“Heli 8, safety confirmed.”
Elder Zhang looked at the pilot in front of him and turned to smile at Hong Guangming beside him. “You didn’t embarrass our battalion by stepping forward!”
Hong Guangming said awkwardly, “Actually, I sometimes wonder how good it would’ve been if I died on the battlefield. That way, I wouldn’t have to see the current situation and be implicated by my child. I wouldn’t have to do those things against my conscience…”
This involved his guilt, so he was unwilling to mention it further. He then asked, “Battalion Commander, why aren’t you wearing the aluminum pots? You might really be able to resist the Heartless disease later.”
Elder Zhang had just informed his former subordinate of the horror of a New World powerhouse.
Elder Zhang shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly. “Actually, we all know very well that aluminum pots can’t prevent the Heartless disease, but mind control really exists! Some people will unconsciously change their personalities and do things that they wouldn’t have done in the past. You probably did the same—yes, definitely. It was only when you were shocked by everyone’s performance that you returned to normal…”
Before Elder Zhang could finish speaking, he suddenly saw Hong Guangming’s face distort. The latter’s eyes quickly turned turbid, and blood vessels protruded.
“Guangming…” The latter half of Elder Zhang’s words were stuck in his throat. A gasping sound came from his mouth as if he had become a beast that couldn’t speak human.
In just a few seconds, everyone in the helicopter was infected with the Heartless disease.
The helicopter’s flying trajectory became stranger as it plummeted to the ground not long after.
Boom!
A fireball rose.
…
“Heli 7, safety confirmed.”
Sizzle…
In the second round of situation reports, nobody replied after Heli 7.
After a few seconds, a voice sounded. “Heli 1, safety confirmed…”
Without the pilot’s explanation, Long Yuehong and the others clearly knew one thing: Something had happened to Heli 8.
Doctor was really here!
Just as this realization flashed through his mind, the pilot—who knew the callsigns and had also observed the situation—said in a deep voice, “It’s the one Elder Zhang and the others were on.”
Elder Zhang… Long Yuehong suddenly felt his mood sink.
A faint sense of grief quickly filled the helicopter.
In Heli 3, Commissioner Huang—who also knew the callsigns—couldn’t help but sigh.
“Old Zhang…” He felt like he had lost another pillar that could support his memories.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, accompanied by strong dizziness.
Heartless disease! This realization suddenly flashed across Commissioner Huang’s mind. He tried his best to mobilize his mind and stimulate his consciousness to mount a defense. However, his vision became darker and darker, and his thoughts slowed down.
Before long, Commissioner Huang felt like he couldn’t hold on any longer. With his lingering obsession, he opened his mouth and shouted, “For all of…”
These were the words that had accompanied him through a long life fraught with danger—words that he had lost and found puzzling before finding them again.
At the end of his sentence, a beast-like roar replaced the word ‘humanity.’ Commissioner Huang’s eyes rapidly turned turbid as countless blood vessels surfaced.
The helicopter—which had lost its pilot—soon crashed into a nearby mountain.
Boom!
A fireball bloomed in midair.
…
“Heli 1, safety confirmed.”
“Heli 2, safety confirmed.”
After a moment of silence, the pilot in Heli 5 said with a sobbing tone, “Commissioner Huang and the others have sacrificed themselves.”
Commissioner Huang… Long Yuehong’s heart palpitated as if he saw the shadow of death looming over. He couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Bai Chen. “I…”
Bai Chen cut him off. “We’ll talk about it later. We’ll definitely survive!”
At this moment, Shang Jianyao raised his right hand that was holding the small jade Buddha with a solemn expression and pressed it to his left chest.
“For all of humanity!” he shouted in a deep voice.
The Salvation Army veterans in the front row bowed their heads because of Commissioner Huang’s death. Their eyes seemed to flicker with tears as their right hands neatly pressed to their left chests. “For all of humanity!”
A firm and passionate voice echoed in the helicopter.