Modified Spinal Butcher

He quickly took out a silencer and attached it to the Winter AMR. Then he aimed at the head of one of the sentries and fired four shots. With a series of soft "thuds," the man fell silently from the tree. He died so quickly that he didn't even have time to scream.

Then, he took out a sentry on the left with four more shots, quickly put the sniper rifle into his storage space, switched to Explosive Gun, and then flew forward!

In the air, searchlights from within the base swept across the area. When I was only about a hundred meters away from the base, I crouched down and went to the tree, found the sentry's body, took off his Dark Tide military uniform jacket and put it on, then glanced at his equipment. It was all white, boring, no thanks!

"296! 296! How's it going on your end?"

Voices came through the walkie-talkie next to the body.

"Everything is normal."

I replied, not knowing if the other person could hear the difference in my voice, then grabbed my Explosive Gun, casually swiped my access card, and walked into the Dark Tide base.

"296!"

In the duty room at the base, a sergeant joked, "Why are you back so soon? Weren't you supposed to be on duty until 3 a. m.? Be careful your captain spanks you!"

I gave an awkward smile, lowered my head, and walked into the base.

"Wait, 296!"

The other person suddenly opened the door to the duty room and walked in, smiling, "Why do you look a little off today?"

He grabbed my shoulder and twisted me around, revealing a different face under the light.

"You look kind of handsome today, don't you?"

I grinned and swung my Power Sword horizontally with my right hand. With a soft "crack," I severed the opponent's head from his neck, achieving an instant kill. Even though he was Ten Thousand Health Elite, he was still killed in one strike!

"Smack!"

With his Left Hand he grabbed the head that was rolling in the air, and with his right hand he grabbed the other person's arm, quickly pulling him into the duty room.

Afterwards, probably because it was late at night, no one noticed this place, and no alarms sounded in the base.

After stuffing the sergeant's body into the desk, I sat in his seat and started using the computer in the duty room to query data, but I was met with an insufficient access permission error.

No problem, crack it!

Using his vast knowledge of programming and networking, he quickly breached the firewall, cracked the program, and then gained access to the specific data in the base's laboratory.

Searching for "Aurelia" yielded a result!

She was being held in room 042 of the base, so she took the sergeant's key card and left the duty room.

Swipe your card to officially enter the base's internal buildings.

"296, what are you doing at the base today?" Suddenly, someone on my left, carrying a pizza, walked over and looked at me, saying, "Wait... you're not 296, who are you?!"

This was a lieutenant. Before he could even shout, his throat was slit by a sword, and he fell straight down!

I couldn't be bothered with anything else, so I activated my Bio-Optical Invisibility skill and instantly disappeared into the air, heading straight for room 042!

"Hiss..."

As I passed by rooms 038 and 039, I heard strange voices coming from inside the iron gates.

Looking through the bulletproof glass, two figures were crawling on the ground. One had mutated into a Devourer, and the other into Licker. Both were relatively weak mutants, suggesting that the two test subjects had failed and would soon be disposed of.

"Whoosh!"

In one swift stride, he rushed to the front of room 042, which was more like a cage than a room, emanating an extremely strong stench of fish!

No key? No problem!

The Wind Chaser flashed past like lightning, splitting the room's door lock system in two. The moment he kicked the door open, the scene before me left me stunned.

The empty room didn't have Aurelia. Instead, there was a huge, hunched figure roaring at me, its hideous head instantly splitting into terrifying mouthparts.

The Purple BOSS is actually a Tier 3 mutant splitter!

'Holy crap, we're doomed...'

I was dumbfounded. I never imagined that Aurelia would mutate into a Splitter after being injected with Pandora Solution!

It's all over, it's all over!

But the next second, a chill ran down my spine. Something was wrong; this splitter didn't seem to be Aurelia...

After all...

When I looked down, I saw something swaying back and forth between the splitter's groin.

Could it be...?

I started to let my imagination run wild. Aurelia, who was injected with the mysterious solution, not only mutated into a different species, but her sex chromosomes also mutated, turning her into a man?!

Oh my god, my poor Aurelia...

The next moment, the Splitter let out a long howl and pounced!

I quickly dodged, simultaneously Tian Gong Kai Wu with my Overpowering Momentum Power Sword, a relentless combo that sliced through the opponent's thick arm bit by bit, accompanied by fragments of flesh. Damage numbers climbed up one after another.

"8783!"

"17282!"

"9001"

22714!

"10028!"

The damage numbers are quite considerable, but it's impossible to achieve rule-breaking effects like Crippling Blow or decapitations in a short period of time.

After all, high-level mutants are quite large, with their bulky bodies often having a radius of several meters, while my Power Sword is only 0.8 meters long, making it impossible to cut through them and thus unable to inflict Crippling Blow damage.

This is where a drawback of using Power Sword becomes apparent.

Aside from humanoid units, when encountering larger alien species, spirits, insects, etc., you may need to slowly whittle down their health; it's generally very difficult to inflict damage such as severing limbs or decapitating them.

"Hiss~~~"

The Divider roared, its mouthparts flailing wildly.

"I'm so sorry, Aurelia!"

I continued swinging my sword wildly, and after completing a full combo, the opponent's health bar was almost depleted. So I switched to my UZI and unleashed a barrage of bullets into the opponent's wounds, instantly killing him!

Just then, alarms sounded throughout the entire base; the operation had been compromised!

Without thinking, I turned around, raised my Power Sword, and "crack, crack, crack" cut a large hole in the wall. Outside was the base's open plaza. So I leaped up, grabbed my Power Sword, and ran off into the distance!

At this moment, a large number of helicopters had taken off into the sky above the square, and a deep, angry voice echoed in the air:

"I am Howard, the base leader! That damned traitor 033 has infiltrated the base. Immediately concentrate all forces and eliminate 033! Remember, orders from above: no survivors, kill 033! I repeat: leave no survivors, kill him on sight!"

That's ruthless!

Several helicopters loomed overhead, Heavy Firepower swirling on both sides, rattling and pounding. In an instant, I felt a sharp, piercing pain, as if I'd been shot through the body; my health bar plummeted.

"1661!"

"2001!"

"1899!"

"1913!"

As expected of weapons mounted on attack helicopters, even with my 1800+ armor, they couldn't completely block them; they hit really hard!

He swiftly drew his sword and moved in an S-shape, while simultaneously generating a surge of electrical current around his body, unleashing a Bio-Electromagnetic Pulse!

"Whoosh~~~"

A deep blue pulse of energy spread out from my center, and instantly the electronic systems of several helicopters in the air all failed. They circled in the air and eventually crashed into the base, bursting into flames!

"Hurry, catch up with 033!"

From another direction, several fuel-powered vehicles started up one by one, carrying Vanguard Member in pursuit.

Charging all the way to the steel wall of the base, the Power Sword was swung several times in an instant, cutting a large hole before it made a quick getaway. Behind it, a helicopter took off again in the distance, shining beams of light towards them!

"033, you can't escape!"

The helicopter carried the voice of base leader Howard: "Surrender immediately, and we might spare your life; otherwise, you will be reduced to ashes!"

"Fuck you..."

I turned around abruptly, took out my RPG, aimed at it from several hundred meters away, and with a "whoosh," a rocket shot off, leaving a long trail!

"Boom~~~"

In the air, the helicopter that took off from the west exploded in mid-air, quickly turning into a fireball and falling to the ground.

"033, you beast!"

Howard's voice rang out again over the wilderness. "Lock onto 033's aura as the target. Immediately activate 'Vengeance Goddess Plan II.' Bring back 033's body fragments!"

"Yes, General!"

I frowned. What the hell is "Vengeance Goddess Plan II"?

Just as I was wondering, a patch of wasteland not far away suddenly split open, and light pierced the darkness below. Then I heard the sound of a steel cage opening, and a familiar figure appeared in my field of vision.

It was a Spinal Butcher!

Sure enough, the Dark Tide Base was involved in the research of high-level alien species. They were actually able to create and control freaks like the Spinal Butcher. Unbelievable!

"Roar~~~"

In the wind, a deep blue light flashed in the eyes of the Spinal Butcher, and the next moment it rushed over quickly, as fierce as a hunting dog that had sniffed a rag. It seems that Howard was not exaggerating. They really have the ability to transmit my aura data into the brain of a "fierce creature" like the Spinal Butcher, and then turn the Spinal Butcher into their dog.

The outline of the Dimensional Storage Space flickered, and the next second I took out my beloved little motorcycle, quickly straddled it, started the engine, and disappeared into the fertile fields in the blink of an eye.

After speeding for about ten minutes, lights appeared on the distant horizon, and there were lights in all four directions. The nearby Dark Tide bases were densely packed, and it seemed that I was surrounded.

Go back; going back now is the safest option.

Not long after they set off, a figure sped through the starry night in the distance. It was the modified Spinal Butcher, its face contorted with malice as it charged forward. An orange character swayed above its head, whip-like tentacles danced wildly behind it, and the rotating bone saw on its chest hummed as it attacked with a ferocious expression.

I hesitated for a moment. At this point, there was still no progress on the S-class Main Quest, which meant that the splitter I killed was not actually Aurelia. Well, there was nothing I could do; now was not the time to retreat!

"Fuck you..."

He frowned, immediately put away his motorcycle, and brandished his gray longsword, which instantly flashed with a deep blue light. Since he couldn't get rid of it, he would deal with this vicious dog first!