After Beating the Game, I Became the Villain BOSS

Chapter 530: Chapter 344: Never Lose Your Humanity (Part 2)

Dongdong, Nuobai, Chu Nanyi, Dolan... The most elite Extraordinary Beings from the Edge and Mo Xue stood shoulder to shoulder, their eyes fervently fixed on Shangguan Li.

Shangguan Li wore two badges on her chest, one was a dark snowflake badge, and the other was a red Red Umbrella Badge, the two badges shining together, granting her unprecedented authority.

She slowly began to speak, her voice not loud, but enough for everyone to hear.

"Everyone is aware of the situation. This time, I have put forth all the assets from Mo Xue and the Edge to hire you, along with tens of thousands of mercenaries from other airships, to come here."

"This includes not only people from Mo Xue and the Edge but also auxiliary personnel from dozens of other Mercenary Corps. Do you know why I could gather you all so quickly?"

"Honor? Justice? A sense of mission? Those are just grand but empty words."

"The reason I could get you all to risk your lives is that you’ve been paid enough money."

The hum of the cabin broadcast sounded again, with the voice from the console: "Central Eastern Border District battlefield high point, beast density is relatively low, coordinates X326, Y812, and 197 other points, tactical bombing units, deploy!"

"Boom—"

The airflow generated by the deployment of other transport ships outside the cabin surged again, more violent and fervent than before.

The tactical bombing units were mainly composed of various types of light artillery, accompanied by specialized Extraordinary Being guards, stationed far from the main battlefield and thus less threatened by the beasts, but their role was not to be underestimated.

They would occupy high ground, overlooking the battlefield from above, providing long-range strike support to allied forces, and serving as the main force for large-scale beast mass destruction.

Shangguan Li was not affected by the broadcast, she continued to look directly at the people in front of her.

"Your reward is three times the standard individual rate, and if you unfortunately die in battle, the compensation is five times. You won’t find a more lucrative job than this in New Moon City."

"No need to thank me, this is what you deserve. Because where you are about to go is the most dangerous battlefield this city has ever witnessed."

"You are all mercenaries, I don’t wish to morally coerce you into making sacrifices, I will only use the thing you are most familiar with, and also what you recognize the most, to bring you here, and that is money."

The broadcast warning light lit up again, the announcer’s voice becoming more and more grave: "Eastern Central Border District, transportation hub, beast density is extremely high, coordinates X925, Y1063, and 16 other points, heavy armor units, deploy!"

"Boom—"

Amidst the violent turbulence, war machines like the Titan Mecha began to be deployed.

These were large killing machines that the Edge had previously invested heavily in, and they have been specially modified for the future, with performance much more ferocious than the prototypes.

They might not be used normally, but each one serves as a cornerstone of stability, representing strong military technology and logistical power.

Alongside these heavy weapons, high-level Blood Code Carriers, Prosthetic Implanters, and Spiritual Brain Modifiers controlled high-level beasts also forcibly landed.

These elites would go to those interconnected transportation hubs to hold the main passage where beasts would attack the refugee gathering areas, sharing the heavy pressure for those relatively weaker comrades in the rear.

Until then, the airship where Shangguan Li was still showed no sign of opening the cabin doors, and it was unknown where it would fly.

She looked at the comrades standing firm in front of her and continued:

"Besides the rewards and benefits you deserve, I want to tell you something today."

"This thing can belong to anyone, even understood by a pet dog, but it sounds a bit out of place on us mercenaries."

"But it is also precisely this thing, that everyone is born with. We can ignore it, despise it, or even throw it on the ground, spit on it disdainfully, and then step on it."

"But it will still always haunt you, especially when we become Extraordinary Beings, strong beyond human recognition, it becomes the only criterion for judging whether we are still human. Without it, we will live and die shamelessly like beasts all our lives."

"This thing is—"

Finally, the cabin where Shangguan Li and others were located lit up with red indicator lights, with scarlet shades filling every inch of space, as if painting everything around with a thick layer of blood.

In the broadcast, the announcer’s heavy voice trembled slightly: "Northern Border District, coordinates X1215, Y1164!"

"Target, Tunneling Insect Tunnel!"

"Beast density, incalculable!"

"Captain Shangguan, is your death squad ready?!"

The atmosphere became as murky as cement; even in this high altitude, amidst the noisy airflow, the furious roars and growls of beasts on the ground could still be faintly heard.

Facing those pairs of fervent eyes, Shangguan Li spoke the final answer.

"Humanity."

The most primitive emotion buried deep in everyone’s heart was awakened, and those pairs of eyes became ever brighter.

"Buzz—" As the cabin doors opened, the wind and rain outside poured in, stirring up a chaotic current.

From a high altitude, the tunnel dug by the Tunneling Insect lay just below, a massive black hole like a bottomless abyss, with endless beasts pouring out incessantly.

If the beasts in other places were waves crashing toward refugees, then here was the very center of the ocean, with only infinite waters in sight, a battlefield more brutal a hundred times over than others with the highest intensity.

Facing the hellish scene of beasts surging below, flames of determination burned in Shangguan Li’s eyes, her voice full of battle spirit resounded around: "Comrades, follow me into the fray!"

"Boom—"

The catapults in the cabin activated, and over a hundred elite mercenaries, the top internal forces from Mo Xue and the Edge, were forcibly descended from the airship at high speed, piercing through the rain screen towards the most dangerous part of the entire battlefield.

At this time, the Wolf Assault Elite led by Fenrir were still fighting hard here, the corpses of beasts had already piled into mountains, yet no matter how many beasts poured out from the Tunneling Insect Tunnel, they could not be completely slaughtered.

Just as the Wolf Assault Elite, drenched in blood, fought fiercely, over a hundred figures successively descended beside them, standing shoulder to shoulder, joining the battle against the beasts.

At the forefront of the battlefield, Fenrir heard the commotion and turned around, slightly taken aback upon seeing the sudden reinforcements.

Shangguan Li nodded to Fenrir, saying in a deep voice: "On behalf of Director Su, I bring Mo Xue and the Edge to fight alongside the Wolf Assault."

After a brief daze, something seemed to melt in Fenrir’s eyes, the dark purple pupils looking again at the incoming beasts bore a deep and unusual smile never seen before.

"This world always has fools."

...

[Eastern Border District, Refugee Gathering Area]

Rain poured down, and strong winds howled, yet they couldn’t drown out the engine roars echoing across the sky. The ever-increasing aerial fleet arriving to reinforce has become the focus of the battlefield.

Under the tear-filled gaze of the refugees, fully armed mercenaries successively landed, rushing towards the previously fragmented defense lines.

Finally, amidst the overwhelming airborne troops, people could see where the miracle came from.

Someone pointed to an airship bearing the dark snowflake emblem, shouting hoarsely and excitedly.

"Mo Xue!!!"

Immediately, another person pointed to the nearby airship, the Red Umbrella mark gleaming like a red flame on its body.

"Edge!!!"

In those previous times shrouded by despair, Eastern Border District refugees felt abandoned by the whole world, the shadow of death looming closely behind them, every moment filled with fear, even simple survival had become a luxury dream.

Now, with Mo Xue and the Edge teaming up to arrive, hope appeared like a light cutting through the darkness, deeply touching their once withered hearts.

Seeing these unfamiliar Inner City Mercenaries fighting for them, the Eastern Border District refugees hugged each other, crying in gratitude, tears of gratitude mixing with rain and pouring down their faces.

The eyes of the kind were the brightest; they watched with amazement, momentarily forgetting the fear of death, the suffering of escape, leaving only the yearning for heroes.

Above the firmament, the Scythe Fleet ascended higher, carrying keen hopes of the great powers, the King of Mercenaries departed majestically.

Under the same sky, Mo Xue and the Edge Mercenaries descended like raindrops on the forefront, the two supernovae jointly guarding the people of New Moon City.

This scene would either be etched in people’s hearts or captured by media drones, instantaneously spread through the network reaching every corner of the Human Territory.

The course of history was quietly altered at this moment.