Chapter 40: Drowning the Enemy in the Vast Ocean of the People

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The Jiangcheng Federal Law Enforcement Team wisely chose to ignore this message. This wasn't a request for them to investigate someone else; it was a death sentence!

Are they insane? Expecting them to investigate a battle group preparing to deploy to the front lines?

In the current climate, even if the battle group wiped them out, they would at most receive a formal reprimand from the Battle Group Administration Bureau.

As for the battle group, they could conjure up countless excuses—and the enforcement team could even come up with several for them.

"They approached the front lines, and we mistook them for traitors!"

"After all, what kind of decent person sneaks around near the front lines? Who wouldn't draw their blade upon seeing that?"

"They're already dead, what more can you do? If you have a complaint, don't tell us—go tell the Battle Group Administration Bureau!"

And as for whether the Federal Law Enforcement Team was actually sneaking around?

Once you step onto a battle group’s territory, right and wrong are entirely defined by whoever holds the power.

In December of the 130th year of the Transcendence Era, the Red Heart Battle Group, acting on orders from the Battle Group Administration Bureau, deployed to Ningcheng.

Upon arriving in Ningcheng, you completed the handover of garrison duties with the Lion Heart Battle Group, a Grade B force stationed there, before they hurried away with their troops.

You had intended to use the farewell as an excuse to share a drink and gather some intelligence, but it seemed they were burdened with a heavy mission.

Considering the potential crises on the horizon, you spent the shortest time possible familiarizing yourself with the general situation of this frontline city.

One hundred kilometers ahead of Ningcheng lay a small Abyss nest.

Periodically, this nest would erupt with a certain volume of Abyssal monster tides.

Behind Ningcheng lay the city of Shangdu, known as the "Federal Granary."

Therefore, even though Ningcheng was remote and sparsely populated, it still required a powerful battle group to garrison and defend it.

The previous units stationed here were all Grade B without exception. Now that it had fallen to your newly formed Grade C battle group, the immense pressure the Federation faced on the Abyssal front was clear.

In April of the 131st year of the Transcendence Era, months of idleness allowed you to develop your battle group in peace, though a sense of unease inexplicably lingered.

However, according to the various reconnaissance reports from the Red Heart Battle Group's scout division, while the number of Abyssal monsters produced by the Ningcheng nest had been increasing recently, effective strikes had prevented them from forming any significant scale.

Under the Red Heart Battle Group’s conscious efforts to expand outward, the security zone around Ningcheng even began to grow.

The situation was unusually calm.

Thus, through the channels of the Red Heart Society, you arranged for the group of professionals who had pledged their loyalty to you to be stationed in the vicinity of Ningcheng.

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During the day, they operated as ordinary mercenary teams fighting outside the city.

At night, they joined in as auxiliary members of the Red Heart Battle Group, attending bonfires and sharing in the glory of the group.

To you, however, this was merely a reserve move. Deep down, you hoped for these peaceful times to last as long as possible.

In May of the 131st year of the Transcendence Era, you reached Level 24.

In your spare time, you developed a way to relax your mind: lying on the large balcony of the Red Heart Battle Group’s headquarters, squinting at the sun on bright, clear days.

In this leisurely state, your tense nerves seemed to ease.

The Principal was also very concerned about the situation in Ningcheng, noting that the fighting on the front lines was becoming increasingly desperate.

But such high-level warfare had nothing to do with a Grade C unit like the Red Heart Battle Group.

Therefore, you felt you should be able to enjoy a period of calm.

In June of the 131st year of the Transcendence Era, as expected, the unexpected occurred.

Seizing the moment when the Federation was struggling on the Abyssal front and most of its battle groups were tied down, the White Eagle Empire launched a national war against the Federation.

In an instant, the Federation recalled the majority of its battle groups to the White Eagle front.

Even the major internal security organizations responsible for maintaining order within the Federation were directed by the Military Department to head to the front lines.

The lack of troops on the Abyssal front led to repeated failures for the Federation’s remaining forces.

As the Abyssal war suffered defeat after defeat, the various nests guarded by cities began to churn, erupting in wave after wave of monster tides.

Ningcheng was no exception.

After investigating, you discovered that the small nest in front of Ningcheng had inexplicably begun producing high-level Abyssal monsters, showing signs of evolving into a medium-sized nest.

To deal with the threat, you mobilized the entire battle group immediately.

At the same time, you followed official procedures and requested reinforcements from the Battle Group Administration Bureau.

As expected, you received a message telling you to hold your ground and await rescue.

You continued to press for reinforcements, knowing that a medium-sized nest was a crisis the Red Heart Battle Group could never withstand alone.

The Battle Group Administration Bureau then issued you a strict order: you must hold the front line at all costs!

Of course, in the process of holding the line, the Red Heart Battle Group was authorized to "act according to circumstances"!

"Act according to circumstances!"

That was exactly what you had been waiting for!

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Before your wings were fully fledged, you still needed to borrow the authority of the Battle Group Administration Bureau to bolster your own influence.

To put it bluntly, you were using their power to throw your weight around.

But as long as you could ultimately achieve victory, your actions would be retrospectively classified as "strategic concealment."

Thus, you mobilized the members of the Red Heart Society hidden throughout Ningcheng.

You instructed them to spread the ideology of the Red Heart Society to the citizens of Ningcheng: everyone is born free, and we shall never be beasts of burden for others!

In your eyes, everyone could be armed!

Whether they were professionals or ordinary people.

Ordinary people were enslaved by the supernatural financial system, living lives worse than cattle on a monthly salary of just a few thousand.

When finance combined with the supernatural regime, the "Awakening Loan"—a predatory scheme that would curse its creators to be childless—was born.

In this supernatural world, who doesn't want to possess power?

Or at the very least, who doesn't want their body to be stronger so they don't have to worry about illness?

Yet, how many people’s paths to transcendence had been blocked by the millions required for an Awakening?

So, when the opportunity arrived, and you had received the order to "act according to circumstances," you began to act with total disregard for the rules!

The number of professionals in Ningcheng was currently low; they wouldn't last long against a medium-sized nest!

But if you mobilized the full power of the masses, it would be a completely different story!

Ningcheng had a permanent population of only a few hundred thousand, making it a small city among its neighbors.

But if those hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were suddenly transformed into professionals, you would certainly gain the upper hand in the coming war!

And so, you dispatched Wang Meng to lead a team of Second-Turn professionals to storm the Ningcheng Professional Awakening Center.

Right in front of all the staff, Wang Meng seized the Awakening Orbs and walked away, leaving the staff standing there in stunned silence.

A battle group robbing an Awakening Center?

Such a thing was unheard of!