"Not good..."
When Xia Chong saw the small holes oozing blood from her palm, a change flashed across her cold little face.
She had originally tried to pass through the door with the most precise and efficient movements possible, but now she suddenly calmed down. She quickly tore off her glove and saw strands of flesh budding from the several small holes in her fingertips.
At the same time, her two teammates began crying out in panic and pain.
On one of them, the flesh of her leg began to swell, and the leg instantly doubled in thickness.
Her skin was stretched taut, then split apart.
The flesh inside was bright crimson, as though it had transformed into a bloated monster.
On the other, her palm seemed to suddenly gain a life of its own and clamped onto her neck. Countless thin worms burrowed out of her palm, opening mouths filled with tiny tender teeth to gnaw at the flesh of her neck.
"Codename 1021—Flesh Monster."
Xia Chong lowered her head coldly, as though she could neither see the flesh buds growing from her wounds nor hear her companions' screams.
She merely recited the information in her mind at high speed in a low voice:
"Characteristics: abnormal activity."
"Contamination symptoms: confirmed to be consistent with Special Pollution Event No. 1021, originating from the same source."
"Weaknesses: fear of high temperatures, weapons capable of destroying the mental body, and... strongly contaminating Reverse Pollution."
"So the solution is: large-scale fire, powerful Distortion-type abilities..."
"..."
At that thought, she abruptly raised her head. At the same time, her left hand darted downward and instantly drew the dagger strapped to her left thigh. A flash of cold light passed, and the flesh buds protruding from the fingers of her right hand were shaved away.