Chapter 64 A desperate counterattack! She created her own extermination gas in the lab!
Before he finished speaking, the teeth-grinding scraping sound from the ventilation ducts above and around him suddenly intensified tenfold!
The sound was no longer a rustling sound, but rather the frenzied rampage of thousands of enormous, hungry beasts charging wildly within the metal cage, their sharp claws scraping against the metal, creating a torrent of noise that could pierce eardrums.
"Block the ventilation openings!" Lu Zhanting roared.
It's too late.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three loud explosions occurred almost simultaneously.
The three ventilation grilles on the ceiling of the sealed room were violently smashed away by the raging force inside, and three bluish-gray afterimages formed a triangular shape, rushing towards the only two living creatures in the room from different directions!
They were exactly the same as the monsters that had just been nailed to the wall, with the physique of skinned, mad monkeys, their bulging muscles covered with bulging veins, and their speed and agility were at the level of top predators in the jungle.
A deadly trap was formed in an instant!
Lu Zhanting's fighting instincts outpaced his thinking; his muscles bulged, and he pulled Su Wanqing behind him.
His body twisted and turned, his right arm muscles taut like steel cables, and the military knife in his hand drew a deadly straight line that tore through the air as he fearlessly faced the monster charging at him head-on.
"Pfft!"
A crisp sound.
The blade cleaved through the monster's brow with unstoppable force, splitting its head in two along the midline. Hot, black blood and brain matter splattered, and the corpse crashed to the ground, still twitching nervously.
One fatal blow!
But the stench from both flanks had already reached them!
"Zhan Ting, to the left rear!" Su Wanqing's voice was as calm as a scalpel, without the slightest tremor.
Without turning his head, Lu Zhanting released the rifle with lightning speed with his left hand, drew another combat knife from his waist, and stabbed backward with his arm at an odd angle!
This is absolute trust—to completely entrust one's back to one's wife!
"squeak!"
A piercing shriek exploded.
The monster, which had attempted to ambush from a blind spot, was struck precisely through the eye socket by this dagger, which was delivered without the monster even looking, the blade disappearing to the hilt! The immense impact sent its body flying sideways, smashing over a whole row of glass test tubes behind it.
In the blink of an eye, the third monster had crossed Lu Zhanting's defense zone!
Its target from the very beginning was the seemingly more "delicious" prey behind Lu Zhanting—Su Wanqing!
The sharp claws pierced the air, aiming straight for the throat!
There was no panic in Su Wanqing's eyes, but rather a cold calculation flashed across them.
Just as the foul-smelling claws were about to touch her skin, she suddenly crouched down, her movement as fluid as a female leopard.
With that, she grabbed the incredibly heavy metal centrifuge base on the lab table with both hands, used her waist and abdomen to exert all her strength, and in an upward hook position, slammed it hard into the monster's waist and abdomen!
"Bang!!"
A deafeningly loud bang.
The monster was struck by this irresistible force, its entire body like it had been hit by a battering ram. It let out a short, strange cry, flew into the air, and crashed uncontrollably into the heavy alloy door with a loud bang.
Now!
Lu Zhanting had already turned around and dealt with the enemy on his left. He stomped his right foot heavily on the ground and shot out like an arrow.
He leaped high into the air, his right-hand military knife like the judgment of death, descending from above with immense force, pinning the monster paralyzed on the door to the ground!
"Pfft!"
The blade pierced its back and embedded itself deeply in the hard ground, pinning it down firmly!
Three seconds, triple kill.
There were no superfluous words between the couple; a glance or a word of advice spoke volumes.
This is a tacit understanding forged in the crucible of death and blood, ingrained in our very bones.
However, the real crisis has only just begun.
In the darkness of the ventilation duct, pairs of scarlet lights lit up one after another, densely packed, like countless eyes of hell opening up.
One, two, five, ten...
More and more monsters poured out of it, fearless and relentless.
The cramped, enclosed room was instantly transformed into a bloody grinding mill.
Lu Zhanting slung his rifle behind him, holding a military knife in each hand, standing motionless in front of Su Wanqing like a blood-soaked gatekeeper.
He abandoned all grand and sweeping moves, making each strike concise and efficient to the extreme.
Chop, stab, flick, wipe, twist.
His twin blades flashed with a chilling light of death in the confined space, blocking all paths of advance. Any monster attempting to cross this forbidden zone would be instantly dismembered.
Black blood splattered continuously, staining his training uniform red and also splashing onto his cold, hard face.
Su Wanqing was his most reliable support and eyes and ears.
With her back against the lab bench, everything at hand that could be used became a deadly weapon.
"Two on the right rear, close to the ground!"
Before she finished speaking, she directly splashed an entire bottle of highly concentrated ether solvent in that direction.
The pungent smell caused the two monsters to hesitate for a fraction of a second, and Lu Zhanting's blade arrived with deadly precision, like the kiss of death.
"Above! It's coming out of the pipe!"
Su Wanqing grabbed a discarded scalpel, flicked her wrist, and the blade transformed into a silver line, precisely piercing the monster's eye socket the instant it poked its head out!
The sounds of clashing metal, the dying roars of monsters, and the muffled thuds of blades slicing through flesh intertwined in the confined space, creating a frenzied symphony of death.
Lu Zhanting's stamina was being rapidly depleted.
His breathing became heavy, and with each swing of the knife, the muscles in his arm seemed to groan in agony from the strain.
Worse still, they are learning.
These monsters no longer blindly attack; instead, they use confined spaces and various instruments as cover to launch deadly sneak attacks from all sorts of unbelievable angles.
A monster silently emerged from under the lab table, grabbed Lu Zhanting's leg tightly, opened its massive mouth filled with sharp, bone-crushing teeth, and bit down hard!
"Hmm!"
Lu Zhanting grunted and beheaded him with a backhand slash, but two deep, bone-revealing holes had already been bitten into his calf, from which black blood gushed out.
"This can't go on!" Alarm bells rang in Su Wanqing's mind. "There are too many of them. We'll be worn down and die here!"
Her gaze swept quickly across the entire laboratory, landing on the open logbook, and a thought flashed through her mind like lightning.
Formalin! Ether!
These monsters have an extreme aversion to the smell of certain chemical agents!
"...The virus is essentially a subspecies of an ancient Tai Sui. While maintaining a high rate of regeneration, its cellular structure also exhibits a strong resistance to certain volatile aldehydes and ethers... Small doses can cause temporary paralysis of its nervous system, while large doses will trigger a chain reaction of cellular structural collapse..."
The passage in the log was clearer than ever before in Su Wanqing's mind.
Found it!
It's not a simple rejection, but a structural destruction!
"Zhan Ting! Give me one minute! One minute is enough!" Su Wanqing shouted.
Lu Zhanting didn't turn around or ask why; he simply let out a suppressed growl.
The light from his twin blades suddenly surged, as he used his own flesh and blood to withstand attacks from all directions, creating an absolutely safe corner for his wife.
Without further hesitation, Su Wan-qing swiftly searched the lab table.
High-concentration formaldehyde solution (formalin), ether, several potent fixatives used in the preparation of biological sections...
not enough!
Although these substances have a pungent odor, they evaporate too slowly at room temperature and over too small a range to form a lethal concentration.
There must be something that can instantly vaporize them all!
Her gaze finally settled on a fireproof cabinet in a corner—a high-pressure reactor with small heating and pressurization functions, used for treating hazardous waste liquids!
That's it!
Su Wanqing smashed open several bottles of chemical reagents, poured all the liquid into the reaction vessel, and then quickly grabbed several handfuls of quicklime powder used for drying in the laboratory and threw it in!
She didn't even have time to think about the proportions; she just relied on her chemist's intuition to frantically mix all the ingredients that might produce a violent reaction.
She slammed the lid of the reactor shut, pushed the energy to its limit, and turned the heating knob all the way to the end!
"Explode!"
"boom--!"
A loud, muffled thud came from inside the reactor, and the safety valve instantly emitted a piercing shriek. An indescribable, terrifying white vapor, mixed with the smell of formaldehyde and ether, suddenly gushed out from the valve port!
Hold your breath!
Su Wanqing roared and kicked open the emergency drain valve of the reaction vessel!
"laugh--!!!"
It was as if the steam gates of hell had been opened!
A visible, scalding hot, and extremely dense white poisonous fog instantly swept through the entire secret room like an explosion!
"squeak--!!"
"Gah—!!"
What happened next was like divine punishment.
Those monsters that were incredibly ferocious just a second ago, upon contact with the white mist, were as if they had been thrown alive into a pool of strong acid, letting out the most shrill and twisted screams of their lives.
Their bodies convulsed violently, and their bluish-gray skin blistered, rotted, and dissolved at a visible speed, turning into puddles of foul-smelling black water emitting white smoke.
The monsters still inside the ventilation ducts retreated frantically, their cries of collision and despair echoing through the ducts due to the crowding and panic.
Ten seconds or so.
In just over ten seconds, all the monsters in the entire secret room were wiped out.
All that remained in the air was the chemical smell that seemed to corrode the soul, and the sizzling black liquid flowing all over the ground.
The siege was broken.
Lu Zhanting leaned against the wall, his body slowly sliding down, panting heavily. He was covered in blood, indistinguishable whether it was his own or the monster's. Ominous black blood continued to seep from the wounds on his calves and arms.
Su Wanqing rushed forward and supported his swaying body, her eyes filled with lingering fear and heartache: "How are you?"
She immediately took out spiritual spring water and the finest wound medicine from her spatial storage and carefully washed his wounds.
When the powder came into contact with the wound, Lu Zhanting's body trembled violently, and his forehead was instantly covered with large beads of cold sweat.
At the wound, the black blood and medicinal powder came into contact, making a "sizzling" corrosive sound, and wisps of black gas rose from it, creating a horrifying scene.
"Bear with it, this virus is very potent." Su Wanqing's voice trembled slightly with tension.
"I'm fine." Lu Zhanting took her hand in return, his voice hoarse but full of comforting power.
Looking at the mess on the ground and his wife's eyes, red from the chemicals, his eyes were filled with unbearable heartache.
"Did you make that just now?"
“A temporary ‘inactivation aerosol’,” Su Wan-qing said succinctly. “It exploited the weaknesses in the logbook, forcibly atomizing it with a chemical reaction to create a high-concentration environment and destroy their cellular structure.”
Lu Zhanting nodded, looking at the ventilation vents that were still emitting residual smoke, his eyes as cold as knives.
He struggled to his feet and dragged several heavy metal canisters filled with an unknown liquid from a pile of experimental ruins. With his last bit of strength, he used them to block all the ventilation openings.
After doing all this, he finally relaxed completely, leaned against the wall, and slowly sat down on the ground, seizing every moment to recover.
The battle is over.
But they are still trapped in this death cage that was tailor-made for him.
Su Wanqing looked at Lu Zhanting, who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, and then at the completely blocked secret room. Her mind was perfectly clear.
They cannot sit idly by and wait to die.
"Scorpion" and his mastermind would never have only prepared this "appetizer".
We must take the initiative!
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