Chapter 1131. Killing Move

The bustling city center was instantly plunged into chaos. People from the collapsed hotel were fleeing in panic in all directions.

The deafening explosion reminded everyone present of the September 11 attacks that happened not long ago.

Everyone tried to stay as far away from the collapsed hotel as possible. The cloud of dust shrouding the ruins of the hotel made it hard for everyone to see what was going on.

A bladed weapon shrouded in a lightning arc swept toward Anna's arm at breakneck speed. A burst of green blood spurted from the stump, but the slender, fair arm streaking across the air transformed into a tentacle covered in gray tendrils.

With her severed arm in hand, Anna was transfixed on the attacker. Her will, like invisible tentacles, stretched toward the attacker. Anna wanted to alter their memories in the blink of an eye to turn them into an ally.

That was what she wanted to do, but reality proved different. The blue holograms around their face seemed to be protecting their mind. As soon as Anna's will made contact with their head, they retreated frantically away from Anna.

Before Anna could switch targets, every figure in white armor around her sensed something, and they retreated promptly, leaving nothing behind but a mere afterimage.

The enemies were so well-trained and coordinated that Anna's heart unknowingly tensed up. These figures in armor were completely different from the other anomalous organizations.

Perhaps they were stronger than the IMF's Mobile Task Forces. An organization wealthy enough to afford such state-of-the-art gears and equipment meant that they were a powerful organization comparable to the IMF.

Damn it, where the hell did these guys even come from? How come I've never heard of them before? Are they the IMF's trump card? No, that's impossible! They aren't sporting the IMF's emblem!

And their equipment's level of technology is clearly beyond this era...

In the face of the unknown and powerful threat, Anna no longer held back and reverted to her true form.

Her delicate face split into six petals as if it were a flower, and eight wriggling tentacles sprouted from within. A glimmer flashed in her yellow, cross-shaped pupils, and the green, corrosive flames in the air transformed into a giant net.

The giant net of flames pervaded the battlefield in an instant. Then, Anna took advantage of that opening to make another move. Her tentacles slammed the ground, propelling her toward one of the figures in white armor.

Addressing the root of the issue was better than using a band-aid solution, and Anna knew that well. In other words, she understood that her goal was to shatter their encirclement and figure out exactly where they were from.

Knowing the enemy and knowing oneself was the key to victory in every battle.

The other figures in white had yet to make another move, but Anna was already next to one of them. Anna's tentacles wrapped in green, corrosive flames swung at her target as if it were a whip.

However, the target was clearly ready. A laser that moved like a rope chopped at oncoming corrosive flames.

However, the bizarre green flames from a Divinity couldn't be easily blocked. The corrosive flames engulfed the figure in white streamlined armor, and he was reduced to ashes before he could even scream.

The death of one of the enemies allowed Anna to shatter the encirclement. She took a moment to look around and noticed that Li Lu and the others were under attack as well. Clearly, they wanted to make sure that Anna wouldn't receive any help from her subordinates.

Their calculated move told Anna that they were thoroughly prepared and had considered Anna's every single possible move.

"So you came prepared, hehe. However, I really want to know how I ended up offending you people," Anna said. Then, her monstrous, tentacled form vibrated at a high frequency before melting into the ground.

Of course, her enemies weren't the only ones capable of launching a sneak attack.

Tentacles covered in gray tendrils sprouted from the ground. It grabbed one of the figures in white armor before pulling them. Moments later, another one was dragged underground, followed by a third one.

In response, the figures in white armor tapped their right palms a few times. The blue holograms before their faces flashed red, and they instantly learned Anna's location.

In the blink of an eye, they all distanced themselves from Anna.

Realizing that the enemies could see through solid ground, Anna snorted inwardly. Their gear and equipment were a bit too advanced. Where exactly were they from?

However, Anna already had a way to find the answer to her question.

After all, she was holding two figures in white armor at the moment.

Taking advantage of the brief lull, Anna's will instantly scoured their memories, and two nearly identical sets of memories flashed before Anna.

They were clones, and they were completely identical in both appearances and heights. The only difference between them was the barcode on their necks.

They were immediately brainwashed since they were born and were constantly under hypnosis as they grew up. Amidst their sea of memories, Anna couldn't find anything else except for deeply carved hypnotic suggestions.

Their personalities, way of thinking, and even their bodies were extremely similar that it was like they were made from the same mold in a factory.

These perfect warriors whose bodies would never reject any cyberware were the ultimate result of genetic engineering.

It was a useful piece of information, but apart from that, Anna didn't find anything else useful in their memories. In fact, their minds were cleaner than robots.

Sigh, let me just take care of these guys first.

Having made up her mind, Anna rushed out of the ground.

The figures in white streamlined armor were well-trained and powerful, but Anna had already learned everything there was to know about their cyberwares, so they were no longer that difficult to handle.

Moreover, the clown and the others had already shattered their encirclement and were starting to help Anna.

Soon, the dawn of victory was starting to shine on Anna and the others.

Anna was convinced that she had cracked open the secret to their attack patterns, but before she could deal with the figures in white armor, her scalp suddenly went numb.

A strong sense of crisis engulfed her, making her feel cold all over.

Then, the lantern-sized eye at the center of her body opened slightly and looked up. Moments later, the singular eye socket was crowded by more than a dozen yellow, cross-shaped pupils.

As Anna's line of sight took to the skies, it took her no time to find a missile heading toward them at dazzling speeds.

"Run! Run away from them! They're the targets!!"

The battlefield plunged into chaos immediately afterward as everyone frantically ran away from the figures in white armor.

Anna ordered the remaining Fhtagnist to bring up the rear before taking the slowpoke Olivia into her arms and disappearing into the distance.

Anna ran desperately, instantly running five hundred meters away from the figures in white armor. Despite that, the sense of crisis hadn't diminished in the slightest.

The oncoming missiles were definitely not to be reckoned with.

Once she was a kilometer away from the figures in white, Anna stopped and turned to find a black dot descending from the sky. First, there was a bright white light, and then a "sun" was born.

Anna immediately went all out, drilling as deep as she could into the ground.

Despite being five meters underground, she could still feel the violent tremors from the surface.

Anna stayed underground for a long time, emerging only when the tremors had faded away. Upon appearing outside, Anna was stunned. The world outside had darkened, and the sun in the air was obscured by a huge mushroom cloud.

The black dot just now had turned out to be a tactical nuke!

Those bastards from God knows where had actually dropped a tactical nuke to deal with her!