111 Bites the Second Hand

The awe-inspiring physique of the Bio-Kongou allowed Lu Run and his companions to truly experience the powerful expressiveness of the game "Star Abyss" for the first time. The meticulous depiction and atmosphere instantly activated humanity's fear of facing its natural enemy.

Compared to ordinary people like Lu Run, Luo Le and Xue Nian, who had served in the military, were much more accepting and quickly calmed down.

Psychological fears can be alleviated through desensitization therapy, but the Negative Effect of contact with Bio-Kongou, especially the series of "Gene Pollution," "Virus Intrusion," and "Decreased Disease Resistance" on the panel, are currently insurmountable.

With limited medication, they didn't have time to stay here long and had to act quickly to search for relevant information.

The three Unlucky Guy brought over a diesel generator and plugged it in. Luckily, although the Bio-Kongou was huge, the information on the computer devices was stored in the cloud. After Luo Le hacked into the devices and gained access, he immediately downloaded the stored data and images.

"Radiative synthesis of viruses, archaea, and fungi—is the professor trying to become the creator?"

Luo Le glanced at the catalog and immediately complained.

"I don't know if they want to be creators, but bringing these things out will definitely cause war—look at this, this is a record of the Nethermark Humanity's experiment with the Malefic Calamity Experimental Potion on Outland People. They used Cloning Technology to try to replicate a person's Aoneng, but they failed."

When Xue Nian saw these firsthand experimental records from the professor, the shocking words sent chills down his spine:

"And this one—this girl has a slight Electrokinetic Ability, so she was repeatedly harvested and implanted with organs from different people. The surgery was performed thousands of times. The Nethermark Humanity hopes to combine the genes of multiple people so that their Aoneng can be integrated."

Lu Run swallowed hard and asked, "What was the result?"

Xue Nian said expressionlessly, "Of course it couldn't be fused. The rejection reaction caused massive bleeding, and he died. Li Aoz seemed to have said that Aoneng is not just a manifestation of genes, but the professor has always insisted on the Esha Virus theory and has conducted experiments by any means necessary to prove her conjecture."

"Are there specific numbers of victims...?"

"It's impossible to calculate. The earliest data on the professor's computer is from 60 years ago, which is her doctoral dissertation and the time when she founded the ' Ancient Virus Research Association,' the predecessor of the Nethermark Humanity —meaning the professor must be at least eighty or ninety years old. Just think about how many people she and her men have slaughtered in those 60 years?"

Luo Le opened a recent file folder and raised an eyebrow. "It seems the professor's computer security isn't very good. I've found the recent video recordings and shared them in the group files. This place isn't suitable for staying any longer; let's leave first."

The two had no objections. The oppressive atmosphere on the second basement level was too uncomfortable. In addition, the lingering power of the Bio-Kongou made them constantly worry that even the slightest heavy step would awaken and revive it.

They hooked onto the elevator cable and fled back to the transport vehicle. Luo Le activated the vehicle's system, and the vehicle started up, continuing its journey in the direction of Li Aoz provided by GTB.

"This place is so unlucky. We were only around the Bio-Kongou for less than ten minutes, and the Negative Effect we picked up will take three days to get rid of."

Luo Le muttered to himself.

"However, it's worth it."

Xue Nian downloaded the video from the professor's computer, transferred it to the car's screen, and started playing it.

"We still have two hours to go to our destination. Let's see what Li Aoz has been up to!"

The screen flickered with static, followed by the sound of machinery running.

The cameras kept switching, monitoring the facilities on the Second Floor from multiple concealed angles.

From the highly automated production line to the biochemical chambers soaking the bodies of teenagers, and then to the numb and indifferent employees of the Netherworld constantly adjusting various instruments and drug ratios, the scene finally freezes on the central elevator.

Ding-dong~

The crisp, pleasant sound of the elevator arriving rang out, and a cleaning worker who was cleaning subconsciously looked up, her purple prosthetic eye pupils quickly focusing.

She dropped the vacuum cleaner from her hand, raised her left hand, and a gun barrel popped out from her palm.

Bang! Just as she was about to load the magazine through her forearm, the elevator door was suddenly blasted out and slammed violently into the cleaning lady, crushing her against the wall and squeezing her into a tomato-sauce-like shape.

Snap... Snap...

The boots made an unnatural creaking sound as they stepped onto the freshly washed floor. The two men calmly entered the Second Floor, and the surveillance camera clearly recorded their conversation. "He's just an ordinary cleaner."

"You've never been on a battlefield, Du Mei— Du Zexin. Don't even mention a janitor, any old, weak, sick, or disabled person could be an attacker."

"I just don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, Li Aoz.

"What a coincidence, I didn't want to either—but they all deserve to die."

Li Aoz withdrew the gravity and walked side by side with Du Zexin along the second-floor corridor.

Along the way, they encountered many doctors from the Nethermark Humanity acting as humane agents, or nurses who were rushing to transport goods. Before Du Zexin could even speak, Li Aoz would raise his hand and use gravity to break his neck, or he would be slammed against the ceiling by gravity dozens of times stronger, instantly crushing him to pieces.

With his Charisma level approaching Gamma (γ, the third Greek letter) rank, his Aoneng recovery speed was already terrifying. He even chewed on food from time to time, making it easy for him to slaughter these ordinary doctors. Du Zexin didn't even have a chance to make a move.

Du Zexin frowned. Even though he had a basic understanding of the actions of the Nethermark Humanity, as someone who came from a test-taking background, he still felt uncomfortable with such cruel killings.

Especially after he had just experienced being crushed by gravity, seeing those unarmed employees facing gravity, their spines broken without any resistance, kneeling on the ground with their heads still attached by a layer of skin, teetering on the verge of collapse—it was hard for him not to empathize, and he even vaguely felt a kind of phantom pain.

However, as a Mechanic from the [Craftsmanship] class, Du Zexin was very quick-witted and clearly recognized Li Aoz's strength. It was fortunate that the Dai Weilin Faction had such a young talent.

As for the cruelty of the methods...

He subtly hinted that he hoped Li Aoz be mindful of his image.

Many people have a "respect for the dead" mentality, which may be based on Daoism and civilized rationality, or it may be because they are afraid that they will be used as a joke in hell after they die.

In short, even when faced with the death of some scoundrels and criminals, they would try their best to persuade others not to go too far with the deceased.

However, Li Aoz's opinion was different from his—he couldn't be bothered to talk about Daoism with a bunch of inhuman beasts. If he showed even a shred of pity for the Netherworld, he would be letting down the blood, tears, and suffering of the experimental subjects.

Du Zexin did not fire a shot throughout, and Li Aoz also told him:

You'll get used to it.

Upon hearing this, Du Zexin said nothing more, and instead began to focus on scanning and examining the corpses of the employees of the Underworld.

"Why do these people rarely resist?"

The "Master of Arts" class was quick-witted and had a sharp mind; he immediately noticed the oddity.

No matter how cruelly Li Aoz killed their colleagues, these employees of the Nethermark Humanity almost never resisted. Occasionally, a few would make obvious movements to draw their guns, but their attitude was very passive.

Most people seemed indifferent, and one person even rushed towards them with his head down, holding a document, and expressionless Li Aoz's Gravity Deflection, instantly slamming him to the ground. He fell, his face covered in blood, and he wobbled as he picked up the document and tried to crawl forward.

"Don't kill him yet!"

Du Zexin stopped Li Aoz from finishing off the man. Li Aoz lowered his hand, gravity returned to normal, and the Netherworld employee fell to the ground.

Du Zexin stepped forward, removed the other person's mask, revealing a face devoid of expression, with lips constantly moving.

He grabbed the other man by the neck, a scanning device popped out from the back of his hand, scanned the man's eyes, and turned to Li Aoz, saying:

"She's an idiot. Her prefrontal cortex is parasitized by some kind of organism, and her entire behavior is controlled by the parasite in her brain. No wonder they're not aggressive..."

Click!

Upon hearing this, Li Aoz did not hesitate to smash the other man's skull with his scabbard.

"It seems the professor is quite ruthless to her own people. She can kill herself, and she's no different with her subordinates."

Li Aoz said calmly.

"How did you determine that the professor was still alive? Even uploading consciousness into a chip requires a long preparation time."

"The professor has developed psionic communication and mastered a parasite that controls the human brain. I think it wouldn't be difficult for her to achieve remote consciousness transfer."

As he spoke, Li Aoz glanced at the progress of the "Remember Them" settlement condition A task: 97/109. "There aren't many left. The rest should be the elites around the professor."

Li Aoz rallied his spirits and prepared in advance, placing adrenaline injections, cardiac stimulants, High Potassium Protein Injection, and medications to enhance resistance to neurotoxins and viruses within easy reach.

He was about to face a Beta-rank or higher [Biochemist], so he had to be fully prepared.

As for Du Zexin, Mouldy Crotch had no worries. He wore a full-body Exoskeleton Armor with its own air filter and oxygen tank.

Besides, the Mechanic has a slight advantage over the Biochemist, so he wasn't too bothered.

Taking a moment to glance at Du Zexin's stats, Li Aoz glanced at Du Zexin's profile. Du Mouldy Crotch was indeed unlucky, but strangely, he didn't have any special skills, talents, or abilities related to luck. It was unclear where his Mouldy Crotch physique came from.

Du Mouldy Crotch hacking, and soon obtained a map of the Second Floor of the shelter. After studying it for a while, they initially decided to find a weak point for a surprise attack. Du Zexin brought some tear gas, intending to throw it into the central air conditioning unit to disrupt the enemy first, and then completely annihilate the professor and his group.

The mysterious disappearance of Nordly and Anna's bodies brought some unease to Li Aoz and Du Zexin. Although neither of them mentioned it, they both vaguely sensed that there was more to the story.

However, after realizing their position, Li Aoz and Du Zexin had to abandon their plan to launch a surprise attack.

Three-quarters of the second basement level was occupied by assembly lines and biochemical factory facilities. There were no people in this area. Moreover, Du Zexin noticed through the cameras that there were quite a few Biochemical Soldier wearing Exoskeleton Armor.

Their target was the professor in hiding—analysis of the map showed that the professor's "Special Laboratory" was located deep within the base.

If they wanted to reach the laboratory, they had no choice but to fight their way into the bio-factory from the central hall, break through the Biochemical Soldier ' defenses head-on, pass through the "Treatment Room" of the Esha Infected, and finally face an 80mm thick hydraulic door.

Only after doing all this will they face their final enemy— Nethermark Professor.

Do you have any good plans?

Li Aoz asked.

"There is no other solution. This shelter is a permanent structure—it is surrounded by permafrost, and the stress on the reinforced concrete is extremely high. You could set off a nuclear bomb underground and it might not even collapse."

"In that case, listen to my method."

As Li Aoz spoke, he kicked open the door leading to the biochemical factory.

Bang! Countless Biochemical Soldier were already stationed there, ready for battle, their cold gun barrels pointed at them.

Their brains, immersed in the cylinder, received electrical signals, issued commands, and pulled the trigger.

Li Aoz flicked out his longsword, driven by gravity, and golden halos lit up his eyes.

Du Zexin pulled down his armor, and all the indicator lights on his body lit up, flashing a dangerous red light.

"The real battle has only just begun!"

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