The grassroots people of the Fireseed Base who were rebelling originally thought that they were doomed today.
They were all prepared to fight to the death against the Fire Seed warriors, but the dense swarm of drones descended like divine soldiers, instantly routing Li Yi's Fire Seed warriors and leaving them with a sense of unreality.
As the Fireseed warriors were wiped out by the drones that were like the Grim Reaper, the rebels couldn't help but let out a series of deafening cheers.
"Destroy Li Yi's tyranny, let the flame of freedom live on forever!" A burly middle-aged man waved his fist, his loud shouts echoing through the crowd, instantly igniting everyone's enthusiasm.
The cheers, applause, and shouts from the crowd mingled together, forming a powerful sound wave that seemed to shake the entire Fire Seed Base.
They embraced each other, tears welling in their eyes. At that moment, they felt an unprecedented sense of unity and strength.
However, the revolution has not yet succeeded, and they still need to work hard. Although Li Yi's "Spark Legion" has been wiped out, the vested interest group of the Spark Base, including Li Yi, has not yet been captured.
While they were unaware of Li Yi's current situation atop the statue, the high-ranking managers of the Fire Seed Base who had been sitting on the platform below were now fleeing in panic.
They were once high above, enjoying the fruits of the hard work of the fund investors, but now they are like stray dogs, with nowhere to hide.
The rebels at the Fireseed Base naturally wouldn't let them escape. Due to the annihilation of the Fireseed warriors, weapons were scattered everywhere on the ground. They quickly picked up these weapons to enhance their combat capabilities and began a manhunt for their former rulers.
They sealed off all entrances and exits of the base, divided into multiple groups, and conducted a thorough search of every corner of the Fireseed base.
Others went to the snow pit dungeon and rescued the imprisoned Christians.
A large group of Christians rushed toward the huge statue of Li Yibing in the center of the central square. They angrily surrounded the cold statue, their eyes burning with endless hatred and rage for Li Yibing.
Some people began to use weapons they had found to strike the statue, each blow accompanied by a shout from their hearts, as if they were trying to unleash all the oppression and suffering they had endured over the years.
"Smash it! Let this tyrant's statue disappear forever!" a young woman shouted hoarsely, her voice resonating even more strongly with the crowd.
Soon, more people joined in hammering the statue, each blow causing cracks to appear on its surface and scattering fragments everywhere.
"Run! The statue is going to collapse!"
With a terrified scream, everyone scattered and fled.
They ran for several hundred meters before settling down. Looking back, they saw that the huge ice statue that once symbolized Li Yi's tyranny was still intact, showing no signs of collapsing.
This ice sculpture, which is imbued with the blood and tears of several people, is of exceptionally high quality.
Although the ice sculpture did not collapse immediately, the cracks on its surface foreshadowed its fate.
The protesters stopped in their tracks, exchanging glances with a mixture of disappointment and relief. They understood that although the statue hadn't immediately fallen, the era it represented—the era of tyranny—had ended.
“Perhaps it needs another strike from us.” A man panted heavily, his eyes gleaming with determination.
"No, if it suddenly collapses, we won't have time to escape, and who knows how many people will be crushed to death," someone said with lingering fear.
Looking back now, they were really too impulsive. They were completely blinded by anger and forgot about the potential danger.
“You’re right, we can’t act blindly anymore.” An elderly man who looked like a wise man stepped forward, his words filled with composure and reason. “Let this statue decay here slowly. True victory is not about destroying a symbol, but about changing this base and changing everyone’s lives.”
The old man's words were like a clear stream, gradually calming the restless hearts of the crowd.
They began to realize that the road to revolution was long, that overthrowing a tyranny was only the beginning, and that many more challenges awaited them.
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Chen Yu was very gratified to see the people of the Fire Seed Base rise from despair to their current unity and awakening.
He neither stopped nor interfered with the subsequent actions of the fund investors.
He led the militiamen to evacuate when the drone swarm arrived.
After eliminating the Fireseed warriors, the drones began to withdraw from the scene in an orderly manner according to the pre-set program, returning to the "Hive" 30 kilometers away from the Fireseed base.
At this moment, he had already led a group of militiamen to guard the "Chief's Mansion" of the Fire Seed Base, which was also Li Yi's residence.
They planned to settle accounts with Li Yi in the final stages.
Because of his past life, he knew that there was a secret passage in Li Yi's mansion, but he didn't know exactly where the passage was or where it led.
In the third year of the extreme cold disaster in his previous life, the Fire Seed Base also experienced a riot targeting Li Yi.
However, this uprising was not initiated by the lower-level citizens of the Fireseed Base, but by a military coup launched by Jin Beilin, the former general of the "Fireseed Battle Group".
In his previous life, although Jin Beilin achieved victory and temporarily controlled the Fire Seed Base, he allowed Li Yi to escape through a secret passage.
Later, Li Yi, who had escaped, quickly regrouped his remaining forces and made a comeback. He not only regained control of the Fire Seed Base, but also carried out a brutal purge of Jin Beilin and his followers.
That upheaval plunged the Fireseed Base into even deeper darkness, making life even more difficult for its inhabitants.
However, in this life, Jin Beilin was executed by Li Yi some time ago because Chen Yu revealed to Li Yi that he was raising a private army.
In this life, Li Yi is not facing Jin Beilin.
It was Chen Yu, and he wouldn't allow him any chance of escape.
Although he could have previously ordered a drone to kill Li Yi directly, or launched a missile from a distance to destroy him.
But he didn't do it, nor did he want to.
He wants to capture them alive!
After all, he came for revenge. If Li Yi didn't even know who he was before he died, what was the point of taking revenge?
Upon arriving at Li Yi's residence, Chen Yu quickly organized militiamen to search the entire mansion.
Each of them carried various detection instruments, searching every corner from the roof to the basement.
Chen Yu personally led a small team to search places where secret passages might exist, such as studies, secret rooms, and underground warehouses.
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