"Chen En… I… something… is… moving… inside my body…" Wen Shifei's voice was distorted, filled with deep-seated fear and unbearable pain! She clutched Lu Chen En's arm tightly, her nails almost digging into his bones! Deep in her pupils, a faint blue light, identical to the massive seven-pointed star in the sky, flickered like a candle in the wind, and every flicker was accompanied by a violent spasm in her body!
A cold, chaotic energy wave with a strong sense of repulsion escaped from her body uncontrollably, like a stone thrown into calm water!
Buzz——!
This slight fluctuation was like dropping cold water into a boiling oil pan!
The few mutated hagfish, originally attracted by the smell of blood and the sound of energy gunfire, were like being injected with a violent potion! Their rotting, pus-filled bodies instantly swelled, their mouthparts opened and closed frantically, emitting a high-pitched, piercing hiss! Even more terrifying, beneath the murky water, countless pairs of tiny eyes flashing scarlet light suddenly lit up! Accompanied by a scalp-numbing "rustling" sound, densely packed "rotten claw monsters," the size of house cats, covered in slippery mucus and hard black shells, and with razor-sharp forelimbs, surged out from the cracks in the pipes and the depths of the mud like a tide! Their target was no longer food, but Wen Shifei, who exuded an "abnormal" aura! It was like an ant colony discovering an invading alien!
"'The Rot Claw Hive'! They're drawn to her energy!" Lu Chen entropy instantly understood the source of this terrifying mutation! The unknown entity within Wen Shifei's body, in this sewer filled with radiation and mutation, was like a beacon in the darkness, attracting the most ferocious predators! Blocked in front (by the tracker), pursued from behind (by the Exit Task Force), and underwater, deadly hagfish and a raging tide of Rot Claws!
A real desperate situation!
"Hold me tight! Don't let go!" Lu Chen's roar drowned out the monster's roar! His left hand tightly embraced Wen Shifei, who was paralyzed by pain and fear, while his right hand tightly grasped the pulse pistol. At the same time, the cold, rusty knife at his waist, which exuded a strange chill, was pulled out by him in a flash!
Puff! Swish!
He no longer hesitated! With the pulse pistol in his right hand, he fired crazily at the several rot claw monsters and hagfish that had recently rushed over! The energy beam exploded into scorching bubbles and burnt flesh in the sewage! With his left hand, he held the rusty knife in reverse, and with the terrifying power and intuition of the awakened, he drew a series of tricky and deadly arcs! The rusty knife slashed through the hard shell of the rot claw monster, making a teeth-grinding metal friction sound and splashing a streak of sparks! What was even more bizarre was that the wound cut by the rusty knife did not bleed, but quickly turned gray and dry, as if the vitality had been drained away in an instant! Even the ferocious hagfish was obviously stagnant when it was brushed by the blade!
This knife... is indeed unusual!
However, there were too many rotten claw monsters! They were fearless and used their numbers to attack from all directions! The sharp claws tore through Lu Chen's trouser legs, leaving deep blood marks visible to the bone! Corrosive mucus splashed on his armor, making a "sizzling" sound! A hagfish took the opportunity to entangle his calf and bit down with its sharp teeth!
"Ah!" The sharp pain made Lu Cheneng pause! More rot claw monsters and tracker arcs took the opportunity to attack!
At this critical moment!
"Get out of here!!!" Wen Shifei, leaning on his shoulder, seemed ignited by extreme pain and the obsession of protecting him, and let out a scream that was not human! The dark blue light in her pupils suddenly became blazing! An invisible, chaotic shockwave suddenly exploded with her as the center!
boom!
The few rotclaw monsters that pounced close were like hitting an invisible wall, instantly sent flying, their shells shattering! The hagfish underwater writhed in agony! Even the dark blue indicators on the trackers flashed wildly, temporarily malfunctioning! A brief vacuum was forcibly created on the murky water surface!
But this outburst was fleeting! The blue light in Wen Shifei's eyes dimmed instantly, and she felt as if all her strength had been drained away. She collapsed into Lu Chen's arms, blood oozing from her mouth and nose, her body temperature frighteningly high! The backlash of the unknown power she had forcibly activated had nearly killed her!
Opportunity! Lu Cheneng didn't care about being shocked. He used this brief respite to unleash his full potential! He endured the excruciating pain in his leg and slashed the hagfish with his rusty knife. Holding the unconscious Wen Shifei in his left hand, he blazed a pistol in his right hand and rushed towards a rusted maintenance ladder in his memory! After a brief period of chaos, the tide of rotten claws surged even more frantically!
Lu Cheneng was like a blood-soaked Shura, his rusty knife and gunfire clashing as he cut a bloody path through filth and death! He finally climbed up the maintenance ladder and used his last bit of strength to knock down the heavy manhole cover above his head!
Plop!
The two of them fell heavily onto the cold, hard ground at the edge of the Silence Zone. The glaring sunlight (albeit a gray one) blinded Lu Chenen's vision. He gasped violently, his lungs aching, and the wound on his left leg was bleeding profusely. In his arms, Wen Shifei's breathing was weak, her body temperature scalding, and tiny specks of blood, gleaming faintly with a faint blue, continued to ooze from the corners of his mouth.
"Shi Fei... hold on..." Lu Chenheng's voice was so hoarse he could barely utter a word. He tore off his shirt and roughly bandaged the wound on his leg to stem the bleeding, then carefully carried Wen Shi Fei on his back. Looking around, he saw a deadly, apocalyptic scene. Twisted steel skeletons pierced the leaden sky, and dilapidated buildings resembled the rotting carcasses of giant beasts. The air was filled with dust, rust, and... a deeper, unsettling silence. In the distance, the massive seven-pointed star projection above the sky continued to slowly rotate, casting a cold halo.
Target: Abandoned laboratory. Wen Shifei's deciphered data mentions the "Zero" early experimental base. There... perhaps there are clues to suppressing the mutation within her body, or revealing the truth!
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