541: Chapter 185: The Army Attacks the City 541: Chapter 185: The Army Attacks the City In that instant, the Protector outside the door, the local Banner Leader by the window, Guardian Zhi, and others, as well as the White Hermit watching the surveillance, all froze for a moment.

The Banner Leader’s mind went completely blank, even giving rise to philosophical musings such as “Who am I,” “Where am I,” “Who am I fighting,” and “Who is fighting me.”

Then, Xiang Shan repeated loudly.

“Long live the Six Dragons Sect!”

“Long live the Six Dragons Sect!”

“Long live the Six Dragons Sect!”

“The Six Dragons Sect holds full responsibility for this incident.

The Secluded Crane Knight Order betrayed their agreement with the Six Dragons Sect, allowing the Protector to bombard the Six Dragons Sect’s stronghold with space-based weapons!

This is revenge!

This is sacred revenge!”

For a moment, the White Hermit almost laughed out loud.

He truly found it ridiculous.

Okay, it was ridiculous.

An enemy of the Six Dragons Sect was actually claiming to be the Six Dragons Sect.

Probably to attract the attention of the government…

Then, suddenly, the explosion of light above caught his attention.

He stood up and looked back.

The surveillance room was right below the satellite station.

The satellite station was the problem.

The White Hermit was stunned.

After a few seconds, he roared, “What happened?”

The trembling voice of Deer K came down, “It’s the Igni Seal… the Igni Seal!”

“Dharma Seal… the Igni Seal?”

The White Hermit’s brain was a chaotic mess, his cognitive functions almost overwhelmed.

In that moment, his voice sounded distant, as if it wasn’t his own.

—Ah… it’s all over.

This was his current thought.

The voice of Deer K was filled with extreme fear, “Just now, the Igni Seal… began… unloading… self-unloading.

It deleted a massive amount of variable code all at once.

Then… some of the equipment began to combust.”

“Hurry up…” the White Hermit slapped his head, “Damn… what do you think.”

“… I’m sorry, Your Excellency, I’m afraid I have no ideas.”

“Useless!” the White Hermit cursed, frantically searching his mind for solutions.

—Something must be done before King Aqini’s attention is drawn here…

But Deer K’s voice continued, “I’m sorry, Your Excellency.

What I mean is, I have already died, so I can’t offer any advice.”

The White Hermit stiffened, “What do you mean?”

“All of us Internal martial artists guarding the satellite station died just now,” the voice of Deer K continued, “An AI read the records inside my synthesizer and then conversed with you.”

The White Hermit rushed over quickly, only to find a pile of bodies on the ground, with only Deer K standing, hands clutching his own neck, coordinating with the face that the White Hermit had just flattened, appearing incredibly eerie.

The White Hermit was horrified and immediately fired his gun.

Deer K collapsed directly onto the control console, with organic parts spilling out.

The White Hermit visualized deep breathing, calming himself down.

—Too uncomposed…

He thought to himself.

It was just an Inner Strength attack.

Almost all Inner Strength attacks can be dealt with by replacing the Prosthetic Body and cutting off the signal.

This guy could actually have survived…

The White Hermit pulled up Deer K’s body and glanced at the control console.

This control console had a part that was not connected to the internet and could only be operated via a local input interface.

Deer K had a data cable connected to it.

The mysterious expert’s goal in forcefully controlling this individual was to use him as a stepping-stone.

And the words Deer K had just uttered were probably…

“To provoke me and erase the evidence…”

White Hermit concluded.

He looked at the firearm in his hand.

Then, he fired a shot that destroyed the surveillance camera inside the satellite station.

He took out a small incendiary grenade from his body and threw it at the mainframe of the satellite station.

The already self-igniting satellite station exploded instantly.

Flames shot into the sky.

White Hermit dashed out swiftly.

He had already calmed down.

“The satellite station has been completely destroyed, only two backups remaining.

But the Six Dragons Sect had tampered with them beforehand.

Those two stations won’t go online directly… Technical malfunction?

Or just blow them up?”

“The King would never tolerate anyone tampering with the Igni Seal.

The higher one’s Inner Strength, the more rigorous the investigation they would undergo.”

But the problem was, the Secluded Crane Knight Order couldn’t withstand investigation.

An Internal practitioner capable of tampering with the Igni Seal had already broken King Aqini’s blockade.

This was now a major public safety incident.

Even if King Aqini and the Scientific Knight Order weren’t on good terms, he would surely send an investigative team…

no, he might even directly allow a paratrooper regiment to take over everything in Secluded Crane City.

These were inevitable.

That guy had even used the seemingly plausible slogan “Long live the Six Dragons Sect…”

“Secluded Crane City can’t withstand an investigation…”

White Hermit closed his eyes and found a closed circuit line below the control room, slowly transmitting a command.

[All brothers, blow up all surveillance equipment within your sight as soon as possible.

Remember to conceal yourselves.]

[Destroy Satellite Stations Two and Three, destroy Cultivation Area Six, destroy Tanks D and E.]

[Directly blow up the main bodies of Mainframes Four to Six.

Do not attempt to rescue the motherboards.]

Finally, he hesitated for a moment.

[For the protectors without cover, consider using the slogan “Long live the Six Dragons Sect”]

Yes, disguise this battle as an “uncontrolled armed siege.”

The intelligence that “the Six Dragons Sect and the Secluded Crane Knight Order had reached an agreement to build a stronghold” was half-true.

King Aqini only needed to retrieve some satellite surveillance records to know that members of the Secluded Crane Knight Order had indeed applied to build something in that area.

The area nearby had been bombed by the Sword Envoy, and then a previously astonishing Inner Strength Battle broke out within that stronghold, dragging the Iron Heart Dharma King into it too.

Fortunately, according to the bylaws of the Six Dragons Sect, that Scientific Knight who had applied for the construction had already left beforehand.

This was already the method to minimize the loss.

The Secluded Crane Knight Order couldn’t escape the suspicion of “being in collusion with the Six Dragons Sect,” and there were many discrepancies in the materials the Secluded Crane Knight Order had with the officially reported projects.

The only option was to destroy those materials and eliminate a group of people, creating a situation where “a small faction colluded with the Six Dragons Sect and attacked the Scientific Knight Order’s garrison.”

This was the best… the best…

White Hermit, furious, slammed his firearm onto the ground.

Among the scattering parts, he yelled, “Damn it!”

………………………

For a moment, several protectors close to Xiang Shan didn’t know what to do.

Even the forces below were thrown into turmoil.

Until several explosions occurred simultaneously in various parts of the Secluded Crane Knight Order.