203: Chapter 203 The Vigilant Commander Zhu

"Get back here, all of you!"

Commander Zhu's roar came from afar.

Immediately, the Mechanical Dragon turned its head and flew toward the Central Building.

"Commander-in-Chief, that little thief seems to be dead," the captain said, looking at the information sent back by his subordinates, sounding somewhat uncertain.

"Oh?"

Commander Zhu raised an eyebrow and glanced at the surveillance screen.

The light spot that had been moving was now stationary in the abandoned warehouse area.

That vicinity was precisely the area that had been raked over by artillery shells and flames.

After watching for a long time, until the Mechanical Dragon landed, the light spot had not moved.

Only then did Commander Zhu breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ridiculous little thief, thinking he would be fine just by hiding in a warehouse. The Mechanical Dragon's breath of flames can incinerate everything!"

Jumping off the Mechanical Dragon, Commander Zhu walked toward the elevator with his hands behind his back.

"Return to your posts and continue working."

"Yes! Commander Zhu... However, should we re-test the hair of the little thief brought back earlier?"

Commander Zhu frowned, his face showing displeasure: "I said he is already dead. Do you not understand?"

"Uh... Understood!"

The captain saluted and watched Commander Zhu go upstairs.

A moment later, he gritted his teeth, entered the building, and headed straight for the testing room.

Although it was unlikely for the little thief to be alive under the breath of flames, his cautious nature made him feel it would be better to test it.

On the other side.

Chen Fan mingled with the squad of soldiers and walked into the building without any trouble.

"Fifty people per floor, return to your posts, don't just stand there."

A person who looked like a captain frowned and waved his hand as if shooing flies.

Chen Fan glanced at him and then controlled the soldiers to start climbing the stairs. Every time he reached a floor, he would walk around and Recruit everyone who could be Recruited.

By the time he stood on the top floor, he had successfully taken in over five thousand people in most areas of the building, excluding those parasitized by octopuses.

Just at this moment, the soldiers downstairs sent back some strange information.

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow and quickly opened the surveillance.

In the footage recorded by the pinhole camera, the soldier was looking blankly at a captain.

The captain pointed angrily at the soldier: "This is not a place you should be. Go back!"

"Yes, Captain."

Chen Fan controlled the soldier, replied blankly, and then turned and left.

The captain watched the soldier's back, feeling somewhat suspicious, but shook his head and quickly slipped into the elevator.

Soon, the elevator climbed to the top floor.

When the captain came out, he saw another blank-looking soldier.

An inexplicable rage ignited instantly: "Soldier, is this a place you should be? Get the hell down!"

"Yes, Captain," the soldier replied blankly and left.

The strange behavior of two consecutive soldiers caught his attention.

He frowned, feeling a sense of unease, but still proceeded toward Commander Zhu's office first.

"Commander Zhu, something is wrong. We checked the little thief's hair and found that he is actually not dead yet!"

"Not dead?"

Commander Zhu stood up abruptly, "He took a hit of the breath of flames and is still not dead? Are you sure?!"

"I am sure, Commander Zhu."

The captain swallowed, scanned the surroundings, leaned in, and whispered:

"Although it can only be vaguely located, the digital results indicate he is near the building."

"Also, when I came up just now, I ran into several soldiers acting strangely. These soldiers might all have returned from the warehouse area."

Chen Fan, hiding in a cubicle, raised an eyebrow.

This captain was truly sharp.

"Not good."

Commander Zhu's eyelids twitched violently. With no time to say anything more, he leaped, his headgear smashing through the reinforced glass, and fell toward the ground below.

While flying in the air, he felt the spatial shielding disappear and immediately activated the teleportation array.

The next second, he appeared at the entrance of the building. Ignoring the guards around him, he ran quickly toward the Mechanical Dragon.

Chen Fan controlled several soldiers to step forward: "Commander-in-Chief, what happened..."

Before the words were finished, Commander Zhu turned his right hand into a gun. Bang, bang, bang—several consecutive shots killed all the surrounding soldiers. He then leaped up and dove into the Mechanical Dragon's cockpit.

"So alert?" Chen Fan was even more surprised.

This Commander Zhu actually ran away decisively based on such uncertain information?

Watching the Mechanical Dragon fly out of the city, he was dumbfounded.

Damn it. If you're going to run, then run, why take my Mechanical Dragon? Are you kidding me?

Chen Fan curled his lip. Looking at the captain who was standing in the office, equally stunned, he raised his gun and shot him, incidentally clearing out the octopus inside his body.

Immediately, more than six thousand soldiers began sweeping the building.

Chen Fan, using Exploration, locked onto Commander Zhu's movements.

"He really isn't turning back? Is that direction... the customs?"

After distinguishing for a long time, Chen Fan confirmed his guess.

"Tsk tsk tsk, there is a path to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you head straight for it. Can you really escape in that direction?"

Shaking his head, Chen Fan sneered a few times.

The reason was simple: the customs direction backed onto the sea, and Chen Fan did not believe he could cross the ocean with just the Mechanical Dragon.

Therefore, Commander Zhu would most likely hide at the customs, waiting for reinforcements.

"Once I have taken all the soldiers in the city, and then pincer-attack from both sides, won't you be blown to pieces?"

Chen Fan chuckled and started to Recruit the personnel in the building.

As for those captains who were parasitized by octopuses, he just killed them directly.

After clearing the building, Chen Fan took a car to the surrounding military district.

According to records, there were a total of thirty thousand soldiers in the central city, all of which were Chen Fan's reserve troops.

Beep, beep, beep—

"Master... I can choose the city now."

9527's voice came through.

Chen Fan's spirits lifted, "Can you choose Gang Yao Metropolis?"

"Let me see."

After a moment of silence, 9527's voice came again: "The one surnamed Zhu applied for reinforcements, so I can go there. However, the teleportation array opened at the customs."

"Then you go there first. If you can kill him, do it directly. If not, don't alert the enemy, wait for me to arrive."

"I probably can't kill him; the factory settings state that hosts cannot kill each other."

Chen Fan nodded slightly, "It's fine, then you wait for me."

"Okay, then I'm going to provide support."

Hanging up the call, Chen Fan looked at the military camp in front of him and walked in with a smile.

A few hours later, Chen Fan's Gang Yao Metropolis soldiers had reached thirty thousand.

The entire city's armed forces had been taken by him.

As for the ordinary civilians, Chen Fan did not take action against them.

One, it was meaningless, and two, Chen Fan needed these civilians to keep the whole city running.

Letting out a long breath, Chen Fan looked at the vision shared by Jiu Jiu.

At this time, the coastline was already visible within the Players' vision.

Presumably, in another two or three hours, the Players would be able to arrive.

Over at the customs command post, 9527 and Commander Zhu, who had just landed not long ago, were discussing countermeasures.

The corners of Chen Fan's mouth curled up slightly, and he sat in the passenger seat of a modified sports car.

"Next, I need to study whether the new flagship is upgraded using this thing."