Sure, That's Very American / Welcome to the Top of the Food Chain!
He was serious! Alex's apple bobbed, and his lips went dry.
The man then smirked and waved for Lara and Ada to follow.
As the blood-stained door slowly opened, the fog inside seemed to thicken. The four of them waved their hands to fan away the fog and observe their surroundings.
As far as the eye could see, there was broken glass, peeling ceiling, and walls covered with holes and cracks of all sizes; everywhere there was a sense of decay.
Fortunately, on their short journey to the laboratory, Kevin and his companions encountered only a dozen or so large spiders before making their way through without any obstacles.
Where is the refrigerated centrifuge?
As they approached their destination, Kevin grew impatient. He kicked open the lab door, grabbed Alex by the collar, and frowned as he asked.
"The third one on the left is it. Let me see, it should work!"
Although he didn't know Kevin's purpose, Alex answered decisively because he was intimidated by the other party's strength.
Alright! When the machine lit up, the researcher wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling somewhat relieved.
"By the way, what do you need this for?"
After getting the refrigerated centrifuge sorted out, Alex couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.
"Of course, we need to develop a serum that perfectly fuses with the Blacklight Virus. Jill and Shirley are waiting for this to save their lives."
"Otherwise, do you think I'd be so saintly as to immediately clean up your mess?"
Kevin answered with a smile, a stark contrast to his previous rudeness, his tone surprisingly gentle.
Ada and Lara, standing nearby, showed no surprise at Kevin's transformation, exchanging knowing glances.
Clearly, they had already guessed why this guy had been able to remain calm and composed all the way after Jill and Shirley were in danger.
"A serum that perfectly fuses with the Blacklight Virus? There's no such thing here!"
"To be honest, I've been looking for it for a while now..."
Alex looked somewhat taken aback, then shook his head with a wry smile.
Unexpectedly, Kevin patted the researcher on the shoulder and stepped forward, responding with a light laugh.
"No need, I've already found it..."
That strange look made Alex feel uneasy for some reason, and as he staggered backward, a pistol and a Tactical Sword were pointed at his kidneys respectively.
The researcher turned his head stiffly and was shocked to find that Ada and Lara, who had somehow gotten behind him, were blocking the laboratory door.
The three sinister figures were repeatedly shortened and lengthened by the flickering lights, and their eerie smiles were identical.
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Chapter 845, Section 883: Yes, that's very American.
A moment later, a pale-faced Alex took a row of serum from the refrigerated centrifuge and handed it back to Kevin.
At the same time, facing the man's gaze, which was like that of a hungry wolf eyeing its prey, he felt immense pressure, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He quickly waved his hand, still feeling lingering fear.
"If I keep drawing blood, I'm afraid I'll go into shock on the spot. I still need to lead the way here, and we need to test the effects of the serum, right?"
Kevin's aggressive gaze recoiled, and he stepped forward to pat Alex on the shoulder, adopting a friendly and approachable demeanor.
"You're right, there's plenty of time. There will be many more opportunities to ask you to donate blood in the future."
At the commander's signal, the two accomplices who were blocking the door tacitly released their grip on Alex.
Incidentally, Ada and Lara also helped the "honest man" smooth out the wrinkles in his clothes to make sure he had no chance to use it as evidence to spread rumors.
"Entering the biology lab, finding the refrigerated centrifuge, collecting serum—is that your real purpose in bringing me along?"
Alex watched as Kevin carefully placed each vial of serum into his backpack as if it were a precious treasure. His researcher's curiosity compelled him to ask him a question.
The researcher in the white coat had bulging veins on his hands hidden in his sleeves, and his palms were sweating.
"I guessed right, your blood is the perfect medium for fusing with the Blacklight Virus..."
"Don't worry, we won't do anything to you..."
"Furthermore, since you helped me with this, I've decided to give you a gift in return."
After getting what he wanted, Kevin breathed a sigh of relief, and his previously anxious and gloomy expression softened considerably.
"A gift? For me?"
Alex looked somewhat taken aback, his train of thought a little slow to catch up with Kevin's.
"Hmm, to transform someone like you, inherently selfish and cold-hearted with antisocial tendencies, into an anti-hero basking in the sunlight..."
"To be honest, compared to some of the scum in the SCP Foundation's task forces that they recruit as expendable resources, you're not exactly bad."
"For example, you care deeply for your younger sister Dina; you're secretly a siscon, and you still have bonds in this world that you're willing to sacrifice for..."
Kevin smiled with narrowed eyes, Alex's pupils contracted. His originally dark aura revealed a hint of surprise and sharpness.
This guy! He knows everything!
The man lowered his head, shook the last vial of slightly yellow serum, put it in his backpack for safekeeping, then turned and walked towards the door, his expression in the darkness revealing a keen interest.
After a brief struggle, Alex slowly opened his hands, which had been tucked into his sleeves, silently slung another backpack over his shoulder, and obediently followed.
At this moment, the Countess paused, falling slightly behind, and slapped Alex's thin shoulder, nearly making the man stumble.
"I said, if you're not going to do anything, then put what's in your sleeve."
"If you accidentally fire at us and get shot, just consider yourself unlucky."
Lara glanced sideways at the bulge in Alex's sleeve, smiled, and scoffed.
Alex had initially relaxed, was suddenly filled with anxiety after his sinister plan was exposed; cold sweat poured down his back.
How stupid! Who are these monsters, more ferocious than the Overlord?! A professional army!
Could his act of secretly keeping firearms and his intention to take the commander hostage have escaped their notice? His earlier lack of vigilance was most likely just a lure!
"You should be glad you made that choice. Don't worry, since he accepted your favor, he'll definitely keep his word."
"If you want to see your sister alive, you'd better come along..."
Ada's voice softened, and after reassuring Alex that the three wouldn't resort to silencing him like Blackwatch had, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
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"Don't tell me that all those Combat Beasts and overlords in the biological experiments evolved from these Blackwatch soldiers?!"
"Alex, you bunch of bastards not only make Super Soldier serums, but you're also secretly mass-producing B. O. W. weapons! Let Blackwatch wipe out all of you scum!"
In the narrow passage, Kevin and his three companions raced for their lives, facing hundreds of hairless, bear-like Combat Beast nearly ten meters tall and fat, giant-like Overlords.
These things are different from the "babies" that have just emerged from pustules; they have already absorbed a large amount of the surrounding mist.
Even if Kevin cuts off their heads and crushes their hearts, the remaining members of their kind will have red and black blood vessels resembling tentacles spread all over their bodies, devouring the surrounding flesh and blood.
Each time these monsters engage in cannibalism, their reaction speed, defense, and other characteristics increase exponentially.
The commander worried that as the game progressed, it might actually create freaks that even he would find difficult to control.
Therefore, as a precaution, the commander had no choice but to take the three of them and flee to first resolve the issue of the dimensional rift and seal the opening through which the mist was being released.
"It's none of my business! We're just employees, we do what we're told, who knows what they need these biological weapons for?"
Alex vehemently denied the allegations and protested his innocence, conveniently shifting the blame back to Blackwatch.
Meanwhile, during the escape, due to his poor physical condition and the ravages of "voluntary blood donation," the researcher had to turn his gun around and fire a few bullets to slow down the pursuit of the Overlord and the Combat Beast.
"I just passed by the control room and got a file of data from before the base system was formatted, from the corpse of a Blackwatch officer."
"Inside are bidding records from some Middle Eastern and North African countries. Nine times out of ten, these things that have surfaced are goods they ordered."
Ada waved the black USB drive in her hand, dropping a series of bombshell revelations. Before Kevin could even reach out to ask for it, she slipped it into her pocket with a cunning, fox-like smile, like an intelligence agent.
The Countess was more politically astute and had a clearer understanding of the big picture, seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but offer a stern reminder.
"According to a report by the SCP Foundation, U. S. President Benford has been cutting military spending on overseas deployments in recent years, forcing the Department of Defense to downsize its forces and reduce expenditures."
"Could it be that these generals in the Ministry of National Defense, unwilling to lose the initiative overseas in this era of great competition, are using the Super Soldier Program as a pretext to secretly trade biological weapons at sea?"
Kevin slapped his forehead, his mouth twitching.
"It's almost certainly true! Selling biological weapons to Middle Eastern and North African countries will not only bring in a windfall of military spending, but also destabilize the situation in both regions."
"The United States wields significant influence in international Bio-terrorism counter-terrorism organizations, using this as a pretext to force the world's policeman to deploy troops to eradicate bioterrorism and regain control of the chaotic areas..."
"Then, those who want to seize resources will seize resources, and those who want to export democracy will export democracy..."
"This hypocritical approach is so American! Absolutely right!"
Lara rolled her eyes at Alex behind her, a hint of schadenfreude in her expression.
"If this gets out, the Ministry of Defense will be in deep trouble, no wonder Blackwatch wants to silence them!"
Was this some kind of unexpected disaster? Alex was extremely depressed, suddenly realizing that sometimes doing too many bad things can indeed bring retribution.
Chapter 846 Welcome to the top of the food chain! (Section 884)
Having temporarily shaken off the group of hospitable Overlords and Combat Beast behind her, Ada's buzzer beeped.
"The spatial energy fluctuations are getting closer and closer; the interdimensional rift should be nearby!"
She immediately opened the detection equipment the doctor had given them before leaving, confirmed the location, and then offered a reminder.
"I remember now! Through that door in front! The corridor on the left!"
"During the research on the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, people passing through this area from the base often got lost and always felt a bit agitated!"
As the surrounding scenery became familiar, some of Alex's lost memories were suddenly stirred up.
At this moment, a deafening roar and tremors came from all sides, and amidst the violent surge of mist, a group of Combat Beast and overlords charged forward.
As the monsters closed in, Kevin tossed the vibranium barrier-clearing knife to Lara and faced the foremost Combat Beast.
In an instant, when the distance between the two sides was no more than two meters, the commander took a step forward, stomped his feet, and leaned back in an exaggerated arc like a slingshot, using his waist as the axis.
Immediately, Kevin's limbs and joints cracked as he threw a punch, the sharp wind of which, mixed with the thunderous roar of tigers and leopards, swept in all directions.
Then, the mist within a range of more than ten meters was almost completely repelled, and the punch that had compressed the surroundings into a near-vacuum state slammed into the Combat Beast's forehead.
Inch-force attack – Mountain collapse!
This violent force pierced through the monster's skull, causing its viscous, slippery brain matter to shudder and turn into a paste.
When Kevin withdrew his right hand, several red and black blood vessels had already pierced into the skin of his arm, and like wriggling earthworms, they were constantly piercing through the commander's tough flesh.
Although my powers are sealed, fortunately, my strengths and weaknesses are not as severe as the Ancient One's. This Main God Level body could probably survive even if it directly withstood a nuclear bomb.
Kevin stretched out his left hand, expressionlessly plucked the red and black blood vessels embedded in the skin, and kicked the Combat Beast a hundred meters away.
As the monster's corpse knocked down the Overlords and Combat Beast that had surrounded the corridor, the sound of tearing cloth filled the air.
Hundreds of red and black blood vessels pierced the corpse, draining away flesh and bone marrow in the blink of an eye, leaving only a pool of blood as proof that the monster had once existed.
At that moment, another Combat Beast was also beheaded by Lara, who was wielding two obstacle-clearing knives, and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
However, after witnessing Kevin's brutal and simple attack, the Countess was shocked by his inhuman physical strength.
Lara's heart pounded, and she subconsciously licked her cherry lips. Some inappropriate thoughts made her heart flutter.
Sure enough, while it was possible to win hand-to-hand combat against these monsters in the short term, a prolonged battle was still a bit of a struggle.
Kevin swung his slightly sore and numb arms a few times, sighing inwardly.
"The Spatial Rift has been found! Let's go!"
Just as the commander hesitated about whether to annihilate the Pursuer here, Ada's cold shout came from behind the mist.
As the sound ended, two rockets came hurtling towards them.
Amidst the flames of the explosion, Lara and Kevin dodged to the back and quickly rejoined Ada.
But just as Kevin and the others were ready to launch a second round of ambush, the monsters stopped in front of the corridor, their claws scraping the ground and making a piercing noise, their suppressed growls conveying a sense of resentment.