HeLa cells were kicked away and crashed into a large tree, causing it to shake violently.

"Where did this mad dog come from?!" The red-haired girl threw down the hammer in her hand, pulled out a gleaming silver straight knife from her travel bag, and prepared to charge at the [HeLa Cell].

"Wait!" The captain reached out to stop him.

"Why?" The red-haired girl turned her head and looked at the captain with a puzzled expression.

The captain looked at the man's forearm, where a piece of flesh had been bitten off and was bleeding profusely, with a grave expression.

"That's no ordinary dog; even a wolf couldn't have such a terrifying bite force!"

"That's right, and I used all my strength in that kick. If it were an ordinary person, hitting a tree would definitely kill them instantly."

But look, it's standing up now." The bitten man gritted his teeth as he stared at the HeLa cell that had gotten up from the ground.

“This is a mutant! Although it’s estimated to be only at the ‘Beast King’ level, we can’t let our guard down.” The man made his initial assessment.

[HeLa Cells] got up from the ground, feeling a little dazed.

Why is this one so powerful? Aren't they the same species? But they look exactly the same.

[HeLa Cell] stared back at the opposite side, then swallowed the bloody piece of meat in its mouth.

After swallowing it, it immediately felt the powerful energy inside, which was greater than anything it had ever eaten before. This bite was even equivalent to half of the energy of the girl it had eaten before.

[HeLa Cell] I understand. The reason this individual is so strong is because it has a lot of energy, while the girl before was so weak because she had too little energy.

It seems that the difficulty of the hunt is directly proportional to the reward.

Without any further hesitation, the HeLa cells lunged at the group again, but this time they easily dodged and scattered.

"I thought it was some powerful mutant, but judging by its speed, it's probably just a low-level 'Beast King'." The red-haired girl gripped her straight sword, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes, and then shouted to another girl behind her.

"Xiaoxiao, go bandage the vice-captain first, then stay away!"

The girl nodded like a chick pecking at rice, then immediately bandaged the bite wound of the man who had moved to her side.

The captain went to the travel backpack and pulled out a straight knife, pointing it at the HeLa cells.

[HeLa Cell] showed no fear and opened its mouth again, charging directly at the captain.

The captain's straight sword flashed coldly as he held it horizontally to his right side and thrust his entire body forward with incredible speed, the sword slashing straight at the gaping maw of the [HeLa Cell].

The next moment, the blade flashed and sliced ​​off half of HeLa Cell's head, which fell to the ground. HeLa Cell's vision immediately went black.

"Wow! As expected of the captain, he killed it in one hit!" The red-haired girl looked at her captain with admiration as he stylishly killed the monster.

"No! It's not over yet." The man with a bandage on his right hand realized something was wrong.

The red-haired girl followed his gaze, shifting it from the captain back to the [HeLa Cell], her pupils instantly contracting.

The HeLa cell, now missing half its head, was seen staggering toward the severed half, attempting to retrieve and reattach it.

The man reached to his waist, pulled out a pistol engraved with a star pattern, aimed it at the HeLa cell, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang--!

Bang--!

Bang--!

All three shots hit their mark, leaving three horrifying bloody holes in the HeLa cell's body, causing it to momentarily freeze.

The captain quickly turned around and swung his sword at the HeLa Cell again, this time striking the neck.

The remaining half of the HeLa cell's head was also mercilessly severed.

So sharp, are those teeth? No, they're more like the forelimbs of a praying mantis, but their speed and lethality are far, far greater than a praying mantis's. And those three stone-like things inside its body... it inexplicably injured itself, but this only happened after the sound came from the man it bit. Was it him?

[HeLa Cells] helped her stand up, and the wounds on her body began to wriggle, then instantly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even her severed head grew back.

The four people who saw this scene were all shocked.

"This...regeneration?" the red-haired girl asked suspiciously.

"It seems so, but it's rather weak. Destroying it will just take some time." The captain gripped his sword with both hands and charged at the [HeLa Cell] again, swinging his sword to strike.

Facing the straight blade that was swinging towards them, the [HeLa Cell] charged forward again, opening its blood-red maw.

This time, the blade struck the HeLa cell's neck directly, attempting to sever its head once again.

But just as the blade was halfway in, it got stuck in the middle. The captain was stunned. He could feel that the neck of the [HeLa Cell] was much harder than before, so this time, the same force did not cut off its head.

The HeLa cell, whose neck was stuck in the knife, seemed to feel no pain and directly swung its claws and scratched the captain's face.

The captain winced in pain, but with a powerful swing of his twin swords, a silver blade flashed through the air, and another head flew off.

"I was careless." The captain stepped back to look at the back of the blade, the smooth surface reflecting the hideous scar on his face.

Bang--!

Another gunshot rang out. Despite having been decapitated and supposedly losing all senses, the HeLa cell reacted instantly to the sound of the gunshot, quickly retreating backward.

The bullet that was supposed to hit its chest only broke through its skin.

The man frowned, puzzled as to how the HeLa cells had discovered and dodged him.

"Captain, are you alright!" The red-haired girl who had been standing to the side rushed over to help after seeing that her captain was injured.

"It's nothing, just a minor injury. As long as my eyes aren't hurt," the captain said, wiping the blood from his face and shaking his head indifferently.

The red-haired girl looked at the wound on the other person's face and felt as if it were her own heart aching. Then she turned her head and coldly stared at the [HeLa Cell] whose head had grown back.

[HeLa Cell] raised its claws, licked the remaining bloodstains, and the skin on its body that had been punctured by the gun immediately healed.

HeLa cells' claws are different from other dog claws. Because they have been modified, they are not only used for running like ordinary dog ​​claws, but are more like the front paws of felines, making them more flexible and able to scratch the other person's face.

Before the HeLa cells could make any move, the captain, who was four or five meters away, suddenly stretched out his left hand and grabbed hard in mid-air.

Then several transparent, spider-like threads suddenly emerged from the ground and wrapped around the HeLa cells.