What is this alien technology!
Zhou Zhengde was on the verge of cursing.
He had two movement talismans stuck to the outside of his thighs and three diamond talismans on his back. Now, he was running at full speed, moving as fast as a sprinter, and if he turned too quickly, he could easily hurt himself.
The three officers had started to get used to the speed boost from the movement talismans.
Two strong male officers were carrying a portable rocket launcher and moving quickly, while the female officer was carefully listening to the content of her button intercom, using technical means to adjust the communication channel and track the signals from the other side.
"That was a mutated spiritual energy user, a D-level user," the female officer's slightly breathless voice came through the headsets.
"They're starting to send reinforcements our way. Should we call for help from the security team or the cleansing unit?"
One of the strong male officers immediately replied, "If other fortresses' stationed spiritual users show up here, the energy level of this fortress's biological chief is not ordinary. The cleansing unit and security team are not very reliable."
Another officer cursed, "It's already a mess here with gunfire, and the security team is nowhere to be seen! They're hiding on purpose!"
"Up ahead is Elevator No. 8."
Wang Jixuan raised his hand to signal to stop.
"Prepare for an ambush."
"Another ambush?" The female officer stuttered a bit and hurriedly said, "We just need to attract them and use our high mobility to buy some time; that's enough, Team Leader Mu..."
Wang Jixuan was scanning the nearby terrain while saying, "The best way to delay them is to take them out."
He tossed the sniper rifle and two magazines he had been carrying to Zhou Zhengde.
Zhou Zhengde immediately got excited and used his bubbly voice, "Please give the order, Commander!"
"Alright, there’s no one here for now. We need to use this intersection."
"This time we need two people to guard our retreat. Based on my combat experience in the lower city, the retreat route is the most important..."
Wang Jixuan quickly said a few things, and the five-person team quickly set up their positions.
The ambush spot he chose was along the path from Elevator No. 8 to an outer fire escape, making it easy to create the illusion that they had escaped into the fire escape.
The three officers had portable scanners.
Wang Jixuan didn't know how to operate these 'magical tools,' but he could sense things up close and hear sounds from a distance.
As the female officer went to secure the retreat route, she handed the button intercom back to him.
Once everything was ready, Wang Jixuan checked the talismans and magical tools he was carrying, and switched his firearm to an automatic rifle.
Zhou Zhengde crouched in a dark corner, adjusting the sniper scope. The alloy case for his sniper rifle gave him enough confidence.
At that moment, Wang Jixuan quietly sat at the corner of two intersecting narrow paths and suddenly drew his pistol, aiming it at the ground.
Bang, bang, bang!
The gunshots echoed in the corridor.
Voices came through the button intercom:
"Gunshots! Over here!"
"Seriously! Every fortress's central city is built like a damn maze!"
"Repeat, Zhou Zhengde, don't touch anyone! Take out everyone else! If you can use ranged weapons, don't go hand-to-hand! Let them experience the marksmanship of a spiritual user!"
"I should have brought the heavy machine gun!"
Footsteps and voices!
There were sounds coming from two directions.
Wang Jixuan closed his eyes and focused, his spiritual sense pulsing rhythmically, watching Zhou Zhengde, who was getting a bit nervous.
Wang Jixuan raised his hand to signal.
Zhou Zhengde and the strong male officer both looked towards the path on Wang Jixuan's left, aiming their sights at the curved corner at the end of the path.
Wang Jixuan stood up, gathered his energy, and shouted loudly, "What are you doing! You hit Team Zhou! First aid kit! Quickly get the first aid kit! We're surrendering!"
Zhou Zhengde and the strong male officer were a bit confused.
Then, Zhou Zhengde saw...
Wang Jixuan pulled several emergency blood transfusion packs from his backpack, crushed them, and scattered them on the ground, quickly dodging into the other side of the passage.
At the end of the path Zhou Zhengde was aiming at, three figures appeared, rushing towards them.
Three spiritual users!
Wang Jixuan made a gesture with his fingers, signaling '1' as previously agreed.
Zhou Zhengde focused on his aim, holding his breath.
A figure entered the view of the scope.
Boom!
With a dull gunshot, blood erupted from the shoulder near the neck of that figure, and their body flew back, crashing against the wall before collapsing to the ground!
This guy’s physical condition was clearly much better than an ordinary person!
The two figures following quickly jumped back around the corner, their panicked voices coming through the button intercom:
"Sniper! Da Hei got hit!"
"They're lying in ambush!"
Wang Jixuan made the gesture again and quickly moved.
Zhou Zhengde pulled the bolt back, chambered a round, and without hesitation, pulled the trigger.
Boom!
The fallen figure’s forehead exploded with blood.
The two spiritual users trying to pull their comrade back were cursing, hiding behind the corner, too scared to move.
Wang Jixuan quickly drew a square with his fingers, and the strong male officer knelt to carry the portable rocket launcher, aiming it at another path at a ninety-degree angle, activating the biological search radar.
Wang Jixuan suddenly moved.
He lightly tapped his toes, channeling energy through his legs, the movement talisman glowing brightly, and he dashed into Zhou Zhengde's sniper view, charging towards the curved corner!
Zhou Zhengde's neck muscles tensed, not daring to blink, staring intently at the corner.
He had to cover Wang Jixuan.
Just as he was watching, Wang Jixuan approached the corner and suddenly turned sideways, as if he had magnets in his feet, running up the wall, disappearing from Zhou Zhengde's line of sight, and getting close to the two spiritual users!
These two spiritual users, one rated E and the other D, had no difference in reaction speed. They didn’t even have time to shoot, and Wang Jixuan raised the automatic rifle in his right hand and began firing continuously.
With a firm grip on the gun, the bullets poured out!
The E-level spiritual user had blood erupting from their neck, shoulder, and chest!
The D-level spiritual user let out a loud roar, a ripple of telekinetic shield appearing around them. The first bullets that came in pierced through their right arm, but the subsequent bullets were barely blocked by the telekinetic shield!
A telekinetic user!
Weaker than An Qian.
In the blink of an eye, Wang Jixuan didn’t think much and, as he had planned earlier, threw with his left hand.
Two bone-piercing nails shot out!
With restrictions and spiritual energy bursting forth in an instant!
The D-level spiritual user was terrified, letting out half a roar, as the telekinetic shield shrank and folded, one bone-piercing nail barely stopping at his forehead.
But with a soft 'pop,' one of the nails pierced through his left wrist!
Wang Jixuan’s body shot out a few steps along the ceiling, following his momentum as he rolled down.
He deliberately gave the other side a chance to shout.
"Ah—damn! He's here! He's here with me! Quick, support me!"
The D-level spiritual user yelled, his right arm and left hand both incapacitated, staring intently at Wang Jixuan, several bullets floating around him, even those two bone-piercing nails.
This was the signature ability of a telekinetic user, which An Qian had demonstrated before with incredible power.
Wang Jixuan lunged forward like an eagle attacking a lion!
"Die!"
The spiritual user shouted, and those few bullets and two depleted bone-piercing nails immediately shot towards Wang Jixuan!
An invisible force pressed down on Wang Jixuan!
Wang Jixuan's forward motion felt like he was sinking into quicksand, his speed dropping sharply!
The spiritual user had unleashed all his strength!
However...
Twelve diamond talismans flashed brightly from Wang Jixuan's chest, and a faint shadow of a seated Buddha appeared around him!
Clang, clang, clang!
The sound of metal clashing was unending!
Wang Jixuan felt the pressure around him suddenly dissipate. With no time to retract his arms, he charged right in front of the spiritual user, using his spiritual sense to adjust his direction and slammed his knees forward, energy surging into his knees!
Bang!
With a muffled sound, the spiritual user’s head drooped down.
Wang Jixuan managed to steady himself and looked down to see that the spiritual user's nose was crushed, his facial bones caved in, and there was a clear dent in the metal wall behind him, blood flowing down his neck.
Even so, the telekinetic user was still alive, just knocked out.
Wang Daolong quickly pulled a mini grenade from his waist bag, pulled the pin, and placed it in the spiritual user's arms, giving it a gentle pat.
His expression seemed to say, "We’ve had our battle, so here’s a mini high-explosive grenade for you to take home."
Then he quickly jumped deeper into the corridor.
Boom!
Zhou Zhengde could see blood and flesh flying and thick smoke rising through his scope.
Immediately after, a bright light appeared at the edge of Zhou Zhengde's vision.
The strong male officer had already pulled the trigger on the rocket launcher, and four slender mini-missiles left the barrel, drawing arcs of light in the narrow passage, flying into the circular hall at the end of the corridor.
A series of booming sounds followed.
Dust fell in the passage, and two of the four spiritual users in the circular hall lost their biological signals, while the other two were heavily injured and retreated quickly.
Zhou Zhengde heard Wang Jixuan's voice in his earpiece:
"Prepare to move... I’ll go out first, Team Zhou, don’t shoot."
"Understood," Zhou Zhengde sighed lightly and immediately turned the sniper rifle away.
The three quickly regrouped with the other two.
Wang Jixuan made a gesture with his fingers, and the movement talismans on the five-member team lit up again, continuing their rapid movement.
Zhou Zhengde wanted to ask what kind of technology this was, but now was not the time for questions; after firing, the adrenaline was pumping, and he was so excited he felt like shouting.
The female officer took over the button intercom again, tracking the communication channels of the spiritual users.
When they reached the vicinity of Elevator No. 7, the strong male officer who had been carrying the rocket launcher couldn’t help but curse:
"Hahaha! We took out five spiritual users in one go!"
"Very strong! Too strong! Mu Liang, you are definitely not E-level combat power!"
Zhou Zhengde's voice was a bit hoarse: "At least one of those five spiritual users was D-level! How many rockets do we have left?"
"Twelve rounds, we brought a total of sixteen between us."
The female officer suddenly shouted, "There's fighting below! The spiritual users are calling for support! Major Ling Tong is in a firefight with them!"
Almost as soon as she finished speaking...
Boom!
The area at the edge of the thirty-second floor began to tremble;
No, the entire fortress was shaking slightly!
Lights went out everywhere, emergency lights turned on, and alarms rang out near the central elevator shaft, which hadn’t sounded in a long time, while several fire escape lights lit up brightly!
Rumbling—
It was as if thousands of horses were galloping deep within the earth.
Wang Jixuan signaled, and the five immediately crouched down at the corner ahead, each feeling a bit uneasy.
What’s happening here?
(End of Chapter)