Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 074

The technical department responsible for analyzing the samples Xiao Yan brought back from the abandoned industrial zone finally came up with preliminary analysis results!

The results were shocking, yet within Xiao Yan’s expectations—the dried reddish-black viscous fluid and the faint biological tissue residue on the wall scratches, after gene sequence comparison and energy characteristic analysis, were highly consistent in origin with the [Brain-Devouring Terror Worms] that had previously ravaged the isolation zone in the south of the city, almost annihilating the First Division’s Special Operations Brigade!

Although the samples were extremely minute and already dried, making deeper research impossible, this preliminary conclusion was enough to reveal a terrifying fact:

The Brain-Devouring Terror Worms, or rather, equally bizarre and dangerous entities of the same origin, were no longer confined to the sealed city-south isolation zone! They had very likely infiltrated the city’s interior through some unknown means!

This news was like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a huge commotion within the high echelons of Fourth New Nanjing City!

The previous sporadic cases of missing persons, although they had caused some alarm, occurred in fringe areas, and most of the missing were low-level personnel. While the high-ranking officials took them seriously, they did not consider them an imminent major threat capable of shaking the city’s foundations.

But now, the situation was completely different!

Brain-Devouring Terror Worms! These terrifying entities, which almost brought about a catastrophe not long ago, had actually infiltrated the city’s interior?!

What did this mean?

It meant that those seemingly ordinary missing person cases were very likely not criminal cases at all, but rather… the terror worms silently conducting “hunting” and “parasitism”?!

It meant that an unknown number of “time bombs” — individuals who had been parasitized — might already be hidden within the city?!

For a time, an invisible panic began to spread among the high-ranking officials.

However, before they could recover from this horrifying news, an even more urgent and direct alarm, like a heavy hammer, struck fiercely!

An urgent report came from the Security Department:

Just half an hour ago, a small team belonging to the City Defense Army’s Second Division, responsible for routine night patrols in a densely populated residential area in the west of the city, suddenly lost contact with the command center!

It wasn’t the entire team that lost contact, but a lone First-Grade warrior!

According to reports from other members of the team, this First-Grade warrior was responsible for guarding the team’s rear flank and had maintained some distance from the main group. Just a few seconds before losing contact, his personal communicator suddenly emitted an extremely brief, chaotic signal filled with static and interference!

The technical department urgently repaired and analyzed this less-than-a-second signal, extracting some indistinct background sounds and… a fragmented word, filled with terror and disbelief:

“…Mon… monster…!!”

Then, the signal abruptly cut off, and the First-Grade warrior’s vital signs instantly vanished from the map! As if he had evaporated into thin air!

A warrior!

A true First-Grade warrior!

Missing within a densely populated urban residential area! And before disappearing, he issued an alarm about encountering a “monster”!

This was no longer a simple missing person case! This was almost certainly an attack! And it was an extremely dangerous attack from a non-human entity!

This news completely shattered the last shred of complacency in the hearts of the high-ranking officials!

The threat was no longer confined to the city’s periphery! It had silently infiltrated the city’s heart like a venomous snake, beginning to target powerful warriors!

The seriousness of the situation instantly escalated to an unprecedented level!

The supreme command center of Fourth New Nanjing City immediately entered the highest level of emergency!

Piercing alarms blared in various military bases and security departments! Urgent orders were rapidly issued through encrypted channels!

The city’s defense level instantly rose to maximum! All warriors on leave were urgently recalled! Heavy troops were quickly deployed at key intersections and areas! A large-scale investigation and clear-out operation targeting the potential threat within the city silently and abruptly began!

The wind howled, signaling an approaching storm! The entire Fourth New Nanjing City was enveloped in an unprecedented atmosphere of tension and oppression!

And Xiao Yan, in the Special Operations Brigade camp, felt his eyes turn incredibly cold and sharp the moment he received this urgent report!

He knew that his days of peaceful cultivation were completely over.

A storm sweeping across the entire city had… begun!