203 War Never Changes (2/2)

Zhao Chenwu saw with his own eyes that a soldier with kinetic skeleton pulled out a pistol and executed a struggling security wounded on the ground. Then, he turned the gun to the camera and pulled the trigger with a grimace.

The visual was lost.

The elevator was cut. The Crimson Chamber of Commerce fought fiercely with the Zhao Corporation's security within the safety tunnel. Boxes and safes were all thrown into the stairs as a blockade, but it was futile to the outcome of the battle.

Su Lei was a great soldier. She gathered the remaining 20 security guards together as they exchanged fire on the 12th-floor hallway. She used the wall to take cover as she constantly ducked out to fire back.

But from the blood on her shoulder, she probably wouldn't be able to last much longer.

The security guards used anti-blast shields as cover while firing back with a rifle.

The security robot dashed out with a machine gun from the corner; the shots caused casualties to the soldiers that entered the building.

But that was all.

An EMP grenade quickly disabled its weapon system. The particle gun without suspense cut through its metal armor, and it was turned into a pile of metal scraps.

This place was not the military factory, only the office building of Zhao Corporation.

With the balance of power, no one expected a war to break out here.

Su Lei firmly held the gun as she maintained her shooting position while moving back. There were only a few security guards left.

[Looks like they can't hold out much longer.]

Zhao Chenwu let out a sigh as he pulled open a cupboard.

There was a revolver inside.

”Is this it?” He mumbled to himself as he slowly loaded the revolver.

It has been a long time since he fought like a soldier on the front line. The last time seemed to the moment he became part of the Group of Ten council.

But now, there was not much choice.

The sound of explosion continuously transmitted from below him, but Zhao Chenwu never felt calmer.

[Even if backup arrived, it is probably too late.]

At this time, a blinding white light suddenly lit up the street in front of the building.

The deafening explosion almost made him forget how to think. The bulletproof glass was covered in dense cracks.

The rising mushroom.

”…F*ck.” His mouth twitched, and his eyes shook from the scene. It was the only word that came out of his mouth.

Nuclear bomb!

Someone exploded a nuclear bomb in the inner circle.

It definitely could not be the Crimson Chamber of Commerce. They already had the upper hand. It must not be the civil force either; they wouldn't have such a thing.

It could only be a council member.

They would rather die together than give up the power in their hands.

Zhao Chenwu blankly stared at the mushroom cloud in front of him, but the action in his hands already ceased.

...

The shockwave flipped the armored vehicles, engulfed the fleeting power armors, and swept through all the soldiers unable to escape. The buildings worth tens of thousands instantly collapsed. The citizens without a fighting chance cried at the ruins. The merchants silently watch their shops turn into dust, forgetting even to run…

The soldiers attacking his building; he didn't want to see any more.

It was a bloodbath.

Looking at the council building in the distance, the flag representing alliance and democracy lowered. A mocking smile appeared at the tip of his lips.

The council building, the Crimson Chamber of Commerce had risen on the roof.

The roundtable was smashed in half. Cao Jinsong stood in front of the window alone as he stared at the mushroom cloud outside, dumbfounded.

Like a bucket of cold water was poured on his head, the excitement of climbing to the top of power was instantly cooled off.

He had considered that other council members possessing some unbelievable trap cards, the coup was a gamble, to begin with.

But he never considered that someone could explode a nuclear bomb here.

”Already gone insane?” His voice sounded bitter.

It made sense. On the wasteland without order, thinking about limits was foolish, to begin with.

Exploding a nuclear bomb in one's own city; even in the country before the war had the same thing occur.

He seemed to have seen these scene before.

But because it was too distant of a time, that part of his memory was already covered by a thin layer of white mist…

War never changes.