"Hiss."
Her whole body shuddered as some icy current coiled through her mind. An invisible ripple spread from her body, shielding her firmly inside like an eggshell.
"What is this...?"
Natasha's mind went hazy for a moment. She took out a purple square box from her coat, and the egg inside was trembling faintly.
This was an egg Li Ang had made while teaching at S.H.I.E.L.D. Back then, because every class required him to repeatedly demonstrate the process of massaging a chicken, S.H.I.E.L.D. had bought those eggs for ten thousand dollars apiece to use for research.
And this egg was a gift from Li Ang, a symbol of their friendship.
She had never expected that, in this place, it would become the most useful protective charm.
"Li Ang, once I get back, I'm definitely treating you to a feast!"
Gratitude rose in her heart as several bullets slammed into the table she was hiding behind.
The tabletop burst apart, and the penetrating bullets nearly hit Natasha.
Tightening her grip on the gun in her hand, she simply stripped off the bulky yellow hazmat suit.
First, she used a trick, flinging the hazmat suit upward to draw the other side's fire. Then she quickly rolled to the left, raised her gun, and fired two precise shots into the gunmen.
The instant they were hit and screamed, Natasha seized the chance, lunged forward, and easily knocked them to the ground.
"These people have gone mad. There's something wrong with this red fog!
I have to get to the building's monitoring room first. Maybe there, I can find clues about this red fog and where it came from."
Having made up her mind, Natasha, her face cold, knocked down several more "infected" humans before carefully making her way to the first floor and