Chapter 345: Finding Jack

"Due to the appearance of a group of unidentified armed personnel in the Inner City, you must now follow us to a safe zone! If anyone attempts to flee, they will be deemed a traitor to the Human Alliance and will be executed on the spot!"

A City Defense soldier brought the residents of an entire apartment building downstairs and shouted loudly at them.

Seeing that the crowd was less restless than before, the City Defense soldier revealed a trace of a smile at the corner of his mouth and continued.

"Then follow me; I will take you to a safe place to take refuge."

In the crowd, some residents thanked the City Defense soldier repeatedly upon hearing they could go to a safe place.

"Thank you for still thinking of our safety at a time like this!"

"Thank you so much!"

The City Defense soldier resisted the urge to laugh out loud, composed his words, and spoke.

"That is only natural. We are all residents of the Human Alliance; helping you is our duty."

These idiots, they are about to be used as sacrifices and yet they are still so happy; truly a group of ignorant fools!

Just like that, several City Defense soldiers led this group of happy Inner City residents away from the residential area.

Ninth Defense Zone High-Level Conference Building.

Just as Jack was reviewing the testimonies provided by the recently captured nobles, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

Startled, Jack looked up and saw the Cadian Sergeant responsible for his protection, and only then did he heave a sigh of relief.

"What happened? Why are you so... eh? Wait... where are you taking me?"

Jack had just wanted to ask why this Cadian Sergeant was in such a hurry to find him, but before he could finish, his arm was grabbed by the Cadian Sergeant and he was quickly dragged out of the office.

This gave Jack a fright, and he hurriedly asked what had happened.

The Cadian Sergeant looked downstairs with a grave expression; a dense crowd had already surrounded the High-Level Conference Building, and they were holding tactical assault rifles common to the Human Alliance.

"You should see for yourself!"

While dragging Jack toward the stairwell, the Cadian Sergeant pointed out the window with his other hand and said in a hurried tone.

When Jack saw this scene, his heart could not help but tighten.

Is this the hidden power of the Inner City nobles? Are they planning to finish him off?

"What about the City Defense? Aren't they supposed to have a patrol squad here? How could they not issue an alert when something like this happened!"

As if remembering something, Jack suddenly spoke up.

"Those patrol squads? They have been intentionally avoiding this place since yesterday. Now, besides us, there are no professional armed forces here. The Vittorian Squad and Catachan Squad have already set up defensive positions inside the building. We will protect your safety and create an opportunity to get you out!"

The Cadian Sergeant's purple pupils swept over Jack as he spoke in a hurried tone.

"What? The City Defense avoided this place? Isn't Pu Lie on our side? Why would he suddenly do this, letting the City Defense stay away from here! What is he trying to do?"

Jack felt that all the bad news was coming his way, and Pu Lie's behavior made Jack feel a sense of unease.

He had previously cooperated actively with his work and had gained his trust; even Yingzhou did not think there was a problem with Pu Lie at the time, at most finding his temper a bit strange.

But this time, Pu Lie's behavior was something Jack had not expected.

"It is obvious that the guy has betrayed the Emperor. If I encounter him, I will make him repent for his actions to the Emperor and beg for the Emperor's forgiveness."

The Cadian Sergeant released Jack's shoulder and said in an icy tone, but upon seeing Jack, he offered a word of comfort.

"Don't worry, we will protect you; this is the Emperor's will!"

"Boom!"

A violent explosion rang out; it was the noble private army outside blowing up the main gate, but the spirit patterns on the gate flickered continuously, resisting the blast.

Just as these private soldiers prepared to continue the demolition, the windows on the second and third floors of the building were suddenly opened, and a dozen Catachan toughs wearing red headscarves aimed their laser guns and opened fire on the private soldiers below.

Laser beams struck the private soldiers, and several hand grenades were thrown into the crowd.

"Watch out for grenades!"

Cai Xiangliang shouted in a panic, having already left the front position under the cover of his guards.

"They only have a dozen people, force your way in! Jack is inside, your chance to change your destiny is inside!"

The crowd, having been thrown into some chaos by the Catachan toughs, began to reorganize their attack after hearing Cai Xiangliang's words. Some private soldiers began to fire at the windows where the Catachan toughs had just appeared to provide suppression, while others continued the demolition, and some began to use spiritual power to consume the power of the spirit patterns.

Although the Catachan toughs continuously fired at the heretics outside from other windows, following a violent explosion, the gate covered in spirit patterns was finally breached.

"Hahaha, don't block my way! Jack is mine!"

"Get lost! Do you want to die?"

Seeing that the gate had been blown open into a small gap two people wide, the private soldiers argued over who would go in first. Just as one private soldier passed through the gap in the gate, he saw a dozen soldiers wearing pitch-black scale armor holding weapons, and the leading Vittorian Captain spoke.

"Heretic! Die!"

A maximum-power laser beam burned directly through the private soldier's individual combat armor, even punching a hole through his body.

With a muffled groan, the noble private soldier fell to the ground with a few wisps of blue smoke, and he stopped moving.

At this moment, the noble private soldiers outside did not yet know what was waiting for them inside the building. Many private soldiers, seeing that the gap in the gate was too small, called their friends to go and blow up the first-floor windows, where a thick spirit pattern steel plate had just been lowered.

With the experience from blowing up the gate, the group followed suit and began to blow up the steel plate.

The first two explosions had already consumed most of the spirit pattern steel plate's power, and with the private soldiers continuously draining the spirit pattern's energy, the steel plate outside the window was blown open on the third attempt, and this squad of noble private soldiers began to enter the High-Level Conference Building in an orderly fashion.

"Those idiots, the gate is so small, how could they possibly get in?"

"Exactly, let's hurry and find Jack; let's find Jack first."

"Mm, agreed!"

Just as the leading noble private soldier walked out of the room, he was instantly struck in the neck by a half-meter-long combat knife.

Spirit patterns emerged on his individual combat armor, preventing the armor from being cut through, but the immense force sent the private soldier flying, and a crisp sound of bone fracturing came from his neck.

"What is this situation? Open fire!"

Seeing this, the noble private soldiers behind immediately opened fire toward the doorway.