Chapter 476: Human Traitor, Bat Entity

No problem (okay).

Gen Luo·Westgate, Sarah Kerrigan, and two company commanders immediately promised.

"Very good!" And Rus, after Fogrem finished the action plan, clasped both hands, clenched his fists, with an eager look, took the cue and said, "So after obtaining the Krypton Meteorite, can we counterattack? Huh?!"

"Hold your horses, brother." Fogrem raised his left hand, spread his five fingers, indicating that his boisterous brother should quiet down, and said, "It's not yet time to counterattack. Please, brother, during my and the 13th Battalion HQ's operation, help us guard the Advance Base well, to prevent a Doom Demon ambush by the enemy."

"Fine." Rus shrugged helplessly, "My father ordered me to cooperate with you as much as possible."

"Thank you for your understanding, brother." Fogrem smiled, then raised his voice to everyone present, "Then let these alien beings of the universe see what humanity is! What martial virtue is!"

"Woo~! I can't wait any longer!" Sarah answered almost jubilantly.

Soon after.

At the Advance Base's airfield, the roar of various vehicles' engines reverberated.

Gen Luo·Westgate led over three hundred Shadow Wolves of the 2nd and 3rd companies, boarding Thunder Transport Planes and large transport vessels to quickly ascend. According to intelligence provided by Diana, they split into more than ten aerial formations, activating Optical Camouflage to vanish into the already dim sky.

As for Fogrem, who was to act as bait, together with 120 Alpha Wolf Guard (Honor Guard), they directly used the Short-Range Teleportation Device, exposing themselves first to the enemy's sight, then waiting for the "mass slaughter" phase.

Moreover, the frontline base also deployed Defensive Barrier, Optical Camouflage, and Spiritual Shielding as concealment measures, preparing all defenses.

At this moment.

The last formation to leave the airfield was a squad of three assault boats that operate within the atmosphere and can carry twelve support troops each.

This formation flew at low altitude, gradually blending into the night.

And on the right side of the cabin of one assault boat.

Sarah, with her left leg extended out of the cabin and her back leaning against the cockpit, now had numerous modular armor plates attached to her dark‑gray combat suit, and a miniature reactor mounted on her back.

Her gear was obtained through combat merit, plus Gen Luo·Westgate's request to Rus, and then Rus's "talk" with Sui Bian, to acquire the latest model HES.

It can fully adapt to most extreme environments, with a Spiritual Affinity to the user of up to 98%; wearing it, Sarah feels more comfortable than soaking in a hot spring.

After all, it is exclusive equipment for Ghost agents, so it required multiple approvals before finally ending up in her hands.

Sarah, without her visor, gazed from the transport vessel toward the Advance Base at the rear…

However, once the formation left the airfield, from the outside it could only be seen as a stretch of yellow sand and desert.

After all, the frontline base had entered concealment mode, achieving "invisibility" on all sides, yet with Sarah's Spiritual Level, she could still clearly discern the base's location.

And sharing the assault boat with her were a group of lightly‑armored "thin" power suits painted dark gray, resembling "knock‑off" or "replica" versions of Ghost agents' support troops.

In fact, these support troops wore the Herculine‑IV (four) experimental model power suits, designed for stealth, infiltration and other special missions, and even capable of allowing the wearer to perform Spiritual Release, impact, and other actions; one set costs as much as six Herculine‑II units.

Moreover, the support squads that rode the three assault boats with Sarah were all elite veterans of the 13th Battalion, and notably each veteran was relatively sensitive to Spiritual Energy, with the squad's nickname even being "Shadow Wolves."

It can be said that Battalion Commander Gen Luo·Westgate spent a fortune to create an exclusive unit for his adopted daughter.

Of course, the emergence of the Shadow Wolves also gave the 13th Battalion many conveniences, no longer needing to rely solely on brute force and bravery; in terms of infiltration and stealth, they also rank among the top of the Space Wild Wolves.

But the Shadow Wolf squad is only sensitive to Spiritual Energy, with a strong sixth sense and consciousness, still some distance from true Spiritual Users.

There's no choice: the Oslo Star Region under the Space Wild Wolves, from its founding to its expansion to a current three‑thousand‑light‑year‑diameter domain, has only discovered just over thirty thousand innate Spiritual Users, aside from the Astate who obtained pure Spiritual Energy through the G‑gland, and the vast majority of them have been sent to the Solar System.

However, the appearance of Sarah, a Spiritual User, in the Oslo Star Region is enough for the Space Wild Wolves to have sufficient leverage to mock their brothers during disputes.

Not long after.

The assault boat's speed increased, and Sarah, feeling the cold wind on her face, closed the side hatches.

Moreover, once entering the designated airspace, even if Sarah did nothing, the pilot would close the side hatches, putting the assault boat into a fully concealed state.

Leaving the cockpit.

From above the formation, looking into the distance, one could vaguely see scattered flames and lights; those unaware might think that area was more lively than other regions.

Roar~!!

At that moment, a Doom Demon flapped its skeletal wings, roaring as it sped low, sweeping past the three low‑altitude, concealed assault boats.

Howl~!!

Moreover, there were thousands of demonic‑like beings, human‑sized but with twisted faces and limbs, dragonfly‑like wings on their backs, howling while wielding firearms and trailing the Doom Demon.

Soon, this biological flight formation composed of Revelation Star demons quickly pulled away from the three assault boats, heading in the opposite direction.

It seemed that Fogrem and the Alpha Wolf Guard, who were causing the commotion, successfully attracted the attention of a large nearby group of demonic‑like beings and disrupted their small actions against the Advance Base.

With that, the pilots continued to steer their assault boats smoothly forward.

When the flames and lights ahead grew clearer, and the ground below changed from an initial desert to the ruins of a city suburb, the pilots finally reduced speed.

Finally, the three assault boats lifted their noses and performed an emergency stop.

Then, while the hovering assault boats kept suspended, at the instant the hatches opened, Sarah and the Shadow Wolves, also activating Optical Camouflage, leapt directly from the cabin onto the sand‑strewn ruins.

The three assault boats that completed the transport mission immediately turned around and returned, while Sarah and the Shadow Wolves split into three squads, dispersing quickly and stealthily.

Team 1, where Sarah was, selected a slanted building as a lookout, hurried to the tenth‑floor area, and using HES together with Herculine visual assistance, observed the source of the light.

They saw that the flames and lights initially spotted in the distance all originated from the Philadelphia Experimental Base before them, covering an area about six stadiums large.

The lights were searchlights inside and outside the experimental base.

The flames were something being burned on the east side of the base.

?

Sarah calibrated her visor, looked toward the east side of the experimental base, and until the screen displayed "X25," she fully discerned the burned "object," which was human corpses.

It turned out that the building complex on the east side of the experimental base resembled a prisoner camp overall, and using Spiritual Perception, Sarah could confirm that nearly ten thousand human compatriots were detained inside.

Moreover, the personnel in charge of guarding, overseeing, and burning the corpses were not mindless demonic‑like beings, nor Doom Demons, but "human traitors" dressed in black combat uniforms!

Secretly releasing Spiritual Energy, Sarah sensed the fear and bewilderment of the imprisoned compatriots, and could also sense that the human traitors were mostly acting out of luck, casualness, and a desire to watch the spectacle.

It was like transporting experiment‑killed compatriots and tossing them into a burning pit, just an ordinary daily task, with no sense of guilt or remorse at all.

Only a few traitors feel a slight "reluctance"…

But this "reluctance" is not merely the kindness of being unable to strike one's compatriots; rather, it's feeling the work disgusting and filthy, a kind of unbearable "reluctance".

!!

Seeing this, Sarah Kerrigan believed that not a single traitor deserved forgiveness.

Filled with rage, Sarah Kerrigan immediately prepared to order an infiltration of the experimental base, silently seize the Krypton Meteorite, and then not leave a single traitor or demon alive.

After all, the order from that young OriginalBody was to obtain the Krypton Meteorite through stealth, ensuring the enemy would not destroy it in a desperate "dog jumps over the wall" move; otherwise she would have already led a charge.

However!

Fu Ge Rui Mu did not give any further orders, meaning that she and the Shadow Wolves squad could act freely after obtaining a meteorite.

Actually, killing the enemy cleanly is, in a sense, a form of stealth.

To Sarah Kerrigan, there's no difference.

But just as she was about to give the order, she sensed an individual whose emotions were extremely… cold, angry, and suicidal, all tangled together.

?

Noticing the sudden change, Sarah Kerrigan held back her order, instead shrinking the helmet screen's view to "X1" and slightly turning her body to look east.

A super-heavy tank whose appearance resembled the British Mark IV tank of WWI, but larger, wider, and more technologically advanced, was quickly approaching the experimental base.

Upon detecting the approach of an unknown force's tank, the experimental base sounded a piercing alarm, causing the stationed traitors and demons to quickly enter combat readiness.

As the Apocalypse Star forces gathered heavy troops on the base's east side and began pouring a dense barrage of red shells at the heavy tank, the troubled individual also did not idle, directly opening the two rows of missile launchers on the tank's rear side.

Swish!

In the blink of an eye, dozens of small missiles trailed white flames, flying in seemingly lawless trajectories to evade the Apocalypse Star side's fire interception.

"Boom~! Boom! Boom!!!"

Although about half of the missiles were successfully shot down or exploded, the remaining half also fulfilled their missions, striking the firepower bunkers, pillboxes, and fortifications on the experimental base's east side.

The violent explosion and bright light instantly swallowed half the traitors and demons, and at the same time blasted a clear path for the heavy tank straight to the experimental building.

Given this trend, it likely won't be long before the individual driving the tank can successfully seize the Krypton Meteorite.

But…

"Roar!!"

A group of beings roughly the size and build of the Green Hulk from Universe 05, with skin similar to the Doom Demon—gray, cracked, and covered in bone spurs at the joints—charged out of the flames.

"Pfft! Pfft-pfft!"

"Bang! Bang-bang!"

The tank's. 50cal, 25mm, and 30mm machine guns and autocannons fired in unison.

Yet this gang of large special demons completely ignored the. 50cal, 25mm, and 30mm guns, appearing ready to surround the lone tank.

Suddenly!

The tank's top hatch opened automatically, allowing the furious individual to leap out.

Immediately after, the individual hovered in midair and, with extreme speed, hurled some kind of dart at every special demon within sight.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

In just a blink, all the special demons were enveloped head to toe by the alternative toxic mist carried and released by the darts.

"Roar!!"

Blinded and inhaling the toxic mist, the special demons, dizzy and headache-ridden, each let out a more furious roar, frantically waving their arms in an attempt to dispel the mist enveloping them.

Seizing the opportunity, just before landing, the individual used a grappling hook to instantly retreat, escaping the special demons' encirclement and continuing toward the experimental building.

Meanwhile, the super-heavy tank, as if following a preset program, began moving and attacking autonomously, continuing to draw attention for "its" master.

The entire process took less than four seconds.

"Heh? Not bad skills." Sarah Kerrigan, watching from afar, couldn't help but comment.

Next, she locked onto the individual with her helmet screen, zoomed in and enlarged, and made out a rough appearance.

The opponent was tall, clad in black-painted, rugged powered exoskeleton, wearing a fully enclosed helmet with two small horns on each side, paired with a black cape and a bat emblem on the chest…

These traits matched the database entry for Bruce Wayne.

Who would have thought that the "Batman" who went missing in the apocalyptic war two years ago had actually survived and was now preparing to seize the Krypton Meteorite right under her nose.

Sarah Kerrigan no longer hesitated, decisively ordering: "Everyone, pay attention—since that black-clad individual has disrupted our plan, change the infiltration orders; now rush to the target facility at maximum speed and seize the target first."

"Yes, sir."

Hearing the Shadow Wolves' reply over the comms, Sarah Kerrigan leapt forward, free-falling down ten stories, relying on the HES-provided boost and a rolling landing to cancel the impact, then breaking formation and sprinting toward the experimental building.

Free from the constraints of stealth, Sarah Kerrigan could finally "cut loose"!

Because of Bruce Wayne's sudden appearance, she had to seize the meteorite first to prevent it from being destroyed by human traitors or demons.

Boom~!

All she did was first release a pale blue Spiritual Shock centered on herself, radiating indiscriminately across the entire experimental base and the nearby desert.

Any traitor or demon hit by the Spiritual Shock was bound in place, unable to move.

?!

Even Bruce Wayne, who was using the grappling hook, could no longer wander freely due to this Spiritual Energy and fell straight from midair.

(End of Chapter)