Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 1271 Star Sea (76)

A major incident has occurred!

When Meng Liangao personally led an elite special forces team into the Miners Mutual Aid Association Building, the scene that unfolded before his eyes made his heart drop rapidly, and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

In the lobby, hundreds of people were lying scattered all over the place, silent as the flickering lights added a few shades of horror to the scene.

Meng Liangao felt goosebumps all over his scalp.

Earlier, he had received a call from Wang Chen from this location and realized that the situation had spiraled out of control.

But this Battalion Commander of the First Mechanized Infantry Regiment of Senhai never expected that Wang Chen would massacre the headquarters of the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association!

"Commander, they are all still alive."

A special forces soldier checked the "bodies" on the ground and immediately reported, "They are just unconscious."

Just unconscious?

Meng Liangao let out a long sigh of relief.

It seemed that Wang Chen still had a bottom line in his actions and hadn’t committed a mindless massacre; otherwise, he wouldn’t have known how to calm the anger of hundreds of thousands of miners and their families.

Certainly, we can’t kill them all, right?

"Who goes there!"

Suddenly, the special forces soldiers beside Meng Liangao simultaneously raised their assault rifles, and the dark muzzles pointed at the newly opened elevator.

Meng Liangao’s heart initially lifted, but upon seeing the person emerging from the elevator, it immediately calmed down.

"Staff Officer Wang!"

The person emerging was indeed Wang Chen.

With a slight smile, Wang Chen said, "Battalion Commander Meng, you’ve been working hard."

He said it casually, as if nothing had happened, but Meng Liangao was furious, "Staff Officer Wang, can’t you at least give me a heads up before you stir things up? You know this puts me in a very passive position, right?"

"I know."

Wang Chen replied calmly, "But can you guarantee that there aren’t any Miners’ Mutual Aid Association informants around you?"

Meng Liangao was left speechless.

Because he couldn’t guarantee it at all.

The First Mechanized Infantry Regiment of Senhai comprised three mechanized infantry battalions totaling 3,500 officers and soldiers, with more than one-third being locals. It would indeed be strange if the influence of the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association hadn’t infiltrated!

Meng Liangao understood this clearly and had always played deaf and dumb, as long as things remained peaceful, he preferred to keep a low profile.

Unfortunately, the previous internal conflict stripped away this cover-up, leaving him feeling guilty and unable to counter Wang Chen, who was parachuted in as Staff Officer and Military Police Captain by the Imperial Military Department.

Meng Liangao hesitated for a moment and said weakly, "But you can’t act recklessly on your own; the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association matters are complicated. Where is Tao Zhenrong?"

He thought that as long as Tao Zhenrong was controlled, the situation wouldn’t be too severe, at least remaining within a controllable range.

But as this mechanized infantry battalion commander looked expectantly at Wang Chen, the latter’s expression made his heart sink halfway.

"No, it can’t be?"

Wang Chen shrugged with a smile, "Yes."

Meng Liangao’s vision darkened, nearly fainting on the spot.

He too wished he could just faint immediately.

For others, the conversation just passed might not make much sense, but Meng Liangao understood it all too well: Wang Chen had actually removed Tao Zhenrong.

This power figure of the Silver Forest Underground City!

"We’re in serious trouble!"

The thing Meng Liangao feared the most had happened. He was instantly like an ant on a hot pot, sweat beaded on his forehead, and his plump face flushed red, "No, we must retreat back to the base immediately!"

"Commander, a lot of people have come outside!"

Just at this moment, a special forces soldier guarding outside the building hurriedly ran in to report, "They’re all armed!"

The atmosphere in the lobby quickly became intensely tense.

Although Meng Liangao had long fallen into bureaucracy, he was still a mid-high tier War Professional. In critical moments, he exhibited the qualities a Commander should have: "What are you all standing around for? Secure the key points and prepare for defensive combat!"

With the order from this commander, more than a hundred special forces soldiers immediately took action, constructing a temporary defensive line in the lobby to respond to the impending armed conflict.

The force Meng Liangao brought could actually be considered a private army. Its members were carefully selected from within the mechanized infantry battalion and were all non-locals, making them relatively more reliable.

Of course, their equipment was also very sophisticated, allowing them to hold their ground for a while by relying on the building.

But the issue was that the number of miners rushing to the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association Building kept increasing, quickly growing from hundreds to thousands and still steadily rising.

They surrounded the entire building, and angry roars erupted one after another.

"We want to see the president!"

"Hand over President Tao, or you won’t leave here alive!"

"Brothers, let’s fight it out with these lackeys!"

"Give them up!"

Although due to geomagnetic and unknown energy influences, high-tech products were scarce in the Silver Forest Underground City, there were still "primitive" electricity and communication systems.

Otherwise, Wang Chen wouldn’t have been able to contact Meng Liangao at the surface base from within the building.

The events inside the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association Building hadn’t been entirely concealed, especially after Meng Liangao led his team inside. The news spread like a plague throughout the entire Underground City.

This instantly attracted countless miners.

Many Miners’ Mutual Aid Association leaders outside couldn’t get in touch with Tao Zhenrong, realizing something was amiss, so they rushed in with people to rescue him, leading to a standoff with the mechanized infantry battalion’s special forces.

Since the latter held the geographical advantage and were a legitimate army, those outside temporarily didn’t dare to force their way into the building.

But the number of people surrounding the building continued to increase, and the surging crowd was increasingly furious, brewing a terrifying storm that could erupt at any moment.

Meng Liangao was anxiously pacing in the lobby, "Quick, quickly notify Commander Chen to dispatch troops down here immediately!"

This mechanized infantry commander truly regretted it to his core. If he had known it would be this serious, he wouldn’t have come down personally.

Now being trapped here, he wasn’t even sure they could hold out until reinforcements arrived.

And were the reinforcements even reliable?

After a moment, a special forces soldier reported, "Commander, the communication lines have been cut!"

Meng Liangao’s heart grew colder and colder, utterly chilled.

Damn, this is going down the drain!

Bam! Bam!

Several bottles were smashed against the glass windows, shattering into pieces at once.

Fortunately, they weren’t improvised incendiary bombs and had no destructive power.

But this still became the fuse igniting people’s anger, as countless bottles, cans, and garbage poured like rain against the door and walls of the Miners’ Mutual Aid Association Building.

The sound of crashing and breaking was terrifying to hear.

And in the hands of the miners besieging the building were many genuine lethal weapons; it was only a matter of time before shots were fired.

Meng Liangao, out of options, could only turn his gaze towards Wang Chen.

"Staff Officer Wang, we’re at this point now, use every skill you have!"

The words squeezed out of his throat carried a touch of grievance!

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