauder Prison had chosen to set an ambush, how could they crumble so easily?

Yu Yuan's doubts were quickly answered.

Several figures appeared above the thug operating the RPG launcher on Waterfront Street and jumped down.

Some hit the ground and died instantly, while others landed among Black Shield Police Department's vehicles.

Just as Yu Yuan was wondering what was going on, he witnessed a sight he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Boom boom boom... Those bodies exploded violently.

The explosions sent Black Shield Police Department's vehicles flying and blasted several large craters into the ground.

Flames swallowed the street. Black Shield Police Department, which had only just organized its counterattack, was thrown into danger once more, while Marauder Prison intensified its assault.

Yu Yuan sucked in a cold breath and instantly recalled a name mentioned in the information about Marauder Prison.

—Slave Suicide Squad.

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