Chapter 851: Terrorist Attack (1/2)

A wry smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face. ”I just returned from military training with my friends, and I haven't even returned to the academy yet before coming here, so I have no idea what happened!”

A grave expression appeared on Guo Xiaoxu's face as he said, ”10 days ago, a terrorist attack took place in Heaven Dou City. Many people were killed and the government building was razed to the ground. The official reports state that over 1,000 casualties have been tallied, but in reality, more than 4,000 people have died and more than 10,000 people have been injured.”

”What?” Tang Wulin's mouth immediately gaped open with shock.

Heaven Dou City? Wasn't that the city in which Mo Lan's father was an administration official?

It had to have been a terrorist attack of extremely massive proportions for so many people to have died!

”What about the administration official there?” Tang Wulin hurriedly asked.

Guo Xiao Xu sighed, ”He also perished during the attack. It came too abruptly and without any premonition. 60 soul bombs of the fifth grade and above rained down on all parts of Heaven Dou City, causing a massive calamity. After that, an aircraft came out of nowhere and dropped a ninth-grade soul bomb onto the government building, and that bomb resulted in the most casualties. This incident has stunned the entire federation. The federation has declared a state of DEFCON one, and deployed a vast number of people to conduct an exhaustive investigation. Our Tang Sect's Battle Hall received an invitation from the federation's Battle God Hall to assist them in their investigation.”

Tang Wulin drew a sharp breath upon hearing this. He couldn't believe that such a catastrophic disaster had taken place. He couldn't help but recall the conversation he'd overheard in the Northsea Legion base about the stolen soul bombs, and he hurriedly informed Guo Xiaoxu of what he'd heard.

Guo Xiaoxu's brows furrowed even tighter as he processed this information. The military had to have kept this information confidential for him to still be unaware of this. It was most likely the case that the Northsea Legion wasn't the only legion where soul bombs had been stolen from! If a large number of soul bombs were to spread into the outside world, then that was most definitely a recipe for disaster.

Tang Wulin asked, ”Do we know which organization is responsible for this?”

Guo Xiaoxu replied. ”We do. The Holy Spirit Cult have announced that they're responsible for this attack.”

Tang Wulin clenched his fists tightly. ”It's the Holy Spirit Cult again!”

This wasn't the first time that he'd come across this cult, and the last time he'd encountered its members, he and his friends had almost been killed. He didn't think that they'd be causing another catastrophe so soon, and a catastrophe of such major proportions, at that.

Guo Xiaoxu said, ”During the past six months, the Holy Spirit Cult has been extremely active and orchestrated a large number of terrorist attacks, causing a massive amount of damage in the process. In the beginning, the federation had tried to keep this information confidential to the public, but there's no way that they can do that now. I didn't think that the federation would be corrupt to such an extent already.”

His voice was filled with rage and discontent.

Tang Wulin asked, ”Hall Master Guo, are you saying that this terrorist attack had something to do with the federation itself?”

Guo Xiaoxu chuckled coldly, ”Of course! How many evil Soul Masters could the Holy Spirit Cult possibly have? Without the support of some people who are in power, how could they have developed and become so powerful so quickly? There must be corrupt officials in the federation working with them. I just don't know if they're part of the Holy Spirit Cult or have taken over control of the cult. In any case, the Holy Spirit Cult must have powerful backers, and if we don't weed out those backers soon, more and more panic will ensue. It's a good thing that you told me that. Otherwise, I'd still be oblivious to the fact that something's wrong in the military as well.”

The process of upgrading from a white agent to a yellow agent was very simple; Tang Wulin simply had to display his suit of one-word battle armor, and with Guo Xiaoxu vouching for him, he was able to quickly complete the upgrade. After putting on a set of black robes and a yellow mask that were assigned to yellow agents, he was immediately feeling a lot more comfortable. At the very least, he wasn't going to be barred from entry to the Battle Hall again.

”Come with me, Wulin.” Guo Xiaoxu and Tang Wulin returned to the Battle Hall.

”Our Battle Hall has received many missions from the federation, all of which involve hunting for Holy Spirit Cult members based on the leads that we currently have. You've had experience battling the Holy Spirit Cult in the past, so I think you should participate in these missions; it'll be a good exercise for you as well. What do you say? Would you be willing to join one of our investigation teams?”

”Of course!” Tang Wulin replied without any hesitation.