63: Chapter 63: The M14 is not worthy of being called a coward; the assault team did not retreat!

"Bang!"

A scorching bullet, as if its surface bore magma-like patterns,

was not particularly noticeable amidst the constant sounds of explosions.

However,

when this bullet precisely calculated the monster's movement trajectory and instantly pierced its grotesque, terrifying lizard head, the monster currently in mid-air let out an immediate scream.

It crashed down directly toward the plaza in front of the Main Hospital Building.

"Hiss!"

Jet propulsion!

Chu Hong rushed toward the direction of the enemy's fall without a moment's hesitation.

On the quenched m14 marksman rifle in his hand, the scorching gun body seemed to have magma flowing through it, surging with the Source Energy frantically poured in by Chu Hong.

Within the fifty-round large drum magazine, every single 7.62 golden bullet emitted a searing energy.

It was as if they were bombs waiting to explode at any moment.

Roar!

The monster hissed—looking like a Licker from biopunk fiction, yet covered all over with scarlet ribbon-like tentacles—just a glance at it would make one's sanity plummet uncontrollably.

With a hiss, from within its exposed bloody maw,

every tooth was like a dagger carrying virulent poison.

However,

arriving even faster than its hiss was Chu Hong's unhesitating storm of ammunition!

Amidst the blinding gunfire,

that terrifying monster, which was over a dozen meters long, whipped its dense and disgusting tentacles wildly all over its body.

Although those tentacles were instantly broken upon contact as the golden bullets pierced them, splashing dark, viscous bodily fluids,

it still failed to stop the monster from pushing forward furiously toward Chu Hong under the intense line of gunfire.

Chu Hong's pupils constricted slightly.

The power of the golden bullets did not disappoint him.

But the trickiness of the monster before him clearly exceeded his expectations.

A dozen golden bullets withstood the momentary gaps and successfully hit its grotesque head.

Its terrifying abyss-like maw had its bones shattered and jaw dislocated from the strikes.

However,

the monster's actions were not significantly affected at all.

Roar!

Several sharp sounds of breaking air made Chu Hong instinctively trigger his jets

to dodge sideways.

Over a dozen scarlet flesh spears that seemed to burst forth grazed past his armor and fiercely slammed into the concrete ground behind him.

"The head is not its weakness!"

A cold light flashed in Chu Hong's eyes, while the muzzle had already made an angular adjustment in an instant.

"The heart!"

Under Source Energy perception, the clear energy surge located in the lower body of the prostrate monster near its abdomen allowed Chu Hong to lock on instantly.

"Da da da!"

As the golden bullets poured out once again like they were worthless,

Chu Hong actually advanced instead of retreating while the opponent was pushing forward.

Ability [Slaughter Overlord] activated!

"Hiss!"

Propelling jets!

The bullets shattered the tentacles in front of him. The moment Chu Hong's figure pierced through this foul-smelling barrier and appeared before the monster's almost unformed head,

the monster's only remaining scarlet slit-pupil eyeball noticeably constricted violently in shock.

[Water Magic: Storm Tuna] activated!

While the armor propulsion turbine was still charging, it propelled Chu Hong once more, instantly landing on the monster's back.

The muzzle pointed downward.

"Da da da!!!"

The surrounding tentacles seemed to finally feel a fatal threat in an instant, frantically and immediately waving toward him.

But the scales on the monster's body and the flesh and bones inside that ordinary weapons could hardly pierce

simply could not withstand those golden-quality 7.62 bullets.

Golden-yellow cartridge cases flew out.

When the first bullet precisely pierced the location of the monster's Source Energy core, dozens of scarlet tentacles that were about to attack Chu Hong suddenly acted like out-of-control robotic arms.

They all began to twitch violently, grew limp, and finally lost all movement completely...

"Click!"

The fifty-round large drum magazine emitted the sound of an empty chamber.

Chu Hong breathed slightly, and on the hand pressed against the monster's body, a searching black box had already popped up.

Golden bullet divine power!

Chu Hong smiled silently. Under the blessing of full equipment and golden bullets, even this monster that once chased him to the ends of the earth had to harbor eternal regret here.

Searching for [Project Dominator Clone]...

One single slot, one two-by-two four-slot!

The searching icon kept spinning, and Chu Hong went from calm waiting at the beginning to gradually growing tense in his eyes.

When a [ding] sound came,

the red light made Chu Hong's breath hitch involuntarily.

It hit red!

...

"Roar!"

Terrifying roars seemed to come from all directions.

Inside the pitch-black, utterly lightless secret realm of the [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital], pairs of scarlet dotted lights could not bring the slightest sense of security to the Pioneer Squad present.

On Lan Yujing's full suit of armor, golden light shone brilliantly.

She was like the Goddess of the Sun standing tall in front of everyone.

With a single wave of her sword,

under the brilliant sword radiance, hundreds of grotesque, pitch-black, terrifying zombies were reflected.

"Hurry and go! Everyone fall back!"

Lan Yujing's exquisite, heroic face was pale.

At this moment, bathed in golden light all over her body, a scarlet flesh spike stuck into one side of her shoulder appeared extremely glaring and grotesque.

"Hah!"

Amidst a stern shout, just as the golden sword radiance disappeared among the horde of corpses and the horde behind was about to surge forward rapidly, it suddenly came from behind Lan Yujing.

A gale carrying intense Source Energy,

like a heavy bomb, was fiercely dropped into the corpse horde.

It exploded with a roar.

From behind, anxious and eager shouts came from the team members on the helicopter.

"Another thirty seconds! Just the last thirty seconds!!!"

Above the helicopter's window, two burly men holding machine guns were roaring, frantically pouring the bullets from their ammo belts fiercely into the seemingly endless horde of corpses within the darkness.

Blue or even purple bullets—if used on ordinary or even classified-grade secret realm mobs—

would have long been riddled with bullets like a sieve.

However,

the zombies swept by the machine gun at this moment, despite their shattered bodies, were still roaring one by one, charging toward the helicopter whose rotor blades had begun to spin.

Lightning sparks splashed everywhere.

A woman dressed like a martial artist punched out, briefly blocking the rushing corpse tide once more, but her face was so pale from the excessive consumption just now that almost no trace of blood could be seen.

"Commander! You're injured! You get on the helicopter first! Hurry!"

"Leave this place to me to hold!"

"Twenty seconds!!! Hold on for another twenty seconds!"

"Bullets! My bullets are all gone! Supply specialist! Give me bullets quickly! The corpse tide is about to rush up!"

"They're gone! The bullets have all been used up!"

Breakdown and despair!

At this moment, the level of danger inside this secret realm, the [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital], completely exceeded the expectations of Lan Yujing and her Rose Squad.

For this secret realm trip, the Rose Squad deployed a total of three teams.

Among them, the Rose Squad acting as the main force was led directly by Commander Lan Yujing.

The three teams entered the secret realm simultaneously,

each equipped with communication-type collectible items,

bringing ample ammunition and sufficient supplies.

Supply support, medical first aid, assault assassination, firepower support... Fifteen Pioneers whose strength was at least at the second stage of the Energy Gathering Realm had fallen into an unprecedented dead end right from the beginning within this secret realm.

The pitch-black environment where even wearing night-vision goggles gave a visibility of less than thirty meters;

the dead, terrifying building where no information could be received;

it was as if this were an abandoned hospital in the dark, until the Black Shadow Team—the best at stealth and intelligence scouting in the Rose Squad—began to carefully enter a building in the northeast corner with the words "Exotic Beast Research Laboratory" written on the wall.

Everything changed!

Terrifyingly, endless zombies seemed to come from all directions like a surging tidal wave and tsunami, glaring with scarlet eyes as they attacked toward them.

In just a short while for the three teams,

the Black Shadow Team, which was closest to the Exotic Beast Research Laboratory, completely lost contact amidst a few short cries of exclamation and screams.

Lan Yujing's eyes were bloodshot.

On the helicopter behind her, the firepower began to drop significantly due to dwindling ammunition.

Grenades, howitzers, magic scrolls... all available methods had been used up. Yet, looking at the horde of corpses that was about to rush right in front of them,

even Lan Yujing could not help but show a look of despair at this moment.

"Hold on! The last ten seconds! As long as we hold out for the last ten seconds, we can all go back alive!"

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