Chapter 1 The Beginning

Dozens of evolved assassins suddenly appearing in front of the Presidential Palace took everyone by surprise. It was as if in a game of chess, both national masters had just arranged their formations, preparing to mobilize troops for a fierce battle, only to discover that at the very beginning, the opponent's pawn had directly crossed the Chu River boundary and attacked their own king.

This nullified all the President's preparations.

The area within three kilometers of the Presidential Palace was under extremely tight security. He couldn't understand how these assassins had disguised themselves as city defense troops and infiltrated. Could it be that a trusted aide he had personally promoted had betrayed him?

He refused to believe it!

But with the facts before him, he could only resentfully make an emergency evacuation.

Beneath the Presidential Palace was a basement similar to an air-raid shelter. It had been built from the beginning to deal with such assassinations, with a high safety factor.

The President's generals sent people to notify the corps stationed outside the city to quickly enter the city, clear everything, and reach the Presidential Palace directly.

As for the city defense troops, the President's faction no longer trusted them!

However, this time, the President's faction was truly wronging Kessel, the commander of the city defense troops. He was indeed a loyalist of the President. The reason those assassins could pass through layers of defense and appear in front of the Presidential Palace in the guise of city defense troops was not because of him, but because something had gone wrong with his subordinates.

Two hours ago, just after Sonan received the President's order, the assassination team led by Bai Jingyan and others had already infiltrated the capital city.

Although this great city was currently under the tight blockade of two corps, they were only blocking the main highways, railways, and ports. It was impossible for Bai Jingyan and others to enter through these channels openly. They chose an abandoned drainage ditch that led directly to the river outside the city.

Before his conflict with the President, Sonan was also a high-ranking official at the level of Minister of Defense. He knew the capital city no less than the President. The engineer who was responsible for the drainage system when the capital city was built used to work under Sonan, so Sonan easily obtained the original water supply blueprints and found a way to infiltrate the capital city.

Soon, this group of well-trained assassination team with outstanding physical qualities entered the capital city through the drainage ditch. However, bypassing the outermost blockade did not mean that they were about to win.

The most crucial problem was before them.

They couldn't get close to the Presidential Palace.

Perhaps because he had a premonition, the Presidential Palace was surrounded by a large number of soldiers, layer upon layer. City defense troops and presidential guards had turned the Presidential Palace into a fortress that even a fly couldn't enter.

A frontal assault was impossible, because although there were powerful evolved individuals in this team, they were only of the ancestral type. If they faced heavy firepower such as war vehicles, tanks, machine guns, and cannons, they would still be unable to resist and would only be annihilated head-on!

They needed to get within a hundred meters of the Presidential Palace to have any chance of rushing in.

But if they launched a frontal assault, they might not even be able to cross the one-kilometer mark.

"We must find someone to help us forge identities." Bai Jingyan wiped the ice off his hair and said expressionlessly, "The city defense troops are responsible for security. We must start with someone from within the city defense troops."

"Kessel, the commander-in-chief of the city defense troops, is a loyalist of the President. It's very difficult to bribe him!" said Sonan's adjutant next to him.

Bai Jingyan glanced at him and said, "Of course, it can't be Kessel. His identity is too special. We can't even get in touch with him."

In such a critical situation, important figures like Kessel were under surveillance at all times. If he were to meet with Bai Jingyan and others, he would probably be discovered.

"We don't need to find Kessel. We don't need the entire city defense force to defect... We just need someone to forge an identity for us so that we can pass through the city defense blockade," Bai Jingyan said.

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

"I already have a target for this person." Before Bai Jingyan's team set off, they had obtained a large amount of information about the capital city from Sonan, including personnel appointments and city defense weapons. Bai Jingyan had set his sights on this person who could help him forge an identity from the very beginning.

"The 320th Company Commander of the City Defense Forces, Pete, a staff officer in the City Defense Forces." Bai Jingyan took out a photo and a file.

This person's position in the City Defense Forces was not high, but he had considerable power. All the plans for the City Defense Force patrol team rotations were formulated by him.

"Go find him," Bai Jingyan said in a deep voice.

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Pete took off his military uniform and looked at the luncheon meat, bread slices, and other food placed in front of him, but he had no appetite.

The confusion about the future made him feel hopeless.

Although his current position was not low and he still had meat for dinner, it would not be long before the entire national army became a vassal of another powerful country. What changes would happen to his position then?

Perhaps he would be assigned to the logistics department, or perhaps he would be assigned to a combat unit and die in some battle.

Pete suddenly laughed mockingly. Soldiers like them from vassal states might not even have anyone to collect their bodies if they died on the battlefield...

This fate made Pete, who had struggled for nearly twenty years to achieve his current status, feel a deep sense of unwillingness.

But if they did not become a vassal of a powerful country, they might die in a sea beast attack one day soon.

In the apocalypse, the lives of ordinary people were so insignificant.

*Thump!*

The door of his temporary residence was pushed open, and footsteps sounded.

Pete was very annoyed, thinking it was one of his subordinates. He reprimanded impatiently, "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me while I'm eating?"

"I'm very sorry for disturbing your peace." A gentle voice came from behind him.

Pete immediately realized that something was wrong. Such a gentlemanly tone and manner of speaking could not have come from the roughnecks under his command.

He suddenly turned his head and saw a black-haired, yellow-skinned Yanhuang man wearing gold-rimmed glasses!

The fluent Murfila language he had just heard came from this man's mouth.

"Who are you? How did you get in here?" Pete stood up abruptly and asked sharply.

There were more than a dozen soldiers on duty outside, but this Yanhuang man had just walked in without him hearing any sounds of fighting!

*Thump!*

"My name is Bai Jingyan." The Yanhuang man smiled, not caring about the gun in Pete's hand. He placed a small leather suitcase on the desk in front of Pete, opened it with both hands, and pushed it in front of Pete. "I'm here to ask you for a favor. As a reward, I'll give you something!"

"What is it?" Pete sneered.

Bai Jingyan smiled and said, "Another... level of life!"

Pete wanted to shoot the other party directly, but strangely, he saw what was in the suitcase and couldn't take his eyes off it.

There were two syringes, one bright yellow and one blood red.

He thought of some rumors circulating in the world today, and his breathing suddenly became heavy and rapid.