We returned to the convention company in the armored vehicles of our organizations, only to discover that it had been attacked. Many of the stationed police officers had sacrificed their lives. Fortunately, we returned in time, though the company was likely to fall. After clearing out the mercenaries, our people re-established their presence at the convention company, setting up camp.
However, the police officers who returned were disoriented, and could only be temporarily guarded. Our manpower was further depleted.
The situation was quite critical. At this moment, He Xin said, "I've already contacted the signal tower here, but to contact the outside world, we still need to do one more thing."
"Is there a jammer here?" I asked.
"Yes, we need to destroy those jammers. But knowing our organization's usual tactics, they've likely distributed these jammers in the surrounding corners. Therefore, we must rescue people while simultaneously working to destroy these jammers. That would be the best approach!"
"Exactly. As long as we can contact the outside world, we can solve this problem permanently. If we continue like this, our manpower will only dwindle."
As we were analyzing, a shout came from a room: "Let me out! I don't want to stay here!" It was Xiahou.
I went to his room and faced him. "Xiahou, have you forgotten what you used to do?"
"I don't know. I don't want to stay here. I want to go out!"
"Xiahou, snap out of it! You weren't like this before! And what about those bombs in the safe house earlier?"
"I planted them. I didn't want to at the time. It was like an subconscious force in my mind compelled me not to do it, but they shocked me with electricity, used drugs, and some strange hypnosis techniques. Then I could only do as they said!"
"You still remember these things?"
"Of course, but I still don't want to stay here! Who are you people?"
At that moment, I didn't know what to say to Xiahou. But seeing that he was somewhat lucid, I could only wait until we returned for Li Zhiliang and Xia Xiaoling to examine him. I told him to rest and left, leaving guards outside. Shortly after, He Bailing returned, informing us that Xiao Yuande's location had also been found.
He Jinghui, on his end, had found Zhang Keying's location. Theoretically, our rescue operation was nearing completion, and we would then need to focus on dealing with the jammers.
We decided to rescue Xiao Yuande first, given his astonishing combat power. The next morning, we began formulating a plan. According to Xiao Yuande's location, which was a zoo, and considering the surrounding environment, we planned to circle around to the back mountain and attack the people below from there. However, the terrain here made it impossible to use a water assault, as it would flood the entire island and drown us all.
Upon reaching the mountain that night, another group was in the hands of Dao Zhiyong and Gao Mingqiang. Liu Yuning and I, along with others, ambushed from below. Once He Bailing and He Jinghui breached the area, we would launch a coordinated attack. This time, our plan was to break open some cages and release the wild animals to disrupt the mercenaries. Theoretically, we would also be affected, but as long as we maintained our distance, the released animals would surely attack the mercenaries first.
The plan was sound, but we encountered some obstacles in its execution. Perhaps we had underestimated the complexity of the situation. Upon arriving at the zoo, we discovered that many of the iron railings were reinforced and locked near the cages, meaning we couldn't release the animals. It was then I realized the plan needed to change. We were already short-handed, and the planned disruption by animals couldn't be achieved. We chose to hide in a narrow passage within the zoo. From here, we could approach the zoo's power room. If we shut off the power, in the pitch darkness, we could better launch a surprise attack on the people of Polaris.
Twenty minutes later, I had successfully shut off the power. The moment I pulled the switch, the surroundings plunged into darkness. Simultaneously, a slight movement was heard nearby. As the blackout was our signal, and seeing that the area was completely dark, He Bailing initiated the attack. He Jinghui also swiftly eliminated several mercenaries. We then broke out from another direction. The power room plan was indeed within our expectations, as we had also prepared contingencies. If the primary plan failed, we had backup methods.
As the police surrounded the central area of the zoo, many mercenaries were killed by us. Watching them fall to the ground, shot in the head, He Bailing flipped several somersaults, unleashing a long leg that sent several black-clad figures flying.
Interspersed among the mercenaries were some black-clad individuals and even some nuns, whom we hadn't seen at the church before. Now, we saw nuns here. The nuns wielded crossbows, which appeared to have a structure similar to a wooden armor catapult.
I suspected that there might still be people within the organization who knew the Mo family's mechanical arts. The leader of these nuns might be one of them. Countless wooden armor crossbow bolts rained down upon us, truly a sight where arrows fell like rain. We were completely pinned down, unable to move. However, He Bailing and He Jinghui showed no fear, charging forward through the dense barrage of arrows. Their Junzi Sword and Shunu Sword continuously deflected the incoming bolts. But the enemy's crossbow bolts were too numerous. Just as they were about to falter, help arrived from behind!
A martial artist, several times more formidable than them, detonated numerous tear gas bombs in mid-air. Then, countless silver needles and darts descended at high speed, piercing some of the nuns. They died silently, falling straight to the ground without a sound!
I looked up and saw Mr. Song's bodyguard. He had arrived, but Mr. Song was nowhere to be seen.
The man casually scattered more caltrops, causing numerous approaching mercenaries to cry out in pain as they stepped on them and writhed on the ground.
The man tossed two shotguns to He Bailing and He Jinghui, saying, "What era are we in? Update yourselves!"
Without hesitation, they picked up the shotguns and began firing at the growing number of criminals.
Mr. Song's bodyguard departed, as if he were merely passing by. Within minutes, he had vanished without a trace.
With the newfound support, we immediately scaled the obstacles, grabbed assault rifles and light machine guns, and unleashed a relentless barrage. Another storm of gunfire erupted, and the ground was littered with the corpses of nuns, their blood pooling on the floor. Many nuns' brains had exploded.
Now, there was no need to open the cages; it would only have negative repercussions for us. This was our initial thought as we planned to continue searching for people. However, for some unknown reason, as we were about to disperse and continue our search in the zoo, the iron cages began to make a *clack-clack* sound, as if the locks were loosening...