Chapter 49: The Explosion Rings Out! Total Annihilation of the Entire Army!-Variedades Americanas: Ser gentil com o próximo gera méritos infinitos!(nunca ouvido)

"Not bad!"

A look of satisfaction crept across Canter's face.

Although individual members still looked somewhat slouchy and disheveled without a uniform standard, at least overall, it was finally starting to look presentable.

"Time to start the remote live broadcast!" Canter thought to himself.

With that, he placed his hand directly on his left shoulder, preparing to press the remote video switch.

Pausing for a moment, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

"Supervisor Cain has sent word that he wants to witness your operation firsthand. I am about to connect a remote video with Supervisor Cain right now."

"If Supervisor Cain sees that you perform well..."

He left the sentence unfinished, but the numerous gang members already had their eyes glowing. One by one, they instinctively puffed out their chests and held their heads high, looking exceptionally grand and imposing.

"Very good!"

With a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth, Canter pressed the remote video switch.

Though called a remote video, it was essentially a one-way transmission of information from this end; those present had no way of knowing what the other side looked like.

...

Umbrella Corporation Headquarters.

Supervisor Cain sat in a black leather chair, facing a pitch-black screen. The next second, the display shifted, directly revealing the scene of the abandoned factory.

Looking at those neat, orderly rows of gang members, each exuding an imposing aura, Cain wore a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Very good! Canter has done well!"

"Once James is dealt with..."

"Oh no!!!"

"Get down, quick!!!"

As Cain was daydreaming about a bright and prosperous future, those familiar red dots suddenly reappeared in his vision.

Immediately afterward.

Boom, boom, boom!

Blinding flames filled the entire screen, reflecting a fierce crimson across Cain's face, making him look like a demon rising from the depths of hell.

"Aaaahhh!!!"

"James!!!"

...

The abandoned factory.

Rewinding just a few seconds.

After initiating the remote video, Canter had straightened his posture, looking proud and high-spirited.

"With just this posture alone, Supervisor Cain is bound to praise me. If I then go on to flawlessly eliminate James and his gang..."

He was already daydreaming about returning home to a promotion into the security department's upper management.

"Listen up, everyone, advance—"

Boom!

An earth-shattering explosion swept across the area, and massive waves of fire plunged from the sky.

Following close behind was a terrifying shockwave, carrying a countless storm of lethal metal shrapnel.

Over a thousand gang members, neatly arrayed just moments before, suffered over eighty percent casualties in a mere split second!

This was an airburst of maximum explosive power, capable of projecting destructive force across the widest possible radius.

Across the ground, raging fires spread endlessly, and severed limbs lay scattered everywhere. Desperate, agonizing cries instantly echoed across the entire landscape.

The scene was terrifying beyond belief!

Because they happened to be positioned near the periphery, the members of the assault team who miraculously survived felt a wave of intense terror wash over them at that very moment.

"Were we just bombed by tactical missiles?"

Their ears were ringing, blood streamed from their noses, and their bodies bore various gashes torn by flying metal shards.

Given their current state, claiming they had just been struck by tactical missiles wouldn't even be inaccurate.

Yet, in reality, they had merely fallen victim to an attack triggered by eight timed explosives.

...

Over two hundred meters away.

Behind the abandoned truck.

Rewinding the timeline back a few more seconds.

Just as the thousand-plus gang members adjusted their formations and Canter initiated the remote video, Yu Fei finally opened his eyes.

"Now is the time."

Alice and the others: ???

Why suddenly now?

Ever since Yu Fei told them to wait, they had simply stayed put.

It wasn't that they didn't want answers, but Yu Fei never gave a direct explanation, merely telling them they would understand in a moment.

Then, they had watched in confusion as a thousand gang members suddenly began shifting positions, briefly making them worry they had been exposed and prompting thoughts of escape.

Only to realize that the enemies seemed to just be practicing military standing postures... or so it appeared?

While Alice, James, and the others were still bewildered, Yu Fei suddenly announced that the time had come—what on earth was going on?!

Without a word, Yu Fei merely shifted his thoughts.

Then, right before everyone's astonished gazes, the eight timed explosives suddenly lifted off the ground.

In an extremely brief span of time—virtually instantaneously—the eight explosives soared across a distance of over two hundred meters, arriving directly above the heads of the thousand gang members.

The placement of these eight devices was meticulously calculated, fully accounting for both the explosive radius and the sheer density of the enemy forces.

Arranged in an inner ring of three and an outer ring of five, they formed a dual circular encirclement.

And then.

Boom!

Almost simultaneously, the timed explosives were detonated directly!

Following that came the casualty rate exceeding eighty percent.

Even the few fortunate enough to be positioned at the very edge of the blast radius suffered severe concussive trauma.

The very group that had stood proudly moments before, preparing for a grand assault, was instantly annihilated!

"H-H-How did you do that?"

James stuttered completely. To push someone of his immense psychological fortitude to such a state showed just how profound the shock of Yu Fei's maneuver truly was.

He had wiped out over a thousand people in a single strike!

Even on a conventional battlefield, wouldn't that require dispatching multiple waves of bombers to achieve such results?

In truth, due to the sheer lethality of modern weaponry, contemporary warfare increasingly leaned toward small-scale, compartmentalized combat.

Simply put, small squads served as the core fighting force, strictly avoiding massive concentrations of troops to prevent a single enemy missile from wiping them all out.

Under such tactical trends, quickly neutralizing a thousand enemies would be difficult even with dozens of bombers.

Yet Yu Fei, armed with a mere eight timed explosives, had instantly vaporized a thousand foes in one fell swoop!

This was nothing short of a miraculous military feat!

Factor in the time and equipment used.

Eliminating over a thousand heavily armed combatants within mere seconds could no longer be called a miracle; it was a myth!

Only in ancient legends could such an occurrence be possible.

No!

Even in ancient mythologies, nothing quite this absurd seemed to exist.

At least, James could not recall any hero in ancient lore who could slaughter a thousand armored warriors in just a few seconds.

Not just James.

At this very moment.

Alice, Matt, Rain, Kaplan, Salinas, and everyone else present stared at Yu Fei with looks of utter disbelief.

They simply could not comprehend how Yu Fei had pulled off any of this.