Chapter 47: Shadow of Slaughter

At the edge of Sand Castle, Gu Lian lifted the hem of her clothes and walked to the castle gate. The Desert Eagle on her thigh gleamed darkly under the moonlight.

At that moment, two guards were standing watch at the gate of Sand Castle. No matter what incident occurred in the Grand Camp, people would always be left to guard Sand Castle.

“Hey, how many years of peace have we had? This place is being attacked again.”

A guard with a face full of stubble looked up at the distant night sky, which had already been dyed crimson red by the flames.

“Having two years of peace is already good enough, what more can you ask for?”

Another guard, who loved to smoke, was a somewhat skinny young man who spoke up. He seemed a bit lazy.

“Wait, it looks like someone’s coming over there.”

Both guards raised their weapons, and the other one even threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out.

“You, what are you…”

Bang!

A spray of blood mist exploded from the head of the guard who had spoken. Pale white bone fragments were sent flying, and warm blood splattered onto the face of the other guard.

“Enemy…”

Just as the other guard was flipping the safety off his weapon, Gu Lian had already rushed in front of him. She kicked the weapon out of his hand with one foot, maintaining a high-kick stance. Her arm straightened, and the barrel of the Desert Eagle was shoved hard into the man’s mouth.

Bang!

The distinctive, large-caliber gunshot of the Desert Eagle rang out. The bolt slammed against the breech, grazing past her thumb. A bullet left the chamber.

The muzzle flash that appeared instantly scorched the guard’s oral cavity. The bullet that followed carried immense kinetic energy, piercing through the guard’s thick neck. After shattering his cervical vertebrae, the bullet dragged a line of blood through the air before burying itself in the sand and gravel, kicking up fine particles.

Fire was burning, people were screaming in terror. The chaotic Grand Camp perfectly masked the gunshots.

After firing two consecutive shots to kill the two guards, Gu Lian immediately swung her gun, its dark, empty muzzle pointing at the wooden door.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three consecutive shots, forming a pentagonal pattern, penetrated the wooden door. Gu Lian planted her right foot firmly on the ground, swiftly shifting forward. Her left knee bent and lifted, delivering a straight front kick that squarely hit the center of the wooden door.

With a loud bang, the wooden door was kicked down, landing right on top of a guard who was already dead. Fresh red blood seeped out under her feet.

A red glint flashed in Gu Lian’s eyes. Her arm remained extended forward, and facing her was a guard aiming an AK at her. Gu Lian pulled the trigger.

Bang! Bang~

The two of them fired almost simultaneously. Two bullets left their chambers one after the other, slicing through layers of ripples in the air before crossing paths mid-flight.

Gu Lian twisted her body to the side. The bullet tore through the air, and a spray of blood blossomed on her left shoulder. Meanwhile, the guard was shot through the throat by her bullet.

The guard slammed into the wall with a thud, dust drifting down from the ceiling. His mouth full of blood, he still tried to pull the trigger, but after struggling for half a second, his body went completely limp.

That burly body slid down the wall, leaving a terrifying streak of blood. The originally white wall was now splattered with droplets of blood.

Gu Lian raised her hand and, expressionless, pried out the bullet embedded in her left shoulder. As she passed by one of the first guards she had shot down, a blood-stained hand grabbed her ankle.

“You… won’t…”

The guard seemed to want to say something more, but Gu Lian, walking past him, completely ignored him. The Desert Eagle in her hand tilted towards the ground, and she fired two more shots.

Bang! Bang!

Blood flowers bloomed from the guard’s head and chest. The bullets pierced straight through his body and embedded themselves in the wooden planks, sending wood chips flying.

Inside Sand Castle at that moment, the scattered guards were all rushing towards this location. Gu Lian knew her time wasn’t plentiful. Without much thought, she rushed straight for the second floor.

Charging into the interior of Sand Castle, after passing through the first-floor hall, Gu Lian directly ran up to the second floor. But just as she reached the corner, she stopped and pressed herself against the wall.

At least ten guards had already gathered at the corner. Seeing this scene, Gu Lian took three Magnetic Grenades from her card pouch.

Gu Lian leaned half her body out and swung her arm, throwing the Magnetic Grenades. The bead-like grenades were flung from between her five fingers—suave, decisive.

Boom~

With the roar of a flame beast, fire rapidly spread through the second-floor corridor. Wherever it passed, screams and explosions mixed together. The temperature inside Sand Castle rose several degrees due to the blast.

Quickly stepping out from behind the wall, Gu Lian leapt over the corpses that had been blown apart. She lifted her leg and kicked a door.

Thud~

The door to Weikede’s office was kicked open. Gu Lian headed straight for the bookshelf behind the desk. Reaching the desk, she sat in Weikede’s chair, placed her hand on the desktop, and the bookshelf behind her began to sink.

Getting up from the chair, Gu Lian quickly found a red-covered book on the sixth row from the left. A metal wall slowly unfolded, revealing an elevator.

Gu Lian entered the elevator and, based on the operational procedure she had seen Weikede perform earlier, repeated it herself.

Clack, clack, clack…

The metal door closed, and the elevator slowly descended. Gu Lian let out a long sigh. Up to this point, things still hadn’t succeeded.

Half a minute later, Gu Lian stepped out of the elevator. What greeted her eyes were researchers busy writing reports.

As if sensing someone’s arrival, a researcher looked up, glanced, then turned his attention back to his ongoing research.

But when they lowered their heads again, a sudden feeling of unease struck them. Wait, that’s not right. The person who came in seemed to be a stranger!

A sound carrying a whistling wind echoed. By the time the three researchers looked up in perfect sync, Gu Lian had already rushed swiftly near them.

Her right hand swished out, drawing a dagger with wave-like patterns from inside her thigh.

At the moment they looked up, the dagger was already in her hand. The sharp blade sliced through, carrying a mournful sound of tearing wind, as if the air itself was being cut by the blade’s edge.

In the next instant, it swept across the neck of the foremost researcher, dragging a strand of blood beads into the air.

With a thump, Gu Lian took a step forward, lunging. As she dodged a few bullets that came sweeping past, the dagger in her hand instantly plunged into the ear of another researcher, piercing out above the temple.

At the same time, those other bullets pierced through the last researcher. Gu Lian swiftly withdrew the dagger, and blood sprayed out like a fountain.

Having done all this, Gu Lian spun around in one fluid motion. The dagger tightly gripped in her hand was thrown, the rotating blade appearing even more cutting.

The dagger was thrown. A guard in the corner who was reloading tried to shout, but was stabbed in the mouth by the blade. The impact it carried caused the dagger to pierce through the back of his head, pinning him to the metal wall behind him.

If it were before, she definitely couldn’t have performed these precise and adrenaline-pumping actions. Whether in strength, speed, or reflexes, she couldn’t reach this level.

But now she was Weiyi. Even without transforming into her Weiyi state, her physical fitness had already reached a level unattainable by ordinary people.

“My god, this damn bastard!”

The remaining three guards, after a brief moment of confusion, decisively cocked their weapons and aimed their muzzles at Gu Lian.

“Hmm?”

Gu Lian narrowed her eyes slightly. She lifted her leg and kicked the corpse beside her, sending it flying. Her right hand turned outward, and with a click, a folding knife that had been folded together sprang out from her sleeve.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bullets as dense as a rainstorm袭来. Gu Lian swung her arm holding the folding knife. The chaotic blade unfolded in mid-air. Five segments of the blade body swayed irregularly in the air. At the joints between the segments, five steel wires were linked there.

“Muda! Muda! Muda!”