Praying mantises began to proliferate in City 20. Praying mantises were everywhere, too many to count. City residents discovered that the praying mantises had begun to attack humans. They even saw people completely covered in praying mantises, wailing and screaming. The praying mantises had evolved sharp mouthparts; with one bite, blood would gush from the attacked person. The scene was extremely gruesome and terrifying. This plunged everyone into fear, as if the City 10 disaster was about to repeat itself here. It's important to remember that after the City 10 disaster, only 6 million people were left out of 12 million! For a time, the bigwigs frantically called for Garrison Troops for rescue, while the people huddled together and fled towards the city outskirts. But soon, everyone realized something was different. Someone shouted on the street: "Don't panic, everyone, don't panic! Didn't you notice, they're only attacking the High Caste, they don't care about us Low Caste! I recognize the person who died at the intersection just now; he was a Shendai lackey!" Slowly, people in various corners of the city discovered this pattern! Countless praying mantises passed by, making a rustling sound, but they ignored the residents who slowly stood still, showing no interest in them. "What's going on? Why aren't the praying mantises attacking us? Do they have a grudge against Shendai?" "I don't know, but I have a feeling something's wrong." "Wait, could this be the Guardians' Union retaliating against Shendai? Shendai destroyed City 10, so they're using the same method to destroy Shendai?" "If you put it that way, it seems possible, but how did they do it?" As soon as the words fell, someone on the street saw a white man, naked to the waist, wailing as he ran out of a building, with praying mantises closely following him. Ultimately, they bit him to death! After the white man died, the praying mantises didn't attack anyone else, but continued to search for their next target. Although the praying mantises couldn't find all the High Caste and white people, killing even half was enough to encourage the people. They couldn't help but wonder, could it be... ...The Guardians' Union is back?! Just when the citizens of City 20 were about to reach their breaking point with Shendai and the Kingdom, the Guardians' Union finally returned, fulfilling their hearts' desires. The boss of the ramen stall stood among the praying mantises, suppressing his nausea, excitedly sending messages to all his relatives and friends: Don't panic, the praying mantises that suddenly appeared in the city were created by the Guardians' Union, they won't harm civilians!! This message quickly spread. In the six northern cities, any news about the Guardians' Union would be quickly spread and forwarded. This was the public support and foundation that the Guardians' Union had left behind. At this time, Gao Wen of Hope Media suddenly published an article, detailing the decryption of the City 10 disaster: After Shendai Qianchi's death, the Shendai Consortium placed his body in the City 10 sewer, eventually to be devoured by praying mantises and rats. The rats caused the City 10 disaster, while the praying mantises were controlled by the Guardians' Union. Everything that happened in City 20 now was a case of using one's own methods against them, and the target of this attack was to kill all the lawless white people! Now, the people of City 20 finally knew the truth. They were no longer afraid of the praying mantises, and even managed to suppress their nausea and greet them... The people carefully observed the ground, only to see the praying mantises surging out of the manhole covers like a tide, large and small. The large ones were as big as washbasins, while the small ones were as small as fingernails. The large ones protected the small ones, just like tanks protecting infantry on the battlefield... To be honest, they were clearly very happy to see the Guardians' Union return and stand up for them. But the problem is, why this feeling of both excitement and nausea?! When Shendai discovered something was wrong, the praying mantises were already rampant. They struggled to resist, but their resistance was quickly broken. Only then did they understand the fear felt by the City 10 residents. There were many places attacked by the praying mantises, but they were exceptionally precise: all branches of the PCE Public Security Committee, Garrison Troops camps, the residences of all Shendai members, and places only accessible to the High Caste. At one point, the outlaw Feng San walked down the street. He was exceptionally grateful for Shendai's High Caste system, this system directly helped him gather all the Shendai members and Shendai lackeys together, making them very easy to find. During his time in City 20, he hadn't been idle, sleeping only three hours a day, just to determine these attack targets. Check latest chapters at 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵 Xiao San understood that he was the most important link in the Leader's plan; only if he succeeded could the Leader's final plan be completed. Thinking of this, Xiao San couldn't help but fantasize about returning to Outer World Whale Island and how he would drink and boast with his Home Families. In the Garrison Troops camp, a commander was roaring: "Close the gate quickly, get the flamethrowers! Bullets are useless!" Ordinary firearms work on humans, but against this dense swarm of praying mantises, even if you fire a whole magazine, you won't see any significant decrease in the praying mantises visually, you won't even see any difference from before. So you can only use RPGs, airburst munitions, and flamethrowers. As the Garrison Troops camp gate was lowered and the soldiers went to retrieve the flamethrowers from the warehouse, when the swarm of praying mantises reached the gate, they only paused slightly, then suddenly spread their wings and flew up. They easily flew into the sky, falling like a dark cloud. The Garrison Troops soldiers watched this scene, and their minds began to collapse. This is cheating, this is a wall-hack! The praying mantises not only grew biting mouthparts, they could also fly. Who wouldn't be confused by this?! To be honest, if the City 10 attack on humans had been a praying mantis swarm instead of a rat tide, it's debatable whether the Guardians' Union could have held out. Especially in the face of these praying mantises that could fly to the 30th floor of a building, there's nowhere to hide! In just five minutes, the Garrison Troops camp fell, and the soldiers could only retreat hastily into the buildings, helpless. The dignitaries in City 20 were much worse off than those in City 10. The Garrison Troops couldn't even protect themselves, let alone take care of them? No one expected that the seemingly powerful Shendai Consortium's stronghold would fall in this way. From tonight onwards, the Guardians' Union was no longer a civilian organization, but a newly emerging behemoth, a behemoth capable of severely crippling the Conglomerate's foundation. Everyone had to re-evaluate its existence. At this time, the southwest corner of City 20 had not yet been ravaged by the praying mantis swarm, but the Kingdom's Dominating Vessel Air Fortress, which was docked, had begun to issue assembly orders to all its off-duty members. In the fortress, the completely disfigured Nikita sat grimly in the command seat, demanding that all off-duty members arrive at the Air Fortress within 30 minutes. Then, they would take to the air again. The previous explosion on the Air Fortress deck resulted in 89% of Nikita's body being burned. If she hadn't been an A-Class Metahuman, she would have died of organ failure long ago! Nikita was no longer beautiful. She wrapped herself up tightly, her face also bearing scars, waiting for treatment and skin grafting after recovery. She opened her phone, coldly looking at the photo of Qing Chen on her phone, her eyes filled with hatred. If a woman's heart is filled only with hatred, she will be willing to drag the whole world into a sea of fire. In a shop on Fengqing Street, Qing Chen carried an unconscious white man, calmly walking down the corridor. There was no one left in this shop; everyone had been scared away by the praying mantis swarm, leaving only the empty house and Qing Chen. He called Qing Ji: "Fengqing Street number 169, come pick me up." The next moment, Qing Ji opened the Shadow Gate on Fengqing Street and walked into number 169. Seeing him come in, Qing Chen curiously asked: "You came so quickly...so you've been to this Fengqing Street before, haven't you?" Qing Ji glanced at him: "Why would the Chairman of the Board of Directors pay attention to such trivial matters? Let's go." Saying this, he opened the Shadow Gate and took Qing Chen back to the Ginkgo Mountain Villa in City 5. In front of them, the Neural Link device had been set up again. There was no one around; except for Qing Chen, the family head, and Qing Ji, no one knew what was happening here. Qing Chen stuffed the white man into the machine, and Qing Ji curiously asked: "You're going to deprive him of all his memories and then impersonate him?" "Yes," Qing Chen nodded: "To infiltrate the Forbidden Sea, you need a new identity. The Kingdom's Air Fortress should have very strict security measures, just having a face isn't enough to infiltrate, you need to know all their secret orders. If you want to integrate into society once you reach the Forbidden Sea, you need to know some social connections." Originally, Qing Chen's plan didn't include plundering memories, but since there was a machine, it was natural to use it. Qing Ji started the equipment: "Since you've thought it all out, I won't say anything more, but honestly, you already have such wealth and status, and yet you dare to take such risks personally. I admire that." If Qing Chen stayed here, he would be the future head of the Qing Family, wielding terrifying power. If Qing Chen died in the Forbidden Sea, he would just be a skeleton. A normal person would absolutely not take such a risk. Qing Chen shook his head: "If the Roosevelt Family in the Forbidden Sea is powerful enough, the current Qing Family would be crushed before them. At that time, even the Qing Family would be gone, so what use is the title of Head of the Qingshi Clan? Let's begin." The equipment started, but something unexpected happened. Sparks flew out of the Neural Link device's wires. Following this, the chips and motherboards inside were all destroyed. "Broken?" Qing Chen frowned: "After plundering memories yesterday, who else had a chance to touch this machine?" Qing Ji calmly said: "A Mute servant who was specifically responsible for guarding the equipment." "Where is he?" Qing Chen asked. "He's on duty today, guarding Old Master's room outside," Qing Ji said: "Old Master is in danger." At this moment, the Old Master in the room said: "Bring in some fresh tea." The Mute servant outside immediately went to prepare Old Master's favorite Da Hong Pao, steadily carrying the tray inside, looking at the Old Master who had their back turned, their eyes suddenly changed. But the Old Master said: "Strange, I can't figure out when you found the opportunity, even my Mute servant could be turned into a puppet by you." The puppet paused slightly, but slowly straightened up their stooped body, smiling: "You're really clever, you've given me the strongest sense of pressure over the years. Last month, I only made a slight mistake, and you killed over a thousand puppets in rapid succession. I didn't dare get too close to you back then, fearing that you would see something unusual, but I didn't expect that after so many years of effort, I still haven't been able to hide it." The puppet used the word "you," they were truly impressed by this old man. If this person hadn't been sitting in Ginkgo Mountain, and had continuously tracked down clues related to him for eight years, the Qing Family might have changed hands long ago. The puppet curiously asked: "How did you discover me, and how did you find those puppets? I thought I had already cut off all the clues...I have a guess, let's see if you think it's right." The old man calmly said: "Speak freely." The puppet pondered: "Over the past few years, although you've been looking for me, all those clues have been cut off by me, and you shouldn't be able to find them. The facts also prove that during those years, you couldn't inflict any serious damage on me...However, after Prison 18 was destroyed, the Forbidden Artifact ACE-002 Heaven and Earth Go Board disappeared, Qing Chen in the prison became a Knight but faked his death and escaped, Li Shutong's companion was saved by the Qing Family Shadow forces, all of this together seems like a huge transaction... The puppet's thinking speed seemed a bit slow, as if it needed to gather a lot of information together and then process it collectively. Although the ability to gather information is powerful, the CPU is a bit old. They finally judged: "You and Li Shutong must have made a deal, I guess the content of the deal is: You helped Li Shutong save his friends, and in return he made Qing Chen a Knight, and when the divine Scepter's sky-based weapon fell, opening the long-sealed Forbidden Artifact container, he would get the Heaven and Earth Go Board for you? Then, you used the Heaven and Earth Go Board to find me and killed over a thousand of my puppets in one go? So I guess, the reason why you were able to kill my thousands of puppets without a trace is because of that Heaven and Earth Go Board? What exactly is its function?" The old man retorted: "Are you here to kill me, or to ask questions?" The puppet didn't answer, but continued thoughtfully: "Your Mute servants are divided into two groups, one group is responsible for external affairs, they never have the opportunity to get within 300 meters of you, nor do they have the opportunity to touch food. The other group is as if it's physically isolated, never leaving Ginkgo Mountain Villa...This is to prevent me, right? That's right." The puppet: "Of course, I have many purposes...I originally wanted to continue hiding in this puppet body, but Mute servants started watching me this morning, and then I was arranged to come here. So I wanted to chat with you casually before this puppet was killed. Of course, being able to kill you would be best, I originally wanted to poison you, but you certainly won't drink this tea."