Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Launch

Long Ming gritted his teeth, holding his ground as he smashed another elbow down.

Padoka held his ground too, smashing a fist into Long Ming’s body.

The two of them traded blows nonstop.

After a few more blows, Long Ming retreated. His face was contorted, and the intense pain nearly made him pass out.

Padoka staggered to his feet, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, barely able to stay upright.

He stared at Long Ming as if he had seen a ghost.

Pilates watched this scene, completely dumbfounded, and said in shock.

"Oh my god, am I seeing things? Padoka is actually being overpowered by Red Ghost."

"How is that possible? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Isn’t Padoka the Vice Commander of the Fourth Legion of Sinful City?"

"This is the first time I’ve ever seen Padoka in such a sorry state. That guy is way too strong."

"Holy shit, who the hell is this Red Ghost?"

"Who knows? But judging from his methods, it looks a bit like the combat techniques from Mountain City Mountain. The stuff he used later, though? I’ve never seen anything like it."

...

The crowd of watching players began to analyze the situation.

BEEP BEEP!

Just then, the console to Long Ming’s left suddenly started beeping.

Hearing the sound, the four of them immediately whipped their heads toward the console.

A notification popped up on the console screen.

"Radio telescope realignment nearing completion. Commencing 10-second countdown."

Seeing this, Long Ming immediately shouted.

"Down!"

Hearing Long Ming’s shout, a nervous Qin Ying jumped down from the air vent.

"Not good!"

The expressions of Qian Luobing, Farina, and Padoka changed drastically when they saw Qin Ying land.

Qian Luobing hooked a chair with her foot and kicked it straight at Qin Ying.

Farina, meanwhile, viciously hurled her tactical dagger at Qin Ying.

Seeing this, Long Ming immediately drew his tactical dagger and threw it.

CLANG!

The two tactical daggers collided in mid-air and clattered to the floor.

THUMP!

However, the chair still struck Qin Ying, knocking her to the ground.

Seeing this, a vicious glint flashed in Padoka’s eyes. He seized the opportunity to land a surprise punch on Long Ming.

Startled, Long Ming hastily dodged the punch.

Padoka followed up with a vicious kick that sent Long Ming flying, then charged for the central control console.

At the same time, Farina also rushed toward the central control console.

Qian Luobing dashed forward with incredible speed, grabbed Farina’s hair, yanked her backward, and immediately kicked her in the leg.

Farina immediately dropped to one knee.

Qian Luobing then dashed toward the central control console.

Seeing this, Farina planted a hand on the ground and swung her leg out in a sweep kick at Qian Luobing.

Qian Luobing leaped into the air, dodging the sweep with a backflip and landing elegantly. However, this put her even farther from the central control console.

Just then, Padoka was the first to reach the central console, shouting in excitement.

"The mission reward is mine!"

But just then, Qin Ying scrambled to her feet and made a desperate dash for the central control console.

Seeing this, Long Ming grabbed a rage syringe and jabbed it into his neck, depressing the plunger.

As the serum flooded his system...

Long Ming’s blood began to boil. His muscles swelled uncontrollably, and his veins bulged.

For a moment, Long Ming’s vision turned red.

An endless rage surged up from the depths of his being.

Seeing Qin Ying vying with him, Padoka raised his right fist and threw a powerful punch at her.

"You’re courting death."

"Ah!"

Qin Ying was terrified beyond words as she watched the fist fly toward her.

Just as the fist was about to smash into Qin Ying’s face, it suddenly stopped.

A powerful hand had seized Padoka’s arm in a death grip.

"Mr. Red Ghost!"

Seeing Long Ming standing beside her, his eyes now crimson, Qin Ying cried out in joy.

"How is this possible!"

Padoka was stunned.

Then, Long Ming balled his left hand into a fist and threw a powerful uppercut, smashing it violently into Padoka’s jaw.

"Argh!"

Blood and teeth flew from Padoka’s mouth as he was sent flying.

Farina seized the opportunity to attack from the side, drawing a blue dagger from the small of her back and lunging at Long Ming.

Long Ming turned his head and caught Farina’s dagger with his bare hand.

Farina froze, only then noticing the high-grade tactical gloves Long Ming was wearing.

Long Ming then delivered a flying kick to Farina’s abdomen.

Like a kite with a broken string, Farina flew through the air and crashed heavily to the ground.

At the same time, a figure seized the opportunity to dart past, rushing toward the central control console alongside Qin Ying.

The countdown on the console screen ended, and a new prompt appeared.

"Launch signal?"

With their chance right before them, both Qin Ying and Qian Luobing reached for the launch button at the same time.

But unfortunately, Qian Luobing’s fingers were longer than Qin Ying’s, and she touched the button first.

At that critical moment, a figure rushed in and tackled Qian Luobing, sending them both to the ground.

The two of them became a tangled mess, rolling across the floor.

The soft sensation and the faint, clean scent of gardenia sent ripples through Long Ming’s mind. A familiar feeling washed over him.

SLAP!

At that moment, Qin Ying successfully slapped the send button, and a new notification popped up.

"Signal sent. Thank you for showing a lonely traveler the way home."

"Mr. Red Ghost, we did it!"

Qin Ying cried out joyfully.

The Pilates Streamer was stunned for a moment before reporting with extreme excitement.

"Oh my god, Red Ghost won with help from his companion!"

"No way, a solo player actually won."

"Oh my god! I can’t accept this."

"Red Ghost is a beast! He took on three of them at the end!"

"Sick!"

"So fucking cool!"

"He’s practically a superman!"

"Are we even playing the same game? Why am I so weak while this guy is a total monster?"

...

The players in the livestream chat went wild.

Just then, Qian Luobing looked down at the hand on her chest and frowned. With a quick left elbow strike and then a right, she broke free and flipped to her feet.

She landed a vicious kick on Long Ming, sending him flying.

THUD!

Long Ming slammed heavily onto the floor.

Enduring the pain, he immediately pulled a smoke grenade from his tactical belt, armed it, and threw it on the floor.

PSSSH!

In an instant, smoke billowed out, enveloping Qian Luobing and the others and filling the entire central control room.

COUGH COUGH!

Qin Ying began coughing violently.

Before she could even react, a hand grabbed her and dragged her away.

It was Long Ming, pulling Qin Ying along as he leaped out of the west entrance of the central control room.

Just then, Qian Luobing and the others rushed out of the central control room.

Padoka saw Long Ming dragging Qin Ying toward the west exit and was just about to give chase.

Irafu and Bide rushed over with their remaining subordinates, asking with concern.

"Commander Padoka, are you all right?"

"After them!"

Padoka led Irafu and the others, immediately giving chase after Long Ming.

Farina waved a hand to Lair and her other subordinates, leading them in quick pursuit as well.

Adika and his group rushed up behind Qian Luobing and said hurriedly.

"Miss, should we give chase as well?"

"No need to be so hasty. Let them do the chasing. We’ll just follow behind."

Qian Luobing wasn’t anxious at all, speaking coolly to Adika and the others.

"Yes, Miss!"

Adika and the others quickly replied.