196: Chapter 196 Witnessing the Highest Human Strength

Chapter 196: Witness the Highest Strength of Humanity

At midnight, heart-pounding alarm sounds echoed.

In the inpatient building, the lights in the wards lit up one by one.

Many people, still sleepy, were jolted awake, ran to the windows, and looked toward the source of the commotion.

In the ink-thick night, the outline of a gray building loomed vaguely, as if completely swallowed by the darkness.

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From time to time, sounds as dense as popping beans rang out, mixed with the alarms and drifting over with the wind.

It seemed that some unknown and terrifying thing was happening in that building.

Just as everyone was bewildered and uneasy, a powerful and vigorous roaring sound came from afar, drowning out all other unusual movements.

Several armed helicopters, like giant steel eagles, roared across the night sky and rapidly flew above the building.

As they descended, the violent wind whipped up by the rotors made the surrounding trees tremble.

On the ground, columns of armored vehicles like a torrent of steel poured into the courtyard one after another.

Renan Hospital, awakened by the alarm, was shrouded in a grim atmosphere in the blink of an eye.

Those armored vehicles roared toward the Rehabilitation Center, tightly surrounding the perimeter of the building.

Squads of soldiers in camouflage uniforms filed out of the vehicles, agilely and orderly building a defense line.

They held assault rifles, using armored vehicles and roadblocks as cover, half-squatted on the ground, and aimed their muzzles at every entrance and exit of the building.

"Falcon Team, maintain low-altitude reconnaissance and pay close attention to the movements inside the building!"

"All other units, check your weapons and equipment, and wait for further instructions. Without my order, do not act rashly!"

Inside the command vehicle, the military commander, Colonel Deng, holding a walkie-talkie, rapidly issued operational orders one after another.

Then he looked at the communications soldier nervously debugging equipment nearby and asked:

"Still haven't contacted the stationed personnel inside?"

The communications soldier shook his head in response, still trying hard to search for a signal.

His brows were locked tightly, and his gaze was fixed on the dark-shrouded building before him.

The armed helicopters circled in the air according to instructions.

The glare lights under the belly of the aircraft swept across every dark floor's windows like sharp swords.

Yet at this moment, it was abnormally quiet inside, and not even sporadic gunshots came out.

You must know that the reason why the military placed those patients infected with the black rain here...

In addition to the convenient condition of Renan Hospital being close to Xishan, it was even more because there was a military base nearby, which could provide support at any time in case of any situation, ensuring arrival at the scene in the fastest time.

Thinking of this, Colonel Deng had a bad premonition in his heart.

Could it be that he still came late?

But from receiving the report to mobilizing the emergency combat unit and rushing here, only a little over ten minutes had passed.

Their marching speed could not be said to be slow.

Even if unexpected mutants appeared among the patients detained in the Rehabilitation Center, it was impossible to instantly wipe out over a hundred stationed soldiers, right?

Just as Colonel Deng was filled with suspicion and uncertainty, a burst of noise suddenly came from the walkie-talkie, mixed with painful shouts:

"Hello... Hello... Is anyone there? We were attacked by monsters on the fifth floor, suffered heavy casualties, requesting support..."

The voice was intermittent, and the signal seemed to be interrupted at any time.

Colonel Deng raised his eyebrows, immediately gripped the walkie-talkie, and asked repeatedly:

"What's the situation inside? Why is there no sound at all? How many people do you have left?"

"I don't know... The number of those monsters is unknown, their strength is huge, bullets are very hard to kill them, and night vision goggles can't see their figures clearly..."

"And... and there's a guy who looks like a leader, who will roar to command other monsters. Just now he instantly killed many people, you must be careful when you encounter them... The few of us are too badly injured now, we can only hide in a room..."

The surviving soldier panted heavily and answered intermittently.

Hearing this, Colonel Deng's expression grew even more solemn.

Although he had roughly understood the situation inside, his heart fell into hesitation and struggle.

Should he immediately dispatch an assault team to enter the building for rescue and engage in hand-to-hand combat with unknown monsters?

Or continue to guard outside, use firepower advantage to blockade the building, and wait for a more suitable timing?

Weighing repeatedly, fine sweat beads couldn't help but seep from Colonel Deng's forehead.

He knew very well that this confrontation with monsters could not tolerate the slightest mistake.

A slight carelessness causing greater personnel losses or negative impacts, I'm afraid by tomorrow, what would greet him would be stripping off this military uniform and being dismissed and investigated.

And as early as when taking over the garrison mission, the higher-ups had hinted.

If encountering irresistible force, they could directly destroy the entire building at all costs.

Thinking of this, he raised his head, looking with anxious eyes at the fifth floor whose doors and windows were reinforced and locked.

In any case, the bottom line from above was absolutely not to let the monsters escape, thereby creating greater panic in society.

Otherwise, even if he was shot, he couldn't shoulder this responsibility.

Therefore, he must solve those monsters in the shortest time with the most secure method.

Thinking of this, Colonel Deng took a deep breath and immediately made a decision:

"All units listen to the order, all firepower groups continuously aim at the building entrances and exits, hold the defense line with all strength, assault teams prepare to enter the building, your task is not to kill the target, but to lure those monsters out..."

He issued a relatively cautious order, which could also be said to be a "luring the snake out of its hole" plan.

The purpose was to use the open area and rely on firepower advantages to centrally annihilate the enemy, rather than falling into a relatively difficult, unpredictable street-fighting mode.

With an order, the most elite assault team quickly assembled in front of the main entrance, preparing to sneak into the dark building occupied by the monsters.

The other soldiers stood in strict formation, the firearms in their hands flashing with cold metallic luster, pairs of eyes hidden beneath helmets staring intently ahead.

The entire encirclement seemed increasingly tight, and the air seemed to begin to freeze.

A battle full of gunpowder smoke was on the verge of breaking out.

However, right at this moment.

A burst of hurried footsteps came from inside the building.

The soldiers guarding behind the front gate defense line instantly became alert, fingers tightening on the triggers, raising their muzzles in unison.

The searchlight beam projected into the dark doorway, vaguely revealing two ragged figures covered in blood and filth.

They seemed to be survivors.

These two survivors staggered in their steps, one of them also injured in the leg, still limping and persisting, running outward for dear life.

Seeing them run out from inside, raising their hands to block the dazzling light, their expressions appeared extremely flustered.

When they saw the scene outside surrounded by the army, they immediately shouted repeatedly:

"Don't shoot, it's us, we are people from the Special Investigation Team!"

The two survivors were precisely the white-haired man and the shield-bearing brawny man.

"Wait, don't fire for now, bring them over."

Colonel Deng recognized the two and immediately issued an order.

The white-haired man and the shield-bearing brawny man did not retreat behind the defense line the first time.

Instead, they turned back to look at the hall behind them still shrouded in darkness, shouting with all their might:

"Sir, hurry up and come out, the outside support troops have arrived!"

The two's throats were a bit hoarse, and their tone was full of anxiety and concern.

At this moment, a rather violent commotion came from inside the building.

It seemed like an iron whip was whipping the air, making a heart-pounding whistling sound.

It also seemed like a heavy hammer was constantly pounding the ground, splashing brick and stone debris all around.

Sounds like a dangerous battle surpassing ordinary people's imagination was taking place in the corridor.

Soon after, a man's voice drifted from the depths of the darkness from far to near:

"You two don't need to wait for me, quickly evacuate to a safe location."

That voice appeared relatively calm, and then raised its volume a bit, shouting toward the outside of the building:

"Everyone get ready for battle, wait until I bring the target out, then you concentrate your firepower to attack!"

The speaker seemed to have a very high status and position, with an unquestionable majesty in his tone, actually directly commanding the armed forces stationed outside.

Hearing this, the white-haired man and the shield-bearing brawny man immediately obeyed and did as told.

The two retreated quickly while shouting loudly to other soldiers, repeating this order.

Clearly, a certain Special Investigation Team officer was desperately holding back the monsters chasing from behind in order to cover the evacuation of two subordinates.

Colonel Deng narrowed his eyes slightly, then changed the operation plan through the walkie-talkie:

"Assault teams temporarily fall back and stand by, everyone else hold the front line, listen to my instructions to prepare for battle."

Just as he had just made the deployment...

Only hearing a "clatter" sound, it seemed like glass was smashed by a heavy object.

A figure suddenly darted out from the darkness, running toward the direction of the main entrance of the building.

"It's the sir, don't fire yet!"

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Seeing this, the white-haired man and the shield-bearing brawny man anxiously shouted.

For fear that these soldiers would shoot prematurely and accidentally injure their own people.

That figure's speed was already extremely fast, like a flash of lightning sweeping across the terrifying dark hall.

Upon reaching the doorway, doing some kind of crouching and stamping action, the whole person was like a spring, with a "whoosh", unexpectedly accelerating again.

Fast to the extent that the soldiers behind the defense line hadn't reacted yet, he had already rushed out of the door and arrived in front of the surrounding roadblocks.

"The monster has come out, open fire quickly!"

The figure's Aura seemed exceptionally stable, while doing a 100-meter sprint running, he could still shout loudly.

Before the words fell, he flew across several roadblocks with vigorous strides and jumped down behind the defense line.

The soldiers were full of astonishment, almost unable to help pulling the triggers.

Fortunately, they were all well-trained elite soldiers, and before receiving combat orders, they would not rashly shoot.

Gazing at the figure of a certain demon subsequently appearing from the building, as if crawling out of the dark Hell.

Colonel Deng's pupils contracted, his heart skipped a beat, and he resolutely shouted:

"Fire, concentrate attacks on that monster behind!"

Almost the next second after the figure crossed the defense line, gunfire suddenly sounded like popping beans.

Several heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles instantly roared, tongues of fire frantically licking forward, and bullets pouring over like raindrops.

The soldiers also pulled their triggers one after another, assault rifles spitting out scorching flames, intertwining into a dazzling and deadly net of fire.

Bang bang bang bang bang——

Countless warheads strafed the concrete ground, splashing gravel and bricks, leaving dense holes, as if a metal rainstorm had swept past.

Under such violent firepower suppression, it was hard to imagine what monster could survive.

The white-haired man and the shield-bearing brawny man looked at the scene before them, their moods quite excited.

Then welcoming the superior who also safely escaped from the devil's cave, wanting to express gratitude.

"Shh—"

Fang Cheng pursed his lips toward them, signaling that the battle was not yet over.

The two's hearts shivered, and they immediately turned their heads to look toward the front of the defense line.

I saw that in the hail of bullets, that extremely terrifying monster stood tall and did not fall, appearing unscathed.

Dark red bone spurs formed an extremely tight shield, protecting its whole body.

Bullets colliding against it only splashed strings of sparks, like fleeting fireworks in the night sky.

Following that, that monster let out a roar.

The sound wave oscillated like substance, shaking the shattered glass on the surrounding buildings to fall down rustling.

Many close soldiers were even shaken by this force until their ears rang, losing balance and falling to the ground.

After a round of concentrated firepower shooting, it actually hadn't caused much damage to it at all.

Jiang Chen calmly withdrew his bone spurs, looking at the big battle array set up outside, initially still somewhat shocked.

Discovering that their attack intensity was just so-so, he immediately let out a mocking sound:

"Hehe, mere firearms, yet you dare to deal with this old man, truly wishful thinking. The humans of this era are still so weak..."

His whole body's bones were like some kind of hard metal material. Even without using the bone spur shield, ordinary bullets hitting him were just like mosquito bites.

Fang Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly and commanded in a deep voice:

"Firepower is not enough, use artillery and missiles."

Without needing his reminder, Colonel Deng had already issued combat orders.

Several infantry fighting vehicles roared forward, the self-propelled artillery on top of the vehicles began to rotate, and the muzzles spewed scorching flames.

Shells of immense power instantly carried a breath of destruction, whistling and smashing toward where the monster was.

But amidst the smoke and flames, Jiang Chen's figure still stood proudly.

Several artillery shells only left a few shallow dents and cracks on that hard bone spur shield.

"Not enough, still not enough, try harder, let me witness your highest strength."

After blocking the attack once again, he couldn't help but be even more smug, his mocking sound becoming even more intense.

Thus, his body shook slightly, withstanding another artillery shell, he took a step forward and said sternly:

"Otherwise, I'm going to unleash my power..."

Seeming to perceive the impotence of human weapons, he prepared to start attacking, enjoying a gluttonous feast of slaughter to his heart's content.

But before he finished speaking, only hearing a "whoosh" sound.

A whistling missile dragging raging flames flew right into his face.

Rumble——

Scarlet flames bloomed, and a scorching heatwave surged into the sky.

Accompanied by fierce explosions, rolling thick smoke swept the surroundings like a sandstorm, and shattered concrete chunks fell down like rain several hundred meters away.

The heatwave was so great that even nearby roadblocks were overturned.

In the aftermath of the explosion, the thick smoke gradually dissipated, revealing a skeletal body standing prominently in the ruins, its eyes emitting an eerie ghostly green light.

The bone spurs originally acting as a shield had shattered into a spiderweb shape.

Everyone widened their eyes to look, discovering that the opponent actually moved again.

Then with a sudden leap from the flat ground, it vaulted into the air and dashed away in another direction.

Seeming to finally realize the danger, it wanted to escape.

The veins on Colonel Deng's forehead bulged, and he shouted repeatedly:

"Keep launching missiles for me, don't stop!"

Since one was not enough, then two; if two were not enough, then three.

Bearing the Aura of not stopping until blowing the opponent into smithereens.

The pilot received the instruction and pressed the launch button again.

This time, two immensely powerful missiles carrying human anger shot rapidly toward the monster.

Jiang Chen, who had leaped into mid-air, was locked onto and hit by the missiles. Caught off guard, the two collided abruptly, instantly erupting into an earth-shattering loud noise.

The powerful impact blew its body flying dozens of meters, heavily slamming into the building wall.

Then with a "clack" sound, it fell down, its skeleton scattering all over the ground.

For a long time, it didn't move again.

Jiang Chen, who was originally like a descending demon god and supremely arrogant, seemed to have met his demise with everlasting regret just like that.