A Night of Desperation-Chapter 241: Operation 239

Joint Military Headquarters.

Chen Xiguang, leaning on his cane, stood in front of a series of three-dimensional large screens, surrounded by a circle of school-ranked officers.

“Yu Hong…? Is this person… worth trusting?” he asked in a low voice.

“This person is very skilled in rune technology and also possesses great personal strength. He has helped Lin Yiyi on numerous occasions and values loyalty and righteousness;we should try our best to win him over to our side.”

A female officer standing beside him responded affirmatively.

“Lin Yiyi is not beautiful, has no background, and yet she received Yu Hong’s help. All she did was save him once initially. Such camaraderie is quite rare in these times,” Chen Xiguang sighed. “You heard their exchange in the car just now, what do you think?”

“If we let Yu Hong take this responsibility on his own, it would indeed be an appropriate move, but such an action would be unjust,” the female officer declared solemnly.

“Justice…” Chen Xiguang heard the word that had become increasingly rare over time. His eyes filled with emotion. It was for this reason that he brought the female officer to his side.

Not for anything else, but simply because she still possessed that rare purity of this era.

Bringing her to his side was not only to train her but also to protect her.

“Whatever you want to do, go ahead and do it. If there’s trouble with Xin Zhilei, I’ll take the blame,” Chen Xiguang said indifferently. “I’m already of this age and do not have long to live. Instead of maintaining my current life without any quality, it’s better to pave the way for the young… Aurora City’s future might just depend on them.”

“Councilor… you…”

“No need to say more, go and do it. Help Yu Hong deal with any potential situations,” Chen Xiguang instructed.

“Yes!”

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United Army Pucheng First Hospital.

Having changed into a camouflage uniform, Xin Zhilei accompanied the transport team carrying her son’s containment box, and boarded the vehicle heading to a secret airstrip.

“Madam, the Association’s aircraft is already waiting on the top of the headquarters building,” a person wearing a black metal mask quietly reported inside the vehicle.

“I hope you don’t break your word. Otherwise… I have my own ways of retaliation,” Xin Zhilei said coldly.

“Such threats are too weak, Madam,” the masked person replied calmly. “Ineffective threats only show your weakness at this moment.”

“Weakness… heh,” Xin Zhilei could not be bothered to argue with the opponent. Indeed, she was a person of weakness, who only forced herself to be strong for the sake of her son. Perhaps she was just an ordinary married woman from the start.

“Madam,” the commander of Echo Troop’s voice came through the earpiece.

“A United Army investigation team is approaching the headquarters, asking us to clear the area and cooperate with the investigation!”

“Refuse them, block their way,” Xin Zhilei said quickly.

“There’s also radar detection that Chen Yaofeng and others who have just broken out are driving towards the investigation department. Do you want to come back to oversee the situation?” The Echo Troop had no idea she was leaving;they just guessed that her power might be greatly affected by it.

But everyone knew that Xin Zhilei held the secret technique of water extraction. As long as this remained unchanged, the rest were not a problem. Other council members, even knowing she had some issues, dared not move against her lightly.

She hung up the phone.

“Once we reach the headquarters, go straight to the top floor to leave,” she instructed, turning to her side.

“Surveillance shows someone is breaking through the main entrance,” the masked person replied.

“Then deal with him. I’ll enter through the side door and go straight to the elevator.”

Soon, the motorcade entered the nearby investigation department’s headquarters building, and Xin Zhilei, along with the box carrying her son, went directly into the elevator that went to the top floor.

Boom!

Suddenly, a dull thump came from outside, as if something had been heavily hit.

“I’ll handle it.” A colonel who had come to meet the Echo Troop turned and led people towards the direction of the sound.

“Are the jamming systems ready?” Xin Zhilei asked with an indifferent expression.

“They’re ready to be activated at any time,” the masked person nodded.

“The executioner troop must ensure my and my son’s safety all the way to the headquarters,” Xin Zhilei continued.

“Naturally.”

Xin Zhilei nodded, no longer speaking, just tilting her head back, looking through the transparent elevator shell towards the dense, broad buildings in the distance of Aurora City.

This was the city she had contributed to, built from scratch. Regardless of whether it was a facade or not, the time and energy she had expended were real.

And now, she was about to leave…

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Boom!

The Y-shaped iron gate was kicked open by Yu Hong.

The alarm blared shrilly.

Inside, the guards’ faces turned pale and they raised their guns at Yu Hong, shouting commands loudly.

A series of safety catches clicked open.

The dark muzzles of the guns and the automatic machine guns in the corner aimed at him.

“Where is Xin Zhilei?” Yu Hong asked, ignoring all the gun barrels.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!!

The reply came in the form of dozens of submachine guns and handguns firing simultaneously.

The dense bullets, like raindrops, blanketed every direction around him in an instant.

Dang, dang, dang, dang!

But all bullets were blocked by the bulletproof Protective Suit, and the few that penetrated were significantly weakened, unable to harm even the skin of Yu Hong now.

“It seems you are all accomplices.” Yu Hong did not want to waste words, and Thunderbolt Leg Technique exploded, his figure vanishing from the spot in an instant.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

A swift shadow darted through the firing soldiers;they were like blocks thrown up in the air—light and weightless—and crashed heavily to the ground, motionless.

Yu Hong did not stop and, like a missile, he charged at the main entrance of the building.

Boom!!!

The bulletproof door caved in violently and then splintered with dense cracks.

Yu Hong withdrew the left leg he had kicked out and side-kicked again.

Boom!!

The metal door collapsed inward.

Swoosh!

His figure turned into a blur as he rushed into the lobby. A series of automatic gunfire was a step too late, hitting behind him and leaving a trail of clear bullet holes on the marble floor.

The camera systems were too slow to identify him.

The computer reacted extremely quickly, but identification was the bottleneck.

Yu Hong rushed into the stairwell and looked upwards.

Suddenly he grabbed the railing with one hand and his muscles bulged and burst with power.

Whoosh!

He leapt up, shooting up like a cannonball, reaching the height of five stories.

Just when he could have surged even higher.

A blaze of fire erupted from the right wall, and a massive explosion ripped through the wall, spewing out a cloud of red dust, completely engulfing him mid-air.

Dust rolled, thick smoke spread, and the explosion ignited flames that set various items stored in the stairwell ablaze.

“With me, You Hong, around, don’t even think of threatening the minister.” A two-meter-tall humanoid with a body reforged into black metal walked briskly into the stairwell, holding a hook in one hand and a buzzing giant chainsaw in the other.

Pattern after pattern of rune glinted in the light on his chainsaw and body.

“Cyborg?” As the smoke cleared, Yu Hong’s Protective Suit was in tatters.

He simply tore off the suit to reveal the strong, towering pale muscles underneath.

“An eyesore.” White light began to faintly radiate from Yu Hong’s body.

With strength alone, he couldn’t withstand bombs and sniper bullets.

“Let’s see who the real eyesore is!” The cyborg You Hong sneered coldly, raising the hook and violently aiming it at Yu Hong. Surprisingly, with a loud thud, the hook was launched at high speed toward Yu Hong.

Boom.

The hook embedded into the wall, striking nothing.

Yu Hong had already vanished from his original spot.

‘Left!’ You Hong was shocked and quickly swung his chainsaw to the left.

But it was too late.

A leg, studded with silver spikes, hit him squarely in the chest before his chainsaw could get close.

The terrifying force, vast as a torrential flood, erupted instantly.

You Hong’s weapon flew from his grasp as he was blasted backward, crashing heavily into the wall.

Boom!

The wall collapsed and crumbled, trapping him at the center.

“Die with me!” His eyes flashed a crazed ferocity as a blinding red light shone from his chest.

Bang!

Another leg landed squarely on the bomb near his heart, forcibly stomping out the ignited red light.

Yu Hong withdrew his leg and surged upward again.

He ascended two more flights but couldn’t continue;the top was sealed off, blocking direct access to the highest point.

He turned and entered through a white metal door on the left.

Fist through the metal door, he tore it off and threw it aside.

Yu Hong entered. Inside was a rectangular white hall, roughly over a hundred square meters in size.

The surroundings were empty.

Except the middle had a black iron chair, with a person wearing a black metal mask seated on it.

The person was clad in a black suit, wearing a black bowler hat, legs crossed, leaning leisurely against the backrest.

“Mr. Yu Hong, I must say your strength is indeed great. I originally estimated you would need more time to break through the first two obstacles, but you only took…”

Boom!

Yu Hong didn’t wait for him to finish speaking and had already appeared in front of him.

Leg raised.

A straight kick!

The great force hit the masked man squarely in the chest, sending him flying backward.

But the man and the chair disintegrated mid-air, revealing only a metal block with a communication speaker.

Yu Hong then realized the metal door behind him had been blocked by an even thicker white wall at some point.

He could see no sign of an exit on the surrounding walls.

“A trap?” he raised an eyebrow.

Buzz… Bang!

At that moment, sounds of complete sealing came from all four walls.

Following that, some small holes appeared in the walls, emitting a light blue gas.

“Resorting to poison gas when unable to beat me in a fight?” Yu Hong’s expression unchanged, walked to the wall opposite him.

“I’m sorry, if only you were a little more willing to communicate, we might not have fully intended to kill you.” The same man’s voice rang out again.

“Too bad, it’s you who have thrown away your own chance at life.”

Whoosh!

Yu Hong’s right leg ignited with white light and suddenly he delivered a side kick, in the style of a whip.

He kicked with such full force that his Inner Qi produced multiple leg-shaped afterimages in mid-air.

‘Thunderbolt Leg Technique—Third Style!’

Boom!!!

The wall in front of him shook heavily, and after being slammed by the kick, it fell silent for a moment.

Crack.

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Then, a black crack spread from where the wall was kicked.

Next came indentation and distortion.

This alloy wall, thick enough to withstand a heavy tank bombardment, couldn’t withstand a single kick from Yu Hong’s Thunderbolt Leg.

Boom!

The wall shattered outwards, blasting a large hole and revealing the room behind it.

Yu Hong calmly retracted his leg, and entered the room.

“Where’s Xin Zhilei?”

In the room, the man in the suit and black mask appeared again.

Standing in the middle, holding a remote, he stared at Yu Hong, seemingly not yet recovered from the previous shock.

To think that just now, even several Black Blood People at their strongest couldn’t have broken free from that wall.

And now…

“How could an ant imagine the vastness of a Peng.” Yu Hong walked step by step towards him.