Chapter 777: The Terrifying ‘Behind-the-Scenes Forces’ (Two-in-One Super Large Chapter
Chapter 778 The terrifying ‘behind-the-scenes forces’ (two-in-one super large chapter please vote for me)
"It's snowing again, this damn weather."
The air conditioner of the off-road vehicle whirred. Bayert glanced at the frosted window and cursed secretly.
"It's unreasonable for those bastards to ask us to do this kind of work. That guy Levins is just on the same level as you, Mr. Bayert, so why should he order us?"
The man sitting in the passenger seat wiped the window with his hand and looked out the window at the tower-shaped device with a hexagonal base surrounded by a convoy of off-road vehicles.
Layers of light blue light flow along the gaps between each layer of the device.
"That guy Levins is really arrogant."
Bayert snorted coldly.
But he said no more.
Being arrogant is one thing, being arrogant is another thing entirely.
The man sitting in the passenger seat looked at his boss and said nothing, and he was very sensible and didn't mention it again.
In this dim silence, Bayert seemed to realize that his performance was somewhat shameful. He glanced at the tower device outside the window and continued, "When this matter is over, I will go to the main church to write a letter. Let this guy interfere with our arrest of the traitor Swinter...ah..."
He whispered and looked down to his side.
A thin woman with short hair wearing a thin top was leaning next to him, holding wound medicine in one hand and pressing on his wound with the other.
Looking at him, the short-haired woman trembled and retracted her hand, saying in a low voice, "Sir, I will give you some medicine..."
"Do you have any problem with me for using such force?"
Baiert grabbed the woman's neck and slammed her against the car door.
The woman's eyes widened due to suffocation, she subconsciously opened her mouth, and struggled with her hands.
"My lord, this is the only unbeliever medicine man around here."
Seeing this scene, the man sitting in the passenger seat reminded him in a low voice.
After hearing these words, Bayert let go of his hand and looked at the short-haired woman who was crying because of the impact and suffocation just now. He reached out and picked up the woman's short hair.
"I thought this filthy unbeliever's father and son were also brought here?"
"Yes."
The man in the co-pilot nodded. He instantly understood what Bayert meant. "They are all anesthetized and piled in the car behind. Do you want her father..."
"Eternal Light teaches us to respect our elders,"
Bayert interrupted the man, retracted his hand, and sat on the chair.
Then he said slowly in the woman's hopeful eyes, "Wake up her son and bring him here. I think this lady will be happy to see his child screaming and crying in pain in front of her."
"yes!"
The man in the co-pilot nodded, opened the door and walked out.
"don't want!!!"
The woman immediately rushed towards Bayert, "Please don't!!!"
Bairt directly grabbed her neck and pressed her against the car door again, looking at her coldly, "Unbeliever, you made a mistake. I let you live, which is a gift in itself."
"You're going to hell!!! Cough cough cough—"
The woman looked at him with wide eyes, tears covering her entire cheek. She struggled hard, but the arm clamped her neck tightly like steel.
"hell?"
Bairt seemed to have heard something funny and sneered, "I will enter the eternal kingdom in the future and live a life of eternal life without hunger. I will not die, nor will I enter the hell you imagined."
"On the contrary, you, a disbeliever like you, will go to hell after death."
As he spoke, his eyes gradually lowered, and he saw the woman's clothes that were messy and untied due to her struggle. He grinned and said, "I think your child will be willing to see more interesting scenes later?"
"don't want!!!"
Looking into his eyes and looking at his leaning body, the woman instantly realized something. She stretched out her hand to try to block Bayert, and immediately pressed Bayert's wound.
Bayert was slightly pained, and with a flick of his hand, he threw the short-haired woman into the gap between the driver's and passenger's seats, and pressed her on the armrest between the driver's and passenger's seats.
The driver of this car had already left, and the co-pilot had just gotten out of the car. There were only two of them in the car.
A light layer of white frost covered the car windows again, distinguishing the world inside and outside the car.
The woman looked desperately at Bayert who was holding her down. She wanted to do something, but she couldn't do anything.
Her neck was still being strangled by Bayert, and it seemed that because she had just held the wound, Bayert was no longer so cautious.
A strong sense of suffocation and tears covered her cheeks, blurring her vision.
Death seems so close, so close that you can touch it.
But in that blurry vision, in that near-death darkness, there still seemed to be a glimmer of light filling her eyes.
She knew that it was just pure natural light after everything was blurred, but she still subconsciously opened her hand, trying to catch the blurry and fading brilliance.
boom--
The sound of breaking glass exploded behind her head, and a white 'light' passed through the entire vehicle, passed through her field of vision, and pierced the blurry figure of Bayert in front of her.
Some kind of warm liquid splashed on her cheek, and Bayert's figure in her field of vision flew out and was nailed to the back seat of the off-road vehicle.
A slight cold breeze blew in through the crack in the windshield.
Click——
The rear door opened, and in the blurry vision, a thin figure stepped onto the vehicle following the drifting wind.
There was a strange brilliance exuding from him, like a candle that ignited his soul, burning with blazing flames in the dark night.
A calm voice sounded in the silent carriage.
"Close your eyes and just wait a moment."
The voice was a little childish and hoarse, but it seemed to contain some kind of gentle power to soothe people's hearts.
Immediately afterwards, the figure stretched out his hand, pulled out the 'white light' that pierced Bayert's body, slowly stepped out of the car, and closed the door.
The woman moved her body out of the gap, lowered her head and closed her eyes.
There seemed to be fierce gunshots outside, as well as angry roars from some people, mixed with one or two violent explosions.
In the end, all the gunshots, roars, and curses ended with a huge, deafening explosion.
The huge air wave even blew the body of the off-road vehicle, making the vehicle sway like fallen leaves floating in the air.
After the explosion, everything seemed to finally calm down.
The woman waited quietly until she was sure everything was completely silent, then she slowly opened her eyes.
The first thing that came into her eyes was the blood-stained body of Bayert sitting in the back seat.
He stared forward with his eyes wide open, filled with disbelief and shock at the last moment before death, and his unbuttoned clothes were dyed red with blood.
The woman took one look at the body, took off the fur coat he was wearing, put it on her body, opened the door and jumped out of the car.
With the sudden cold wind blowing on her face, her body trembled subconsciously.
The white snow was falling under the street lights, and in this snow-covered square, there were bright red corpses everywhere.
In the center of the square, the tower-shaped machine emitting blue light had disappeared, leaving only a piece of scattered debris still glowing with lightning and a deep crater.
She quickly withdrew her gaze and walked along the red-stained snow on the ground in the direction the man in the co-pilot had just left.
After walking about a few hundred meters, she saw a body lying next to an off-road vehicle. It was the man who had just been sitting in the passenger seat.
He held a pistol, his eyes widened, and he fell back, his eyes flashing with disbelief.
The woman walked over, squatted down, and pulled the pistol from the man's still warm hand.
Then she walked over to the SUV and knocked lightly on the door.
Click——
The window of the off-road vehicle was opened, and an immature little boy with tear stains on his face squatted on the back seat and looked out. After seeing the woman's cheek, a trace of surprise flashed on his tear stained cheek, and then With a little confused excitement, "Mom?"
The woman suddenly opened the car door and took the little boy into her arms.
"Mom, what just happened outside?"
The boy huddled in his mother's arms and asked softly.
Hearing this question, the woman raised her head and looked at the surrounding snow covered with red blood.
She gently hugged the boy's body, and the figure that seemed to be shrouded in flames once again appeared in her field of vision. She spoke slowly, with some religious piety in her words,
"The fire burns away the dirt."
The silent wind and snow fell on their shoulders.
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In an alley not far away, standing next to a black off-road vehicle, He Ao looked away from the snow-white square.
The soul shadow of the woman he had just rescued was very strong, and she should be someone with a high degree of natural spirituality. He Ao could clearly feel that the other party was aware of the uncontrollable overflow of extraordinary power from the hidden observer.
But what attracted He Ao's attention more was not the woman's spirituality, but the tower equipment used by the Eternal Secret Cult to block signals.
It was obviously military equipment.
He raised his bracelet and glanced at the screen.
At this time, the communication signal of the bracelet has been restored.
He opened the car door, got into the off-road vehicle, and set the location at 'No. 13 Ruian Street, Storm District', which was the location of the Eternal Esoteric Cathedral given to him by the people in the box.
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In an old building on the west side of Dead Tree Bar
"Weah, it's still too late for you to surrender now. If you hand over the list of heretical believers, you can find another way to survive. No matter how you persist, you will only die when Lord Levins comes."
Leren, whose body was covered in golden light, collided with Weah, who was also covered in golden armor, and the two of them flew out at the same time.
"You despicable heretics, don't try to taint my faith with your filthy teachings."
Weah's body flew backwards and smashed into a wall. He stood up, looked at Leren, and said angrily.
"Weah, why are you so persistent? We believe in the same god, and our teachings are more popular than your heretical teachings, and are closer to the guidance of eternal light,"
Leren stood up straight and looked at Weah, "Why do you have to stick to your stupid old-fashioned teachings? Wouldn't it be better to open your hands, embrace the truth, and embrace progress?"
"Scaremongers, your self-righteous heretical teachings are truly misinterpreting the guidance of eternal light,"
Weah stood up and shook off the dust on his body. The golden armor on his body was already full of cracks. He put one hand on his chest and touched the items fixed on his chest.
It seems that Lelen's strength has become stronger again. He can no longer defeat Lelen. If they keep dragging here until Levins arrives, all of them will be dead.
If he uses this item, he will most likely be able to defeat Leren, but this item can only be used once in a short period of time, and he will have no reliance on it in the future.
While thoughts were flashing through his mind, he didn't stop talking, "Lelen, your Levins hasn't come yet. Could it be that something happened?"
"Lord Levins just encountered some troublesome little troubles. He has dealt with countless troubles like this."
Leren smiled and said, "It's better to put down your self-hypnosis..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, and his face showed an uncontrollable look of disbelief.
Weah glanced at the special channel earphones fixed on Leren's ears, suddenly realized something, and then rushed out of the building without hesitation.
See this scene.
Leren immediately raised his legs and chased after him, but his reaction was a step too late and Weah had already run out of the old building.
Outside the building, a strong man with a short knife in his hand was running towards the building, "Boss!!! Boss!!!"
"what happens?"
Weah stopped in front of him and asked quickly.
Just now, in order to prevent Lielen from taking the opportunity to attack his men, he led Lielen to an old building near the alleyway, but this also caused him to be disconnected from the large army and lost contact with the team without a signal.
And Leren has a special short-line connection device that bypasses the jammer, so he can contact his team to a certain extent.
"Boss,"
The strong man with the short sword looked at Weah panting, "Levans is dead!!!"
Hearing this answer, Weah was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Leevens is dead? Who said it? Who did it?"
"They heretics said there that Levins was dead and his body was nailed to the bar sign. They didn't know who did it."
The strong man with a short sword said quickly, "Their morale is now broken, and their attacks are weakening."
Weah looked up at the alley and found that the fierce gunfire there was now much less intense.
"I wonder who did it?"
Weah was stunned.
Then the image of the 'letter boy' at the door flashed through his mind.
"The 'partner' we met tonight may be more powerful than we imagined."
He immediately turned around and looked behind him.
But Lie Lun, who originally seemed to be chasing after him, did not catch up.
"Pity."
He sighed.
If Lielun was chasing after him just now, and he turned around and quickly killed Lielen with the extraordinary items given by the leader, they might be able to break out while the opponent's morale was low.
Now that Leren was aware of the problem and did not pursue them, he returned to the main team and stabilized people's hearts. The possibility of their breakout was greatly reduced.
At this moment, the strong man with a short sword standing in front of him suddenly raised his bracelet and said with some surprise, "Boss, the signal has been restored!!! The signal shielding device seems to have been destroyed."
“The signal is restored?!
Weah was stunned.
Then he said without hesitation, "Send a message for help immediately!"
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Meanwhile, at the other end of the alley, Leren returned to the center of the Eternal Tantric staff.
"Lord Leren! Lord Levins..."
A group of white-robed priests immediately gathered around.
"it's okay no problem."
Leren took a deep breath and said, "Now I will be the commander-in-chief of this operation."
"Sir, do we still want to continue taking action?"
The white-robed priest asked in a low voice, "We may not be able to stop them. Now that the signal has been restored, the signal shielding device has most likely been destroyed. They are very likely to have reinforcements coming."
"They must be dealt with here no matter what. This is the order of the main church,"
Leon looked at the crowd around him, "This is our territory, can we still be oppressed by heretics? Immediately ask for help from the main church and let people from other parishes find ways to stop the heretics' support."
"grown ups,"
At this time, a white-robed priest hurried over. He was holding a document and looked at Leren.
"This is the intelligence that the spies saw in the east. The FBI is coming here. There are many of them. They seem to be out in force. It seems that there are also people from the Joint Industrial Mercenary Group."
"FBI?"
Leon frowned and took the document.
But before he could open the document, another white-robed priest ran in, "Sir, there is news from the west. People from the Security Federation seem to be gathering manpower."
"Are these guys colluding? Why are they all out! Now we may not be able to retreat even if we want to retreat. If Mr. Levins were here, why would there be so many things?"
Leren rubbed his head and said, "Send the message to the main church. We need more manpower to stop the FBI and the Security Federation."
He looked up at the priests around him, "This time it's a war against heretics. We can't lose. We have to tell these stupid heretics who are the true servants of the eternal light!!!"
"Praise to the eternal light!!!"
"Praise to the eternal light!!!"
The white-robed priests around him instantly became excited.
And Leren was already holding his forehead. He was vaguely aware that with the emergence of the FBI, this incident had moved towards an unpredictable development.
An invisible hand has messed up the huge chessboard called Winter City.
Things are completely out of the control of the church.
If Levins were here, relying on his strength and wisdom, he might be able to come up with the best way to pull the church out of this vortex.
But there is no if in the world. Levins is dead, and Leren has neither enough prestige nor enough strength. All he can do is throw the problem to the main church and keep asking for help.
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Dead Tree Bar
"Levins is dead?"
Jato of the Security Federation on the other end of the phone looked at Lena in surprise, "This guy is so powerful and cunning, he died so easily?"
"Although it's hard for me to understand, the other side may have set up a trap specifically for him,"
Lena sighed and glanced out the window, "But his body is still nailed to my sign. He has only one fatal wound on his body. It shouldn't be difficult for the other side to kill him."
"How powerful is that?"
Jato looked a little dazed.
"At least B-level,"
Lena retracted her gaze and looked at Jato, "What's going on over there? You organized the manpower as soon as my people arrived?"
"In fact,"
Jiato shook his head, "The FBI informed us in advance and asked us to cooperate in organizing the manpower."
"FBI?"
Lena was stunned, "They are here too?"
"Yes,"
Jiato nodded, "They should have arrived in the storm area now, and there are people from United Industries."
"It seems that there will be a big storm tonight."
Lena sat back in her chair and sighed.
"Yeah,"
Jiato also sighed, and then he asked softly, "What's the situation with the Eternal Old Church? Can't they deal with the Eternal Secret Church?"
"It's about the same,"
Lena said thoughtfully, "When Levins was there, they basically had no way to survive, so I sent people to ask you for help. Now Levins is dead, and they are still fighting. I guess no one can do anything to anyone in the short term."
"Wasn't Levins killed by the Old Church?"
Jiato's tone was stunned. It was obvious that what Lena said was somewhat different from his previous speculation.
"If the old church had that ability, they wouldn't have come to me for help," Lena sneered, and then her voice gradually lowered, "It's probably another force that killed Levins." "Which one? Are there other forces in Winter City?" Jato was a little confused at first, but then he reacted and his voice gradually lowered, "You mean, the force that massacred Kate's villa? Why did they attack Levins?" "The people of the Eternal Old Church met with the people of that force here today," Lena said slowly, "They should think they can manipulate that force, but obviously, they don't know what kind of monster they have provoked." She sat on the chair, her chest on the table, and her fingers tapped the table lightly, "What do you think, if Levins didn't die, the FBI and we joined the battle, what direction would the whole situation develop in?" "Huh?" Jato was stunned and thought, "Will the people of the Eternal Old Church be quickly wiped out? Can the people of the Eternal Secret Church quickly get out of this incident?" "Yes," Lena sighed, "Now my bar is near the center of the storm, and the people in the center of the storm Among them, only Levins has the ability to quickly resolve the battle. "Even if he doesn't resolve the battle quickly, and only kills a few people from the Old Church, and after barely achieving results, he quickly withdraws with the people from the Eternal Secret Church, leaving the FBI and our people empty-handed, the situation will turn to the Eternal Secret Church's advantage. "And Levins has the status and ability to make this decision. " "So," Lena's hand knocked on the table, "Levens must die." The atmosphere in the office fell into a strange silence. Jato on the other end of the phone gradually held his breath as Lena's analysis progressed. After a long while, he took a breath and then Lena's words slowly said, "After Levins' death, the people from the Eternal Secret Church around your bar could not quickly resolve the enemy and could only request support. After the signal jammer was destroyed and the signal was restored, the people from the Eternal Old Church could also request support. "With the addition of support from both sides, the scope and intensity of the battlefield will be further expanded. With the participation of the FBI and us, this fight has become a storm sweeping the entire city, and the Eternal Secret Church has to face all enemies at once. "But," Jato pondered, "Can the Eternal Cult also let its people retreat, avoid fighting, and avoid this battle?" "Impossible," Lena shook her head, and then he continued in Jato's puzzled eyes, "The Eternal Cult has been arrogant and domineering in recent years, constantly devouring and attacking other forces including us, in fact, trying to expand its power madly in a short period of time. "They are accumulating strength quickly, trying to defeat all enemies in one fell swoop and truly gain control of the city. "But their base is not stable. Many people are actually new to the past, and their loyalty is not high. They are completely dependent on them out of "confidence" in their rapid expansion. "This kind of "confidence" is very important. When the Eternal Cult has been winning, this confidence maintains the cohesion of the newly joined forces.
“These coerced forces, relying on their ‘faith’ in the Eternal Esoteric Cult, have gathered together to form the ‘power’ of the Eternal Esoteric Cult.
“As long as the confidence is maintained, the Eternal Secret Cult can continue to expand the plate until the final ‘decisive battle’, defeat the FBI and United Industries, and become the real controller of Winter City.
“But once there is a large-scale fear and defeat of the Eternal Secret Cult, these forces that relied on the past will be shaken and even switch sides.
"So this time, if it is Levins who gives the retreat order, all the responsibilities can be borne by Levins. He has the strength and the ability to judge the situation. Only he can make the Eternal Secret Cult withdraw from this battle. .
“But once the news of the request for help is sent to the main church, the Eternal Secret Cult will no longer have a way out. In order to maintain the confidence of the dependent forces in themselves, they have to confront the FBI, the Eternal Secret Cult, and us.
“This is a ‘decisive battle’ that starts in advance, before the Eternal Secret Cult is ready.
"Even if the Eternal Secret Cult knows that they have no advantage, they cannot retreat, because there is still a possibility of winning in the war, but retreating will lead to an avalanche of betrayal and collapse of the dependent forces, and they will definitely lose.
"I'm afraid that the forces behind the scenes saw this and got rid of Levins and destroyed the signal jammer. I'm afraid they were the ones who contacted the FBI.
"This big storm was not a coincidence, but was man-made."
A silent silence spread throughout the office.
After a long time, Jato gasped softly, "It's so scary..."
He smiled bitterly, "We didn't even react before we entered the game of the forces behind the scenes and became their pawns."
"Contradiction is inherent,"
Lena said softly, "What the person behind the scenes did was just to detonate the right contradiction at the right time."
She raised her head and looked out the window.
Although the logic is very good, she is still wise after the fact. If she is allowed to go, she cannot set up such a situation.
She was also confused when she saw Levins nailed to the sign of her bar.
"So, what is the purpose of the behind-the-scenes force that started this storm?"
Jato sighed.
"have no idea,"
Lena shook her head, "Maybe it's to fish in troubled waters, or maybe they really have a grudge against the Eternal Secret Cult."
The office fell silent again.
"well,"
Jato let out a long sigh, and then he said quickly, "We'll be here right away, be careful over there."
"Don't worry about me."
Lena shook her head slightly.
Then she reached out and hung up the video call, raised her bracelet, and glanced at a message she had just received.
"Sure enough, how could this guy let go of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters?"
She sighed and flipped the switch under the table, and the secret passage opened again.
"Use money to do things, use money to do things."
She stood up quickly, opened the secret compartment of the bookshelf, took out a small wooden box, and walked into the secret passage.
The secret passage door slowly closed.
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Shui On Street
He Ao, who was sitting on the off-road vehicle, rubbed his hands and looked forward.
A single-family building with a spire that seemed to be covered in light golden light appeared in his field of vision.
There are some guards near the building, but there are obviously more vacancies. Most of the people who were originally guarding here have been transferred out, and are still being transferred out.
In the spiritual vision, countless twisted patterns are gathering on this church.
This is the main church of the Storm Zone of the Eternal Secret Cult.
He Ao turned his head and looked to the other side. In the corner on the other side, where the twisted patterns also gathered, where the guards guarding the church could not see, a group of people were cautiously approaching the church.
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