4: Chapter 4: Pain Transformation – The More Pain, the More Frenzied!

"Boom—!!!" The deafening explosion reverberated throughout the enclosed underground corridor.

The violent Impact, carrying waves of searing fire, instantly swept through a radius of dozens of meters. The overhead lights shattered in rows, and large chunks of concrete rained down like hail.

"Direct hit! Right in the chest!" The HYDRA soldier who fired was knocked to the ground by the Impact, but he didn't bother wiping the dust from his face, roaring in ecstasy.

In the face of man-portable heavy weaponry like an RPG Rocket, which could easily blow the turret off a main battle tank, no carbon-based life form could survive. Even an elephant would be blown into a sky full of gore!

Ahead in the corridor, thick smoke and flames were still churning.

A dozen heavily armed HYDRA guards raised their guns, swallowed hard, and stared intently at the sea of fire.

"Cease fire, prepare to confirm the target is dead..." The squad leader raised his hand, his forehead beneath the tactical helmet covered in cold sweat.

However, before he could finish his sentence, two tangible, scarlet lights suddenly flared within the rolling smoke.

Following that, a third and a fourth appeared. Four eyes burning with violent red light pierced through the smoke.

"Whoosh—" A massive dark red hand swung out violently, tearing through the waves of fire and smoke as if it were a piece of torn cloth.

The massive body of Four Arms was once again exposed to everyone's view.

He was not dead. But the RPG Rocket had indeed caused damage.

The patch of dark red muscle on Lynn's chest, comparable to composite armor, had been blasted into a charred, bloody hole half a meter in diameter. The bone spurs at the edges were melted by the high heat, and thick, dark black blood was dripping "drip, drip" onto the steel floor along his rock-like abdominal muscles.

"He's injured! That skin isn't invincible!" A glimmer of crazed hope flashed in the squad leader's eyes, and he roared: "Keep firing! Turn him into a sieve!"

"Rat-tat-tat-tat!" The gunfire erupted again. But Lynn did not move.

He lowered his head, his four eyes looking at the charred bloody hole in his chest and the flowing blood.

Pain. A burning pain that tore through his nerves. But accompanying this pain was not weakness, but a violent, uncontrollable killing intent originating from the depths of his soul!

[Warning: Host's external biological armor damaged by 15%.]

[Moderate pain feedback detected.]

[Passive skill activated: Mad Blood (Pain Conversion).]

The cold system prompt flashed through Lynn's mind.

The next second, a bizarre scene appeared that made all the HYDRA soldiers' livers and gallbladders split in terror.

Those dark black blood droplets falling from Lynn's wound suddenly hovered in mid-air the moment they were about to touch the ground.

Immediately after, this blood rapidly atomized, turning into thick clouds of scarlet blood mist!

"What is he doing?!" Under the terrified gazes of the soldiers, Lynn took a deep breath.

The surrounding evaporated blood mist, including the blood that had flowed out, rushed back into the wound on his chest and every pore of his body as if all rivers were returning to the sea!

"Roar—!!!" Lynn tilted his head back and let out a non-human roar that shattered eardrums.

As the blood poured back in, the terrifying bloody hole in his chest saw granulation tissue intertwining and healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Not only that, his massive body, already nearly four meters tall, grew even taller amidst the ear-piercing sound of bones popping!

Four point two meters... four point five meters!

The dark red muscle, which had originally looked flayed, became deeper in color, faintly shimmering with a black-gold luster. From his elbows, knees, and back, a dozen jet-black bone spurs half a meter long forcibly pierced out!

The inverted triangle Bloodtrix symbol on his chest flared with red light.

The pain did not destroy him; instead, it became the nourishment for his evolution!

The harder you hit him, the more he bleeds, and the more violent this monster becomes!

Lynn lowered his head, the playfulness in his four eyes completely gone, leaving only pure malice intent on tearing everything apart.

"Run... run! This thing can't be killed!!!" The soldier who fired the RPG had a complete mental breakdown, dropped the Rocket launcher, and turned to run.

"Bang!" The steel floor beneath Lynn's feet exploded, and his massive body turned into a raging rhinoceros, instantly crossing a dozen meters to appear behind the fleeing soldier.

There were no fancy moves. Lynn lifted his huge foot and slammed it down hard, as if crushing a cockroach.

"Squish!" With a sickening thud, the soldier didn't even have time to scream before he and his gun were crushed into a "flesh photo" pressed tightly against the floor.

"Monster! Die! Die!" From the rear of the corridor, a specially modified HYDRA armored personnel carrier came charging over. The heavy machine gunner on the roof frantically swiveled the 12.7mm Browning heavy machine gun, firing wildly at Lynn.

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!" The large-caliber armor-piercing rounds hit the dark skin Lynn had just evolved, sending out blinding sparks. This time, they couldn't even break his skin!

Lynn braved the metal storm of the heavy machine gun and strode toward the armored vehicle.

The driver of the armored vehicle looked at the approaching bloody demon, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes: "I'll ram you to death!"

The diesel engine roared piercingly, and the ten-ton armored vehicle, like a charging steel Beast, slammed the accelerator to the floor and smashed hard toward Lynn!

Ten meters! Five meters! Lynn did not dodge. He stopped, his legs slightly bent, as if he had taken root and was nailed firmly to the ground.

The moment the front of the armored vehicle was about to hit him, his two thick right arms simultaneously clenched into fists and raised high. Then, as if swinging a mountain-splitting hammer, he smashed them down hard onto the hood of the armored vehicle!

"Boom—Crack!!!" The deafening sound of metal snapping echoed through the corridor.

The moment the ten-ton armored vehicle hit Lynn's fist, the rear of the vehicle was forced half a meter into the air by the massive reaction force!

The indestructible special armor steel buckled terrifyingly inward like paper under Lynn's inhuman strength. The heavy punch smashed directly through the hood and shattered the V8 diesel engine block!

"Screech—" Amidst the ear-piercing sound of twisting metal, Lynn's two left arms reached out and grabbed the severely deformed front bumper of the armored vehicle.

"Get... up!" With a low roar, Lynn exerted force from his waist.

Under the ghost-seeing gazes of the few surviving soldiers, this four-armed monster actually lifted the ten-ton armored personnel carrier off the ground!

"No... don't..." The machine gunner on the roof clutched the railing tightly, screaming in despair as he hung in mid-air.

Lynn's four blood-red eyes were cold and merciless; holding the massive armored vehicle like a giant iron hammer, he smashed it hard toward the remaining HYDRA positions ahead!

"Boom!!!" The armored vehicle smashed into the crowd, instantly triggering a violent secondary explosion. Fire shot into the sky, and severed limbs and arms flew in all directions along with burning vehicle parts. The last line of defense on the entire second underground level was completely wiped out.

The highest command room of the underground Base.

"Bang." The red wine glass in Baron Strucker's hand fell to the floor and shattered. The expensive red wine spread across the carpet like blood.

He was pale, staring intently at the four-armed demon bathed in the sea of fire on the big screen.

That monster is not only unafraid of pain, but can also absorb damage to become stronger? It can even toss a ten-ton armored vehicle around like a toy?

"My Lord, the entire line has collapsed... all defensive forces on the first and second levels have been wiped out, and it is heading toward the central elevator leading to the surface..." The adjutant's voice carried a desperate, tearful tone.

"Evacuate." Baron Strucker gritted his teeth, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes, "Initiate the highest-level destruction protocol. Burn all data that cannot be taken."

"What... what about that monster?" The Baron took a deep breath and pressed a red communication button on the console.

"Rumlow. Take your men to the central elevator entrance."

From the other end of the communicator came a cold, hoarse voice: "My Lord, that thing looks like trouble; it's not in my contract."

"The enhancement resources you want, headquarters will double them for you. I just need you to hold it off for five minutes so I can leave on my private shuttle." Baron Strucker clenched his fists tightly.

Deal.

Second underground level, in front of the central elevator corridor leading to the surface.

Lynn's massive body stepped over the burning ruins, the Bloodtrix on his chest pulsing with his breath, emitting a deadly sense of oppression.

Just as he was about to step into the elevator hall, his footsteps stopped.

A tall, burly figure slowly emerged from the shadows ahead.

The man was wearing extremely professional all-black heavy tactical body armor, with a metal mask painted with a White Crossbones pattern on his face.

He twisted his neck, making a "crack, crack" sound of snapping bones.

Then, he drew two high-frequency vibration daggers flickering with eerie blue electric arcs from both sides of his thighs with his hands, rubbing the blades together to emit a piercing hum.

Hey, big guy.

Crossbones Brock Rumlow's eyes beneath the mask stared intently at the four-armed monster before him, the corners of his mouth curling into a bloodthirsty sneer.

"I heard you're good at fighting? Well, so am I."