Chapter 142 The Army's Raid
Bart started to feel anxious when Gu Ding told him that Sharp was not dead. Nevertheless, he had a feeling that Gu Ding was only trying to scare him. “Hey, could you not make a joke out of this? You saw it for yourself. I thrust that sword through his heart, and he stopped breathing on the spot. How is it possible that he survived when he doesn't have any special abilities?”
Gu Ding said nothing and only sent Bart the full of video of what had transpired as well as a video of all three Baby Dragon ships. “Take a look at the video yourself. That man stood up from the ground about twenty minutes after you left. I've also shared the video on the Baby Dragons with you too.”
Liliath moved closer to Gu Ding after the latter had ended the call. “Are you sure we're not going to ally ourselves with them?”
Gu Ding shook his head. “There's no way their plan would work. We would be sending ourselves to our deaths if we entered into an alliance with them. Don't worry about it. If they end up getting into a fight, they'll definitely come to us because they need the help of Biggie to deter the Rank 10 Gene Body powerhouse. Besides, they would need Neptune's help if they wish to leave this planet with their s.p.a.ceship. Bart can afford to sacrifice any other crew except ours. He won't give us up. If we can't escape, no one else can. Now that they have all the information, we just need to wait for their reply and find out if they have any other plans that might work.”
There was a grim look on Bart's face when he hung up the communicator. One of his crew members asked with trepidation, “Boss, did that Gu Ding reject to work with us?”
“He didn't reject working with us, but he did share two pieces of very bad news with me,” Bart said as he projected the first video Gu Ding had shared with him. It was the video of him fighting Sharp in the shopping mall. He scrubbed through the video until it was twenty minutes after he had left. Finally, he saw Sharp slowly getting up from the ground. He also saw the wound on Sharp's chest begin to heal at an astonishing rate.
“How is this possible? Did the ability to resurrect awaken within him?” Bart found the scene in front of him truly out of the world. The very person he had killed with his own hands had returned to life once again.
A few of his crew members came forward to view the projection of the video.
“Boss… Sharp isn't dead?” someone asked hesitantly.
Bart closed his eyes and took a long, deep breath as he tried his best to calm down. The scene was a huge blow to him. He had given so much thought to his plan, only to be rewarded with such results. He had blown his opportunity, and there was no second chance for him. Sharp would not make the same mistake, and he had leveled up to a Rank 11 Gene Body. Sharp was much more powerful than before. Bart could picture Sharp conducting a mad search for his location to exact revenge on him and retrieve his sword.
“Yes, that was the first piece of bad news Gu Ding told me,” a helpless tone could be heard within Bart's voice.
“What… What's the second piece of bad
news?”
Bart opened the second video Gu Ding had shared with him. There were three s.p.a.ceships in the video that were much bigger than the Golden Eagle. They were Baby Dragons waiting in formation outside Great Divine.
“Are those three ships Baby Dragons? Why is that considered bad news? Do they have anything to do with us?” There was someone among them who did not notice what planet it was under those s.p.a.ceships.
“Those three Baby Dragons are interceptors that are anch.o.r.ed right outside Great Divine. Even if Gu Ding were to help us activate the Sky Shield at the harbor and destroy the harbor's armor-piercing cannon, we would still end up being attacked by those three Baby Dragons the moment we exit of the planet's ozone layer,” Bart's joy from killing Sharp had disappeared completely. He even felt a little depressed. He had worked so hard only to have all his effort go to waste. Not to mention, he was now trapped on a planet where he had no idea how to make an escape. The situation stifled him.
Much unlike Bart who was depressed about the situation, Gu Ding and the others were rather calm in the motel they were staying at.
After the day's excitement, Gu Ding was exhausted even though he had only played to role of a spectator.
Liliath had long fallen asleep in her room.
Biggie did not look tired, but he had retired to his room as well.
Even Robert, who had never slept before, was in sleep mode.
Gu Ding pulled the covers over himself after saying good night. He turned in his bed and once again looked at the starry sky outside the window…
Early the next morning, Gu Ding was wakened by Neptune.
Gu Ding stretched and asked with his eyes barely open, “What's going on? It's still early.”
“The Army has started taking action! They're raiding every area in the city without surveillance cameras,” Neptune projected a video as he spoke.
The Army had split themselves into smaller teams. Each district was a.s.signed two teams as they knocked on every household, one by one, conducting their investigation.
Gu Ding raised his head every once in a while to watch what was happening in the video while he brushed his teeth. A little over ten minutes pa.s.sed and Gu Ding had already witnessed a few arrests. Even though they were unfamiliar faces, it was obvious that they were Interstellar Pirates.
There was no restaurant in the little motel Gu Ding and the others were staying at. Hence, Biggie still prepared their meals each day. The only difference was that they did not gather at the kitchen but at Biggie's room.
Biggie had only started preparing breakfast when Gu Ding knocked on the door to his room.
“Why are you so early today?” When they were still on the s.p.a.ceship, Liliath was always the earliest. Gu Ding would normally appear only when breakfast was almost ready.
“Neptune woke me up.” Gu Ding was still observing the chaos in the video.
“What are you watching?” Biggie glanced at the video and did not quite understand what was happening
“Those Army guys are raiding districts that aren't covered by surveillance cameras,” Gu Ding's eyes did not leave the screen.
Gu Ding suddenly saw a familiar figure appear on the screen-it was An Luo. His distinct feature, his white hair, was quite obvious even amongst the crowd of people. He was wearing a black hat on his head.
An Luo was walking in a very strange way. Each step he took looked small, but they were each able to bring him a great distance. Each step he took did not leave any obvious signs. That alone showed that whatever he was doing was similar to Silent Step.
Nevertheless, An Luo was quickly discovered, and a small Army team led by a major general gave chase.
An Luo ran a few steps forward before he suddenly disappeared at a corner. Gu Ding was able to notice what he had done. An Luo had snuck to the back of the Army's team.
Discreetly, a knife appeared in An Luo's right hand as he took light steps and appeared behind one of the soldiers. Then, covering the soldier's mouth, he took the knife and sliced it across the throbbing veins on the man's neck. An Luo's movements were fluid and swift. It was obvious that it was not the first time he had done something like that.
Shortly after, having silently placed the dead body down, An Luo appeared behind another soldier and sliced open the person's neck.
It was not until the death of a third soldier that the remaining soldiers in the team noticed that they were being attacked.
An Luo did not panic at all when he was discovered. Instead, he moved in a flash and appeared in front of one of them. Then, he thrust his knife into one of the soldier's heart before vanishing once again.
“This must be what is known as the art of a.s.sa.s.sination.” Gu Ding held his chin in his hand as he watched the video.
In the video, An Luo could be seen conducting a one-sided ma.s.sacre. One person collapsed within every five seconds that pa.s.sed. It was not long before the major general was the only one left standing in the team of ten.
Gu Ding thought the fight was about to get interesting. An Luo might have been a Rank 7 Gene Body, but there was something formidable about his art of a.s.sa.s.sination. His opponent was a Rank 9 Gene Body from the Army. Even though he was not as agile An Luo was, he was much stronger physically than An Luo and would not go down so easily.
An Luo played a few tricks with the dagger in his right hand as he stood in front of the major general. “It's just the both of us now, and you don't look like a weakling. So… I'll take my leave!”
An Luo disappeared without a trace the moment he finished speaking.
The major general was left clueless about what had just happened. He had expected the situation to turn into a fight to the death with the enemy, but his enemy vanished without a trace.
Gu Ding was stunned as well, but he later burst out laughing. “That fellow actually escaped. I actually thought he would put up a serious fight.”
At this point, Neptune voiced out his opinion, “Only someone stupid would go head to head with a major general. His choice was a very wise one. Nearly every street in that district has people from the Army. If he were to get tangled in a sticky situation, it's without a doubt that the other teams would've provided backup. It would be impossible for him to make his escape at that time.”
Gu Ding saw another familiar face after that, but it was in another area of the district that had no surveillance. This time, it was Bart.
Bart was acting differently compared to the others who were attempting to escape. He had chosen to take a more aggressive and direct att.i.tude. He had the necks of every member of the Army within his sights strangled and broken by his black chain.
If Gu Ding was able to see everything Bart did, so was the Army.
Walter narrowed his eyes as he watched the arrogant Bart. Walter quickly gave the order for teams around the area to evacuate. Nevertheless, it did not mean that Walter had chosen to back down. Instead, he had intentions of using a different battle tactic.
“All teams evacuate to the outskirt of the district now and release three mechs instead,” Walter gave the order.
Bart was pleased with the quick evacuation of people from the Army. It meant that they feared him.
However, he raised an eyebrow when he next saw three mechs appear in front of him. Mech or not mech, it made no difference to him. He could manifest his Spirit Chain anywhere. If his opponents were willing to serve themselves up on a plate, there was no reason for him to reject them.
He grabbed hold of the chain around his waist and whipped it out with force. In an instant, the black chain stretched out and wrapped itself around the mechs. However, Bart was then taken aback. That was because his black chain that should have been able to override the mechs' defenses under normal circ.u.mstances seemed to be blocked by something outside the mechs.
This time, he was not able to use his chain on the mechs.
Neptune explained what was going on when he saw this, “Those three mechs probably went through alteration and were given additional spirit magnetic fields that are capable of causing enough disturbance to isolate spiritual attacks. It looks like that arrogant fellow is about to get into big trouble.”
