Chapter 442: Baku: Submission or Death? |
[Neighborhood News Section]
Quality: Bronze
Danger Level: Medium
Thug Prison has welcomed an important moment.
The Mechanical Vanguard Society's Executor, Blackfire, was restrained and imprisoned by Baku. Realizing escape was hopeless, and even death was a luxury.
After undergoing Baku's continuous mental torture and alternating acts of kindness, Blackfire developed a psychological dependence and blind obedience towards Baku.
He began to actively provide help and services to Baku, viewing Baku as his sole purpose.
He provided Baku with a large amount of intelligence and information about the Mechanical Vanguard Society.
However, Thug Prison also faces a new crisis, a survival crisis.
Baku knows the underground area of the Black Shield Police Department holds a large stockpile of survival supplies.
He decided to use the Mechanical Vanguard Society's intelligence, along with Blackfire, as a bargaining chip to seek refuge with the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
Baku knows this decision is dangerous.
But he has no choice, he can only gamble for a chance at survival.
He doesn't care who he works for, he just wants to live.
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"This is... Stockholm Syndrome?"
Yu Yuan looked at the news content, feeling somewhat surprised.
He had always suspected Thug Prison had some method of controlling slaves, especially since their special unit—the slave suicide squad.
Had left a rather deep impression on him.
That frenzied, fearless demeanor, even now when he thinks about it, he remembers it vividly.
It was also from that time that Thug Prison became synonymous with [Danger] in Yu Yuan's mind.
It wasn't until later, after learning about the series of actions by the 'Aurora Animal Assistance Association', that the threat level of Thug Prison gradually decreased.
Now it seems, Thug Prison's slave suicide squad was Baku's masterpiece.
After pondering for a while, Yu Yuan sent a message to Carmen.
[Wolf Den · King: Carmen, how is the integration progress of the captives from the May Alliance, the Reyes Legion, and the Dawn Consortium?]
Soon, Carmen's message came through.
[Lone Wolf: The integration state of the three factions is excellent. They already recognize our civilization quite well and are showing active signs of integration.]
Seeing this, Yu Yuan knew there was no need to wait any longer.
He entered the [Civilization War Perspective] mode.
Looking down upon the entire Green Forest City from a God's-Eye View, the only remaining red area in the entire city was in the suburbs of the eastern city.
"Fine then! It's time to complete the final... unification of Green Forest City."
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Breaker Sea.
The seawater had long since frozen into solid ice, covered by a thick layer of snow and ice.
On the endless ice surface, a cold wind howled.
Carrying tiny ice crystals, it blew towards a marching procession.
However, these ice crystals melted rapidly the moment they got close.
Knight shook off the water droplets on his body, his gaze looking ahead.
His heavily cracked face emitted faint wisps of heat.
Even though the current temperature was over thirty degrees below zero Celsius, he seemed completely unaffected by the extreme cold.
A member of the Orthodox Church approached Knight from behind.
"Bishop Knight, we will reach Green Forest City in three days. We have already made contact with Yeger in Green Forest City. Currently, due to the extreme cold disaster, all factions in Green Forest City are completely locked down by ice and snow."
A hoarse voice sounded: "What about the Aurora Animal Assistance Association and the Mechanical Vanguard Society?"
"Uh... Your Excellency Bishop, since the extreme cold disaster descended, all intelligence from the Aurora Animal Assistance Association and the Mechanical Vanguard Society has been cut off. According to Yeger, they are now conserving their survival supplies as much as possible. The entire city has entered a countdown to death."
Upon hearing this, Knight said nothing more, only giving a slight nod.
The person behind him hesitated for a moment, then finally looked at Knight.
"Your Excellency Bishop, why are we braving such a heavy snowstorm to rush to Green Forest City for the sake of the Aurora Animal Assistance Association?"
Knight slightly turned his cheek, glancing at the other person.
A slight curve appeared at the corner of his dry, cracked lips.
"Why? What else could it be? Of course, it's because of the cult!"
"Huh? The cult?" That person's pupils instantly dilated.
"You... you mean the Aurora Animal Assistance Association is the cult? This... how can that be? Didn't the cult already collapse? Even their deity..."
Before he could finish, he saw Knight's piercingly cold gaze.
The man immediately shut his mouth and lowered his head.
"Hmph, if you don't want to die, watch your mouth..."
"Yes!"
However, a storm of shock and disbelief raged in that man's heart.
"How can this be? The cult's deity is missing. There are actually remnants of the cult here? This is really..."
"This is really... rough!" Yu Yuan stood on the wall of Thug Prison, looking at the prison buildings below, feeling a sense of emotion.
"Zhi Zhi—"
Zhi Zhi made a sound.
Informing Yu Yuan that the reconnaissance of Thug Prison was complete.
Yu Yuan jumped down from the wall and appeared at the entrance to the underground prison cells.
This was an alloy gate.
Yu Yuan took out the Epic-grade heavy hammer, briefly charged it up, and smashed it towards the alloy gate.
Boom—
Under the impact of the Epic-grade heavy hammer, the alloy gate was sent flying.
The huge commotion here immediately attracted the attention of the thugs.
However, to conserve energy, the entire prison had long since cut off power supply except for a few key areas.
It was pitch black.
Therefore, when these thugs appeared after hearing the noise, before they could react, they were bound and entangled by shadowy ropes.
Yu Yuan walked forward step by step like this, while Zhi Zhi controlled the constantly appearing thugs.
As a Silver-tier creature, dealing with these ordinary thugs was effortless for Zhi Zhi.
On Yu Yuan's Combat Detector, a red dot was rapidly approaching his location.
At the same time, sounds of doors being broken came from deep within the prison.
Soon, a somewhat tattered mechanical figure appeared before Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan looked at the mismatched mechanical executor before him, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
Is this still the high-and-mighty executor of the Mechanical Vanguard Society?
He looks more like a beggar picking through trash!
Blackfire's damaged mechanical body was covered in repair marks made from various metals.
Like clothes full of patches.
Blackfire's mechanical body had already been severely damaged in the previous battle with the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
Now, it had been repaired using all sorts of miscellaneous mechanical parts.
But...
It was repaired, yet the result was truly a sorry sight.
"Blackfire, step back."
A cool voice came from the room behind Blackfire.
Two figures walked out from behind Blackfire.
Yu Yuan watched as one fat and one thin person walked out from behind Blackfire, raising an eyebrow slightly.
Baku noticed that the person opposite showed no caution upon seeing them, and even revealed an expression of keen interest.
His heart sank.
He naturally also saw his subordinates in the corridor, bound and entangled by mysterious ropes.
This was simply not an opponent they could handle.
Even his most powerful trump card, Blackfire, was no match.
"Baku, he's very strong..." Habaar said with a grave expression.
Baku naturally knew this.
But he understood even more that since the other party hadn't directly killed them, it meant there was room for negotiation.
"This... I am Baku. May I ask what business brings you to our door..."
[No. 15 Steam Kinetic Heavy Hammer from the Ruined City] was taken out by Yu Yuan from the Rabbit Ring.
With a *thud* as it hit the ground, Yu Yuan rested one hand on the hammer handle, looked at Baku, and lightly lifted his chin.
An indifferent voice rang out, like the final judgment from a judge in a courtroom.
"Baku, only your Thug Prison remains in Green Forest."
"Now, make your final choice... submit or die!"