Edmund watched the 4-11 district engulfed in a sea of flames.
His breathing became rapid in an instant.
However, he fought to suppress it, forcing himself to remain calm.
The 4-11 district was no more.
But the other districts were still there.
Squad 11 had been annihilated, but the remaining squads were still there, and he had to take responsibility for them.
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With his eyes fixed on hundreds of screens, Edmund’s brain whirred like never before, strands of nosebleed began to flow, yet he was utterly unaware.
Commands were issued accurately and timely.
"Get everyone into shelters in the other districts now!"
The squad leader of ’Hydra’ in charge of this district immediately issued the command; then, he pointed his mounted machine gun towards the gate.
When building the whole shelter, the high-ranking ’Hydra’ had already considered measures against hostile human and abnormal incursions, not only separating different areas but also equipping each with considerable firepower.
Two Hydra members ran backwards.
The rest of the Hydra members took their positions at their respective defenses.
The third impact sounded.
The sturdy metal door bulged at an exaggerated, sharp angle, as if crumpled paper, with the sharpest bulge opening a gap.
A snake’s tongue, as thick as a forearm, snaked in.
Viscous liquid fell from the tongue.
The hard floor immediately began to emit green smoke.
Amongst the drifting green smoke, pits capable of containing little fingers appeared on the ground, making the Hydra members stationed here change their expressions.
Then, the captain aimed his gun at the snake’s tongue.
He pulled the trigger without hesitation.
As the captain fired, the Hydra members positioned at their defensive lines also pulled their triggers.
A hail of bullets rained down on the snake’s tongue.
Instantly, the black and red tongue was shredded into pieces, but this only infuriated the monstrous two-headed snake even more.
Two more consecutive impacts.
The metal gate flew off amidst a grating sound that made one’s teeth ache, and the giant two-headed snake burst into the passage.
The moment the two-headed snake appeared, gunfire erupted inside the passage.
Large-caliber machine guns and small-caliber cannons poured bullets onto the invading two-headed monster.
In an instant, the two-headed snake was battered and beaten back, its flesh ripped open.
But the Hydra members didn’t feel the slightest bit of joy.
The wounds on the two-headed snake healed in the blink of an eye.
Flesh and scales grew back once more.
The two-headed snake let out a long hiss towards the sky.
It didn’t retreat but charged back into the passage.
The captain shouted loudly.
Bullets and shells once again poured forth.
The two-headed snake was pushed back again.
This time, its wounds were even more severe.
It needed more time to recover.
But their ammunition was already mostly depleted.
"Ennis, lead the others in retreat!"
Twist, the team leader, yelled.
The deputy captain nodded, waved his hand to the surrounding Hydra members, and immediately, these members began an orderly retreat. But deputy captain Ennis didn’t leave.
He carried a rocket launcher and walked over to Captain Twist.
A flame sprung to life within the lighter, and Ennis lit two cigarettes in his mouth, then placed one of them in Twist’s mouth.
The tiny lights of the two cigarettes flickered on and off in the dim passageway.
At the far end of the passageway, the gigantic two-headed snake appeared again.
Its colossal dual heads, four eyes staring at the two obstacles in its path, charged straight towards them.
The machine gun and the rocket launcher fired simultaneously.
The snake’s heads jerked back, but lacking sustained firepower, the two-headed snake only roared and charged again towards Twist and Ennis.
Facing the gaping maws of the snake,
The two men looked at each other.
No words were exchanged.
But it was a farewell.
The next moment, both heads of the snake devoured Twist and Ennis.
Two explosions blasted the snake’s necks apart.
Two charred heads fell to the ground, lifeless.