Apocalypse - Evil Shelter System

Chapter 302: Capturing Alive?

For the elite vampires, this was actually tremendous news! Although Bavaria City suffered heavy losses, with thousands of vampire civilians dead, such losses meant nothing to the elite vampires. If the crop was cut, it would grow back soon enough as long as they got rid of rebels like Alex. The ability to surround a terrifying individual like Alex was a great achievement!

"Listen inside! You've been surrounded by us! Drop your weapons, surrender, and we can still spare you! You can become a member of our noble vampire clan! We might even offer you a city as your domain!" The mayor of Bavaria City, dressed in a fitted black suit and with ample flesh, shouted into a megaphone directed at the interior of the mall.

"Inside, human rebel, listen carefully! You are completely surrounded, and more troops are on their way. You have no way to escape! Resistance is futile! I'll give you ten minutes to consider. After that, if you don't surrender, we will launch a full-scale attack!" Captain Andrew spoke arrogantly through the microphone, threatening the occupants of the mall loudly.

At this point, vampires felt a clear advantage. Everyone believed that the human inside had no chance of escape. Therefore, their tone towards Alex became increasingly threatening.

However, inside the mall, there was complete silence. The whole mall remained as quiet as death. Only a few trembling vampires hiding in a corner outside the mall quietly sobbed, praying for everything to end quickly.

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Finally, ten minutes passed, yet there was still no sign of movement inside the mall.

And at this moment, the owner of Bavaria City, Count Bartholomew Wardhaus, and the Captain of the Special Forces had also arrived. The Special Forces had not only completely surrounded the mall, but the entire Bavaria Underground City was slowly being encircled.

"Lord Senator Bartholomew Wardhaus, the ten minutes we gave has passed! There has been no response from that ignorant human inside! It seems he intends to resist to the end! I suggest we don't waste any more time and give the order to open fire! Turn this damned creature into ashes!" Vincent Balia, the Earl and Captain of the Special Forces, spoke with a cold expression.

Bartholomew Wardhaus looked gloomily at the mall where the human rebels had destroyed an important city under his name. If Bavaria City were to be destroyed again, his losses would be staggering. There was a high possibility that he would be ousted from his position as a senator. After that, his properties would be divided among the other eleven senators and the three elders.

"If you give the order to fire, Bavaria City may be destroyed by the war. What are you worried about, Captain Balia? If you know what I'm facing, you would understand. Using such heavy weaponry could not only destroy my central mall but also result in casualties among my people inside!" Bartholomew Wardhaus warned with a stern expression.

In the end, Bartholomew Wardhaus did not agree to open fire. On one hand, he could no longer bear the loss of his important city being destroyed. On the other hand, he believed that their side had already secured victory.

"I believe that a mutated superhuman could be extremely valuable for our biotechnology! Capturing him alive is undoubtedly more valuable than reducing him to ashes. Captain Balia, think about it. If we can extract potent elixirs from this human, we could gain unimaginable power! Captain Balia, consider this carefully! It might be our chance for another evolution!"

"Even if we can't successfully develop a potion to enhance physical abilities, we can use his body to acquire more assets! By then, we can split the gains evenly between us.

What do you think?" Under Bartholomew Wardhaus's vigorous persuasion, the Captain of the Special Forces was finally convinced by the substantial benefits and nodded in agreement, giving the order, "That human should be exhausted by now, probably resting inside the mall! Men, order the entire Special Forces to launch an assault. Capture that damned human for me!

Whoever can capture him alive will be rewarded with an underground city villa and one billion blood coins!"

With this command, the Special Forces soldiers immediately charged towards the mall like madmen. The annual salary for these soldiers was only two hundred thousand blood coins! Considering the high cost of living and the exorbitant underground housing prices, many of the Special Forces soldiers here couldn't afford to buy their own houses.

Let alone getting married and having children, without houses and cars, no female vampire would be willing to marry them!

Furthermore, vampires seeking to reproduce through conventional means required special fertility elixirs, which, altogether, cost no less than three million blood coins. Their only chance to propagate their bloodline was to adopt human children from farms and then, through the initial embrace, turn these human children into vampires.

Although such children had impure bloodlines, it was still considered one of their methods of reproducing descendants. However, even this method was extremely expensive! Initiating the embrace of a human child required one million blood coins! What did a villa and one billion blood coins within an underground city signify? These Special Forces soldiers were well aware!

A villa meant they could marry a beautiful vampire wife! One billion blood coins could elevate them to the petite bourgeoisie, enabling them to live a comfortable and worry-free life by letting their money make more money. They wouldn't need to engage in the dangerous work of bloodshed or grovel to others.

Instead, they could leisurely lead a bourgeois lifestyle, spending their days happily with their beautiful wives without a care in the world.

Furthermore, with such a substantial amount of money, they could even produce the purest offspring! All of this was an irresistible temptation for ordinary vampires living in the exploited class.

However, under the coordination of unmanned combat aircraft, the Special Forces soldiers scoured every corner of the mall but failed to find the target that could make them overnight millionaires.

"Damn it! Where the hell did that human beast go? He must be inside the mall! There's no way he could have escaped!" The Captain of the Special Forces angrily roared, once again ordering all soldiers to enter the mall, promising to dig three feet underground if necessary to find Alex!

Meanwhile, Alex, wearing the uniform of a vampire Special Forces soldier with a cap, sat casually behind the Captain and his team, sneering at everything happening before him. Alex held a remote control, seemingly awaiting something.

Before the Special Forces and unmanned combat aircraft could surround the mall, Alex had stealthily left the premises. He infiltrated the Special Forces, seized their uniform, and commandeered a heavily armored tank. Meanwhile, inside the mall, Alex had planted several timed bombs capable of leveling the entire structure.

Now, he awaited the opportune moment to send these Special Forces members flying through the air. The chance had finally arrived. Alex licked his lips, smirked coldly, and gently pressed the button.

A deafening explosion engulfed the entire mall in a massive shockwave and flames, reducing it to ruins in an instant. Even the Special Forces soldiers stationed outside were knocked down by the shockwave generated by the explosion.

The Captain of the Special Forces and his subordinates stared wide-eyed at the unbelievably chaotic scene, their faces turning pale in an instant. The Captain even came close to fainting.

"Run! This explosion is too powerful! The dome of the Bavarian Underground City seems to be collapsing!" A well-dressed female vampire leader shouted in terror.

Subsequently, the onlookers began to flee in a frenzy. Even the Special Forces soldiers discarded their weapons and ran for their lives.

"Cursed! Damn it!!! This bastard!! Ah!!!" The Special Forces Captain, after recovering from the shock, erupted into hysterical roars. This explosion had effectively wiped out half of his military strength, spelling disaster for him!

"Bastard! Where did the bombs come from? Where did this human brute get the bombs?!! My Bavarian City!! My Bavarian City!!" Baron Basile Wardhaus roared to the sky, his anguish and fury leaving him on the verge of tears.

Unaware of the impending danger, immersed in their pain and rage, the two figures failed to notice that the barrel of a heavily-armored tank had turned towards them!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

A series of frenzied cannon blasts instantly overwhelmed the Captain of the Special Forces and Baron Basile Wardhaus. Alex, driving the tank, ruthlessly unleashed a barrage of attacks against the surrounding Special Forces.

As one tank became inoperable, Alex swiftly switched to another armored vehicle. Without any reservations, he relentlessly fired upon the Special Forces from every direction. The entire Bavarian Underground City was swiftly engulfed in the flames of war.