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Chapter 35: Overlord's Horizontal Bar

Fifteen minutes later, inside headquarters

"…This is Ch'en, I have set up the drone camera, command post please report."

"This is Li Lin from the command post, Officer Ch'en, go ahead."

"Li Lin? What about Nina who was supposed to be on the line?"

"For some reason, they cried and shouted for me to come over and connect to your signal; I couldn't refuse, so I came."

Sitting in his position, Li Lin wore headphones, also looking bewildered.

He, a temporary worker, suddenly sat at the operator's station; he originally just wanted to see how this girl worked. But for some unknown reason, after the girl with rabbit ears saw Li Lin sitting beside her, she suddenly just twitched and passed out.

The other girls, seeing this girl who passed out, didn't say much, just tremblingly handed the receiver to Li Lin. Then the other two girls who were still fine handed him a work manual and fled as if on wings. Leaving Li Lin utterly bewildered, inexplicably becoming this receiver. Fortunately, however, these machines, due to Originium technology, were mostly fool-proof operation; Li Lin looked at the manual, fiddled with it twice, and quickly learned the basics.

"In short, just follow what's recorded in the regulations manual, right? Should be adjusting a bit… Okay."

More than twenty small windows instantly appeared on the screen in front of Li Lin. The building materials factory, filmed from various angles, was displayed in the cameras.

From the aerial drone footage, one could see that the average quality of Terra people was truly no joke. A group of mercenaries flashed countless black shadows in the frame, quickly splitting into four routes, tightly surrounding the entire factory area. And the people originally working inside also began to frantically set up temporary fortifications, seemingly intending to resist stubbornly .

The two sides didn't even exchange basic shouts. After all, one was a dispensable den for a terrorist organization, while the other side was a mighty mercenary legion. Even if offering surrender, they wouldn't bring so many people out just to pose. Then there was only one choice left. The Lungmen government could no longer tolerate this kind of jumping clown prancing around in Lungmen's territory, intending to directly strangle them. Apart from some delirious Oripathy patients howling and rushing out, only to be shot dead outside the door by hidden Laterano, the scene became momentarily solemn.

Of course, solemnity was only for the Death Worshippers .

The Caster team inside also seemed to know their end was near, frantically covering their simple fortifications with various Originium Arts. It seemed most of the Casters inside were prepared for a desperate resistance; the originally somewhat crude fortifications were quickly renewed.

And many surrounding organizations also seemed to have noticed the major activity here; various figures emerged from around the streets, and many unfamiliar drones were also observing from a distance. Everyone seemed to already know that Lungmen had decided to use thunderous means on this place. But how to fight next still depended on this deployment. But this kind of development clearly exceeded the imagination of many gang bosses.

Lungmen's mercenaries and civilian forces just stood there, arms crossed, watching the Death Worshippers' Casters continuously strengthen their defensive fortifications.

From the original sparse fortifications, under the reinforcement of Originium Arts, a layer of iron material continuously spread and covered. It seemed someone among the Oripathy Casters inside had awakened the ability to manipulate steel; a layer of dark gray material gradually climbed the outer walls and main gate, gradually sealing the entire factory into an absolutely closed large iron box.

From the drone's perspective, even many fly-by-night organizations showed slight smiles of schadenfreude. In their eyes, it was clearly Lungmen trying to pick on a soft persimmon to make an example, but ended up kicking an iron plate . This kind of defensive fortification reinforced by Originium Arts users was both offensive and defensive, clearly not so easy to take down. But facing this sudden situation, Ch'en's expression remained unchanged. She raised her walkie-talkie, pressed the talk button, and transmitted the order to everyone.

"Plan unchanged, teams A, B, C, D, begin action."

"…"

The four teams looked at the huge black steel building, all showing slight sneers. Apart from Ch'en's team, two people walked out from each of the other teams. Understatedly , they walked towards the steel building.

And the other Death Worshipper Casters clearly weren't just for show; countless spells and firearms, bows and crossbows, spewed out from some small holes, bombarding the approaching mercenaries. But they were easily neutralized by the mercenaries. Some used long swords, some used staves, some didn't even move. Those Casters and siege weapons couldn't harm the mercenaries at all.

They grouped in pairs, one responsible for each side, easily neutralizing all attacks, demonstrating their strength as top-tier mercenaries.

Even Li Lin, watching, couldn't help but praise; these people even had the level of the Kazimierz low and mid-ranking knights who were slaughtered before. But amidst a blaze of fire, Li Lin saw that only one person seemed to walk out from Ch'en's team.

And in the gap of the explosion, seeing the Oni girl with a large shield, green hair fluttering, looking passively beaten and without grace, Li Lin raised his eyebrows somewhat surprisedly. He also knew about the Oni race; one look at those sharp long horns and Li Lin knew the race of this green-haired silly big sister . But it was very rare for this race to wield a shield as a shield guard, because their bloodline was extremely unstable. Li Lin thought for a moment, and for safety's sake, still asked Ch'en on the walkie-talkie:

"Is she alone okay? If I remember correctly, she should be an Oni, right? Facing this situation, can an Oni hold back her combat bloodline? Won't there be trouble?"

"It's fine, Hoshiguma alone is enough. I trust her."

Looking at Hoshiguma, carrying the Prajna Shield and slowly walking towards the entrance, Ch'en pressed her long sword, shook her head, signaling Li Lin to rest assured.

"That fellow Hoshiguma was originally part of a gang, but she made a name for herself through her own abilities. An outstanding talent personally scouted and selected by Wei Yenwu. This kind of scene isn't even a warm-up for her. That fellow is very tall, and her strength is also very strong. Many times, I can't beat her."

"Is that so? But even so, you can't let her alone breach such fortifications, right?"

"Don't worry, just watch the power of the Oni."

"Alright."

Looking at the green-haired Oni holding the shield in front of her, Li Lin couldn't sense her strength through the camera, only able to say somewhat awkwardly. Then he stared intently at the large screen, afraid of missing any details. This was a great opportunity to understand his colleagues, not to be missed.

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