Chapter 377: Rivers of Blood (Part II)

"Was that guy's target me from the very beginning?"

Major General Luxi Ka'en, after sensing the icy chill brought by the surrounding Shadow of the Abyss that reached deep into his soul.

In an instant, this capable Major General realized the truth.

It was just that he still did not understand how a Commoner could compensate for his greatest weakness: intelligence gathering.

Could it be that from the start, this was a conspiracy targeting the Kahn Group... no, not just the Kahn Group, but the entire powerful conservative faction it represented?

There is a force providing intelligence and even other powerful support to that Awakened!

Major General Luxi Ka'en realized this through his own experience.

He gave a bleak smile.

At the moment he felt the Shadow of the Abyss rushing toward him.

He forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart and transmitted a message that there was someone behind the opponent.

Following that, the thin, tall figure formed by the black, viscous Shadow of the Abyss, which had been destroyed with such difficulty, grew out once again.

"Run!"

The other personnel in the Command Post also quickly sensed that something was wrong and rushed over one after another.

Even after hearing the warning that it was that incredible monster, they charged in without fear.

The place where the Major General directing the battle and his adjutants were located had already been invaded by a mass of the Shadow of the Abyss.

Sometimes, they would manage to create the conditions to severely wound the opponent with fearless courage.

The Poseidon Squad, which was as famous as the Leiting Squad, after sacrificing half of its members and most of its support personnel.

What they had been fighting all along was only a part of the limbs of this Shadow of the Abyss monster.

Then, seemingly angry at having suffered a loss earlier.

The alarm sounded loudly, and the mobile squads deployed in the surrounding area rushed over to rescue them.

These soldiers of the Kaluo Federation, who were critical and unaware of the situation.

Accompanied by a buzzing sound.

And tentacles and moving spikes extended out.

Seeing this, the captain of the Poseidon Squad felt slightly relieved in his heart.

This captain discovered that it was not just them who were fleeing.

The captain of the Poseidon Squad's pupils contracted, and he decisively abandoned the garrison mission given by his superiors.

On the walls and ceiling, large masses of viscous, writhing Shadow of the Abyss appeared one after another.

Immediately, the Operations Office of the Command Post where Major General Luxi Ka'en was located was completely filled with darkness.

And in fact, there was no need for them to send a message; as the situation in the corridor was captured by surveillance.

And after they paid the price of another half of their members being sacrificed and rushed out of the first basement level.

Even before seeing the enemy, they were already influenced by the retreating soldiers to throw away their armor and flee together.

They gasped for air and pressed the button on their communication equipment to transmit the message.

As for those officials who ran fast, only two lucky ones who usually exercised more rolled down the stairs and escaped the disaster.

These squads were all the personal guards of Major General Luxi Ka'en.

They saw that the uneven ground, which had just turned to ash, suddenly became viscous.

Especially the so-called City Defense Army brought by those officials from the Dungeon Civilian District to bolster their presence.

They finally managed to eliminate the Shadow of the Abyss monster wreaking havoc on this first basement level by throwing a large number of Flashbangs and spraying high-temperature flames.

Many squad leaders and Deputy Captains were, in a sense, born into the Kahn Group.

Often, they only eliminated a portion or even a small amount of the Shadow of the Abyss limbs.

Its body fully stretched out, it was comparable to an aircraft carrier of normal tonnage.

Boom!

The Shadow of the Abyss rushed out of the room, directly turning into streams of spikes, instantly skewering the ten-plus people at the front into meat skewers, before retracting back into the Shadow of the Abyss, from which the sound of devouring emerged.

Several Dungeon officials following behind saw this, and their expressions changed instantly; without a word, they turned and fled.

In all directions, there were fleeing stragglers everywhere.

The news that the Command Post had been attacked was immediately transmitted upward.

Before those team members could cheer for their success.

At this moment, the giant Shadow of the Abyss snake no longer looked like a giant snake, but more like an indescribable octopus-like monster.

If more people fled, the subsequent accountability would be lighter...

As a result, the moment the gate opened.

And this formidable enemy, which had been defeated with such difficulty, reappeared as if it had been fully revived before everyone could even catch their breath!

This sense of frustration and powerlessness was enough to cause even battle-hardened veterans to suffer from severe symptoms like mental breakdowns.

On the first basement level where the Command Post building was located.

Then, and then, unsurprisingly, they were sent into the belly of the giant Shadow of the Abyss snake.

Soon, the news that the Command Post had been raided and fallen, and that Major General Luxi Ka'en's life was hanging by a thread.

Spread throughout the upper echelons of the Kaluo Federation.

Even many relevant middle and lower-level Elites and Citizens had heard of it.

Along with the news that Major General Luxi Ka'en's life was hanging by a thread, the great name of Kalosis was also known by many, who began to mutter it in their hearts, becoming increasingly curious about what kind of person he was.

And how he had achieved such a miracle-like feat!

There was no help for it; with the fall of the Command Post, the matter had become too big, and it was impossible for anyone to stall for time and exploit the information gap.

However... the upper echelons of the Kaluo Federation, after seeing such a battle record.

Yet they were not frightened by this.

Instead, they became even more certain of the value of this Awakened, Kalosis.

Compared to Kalosis... the exceptionally gifted individuals they had unearthed over the past hundred-plus years in the Interdimensional Space Detection Project were simply like the difference between a mayfly and a whale.

Therefore, obtaining Kalosis, even at the cost of another Interdimensional Space Detection Project, was worth it!

Although the disappearance of Luxi Ka'en, a Noble, was worth everyone feeling sad for a second.

But the mission still had to continue.

They did not believe that the other party could truly do so many things without any cost.

Otherwise, why keep launching sneak attacks in the Civilian District?

Also from the Kahn Family, and a direct descendant, Lieutenant General Disikaen—a charismatic middle-aged man who was considered the uncle of Major General Luxi Ka'en—took over the heavy responsibility of overall combat command.

And the moment his shuttle arrived at the Underground City, he ordered the shelling of the original command post.

Without the slightest consideration that his nephew might still be inside.

There was no help for it; the higher-ups only wanted him to issue this order, which was why they continued to let someone from the Kahn Family take on this heavy responsibility.

Furthermore, he utilized a new batch of weapons and equipment he had brought, enabling the use of High-pressure High-explosive Incendiary Bombs capable of generating extremely high temperatures.

This caused the steel bars of the command post to melt into molten iron. The scorching high temperature could even be felt by soldiers ten miles away.

The battle results, at least the reported battle results, were there.

When the fire soared into the sky and the floors burned and collapsed.

A roar that made the earth tremble and the scorched sky quiver emerged from the flames.

It was a sound that made one's heart turn cold the moment it was heard.

It was a fear that reached the depths of the soul, as if one had seen a natural predator.

The newly appointed Lieutenant General Xisikaen heard this sound while on his aircraft.

After two seconds of silence, he decided to conduct remote command from his own aircraft.

Moreover, he kept the distance as far away from the combat zone as possible.

At the same time, he had his most trusted personal guards serve as pilots and perform random flight patterns to avoid any accidents.

After all, combined with the situation of the command post being raided.

Even without the transmission from Major General Luxi Ka'en, he, a Lieutenant General, would have suspected in his heart whether someone was passing intelligence to sabotage their Kahn Group.

Looking at the scorched earth displayed by the Drone on the screen.

The Lieutenant General observed a few seconds of silence for his nephew.

Afterwards, he looked at some of the suggestions his nephew had left behind before his death.

He nodded slightly, feeling they were acceptable.

The Kaluo Federation regular army was currently fighting in such a sorry state.

A large reason was that the Federation military's weapons and equipment were all designed for combat against equivalent opponents.

The targets were ordinary mobile units or armored targets, immovable fortresses, and so on.

They were not adapted to fighting against special individuals who were agile, possessed astonishing strength, yet were extremely small targets.

To deal with this kind of humanoid monster, ammunition volume was everything.

Luxi Ka'en felt that long-obsolete equipment like Aerial Gunships and Ground Attack Airships would be very suitable after being retrofitted with the best aiming instruments and equipment.

And by carrying different types of ammunition, they could cope with hostile target units of different forms.

"Aerial Gunships?"

"Large gunships are difficult to deploy in the Underground City space."

The height of the Underground City space was around five hundred meters, and the aircraft were all specially modified low-altitude aircraft.

If not for this, the air support would not have been so ineffective.

"If it's small aircraft, it shouldn't be much of a problem to make demands of those at the Academy of Sciences."

"Additionally, the offensive must continue!"

"The tactic of 'capturing the ringleader first to capture the bandits' is good."

"Unfortunately, the era has changed; the 'king' is also just a replaceable component."

Lieutenant General Xisikaen had a clear understanding of himself, and he began to issue orders to continue the advance from his aircraft.

The area where Su Ping was located, after a brief silence due to the fall of the command post, was once again filled with the roar of artillery.

However, Su Ping was currently sitting cross-legged in a dim Underground Basement.

Watching Major General Luxi Ka'en, who had been forcibly sent over by the Shadow of the Abyss along the sewers and various pipes.

Being rapidly washed away and carried through those pipes.

This Major General was no longer in human shape, his four limbs twisted abnormally and stuck in various parts of his body.

Only his right eye could barely move; after sensing that he had stopped, he forced it open and saw his target, who was composed and at ease.

Seeing Kalosis with his faint composure and smile, who seemed not at all panicked or worried.

The Major General panicked a bit himself, inexplicably having a premonition.

This matter had been a mistake from the very beginning.

In this game of life and death... they would lose!

Major General Luxi Ka'en suddenly felt a certain mental power emanate from the other party, piercing straight into the center of his brow.

Following that, Luxi Ka'en discovered that the voice of this Kalosis was ringing in his mind.

"You..."

Hearing the other party's voice in his mind, Luxi Ka'en heard that the other party actually intended to expose all the crimes related to the Interdimensional Space Detection Project.

He had wanted to retort about how ignorant and arrogant the other party was.

Yet thinking of the other party's methods, he felt a chill in his heart while helplessly responding:

"It's useless; not to mention that no department can help you expose this."

"Even if it were truly known to the world."

"There wouldn't be any changes..."

Major General Luxi Ka'en paused after responding to this point, before continuing:

"The upper echelons of the Kaluo Federation basically all know that such a thing exists."

"If you let it be exposed in the open, at most it would just make those families who caused the trouble pay a small price, and those family descendants would be scolded a bit and then superficially punished."

"This Venerable thinks what you said is correct."

"But this Venerable still wants to do it, not for anything else, just to let the final ripples of this body calm down."

Su Ping took a little effort to have the Shadow of the Abyss giant snake bring this Major General over.

It was not just to understand intelligence.

It was also because after knowing the tragic end of this physical body was related to the gambling games of the upper-class people.

The consciousness of Kalosis remaining in the physical body appeared to fluctuate intensely.

Su Ping could feel that it was anger and unwillingness, as well as the impulse to expose his own unfair treatment.

Su Ping could also understand why the final emotional ripples of the other party were like this.

Because Kalosis was just a Commoner in an Underground City, and all the literary works he came into contact with while growing up were about evil being wiped away under the sunlight.

Su Ping did not need to care about this bit of emotional fluctuation.

However, since he was idle anyway, since he sensed this impulse, Su Ping decided to satisfy his final request.

After all, being able to make his own possession successful also showed that the other party had a connection with him!

Thus, Su Ping simply used a suggestive hypnotic method to make this Major General reveal the intelligence.

Afterwards, Su Ping stared the Major General unconscious with a glance, sat cross-legged on the ground again, and used the bit of Dharma Power he had managed to accumulate with difficulty to activate the Dharma Array drawn on the ground.

Then, the Ghost Technique, which was a new Secret Technique researched by combining Side-Door Path Secret Techniques with the Nether Immortal Body, had low Dharma Power consumption and was suitable for use in the land of mortals, was cast.

A deep green light flashed across this battlefield that was already filled with death energy.

In almost the blink of an eye, hundreds of shadows stood around Su Ping.

Su Ping was somewhat surprised; he did not expect the soul strength of this Kaluo Federation to be quite good.

In this environment without Spirit Qi.

Even though not much time had passed since death, there were still hundreds that could be drawn over by the Array.

Su Ping looked around and waved his hand.

Most of the hundreds of shadows dissipated.

Only the one hundred shadows with the highest intensity remained.

There was no help for it; Su Ping's current accumulation of Dharma Power was not easy, so he could only strive for excellence.

After a few breaths.

These one hundred shadows transformed into semi-transparent dark green ghosts.

Following a shout of "Hurry like a law!"

The ghosts turned into streaks of dark green light and rushed out of the Underground Basement.

On the ground, Bipedal Mechas and Armored Vehicles equipped with large-caliber machine cannons were advancing slowly together.

Whenever they saw a shadow along the way, they would fire a cannon at it first.

Upon seeing larger ruins, they would even directly use Incendiary Bombs to ensure the ground parts were all burned down.

However, just as the army was advancing.

Streaks of ghosts also rushed in at this moment.

A pilot of a Bipedal Mecha only felt a pain in his head.

After screaming for a few seconds, he stopped screaming, his eyes flashing with green light as he drove the Bipedal Mecha's machine cannon to aim at his teammates nearby.

And then... Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of machine cannons rang out.

A Bipedal Mecha almost right before their eyes was blown into a ball of fire.

At the same time, the sound of artillery fire rang out in other places as well.

Making the Lieutenant General who was in command immediately twitch his eyelids as he looked at the projected battlefield alert.

He could not help but gasp:

"What is going on? Why are so many units under enemy attack at the same time!"