Chapter 312 Capturing the Humanoid Monster
Antarctica.
The world's largest multinational research institute is under attack by humanoid monsters.
Since it is not a military base, it does not have many armed defense facilities and personnel.
Fortunately, China detected the monster's presence near a coastline hundreds of kilometers away from the research institute via satellite monitoring, giving the institute about ten hours to prepare.
In addition, the polar defense teams closest to Antarctica arrived at the research institute before the monster.
Without any warning or the help of the base's defense forces, the thirty-odd humanoid monsters would likely have caused unimaginable destruction the moment they arrived at the research institute.
A frigid wind, tens of degrees below zero, swept across the white expanse of land.
A protective wall, ten meters high and two meters thick, stood here. This impregnable fortress, which even conventional heavy weapons could hardly breach, had now been breached by the monster.
The polar defense force stood guard at the breach, their specially made firearms and polar armored vehicles engaging in a stalemate with the monsters that kept emerging.
These monsters were almost unaffected by the extreme cold, remaining ferocious, agile, and incredibly strong. Moreover, after suffering heavy losses in multiple charges, they changed their tactics.
The monsters with the strongest defense and self-healing ability attract fire, while the other monsters retreat to the protective wall after being injured and hide until their wounds heal before continuing the attack, taking turns to fight.
The defense force's ammunition was being depleted, and the members' physical strength was also waning.
The threat and pressure posed by more than thirty humanoid monsters with different abilities was greater than that of an army of thousands.
boom!
Five humanoid monsters, each over three meters tall, simultaneously rammed their heads into the gap in the protective wall. Their heads were covered in thick armor comparable to steel plates, and the force of their impact widened the gap in the wall by more than half.
Meanwhile, some of the monsters hiding behind them had already healed their wounds and instantly rushed into the gap, charging towards the defense team amidst a hail of bullets.
Da da da!!
The heavy machine guns on the four armored vehicles were firing at full power.
A dozen or so humanoid monsters dodged and weaved, closing in ever closer.
Some, with their incredible healing abilities, were able to withstand more than a dozen machine gun bullets and continue charging forward with their bloodied bodies, while others were able to dodge bullets with their incredible speed.
In the blink of an eye, the machine guns of two armored vehicles ran out of ammunition.
The defensive power of the barrage of bullets was instantly reduced by half.
The combat personnel inside the two armored vehicles jumped out and, together with the tactical team next to the vehicles, continued to fire with rifles and submachine guns.
The tank driver was prepared to ram the tank directly into it.
At this moment, all the humanoid monsters have breached the protective wall, the Arctic Defense Force is running out of ammunition, and the lives of its members are in grave danger.
Even though the defense team members knew they were about to be devoured by the monster, not one of them retreated an inch.
They would gladly sacrifice their lives to delay the monsters for even a few more seconds.
"Quick! Everyone retreat!" Suddenly, a powerful shout rang out.
The polar defense team captain yelled, "Who the hell is shouting like that!"
"Retreat! Retreat now!" With the shouts, a tall and burly figure climbed directly onto the armored vehicle where the captain was.
The captain flew into a rage, pressing the muzzle of his gun against the man's chest. "Who are you! You're interfering with our operations! You think I won't shoot you?!"
"My name is Ning Shan," the man said quickly, puffing out white breath. "I've already organized the institute's guards to set up traps in the rear! You can't hold them off, so retreat first!"
The captain frowned, vaguely feeling that the name sounded familiar, but after looking him up and down, he realized that this person did not look like a guard at the research institute at all.
But the situation is urgent now, and there's no time to think it through.
"Get out of here right now!" The captain's forehead veins bulged. "No matter who you are, get back to the research institute and hide!"
In that instant, a humanoid monster suddenly leaped high into the air and pounced on the tank where the captain was like a cannonball.
Ning Shan quickly grabbed the captain and rolled off the chariot.
The monster reacted extremely quickly. The moment it missed its target, it used its claws to step on the roof of the chariot for leverage, rapidly changed direction, and pounced on the two of them at an even faster speed.
Ning Shan rolled over, casually pulled out a spare pistol from the captain's waist, lay on the ground, and fired a burst of bullets at the monster's eyes.
Without hesitation, the captain pulled the trigger of his submachine gun.
This agile humanoid monster has relatively poor defense. After being hit by dozens of bullets at close range in just two seconds, its attack ability was greatly reduced.
Taking advantage of the break, the captain and Ning Shan rolled around a few times on the spot.
The monster was blinded and failed to pounce on the two.
Before the two could even catch their breath, the monster, using its sense of smell and hearing, pounced on their location again.
And its injured area is healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The captain and Ning Shan had run out of bullets, and the other members of the defense team were busy fighting off other monsters and had no time to pay attention to the two of them.
At this critical moment—
Bang!
The monster that nearly pounced on the two was thrown several meters away by an invisible force, and then rolled several times in the snow.
The captain was stunned for a moment. "What's going on?"
Ning Shan quickly looked in the opposite direction where the monster had been knocked away and said in a deep voice, "Didn't I tell you not to come out?"
"If I hadn't come out, you would have just kicked the bucket!" A clear voice rang out, and a tall figure in a white winter coat approached, reaching out to pull Ning Shan and the captain up.
"Hello, Captain, my name is Ye Zhi Qiu." The other person took off the hat that covered most of his face. "You'd better listen to Ning Shan, or all of you will surely die."
"Ye Zhi Qiu..." The captain looked at Ning Shan with confusion and surprise, "Who are you people?"
“She is my ex-wife,” Ning Shan said.
“He is my ex-husband,” Ye Zhi Qiu said immediately, adding, “I came here to participate in project cooperation and inspection, and I didn’t expect to run into him here.”
“I’m also here for an inspection,” Ning Shan continued.
Ye Zhi Qiu chuckled, "The group's projects you're in charge of are all in Africa, what are you doing coming to Antarctica for research? Probably just here for a vacation with one of your lovers."
Ning Shan retorted, "I have invested in this base, is it wrong for me to come and take a look? I think you're the one using the guise of project cooperation to come here on vacation with your lover!"
"Ha! It's as if I didn't invest!" Ye Zhi Qiu retorted sharply.
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, the captain quickly intervened, "Gentlemen! This is not the time to argue!"
"Then quickly order a retreat!" Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu said in unison.
The captain had just witnessed the two men's skills firsthand, especially how Ye Zhi Qiu had somehow managed to force the monster back. So he quickly asked, "Were there really traps set up behind us?"
Ning Shan nodded.
Without further hesitation, the captain took out his walkie-talkie, issued the order, and handed over command of the scene to Ning Shan.
The defense force of about 100 men immediately changed formation and, under Ning Shan's command, fought and retreated.
Ye Zhi Qiu relied on his martial arts skills to knock away several monsters during the battle and rescue several wounded people from under the monsters' claws.
About ten minutes later, the defense team withdrew to the designated location, having exhausted all their ammunition.
Ning Shan pulled a burning stick from his waist, broke it, and emitted a dazzling light and colorful smoke, preparing to personally attract the monsters' attention and lure them into the trap area.
"Let me go!" Ye Zhi Qiu snatched the incendiary stick.
Before Ning Shan could say anything, she used her lightness skill to disappear into the snowstorm like lightning.
“Zhi Qiu!” Ning Shan shouted.
"Stop howling!" Ye Zhi Qiu's voice came through the howling wind. "Activate the trap in ten seconds!"
Ning Shan turned around with a solemn expression and gritted his teeth.
While the polar defense team was fighting the monsters at the protective wall, Ning Shan saw everything from inside the research institute and persuaded the institute's guards to set up a second line of defense in advance.
Using some heavy excavating equipment from the research institute, they dug a long and deep pit.
Explosives were then placed inside, and a trigger switch was installed.
In addition, all the drones in the research institute that were originally used for reconnaissance were converted into attack weapons carrying explosives.
"Ten, nine, eight..."
Ning Shan held the remote control button, counting down while looking in the direction where Ye Zhi Qiu disappeared.
The countdown had only three seconds left, but she still hadn't returned.
"Three...two..."
Ning Shan gritted his teeth, looked at the research institute behind him, then closed his eyes and pressed the switch.
boom!
A deafening explosion rang out.
On the already snow-covered Antarctic glaciers, a white storm swept across the land, interspersed with flashes of fire.
The enormous impact spread in all directions.
Ning Shan was thrown several meters away.
Immediately afterwards, nearly a hundred drones carrying explosives took off from the research institute and plunged into the blast area, followed by a series of explosions.
The defense team members, who had retreated to the front of the research institute's gate, all stared nervously at the blast zone.
"Zhiqiu...Zhiqiu!" Blood trickled from the corner of Ning Shan's mouth as he struggled to his feet and hoarsely shouted into the raging wind and snow.
After the explosion ended, the dense, blizzard slowly dissipated.
Ning Shan looked on anxiously but couldn't see Ye Zhi Qiu's figure. His heart sank, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, tears streaming down his face, calling Ye Zhi Qiu's name over and over again.
“I told you… to stop howling… it sounds awful…” a weak voice suddenly rang out.
Ning Shan trembled all over, then suddenly looked up, "You...you're still alive!"
"What, you wish I were dead so you wouldn't have to delay your wedding with your sweetheart?" Ye Zhi Qiu staggered closer.
Ning Shan stood up and swept her into his arms, holding her tightly. "You can't die, or how will you attend my next wedding?"
"You bastard..." Ye Zhi Qiu glared at him, "So you finally admit you have a lover, huh? What's her name!"
“Her name is Ye Zhi Qiu.” After Ning Shan finished speaking, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed her forehead.
Ye Zhi Qiu was stunned, then raised her hand and punched Ning Shan in the chest, "You... bastard! Put me down!"
"Alright, don't move!" Ning Shan said sternly. "You're injured, behave yourself!"
"Oh..." Ye Zhi Qiu pursed her lips, a faint blush rising to her cheeks.
Although Ning Shan's traps couldn't eliminate the monsters, they certainly dealt them a heavy blow.
While the monsters were resting and recovering, Shangguan Ying's combat team arrived.
Before the monsters could fully recover their fighting strength, the combat team bombarded them with firepower again, then used a special device to restrain their hands and feet and put them in cages.
"How many did you catch?" Shangguan Ying asked.
The team member reported: "We captured twelve alive. After counting, we found that fifteen of them were too badly injured and died before they could heal. Their bodies have been put into sealed boxes."
Shangguan Ying looked wary. "Based on the biological signals we detected earlier, there should be thirty. There are still three left."
One of the team members said, "There are a lot of limbs in the crater. We are still analyzing whether those three were blown to pieces."
Shangguan Ying activated a detector she carried, developed specifically for monsters, and stared intently at the screen on her wrist.
The radar wave icon on the screen kept floating, but no reaction light spot representing the monster's biological signal appeared.
Shangguan Ying remained vigilant, continuing to observe as she moved around.
Just then, the radar waveform on the screen trembled.
Although no light spot appeared, the real-time feedback data showed subtle changes.
Shangguan Ying quickly used her earpiece to tell the combat team members the coordinates.
The combat team immediately followed her previous training and surrounded the location, and sure enough, they found three humanoid monsters with the ability to change color, which had dug through the ice and hidden two meters deep in the ground.
Ultimately, under Shangguan Ying's command, they used tactics to lure out the three color-changing monsters and successfully captured them alive.
Shangguan Ying met with Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu inside the research institute.
The two sides were already old acquaintances and had kept in touch, so there was no need for much small talk.
The Ning Group is already the world's largest comprehensive super-corporation. Ning Shan and Ye Zhi Qiu are the main persons in charge. At Shangguan Ying's request, the two ordered researchers from the group's biological department to join forces with experts from the National Academy of Sciences to study the captured humanoid monster.
The research site was chosen to be within the Antarctic Research Institute, which has sufficient equipment and is far from human settlements.
With the help of the Ning Group, the research progressed rapidly.
In less than a week, many important clues were found.
Those humanoid monsters are indeed human, but they have been fused with the genes of many animals, making them products of genetic modification.
This practice, which violates human ethics and is highly likely to cause disaster to all mankind, has always been explicitly prohibited worldwide.
Unexpectedly, the São Tomé and Príncipe Empire disregarded morality and risk, creating these monsters.
However, what truly alarmed the researchers and Shangguan Ying was far more than that.
"General Shangguan," the chief researcher reported somberly in his office, "according to our detailed calculations, creating a monster of this caliber would require at least tens of thousands of live experiments, consuming no fewer than one million human subjects, plus tens of millions of various animals..."
Even though Shangguan Ying was as calm as a mountain, she was so angry when she heard this number that she punched her desk so hard that it cracked.
"Is there any way to find concrete evidence that these genetically modified humans were created by the Saint-Philippine Empire?" Shangguan Ying asked, clenching her fist.
The chief researcher shook his head. "We can trace their genetic origins, but none of these humanoid monsters we captured are from the São Tomé and Príncipe Empire."
"Where did those people come from?" Shangguan Ying frowned. "Moreover, their genetic modification requires millions of living people and tens of millions of animals. Such an exaggerated and cruel consumption, how could we not have discovered it? How did they manage to do it?"
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