Chapter 181 Upside Down
Carlos stubbornly pulled the trigger toward Pandora's head.
He was absolutely certain that this shot would wipe that brat's ignorance and madness from the world forever.
He had made similar decisions many times in his life, though none of them had turned out perfectly. For example, before joining Eoubs, Carlos was certain that he would survive the annihilation operation with his old partners and live a life of luxury and extravagance at the top.
Later he learned to be smarter and realized that one shouldn't be too optimistic, because if you are, your chances of success will be greatly reduced, almost to zero.
But at that moment, he was absolutely certain that the Pandora before him wasn't the one he knew—so he had to kill her. He had done enough so far; there was no reason for him to stumble again.
However, what happened next was completely unfounded. The person who had been knocked to the ground by the explosion and should have been unconscious—An Ru—suddenly jumped up and lunged at him. The impact had injured Carlos's internal organs, and his hearing was somewhat distorted, so he hadn't noticed the movement behind him. But just as the other person was about to touch him, he felt a strange panic. Instinctively, Carlos dodged sharply to the right, and the thing missed its mark on his shoulder. He immediately fired a shot into her head.
An Rushi's head exploded, but her body still struggled to get up. He was certain she was dead. At this point, one more shot would have ended the situation, but he couldn't pull the trigger.
At that moment, Carlos realized that he felt a cool sensation on his neck. It wasn't a wound, but rather a needle that had grazed an artery. However, the potent inhibitory toxin contained within had already begun to take effect, spreading at an astonishing speed, making it an excellent tool for a sneak attack.
He swayed, trying to do something, but the machine gun had already slipped from his hand and landed on the scorched earth.
He heard several wild, shrill screams behind him—what the hell, humanoid creatures or something—followed by some murmuring, and Merlink shouted, "Last minute—"
"Get out of there quickly, all the links are destroyed, and there are..." That bastard was still talking.
But he could no longer hear Merlink's voice; everything seemed to have become very blurry, and the voice came from a distant place.
He suddenly recalled this toxin—the people in the research department called it a "specific cell-destroying weapon"—the syringes were full of biochemical weapons with anesthesia and cell-dissolving properties, much like the dessert used to end a massacre.
However, rather than dissolving cells, it's more like a highly corrosive agent. During the Bloodborne massacre mission, countless people were devoured by this stuff, and they remained conscious until the end. It was one of Eoubs' most gruesome and perverse videos from that year.
He had actually witnessed that scene firsthand. In that dark control room, his comrades, whom he had killed, looked like deformed monsters after being implanted with the toxin.
It took Merlink a tremendous amount of effort to pull him out of the infected area. There was no way around it; once you choose to run away, you run away—he should have regretted it long ago.
Behind him, Merlink was still saying something incessantly, but he still couldn't hear him clearly.
Carlos swayed again, unable to stand steadily any longer, and knelt on the ground, coughing up blood as if he were going crazy.
Around him, the force field that should have been destroyed came back to life, its energy returning to order, as if some sophisticated expert was happily manipulating the data within. They shredded all the remaining weapons, rejoicing greatly.
Amidst the dazzling afterimages, he saw Pandora spraying a healing potion on herself, then slowly walking up to him, squatting down, and smiling as she said, "What a willingness to sacrifice! To be able to blow up the altered notes, what a fearless spirit! But do you know why you lost?"
Carlos was too weak to look at her, but his mind was still rapidly calculating the likelihood of him resisting the toxin and when he would regain his mobility. He knew how long it took that thing to destroy a person, and he had just dodged it, only grazed the skin, grazed an artery—the effects wouldn't last long.
“You think we’re the ones you’re dealing with? No… of course not. We’re just unlucky souls born at different points in time,” Pandora continued. “The ones who want to destroy you are ‘you’ yourselves. So you can’t win no matter what, because you are the beginning of the points, the kind of people who deserve to be tied to the rack and suffer. We went to so much trouble to spread these fragments out, just to watch you being tortured to death, to see the agony of your struggles before you die.”
She grabbed Carlos's hair, her gaze venomous and cold, and said, word by word, "Well then, let's play something more interesting next."
at the same time.
He finally heard what Merlink said.
"Damn, it's finally finished."
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Siberia, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
A011 Core Infection Area Base.
The entire repair shop was a mess. Old-fashioned gas pipes welded into the walls had burst, and raging pale blue flames spread wildly along the patterns on the dome, causing the already dilapidated building slabs to collapse once again. Large amounts of rubble and steel bars fell down, and the collapse area continued to extend outwards, threatening to tear the entire repair shop apart completely.
The explosion was accompanied by a lot of screams and cries for help. No one knew what had happened before, but the residual energy in the battlefield was still enormous. Any flammable object in sight exploded, and the hall became so hot that it was unbearable for anyone to stay there.
He Yu walked through the flames as if nothing had happened.
His face was expressionless, yet he exuded boundless murderous intent. His steps were steady and unwavering, displaying a resolute air that suggested he would slap anything he encountered, whether human or ghost, to death.
Pandora sat in the driver's seat watching his back. For a moment, she felt that the person walking in the distance was a complete stranger to He Yu, or perhaps just a cold-blooded monster.
She watched as the 'monster' mercilessly killed all those who looked exactly like them, without any emotion, as if it were just casually dealing with NPCs encountered on the road.
A nameless sense of panic enveloped her, and Pandora seemed to have returned to a time when she was still in Jerusalem. However, her memories from that time had been tormented and crushed by the continuous theatrical performances, and could not be pieced together completely. All that remained was darkness. She did not know who she was or what to do next. She only knew that her soul was filled with fear and terror, which would not stop until it was completely torn apart.
She didn't understand what she was doing at that moment, but as if possessed, she got out of the car and ran towards He Yu.
The man finally stopped, turned to the side, stood amidst the corpses, and spoke in a commanding tone.
"Go back."
I owe you one more chapter, I'll make it up next time. I haven't been getting enough rest lately, I'm too tired (exhausted).
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