The Dragon City Rises
Zhao Wei Hu had brought three hundred warriors from Sinaloa this time. By dividing them into smaller groups, they infiltrated Dragon City in two days.

Dragon City did not have the special zone walls like during the Little Ice Age and was close to the war zone, resulting in high population mobility, making it easier to infiltrate. Since the Chi Army were all Chinese, and Dragon City had many unregistered residents, it was difficult for the police system to identify them.

Although it was easy to gather people, the deployment of weapons and equipment was a major problem. After the attack on Deputy Mayor Guo, the main roads inside Dragon City were heavily guarded, with checkpoints every few steps and patrol posts every five steps. If people openly drove in with weapons, the plan could be exposed prematurely if they were searched.

Therefore, Zhao Wei Hu's weapon deployment plan was entirely carried out through the Dragon River. He had more than fifty people swim across the border at night, infiltrate the edge of Dragon City, and lie in wait in the surrounding dense forest, wearing infrared-proof combat uniforms.

The Chi Army had cultivated some informants inside Dragon City, mainly for simple military intelligence gathering, but Zhao Wei Hu did not use a single insider for this plan. He knew very well that after the Mo Fei government and District One entered a cold war, these people were likely to be targeted by the intelligence agencies. Contacting them in advance would still risk the plan being leaked.

Preparing for several days, all for this moment!

Zhao Wei Hu knew very well that there was a high probability that he would not be able to get out, but he still chose to go all in.

The foundation of the Chi Army lies in its strong internal cohesion and the soldiers' unconditional trust in Zhao Wei Hu. If nearly a hundred soldiers and a dozen senior executives of the financial backers were all massacred and could not be rescued, and the Mo Fei government officials could not stand up for them, then doubt could easily arise within the Chi Army.

How did you, Zhao Wei Hu, become the commander? You led everyone to choose to rely on the Mo Fei government officials, but were retaliated against by Dragon City and District One, and you have no countermeasures. Doesn't that mean there is a problem with your decision-making ability?

For the above reasons, Zhao Wei Hu personally led the team into Dragon City. He couldn't prepare for too long, because the longer it dragged on, the more likely the plan would be leaked.

If you're going to do it, be decisive and fast!

...

At the gate of the Regulatory Commission compound, sixty members of the Chi Army pushed their way to the main building, followed by the rest who rushed over from the outside, blocking all the front and back doors, sealing off the scene.

You Yi Fan, Yu Mingyuan, Gou Liuzi, and others were one step late and failed to escape the scene by car. In the end, they were forced into the hall by the Chi Army with guns.

In the corners of the hall, sixty or seventy socialites who had attended the banquet were forced to squat along the edges of the walls, all holding their heads, afraid to shout.

You Yi Fan stopped pretending. He squatted next to Su Tianyu in a very standard posture and muttered, "Damn it, the Chi Army must be crazy. They don't want to live anymore!"

"Are you sure it's the Chi Army?" Yu Mingyuan asked with a frown.

Hearing the other party's question, Su Tianyu explained softly, "You haven't been in the military, so you don't observe the details. These people all speak Chinese, their weapons and equipment are mixed, and their body types don't look like Lao Mo. The only ones who can cause such a big incident around here are the Chi Army."

"Damn it, is Zhao Wei Hu crazy? What does he want to do?!" Yu Mingyuan cursed in a low voice, "Is he going to carry out a terrorist attack?"

"Who the hell knows what he's thinking!" Su Tianyu didn't understand Zhao Wei Hu's motives either. He just lowered his head and reminded, "Wait for rescue. Don't talk too much."

Everyone nodded.

...

Inside the compound.

The masked Chi Army soldiers bolted the iron gate at the entrance of the compound and parked the cars they had driven in, one by one, according to the defensive layout.

At the same time, many soldiers orderly took out adhesive explosives and detonating cords from their bags and placed explosive charges along the perimeter of the building, at points where the SWAT team might attack.

Inside the building.

The guard battalion commander, wearing a recognizable Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) mask, walked upstairs with a gun in his hand, while instructing the squad leader behind him in a low voice, "Search all floors and gather any stragglers. Place signal jammers on the first and third floors to lock down the surrounding communication equipment. Our people will use a local area network to communicate."

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded and left.

In the corridors of each floor, the Chi Army personnel used the steel plates they had brought to seal off all the windows that could be seen from the outside and set up booby traps around the windows.

With the windows sealed, many floors became pitch black, with only the hall on the first floor lit, allowing observation of the surrounding situation.

Most of the hostages were held on the first floor, including Secretary-General Lu, who had not left, Karl, who had temporarily come from the hospital, senior leaders of the City Council, and others.

...

Five minutes after the hostage incident occurred.

The riot squad, the police SWAT team, the Dragon City anti-terrorism brigade, the Dragon City garrison, and the nearby navy, totaling more than 1,500 police officers, arrived at the scene one after another and surrounded the Regulatory Commission inside and out.

The unluckiest person today was Lin You, the director of the Dragon City Public Security Bureau. Under his administration, the church was hijacked, and the Regulatory Commission was also hijacked. Whether he wanted to or not, he would no longer be able to hold the position of director after today.

Outside the compound.

Lin You, with sweat on his brow, directed the negotiators, "Go in and ask them what their demands are. Stabilize their emotions. Tell them that as long as there is no bloodshed, everything is negotiable."

"Yes, yes!"

Four or five negotiators nodded repeatedly.

About three minutes later.

On the third floor of the banquet hall, in a spacious office, Zhao Wei Hu stood at the window, squinting and smoking.

"Commander, the negotiation team is requesting a dialogue," the guard battalion commander walked in.

"Have the people been selected yet?" Zhao Wei Hu asked.

"Not yet, they just gathered on the first floor."

"Pick them," Zhao Wei Hu took a puff of his cigarette and replied indifferently.

"Yes!" The battalion commander replied and gave instructions on the intercom.

...

"Kang!"

In the hall on the first floor, a crisp gunshot rang out. More than a dozen masked Chi Army soldiers walked to the hostage area and, without saying a word, dragged out the white staff members of the Regulatory Commission. Regardless of identity or age, they selected more than twenty men based solely on gender.

These people wailed and begged for mercy, speaking in Chinese or English.

The Chi Army soldiers did not communicate with them at all. After gathering the people, they took them directly to the inside of the compound.

The negotiators stood in the center of the Chi Army soldiers and shouted, "As long as there is no bloodshed, everything is negotiable!"

The Chi Army at the gate did not reply, but simply pushed the twenty or so white hostages down the steps.

"Kang!"

The battalion commander fired a shot on the third floor.

"Whirr!"

The Chi Army soldiers downstairs all raised their guns.

"Don't, please!" The negotiators shouted in panic, "If you do this, you will...!"

"Da da da...!"

The intense gunfire resounded throughout the compound. All twenty or so people fell to the ground in agony, each with at least four or five bullets in their bodies. Even a deity could not save their lives.

Before the negotiation had even begun, the compound was filled with blood, and more than twenty people were dead.

"Announce it!" Zhao Wei Hu stood in the blind spot on the third floor, looking down at the situation below, and said indifferently.

Downstairs, a Chi Army officer shouted loudly, "These twenty-odd people are in honor of the senseless massacre at the Sinaloa seaport a few days ago! The Chi Army always acts with clear grudges! Our order is, no negotiations first, kill a batch every ten minutes! After killing for a full hour, we'll talk!"

When Lin You heard this, he had a heart attack on the spot. Leaning against the car, his face flushed and his forehead sweating, he shouted, "Tell them, I'm willing to go in and exchange hostages! I'm willing to go in!!"

On the third floor, Zhao Wei Hu put out his cigarette and said, "Within one hundred meters of the Regulatory Commission, any enemy infiltrators will be shot. After repelling them, throw out another twenty corpses in the hall on the first floor."

"Yes!"