Chapter 68 - Sixty-Eight: Full and Satisfied, It’s Time to Work

The same situation was unfolding elsewhere in the building, with a total of twenty-four Mutants appearing simultaneously inside! At the very top floor of the building, the precinct chief was sweating profusely as he reported to Aviloya, "...They had already infiltrated the precinct, hiding all this time, and for some reason, they suddenly launched an attack today. "Our entire precinct building has been sealed off by them. My special service group is caught in a fierce battle. I’m not clear about the casualties yet, but the situation is quite grim. Please dispatch support immediately..." Aviloya’s face was solemn. "The first batch of reinforcements comes from other city precincts on Yinglong Star, totaling sixteen professionals, and they will arrive shortly..." The precinct chief let out a mournful howl. "There are nine precincts on Yinglong Star, and only sixteen professionals as reinforcements?" Aviloya shouted angrily, "They still need to ensure the safety of other cities! Mutants are cunning. We must guard against them striking the reinforcements or exploiting the situation to attack other cities! "You are a professional too. What are you still doing in the office? Because of your stupidity and incompetence, Zhaojieze City Precinct is about to become the first branch organization of the Bureau of Mystic Security to be overturned by Mutants!" The precinct chief clenched his teeth. "I understand what needs to be done!" The communication was cut off. Outside in the city, wailing alarms sounded. The whole city activated emergency plans, the military began to move in, and citizens were immediately evacuated. This was the evacuation of hundreds of millions of people, an evacuation impossible to carry out quickly in any era. The precinct chief took a deep breath. He knew that if they couldn’t hold the precinct, it would be a catastrophe for the entire city once the Mutants broke out! 「...」 BELCH... Ah, satisfying... Chen Gu finally had his fill. His belly protruded high before his powerful organs rapidly processed the food, visibly flattening in no time. A massive amount of nutrition was delivered to every cell in his body, transformed, and stored away. The restaurant was open twenty-four hours a day, mainly catering to professionals who might feel hungry at any time due to training. Therefore, this restaurant wasn’t large, nor did it have chefs; all food was pre-made, packaged, and then transported here. All was quiet in the small diner. Suddenly, Chen Gu felt something was off—it was too quiet. Chen Gu stood up. His ears twitched at a sound from the hallway outside—the HISS of a safety door opening. Chen Gu was startled. The safety doors were closed before? These safety doors within the building were usually open unless there was a special situation. Chen Gu’s figure flashed, moving as nimbly as a swift swallow, gliding to just above the diner’s main entrance. His back muscles unbelievably tensed against the wall, sticking to it like suction cups, motionless. A familiar stench wafted over. Chen Gu’s eyes snapped open. Mutants?! How could there be Mutants here, in the Bureau of Mystic Security? This is bad! A Mutant, only slightly larger than a human, entered spiraling along the walls of the corridor, using hands and feet. It roared as it rushed into the diner, looking around but finding no target. Chen Gu had already dropped down silently. His palm pressed atop the Mutant’s head, and with a loud BANG, the Mutant’s body exploded. A moment before the explosion, Chen Gu had already moved away, avoiding being splattered. After landing, he shook his head slightly. This won’t do. The combat skills of the Radiation Missionary consume too much energy. Even if I meticulously control the power, I can’t kill many Mutants. Chen Gu looked around. He dismantled a metal leg from a table and held it in his hand to test its heft. Not satisfied, but it’ll have to do. He scanned the area. There were no weapons, not even in the kitchen; he couldn’t find any knives. Chen Gu checked and confirmed this Mutant must have been recently contaminated. The mutation was recent, and it didn’t possess much strength. Chen Gu switched to Star Battle Instructor mode and stealthily made his way through the corridors. The safety doors were all open. After turning a few corners, he came upon several corpses. They were all members of the tactical team. Their deaths were violent, and one body even had clear signs of being gnawed on. He moved forward to examine them. Just as he squatted down, he suddenly spun to the side, slamming the table leg he was holding heavily behind him. BANG! The skull of a Mutant that had just leaped down from a hiding spot above exploded, splattering him with black viscous fluid. The Mutant fell to the ground but was not yet dead. Its six limbs twisted and scrabbled as it tried to charge again. Chen Gu stepped forward and struck it several more times with the table leg to finally kill it. The moment he saw those corpses, Griffin Wester knew it was a trap. Once on the battlefield, the Star Battle Instructor was terrifyingly calm. Whether in tactical command or battlefield intuition, he was among the very best. After dealing with the ambushing Mutant, Chen Gu began to truly examine the bodies. Chen Gu finally found some weapons. The team members were equipped with guns and military sabers. However, when Chen Gu picked up the firearms, he was dissatisfied and tossed them aside. They were merely standard physical ammunition weapons, hardly lethal to Mutants. Their heavy ammunition would also slow him down if he carried too much. Fortunately, Chen Gu quickly found two energy pistols on a body that seemed to belong to a team leader, along with four extra compressed energy blocks. Fiddling with them in his hands, Chen Gu’s heart leaped with joy. The famous Wilderness Howls! Ranked among the top ten most powerful energy pistols! These pistols were originally designed for hunting large game, their design filled with violent aesthetics. They were well-balanced in terms of power, ammunition capacity, and heat dissipation, becoming popular as soon as they were released. The Wilderness Howl was expensive and not a standard-issue weapon in the Bureau of Mystic Security. It seemed the team leader had bought them himself. Without hesitation, Chen Gu cranked the power up to maximum. According to the weapon company, this setting could take down a Tyrannosaurus-sized beast with a single shot. Then, Chen Gu found a military saber on one of the bodies. However, this saber was a low-end product. Made of high-quality alloy, it was approximately thirty-five centimeters long, sharp, and durable—but that was all. Chen Gu removed the saber and its carrying gear from the body, securing it to the outside of his right leg. He then cautiously moved forward, a gun in each hand, into the flickering-light corridor. 「...」 Eight members of the tactical team were holding out in a small room. Dozens of administrative team members huddled behind them, mostly women, clinging to each other for encouragement. Despite their streaming tears, not one made a sound, so as not to disturb the tactical team at the front. Outside the room was a horde of Mutants! The Mutants moved with agility far exceeding that of humans, and gunfire did not inflict significant damage on them. They often continued their charge despite being shot at. This compelled the tactical team to turn their energy weapons’ power to maximum to repel them. However, doing so brought a hint of tragic resolve to the faces of the team members. "Team leader, how many shots do you have left?" "Sixteen shots. You?" "I have nine shots left." "I have eleven rounds." "I have thirteen rounds."