pjbooks Chapter 46 Champagne at Halftime
Chapter 46 Champagne at Halftime
After the explosion, the scene was deathly silent.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden and unexpected situation!
Why did it suddenly explode?
This never happened when I was hunting infected with Xu Yuan before...
"Brother Zhao!"
It wasn't until Idea King let out a heart-wrenching scream that the team members snapped out of their daze.
Idea King scrambled over to Zhao Guoqiang's side and shook him repeatedly.
By this time, Li Dawei's body had been completely obliterated in the explosion, with only scattered fragments of infected remains to prove that he had ever existed.
Zhao Guoqiang lay on the ground, his face deathly pale and his eyes closed.
All the members of the Dragon Soul Squad rushed over, their faces as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
The idea king shook Zhao Guoqiang's body desperately.
Even her voice sounded like she was crying.
"Brother Zhao! Brother Zhao!"
"I should have been here..."
"Wake up..."
Normally, because of his quick thinking, he can always provide a variety of alternative tactics, which is why his teammates jokingly call him the "idea king".
The brain that was usually full of brilliant ideas and was jokingly called the "idea king" by the whole team was now filled with endless panic and blankness.
Any tactic or plan seems pale and powerless in the face of this lifeless body.
The other Dragon Soul team members also had slightly red eyes, their knuckles clicking as they gripped the electromagnetic rifles.
They could clearly see that Zhao Guoqiang's chest was no longer rising and falling...
Although Zhao Guoqiang usually has strict requirements for their training.
But they were really good to them.
Whenever his teammates had something they couldn't handle, Zhao Guoqiang would try his best to help them.
Even if Zhao Guoqiang couldn't handle it himself, he would help them connect with other people through his network.
He was less of a superior who commanded them and more of a good older brother...
Just as the atmosphere in the room turned somber.
Just as the atmosphere of despair was about to engulf everyone—
"Cough cough cough cough!"
A violent cough erupted from Zhao Guoqiang's mouth!
He suddenly opened his eyes, his chest heaving violently like a broken bellows, greedily swallowing the air.
After a long while, he finally caught his breath and looked at the Idea King in front of him, whose tears were still wet and who was standing there dumbfounded. He forced a weak smile.
"Stop shaking me! If you keep shaking me, you'll shake me to pieces. I just fainted."
Idea King: "..."
Team members: "..."
Only after confirming that Zhao Guoqiang, though pale-faced, was indeed conscious and out of danger, did everyone's hearts finally settle down, and a feeling of exhaustion from surviving a disaster spread through them.
"Alright! The mission isn't over yet!" Zhao Guoqiang forced himself to stand up, his voice regaining its usual composure. "Stay vigilant, continue clearing the battlefield! Ensure safety!"
Although Zhao Guoqiang was still pale, he was indeed not seriously injured.
The team members were finally relieved.
"Alright! Continue cleaning up the battlefield! Be careful! Mission first!"
Following Zhao Guoqiang's order, the team members dispersed.
Zhao Guoqiang stood there, watching his team clean up the battlefield, but a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.
His right hand also unconsciously reached for his chest.
There, a dark red flame was burning fiercely...
It's not that nothing's wrong.
But...
He has been corrupted by the power of the "God of War".
In the brief moment after losing consciousness, Zhao Guoqiang vaguely heard a violent voice.
The voice kept repeating the same sentence...
[Blood sacrifice to the blood god, skull offered as a seat]
[Blood sacrifice to the blood god, skull offered as a seat]
At the same time, a surge of energy gradually flowed into his heart.
Under the influence of this energy, Zhao Guoqiang was filled with murderous intent, wanting to destroy everything in the world...
Fortunately, his will was strong enough to resist for the time being and prevent him from immediately succumbing to his will.
Just as Zhao Guoqiang's own will was in chaos and about to collapse, he remembered making a wish, and seemed to see a ball of black flame. At the same time, another energy filled with destructive energy appeared out of thin air, temporarily breaking the bewitching influence of the "God of War".
This restored his clarity of mind and brought him back to consciousness.
But Zhao Guoqiang could clearly sense that the bewitching power of the God of War had not disappeared; it still lurked within the flame in the center of his heart, ready to strike back at any moment…
Meanwhile, another energy that appeared out of nowhere was like water without a source, constantly being consumed...
Zhao Guoqiang's consciousness returned to reality.
He quietly clenched his fist, feeling the power contained within his body!
Very strong...
Strength, speed, and defense all increased exponentially!
He even had a premonition that if he could release that inner fire, its power might surpass that of Li Dawei just now!
This divine power, which he gained out of nowhere, made him feel as if he had transformed into a god, giving him the illusion of being in control of life and death and slaughtering the world.
But he shivered instantly and calmed down.
Because he had seen with his own eyes what a true "god" is—the power of making wishes.
Even now that he suddenly possesses this power, when he recalls the moment he wished to take an electromagnetic rifle bullet to the forehead, it still cannot compare to it...
Zhao Guoqiang seemed to have a premonition of something and began frantically taking notes.
He took out a notepad and a pen from his jacket pocket and began to scribble on it using the helicopter's lights.
—On July 19th, after Li Dawei's self-destruction, I was infected with a special energy. Initial infection can heal injuries. This energy can exponentially increase the strength, speed, and defense of ordinary people and awaken special abilities, but it is corrosive to the spirit. I wish I might have resistance to this corrosiveness…
What if one day I also lose control...
As he wrote this, Zhao Guoqiang paused. He looked up at Dianzi Wang, who was still cleaning up the battlefield, and silently stuffed the "diary" back into his pocket.
……
Across the ocean.
Almost all the law enforcement agencies sprang into action, swarming toward the location where the wish had been made.
Beside the Otmark River, across the river is the headquarters building of this destination.
Xu Yuan stood in the void, his clothes fluttering in the wind.
He benefited from the armed forces that came to intercept him along the way.
At this moment, the black flames surrounding him had expanded to more than three times their original size!
From a distance, it looks like a dark cloud carrying the harbinger of doom.
On the opposite bank.
It was an army formation that stretched as far as the eye could see.
The defensive line had already been built.
On the ground behind, the missile vehicle formation was already on high alert, ready to launch at any moment; various armed helicopters and drones were circling overhead...
"Easterners!"
An officer, holding a megaphone, spoke with a trembling voice of fear, yet still managed to maintain the arrogance of a former overlord.
"Stop your atrocities immediately! You are declaring war on a great nation!"
"Stop now, and we might consider leniency!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile.
"You started the war."
"Want to stop now?"
"It's not up to you."
Before he finished speaking, a thought flickered in his mind.
Behind him, the vast black flames suddenly surged! Xu Yuan's figure floated forward, like a god patrolling his territory, heading straight towards the massive army.
"Fire! Fire! All fire!"
Firearms, close-in weapon systems, multi-barreled cannons, missiles...
A vast torrent of metal shot towards Xu Yuan!
Xu Yuan still stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly floating in mid-air, not even bothering to glance at her.
All attacks, upon touching the black flame cloud that resembled an absolute domain, melted away like ice and snow, instantly being decomposed and devoured, transforming into the purest energy, which in turn strengthened this cloud of death!
"We can only use 'that'!" Inside the command vehicle, a five-star general, his face ashen, forced out the order through clenched teeth.
"But the space-based laser cannon is still in the experimental stage. A full-power attack would be uncontrollable and could also affect our people..." a technical officer tried to stop him.
"Execute the order!" the five-star general rudely interrupted, his eyes contorted with rage. "The compensation... let those idiots in the CIA pay it!"
The command was issued, and the radio waves penetrated the atmosphere and flew into space.
Satellite access unlocked...
[Weapon system activated...]
[Target locked...]
[Launch procedure initiated...]
Looking at the progress indicator on the control panel, the commanders were filled with anticipation.
Some commanders even had smiles on their faces, poured themselves a glass of champagne, and prepared to start celebrating.
They really didn't know how to lose!
The monster from the East is indeed very strong; even missiles are helpless against it.
But... he wouldn't understand that the destructive power of energy weapons belongs to a completely new dimension!
The recent rapid advancements in technology in the Great Xia Dynasty have indeed left them in despair, but energy weapons are certainly capable of fighting against them!
Amid the expectant gazes of many commanders, a point of light suddenly appeared in the sky.
Immediately afterwards, the light spot rapidly expanded and extended until it finally became a beam of light, which crashed down on the wishing person in mid-air with lightning speed!