194: Chapter 194 Guns, Monsters, Fists (Happy New Year everyone!)

Chapter 194: Guns, Monsters, Fists (Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year)

Creak, creak——

Fear permeated along with the darkness, and the grating, teeth-setting sounds of metal scraping echoed from the depths of the corridor.

In the ghostly green vision activated by the night vision goggles, the "cells" reinforced with alloy steel were opening one by one, releasing the "monsters" imprisoned within them.

It was just that everyone couldn't see clearly what on earth was running towards this side in the darkness.

Swish!

A tracer round fired by a soldier tore through the darkness.

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In the momentary brightness, shadows were finally seen surging forward—a group of emaciated patients rushed out of the cells, some crawling along the walls.

No.

That was not human at all!

Their body surface temperature was extremely low, as if they were lifeless evil ghosts, making them very difficult to detect even in night vision goggles.

Earthworm-like blood vessels writhed under their greyish skin, and some even showed bloody ulcerations, resembling skeletons stripped of skin and flesh.

When they opened their mouths to roar, their jaws stretched to an impossible angle for humans, revealing canine-like fangs.

And this was only the surface; the real terror was yet to come.

Those monsters seemed insatiably hungry, actually tearing into and devouring the corpses of the soldiers who had been killed earlier.

Crunch, crunch.

The clearly audible chewing sounds inevitably made an instinctive sense of repulsion and chills rise from the bottom of everyone's hearts.

"Fire!"

The squad leader's pupils constricted, and he immediately issued combat orders without hesitation.

Countless muzzle flashes erupted in the enclosed corridor, and splattering sparks illuminated the cold walls and ceiling.

But even with such fierce firepower, those monsters were not killed and brought down by this.

Instead, they staggered back to their feet, then opened their mouths wide, waved their sharp claws, and continued to pounce on the soldiers.

It seemed that under the enhancement of a certain roar, their dispositions became even more ferocious, their movements more agile, and they even feared no bullet attacks.

Seeing that another squad of soldiers was about to collapse under the impact of the monsters...

Two figures suddenly appeared from behind, rushing over to support.

"Get out of the way!"

Accompanied by a roar, a hulking, sturdy man holding a riot shield sent several monsters that were the first to pounce in front of the defense line flying away with a crash.

Crack, one could faintly hear the crisp sound of bones snapping.

Following closely, the sturdy man took large strides forward, directly charging into the group of monsters like a tank.

One hand smashed fiercely with the shield to fend off the attacks of the surrounding sharp fangs and claws, while the other hand gripped a heavy machete, continuously waving and slashing.

This blade was pitch-black all over, made of unknown Materials, appearing exceptionally sharp.

Coupled with the sturdy man's astonishing strength, every attack often proved effective.

At times, a cold gleam flashed, sending a flurry of flesh and blood flying; at times, it struck a monster's neck, cutting it in two in a single stroke.

Even if some couldn't be completely severed, their heads hung half-attached, losing the ability to continue wreaking havoc.

Meanwhile.

Another white-haired man who came to support stood in front of the defense line, holding guns in both hands and shooting.

Even though he was in the dark, he still seemed able to see clearly.

His pupils flickered like lasers, precisely locking onto the movement trajectory of every single monster.

The two large-caliber pistols in his hands loaded with armor-piercing rounds continuously spewed fire.

Every gunshot splashed a puff of ink-black blood, reaping the targets knocked down by the sturdy man like the Grim Reaper.

With their seamless cooperation, they actually managed to suppress this group of terrifying man-eating monsters back.

Taking advantage of the magazine reload, the white-haired man quickly explained the situation to the soldiers:

"Do not treat these guys as living people; they have no sense of pain at all. Only by shooting at their eye sockets, cutting off their heads, or piercing their hearts is there a chance to kill them."

"Yes, Sir!"

With a backbone, these soldiers quickly calmed down, barely overcoming their psychological fear of the monsters.

Although they were ordinary people, they came from well-trained elite troops, and their Marksmanship and combat qualities were not bad.

Since they knew the penetrating damage of bullets to muscles and bones was limited, they changed their strategy and aimed only at the weakest eye areas to shoot.

If one shot couldn't kill, then fire several shots in a row.

Just like that, led by the two Special Investigation Team officers, the combat squad of over a dozen people advanced step by step.

They temporarily controlled the combat situation in a corner of the east side of the fifth floor.

The sturdy man holding the shield and machete forcefully slapped a monster away, panting slightly as he said:

"Damn it, didn't they say all the mutants were transferred away and the rest were just small fry? What's going on with these guys?"

The white-haired man fired to provide cover, then explained in a deep voice:

"The Ghoul leader can create Mind Resonance, temporarily boosting the activity of rc cells in the surrounding Ghouls."

"As long as we take care of the biggest one, the other smaller ones will quickly run out of vitality and quiet down."

As he spoke at a rapid pace, he looked ahead.

His gaze, like two sharp arrows piercing through the darkness and firelight, abruptly spotted a rather bizarre elderly figure amidst the chaos.

That old man looked ordinary in appearance and emaciated in figure, but faintly exuded an indescribable, dignified Aura.

His sunken eye sockets flickered with a dim green light, and his blood-stained jaw was proudly lifted, which was the unique sign of a fierce beast preying on its prey.

"Right there, let's charge straight over and ignore the other Ghouls for now!"

"Got it!"

The two Special Investigation Team specialists cooperated with each other, forcefully tearing open a gap from the middle of the wave upon wave of monsters, rapidly approaching the target.

At the other end of the corridor.

Jiang Chen calmly fed on the blood of a soldier, then casually threw away the shriveled corpse.

Just as he was enjoying the pleasure brought by the meal, he suddenly noticed a gaze falling upon him.

Jiang Chen immediately raised his head to look, his eyes flickering with ghost fires, staring closely at the two trouble-makers charging straight at him.

"These two have decent skills and vigorous vitality, making them qualified to be the main course of the old man's welcome banquet tonight."

He then turned his head, looked at Professor Zheng hiding behind him, and gave an order:

"Leave these people to me to deal with; you lead the others to continue releasing the imprisoned compatriots and just clear out the small fry."

"Yes, Master."

Professor Zheng immediately accepted the order with a respectful expression.

At this moment, his glasses were shattered, his body was covered in blood and filth, and several shocking bullet holes remained glaringly on his chest.

Yet he looked as if nothing was wrong.

Having previously been somewhat terrified, after experiencing bloody slaughter firsthand and watching the miracle of bullets failing to kill him appear, his state of mind underwent a drastic transformation.

Now he could be said to completely consider himself an immortal, treating ordinary humans as prey for hunting, completing his identity shift without any psychological burden.

"Listen up, everyone: part of you protect me to open the door, and another part continue pushing forward to slaughter all the guys holding guns!"

Professor Zheng glared with bloodshot eyes, his face distorted and ferocious, continuously issuing orders and commanding the battle.

After receiving Jiang Chen's empowerment and blessing, apart from his physical strength far surpassing ordinary people, he also possessed a special ability.

He could mentally communicate with other Ghouls and make those brainless fellows obey his commands.

At this moment.

Gazing at the numerous soldiers firing ahead, and watching Jiang Chen crushing the two Special Investigation Team specialists with overwhelming might and displaying fierce power,

Professor Zheng couldn't help gritting his teeth, secretly hardening his resolve.

I am no longer an ordinary human now, or rather, not a living person in the normal sense.

Since... you must stand in the way of my resurrecting my wife and block the Master's great cause.

Then, all of you go to hell!

In the dark, chaotic corridor.

The smell of blood, gunsmoke, chemical potions, and various odors mixed together, forming an indescribable stench.

But to certain inhuman monsters, it was like a potent stimulant, stimulating their numb nervous Systems.

Just as Professor Zheng was borrowing power like a fox exploiting the tiger's might, hiding in the camp and commanding low-level Ghouls to deal with ordinary soldiers while on a killing spree,

A figure quietly landed, appearing in a somewhat darker corner not far from him.

At first, he just stood quietly there, looking like a cold, stiff corpse.

The blood throughout his body almost stopped flowing, and his body temperature dropped below the human limit.

Even those Ghouls extremely sensitive to flesh and blood seemed not to have noticed the figure's presence.

Or perhaps they simply regarded the figure as one of their own kind.

Gradually, the figure suddenly acquired a trace of life's breath, as if coming back to life.

Blood gurgled and flowed, making a faint sound.

His body temperature rose rapidly, resembling a thawing corpse.

Second after second passed.

The sound of blood flowing in his blood vessels grew louder and louder, actually emitting a buzzing vibration sound.

Rumble, rumble——

Like muffled thunder faintly coming from the distant horizon, it caused the foul air in the corridor to tremble slightly along with it.

At the same time, the Aura emitted by the figure became increasingly vigorous and blazing hot.

If viewed through night vision goggles, it was like a blazing torch burning in the darkness, presenting a dazzling infrared radiation light.

The Ghouls running amok and committing atrocities around finally smelled an unusual Aura and abruptly discovered the existence of the figure.

They stopped chewing bones or attacking living people, and turned their heads one after another to look towards this source of vital energy.

With their mouths wide open, they let out roars, dripping stinking saliva drop by drop.

Just like seeing the most delicious delicacy in the world.

Swish, swish, swish.

Twisted and deformed grey figures constantly flashed out from the darkness.

Unable to resist the temptation any longer, these Ghouls rushed forward like hungry wolves, pouncing towards that figure in a scramble, trying to get the first bite of fresh flesh and blood.

Bloodthirsty madness flickered in their eyes, sharp fangs pierced out from the corners of their mouths, and long sharp claws sliced through the air like steel knives, making "hissing" sounds.

Under such a terrifying siege, any creature would probably be torn into pieces instantly, not even leaving a scrap of bone behind.

However, an unexpected thing happened.

A Ghoul made the first move, leaping high, its right claw stabbing straight at the prey's chest.

Seeing that its stomach was about to be ripped open, its heart and lungs dug out, and it was about to be brutally tortured to death,

the figure neither dodged nor avoided it, still standing there like a wooden stake.

Yet the moment the claw touched his chest, his upper body almost instinctively shrank and leaned slightly to the side, dodging that fatal blow by a hair's breadth.

Immediately following that, three more Ghouls attacked successively from different positions.

The one on the left swept a claw, kicking up a bloody gale; the one on the right crouched and lunged fiercely, disemboweling towards the figure's abdomen.

The one in the rear even raised both claws high and slashed down fiercely, intending to tear the figure into two halves.

However, bizarre scenes occurred one after another.

When these Ghouls' claws landed on the figure one after another, they always uncontrollably tilted aside, thereby causing the onslaught to disintegrate instantly.

It was as if they were just a gust of wind, while the figure was a pool of calm water.

The wind blew across the water surface, and apart from rippling some waves, it had no effect whatsoever.

If a martial arts Grandmaster were here, they would be able to see the clue within.

The figure looked motionless, soft and powerless, but actually secretly contained an internal force originating from bodily instinct.

As long as the external force did not exceed this internal force, it could always be neutralized just right, making the successive attacks feel like clay oxen entering the sea, all falling into empty space.

At this time, Professor Zheng, hiding among the group of Ghouls, also noticed the abnormal situation.

He turned his head to look, seeing those Ghouls driven by appetite and out of control, and also seeing the figure who was under siege yet safe and sound.

When his line of sight contacted those eyes burning like orange flames and filled with intense murderous intent,

his pupils abruptly constricted, realizing a certain danger, and he immediately shouted loudly:

"Hurry up and all come over to protect me!"

"Snort, snort——"

Fang Cheng opened his eyes, his breath exhaling violently like a bolt of lightning slashing through the darkness.

The skin of his entire person presented a crimson color, just like a kettle boiling hot water, with steam and white smoke continuously emerging.

Especially the muscles of his arms swelled to the extreme, far exceeding the body temperature limits of ordinary people, red as if about to burn.

Tonight, he was like a sufficiently patient predator.

Previously, taking advantage of the melee, he had sneaked here stealthily, hiding in the monster group by entering embryonic breathing and cutting off his vitality as if dead.

Even the Ghoul leader who called himself Jiang Chen was deceived and completely unaware.

Right now, he had finally waited for this greatest threat to engage in battle with others and move away from the target's safe distance.

The opportunity to deliver a fatal blow had arrived.

How could he allow the prey about to be in hand to escape!

At this moment, with the help of the passive defense effect brought by Force Dispersion, amidst the state of being surrounded by a crowd of enemies, the ultimate move Qilin Arm had already been fully charged.

Gazing at the ugly monsters that kept pouncing over and treating him as food,

Fang Cheng instantly raised his brows, widening his eyes in anger and shouting:

"Get lost!"

At the moment of exhaling and voicing out, the internal organs, tendons, bones, and muscles within his body seemed to vibrate in unison along with this breath.

In an instant, like a fierce tiger dominating the mountain forest letting out a roar, the thunder exploding across the horizon rolled and surged over.

The sound wave shook the entire floor slightly, and also caused all the monsters and humans in combat to involuntarily shake their bodies and pause for a moment.

Rumble——

Thunder roared, and the lingering echoes rolled and reverberated.

Almost simultaneously, Fang Cheng kicked off with his right foot, rapidly leaning forward to sprint, twisting his waist and swinging his arm.

True Qi surged and overflowed within his body, resembling the roaring sound of ocean waves.

Swish.

The fist bursting with astonishing power smashed out fiercely, accompanied by surging airflow.

It seemed to be just one punch, but the Aura was like a violent storm sweeping in.

Anything or anyone daring to block it would inevitably be swallowed by it.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Resembling short sonic boom sounds, the bodies of the Ghouls blocking the path ahead were easily blasted through like cutting tofu.

The arm throwing the punch faintly brought out a string of sparks the moment it cut through the air, ejecting out like a missile.

Charging all the way forward, breaking through recklessly, invincible!

"..."

Professor Zheng, who had become the target of the hunt, stiffened all over, his eyes filled with inexplicable horror.

Seeing the low-level Ghouls blocking in front of him being killed in seconds one by one, and it was about to be his turn, his nerves simply couldn't react in time, and he couldn't even move his legs.

"Audacious!"

Seeing this, Jiang Chen, who was fighting the two Special Investigation Team specialists, couldn't help shouting angrily.

The bone spurs behind him suddenly swung, and the target of attack instantly shifted to the assassin who had suddenly popped out.

This allowed the two blood-drenched, critically injured Special Investigation Team specialists to catch a brief breath.

Whoosh!

Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking wind, the dark red bone spur transformed into a scythe extending over ten meters, instantly slashing towards the enemy who dared to offend his dignity.

Fang Cheng still neither dodged nor yielded, with complete Focus on hunting the target.

Gazing at the fist shadow coming from afar to near and growing larger and larger, Professor Zheng's soul fled in terror, shouting with extreme madness in his heart:

"I have an immortal body, I will definitely not die, how could I possibly be beaten to death by mere fists..."

Bang!

A heavy punch wrapped in True Qi contained unimaginable strength, passing through the block of the bone spurs and striking Professor Zheng's forehead.

Then, his head instantly burst open like a watermelon.