Chapter 367: Chapter 257: Abandoning Humanity (2)

Qi Ling poked her head out, tilting her little head: "Hmm, Mo Mo, why are you all blurry? Did you bring a jammer?"

Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "I have a question. Should I call you Qi Ling, or Zero now?"

Qi Ling propped her chin with her small hand, calmly saying, "Oh, it turns out you’ve talked about so much, so I’ll assume you know everything now."

Su Mo: "Pretty much."

Qi Ling pulled her legs back, moved the chair forward, leaned on the table watching the camera with a smile, her amber eyes full of anticipation: "So, how about considering joining me to kill someone, my little boyfriend~"

Su Mo: "Rationally speaking, I sympathize with you and support your revenge against those bastards from back then. If it were before, I’d even be happy to help."

"But revenge is your thing, it shouldn’t involve or harm the people around me."

"You blew up the Edge’s laboratory to kill Luo Mingsheng, erased all experimental data, and made Future cry."

"So, I’m sorry, but now all I want is to drag you out and give you a good beating."

Qi Ling: "Oh, I see."

The smirk at the corner of her mouth slowly drooped, becoming expressionless, her amber eyes chillingly oppressive, deep as if without focus.

"Then you both can go die."

"Buzz— Buzz—" Without warning, a piercing alarm sounded.

Not just in this office.

Not just in Venus Eden Garden.

The alarm blared like waves spreading throughout the entire Anmi New District, every public broadcast emitting a sharp screech.

Miyata Junren looked outside the window in a daze, trembling as he said, "Is this... an air raid alarm?"

...

[Anmi New District Tunnel Checkpoint]

Under the night, the patrol soldiers of the Anmi New District tunnel were on guard as usual.

The lights of the watchtower pierced through the darkness, sweeping back and forth along a fixed path, illuminating the area as bright as day, as the soldiers’ eyes scanned the surroundings, wary of any potential danger.

The last incident at Rust Wall saw many border outlaws breaking through the defenses of Anmi New District, causing serious harm to the residents inside, leading those wealthy people to be furious.

The previous garrison personnel had all been withdrawn and replaced with fresh blood; they were more focused and stronger, each selected elite from the active-duty troops, tightly controlling the tunnel’s safety.

While everyone was patrolling as usual, a soldier gazed into the distant horizon, asking, "Is there a drone show today?"

The officer looked up, only to see the distant night sky filled with mottled light spots, cold white light flickering in the darkness, neatly arranged, forming a boundless sea of light.

Those densely packed light spots were evidently flying drones, the formation incredibly vast, seemingly endless, flying like meteors crossing the sky.

The time was still early, many citizens of New Moon City were walking in the streets, all stunned by the sudden anomaly in the night sky, stopping in their tracks, looking up.

Some were gaping, staring fixedly at the incredible scene.

Others widened their eyes, taking out their phones to start filming, watching the sky in disbelief as they recorded.

With advanced technology nowadays, drones have been widely used in civilian and military fields, and New Moon City frequently hosts drone shows.

But a drone formation of this magnitude was genuinely a first for everyone.

These drones flew very low, the deep buzzing of their wings interweaving on a large scale, an uncanny oppressive feeling descending from the sky, as if the world was about to plunge into chaos, causing people’s hearts to race uncontrollably.

Gradually, some pedestrians felt a bad omen, starting to run towards nearby buildings to find shelter, nervously whispering among themselves. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"What’s going on? Where are so many drones coming from?"

"I don’t know, haven’t heard of any shows today."

"If they lose control and fall, then it’s going to be a disaster..."

At the Anmi New District Tunnel Checkpoint, a soldier suddenly felt something was wrong, "Officer, the drones seem to be coming our way!"

The officer in charge of this patrol was a highly advanced Prosthetic Implanter, originally belonging to the elite of the Anti-Violence Fourth Section, with "military grade 2" mechanical eyes fully operating, rapidly zooming and scanning the drone swarm’s details.

When the mechanical eyes identified the drones’ models and the full moon emblem on their bodies, the officer froze: "These aren’t civilian drones, they’re all Public Security Bureau’s military models."

At this point, a soldier ran over, urgently reporting, "Officer, emergency call from Municipal Center on special frequency one."

The officer immediately adjusted the communicator to the corresponding frequency, responding, "Anmi New District Tunnel Checkpoint."

An anxious cry came from the other end, "Checkpoint! Immediately activate your air defense system! Repeat! Immediately activate your air defense system!"

"The Public Security Bureau’s electronic terminal was infiltrated by an unknown virus, the firewall has completely collapsed, the military drone swarm is massively out of control, heading towards Anmi New District! Hurry and shoot them down! They must not harm the district residents!"

The officer, drenched in cold sweat, shouted to the soldiers, "Activate all air defense systems, shoot down those drones! Quick!"

On the fake mountain top of the tunnel, dozens of launch silos were opened urgently, various air defense weapons unfolded amid transformation, their cold cannons aimed at the sky.

"Soooo— Soooo —"

"Ratatatata—"

The electronic radar system accurately calculated the drone trajectories, one interceptor missile after another shot out from the silos, smoke spreading wildly, firelight rising like countercurrent meteors.

Anti-aircraft guns simultaneously fired, barrels spinning at high speed, scorching bullets forming countless steel whips, weaving a dense fire net surging towards the drone swarm.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Amidst the tremendous explosions, the night sky filled with firelight and smoke, interceptor missiles struck the drones with blazing flames, impact waves spread like tides.

The tongues of anti-aircraft gun bullets raged among the drone swarm, fragile bodies disintegrating under the barrage, with explosions erupting one after another, torn into scattered burning wreckage across the sky.

Above the night sky, countless drones exploded and disintegrated, each explosion accompanied by deafening roars, fragments scattered down, leaving bright trails in the air, forming a tragic scene.

However, these air defense weapons couldn’t change the situation.

They weren’t originally prepared for large-scale warfare, only used for intercepting those trying to illegally cross Anmi New District’s airspace.

After all, no one thought there would be so many military drones simultaneously out of control, the airspace of New Moon City, one of the "Five Great Metropolises" of the Human Realm, fully fell.

Anmi New District’s air defense weapons, suitable for security warfare, couldn’t handle this scale of drone swarm, could intercept the first batch at most, but couldn’t stop the ones behind.

Looking out, drone wreckage fell like burning star rain, yet more swarms traversed the star rain, flying over the tunnel, reaching deep into Anmi New District.

And the patrol soldiers on the ground could only stare blankly at this moment.

If it were a ground battle, no matter if the enemy numbered in hundreds or thousands, they could rely on defensive structures for interception, at worst engaging in face-to-face brutal warfare.

But the drones flew in the sky, ignoring them completely, and the air defense weapon ammunition was also running out, leaving them helpless.

Now, the airspace of the entire Anmi New District was wide open, the enemy could come and go as they pleased, with no defense left.

The officer urgently shouted into the communicator, "There are too many! Even with all ammunition used up, we can’t stop them! Where are the aerospace strike forces? Get them over here quickly!"

From the other end of the communicator came a trembling voice of the operator, "No... No aerospace strike forces are coming... Our terminal has been breached, all electronic equipment is paralyzed, not a single warplane or floating airship can take off..."

The officer felt his heart sink to an ice-cold point, staring blankly at the drones covering the night sky.

They were like ghosts in the darkness, their lights like countless pairs of cold eyes flickering, watching over the doomsday of those in Anmi New District.

A soldier came up behind the officer, asking in a daze, "What... do we do next?"

The officer wiped the sweat off his face, solemnly saying, "Sound the air raid alarm throughout Anmi New District, have all residents immediately take emergency shelter, and find a place to hide well."

"Apart from that... all we can do is pray..."