Chapter 256: Rand is out of the cage!
Inside the brightly lit hall of the base.
A series of clear images above the metal round table appeared in front of everyone.
At this moment, just six hours had passed since the evacuation operation began.
The entire battle team only advanced about three kilometers.
The two lines of defense were barely maintained.
The number of civilians who have completed the evacuation is estimated to be between 10,000 and 20,000.
If the number of people who escaped on their own is counted.
Then the data can be close to 50,000.
But for the slums where there are still hundreds of thousands of civilians, everything is just the beginning.
Moreover, the Blood Cult seemed to have discovered the ultimate purpose of the fighting team.
They massacred innocent people in a brutal manner to intimidate civilians who had not yet fled.
And he used the reputation he had accumulated over the years to deceive all civilians.
The attacking fighting team is the bad guys who came to drive them out of their homes.
Taking advantage of the blind obedience of the civilians, they were driven to voluntarily become the heartless masses.
The front of the battle line was filled with cannon fodder.
"My Lord, no gang dogs have been killed yet, but the number of seriously injured has increased to 23. The loss of automatic servo robots is not great, with only over 50 temporarily withdrawing from the battle due to various mechanical failures or overheating of guns. They are undergoing self-inspection... Fifty-six heavy combat servants have not yet entered the battlefield. The authority to unlock them has been given to Buggy and Old John, allowing them to independently judge the situation on the battlefield and release the combat servants."
"However, with the mobilization of the Blood Worship Cult, a considerable number of civilians have been completely bewitched and turned into insane people. Moreover, the more ferocious our killing, the more blood will flow on the ground. Some Blood Worship priests who have lost their physical restraints can take advantage of this special environment. They are using a large amount of blood to perform some strange blood magic."
"Of course, our combat team has found a way to resist these guys. Either use flamethrowers to burn corpses and evaporate blood, or use laser weapons to focus fire on a bloody humanoid priest. Their so-called immortal bodies can only be recondensed a few times. At most three or four times, they will be assimilated by the blood and become a pool of blood slime that can only wriggle..."
"Old John is forming a decapitation team using freezing grenades. He intends to find out the enemy's real commander to reduce the pressure on the team to face the enemy head-on..."
Iron Man David, with real-time images constantly reflected in his eye sockets, stood beside the metal round table without moving.
It kept reporting any battle situations to Rorschach and the two people around him.
Thump, thump, thump!
With an indifferent expression, Rorschach repeatedly tapped the smooth, reflective tabletop with one metal finger.
There were bursts of dull metallic collision sounds.
Boom!
It was at this point that perhaps it was the lingering effects of the noise from Rorschach's hands.
Or maybe they can no longer bear the death of innocent civilians in real-time footage.
Tony, who was controlling the armor, stood up suddenly and walked towards the base passage with an expressionless face.
"Tony, what are you going to do?"
Rorschach's calm voice reached Tony's ears clearly.
"I don't want to sit here and watch! I want to go to the scene and help! Even if I can only save one person, I'll be willing to do it!"
Tony, whose carefully trimmed mustache seemed to tremble slightly, said without turning his head.
"Save your energy! In a large-scale war to eliminate aliens, even if you go up, you won't be able to play a greater role... It's nothing more than reducing some casualties and inspiring everyone's fighting morale, but this is also their responsibility and the purpose of my training them."
Rorschach narrowed his eyes and spoke in a calm tone.
However, Rorschach's words seemed to anger Tony.
He drove the armor and turned around suddenly.
There seemed to be traces of blood in the pair of wide-open eyes.
"Damn it! There is no such thing as a responsibility! Why can you send your men to die? You..."
"Tony, you are not a soldier, nor a warrior... You may never understand what duty and sacrifice are, but you must at least learn basic respect!"
Rorschach, who was sitting next to the round metal table, showed no signs of being angry.
He still spoke in a calm tone,
"I told you a long time ago, Tony, everything you see once you enter the base will be far beyond your concepts and imagination...it was you who insisted on coming in."
"Anger, shame, fear... these are the physiological reactions of normal people facing such a battle. After becoming a superhero, you may have witnessed many tragic events and have a conscience that wants to do good things, but you have never really set foot on a horrific battlefield where life and death are at stake... Sacrifice, loyalty, and fighting to death are the ultimate destiny of human warriors."
"Tony, if you want to end this as soon as possible and save more humans... see the passage over there? On the third underground floor, my technocrats may need your help. Use your talents as a technological genius and make your own contribution to this war."
Rorschach's words had just fallen.
Tony took a few deep breaths and seemed to control the violent fluctuations of emotions in his heart.
He stared deeply at the expressionless Rorschach.
He resolutely flew towards the foundry workshop on the third underground floor.
"My Lord... I have informed Raditus that help will be coming."
"But will your actions just now..."
Iron Man David, with real-time images projected in his eye sockets, whispered to Rorschach.
"David, I know what you mean... But Tony won't be a threat to us. His character is indeed bad, but I believe in his conscience. He just hasn't escaped the shackles of being a superhero and hasn't really grown up yet..."
"So, I gave him one chance and will continue to give him more opportunities. It depends on how he understands and digests those things."
Rorschach narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke to Iron Man David in a calm tone.
At this moment, Blade Warrior Eric, who was sitting opposite the metal round table, seemed to look at Rorschach again through his sunglasses.
But he was a man of few words and rarely showed outward emotions.
Rorschach was too lazy to guess what the other person was thinking.
"My Lord, according to my calculations, the first 24 hours will not be a big problem for the gang dogs... but the number of civilians they can evacuate will definitely decrease. According to my continuous deduction of the current battlefield situation, after 72 hours, we can only evacuate 200,000 people at most. The Blood Worship Cult's control over the slums is much tighter than we expected..."
"Only two hundred thousand?"
Rorschach murmured something and then fell silent.
Then, he straightened his back suddenly and drove the blue power armor to slowly stand up!
"David, load the Valkyrie transport with Land Raiders..."
"At the same time, use the automated drones on the battlefield to try to find the location of the Blood Cult's nest!"
"I will personally give them a gift...as an appetizer before the feast of the Extinction Order!"
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(End of this chapter)