"I'm sorry, but the control system here has been inactivated to stop the parasites and bioweapons," Yewu said.
The control system on this transport ship had already malfunctioned during the outbreak of the bioweapons. Given the urgency of the situation, the technicians had no choice but to tamper with the control system of the two gates and execute an infinite loop. Therefore, the two gates were always closed regardless of whether they were opened or closed.
It was only after Hua Xi and her men arrived that Yewu and the others managed to cut open the gate with their high-energy beam guns. Now, the gate was destroyed. If the second gate was destroyed as well, then the bioweapons and parasites coming after them would undoubtedly attack them from both sides.
Yewu had considered all of this before, which was why she agreed with Hua Xi's decision to take the nearby fork and head to the fifth gate. Yewu wasn't sure if she should believe Silin's claim that the fifth gate was a dead end or not. After all, she hadn't ordered any of the technicians to inactivate the infinite loop.
Ye Wu couldn't trust these Hunters. She didn't have a good impression of them, and her preconceived notions and the events that had just transpired made her highly suspicious of the Hunters Hua Xi had recruited at the last minute. She would've supported Hua Xi's suggestion if it weren't for her.
Ignoring Yewu's words, Moon walked up to the gate and reached out a finger to touch the control switch beside the gate. At the same time, the blue bar on Moon's face began to flash.
Moon didn't say anything, and neither did Silin. The other members of the Eleventh Squad were even less likely to respond. They were preparing to go all out when the gate was opened, so they didn't have the time or the mood to explain themselves. Even seasoned Hunters couldn't afford to be careless when dealing with parasitic bioweapons. They had to be extremely careful, stay focused, and adjust their body's condition as quickly as possible.
Seeing that no one was responding, Sigma kindly explained, "It can be changed. You just don't have the ability to do so, that's all."
Yewu: "..."
It was a slap in the face, and an innocent one at that.
Yewu's face twitched. She would rather the little robot didn't answer.
Dias took out a long cannon barrel, while Eudy, who was beside Dias, also took out a slightly smaller cannon barrel. Yewu really wanted to say, "We can't use cannons that are too powerful here." If the tunnel was seriously damaged, they would definitely not benefit from it. Instead, they might become a hindrance. However, Yewu thought that these Hunters would definitely know about this, so she stopped herself from saying what she was about to say.
After A 'Yue gave a signal, Silin raised his left hand and began to count down with his five fingers.
Five … four … three …
As Silin retracted his fingers one by one, the surrounding people became abnormally silent. A tense atmosphere lingered around them, and from a certain distance behind them, the cries of the parasites and biochemical beasts could be heard.
Hua Xi glanced at the monitor on her wrist. The parasites were only the size of a fist, but they radiated a dark, oppressive aura.
Hua Xi gulped, took a deep breath, and tightened her grip on her gun. I hope that bastard Silin is right, or else...
Two … one!
The moment Silin retracted his last finger, the closed gate let out a beep. It wasn't loud, but it sounded like a horn that signaled the start of the battle.
The serrated gate opened from the middle, and the moment it was only wide enough for a single bullet to pass through, Tang Qiuqiqiu fired. Dark gray liquid spilled out of the gap. It was a hit.
Hua Xi subconsciously glanced at Tang Qiuqiqiu when she saw this. She knew she couldn't afford to be distracted right now, but she couldn't help but stare at Tang Qiuqiqiu out of curiosity. She had been paying attention to Silin all this time, but Silin wasn't the one who fired the first shot. It was a girl who hadn't even reached adulthood yet who had fired the first shot!
Her hand didn't tremble in the slightest. She didn't show any nervousness, excitement, or seriousness. In fact, she didn't even show any other emotion. She did it as naturally as if she was eating a meal. That was how Hua Xi saw Tang Qiuqiqiu.
The gap between the gates grew wider and wider, and the scent of parasites and biochemical beasts assaulted everyone's nostrils. Tang Qiuqiqiu's first shot marked the beginning of the battle.
The concentrated firepower prevented the closest group of parasites and biochemical beasts from breaking through the defense line immediately. However, there were too many of them, and they were too close to each other. The situation wasn't in everyone's favor. It was at this moment Dias made his move.
Instead of the cannonball or energy beam that Yewu had expected, the thing that shot out of the cannon barrel was a metal spear.
After the metal spear shot out of the cannon barrel, three sharp blades unfurled and spun like a fan. The blades shredded the parasites and biochemical beasts near the center of the tunnel like a meat grinder.
The parasites' dark gray blood splattered everywhere, and some of the biochemical beasts that tried to pounce on them were sliced into pieces by the blades.
Meanwhile, the rest of the team focused their firepower on the parasites and biochemical beasts near the tunnel walls.
Based on the number of parasites, the spinning blades could only cover a range of ten meters. As they sliced and diced, the blades grew slower and duller. They wouldn't be of much use anymore.
Still, ten meters was enough to complete its mission.
Bang bang bang bang bang —
Five icy-blue projectiles shot out and exploded ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty meters away from the team. There was no fire, only a white, mist-like blast. The parasites closest to the five projectiles had already turned into ice cubes, and the biochemical beasts weren't much better off.
The Cryogenic Cryogenic Grenade had a radius of ten meters. Outside of that range, the impact was much smaller.
The cold air spread, and under the effect of the ultra-low temperature Rapid Freeze Bomb, the movement of the parasites and biochemical beasts slowed down a lot. Even if the parasites' attack power had increased, they were still normal humans after all. They would still be affected by the temperature, so their movements were much slower. However, the biochemical beasts that were slightly further away from the center of the Cryogenic Grenade only slowed down for a moment before recovering.
Tang Qiuqiu was as sharp as ever. She hadn't stopped shooting all the time, and it was a series of shots that almost never paused either. But at this rate, every shot Tang Qiuqiu made blew up the heads of the parasites, and some of the biochemical beasts that were blown up were almost all shot in the head. Just like Dias said, she was a natural marksman.
Although Ba Dao had three pairs of hands, two more than the average human, and six guns fired at the same time, his efficiency might not be higher than Tang Qiuqiu's.
Tang Qiuqiu's steps forward were very steady. She did not even make any dodging movements, because there was a fair fatty beside her. Xueqiu was responsible for the biochemical beasts that pounced on her. These biochemical beasts were faster than the parasites, and they were small and agile. They weren't easy to deal with. If these parasites didn't take measures in time, they would be like these parasites that had completely lost their self-awareness.
Don't think that a fatty should be slow. Xueqiu smashed the biochemical beasts that pounced on Tang Qiuqiu one by one. Even if the biochemical beasts were not smashed, they wouldn't be much better off. They would no longer be able to move.
Snowball's palms were covered in too much of the grey liquid that belonged to the biochemical beast. Hence, after slapping a biochemical beast that had pounced on it against the tunnel wall, Snowball's palms ground against the tunnel wall. Then, with a swipe, the biochemical beast that had been smashed into a meat patty and its sticky blood was smeared on the tunnel wall. The people who saw this scene could not help but shudder.
As for Chifeng, he was still as bloody as ever. After he tore the seventeenth parasite in half, Hua Xi and the others finally understood that he was no ordinary human.
He looked innocent and harmless earlier, especially his eyes. Sometimes, they showed a puppy's grievance, and it made people want to take pity on him. Why else would people say that dogs are more likely to win people's sympathy than cats?
But who was this person who was killing people even more cleanly than Hua Xi's subordinates?! Moreover, Chifeng didn't look innocent or pitiable anymore. His eyes were the eyes of a hunter. They were bloodthirsty and cruel, but they didn't lose their cool. Most surprising of all, he was able to work well with his teammates.
He was a very good hunter. He might have some flaws, but he was a very good hunter. The old man protected by Zhuo Hua and Golden Willow's subordinates commented on Chifeng.
Even Sha Rou, who was a little inexperienced at the beginning, had matured a lot by now. She might not be able to achieve the same state of mind as Tang Qiuqiu and Scarlet Wind, but she had done a good job and matured very quickly.
Yue grabbed a parasite that was charging at Sha Rou and scanned it. Then, he electrocuted the parasite with his finger and turned it into charcoal. It was collecting information. This was Moon's "professional habit."
It was fine if they didn't move, but this kind of close combat was the best way to see a hunter's ability. Even though the Eleventh Squad only had a dozen or so Hunters, they were still a force to be reckoned with.
Every single member of the Eleventh Squad was a force to be reckoned with. Silin's performance went without saying. The moment Silin opened fire, Hua Xi knew that she was going to lose horribly. Her years of experience and knowledge had taught her that the gap between her and Silin wasn't something she could catch up to.
Silin and Tang Qiuqiu had always been recognized as the Eleventh Squad's strongest marksmanship.
Why was it called "people"? It was because Moon and Sigma, two non-humans, were confident that they wouldn't lose to Tang Qiuqiu. Czedow, on the other hand, was a non-human. However, Czedow rarely fired a gun, so no one knew who was better between him and Tang Qiuqiu.
After the group had moved a bit further, the parasites and biochemical beasts finally appeared in their sights.
Yue was already prepared to close the gate before the parasites and biochemical beasts could reach them. Not only did it block off their pursuers, but it also cut off their retreat path. The only way out now was to break through the gate and approach the fourth entry point.
Silin didn't order all of Xi Kai's robots to follow him. Only three of them stayed in stealth mode.
Xi Kai's robots were Silin's trump card, and they couldn't be exposed right now, especially not in front of Sector M's people. Silin's original plan changed a little after he noticed the hidden hand behind the biochemical beasts.
The League of Stars had its own robot kingdom, and the Robert Family's robots were the most famous in the entire League of Stars right now. However, their style was obviously different from Xi Kai's robots. Exposing them right now would only make things more troublesome. Moreover, Xi Kai's new robot technology hadn't matured yet, and his research hadn't stabilized yet. Therefore, he had to shelve his idea of using robots to solve the problem for now.
Moreover, the people in the squad needed training. Hunters were supposed to kill their way to the top, so they had to rely on themselves and their teamwork more often than not. All of this required real combat.
Shooting the parasites was easy. Even though they were much faster and stronger after being mutated, they were still easier to deal with compared to the smaller, faster, and more lethal biochemical beasts.
Some people also took advantage of the gap to inject themselves with the secondary resistance medicine. Now, everyone's body was splashed with a dark gray liquid, and some people were also injured. Even if they weren't scratched by the parasites and biochemical beasts, the many germs floating in the air and the blood splashed on them would still infect them with the biochemical beast virus. Therefore, they had to inject themselves with the second resistance. Otherwise, they would start to show symptoms before they even made it out of the passage.
"Silin, the special medicine is almost done. It'll take half an hour at most, so you don't need to inject yourself with the third resistance," Tico said from the communicator in Silin's ear.
"Roger that!" Silin looked at the time before urging everyone, "Hurry up!"
Hua Xi and the others didn't understand why Silin was in such a hurry. The parasites and biochemical beasts wouldn't be able to break through the gate anytime soon.
Although they didn't understand why, they still sped up. Some people put away their protective suits, which limited their movements. If they wanted their hands to move faster, they had to do this. The oxygen supply of the breathing mask was not enough to satisfy the people who were doing strenuous exercises, so there were too many limitations. Didn't everyone in the Eleventh Squad put away their protective suits? They couldn't afford to lose, could they?
Not to mention, the number of parasites and biochemical beasts had dwindled significantly. There was no need to hold back any longer. The most important thing right now was to finish this as soon as possible and get out of here.
Although the protective suits weren't made of armor, they could still delay the biochemical beasts from burrowing into a human's body. For those who weren't wearing protective suits, it wouldn't take more than half a second for an adult parasite the size of a fist to burrow into a human's body. As for the smaller parasites, they wouldn't slow down just because they were still in their infancy. Because of their size, they could burrow into a human's body in less than a quarter of a second. Moreover, the smaller parasites were even harder to notice.
A few dark gray protrusions appeared on the bodies of the recently killed parasites. One of them was bigger than the others, and the others were much smaller. The protrusions moved for a moment before burrowing out of the dead parasite's skin. Then, they joined the other biochemical beasts and attacked Silin's group.
They're reproducing fast! As expected of a biochemical beast raised as a "weapon"!
Hua Xi was protected by a couple of bodyguards. A group of bioweapons crawled out of the corpses of the dead parasites and charged at them. Hua Xi's group had dwindled considerably.
The bodyguard who was protecting them from behind only dealt with the big biochemical beast. He did not notice that there was a small biochemical beast behind the big one. The small biochemical beast was blocked by the big biochemical beast in front of it, and the bullet did not go through the big biochemical beast and hit the small one.
This little biochemical beast that had just been born was like a wolf that hadn't seen fresh meat for a long time. It was impatient and thirsty. The bodyguard felt a numbing pain in his abdomen. In that moment, he felt as if he had become one of the parasites. As a bodyguard, he was prepared to die at any moment, especially when he learned about this mission.
The victim would be fine as long as they could get the biochemical beast out of their body as soon as possible. But that wasn't going to be easy. The biochemical beasts weren't slow to move inside a person's body, and no one else had the time to get them out of their body!
Just as Hua Xi's bodyguard was about to say something along the lines of "You guys go on ahead and leave me alone, I'll cover the rear", he noticed that someone was already standing in front of him. He looked down and saw two fingers three centimeters above where the parasite had burrowed into his abdomen.
Maybe it was because the image of the parasites in his head had shocked him so much that he didn't even notice when the two fingers had stabbed him. Even his sense of pain was lagging a little.
Czedow pulled out the biochemical beast that had crawled into the bodyguard's body. The bodyguard felt like he had just survived a disaster.
"Solace!"
Another bodyguard noticed Czedow's injury as well. After taking out a biochemical beast that was charging at them, he asked, "Are you alright?"
Solace's face was still a little pale, but the corner of her lips twitched a little. "I'm fine now."
The injury Czedow had inflicted on his abdomen was nothing. Solace felt a lot more relaxed now! After all, she wasn't infected, was she?
"Thank you!" Solace said sincerely. Earlier, they were dissatisfied with the Hunters, and then they acknowledged their abilities a little. But now, Solace was grateful for the man who had saved her from becoming one of the parasites.
Czedow didn't look at them. Instead, he turned around and looked at the biochemical beasts that had crawled out of the dead bodies one after another. "The captain told me to cover the rear. You guys are too slow."
Solace: "..."
Can you not say the last sentence?
Czedow's movements were a lot faster. Even if he wasn't using a gun, the movement of his hands was enough to shock Solace and the bodyguards responsible for covering the rear. But that wasn't what shocked them the most.
Three biochemical beasts passed by Czedow and pounced straight at Solace's group. Czedow didn't even look at Solace's group because his back was facing them, nor did he look at the incoming biochemical beasts. He didn't even turn his head. With a wave of his arm, the three biochemical beasts that were charging at Solace's group were cut in half.
Similar things had happened a couple of times already. What shocked Solace and the others wasn't Czedow's ability to move as if he had eyes on the back of his head, or the fact that he was so fast that only the shadows of his hands could be seen. Instead, it was — why didn't the biochemical beasts attack Czedow instead?!
Czedow wasn't attacked by the biochemical beasts at all. It was as if they couldn't sense his existence at all. Instead, they set their sights on Solace and the others who were further away from them. Why?!
This puzzled Solace and the others.
However, the current situation didn't allow them to think any deeper. Everyone picked up their pace, and the fourth entry point was getting closer and closer.
"Silin, what you're thinking is happening," Moon said to Silin.
Moon had already detected that a few of the warehouses on the transport ship that were loaded with radioactive energy had been opened, including the ones near the fifth entry point. The biochemical beasts there were starting to mutate. For them, high radiation was like a type of genetic evolution food. Right now, it was estimated that there was a situation where the new replaced the old, and the entire range would be replaced.
There was no radioactive energy cabin near the fourth entry point at all, so the biochemical beasts here wouldn't mutate. This was one of the reasons why Silin had chosen the fourth entry point.
"The mutated biochemical beasts have replaced the old biochemical beasts and taken over the parasites' bodies. Not only that, the parasites have grown stronger and formed a hard shell on the surface. Worse still, the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth entry points have all been opened. If I hadn't locked down the fourth entry point, it would've been opened by the tampering program already. Some of the evolved biochemical beasts and parasites have crawled out of the entrances and onto the surface of the transport ship. They aren't afraid of the outer space, so we'll definitely run into them if we get out. "
Moon had also learned to use the word "things" to refer to the biochemical beasts and parasites.
Moon explained the situation to Silin. Silin had already guessed at all of this, which was why Silin wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible. The longer they delayed, the more parasites and biochemical beasts there would be on the transport ship, and that would be a huge problem for them.
Would it be easier to fight against C-rank or A-rank geniuses? Without a doubt, it was much easier to fight against C-rank Genotypes.
Silin briefly explained the situation to Hua Xi and the others. The number of biochemical beasts near the fourth entry point had decreased, and their main priority now was to figure out a way to leave this place safely.
After exchanging a few words with Hua Xi and the others, Silin notified Udoze and Xi Kai of the plan. Then, he called Moon over. "Me, Moon, and Wheeze will head out first. We'll clean up this place."
After that, Silin grabbed Huimao's ear and said, "Wake up. Come with me. Let's get to work!"
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