Steel Bead Death Fireworks

Scalding boiling water poured over the Flayers, immediately bringing piercing pain!

Without skin, that pain was amplified dozens, even hundreds of times!

Though these Flayers were crazed and mentally confused, they could still feel pain. They immediately howled like wild beasts and dodged the stream of water.

Shen Feng held a large spray bottle in each hand and sprayed wildly, drawing a three- or four-meter-wide circle of water around himself that forced every Flayer to keep its distance. None dared approach.

These things were far more useful than pistols or submachine guns. At the very least, they had no recoil.

Having driven back the surrounding Flayers, Shen Feng reached the elevator doors.

Unfortunately, although quite a few devices were still running on solar power after several years, the elevators had completely failed.

Fortunately, the laboratory he needed was underground. Shen Feng immediately turned into the emergency stairwell, spraying water as he ran downward.

The Flayers in the lobby did not leave. Instead, they followed Shen Feng at a safe distance of several meters, ready to swarm him at any moment.

This is... not looking good...

Boiling water was not truly lethal, after all. It was difficult to inflict real damage with it.

And there were more and more Flayers along the way!

By the time the boiling water in both spray bottles had run out, he had reached the entrance to the third basement level.

This was Laboratory No. 1 of the Disease Control Center, where the vaccines had been administered!

The sensor door was still functioning. Detecting Shen Feng's arrival, it slowly opened.

Shen Feng darted inside, then froze.

Before him stood more than twenty Flayers, packed into the room!

Most of these Flayers still wore thick work uniforms and protective suits. Though old and worn, they were not damaged.

At the same time, nearly thirty Flayers that had been following Shen Feng also entered, trapping him between them.

Fuck!

Shen Feng cursed inwardly, his liver trembling with fear. He grabbed the remaining two spray bottles and frantically sprayed boiling water, forming a defensive ring around himself as he ran toward one corner of the laboratory.

This was Plan B for this trip: the hyperbaric oxygen chamber!

Upon seeing Shen Feng, the Flayers in the laboratory let out a roar and rushed at him together, their mouths spewing frenzied, incoherent cries:

"Burn... burn him to death!"

"It hurts... it hurts so much..."

"Kill... me..."

"Skin... skin..."

Unlike the Flayers outside, these clothed Flayers were protected by their garments and did not fear the boiling water. Being splashed only drove them crazier!

The hyperbaric oxygen chamber looked like an egg-shaped iron room. Its door stood open, and it had been out of service for who knew how many years.

Shen Feng tossed away the spray bottles, pulled two grenades from his waist, and sprinted desperately toward the entrance.

The nearest Flayer was only two or three meters away. He could even feel droplets of pus splattering onto his face!

There!

He bit down on the pull rings of both grenades and yanked them free. Tossing the grenades aside, he dove into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, slammed the hatch shut behind him, and dropped to the floor!

The chamber was immediately plunged into darkness. Outside, the Flayers rushed to the hull and began pounding on it relentlessly, trying to break into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber and tear apart this last remaining normal human.

Shen Feng's heart hammered wildly. He covered his head with both hands and waited for the blast.

Outside the chamber, after several agonizing seconds, the two grenades exploded simultaneously. Thousands of steel beads and countless fragments erupted in every direction like a magnificent display of death fireworks!

Wherever they passed, flesh and blood offered no resistance whatsoever. Bodies were ruthlessly ripped apart, sliced open, and shredded into pieces!

Dozens of Flayers did not even have time to howl before the dense hail of steel beads turned them into sieves!

The grenades' steel beads continued ricocheting around the sealed laboratory, causing secondary damage.

Inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, Shen Feng lay on the floor and felt a muffled thunderclap strike up through the ground. The deafening shockwave nearly made him vomit.

When the sound of ricocheting steel beads finally faded, Shen Feng slowly climbed to his feet, pale-faced and trembling all over.

Just then, a shadow in the darkness lunged at him, seized his throat, and opened its gaping bloody mouth to bite his face!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Shen Feng frantically pulled the pistol's trigger, firing into his attacker.

The attacker fell at once. It was a Flayer that had been hiding inside the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, now dead beyond all doubt.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" Shen Feng did not stop. He emptied the entire magazine until the firing pin began clicking on empty chambers, only then finally stopping.

"Ugh..." At last, he vomited.

Everything that had just happened had exceeded an ordinary person's limits. Under such intense stress, his stomach reacted violently.

"Ptooey!" Shen Feng spat out the food scraps in his mouth, wiped the corner of his lips, and felt much better.

He had still been too careless.

He had not expected the Flayers in the Disease Control Center laboratory to all be wearing clothes. He had nearly been skinned alive by those monsters.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Feng drew the shotgun from his back. Only then did he kick open the warped hatch of the hyperbaric oxygen chamber and step outside with the gun raised.

Outside was a grisly mess of blood and flesh. Every Flayer had been wiped out by the two grenades.

Shen Feng tried not to look at the horrific remains. He first rushed to the entrance and bolted the laboratory door shut, then began searching for the laboratory's cold storage cabinet.

The first batch of faulty vaccines had been distributed in large quantities. They should have been stored in the laboratory's cold cabinet.

Sure enough, when he opened it, rows of test tubes and injections appeared before him.

The explosion had shattered quite a few items inside, but fortunately, there were enough of them.

Shen Feng quickly found an injection according to its label. It bore the words "Stone Statue Disease Type 1."

This is it!

He immediately treated it like a priceless treasure, taking out the injection. Then he pulled out his phone, opened Real Doomsday Game, and said, "I have obtained a sample of the vaccine injected into the Flayers. Requesting mission reward."

A line of text flashed across the phone screen:

Please place the vaccine sample in a sealed medical case.

A sealed medical case?

Shen Feng looked around and spotted a medical case made of stainless steel in the corner. A grenade steel bead had dented its surface, but had not pierced it.

He immediately opened the medical case, placed the vaccine sample inside, and closed it again.

Just a few seconds later, another line appeared on the phone screen:

Reward issued.

Shen Feng could not help letting out a sigh of relief. This time, there was finally no new mission.

He immediately opened the medical case and found several booklets inside again.

The game's rewards are still so stingy...

He picked up the first booklet and glanced at it. His breathing immediately quickened:

<Defender Type 3 Wheeled Armored Vehicle Operation Manual>

The second booklet was another document:

<Application from the Qi City Disease Control Center for Equipping Wheeled Armored Vehicles for Epidemic Prevention Work>

The third booklet was a weapons operation manual:

<Incinerator Weapon Operation Guide (Including Heavy Weapons)>

The Disease Control Center actually had wheeled infantry fighting vehicles!

And a large number of heavy weapons too!

Perfect, perfect. Now I can go to the National Academy of Sciences in the capital!

Shen Feng immediately took out all three booklets and began reading them carefully.

The Qi City Disease Control Center's armored vehicle was a Defender Type 3. It used honeycomb-structure tires that required no inflation, so even after seven or eight years, they should not have had any problems.

The armored vehicle was stored in the parking garage on the fourth basement level, along with sealed tanks of diesel fuel.

The Disease Control Center's armory was far better stocked than the equipment storage at the Qi City Police Department. It contained not only police weapons such as pistols and submachine guns, but even automatic rifles and grenade launchers. It was practically a miniature arsenal.

After quickly reading through all three booklets, Shen Feng carefully put them away, raised his shotgun, and headed for the fourth basement level.

After luring the monsters earlier, he had basically wiped out all the Flayers in the underground laboratory in one go. Only a few stragglers remained, and with the shotgun, he could deal with them easily.

After killing four or five Flayers along the way, Shen Feng finally reached the parking garage on the fourth basement level.

His footsteps echoed through the garage. The few remaining sound-activated lights suddenly flickered on, revealing a giant beast lying silently in the darkness before him.

It was the Defender Type 3 wheeled armored vehicle!