142: Chapter 142 The Massacre Begins

"Throwing all the criminals in at once? Wouldn't that be too risky..." The Branch President's face showed hesitation, his heart wavering.

According to the original plan, the activity should have started with B-Rank criminals, deploying those criminals roleplaying as Monsters into C City in batches.

If they were to rashly deploy all the Transcendent criminals at once, the activity would likely be over before it even officially began, with C City reduced to ruins and completely destroyed.

"It doesn't matter; we can just make adjustments later." Wang Puchuan responded calmly and unhurriedly.

"Although the barrier's rules cannot be changed once activated, the points exchange System is in our hands."

"If the situation really gets out of control, we just need to lower the requirements for summoning heroes."

"For example, we could find an excuse to airdrop a special item. Using this item would grant a one-time opportunity to bypass the points cost."

"Naturally, the public will think of summoning Wan Chaoren, Lao Ge. As long as Lao Ge enters the field, what situation could possibly remain out of control?"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's do exactly as you say!" Upon hearing Wang Puchuan's words, a gleam flashed in Wan Chaoren's eyes.

If he could enter the field himself, why bother sending those useless criminals to make up the numbers?

"What I just mentioned was merely a contingency measure. If I let you, Lao Ge, enter the field at will right now, everyone except for the lucky person who summons you will have no game left to play."

"He would monopolize all the kill points for the Monsters, and once the activity officially starts, he could use that massive amount of points to summon several heroes to fight. Wouldn't our carefully designed Continental Carnival activity then completely devolve into a boring farce?"

"You have to realize that some big shots from the Superpower Association are very interested in this event."

Wang Puchuan shook his head, objecting.

With the first and second-ranked A-Rank Heroes not signing up for this activity, Wan Chaoren, as the third-ranked A-Rank Hero, was undoubtedly in the tier that consumed the most points to summon.

To summon Wan Chaoren, one had to spend 50,000 points.

This was also why Wang Puchuan was certain that if someone found an item that could waive a point exchange cost, they would definitely choose to summon Wan Chaoren.

Wan Chaoren's expression darkened instantly.

He knew very well that when the Continental Carnival officially began and was broadcast nationwide, the eyes of the Superpower Association would be focused here.

Once they realized that Chen Moxuan was an Other-Soul Being, he would likely never have another chance to act.

However, the approval for this temporarily added warm-up activity had just come down, and the Superpower Association already knew all the rules of the activity.

If the activity process deviated too far from the submitted plan, or worse, if there was such an obvious act of cheating by forcing him to join right at the start of the activity, they would definitely be held accountable afterward.

At the end of the day, the Hero Association was just an official organization branched off from the Superpower Association.

Don't look at these A-Rank Heroes as being infinitely glorious in the eyes of others; in front of S-Class Transcendents, they were not worth mentioning at all.

In the entire Dazhou Nation, the number of A-Rank Transcendents might reach five figures, but there were fewer than a hundred S-Class Transcendents.

Yet, these few S-Class Transcendents represented nearly 90% of the powerful combat strength of the Transcendent System.

Every S-Class individual possessed completely unreasonable and Heaven-Defying Special Ability.

If those people were displeased, things would become very troublesome.

At the very least, now was not the time to escalate things to that point just to crush that ant.

"Then do as you say." Wan Chaoren had no choice but to agree to Wang Puchuan's proposal.

"Let those criminals prioritize taking care of that Monster, and after that, they can slaughter each other as they please."

Two A-Rank criminals and eight B-Rank criminals attacking together would be troublesome even for him.

He didn't believe they couldn't take care of an ant whose ability had only just Awakened a few days ago.

After both A-Rank Heroes, Wang Puchuan and Wan Chaoren, held the same opinion, the Branch President couldn't say anything more.

He could only pray that C City would hold out for two days while issuing instructions to the command center.

As the order was issued, the cabin doors of the giant helicopter hovering high above C City slowly opened again.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Eight mechanical pods shot out one after another like arrows released from a bow, scattering in different directions.

Given the painful lesson of the mechanical pod being shot down in mid-air earlier, the Hero Association decided to use the coordinates of the previous air-raid shelter as the center and drop these criminals into the surrounding areas.

After all, before the inhibitor solution fully took effect, these criminals were at best just slightly stronger ordinary people.

Soon, the first mechanical pod launched like a heavy bomb, crashing into the ground with a boom, creating a huge crater in the solid road and kicking up a cloud of dust.

"What happened?"

This was a village on the outskirts of C City.

At this moment, many residents who were still in chaos, hiding in their homes and trembling, heard the loud noise and opened their windows, poking their heads out to look around cautiously.

They saw the mechanical pod's door slowly open, and gas containing the inhibitor antidote poured out, permeating the air.

A man with a face as pale as paper and disheveled hair dragged his heavy footsteps as he slowly walked out of the mechanical pod.

After walking only a few steps, the collar on his neck suddenly made a crisp "click" sound and automatically snapped into two pieces.

"Long-lost fresh air." The man took a greedy, deep breath, a look of intoxication and ferocity appearing on his face.

A middle-aged man squinted, feeling that the person who walked out of the pod looked very familiar, and wanted to see the man's face clearly.

A moment later, his eyes widened, and he quickly closed the window and crouched down.

"I must have seen that wrong... How could Freezing Man be here?"

Relying on his memory, he immediately searched on his phone for a report from ten years ago.

A report about a certain hero who, during a mission, was bewitched by a Monster and froze an entire city.

"It really is him... Wasn't he supposed to be locked up for over two hundred years?"

Upon confirming that the person in the report looked exactly like the man he had just seen, the middle-aged man began to tremble all over.

Recalling the rules he had seen earlier, he opened the 'project absolute extinction' APP with trembling fingers and clicked on the button to send the Monster's location.

Almost at that exact same moment, the number on his points balance interface jumped, and 10 points appeared there.

The Hero Association naturally knew the landing locations of these criminals perfectly well, so there was no need for confirmation; they simply deposited the points directly into his account.

"I have points?" The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he temporarily cast his fear to the back of his mind.

In an instant, the exoskeletal armor worth 10 points appeared in his mind.

He was a military buff and a hero fan, so he naturally knew the power of that exoskeletal armor.

As long as he put it on, he could be fearless against conventional firearm attacks and also gain an all-around boost in speed and strength.

"Under these circumstances... with that armor, maybe I could take fierce revenge on those who usually look down on me..."

A glint of violence flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and an uncontrollable urge welled up in his heart.

Under such extreme conditions, having the opportunity to wield power, many things he wouldn't even dare to think about in his daily life were now flooding into his mind like a tide.

He no longer hesitated, his fingers tapping rapidly on the screen to redeem the armor.

With a subtle ripple in the space before him, a set of exoskeletal armor with a metallic luster appeared out of thin air in front of him.

These supplies were transmitted directly by space-type Special Ability users based on coordinates, saving transportation time.

A look of wild joy appeared on the middle-aged man's face, and he rushed forward impatiently.

"Eh?"

At that very moment, he suddenly felt as if his legs didn't belong to him, completely losing all sensation.

A feeling of dizziness washed over him, and his whole body fell heavily to the ground.

He looked back in terror, only to see that his feet had somehow frozen into blocks of ice, standing quietly in place.

Before he could even scream, a bone-chilling cold quickly spread up from his stomach, and in the blink of an eye, he was frozen into a crystal-clear ice sculpture.

A bone-chilling cold spread at an astonishing speed, and the entire house was instantly wrapped tightly in a layer of crystal-clear ice.

"The one they mentioned called... Chen Moxuan, he's in this direction, right?"

Freezing Man glanced at his watch nonchalantly, adjusted his direction of travel, and began to walk forward with unhurried steps.

With every step he took, he brought endless cold and the aura of death.

Wherever he passed, the ground was instantly covered in ice, and countless people turned into ice sculptures before they could even react.

By the time he walked out of the village, the entire village had fallen into complete silence, with no sign of life.

And similar events were repeating continuously at every location where a criminal had dropped.