LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 317 His Heart Has a Bomb
The pitter-patter of raindrops smashed onto the plaza.
The colorfully dazzling billboards flickered, the towering skyscrapers shot towards the sky, their tops disappearing into the pitch-black clouds as if swallowed by Abyss.
But within Abyss, there were also brilliant and splendorous colors, with flashes of red, blue, purple, and yellow light.
The central square of Xuyi Port, surrounded by six tall buildings, was a massive commercial district where the neon lights were dazzling, and the ceaseless stream of people made it a true city that never slept, as well as the economic center.
The walls of the buildings were crystal clear, like smooth LCD screens. At this moment, the video of a fashion show advertisement that was playing was abruptly canceled.
After the fashion advertisement was bumped, the half-body images of two presenters appeared on the walls of two tall buildings.
"There was a sensation that just occurred at the lowest layer. I don't know if everyone heard it?"
One of the presenters opened their mouth and said, their crisp and clear voice spreading throughout the entire central square, attracting many curious onlookers.
Was it the official TV station's program? Could there be some significant news?
"I heard it too. I thought there was an earthquake at the time." At that moment, her co-presenter chimed in.
"But after asking around, I found out that it was actually the Inspection Team carrying out a mission."
"A mission of the Inspection Team?"
"Yes, the Inspection Team set up to deal with Mutants. I believe everyone must have heard of them."
"Oh, I get it now! So that was the Inspection Team exterminating Mutants, right?"
The two presenters played off each other as if they were performing a comic dialogue.
In the eyes of ordinary people, those who call themselves New Humans are not really "New Humans." They are nothing more than a group of Mutants who have acquired special abilities!
Their numbers are also pitifully small, hardly significant in the whole empire's society.
Then, what gives them the right to claim superiority over ordinary people and call themselves "New Humans"? Could it be that those without superpowers are now considered "Old Humans"?
That's why ordinary people do not recognize this moniker.
It was fated that the official extermination of Paradise Bird would make a big splash, so why not ride the tide and broadcast it directly.
Let those New Humans hiding in the shadows see their current plight and let them know that their much-vaunted superpowers are nothing but showy embellishments in the face of the empire's might!
This world ultimately still belongs to ordinary humans!
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The headquarters of the New An Bureau.
Pianning looked at the official propaganda images with narrowed eyes.
The officials really were dancing on the edge of New An Bureau's bottom line. They hadn't revealed New An Bureau's involvement, but both overtly and covertly, they were suggesting it was with New An Bureau's tacit approval.
This was an outright push of New An Bureau to the opposing side of all New Humans, attempting to break the organization's belief and directly disintegrate them from within!
They were testing the limits of New An Bureau!
Perhaps it was their agreement to encircle and suppress Paradise Bird that made them think New An Bureau was showing weakness, emboldening these nauseating individuals to strut their stuff.
But Pianning had even more pressing concerns.
As a core member of the New An Bureau and a player whose outsider status had been exposed—their squad had to consider the feelings of their ultimate boss in almost everything they did.
After all, he was in control of their brains!
So, would the officials' actions lead the director of New An Bureau to mistakenly think that their purpose was to oppose New Humans?
Damn it!
Perhaps the officials hadn't crossed New An Bureau's bottom line, but now they had certainly crossed Pianning's!
Her face remained composed as she watched the live broadcast of the bombing scene. Pianning's hands were clasped together supporting her chin, her lips curling into a cold smirk.
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The central square of Xuyi Port.
The two tall buildings were still chatting about the operation against New Humans when suddenly, the sky above, unknown to them, began to swirl with wind, and the earlier drizzle turned into a tempest!
Suddenly, a tremendous bolt of lightning descended from the sky, booming against the wall of a building and instantly destroying the screen!
In the square, those who had been watching with interest were stunned.
With one presenter's voice missing, the echo of the other voice sounded like a meaningless monologue, somewhat comical.
Before long, the presenter on the opposite building seemed to realize something, her smile gradually stiffening.
She hesitatingly said, "It seems the weather isn't very good today. Let's go to a commercial break."
As her voice fell, the image on the building wall quickly switched, reverting to a fashion advertisement.
Just when the show was getting interesting, the people standing in the central square sighed in disappointment, cursing whichever construction team built that wall not to withstand lightning!
But then someone thought, the electronic display had malfunctioned, but couldn't the displays on other buildings be used instead?
Wouldn't it be okay to just switch to those?
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However, the officials naturally wouldn't make a live switch again.
After all, how could such a coincidence occur?
The warning from the lightning strike was crystal clear, and if they continued to tempt fate, the New An Bureau might flip out on the spot!
The siege on Paradise Bird hadn't ended yet; those New Humans were somewhat difficult to deal with, hence the officials had launched a third bombing raid.
So, it was not wise to fall out with the New An Bureau before then.
Moreover, they still didn't have a way to deal with that person.
Therefore, they could only pretend as if nothing had happened.
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At this moment, in an entertainment venue far from the city center.
This place wasn't large, and since it was located in the suburbs, the vicinity wasn't as bustling as the city center after nightfall.
Inside the venue, the man sitting in the office spun his chair, watching the scene broadcast on the television with interest, and naturally, he also saw the building's electronic display being blown up suddenly.
"As expected of the New An Bureau, so staunch."
As expected of the opposing camp, they were decisive and forceful, eliminating most of the members of their organization in one fell swoop!
Now, the remaining people of Paradise Bird could be counted on one's fingers.
There were only a few people in the headquarters to begin with, plus a few others out on missions, and if there were any lucky survivors who escaped, scraped together, there might be a dozen or so people left.
One could say their losses were extremely heavy and tragic!
Thinking of this, the man glanced at the team list in the top right corner, where there was one name.
Luckily his teammate was among those who had been out on a mission, the type who were rarely at the base, otherwise by now they'd probably be cold corpses.
After all, only two people had escaped from the city base.
After Frandy arrived from the Teleportation Array, he waited for a while, but upon not seeing Lin Qi, he decisively destroyed the Teleportation Array.
So, the remaining people there could only rely on their own power to escape the siege.
Or maybe none of them would escape at all.
After returning to the headquarters, Frandy and Robert quickly found the leader of Paradise Bird—Xiu Bargas.
The leader of Paradise Bird seemed young, with indigo hair and amber eyes, and always wore a light smile on his face.
Initially, Frandy had wondered if the headquarters could send reinforcements, or if there was some way to salvage more members from the battlefield, otherwise, the losses were too great!
"It's too late to rescue anyone now, better to think about how to face the Inspection Team's subsequent pursuit."
However, Xiu Bargas just spread his hands helplessly.
He really had no other options, as he had been in the midst of a good negotiation with the Walter Group about yesterday's events, but then the city base had suddenly been bombed!
Now, the terms previously agreed with the conglomerate probably couldn't be met, and going forward, they might suffer double pursuit from both the officials and the conglomerate!
Sheesh, the people of the New An Bureau were really ruthless!
Who would have thought that a Silverglow Tower could lead to so much trouble!
Therefore, seeing the New An Bureau being played by the officials was quite gratifying.
"By the way boss, this guy Bai Mufei..." Frandy suddenly hesitated to speak up on the side.
"Bai Mufei?" Xiu's gaze flickered slightly, "What about him?"
"Is he... is there something wrong with his brain?"
Xiu: "…"
Xiu looked at him, expressing a complicated emotion, as if wondering why he would waste his breath on such a question, and what the specific meaning of this question was.
Frandy was actually just unable to hold back his criticism, and he went on to inform him about everything that had happened at the base, including the fact that Bai Mufei had left the Teleportation Array without knowing where he was going, and his situation was currently unclear.
After listening, Xiu opened his Micro-end to check.
"He's still over there, and as for the incident you just talked about, I think…" Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire
He's probably unaware that there's an Energy Bomb in his heart, and that he holds the control over the bomb, which is why he's been so reckless and unbridled.
Xiu thought amusedly.
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