Author: wordless seal

The closing of the gates of hell did not weaken the demon's fighting power.

On the contrary, because the channel for transporting souls was cut off, the devil was able to use all the souls it acquired to fight without having to "offer" them to the contract owner.

Moreover, not all demons are like the Sky Lords, who have the ability to negate all obstacles with their will. Except for a few big demons on the wizard route, the vast majority of demons do not have the ability to break through the imperial blockade and can only fight hard.

At the same time, although the empire has advantages, it is not without pressure.

Although low-level demons are easy to kill.

However, high-level demons, especially big demons, can avoid most attacks by summoning each other through contracts.

And once the empire's encirclement is slightly relaxed, allowing a high-level demon to escape. In other cities that have completely lost order due to the plague, it is not a problem to open a hell gate again...

At least for a short period of time, the main force of the army in Tarc's world 925 must be focused on encircling and suppressing demons.

Of course, even so, the demonic disaster only enveloped the capital area.

In other areas, bacteria blankets and infected bodies are the main tone of the world...

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Border city, New Pompeii.

The entrance to the Civic Center.

A row of armored convoys stood guard at the entrance of the center.

The turret on the roof of the vehicle and the crossbows in the hands of the Seal Soldiers stationed in the gaps in the convoy continued to spit out tongues of fire, burning the infected bodies that were approaching.

Yes, flame.

Two hours after the outbreak of the plague, the Hall of Truth speculated on the important characteristics of the infected body: high-speed self-healing and no vital signs.

Compared to air bolt crossbows and explosive bolt crossbows that rely on kinetic energy and shock waves to kill, flames are undoubtedly more suitable for dealing with infected groups.

As it happens, the Empire's fire-breathing weapons do not require troublesome devices such as fuel tanks and high-pressure pumps.

As long as an element rotation component is installed on the pneumatic crossbow to convert the air element into the fire element, it will become a very excellent flamethrower.

Although the range is not far, the fire wall formed by this still blocks all attacks from infected bodies...

Hall interior.

Numerous officials and soldiers were carrying important information and necessary equipment back and forth.

At this time, a young man holding a form came to a rickety old man holding a mechanical crutch and half of his body had been replaced by a prosthetic body: "Municipal officer, we have finished packing, we can set off."

"Check it again, I want to see this place again." The old man asked.

Although there are many infected bodies outside, they are not powerful, and their time is not urgent.

The young man saluted and left.

The old man walked for the last time in this place where he had worked for more than 600 years. As the first municipal official of New Pompeii, the Civic Center was built under his watch. It carries too many memories for him.

At the beginning, this was just a converted container building. Except for the most important steel seal sanctuary, which could be kept in a separate room, the administrative, law enforcement, and trial clerical offices were all in one place.

He, the original judge, and the military chief worked day and night to build the city brick by brick...

The alderman sighed.

Unfortunately, the construction specifications of the municipal center are not up to standard and cannot meet the "fortress"-level military standards.

According to the joint order of the Administration Office and the Ministry of Military Affairs, we had no choice but to abandon this place and go to the army garrison at the other end of the city to build a shelter...

If I had known this, I shouldn't have shelved the Civic Center redevelopment plan to build a stadium!

"Alderman, the count has been completed." The young man appeared in front of the alderman again.

This time, the city official did not delay. He walked out with a mechanical cane and said, "Let's go."

soon.

The armored convoy begins to move.

As more and more infected bodies gather, even the roof turrets cannot burn them all.

But that doesn't matter.

The infected bodies are so weak that even if thousands of them gather together, they will be easily run over by armored vehicles.

At this time, the city official sitting in the car relied on the high authority of the prosthetic body to easily call up the external monitoring sound of the armored vehicle.

In an instant, roars, groans, the sound of hitting armor and the sound of tracks crushing human bodies filled his ears.

What tens of thousands of infected bodies emit are not just meaningless howls, the city official can easily distinguish from them all words that also have meaning:

"Save me, please save me!"

"Stop! Stop the car quickly! Stop...ah——"

"I'm so hungry. Dad is still so hungry after eating..."

"Eternal Emperor, please give me the essence so that I can evolve..."

"..."

Because the infection is still in its early stages, many people's egos have not completely dissipated, and various strange remarks made the listeners feel chilled in their hearts even if they were stamped with steel.

The city official sighed: "What a disaster..."

"Huh?" The city official was stunned.

His prosthetic body is also constantly connected to the surveillance equipment in the municipal center. Although he does not necessarily pay attention to it, he is used to having surveillance information poured into his mind all the time.

At this moment, he clearly saw something that looked like mold or tentacles snaking out from the toilet.

"Sewer?" The city official immediately made a judgment and frowned at the same time. They just left and the erosion started?

Why is the alarm system not alerting?

The mayor's expression gradually became serious. The municipal center is his absolute "territory", and his prosthetic body is not only connected to surveillance.

All access control, alarm systems, and all office equipment are monitored here.

After a little inquiry, sure enough, the alarm system has been offline...

At this time, the view of the Municipal Center began to gradually become shadowed, which was caused by the hyphae climbing up to the lens because they were too close to be imaged.

The tentacles seem to have invaded the wiring layer of the wall.

Click——click——click——

Following a series of noises, the monitoring equipment was cut off one by one.

Immediately, the energy center also showed signs of loss of control and could not be shut down by order.

Including computers, printers, scanners, coffee machines, radios... all the equipment started to turn on, run, turn off, and turn on again... just like debugging new equipment.

Just when the closed door of the Steel Seal Sanctuary opened, the soul synchronization instrument also began to "debug".

The city official did not hesitate to send an urgent report to the administrative office!

…

Fifteen minutes later.

Just when the insect swarm was trying to create the first "loyal" infected body.

Dozens of white lines shot up from the sky.

The powerful soul-carrying missile crashed into the center of New Pompeii.

After the roar.

The entire Civic Center was razed to the ground…

…

Two hours later.

It was either a missile attack or a bombing by fighter planes, and in the end it was Stampede soldiers who sneaked in to plant bombs.

All abandoned and strategically important equipment in the world of Tark 925 were destroyed...

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Chapter completed!