Chapter 104: Chapter 103, The Battle of the Power Plant
As the star warriors began their assault, two transport helicopters, carrying a total of nine battle nuns, along with Gu Hang himself, also arrived above the target location.
The target location had six wind turbines arrayed in its vicinity.
After Georgette and others had, through various intelligence, determined that the cult leader was very likely hidden there, Gu Hang urgently had the place investigated, and to his surprise, he discovered that it was actually a small wind farm.
There were a total of eight such wind farms within the whole scope of Revival City.
Since last year, the Alliance Council had approved the construction of these power stations. A company from the north called Polar Industrial Group had won the bid for this project and had started the construction work.
According to the project timeline estimates, these eight wind farms, situated in different locations around the city, should have been completed around some time before now.
From the documents, the whole process of approval and construction didn’t seem to have any issues. However, in reality, Gu Hang could sense something odd from other aspects.
Does Revival City need wind power? Isn’t it more stable and practical to generate electricity using thermoelectric plants built with pyrite? Is there a need for wind energy, an uneconomical and unstable method?
And don’t even mention environmental protection or clean energy. Not to mention on Rage Owl Star, this barren planet, it’s not an issue in the majority of Imperial worlds either.
Even if you could explain this with the abundance of wind energy resources, why build eight at once? And why eight small ones? Wouldn’t it be better to select a location with particularly good wind energy resources to construct a large set of turbines?
The locations of these eight wind farms were positioned almost in the eight cardinal directions of Revival City, enclosing the entire city along with its outskirts, which made Gu Hang feel that something was not right.
Then, he noticed the names signed on the approval document.
Norris, Mondok, Wohan.
All three former Alliance Council members were people whom Gu Hang had clear evidence to believe were deeply involved with the cult.
Going one step further, what is the signature ability of the Primordial Wrath Owl Sect?
Storms.
All these factors combined, Gu Hang truly felt a deep chill.
He really wanted to convince himself that he was overthinking, that there was no definitive evidence of anything.
However, as long as his brain could stay even a bit normal, he couldn’t make himself ignore these strongly correlated clues when put together.
But, regardless, capturing this place and catching the cult leader was the top priority.
The strong winds that had started from the cult’s attack on the food supply route were now intensifying. Not to mention, it had also begun to rain since a short while ago.
In the midst of the swaying, the transport helicopters were very unstable, jolting violently.
Gu Hang held onto a handle on the edge of the helicopter with one hand, while looking down. His azure eyes clearly showed that he had fully activated his spiritual vision.
Under his vision, amidst the wind and rain, the power station revealed very obvious, even somewhat ostentatious, energy fluctuations.
It seemed as if it were taunting: We are fully prepared, and you are too late.
Gu Hang’s expression was stern.
His gaze shifted outward, observing four conspicuous and powerful figures entering into the power station.
In the middle of the six wind turbines was one with structures surrounding it. Functionally, Gu Hang was unsure of the specific significance of having a wind power generator shaped like a windmill tower, but the most important enemy should be there.
The star warriors arrived at the main entrance of the windmill tower. One of them kicked open the door and burst inside.
Soon, the booming sound of explosive guns, despite the considerable altitude, despite the sound of the wind and rain, despite the noise of the helicopter’s rotors, still reached Gu Hang’s ears.
Enemies holed up inside the windmill tower were being rapidly eradicated. The star warriors’ attack was relentless and fierce.
Georgette and the nuns accompanying her had also completed their rappelling. Their descent wasn’t quite like what Gu Hang remembered; the helicopter hadn’t even dropped to a safe height when they deployed their ropes. They slid down swiftly, and halfway through, they swung slightly to gain momentum, then let go and one by one smashed through the windows of the windmill tower.
Soon after, the sound of bomb guns came from inside, probably accompanied by the slicing of storm shields and human flesh, but, regrettably, Gu Hang couldn’t hear it.
“Governor, we might need to return ahead of schedule. The storm is too intense,” the pilot’s voice came from ahead.
Gu Hang responded, “You all head back.”
As he said this, he too jumped down.
Seeing the body of the Governor plummeting in free fall, the pilot’s eyes widened with fright.
But it quickly became a non-issue: he saw the Governor’s descent slow visibly to the naked eye, then he floated gently, moving toward the location where the battle nuns had broken in through the windows.
His golden robe fluttered wildly in the strong wind, yet not a drop of rain could touch him.
“They are all some bizarre folk…” the pilot muttered as he maneuvered the helicopter to ascend, heading towards the inner city.
The rain was getting heavier, and he was somewhat worried.
Revival City often had windstorms, but the rainfall was usually moderate. According to the season, it wasn’t the time for stormy weather.
The stronger the wind and rain grew, the worse the omen.
Had the Rage Owl God been angered?
His body shivered slightly, he needed to hurry back.
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By the time Gu Hang entered through the broken window, the fight was nearly at its end.
Some cultists were entrenched here, not many, but each one was rather powerful. Leading them were three individuals wearing gray-white robes.
From his several encounters with the Primordial Wrath Owl Sect, Gu Hang could roughly discern their hierarchical differences.
Those capable of using Storm Sorcery were undoubtedly core members. The ones in blue robes were ordinary members; Grey-white robes, of which Gu Hang had seen a few, were generally a notch above the blue robes, roughly equivalent to his own strength at LV2.
Among the grey robes, Gu Hang had so far encountered two with distinct physiques. The one who ambushed him originally, and the fat woman he met at Norris Factory, both belonged to this category, approximately as powerful as Gu Hang was at LV3.
Right now, just three ordinary grey robes, they couldn’t turn the tide.
The blue-robed ones were being pincered. The nuns smashing in through the windows were beating them mercilessly; star warriors were climbing up from the staircase below. The three grey robes kept releasing powerful sorcery, trying to harm the nuns, but to no avail. Their spells were easily countered and greatly weakened, utterly incapable of shaking the power armor on the nuns.
This time, the one to land the final blow was still Georgette.
Her sanctified golden halberd, which served as her transcendent weapon, seemed to possess a special demon-dispelling property.
As a spiritual energy wielder, Gu Hang could instinctively sense the threat from it.
Moreover, Gu Hang could clearly see that when Georgette charged the three grey robes, her raised sanctified golden halberd sliced through their storm shields like a hot knife through butter, cutting open the people inside as well.
The other two quickly cast spells in resistance, but to little effect; emulated by the lead nun, two more slashes followed, and subsequently, all were slain.
The devastation caused by the sanctified golden halberd was terrifying: clean cuts and completely split bodies made the scene grotesquely bloody.
Watching this, Gu Hang internally remarked, “Yikes… Does the head nun have some peculiar hobbies? Why does she always end up making it look like this?”
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