Chapter 460 Chaos

At this point, Eden seemed to have reached a dead end.

But the Eternal Life Palace wasn’t faring any better.

Though the Eternal Life Palace’s aim isn’t to betray humanity, their effort to annihilate all other peer forces to secure the dominant position and potentially become humanity’s ruler is quite similar — not to mention the other forces directly marked for elimination would never let the Eternal Life Palace go unscathed, whether this time or the next.

So why not just take out the Eternal Life Palace this time?

After all, we can’t forget that the demon invasion event, which nearly obliterated the entire city, inflicted significant suffering on many forces, including New Dawn. The wealthy district was almost completely destroyed, nearly dragging the Summer Family into an abyss of despair. If it weren’t for Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo arriving just in time, it’s likely that Summer Jincang wouldn’t be as indifferent as he’s acting now.

But even though the damage wasn’t too severe, Summer Jincang couldn’t just pretend it never happened. Now that there was an opportunity, he’d definitely not let the Eternal Life Palace off the hook.

Given this premise, both the Eternal Life Palace and Eden seemed to have been sentenced to death.

Now that they had confirmed their demise, it seemed entirely normal to struggle one last time before their end — in this matter, Eden and the Eternal Life Palace… No, more precisely, Yan Zi Gui and his core members who knew the inside scoop, nearly simultaneously surged outwards, trying to break free from this cage.

Meanwhile, Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan along with the onlookers weren’t going to give them any chance, as all the demons remained stationed at the periphery while the others charged at those people, intending to capture them all.

This was pretty much a legitimate case of settling personal scores while kicking someone when they were down — the forces affected by the previous invasion were all gathered here, and they had a lot of pent-up anger to unleash after almost being robbed by that bunch of demons. They initially planned to take revenge during the expedition, only to find that the very instigator of that chaos had shown up before the expedition even began. How could they not want to crush their brains out?

Moreover, the Eternal Life Palace had no choice but to endure this. Even if they had connections with other forces, those people were completely clueless; even if they could notify someone, that backup wouldn’t arrive in time. Just thinking about how a group of frontline forces started tearing each other apart in confusion was enough to make anyone’s head spin.

Even if afterwards someone or some force deemed this behavior inappropriate for the Eternal Life Palace, by then their main forces would practically be gone. The next situation would remain unchanged, making it a case of doing something first and apologizing later. They could quickly deal with this trouble and minimize the variables.

But even a cornered dog can jump over a wall, and it wouldn’t be so easy to take down beings of high rank, especially in such confusion where everyone was just flailing about, affecting each other’s combat effectiveness. For instance, if Ling Mo had gotten to fight just on his own, two nuclear bombs would be more than enough to finish it off — if the first one didn’t work, he’d just come back with a second. But that couldn’t happen now, or else he’d end up as the villain.

So in such chaotic circumstances, problems were bound to arise — they let Yan Zi Gui escape.

As Summer Jincang said, that blood clan guy was indeed tricky. Not only was he strong, but he could also run fast. When he was determined to flee, combined with his blood magic delaying their pursuit, even Ling Mo couldn’t catch up to him.

Xia Xinyan could have kept pace, but Ling Mo pulled her back, worried she’d get into trouble. While he trusted her strength and felt she wouldn’t fall for that guy’s tricks in this situation, he still couldn’t bear the thought of even a scratch on her skin, so better to let him run if that’s what he wanted.

Xia Xinyan felt quite helpless, realizing she was being treated like a child.

But it was whatever. Everyone from Eden was kept behind. As the betrayers of humanity, none of them could be considered innocent, so they were naturally prioritized, including their leader, who was pounded into a pulp in a one-against-many fight, dead beyond recognition. A few others surrendered on the spot and weren’t hurriedly handled because they needed to expose the remaining remnants of Eden for a thorough cleanup. Thus, Eden was effectively removed as a thorn, resolving a medium-sized problem for all humanity.

As for the Eternal Life Palace… most members who were completely unaware of their leader’s collaboration with Eden chose to surrender once the fighting started, which also contributed to the chaotic scene — how could you just eliminate someone when they raised their hands in surrender? It is pretty tough to distinguish the surrendering ones from the headstrong fools on a battlefield; there were even some blindly attacking their own.

So it wasn’t surprising that Yan Zi Gui could escape under such circumstances.

However, even if he ran away, the Eternal Life Palace wouldn’t be able to rise again. After taking care of the situation here, the Ability Bureau seamlessly took over to deal with the remaining remnants of Eden, while the matter of the Eternal Life Palace was handed over to forces of similar rank… But after this battle, the true driving force behind everything had shifted to the Eagles Alliance, or more accurately, the Chicks.

Upon returning to the real world, the Fatty immediately released all information regarding the collaboration between the Eternal Life Palace and Eden online, along with recordings of the earlier battle in the Dark Zone. Simultaneously, the Chicks issued a thunderous announcement to the Eternal Life Palace —

“Starting today, the Eternal Life Palace becomes history. All former members of the Eternal Life Palace may choose to return to the civilian life or join other forces.”

Moreover, the Fatty also released recruitment information at the same time, clearly aimed at the former members of the Eternal Life Palace. All capable members could join the Chicks with incredibly generous benefits.

Naturally, the other forces that participated in the encirclement also acted swiftly, releasing their own recruitment information.

The series of messages detonated in the real world like a heavyweight bomb, erupting just ten days before the expedition, revealing that such a vast force like the Eternal Life Palace had secretly conspired with Eden to betray humanity. The tremendous impact of the collapse of the Eternal Life Palace led to various reports igniting a repressed atmosphere in reality, but instead of panic, a fervor arose.

It was as if humanity awoke to its racial cohesion; when someone attempted to betray the entire race, they would have to bear the wrath of the people.

In the real world, chaos had begun.