vncnus Chapter 89 Hunter and Prey
Chapter 89 Hunter and Prey
Just over ten seconds ago, three outpost members were riding on jet skis, gliding like surfers over the churning lava.
The hoverboard's height was very limited. Feeling the scorching heat coming from beneath his feet, Mukert made a quick decision and instantly flashed to Nico's side.
Immediately, the two appeared before the giant beast.
Mukert pulled out the last gas grenade, and Nicole pushed it into the huge eyeball that had been torn open by the powerful penetration of the sniper bullet.
Instant flash.
As the two figures disappeared, the poison gas bomb exploded.
The dark green smoke spread out instantly.
"Awooo~"
The golden salamander roared, seemingly in pain. Its massive body thrashed about, and it raised one of its front claws, as if trying to scratch at the thing that was rapidly corroding its eyeball.
"See? We still have to rely on me," Isaac said with no small amount of pride.
The mission was located in the border region. Before setting off, Mukert and Nico locked Isaac in a small dark room and made more than thirty poison gas bombs, which completely drained him.
Isaac's toxins are comparable to those of a cyborg, and he possesses an ability that most superpowers lack: storage.
Injecting toxins into a gasification bomb device can be quite powerful once detonated.
Unfortunately, all the other poison gas grenades were used up during the previous escape, otherwise, we could have let that behemoth experience what it felt like to be covered in poison.
You can tell from the roar of the golden dragon salamander that its venom is indeed very effective.
Physical attacks are hard to break through defenses, but biological attacks like toxins cannot be withstood by thick skin alone.
In particular, the poison gas grenade was precisely delivered into the injured eyeball; the damage caused by that single shot was far greater than the scraping of a heavy machine gun.
Isaac glared at Mukot, who had flashed to his side, and was about to scold him for not saving him at the crucial moment, almost causing him to be boiled alive.
However, before he could utter a single word, he heard a gasp of surprise.
Holy crap!
Ji Chenyu and Nicole, who had just jumped out of the pharmacy, spoke almost in unison.
Everyone near the machine gun emplacement looked up and saw the giant beast actually stabbing its claws into its eye sockets and gouging out its own eyeballs.
"Retreat, brothers, retreat!"
Under Xu Su's cover, Hu Zizai pushed the circular device, which resembled a starry sky gate, into a pile of animal corpses a hundred meters away from the hospital gate.
After activating the device, Hu Zizai urged Xu Su to evacuate while frantically grabbing at the hospital, waving and shouting, "Back up! Find cover! Find cover now!"
No one knew what was happening, and they instinctively did as he said.
After slaying a kuniu, Xu Su leaped from the last surging wave of beasts and simultaneously used artificial intelligence to notify his colleagues in the three Scorpion fighter jets to evacuate immediately.
The fighter jets that had been hovering a hundred meters away from the behemoth immediately turned their rotors and scattered.
At the same time, a pillar of fire swept across.
The two fighter jets on the left and right sides instantly resembled two fiery phoenixes, trailing long flames, and crashed down in less than three seconds.
The dragon breathed, and lava rained down from the sky.
Driven by intense pain, the enormous creature finally charged toward the hospital.
Completely destroying everything in its path.
The surrounding buildings vanished in an instant.
........................
A pitch-black underground parking lot.
Hearing the dense, rain-like gunfire and cannon fire above, along with the occasional roars of ferocious beasts, the two figures huddled in the corner trembled with fear.
"That thing is probably chasing after us!"
At this moment, Uncle Gun had lost the composure of an old hunter.
Following that military off-road vehicle was indeed a wise choice. The people inside were all high-level superhumans with formidable combat abilities.
With the other party leading the way, he was able to wade through the dense horde of beasts. He thought he could escape alive, but to his surprise, that terrifying behemoth still caught up with him.
After the car crashed on the main road into the city, the four people had no choice but to get out and flee in panic.
"Let them chase us, let them chase us. What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up..."
Wei Zai, who was also so scared he almost wet his pants, stammered.
Uncle Gun was filled with remorse. He shouldn't have brought this guy on this mission.
Ada had suggested earlier that we throw away the backpack. Although the equipment could isolate our aura, the golden dragon was able to catch up even after bypassing the Whisper Valley Mountains, so it must be related to the dragon egg.
Uncle Gun had also considered it, but Tony Leung clung to the backpack and refused to give up the tens of millions that were within his grasp.
It's all my fault for not being ruthless enough. If I had just shot that kid dead, Ada and the female team member wouldn't have died.
Thinking that out of the seven members of the team, only Wei Zai was left, Uncle Gun felt as if his heart was being tightly gripped by a hand, a sharp pain shooting through him.
The four fled into the city, followed by a dozen black dragon salamanders. A large number of unusual creatures, intimidated by the power of the apex predator, also chased after them.
Just before being pounced on by a tiger and leopard, Wei Zai somehow managed to push Ada into the pack of beasts. Afterward, he also kicked the huntress into the pack of thorn wolves, and taking advantage of the brief moment of their desperate struggle, he made his escape.
Gunner wanted to go and save them, but he knew he was no match for them and would only be throwing his life away.
Using the old hunter's skill in tracking tire tracks, the two quickly found the abandoned hospital.
Given the extremely dangerous situation, and the fact that the Blue Shield Company might not be willing to give him their protection, Uncle Gun had no choice but to hide in the underground parking lot. However, he knew that under such a massive beast horde attack, not only Blue Shield, but even an entire army would perish here.
Not to mention, there's also that golden dragon.
"Damn it, if it weren't for that kid causing our car accident..."
Tony Leung was halfway through his rant when Uncle Gun suddenly hissed.
As if a hairy spider had crawled into his lower back and was rapidly climbing up his spine, Gunner felt a chill run down his spine and his whole body went numb. A nameless sense of fear arose spontaneously.
"Uh...uh...uhhhh!"
Just as Tony was about to ask a question, he suddenly let out a painful wail.
Under the night vision function of the mask, Uncle Gun clearly saw that a pointed, arrow-shaped object pierced through Tony Leung's back and chest.
Immediately, with an unknown upward lifting motion, Tony Leung was lifted into the air.
Having run out of bullets during the escape, Uncle Gun quickly gripped his dagger and rushed forward, intending to cleave the thing in half.
However, as soon as the old hunter stood up, he felt a sudden pain in his stomach.
Immediately afterwards, another arrow-like object appeared before his eyes.
This time, Uncle Gun finally saw clearly that it wasn't an arrow, but a jet-black, smooth tail.
Because, in addition to the thing that pierced his body, there was a creature directly in front of him that was completely black, with smooth skin and what looked like liquid slowly flowing out of it, as if it were covered in a layer of oil.
It looks like a human, but it's not a human.
The upper part of its skull is oval-shaped, and its lower jaw is narrow and pointed. It has four limbs and a torso, and its body shape is about 50% similar to that of a human. It is about 2.5 meters tall, and has a long tail with a hooked end that looks very much like an arrow at first glance.
'Bang bang bang'
Gunshots rang out.
Gunner felt his body being lifted up uncontrollably and moved rapidly in a certain direction.
Clearly, he had been captured by the monster and was being held captive as he hurriedly tried to escape.
Countless abnormal creatures who spent their lives as bounty hunters died at Shen Ziqiang's hands, their skins and bones torn apart.
But this time, he was completely ruined.
This experienced hunter became a helpless prey.
........................
"Disappeared!"
Qi Te, who rushed over, looked in surprise in the direction the monster had fled.
Just a second ago, there were clearly three humanoid creatures moving rapidly within my visual perception range. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace, not even a sound of their footsteps could be heard.
This is clearly unreasonable.
"Target lost, cannot be locked," AA said without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
The Exoskeleton also has night vision, but the target image suddenly disappeared less than two seconds after the gun was fired.
"My abilities are useless."
Jiang Luo was deeply puzzled, as this situation was rare.
The underground parking lot, pitch black, seemed to have an invisible barrier that blocked her senses.
Qi Te quickly took out his phone, and sure enough, the signal was lost.
Recalling the second playthrough, when the team members who stayed behind in the old city hid in the hospital, Xu Su couldn't contact them and thought they had all perished. Later, a team member set up a firing position at the hospital entrance, which allowed him to make contact.
"Magnetic field shielding".
Based on Jiang Luo's special abilities, Qi Te can basically confirm this conjecture.
Qi Te glanced around and quickly spotted splattered blood on the side of a long-abandoned trailer.
Judging from the amount of bleeding, the injured person has absolutely no chance of survival.
What kind of unusual creature could it be?
Thinking of this, Qi Te looked at Jiang Luo: "Can you sense the magnetic field fluctuations throughout the entire hospital?"
Jiang Luo hesitated for a moment, then said directly, "My special ability is force field manipulation, level D. I can sense force-related energy fluctuations within a ten-kilometer radius."
"As for the magnetic field..."
At this point, Jiang Luo suddenly stopped.
Qi Te also felt the ground beneath his feet tremble slightly.
No, not just on the ground.
The walls, the ceiling, the thick concrete pillars—everything was trembling with extremely subtle movements.
This means that the golden salamander has now broken through the defenses and is approaching the hospital!
"Walk."
Qi grabbed Jiang Luo's hand and ran wildly towards the entrance...