Chapter 654 Absolute Power

• Startled by the threat, the crowd immediately dropped to their knees with their hands on their heads.
• D*mn it! They thought singing the national anthem was enough, but not only did the soldiers change the song mid-inspection, but they even added more tests afterward. Those foreign thugs cursed under their breath, grumbling about how cunning the Sericans were.
• Some of the darker forces among the survivors—gangs of different ethnicities—refused to give in. One of them stealthily pulled out a gun, planning to shoot the kneeling targets from a distance, hoping to spark chaos and confusion. They figured that with only about 100 soldiers on the warship and over 3,000 survivors at Askington, if the impostors were killed, it would inevitably incite widespread anger. If all 3,000 surged forward, the soldiers would be overwhelmed.