343: Chapter 343 Sky Net Slaughter

Metal fragments slid from the silver mechanical palm.

They fell onto the muddy ground, which was covered in blood.

Making a faint clattering sound.

The sound of sirens in the distance merged into one continuous wail.

Four blinding white beams of light pierced through the clouds from the night sky.

The rotors of police helicopters sliced rapidly through the air.

The massive spots of light from the searchlights moved rapidly across the walls of the auto repair shop's courtyard.

The red and blue flashing police lights illuminated the night sky over the South District.

Chen Mo constructed a holographic city map of the South District in his brain.

Three main roads were marked with red lines.

The SWAT Officer team's riot armored vehicles had already blocked all intersections.

Two helicopters at high altitude provided continuous thermal imaging surveillance.

The Skynet system's surveillance cameras had locked onto all entry and exit points in this area.

Choosing to force a breakout from the ground would expose them to crossfire.

He deleted the ground escape routes one by one.

His gaze turned to the interior of the workshop.

His eyes landed on the trench in the center filled with discarded parts.

The surface building layer was hidden in his brain.

The underground pipeline network layer lit up.

The bottom of the trench connected to an industrial-era underground sewage pipe.

The outer layer of the pipe was encased in one meter of reinforced concrete.

Thermal imaging Drones could not penetrate the concrete layer.

That was the only physical blind spot not covered by surveillance.

Chen Mo turned around.

And walked toward the workshop entrance.

"Get into the trench."

Jiang Hong shouldered her Thor sniper rifle.

She raised no objections.

She walked quickly toward the edge of the trench.

404 clutched the fish tank tightly to his chest.

"Brother Mo, there is no network signal in the sewer. Old Blind Man will lose connection."

Chen Mo stood beside the trench.

Looking at the air defense door below.

"Unplug it."

404 pulled out the data cable connected to the monitor.

He pressed the portable power switch at the bottom of the fish tank.

He followed Jiang Hong and jumped into the trench.

Chen Mo walked up to Su Qingxue.

Su Qingxue's left arm was wrapped in white medical gauze.

Red blood was seeping through it.

"Can you walk?"

Su Qingxue nodded.

"Yes."

She followed behind 404 down the iron steps.

Chen Mo stood at the very back.

He faced the corpses covering the ground and the burning flames.

He took a timed incendiary bomb from the tactical belt at his waist.

He turned the timer knob.

Setting it for thirty seconds.

He threw it next to the waste oil drum in the center of the workshop.

He walked down the steps.

The silver mechanical arm on his left hand grabbed the edge of the air defense door.

He pulled it shut with force.

The metal gears at the door lock emitted a grinding sound of engagement.

The air defense door was completely locked.

The top floor of the Municipal Bureau building.

The Deputy Director's office.

Zhou Jianguo sat behind a large mahogany desk.

The red confidential phone on the desk emitted a rapid busy signal.

He slammed the receiver, which had lost its signal, heavily onto the base.

A crack appeared in the black plastic casing.

Zhou Jianguo stood up.

And walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

The glass reflected the shadows on his face.

Thick smoke billowed up in the direction of the South District.

He turned around.

And pressed the internal communication button on the desk.

"Connect me to the SWAT Officer headquarters."

A brief sound of static came from the speaker.

A deep male voice spoke up.

"Director Zhou. The First SWAT Officer Team has arrived at the perimeter of the South District auto repair shop."

Zhou Jianguo pressed both hands onto the desk.

His knuckles turned white from the force.

"Leave no survivors. Shoot to kill if they resist arrest."

"Understood."

Zhou Jianguo cut off the communication.

He pulled open the bottom drawer of the desk.

Took out a black encrypted USB drive.

And clutched it in his hand.

The list had already been leaked on the dark web.

Tartarus's cleaners would be at his door soon.

He drew the pistol from his waist.

Ejected the magazine.

The gleaming yellow bullets were neatly arranged.

He pushed the magazine back into the grip.

It made a metallic clicking sound.

The basement was pitch black.

Only the faint blue light from 404's fish tank shone.

Chen Mo walked to the corner of the wall.

The metal muscles of his left arm contracted.

He lifted a one-meter-square rusty iron plate.

A foul, pungent odor surged out.

Below was a black stream of water.

Chen Mo jumped down.

The stagnant water submerged his calves.

The bottom was filled with thick silt and gravel.

He turned on his tactical flashlight.

The beam of light illuminated the circular sewage pipe.

The pipe walls were covered in dark green moss.

"Come down."

Jiang Hong jumped down second.

Splashing up black water.

404, with Su Qingxue's help, climbed down the iron ladder.

The four of them entered the sewage pipe.

A muffled explosion came from above.

The timed incendiary bomb in the workshop had ignited the remaining machine oil.

The vibration traveled down along the pipe walls.

Dust fell in rustling clumps.

Chen Mo walked in the lead, holding the flashlight.

He pulled up the sewer network map in his brain.

Heading north for three kilometers.

Would lead to the Old City District near Jiangcheng University.

The pipeline network there was extremely complex.

Large equipment could not enter.

Making large-scale searches impossible.

The First SWAT Officer Team stormed into the auto repair shop's courtyard.

Captain Li Feng held a submachine gun.

The beam of his tactical flashlight swept over the corpses covering the ground.

Blood spread through the stagnant water.

He walked to the corpse of the commander whose neck had been snapped.

Crouched down.

The deceased's cervical spine had been completely crushed.

White bone shards had pierced through the skin.

Li Feng stood up.

He walked toward the workshop entrance.

Looking at the bloodstains leading to the air defense door of the basement.

There were five deep metal fingerprints on the door panel.

He touched the door panel with his tactical-gloved hand.

The steel plate was severely deformed.

Li Feng took a step back.

He tightened his grip on the assault rifle in his hands.

He had been in this line of work for fifteen years.

He had never seen anyone who could leave such marks on armored steel plates using only physical strength.

The team moved forward in the dark pipe.

The current brought great resistance.

Su Qingxue followed behind Chen Mo.

The beam of light swayed with Chen Mo's footsteps.

That black trench coat was covered in mud and filth.

The silver metal of his left arm reflected cold light under the flashlight.

She recalled the scene outside the door of Ward No. 3.

Chen Mo had snapped the professional killer's neck in two seconds.

The sound of bones shattering replayed in her ears.

The cowardly image from the police academy file, the one who would vomit even at a simulated crime scene, had completely vanished.

The lethality and tactical proficiency displayed by the person before her.

Surpassed the Municipal Bureau's most elite SWAT Officer instructor.

A crossroad appeared ahead.

The current split here.

Chen Mo stopped.

A blue light suddenly popped up on the system panel on his retina.

[The sequence zero list has spread on the dark web.]

[Triggering a red alert from Interpol.]

[Sin points increased by 30,000.]

[Balance: 37,000 points.]

The blue text displayed line by line on his retina.

Chen Mo closed the panel.

He looked into the depths of the pipe on the left.

A faint buzzing sound came from there.

"Stop."

Chen Mo raised his right hand.

The three people behind him stopped immediately.

Footsteps disappeared into the sound of the water.

The buzzing sound grew closer.

The frequency was extremely high.

Two spherical micro-reconnaissance Drones flew out from the left pipe.

Red scanning lasers crisscrossed over the black water surface.

Searching for heat sources higher than the ambient temperature.

The high-frequency vibration module in Chen Mo's left arm activated.

Emitting a low hum.

He thrust his left hand out suddenly.

Precisely grabbing the casing of the first Drone.

The silver metal fingers tightened.

The casing shattered.

Blue electric sparks erupted from inside the Drone.

Chen Mo let go.

The wreckage fell into the black water.

Emitting a puff of white smoke.

The second Drone quickly climbed in altitude.

The cover plate under its belly opened.

Protruding a micro-machine gun barrel.

Chen Mo reached down with his right hand.

Drawing the tactical dagger from his right waist.

His forearm exerted force.

He threw it.

The dagger turned into a streak of silver light.

Piercing through the rotor axis of the Drone.

Sparks flew everywhere.

The Drone lost its balance.

And slammed into the hard pipe wall.

Smashing into a pile of parts.