Chapter 226: Prepare to Watch Fireworks

Ying Duo's energy bar finally recovered to about 40%, so he stopped injecting the medicine, walked to the window and stared at the still chaotic sky in the distance.

On the mini‑map, Bai Mu Yun's and Lu Mu's green dots were still moving, but the encircling rings around the red dots seemed to be tightening further.

Their situation was grim.

Ying Duo's golden pupils simply gazed calmly out the window.

From a game standpoint, a teammate in danger obliges him, as a teammate, to provide rescue.

From a profit perspective, Bai Mu Yun and Lu Mu are efficient sources of experience and quest givers, and cannot be lost lightly.

From… uh, there seemed to be no other angle.

Rescue.

But how to rescue? Teleport directly over?

Ying Duo's energy had only just recovered a little, and teleporting straight into the pursuers' mass would be ridiculous.

Moreover, Bai Mu Yun and the others were now in high‑speed movement and fierce combat, their coordinates constantly shifting; teleporting over might thrust them straight into a hail of gunfire.

Remote support with robots? The distance was too great, the energy cost too high, and the tiny robots' combat power was negligible in a capture of this scale.

Then…….

Ying Duo's gaze fell on the materials freshly scavenged from the map and now sitting in his backpack.

A bold, even arguably reckless, plan quickly formed in Yang Yixie's mind.

He activated the "Modification" skill and extracted all those materials.

Both hands again emitted a Ying Guang Lu data stream, and Yang Yixie intended to create a "big fireworks".

A "big fireworks" large enough to draw the attention of all Tianmian City, perhaps even forcing the team pursuing Bai Mu Yun to split forces for defense.

Anyway, Ying Duo now carried the Flame City Cannon bounty, so debt was no concern.

And chaos is always the best cover for escape.

Yang Yixie's fingers flew across the keyboard, a faint golden sheen flashing in his eyes.

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Sweat soaked Bai Mu Yun's forehead and hair, while Lu Mu crouched on a pile of discarded metal crates nearby, clutching his calf still tingling with numb pain, his black feathers wildly disheveled.

But there was no time now to smooth his feathers.

"……the encircling ring outside is tightening."

Bai Mu Yun's voice was low and hoarse as he quickly scanned the party map, where red light dots surged from all directions in such numbers they nearly overwhelmed them.

"What do we do now?" Lu Mu asked, looking at Bai Mu Yun. "Charge out hard? My wings can still flap a couple of times, but you…."

Bai Mu Yun's condition was indeed poor; he was never a front‑line fighter, otherwise he wouldn't have been the first "cultist" to infiltrate Tianmian City and take root here.

Yet under continuous high‑intensity flight, even the illusion masking his true appearance was nearly failing to hold.

The odds of a forced breakout were truly slim.

【Team Channel】Ying Duo: Need support?

A sudden message popup appeared before the two of them.

Bai Mu Yun and Lu Mu were both startled.

Support? Where is this kid now?

Ying Duo had just slipped away so fast that neither Bai Mu Yun nor Lu Mu had seen his trace along the way.

How? Could he still provide remote support?

Bai Mu Yun recalled the Cannon Ying Duo had displayed at the earlier auction; its destructive power was astounding, and aside from the long charge time it had almost no drawbacks.

If Ying Duo were in a sufficiently safe spot, he could indeed fire a shot.

Before they could respond, Ying Duo's second message arrived.

【Team Channel】Ying Duo: Prepare to watch fireworks.

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About five hundred meters from the abandoned foundry, at a temporary command post, Yue Chengzhang, dressed in a crisp Supervision Bureau uniform and a dark‑gold‑trimmed cloak denoting his captaincy, stood quietly atop a command vehicle.

"Report, Captain Yue: target confirmed trapped in the foundry's core area, energy readings weak, seems to have reached the end of its strength, the encircling ring is fully closed, three assault squads can launch a strong attack at any moment."

His deputy skillfully compiled the comms report and relayed it; Yue Chengzhang merely gave a slight nod upon hearing it.

"'Dark Raven' and 'Shepherd', right? Too bad the Flame City Cannon hasn't arrived… Notify each squad to slowly shrink the encircling ring, and be careful not to cause unnecessary casualties if they panic and break out."

"Yes!"

Yue Chengzhang fell silent; when occupied, this "Captain Yue" was always especially reliable, and his mental perception had already begun to spread toward that section of the plant.

He could indeed act directly to subdue the two, but they were now inside Tianmian City rather than the wilderness; although this was the city's outermost district, those of Co‑Absorption always possessed special methods.

He didn't want uncontrolled Mutation Sources suddenly appearing inside Tianmian City, which for residents long removed from mutations was tantamount to a natural disaster.

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"They've come in!"

Lu Mu let out a low growl and leapt from his hiding spot, countless black shadow feathers raining down on several Supervision Bureau agents pouring in through the front gate.

The agents, clearly well‑trained, instantly raised energy shields, the black feathers striking the shields with a rapid "shhh" sound.

But Lu Mu's attack was only a feint; the real killing move came from the side.

Bai Mu Yun's silhouette flickered like a phantom from an unexpected corner, his energy dagger tracing a sharp arc that struck the junction of two agents' shields.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound, and the shield tore open a gap, but the other agents' attacks immediately filled it, several energy beams sealing Bai Mu Yun's retreat.

Bai Mu Yun narrowly dodged again, yet a beam grazed his left arm, leaving a scorch mark on his skin.

He let out a muffled hum, his complexion turning even paler.

"Give up resistance! You're already surrounded!" the loudspeaker outside broadcast the Supervision Bureau's warning.

More footsteps sounded from all directions, and the other entrances of the factory were breached; at least twenty fully armed Supervision Bureau agents formed a fan shape and slowly closed in, their energy guns' muzzles locked onto Bai Mu Yun and Lu Mu.

Lu Mu spat a mouthful of bloodied saliva, and stood back‑to‑back with Bai Mu Yun; both were already covered in scars.

Normally dealing with these Supervision Bureau guys would be no problem at all, but they had first expended a large amount of energy inside that 'semi‑finished product'.

The Supervision Bureau's response was also extremely swift; from the start they resolved to wear them down slowly, and the longer the time dragged on, the less favorable it became for them.