Chapter 215: The Ark General, Lei Nuo

The operation has begun.

Wen Xishu, acting as the vanguard, began to advance upward under the control of Horn, also taking responsibility for clearing the path for Horn. Hugo pushed Horn’s wheelchair, judging the route based on Horn’s verbal descriptions.

The three of them headed toward the upper levels of the spherical building.

Above the rest area of the spherical building is the functional level. And above the functional level is the administrative level.

From the moment one enters the functional level, they will attract Enforcers.

If one manages to shake off these Enforcers and enter the administrative level, they must reach the central area of the administrative level; in the central area, one can find the device that operates the city’s projection.

The operating instructions for this device are not complex; Hugo said the most difficult part is still facing the Enforcers.

Because there is currently no path that can bypass the Enforcers. Once one steps into the entire administrative level, it will attract Enforcers.

Horn needs to control Wen Xishu; the spherical building occupies one-sixth of the city’s distance, which is enough to allow him and Wen Xishu to maintain a significant distance.

In order to maintain the effective range of the controller, Horn and Wen Xishu must keep their distance.

Therefore, Horn and Hugo cannot both stay in the rest area.

But the connection range of the controller is large enough to allow Horn and Hugo to catch up after Wen Xishu resolves various troubles.

And regardless of the area, except for the final administrative center area which has a large open terrain, all other areas have enough cover.

Wen Xishu also maintains a distance that allows him to retreat at any time to rescue Horn.

The three moved forward cautiously, and the vanguard, Wen Xishu, soon pushed into the functional area.

In this area, one could see small playgrounds, a gymnasium, and all sorts of exquisite—store stickers.

Yes, stickers.

Whatever luxury exhibition areas or top-tier shops there were, they were all stickers here.

It was only through camera angles and post-processing that the outside world couldn't tell.

The life of the "people above others" was fake from beginning to end.

Wen Xishu’s footsteps entered the street, immediately triggering an alarm.

But Wen Xishu was not panicked; he and Horn had already established a silent communication method, using the number of blinks to decide actions.

He signaled for Horn to continue the operation.

[Alarm: Someone has invaded the functional area. Without permission from the operation manual, entry into the functional area is prohibited. Enforcer troops deployed!]

[Current hazard level: Level Four.]

Wen Xishu had committed such great evils, yet it hadn't reached level four, but inside the spherical building, just by stepping into an unauthorized area, it immediately hit level four.

He was also very curious about what the Enforcers looked like.

Soon, Wen Xishu got his answer.

In just thirty seconds, Enforcers had already been forcibly transported from other areas of the spherical building to the functional area with the help of mechanical channels to begin enforcement.

And what appeared before Wen Xishu…

Was not some Enforcer in a uniform; they were just like Hugo, or more accurately, like the "people above others" here, with a scar on their foreheads where their prefrontal cortex had been removed, wearing white uniforms.

But the difference was that every one of them looked identical, possessing exaggerated muscles and fierce appearances, with no hair and no eyebrows, which made them look both fierce and extremely hideous.

Wen Xishu suddenly realized…

So these people who had lost their prefrontal cortex were not only forced to be production tools on factory assembly lines in the spherical building, but a portion of them… were used for human experimentation.

Twelve Enforcers arrived, and there would be a continuous stream of Enforcers appearing afterward.

Guided by the behavioral code manual, these Enforcers feared no pain, were purer warriors, and executed orders with greater precision.

In the distance, Horn signaled for Hugo to stop.

Hugo’s heart hung in the air. Because there was no way to deal with the Enforcers; it could only be solved through brute force.

"I need to control Wen Xishu, and during the battle, I will record the terrain… wait a moment, Hugo."

Hugo could not see the scene on the other side.

But Horn could.

Under the control of the controller, Wen Xishu had already revealed his Scorpion Blade.

His figure was like a ghost, quickly arriving behind the twelve Enforcers. The Enforcers reacted quickly, turning around instantly to try and restrain Wen Xishu.

Twelve black shadows had formed a butterfly-shaped encirclement. The arms of the Enforcers actually had bones piercing through their flesh, presenting the state of bone blades.

These bone blades carved out arcs of light!

Wen Xishu responded instantly, the Scorpion Blade flipping dark red arcs in his palm.

Wen Xishu met the outer side of an Enforcer’s bone blade with his foot; based on the feedback, Wen Xishu could feel… the level of these Enforcers was likely between elite and leader level.

It was hard to imagine.

But in the controller state, Wen Xishu was still the strongest party.

The first Enforcer to pounce was pierced through the throat bone by the blade; Wen Xishu pulled the Scorpion Blade out cleanly, then dodged the second bone blade.

The second bone blade grazed past his ear; in the process of dodging, Wen Xishu performed a magnificent ball-juggling move with his feet.

Horn’s operation became increasingly delicate; he didn't know if it was an illusion… Wen Xishu felt that the connection brought by the controller, that feeling—

It was as if Horn’s friendship with him, or rather his trust in him, was no less than his own with Zheng Zai.

Under the flexible dribbling of his feet, the lethal soccer ball was suspended in the air, and then Wen Xishu delivered a volley kick. An arc precisely head-shotted an Enforcer attempting to attack from the right flank.

And at this moment, Wen Xishu began to shift from technical attacks to violent attacks. Under Horn’s operation, using the recoil of the extreme kick to propel the lethal soccer ball, Wen Xishu retreated rapidly, widening the distance from the Enforcers, and then continuously swung the Scorpion Blade!

The sounds of tibia fractures and skull shattering followed one after another. Under the eleven terrifying slashes, these powerful Enforcers were beaten back step by step, their flesh and blood shattered.

Wen Xishu’s figure did not stop for a moment.

The moment the Enforcers were killed, and while new Enforcers were about to reach the battlefield, he launched another extreme kick, jumping high into the air.

In this way, he could overlook the entire situation, and sharing his vision with Horn, he also transmitted the information from his vantage point to Horn.

The distribution of cameras and pipelines was all in plain sight, which was exactly why Horn operated Wen Xishu to jump to a high place.

Figuring out the former was to facilitate hiding safely with Hugo later.

Figuring out the latter was to cut off the Enforcers’ routes of advance.

"Fortunately, although these Enforcers are very strong, stronger than imaginable, and their numbers are astonishing… but Wen Xishu is stronger," Horn said to Hugo.

"We can continue moving forward. The first wave of Enforcers has been dealt with. There are many more behind, but as it stands, the current intensity cannot stop us."

Hearing Horn say this, Hugo’s hanging heart was put at ease, but he couldn't believe everything was going so smoothly.

Wen Xishu could actually be this strong!

"As expected of the benefactor the teacher spoke of! Truly amazing. Oh, and you are also very amazing!"

Horn was responsible for controlling Wen Xishu, and in Hugo’s eyes, he was equally amazing.

Horn didn't feel he was amazing; it was nothing more than contributing a bit of strength using the method Wen Xishu provided.

In the blink of an eye, Wen Xishu killed twelve Enforcers, and in the process, destroyed many cameras with the help of the lethal soccer ball and the Qi-blades of the Scorpion Blade.

Wen Xishu even cut off a transport pipeline.

This also made the Enforcers’ reinforcements less rapid. But Enforcers were constantly appearing ahead. Inside the spherical building, it was unclear how many such Enforcers remained.

But Horn and Wen Xishu both understood very well that cutting off a few main pipelines would slow down the Enforcers’ reinforcements.

In this way, as long as no more than a hundred Enforcers appeared at once, Wen Xishu could handle them with ease.

Before long, Wen Xishu passed through the playground.

The terrifying lethal soccer ball, under the effect of the extreme kick, directly smashed the Ferris wheel down.

The corpses killed by the Qi-blades, under the impact of the huge force, happened to land on the carousel.

In the blink of an eye, the battlefield quickly switched to the commercial area; the expensive luxury goods painted on those stickers were already stained with the blood of the "people above others." The gorgeous private dining area was riddled with countless holes and slash marks from the Scorpion Blade and the lethal soccer ball.

Wen Xishu was fighting without a moment’s pause, his speed and power both overwhelming.

He was also constantly pushing the front line forward.

Behind him, Horn and Hugo were also moving forward cautiously, unnoticed by any Enforcers. Just like that, the three had already traveled more than half the distance of the functional level.

And as more and more transport pipelines were exposed and cut off—the scale of the Enforcers’ appearance never posed a threat to Wen Xishu and Horn.

The latter half of the functional level—

On a park bench lay the half-body of an Enforcer, the upper torso.

The swing swayed with the lower half of an Enforcer, blood splattered everywhere. Every golf club on the golf course was bent from hitting the heads of Enforcers.

The battlefield was constantly switching; besides the lethal soccer ball and the Scorpion Blade, Wen Xishu also had many other weapons in his hands.

He was like Uncle Long in his past life, constantly using the terrain and provided weapons to fight.

This journey of slaughter made Wen Xishu exceptionally satisfied.

Horn also felt it becoming increasingly smooth; after having the resolve to bet everything on Wen Xishu, Horn felt that Wen Xishu seemed to become even stronger in his hands.

Hugo was like someone witnessing a miracle. As someone born and raised in this world, the strength of ordinary Enforcers was already powerful enough.

And inside the spherical building, those Enforcers were even more monstrous; whether in terms of physical body or execution efficiency, they were stronger than the Enforcers outside.

But now, the corpses of these Enforcers were everywhere; the combination of Horn and Wen Xishu had created a monster that could kill its way to the finish line through violence!

The blue sun might just rise today!

Hugo really thought so in his heart; he truly felt this possibility.

But Horn felt more and more that something was wrong.

"You said the Enforcers outside wouldn't come in so easily because the distance is quite far?"

Hugo nodded:

"Yes, Mr. Horn. They aren't that fast! A level four alarm will make them arrive one after another, but the intensity of the Enforcers outside won't be higher than the Enforcers inside."

"And on the path, it will take them a long time to arrive; our current speed of advancement is completely sufficient!"

"As long as the blue sun rises, everything can end!"

Hugo was very excited.

Horn also nodded; he too hoped everything would go smoothly and hoped he was just overthinking things.

……

……

[Alert: Someone is invading the Administrative Level. Entry into the Administrative Level is prohibited without permission from the operations manual. Enforcement troops, deploy!]

[Current hazard level: Level Five.]

The highest level of threat had appeared, stemming from the fact that Wen Xishu had finally arrived at the Administrative Level.

Compared to the Level Four situation, more enforcers would appear in the Level Five Administrative Level zone.

And unlike the Functional Level, there were far fewer flashy buildings here; what presented itself to Wen Xishu and Horn was an expanse of open terrain.

This also meant that Wen Xishu would have a tough battle to fight.

By the time Wen Xishu reached the open terrain, over a hundred enforcers were already guarding the only path forward.

Seeing this scene, Horn could not help but worry whether he and Wen Xishu could defeat these powerful enemies.

Relying on the change in vision brought by blinking, Wen Xishu issued the command to charge and kill.

Horn had to admit that Wen Xishu possessed a deep-seated bloodlust. But that was exactly what was needed right now!

If the rising of the blue sun meant that the final obstacle was slaughter, then Wen Xishu was more than capable of sweeping away all obstacles!

Wen Xishu’s figure leaped high into the air, intending to jump directly into the center of all the enforcers and use his Qi blade to open a gap.

Horn’s combat strategy was correct.

But at this moment, both Horn and Wen Xishu were startled by a roar from outside the scene.

"Horn! Is that you? I knew there was something wrong with you! You actually dare to attempt to destroy the Captain’s rule!"

The spherical building was very quiet; the sounds of the Industrial Zone could barely reach the Functional and Administrative Levels. And this roar, in this quiet environment...

Was like a thunderclap.

Hugo was completely stunned.

The enforcers here had no intelligence, so naturally, they could not speak.

Being able to speak meant the enemy came from the outside.

How could the external enforcers have arrived so quickly?

In Hugo’s understanding, the external enforcers would only be weaker than the internal ones, but he suddenly saw the fear on Horn’s face.

Horn was indeed feeling fear.

He recognized that voice.

It was Lei Nuo.

He was the third-ranked ability user of the entire Ark. But Lei Nuo’s greatest strength did not lie in his combat ability, but in the fact that Lei Nuo himself was no slouch in the brains department either.

How could he be here? How could he provide support so quickly?

"We don’t have much time left. We must hurry and operate Wen Xishu to complete the projection." Horn’s hand speed increased.

Wen Xishu landed and began the slaughter of the enforcers.

This was a race against time; Horn’s hand speed was faster than ever, and Wen Xishu’s movements, following Horn’s operations, became increasingly fluid and tricky, causing enforcer after enforcer to be continuously struck down.

Deep down, Horn felt fear toward Lei Nuo... or rather, toward those few ability users on the Ark, especially the top three.

The two ability users ranked first and second could even face the Niehai beasts besieging the Ark head-on, only later, under the Captain’s orders, they stopped intervening.

As for the third-ranked Lei Nuo, it stemmed from the uniqueness of his ability.

Horn knew he had to be fast.

His fingers were so fast they broke through his limits, and even Wen Xishu felt amazed.

But even so, Horn was still too slow.

Antoine and Nikolai appeared as if by teleportation—pushed into the high air by a massive force that ignored gravity, finally landing on the open ground of the Administrative Level.

Wen Xishu’s enemies now, besides these enforcers, included two ability users from the Ark.

Antoine, Nikolai.

Wen Xishu had not expected that these two could descend directly onto the battlefield.

If the opponent possessed this kind of speed, it was simply not something he could match.

Horn guessed that the sudden appearance of these two might be related to Lei Nuo.

Horn was not clear on Lei Nuo’s ability either, but it was said that neither the first nor the second could do anything about Lei Nuo, because they could not touch him.

Lei Nuo’s ability did not have much offensive power, but it could keep him in an invincible position.

The next instant—

The Ark’s third-ranked ability user, Lei Nuo, descended onto the battlefield.

Lei Nuo’s figure, as if attracted by a massive magnetic pole, appeared instantly beside Antoine.

Wen Xishu frowned deeply.

"You are not Horn."

Lei Nuo looked at Wen Xishu, certain that he did not know this person.

Wen Xishu also looked at Lei Nuo; he discovered that the process of Lei Nuo arriving on the battlefield did not look like he had jumped there using his own strength, but rather like he had been sucked in by the guy beside him.

At this moment, the Code of Conduct began to issue orders, requiring Lei Nuo to refuse these people entry into the Administrative Level.

Lei Nuo’s mind was not simple at all:

"You intend to invade the Administrative Level; are you planning to propagate something?"

Wen Xishu had not expected there to be such a troublesome character in this city.

He and Horn had no way back; having reached this point, they could only fight to the death with the opponent.

Lei Nuo’s figure stepped back.

"No matter who you are, as long as I am here, it is impossible for you to enter the Administrative Level."

Wen Xishu did not trade trash talk with the opponent.

Under Horn’s operation, Wen Xishu unleashed an ultimate kick, approaching Lei Nuo with incredible speed.

But facing the sudden assault from Wen Xishu, Lei Nuo appeared completely indifferent.

Nikolai and Antoine, as Lei Nuo’s subordinates, stood further ahead than Lei Nuo; facing Wen Xishu’s sprinting assassination attempt, the two felt not the slightest worry.

Neither of them even made a defensive move.

Wen Xishu’s speed was very fast; Antoine had to admit that this was an opponent that had to be dealt with carefully.

But in this world, no one could harm Lei Nuo.

Wen Xishu suddenly discovered...

As Lei Nuo’s lips moved slightly, even though he was clearly in the middle of a sprinting thrust, the distance between him and Lei Nuo was growing larger.

One hundred meters.

Wen Xishu’s sprint ended, but he ultimately stopped steadily one hundred meters away from Lei Nuo; this suddenly initiated explosive sprint had not only failed to close the distance, but had instead increased the distance from Lei Nuo.

Next, Lei Nuo’s lips twitched again.

Wen Xishu heard it clearly.

The opponent was speaking; to be precise, the opponent was issuing a command.

"Distance, three hundred meters."

Without feeling anything, Wen Xishu only felt that the scenery in his eyes was constantly moving forward. That was because his own body was constantly retreating.

Killing Sequence 56: Distance of Separation.

This was Lei Nuo’s ability. If it were to kill Wen Xishu, Lei Nuo did not have much certainty, but the Code of Conduct only required that the enemy not be allowed to invade a certain area.

For Lei Nuo, this task was truly too easy to complete.

Because his ability was to change the distance between himself and a certain target.

"No matter who you are, the place where I stand is already a forbidden zone you cannot enter."

Horn had not expected that Lei Nuo’s ability would be such a hard counter to their operation this time.

The surrounding scenery began to move forward again; Wen Xishu had not expected the opponent’s range of ability to be so vast...

His body would retreat again.

"Distance, one thousand meters."

(End of chapter)