Intelligence: 8 Perception: 20 Overall Rating: 93 Special Abilities: 1. Regeneration (Can rapidly heal major bodily damage, including regenerating severed limbs.) 2. Evolution (Causes biological cells to divide rapidly, increasing the chance of mutation.) 3. Mind Impact (Condenses and releases Mental Power, creating a shockwave over an area with a twenty-meter radius.)
Sure enough, with Alice's special genes and the wealth of experimental data, he had developed this new virus after all.
Rather than calling it a Modified T-Virus, it was more fitting to give it the name it had in another time and space—God Virus (G-Virus).
Clearly, Dr. Isaacs's original intention in developing this virus had been to gain the qualification to become a "god" and cultivate "New Humans" with extraordinary powers.
Apocalypse's analysis of the monster before them allowed Kevin to grasp Dr. Isaacs's general condition.
Although he had injected himself with the Modified T-Virus, his own death and the destruction of his head had caused him to lose most of his reason. Naturally, he could no longer control that terrifying mutagenicity.
Therefore, Dr. Isaacs's experiment might have succeeded, but its direction of evolution had failed.
Even so, without weapons of mass destruction, it was basically impossible to completely eliminate this monster that was still evolving.
Unless something unexpected happened, the Wolf Pack Squad was doomed!
Just as Kevin had expected, after gradually growing familiar with the Wolf Pack Squad's attack patterns, Dr. Isaacs abandoned defense. The muscles in his abdominal cavity began to vibrate strangely.
Then, the eyeballs squeezed out from his torso and joints abruptly flew open. Distortion and tremors spread out like ripples across water, unleashing wave after wave of violent shockwaves.
Boom! Amid the intense shaking, the remaining bulletproof glass on the second floor shattered completely.
The Wolf Pack Squad members maneuvering around Dr. Isaacs were sent flying one after another, some slamming into the metal walls, others falling from the second floor and crashing into the lobby.
Even though each of them wore bulletproof vests, the terrifying impact made the Wolf Pack Squad members suffer violent internal injuries, coughing up blood as they were severely wounded.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Demolitions Expert, Ghost, and the medic were unfortunate enough to smash into the metal wall on the second floor, falling unconscious from their severe injuries.
Then Dr. Isaacs stepped forward, crushed every bone in their bodies, and stuffed them into his mouth to chew and swallow.
Dark red blood sprayed everywhere, while the grating sound of metal snapping nearly pierced everyone's eardrums.
That massive maw filled with serrated teeth shredded the flesh beneath the bulletproof vests and swallowed it down together with the bones.
A single fatal bite would have been merciful. The worst off was the female medic, who woke halfway through being eaten because of the agonizing pain. Her shrill, unbroken screams sent chills through everyone.
"Bastard!"
Wolf Mom, collapsed in the first-floor lobby, shakily raised her carbine. Her eyes were bloodshot as she pulled the trigger wildly.
The members of the U.S.S. were experts at completely obeying and effectively carrying out orders. There was no emotion between them, and Wolf Mom Ruper seemed to be no exception.
Yet her maternal instincts made her instinctively care for her teammates, like the leader of a wolf pack leading her wolves. That was why those wolf cubs respected her.
Such feelings were hard to let go of...
However, without the corresponding strength, impotent rage was both ridiculous and tragic.
Dr. Isaacs did not even turn around. With his back to everyone, he continued eating, allowing Wolf Mom Ruper to vent her bullets.
This was bad! The plan to set wolves against a tiger had succeeded, but this pack of wolves was facing a prehistoric Sabretooth. They were not even in the same weight class.
If the wolf pack was wiped out, then it would be their turn, this group of battered survivors, to step in.
Kevin furrowed his brow. The mutated Dr. Isaacs was far more dangerous than he had imagined.
Moreover, perhaps because he had absorbed the DNA of those people on the second floor, the monster's healing speed and genetic mutation had accelerated again!
"We can't wait any longer! That hidden door should have an emergency elevator shaft. Take the antidote, get around this thing, and move!"
Kevin immediately ordered the team into action. At this rate of mutation, no number of people would be enough to fill his teeth.
Rather than sit around waiting to die, they might as well take a gamble!
However, when Kevin and the others pressed close to the wall, preparing to use Ada's Rope Gun to climb to the second floor one after another, dozens of eyeballs filled with yellowish fluid locked onto one person.
Everyone froze stiffly, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads. Kevin, who was the focus of that cluster of eyeballs, nearly burst into tears.
Fuck! Do I really draw that much aggro?
We can at least be considered half kindred spirits. Cut me some slack, big brother!
However, Kevin quickly realized that he was wrong. What had truly caught Dr. Isaacs's attention was the unconscious Alice in his arms.
T-Virus Fusion User! Those special genes held an incredibly strong attraction for him!
The commander suddenly understood, but he also wanted to curse out loud.
You unlucky brats are each worse at screwing over teammates than the last. Are you even going to let me live?!
I barely made it back alive from the laser corridor, and now I have to fight this mutant head-on. Did I dig up your ancestors' graves in my last life or something?!
Kevin's resentment surged, and he even shot a vicious glare at the bewildered Leon beside him.
"Captain, I'll hold it here first! You guys get out of here!"
Leon, who was still lively and intact, realized that he stood out far too much among this group of severely wounded people. With a tragic expression, he prepared to volunteer as the rear guard.
"Get the hell out, all of you! Its target is me! Otherwise, do you think I want to be a meat shield?!"
Kevin kicked Leon in the ass. With the same mournful expression, he ordered everyone to retreat quickly. Then, carrying Alice, he retreated in terror toward the cover in the first-floor lobby.
Roar! After sampling several appetizers, Dr. Isaacs had grown even larger, with stark white exoskeleton-like armor appearing across his body. He leaped down from the second floor.
The main course was right before him. The desires to mutate and feed had completely taken over this shell's consciousness.
With beastly instincts overpowering his humanity, eating naturally came first. Carrying the gunfire of three Wolf Pack Squad survivors, the mutant charged swiftly toward Kevin.
Meanwhile, the people who had climbed to the second floor seized the chance to retrieve the vial of concentrated antidote from the control console, then rushed into the elevator platform beyond the hidden door.
"Let's die together!"
Seeing that their attacks could not harm the mutant in the slightest, Wolf Mom's eyes filled with despair as she frantically pressed the controller to activate The Hive's self-destruct sequence.
If I ever team up with these orphans again, I'll be a huge idiot who only eats carrots!
Tears streamed down Kevin's face. Staying alive was hard!
P.S. Do you believe now what it means to truly screw over your teammates?
Of course, I think the bigger reason was that someone had E-rank luck and had been possessed by a lancer.
The Madness Beneath Knowledge!
"Combat data collection complete. Activate the emergency escape plan?"
Just as Kevin sank into despair, the mechanical synthesized voice of Apocalypse's combat support system suddenly sounded in his mind. What it said filled him with delight.
"What can we do? Tell me, quick!"
Using the surrounding obstacles for cover, the commander picked up Alice and narrowly avoided the mutant doctor's first attack, while roaring inwardly.
"Use the residual T-Virus within the host's body to temporarily enhance mental capacity. Combine it with the collected Virus Strain Bio-energy to launch a Mental Shock!"
Kevin understood instantly. This mutant, which had suffered brain damage multiple times, had severely diminished intelligence. Furthermore, it had already launched a Mental Shock and was in a period of weakened self-defense.
From the perspective of physical damage alone, it was difficult to think of an effective strategy. But if they directly attacked its most vulnerable mental will...
Perhaps it could work!
"How do I do it?!"
Kevin hid among the Wolf Pack Squad survivors, without hesitation using them as human shields to buy himself some time.
"First, activate Apocalypse to increase mental perception!"
"Second, load all collected Bio-energy into mental enhancement!"
"Also, I need the Red Queen Motherboard as the carrier for the Peripheral Thought Assist Program, to help you bear the pressure from the surge in mental perception!"
No wonder that Light Orb had shown no reaction when they had been utterly beaten by Alice.
The requirements for a passively triggered skill like this were far too harsh. And even if he had a chance to use it, he would never have any possibility of victory against a nearly perfect T-Virus Fusion User like Alice!
When Kevin checked his data template, he could not help being somewhat surprised.
Name: Kevin Li Rank: Fool (C) (Overall Rating 60-69) (The limit achievable through some systematic training and hard work!) Level: LV7 532/700 (Eliminated a total of 1 Pursuer, 2 Tyrants, 12 Lickers, and several zombies along the way) Remaining Points: 8 Strength: 10 Constitution: 12 Agility: 12 Intelligence: 12 (The mental enhancement from Apocalypse Baptism has been fully adapted to) Perception: 14 Overall Rating: 60 Apocalypse: 2/3 Skills: 1. Firearms Mastery: Intermediate 2. Military Combat Skills: Beginner 3. T-Virus Enhanced Adaptability: Beginner
So throughout this journey, with his mind constantly stretched to its limit and himself wandering the edge of life and death at every moment, his own potential had been completely unleashed.
After all, no matter how hard one trained against a pile of cold training equipment, even if it built a set of beautiful muscles, it could not compare to a crippled old soldier who had walked off the battlefield. Such veterans were fiercer and sharper.
Within the range of 60 to 69, this was probably the average standard of Special Forces elites.
At the same time, with 12 points of Intelligence governing his mental abilities, plus the 8 points of Virus Strain Bio-energy he had previously absorbed, he could reach the human limit of 20 points of Mental Power.
Combined with the dual support of Apocalypse and the residual T-Virus, perhaps he could awaken some kind of mental talent.
"Jill, give me the Red Queen Motherboard, now!"
"Ada, Leon, you two open fire from the second floor and buy me some time!"
Kevin was a decisive man of action. After sorting out the rough feasibility of the plan, he immediately gave the orders.
The three of them acted without hesitation. Jill casually snatched Kaplan's backpack, found the Red Queen Motherboard, and immediately tossed it to Kevin.
Leon and Ada, whose injuries were the lightest, moved and fired across the empty second floor, aiming at the cluster of yellowish eyeballs on the monster's body.
The instant the motherboard touched Kevin's skin, specks of light seeped into him, as though resonating with the interwoven Ouroboros pattern in the commander's pupils.
At the same time, as Bio-energy surged, the veins in Kevin's forehead throbbed with numb, swelling pain. The tightness in his brain vanished in an instant beneath the force of an impact.
Yet what followed was not the pleasure of mental expansion. Everything around him became so clear that it drove him mad.
The faint breeze around him seemed to burrow through his pores and stir his brain. The muzzle flashes of rising bullets caused his vision to lose itself in their dazzling brilliance. Tiny drifting particles of dust were like small blades shaving against his skin...
Humans were too fragile. Many times, even when they knew the answer was wrong, they still stubbornly held to it.
Because this, too, was a form of self-protection for the mind.
We always longed to see the world's true nature in the darkness, to seek the truth of the universe,
yet failed to understand that once too much information beyond the limits of human comprehension was poured into the mind, most people without firm wills would likely go mad on the spot.
"Peripheral Thought Assist Program activated! Algorithm construction complete! Mental pressure diversion initiated!"
"Maintain rationality!"
That cold mechanical voice pulled Kevin, lost in an ocean of information, back from madness.
The special algorithm Apocalypse formed using the Red Queen Motherboard quickly diverted most of the external information that was useless to Kevin.
Name: Kevin Li (Mental state unstable) Rank: Fool (C+) (Overall Rating 60-69) Level: LV7 532/700 (Eliminated a total of 1 Pursuer, 2 Tyrants, 12 Lickers, and several zombies along the way)
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