Even though the young man was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel terrified after witnessing the scene before him.
In the dark basement, there were wriggling chunks of meat everywhere. Among these chunks of meat, pale and emaciated people were tightly wrapped up like prey of spiders. Not only that, but what terrified the young man even more was that, with the help of the flashlight, he could clearly see that there were tentacles hanging down from the top of these people's heads like the roots of a tree. They were inserted into their brains and were twitching and wriggling!
"Wahhhhhh!"
Looking at this scene, the young man couldn't help but scream and retreat in a fluster. He raised the gun in his hand, panting heavily, and aimed at the strange balls of flesh before him. But due to excessive fear, the young man couldn't pull the trigger at all.
What the hell are these things? Could they be Protogut animals?
Even though his brain desperately wanted to admit that they were a variant of some kind of Protogut animal, the young man instinctively felt that they weren't existences that he knew of at all. Instead, they came from a distant world and didn't belong to this planet at all.
Swoosh!
At this moment, the young man felt a gust of wind behind him. He hurriedly rolled forward and felt a burning sensation on his back the moment he bent over. Then, he instinctively raised his pistol, aimed at the back, and fired!
Bang!
As sparks flew in all directions, the young man witnessed a mysterious shadow flashing behind him and disappearing into the shadows.
What kind of monster is that? Is it really a Protogut animal?
At this thought, the young man raised his vigilance to the maximum. He opened his right eye abruptly and quickly turned into a mechanical eye that scanned the surroundings. And at that moment, the young man once again saw a mysterious shadow stabbing at him from the shadows!
I can't dodge it!
Upon realizing this, the young man raised his right hand to defend himself. In the next moment, the black shadow hit the young man's right hand heavily.
Clang!
But to his surprise, the black shadow failed to puncture the young man's right arm. On the contrary, the instant it struck the young man's right arm, a series of sparks erupted and the young man flew back miserably, before crashing to the ground heavily. However, he quickly stood up again and looked around vigilantly.
At this moment, the camouflage skin on the youth's right arm had been completely torn apart. Through the faint light, one could even see the blue and black metal arm underneath. In fact, the youth's arm was not made of flesh and blood, but an artificial limb made by Chi.
This was a product of the Protogut War. In order to fight against the Protogut Beasts, humans used Pyrolyte to create prosthetic limbs for those who lost their limbs during the war and trained them to be warriors. The young man before them was one of them.
I have to get out of here.
Clenching his fists tightly, the young man looked around vigilantly. Only then did he realize that there seemed to be something moving around, trying to surround and capture him. Although he didn't know what it was, and although he didn't know what had happened here, he was sure that the Heavenly Dao Palace was definitely up to no good! Although the evidence so far was not sufficient, with these images, it should be enough …
Whoosh!!
The sound of the wind rang out once more. The youth leaped and dodged the attack that appeared out of nowhere. With a roll, he stood up from the ground and dashed towards the stairs. But just as the youth was about to step on the stairs, another black shadow suddenly appeared and blocked his way out.
"What … is this …."
At this moment, the youth finally saw the true face of the monster in front of him.
It was a monster with a black body covered in strange, hard bone spikes, slender arms and a tail, and a long oval head that looked like a banana or bread. It was not at all like the Protogut Beasts the youth had seen. Instead, it looked more like some kind of terrifying existence from another world.
"…"
The black creature raised its head and opened its mouth. Viscous saliva dripped down from the side of its mouth. Although it had no eyes, the young man could still feel the chilling murderous intent coming from its body. It was locked onto him.
I have to get out of here!
Clenching his right fist, the youth stared at the movement of the monster in front of him. Then, his vision blurred, and the next moment, the black monster pounced in front of him!
Now's the time!
"Heavenly Child Style Battle Art Type 1, No. 15 — —!!"
Looking at the black monster pouncing on him, the youth roared and swung his fist. At this moment, his right hand shone brightly as if it had exploded. Then, his entire right hand began to accelerate at the moment of the explosion and hit the target with a whistling sound of the wind.
"Cloud — —!"
Puchi.
But the youth's movement was not finished.
A sharp barb penetrated the youth's body from the back of his heart. The youth who was rushing forward did not expect to be ambushed at all. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, but before he could do anything else, he saw the black barb lift him from the ground and hang him in the air.
"Ugh … Ah …"
His chest began to heat up, and everything in front of him began to blur. The youth struggled to open his eyes. The only thing he could see was the monster's open mouth.
"… Looks like … I've lost … Sorry … Mu …"
"Puff!!"
But before the youth could finish his words, the next moment, the mouthpart that flew out of the Xenomorph's mouth smashed his head into pieces like a bullet. The young man's corpse trembled for a moment, then collapsed to the ground, no longer breathing.
When Fangzheng returned to the "Research Institute" with Tiria, it was already evening.
"There's an intruder?"
Fangzheng was a little surprised to hear the news from Lorana.
"It seems that those guys in the Tokyo Special Administrative Region can't sit still … By the way, where's the body?"
"Because the head was destroyed, I judged that it was useless, so I disposed of it."
"I see."
Upon hearing Lulana's answer, Fangzheng nodded. Following that, he threw the matter of the unlucky intruder to the back of his mind. Regardless of who the intruder was or what he was doing here, he was already dead. Since he was dead, there was nothing to worry about.
"By the way, how's the research progress?"
"Master, it's preliminary success."
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Lorana decisively put the matter of the previous intruder behind her and answered.
"I've adjusted the genes of the Slime according to your proposal … and finally made progress."
"Oh?"
Hearing Lorana's report, Fangzheng's interest was immediately piqued.
"What progress?"
"We reconstructed the Slime, then injected it into the target's body. The Slime will gradually devour and fuse with the target's brain to achieve the goal of complete control. But … "
"But?"
"Because the human body is relatively fragile, it will take at least three hours for the fusion to take place. The target's body temperature will be too high and will fall into a coma …"
"That's not a problem."
Fangzheng shook his head. He thought for a moment and made a decision.
"Now that we've made preliminary progress, the next step is large-scale human trials … Hmm …"
Having said that, Fangzheng suddenly paused. Then, he stretched out his hand and took out his cell phone from his pocket to glance at it. Following that, the corners of Fangzheng's mouth curled up.
"It seems that we have a very suitable volunteer."
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