Chapter 462 - A surprise attack (1/2)

Zong Cheng was driving an off-road vehicle through the empty streets as he fled for his life.

Zong Cheng was covered with slash wounds as he tried unsuccessfully to evade the Shadow Door. It was a pest as Ren Xiaosu continuously tortured him throughout the pursuit.

Fortunately, a small group of reinforcements appeared and managed to delay Ren Xiaosu a little. This allowed Zong Cheng to get away from the endless torture of being cut by the saber.

The stronghold residents no longer dared to watch the commotion. All of them hid in their bathrooms at home, afraid that a sudden attack would deal them collateral damage.

The Zong Consortium troops scattered across the stronghold streamed towards the main branch’s manor, with someone giving them orders to assemble through the radio.

The Zong Consortium’s higher-ups in that manor were panicking. They could only hope that it was not too late!

Zheng Yuandong finally made it here as well. He concealed himself on the roof of a tall building and watched the situation unfold. The sky in the distance was filled with smoke and fire, like it represented the Zong Consortium’s future going up in flame.

Although the Zong Consortium was beginning to collapse on the fronts, they could still rely on their vast territory to fight a strategic war if they compacted their defensive lines once more. As Fortress 178 had too few soldiers, if they continued to march into the heartland where Stronghold 146 was, the worry was that their battlefront would get overextended.

But everything changed with the arrival of a young man at Stronghold 146.

In fact, Zheng Yuandong had figured out what Ren Xiaosu was here for. Wasn’t he just looking to kill the core figures of the Zong Consortium? Anyone could have guessed it! However, he did not believe that Ren Xiaosu could achieve that at the beginning.

At this moment, Zong Cheng looked behind him through the rearview mirror and noticed the speed of the pursuing armored being was slowing down bit by bit. Zong Cheng immediately knew why this was as he had also used nanomachines before. They were starting to run out of juice!

Estimating the time, he knew Ren Xiaosu could not handle such a drawn out battle even if he had recharged the nanomachines during the pursuit.

As the manor was just in front of him, Zong Cheng floored it again. The soldiers outside the entrance automatically moved the hedgehogs aside for him. After Zong Cheng passed through successfully, they returned to their defensive formation. Those cold and unfeeling firearms and heavy weapons were all aiming at the end of the long street.

Although Zong Cheng’s father was extremely furious by what he had done tonight, the Zong clan’s patriarch could not bear to see his son die before his very eyes.

Zong Cheng’s father was already 71 years old. Both Zong Cheng and Zong Xiang were born when he was at an advanced age, so they were extremely precious to him.

The Zong clan’s patriarch used to have another son, but he died of lung cancer.

This was considered a secret within the Zong clan. Two years after the eldest son of the main branch had passed away, his wife got pregnant again. Initially, the members of the Zong Consortium were furious and thought the eldest son’s widow had dishonored the family name. However, the Zong clan’s patriarch stood his ground and took the widow, who was also his daughter-in-law, as his concubine.

In modern civilization, concubinage was a regressive practice. Further, she was his own daughter-in-law.

Only then did the Zong Consortium’s higher-ups finally understand what had happened. So it turned out the Zong clan’s patriarch had committed an immoral act. Who else could the widow’s child belong to? It was clear the Zong clan’s patriarch was responsible!

But the Zong Consortium’s main branch was firmly in power, so everyone kept quiet as though nothing had happened. Even Zong Cheng and Zong Xiang were unaware of this.

However, there were also rumors within the family that Zong Cheng and Zong Xiang might not be the biological sons of the Zong clan’s patriarch. After all, the patriarch was so old.

As for whether the patriarch had done any paternity tests, no one knew.

Zong Cheng had already driven into the manor. Initially, the patriarch wanted to punish him severely. But when he saw Zong Cheng’s body covered in blood and wounds, he could not bear to do so anymore. He slapped his face, but that just made Zong Cheng’s tinnitus even worse.

The patriarch held his anger back and said, “Stand aside. We’ll talk about what you did after tonight.”

Someone off to the side noticed that Zong Cheng was still in a daze, so they hurriedly pulled him aside.

The bulky armored being rounded a corner and appeared in front of everyone!