Jiang Xueling used only two words, "terrible," to describe the current situation within Huaicheng District.
Tian Jia led the Hongwen Gang in a sudden defection, and the Blackwater Merchant Guild was almost completely wiped out, with only a handful of survivors managing to escape.
Moreover, the Zhu Hong Business Association wouldn't last much longer; most of its elite forces had been dispatched outside the city, and half of its internal defenders had rebelled.
Jiang Xueling opened the backpack slung over her back, which surprisingly contained Hei Qin, the leader of the Blackwater Merchant Guild.
After learning that Fang Xinglong had personally led an assault on the Blackwater Merchant Guild's headquarters, Hei Qin and Jiang Xueling had used a secret passage to escape, leaving the remaining Imperial Guard to buy them time.
Despite disguising themselves and implanting flesh membranes, Hei Qin and Jiang Xueling still encountered several biochemical soldiers of the Blood Bell Gang.
The Blood Bell Gang's specialty was the biochemical modification of ordinary people or clones; with the aid of potions and mechanical implants, they could quickly cultivate biochemical soldiers comparable to Mutants.
After these soldiers were modified, their muscles would swell dramatically, and metal would be added to their bones.
Their internal organs would also be fitted with artificial synthetic organs.
Some individuals would have their arms directly removed and replaced with mechanical claws or chainsaws, and their legs would be transformed into mechanical or track-based walking limbs.
Unlike the Blackwater Merchant Guild's modifications, which aimed to preserve human appearance as much as possible and used exquisite prosthetics, focusing on quality and aesthetics, the Blackwater Merchant Guild's modifications were entirely centered around slaughter and combat.
Some heavily modified biochemical humans even had three heads and six arms, eight electronic eyes circularly installed directly on their brains, their mouths replaced with beast-like mechanical fangs, and their six mechanical arms equipped with chainsaws, laser cannons, Bolters, and flamethrowers.
In short, they were modified in any way that would be advantageous for combat.
Correspondingly, after undergoing modification, the Blood Bell Gang's physicians would excise a portion of their brains and replace it with corresponding electronic components.
This could diminish the modified individual's personal emotions and will, turning them completely into a killing machine after the modification.
Furthermore, such modifications were relatively inexpensive; training a qualified soldier and equipping him with a full set of gear, even a mechanical exoskeleton or Power Armor, would cost approximately 800-2000 helium crystal points.
However, if it was a biochemical modification, it would only cost less than five hundred helium crystal points.
Moreover, biochemical soldiers modified in this way felt no pain or personal emotions, fighting fearlessly, and only needed protective armor on vital body parts as protection.
Hei Qin and Jiang Xueling encountered such a pair of biochemical soldiers on their escape route and were forced into a fight.
Although Hei Qin was the leader of the Blackwater Merchant Guild, she rarely participated in battles, and her prosthetic limbs were severed by the biochemical human in just a few moves.
Seeing the dire situation, Jiang Xueling had no choice but to carry Hei Qin's mangled body and fight while retreating.
Fortunately, there were still many scattered remnants of the Blackwater Merchant Guild and Zhu Hong Business Association forces in the city at first, and skirmishes would break out from time to time.
Jiang Xueling put Hei Qin into a bag and disguised herself as an ordinary scavenger, taking the opportunity to blend in after the surface fighting largely ceased.
After leaving the city, Jiang Xueling was recognized by Feng Jun, but this meant they were temporarily safe, at least not having to worry about being captured by the Blood Bell Gang and the Red Hand Mercenary Group.
Hei Qin was currently in the backpack, and although she was injured, she was still conscious.
After the backpack was opened, she and Feng Jun made eye contact, and the scene became somewhat awkward.
Finally, Feng Jun spoke, "President Hei Qin is severely injured; let's send her back to Longmen Town for treatment first."
Hei Qin was practically naked at this point, and considering she was once one of the controllers of Huaicheng District, her current state made her somewhat embarrassed.
However, before being taken away by the medics, Hei Qin turned her head and said, "Mr. Feng, please be very careful of Tian Jia."
Feng Jun merely nodded to indicate he had heard, then turned back to continue observing the situation in Huaicheng District.
At this time, soldiers maintaining order had begun to appear in Huaicheng District; these soldiers stopped some bloodthirsty combatants and those taking advantage of the chaos.
They began to restore the checkpoints at the city gates and prevented ordinary civilians and scavenger groups from leaving Huaicheng District.
From the armbands they wore, it was clear that these soldiers belonged to the Hongwen Gang and the Red Hand Mercenary Group, while the Blood Bell Gang's people were still plundering the city, even nearly clashing with the other two factions.
"Urge Song Zhan; as soon as he arrives, we'll begin our operation."
Feng Jun had already formulated the battle plan.
First, launch electromagnetic pulse missiles to disable most of the anti-air units, then dispatch white egret type ii formations to directly air-drop soldier robots, and then he would lead his troops into battle.
If the plan went smoothly, they could occupy the entire Huaicheng District in just one wave.
Just then, at the entrance to the underground base in Huaicheng District, Fang Xinglong had already led his biochemical human forces into the underground base.
While terminator power armor was indeed terrifying, Fang Xinglong's biochemical humans, with their fearless charges, forcefully broke through the terminator power armor's defenses.
The remaining Zhu Hong Business Association forces in the base had no choice but to retreat deeper inside for their final defense.
A biochemical human with four mechanical arms swung the chainsaw in his hand, and three Zhu Hong Business Association soldiers who were too slow to dodge were directly cut in half at the waist, but the upper bodies of the soldiers on the ground were still struggling with their hands when they were crushed by its tracked bipedal feet, leaving the ground covered in a mixture of human tissue and bodily fluids.
This biochemical human roared and charged forward; in front of him was a terminator power armor.
The biochemical human roared and rushed towards it, the laser gun mounted on his arm firing continuously.
This terminator power armor stood over three meters tall, gripping a gravity hammer tightly in its hand.
The dense lasers were all blocked by its equipped plasma shield, and facing the charging biochemical human, it didn't even bother to dodge.
It merely swung the power hammer in its hand, and with just one blow, it smashed the biochemical human's head from his chest cavity to the ground.
However, there were simply too many biochemical humans continuously charging, and among them were even some specially modified fat biochemical humans carrying energy blades and equipped with acid-corrosive weapons.
The terminator power armor's plasma shield could defend against most long-range energy and kinetic weapons, but it was useless against close combat and acid.
After an intense battle, this terminator power armor was forcefully blown apart on the spot.
The few remaining terminator power armor units began to retreat inward under the cover of the remaining soldiers.
Fang Xinglong walked over, picked up the gravity hammer left behind by the fallen terminator, weighed it in his hand a few times, and felt very satisfied; with his current height and brute strength, he could barely wield this 400-plus-pound heavy hammer.
"Zhu Wenyao has nothing but good stuff under her command, but it will all be mine now," Fang Xinglong said with a laugh.
Jiang Si Yuan and Tian Jia also entered, followed by their respective Imperial Guard units.
As soon as Jiang Si Yuan entered, he began to flatter Fang Xinglong.
"Gang Leader Fang is truly unmatched in martial arts; today's success is all thanks to you.
Later, I'll need you to smash open Zhu Wenyao's office and drag her out."
Fang Xinglong was very pleased to hear these words, although he also knew that Jiang Si Yuan and Tian Jia looked down on him.
However, all three of them knew that now was not the time to show their true colors, so he merely agreed with a few boisterous sounds, then led his biochemical human forces towards the control room in the base.
Jiang Si Yuan also followed behind, but Tian Jia found an excuse to leave and did not go to the control room with the other two.