The Wanfulu City sub-bureau was wealthier than the one in Wuzhaoyin City, and its facilities were also far superior.

For instance, they had a specialized hospital where Dora, Boluo, and Wu Minzhe were all being treated. The only difference was that Wu Minzhe's life-support pod was inside a cage, with two heavily armed Action Team members guarding the door.

Ostensibly, this hospital was an unremarkable pharmaceutical research institute, identifiable only by a single, pale green door.

At half-past eight, several figures appeared under the streetlights; their leader seemed quite slim.

The slim figure said, "Begin."

One of the subordinates stepped forward. Holding out their hands towards the door, a hazy halo emanated from their palms, engulfing the composite material door.

Subsequently, a chemical reaction between the door and the surrounding air was accelerated to its extreme.

This composite material was exceptionally strong and stable, normally capable of lasting for hundreds of years. However, it now aged rapidly. Cracks appeared, and within a mere dozen seconds, it crumbled and collapsed!

This was the work of a Catalyst Envoy, a class capable of accelerating any reaction within the normal parameters of the universe.

This profession was very powerful in its early stages, developing rapidly, but it became completely useless at truly high Energy Levels. Its greatest limitation was the "normal state universe"; practitioners at the Sixth Energy Level and above often transcended these constraints. However, below the Sixth Energy Level, it was an exceedingly formidable profession.

The Catalyst Envoy easily breached the main door, triggering a cacophony of alarms within the hospital. Several Action Team members, weapons raised, rushed out.

The Catalyst Envoy turned, bowed respectfully, and gestured with an open hand. "Boss, after you."

The Action Team members aimed their energy guns at the doorway, shouting, "Surrender immediately, or you declare yourselves enemies of the entire Confederation!"

Simultaneously, camouflaged alloy armor panels on the rooftops of the buildings flanking the entrance slid open, revealing weapon stations. Each was equipped with a triple-barreled rapid-fire energy cannon. With a whir of machinery, all cannons locked onto the figures in the doorway.

The boss sneered. A man resembling a bodyguard stepped forward. He wore a black suit, but his face was covered in dark blue tattoos. A brown beard was plaited into a small braid beneath his chin, and his grim eyes seemed to hide countless unspeakable schemes.

He abruptly tilted his head, gazing towards the zenith of the night sky.

A mysterious power surged silently through the vast natural environment. The Action Team members sensed it, looking up at the sky in confused alarm. Their highly vigilant leader made tactical hand signals and shouted, "Fall back! Fall back! Take cover!"

Just as the Action Team members retreated into the hospital building, a colossal crimson lightning bolt tore across the night sky from south to north.

Then, like frenzied serpents, more bolts CRACKLED and struck down from the night sky.

This was a Charge Dominator, capable of manipulating ambient electrical charges to unleash powerful electrical energy.

The primary targets were the two rooftop weapon stations. Each was struck by seven or eight lightning bolts, instantly blasting them to pieces.

The suited bodyguard raised his arms, drawing the dark red lightning from the sky to wreathe his body. He strode into the hospital, and with a push of his hand, sent a bolt of lightning surging forward. The interior immediately erupted into chaos—a cacophony of explosions and arcing electricity shattered everything in sight!

Amidst terrified screams, doctors, nurses, and patients clutched their heads and fled. The Action Team, taking cover within the building, swiftly returned fire. However, neither energy blasts nor physical projectiles could penetrate the dense network of lightning enveloping the suited bodyguard.

He charged brazenly into the hospital's main building, unleashing a barrage of lightning strikes that threw the entire treatment lobby into disarray.

Their objective was clear: they headed straight for the fourth floor, where Wu Minzhe was located.

The Action Team leader yelled into the communication channel, "Large group of professionals invading! Repeat, large group of professionals invading! We need immediate backup!"

He then led the Action Team warriors in a fighting retreat, but they were unable to halt the invaders' advance. They quickly fell back to the fourth floor. The leader ordered a few members to prepare Wu Minzhe's life-support pod for extraction, but it was too heavy. Before they could move it, the enemy professionals had reached their level.

Helpless, the leader shouted, "Abandon it! Retreat!"

The Action Team fell back once more, and the professionals quickly secured the fourth floor.

The boss slowly approached the life-support pod, gazing at Wu Minzhe inside. Just as he reached out to touch it, a loud BUZZING sound filled the air.

Several armed drones arrived swiftly as reinforcements. Their bright searchlights cut through the darkness of the fourth floor, weapon systems locking onto the intruders.

The suited bodyguard sneered, positioning himself by the window. With a violent shrug of his arms, countless dark red lightning bolts erupted outwards. The drones had no time to fire before the raging electrical currents blew them apart, sending them crashing to the ground.

A sinister, triumphant smile spread across the suited bodyguard's face. Suddenly, a high-velocity, spinning physical projectile shot forth silently. Its tremendous kinetic energy pierced his lightning barrier and slammed into his forehead with a soft PTHUD!

The five-centimeter-diameter projectile, after penetrating his skull, continued its high-speed trajectory straight towards the boss.

The third individual beside the boss splayed their fingers. A honeycomb-patterned energy shield rapidly materialized, intercepting the projectile.

The boss, unfazed by the attack from behind, looked at the life-support pod with puzzlement. Inside, Wu Minzhe suddenly opened his eyes, grinned slyly, and then—BOOM!—the pod exploded.

The explosion was immensely powerful, instantly collapsing the hospital's main building and sending debris flying. Outside, several energy projectors activated, generating a reverse force field that contained the blast and prevented damage to the surroundings.

The military rapidly deployed. On a distant building, Dora lightly pressed a button, chambering a second large-caliber electromagnetic round into her rifle. She scanned for her next target through the holographic scope.

Eventually, the smoke from the explosion dissipated, revealing a spherical, honeycomb-patterned energy shield at the epicenter. The boss and his remaining subordinates were protected within it.

The suited bodyguard was dead, leaving four of them. The individual maintaining the honeycomb energy shield was drenched in sweat, clearly having exhausted considerable strength to protect everyone from such a blast.

Outside the energy projectors' force field, Chen Gu, Marcus, Boluo, Joseph, and others appeared. The Action Team members, who had just been engaged in a fighting retreat, now stood gathered behind them. After evacuating the fourth floor, the Action Team had immediately exited the hospital. Everyone else in the hospital had subsequently been evacuated; the life-support pod had only contained a realistic holographic projection.

From a distance, Chen Gu waved to the boss. "Good evening! You greeted us with a bomb, so I thought I'd return the favor. How did you like our leader's alchemical bomb?"

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