Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Record-Breaking Numbers
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Despite the Eastern Country’s seemingly perpetual victories in its internal war, this is a global anomaly.
It’s difficult to find similar good news from other places.
Countless people can only watch the Eastern Country’s victories over and over again online, a yearning that is hard for its citizens to fully understand.
They don’t need to sleep clutching weapons that might be utterly useless, question whether those around them might be Blood Demons, or worry about bullets or even missiles hitting them in their sleep.
Even though the war started just half a month ago, people have already become desperate for victory, yearning for peace!
And now, amidst the frenzy of media and countless voices, Shen Hao has become the symbol of peace and victory!
Especially since this is his first time leaving the Eastern Country to bring victory to other parts of the world!
Everyone online focused on the neighboring country, their voices filled with envy and pleas for help, giving them a rare taste of being in the spotlight.
But the excitement of victory is the most authentic feeling!
Standing amidst the ruins, Shen Hao heard the overwhelming cheers even as he waited for the helicopter to deliver the cage.
The establishment scene of the Global United Front was broadcast live, documenting his battle. Everyone knew he had captured the Matrix within the city and had won!
“Thank you so much!”
An excited middle-aged man in military uniform walked up, looking at Shen Hao in his towering armor, almost to the point of tears.
“The Blood Demons in the entire city have been almost completely eradicated.” Shen Hao remained composed, “According to the treaty, we will take these four Blood Demon Mothers with us. You lack the ability to guard them. Moreover, this city must undergo strict scrutiny, movement restricted. There are still many Matrices in your country, and with the current level of defense, any Blood Demon would quickly grow strong again.”
“No problem.” The man nodded continuously, speaking Mandarin Chinese haltingly, “We will abide strictly!”
At that moment, Shen Hao suddenly turned his head.
Outside the ruins, many people were rushing over; some, upon seeing Shen Hao, immediately fell to their knees and started shouting something.
“What are they doing?” Shen Hao raised an eyebrow.
“They’re, they’re thanking you.” The leader didn’t seem to know how to explain and immediately shouted some orders.
“Thanks are unnecessary; the Chosen One is not a god, nor am I,” said Shen Hao as he rose into the air.
In midair, he saw more and more people bowing down to him.
Clearly, even if the whole world knew the Chosen Ones were human, like everyone else just a month and a half ago, more and more people still saw them as gods.
Especially in places like this.
In fact, when Shen Hao first arrived, he realized that the status of Chosen Ones in this country was indeed somewhat special.
Too high, exceeding the bounds of their abilities.
They may be the elite in their domain, or Transcendents with strong powers, but not necessarily gods.
The problems the Civilization Trial brings to human civilization are not just trials.
The transformation of civilization itself is a significant challenge.
“However difficult the challenge, it must be faced,” Shen Hao sighed inwardly.
He flew up toward the plane arriving to pick him up in the high sky.
“Dong Gong, how’s the situation on the battlefield behind us? Do you need me to come over?” Shen Hao asked through the channel.
“The suppression here is complete, and there are no issues on the front line,” Dong Gong quickly reported, “But another location needs you more; coordinates have been sent to the pilot. There is a Blood Demon Mother leading all her subordinates fleeing the city, and there are a lot of them!”
“Okay!” Shen Hao nodded.
He had in fact just cleaned up the third city in this nation, but it took two and a half days for just these three cities!
The efficiency was far lower than back home.
Apart from the unexpectedly high number of Blood Demons, the weapons that should belong to humans also posed a great trouble to him.
In the first city, there were even seven fighter jets controlled by Blood Demons that charged at him.
And this nation’s people adamantly claimed they had complete control over the jets and missiles.
Their ground forces saw tens of thousands of troops, along with all their equipment, fall into Blood Demon hands.
Fortunately, the higher-ups were prepared for this situation, and Shen Hao wasn’t alone when he came over; troops from home and those in this nation that had passed inspection provided frontal support. All jets were intercepted, and several successfully launched air-to-air missiles were precisely shot down by Shen Hao with Thunder.
Now, as Shen Hao cleansed cities, human troops were responsible for stopping any Blood Demon reinforcements outside the cities.
Even if there were weapons like machine guns or rocket launchers in the city, they could not threaten him.
But on the front lines, even a Chosen One with Shen Hao’s strength wouldn’t dare to barge in recklessly.
Even though he could fly and had armor for protection, if he were to be targeted by concentrated anti-air fire, he would be in danger.
His armored flying speed wasn’t even as fast as the jets.
However, Shen Hao was not without other means; if the frontlines truly required his help, he could pull out his trump card and do something drastic.
But since it wasn’t necessary, he could save his trump card for later.
“The target area is expected to have over eighty thousand Blood Demons. Previously, they were in a hidden state, so they didn’t have many weapons. But half an hour ago, they attacked the military and police stations in the city, seizing all the weapons,” Dong Gong continued with the latest intelligence from the front, “However, there should be no large-scale anti-air weapons.”
“A single Mother and eighty thousand Blood Demons?” Hearing the number, Shen Hao was somewhat speechless, “Being parasite-born in a hidden state, that must be a record.”
“Indeed, it is,” replied Dong Gong with a sigh.
Until now, the record for the number of subordinates a single Mother had spawned while hidden was sixty-four thousand, also in this country.
Honestly, the dire situation of this nation was beyond their expectations.
They had originally thought there might be at most a dozen Blood Demon Mothers, definitely not over a million subordinates.
But looking at the current situation, there were definitely over a million Blood Demon Subordinates.
There were also a considerable number of High-level Blood Demons, including over forty Level 5 Blood Demons!
It is known that Blood Demons level up by consuming humans, and they also require time to digest their prey; even if they had an unlimited supply from day one, they could at most reach Level 5 by now!