After the explosions, fully armed Mechanical Soldiers bearing the Vax Corporation insignia moved in to clear away the monster fragments that were still alive. But soon, something unexpected happened.
The monster fragments began to merge and regain their original forms. With the corpses of the Slums residents lying around, the monsters seemed to have found a source of nourishment.
They grew larger, more terrifying, and more grotesque. Some also developed unusual abilities.
The weapons in the Mechanical Soldiers' hands could not pose enough of a threat to these monsters. Meanwhile, the pitch-black liquid that spattered from the monsters' bodies when the soldiers attacked fell to the ground and slowly turned into smaller monsters. What followed was a carnival for the creatures.
As the Mechanical Soldiers steadily retreated, the monsters spread even more easily. Some were even spotted outside the Slums.
The footage reached Vax Corporation headquarters, and the senior executives on its Board of Directors looked grim. These monsters were proving far more troublesome than they had anticipated.
At that moment, Shen Qing, who was seated outside the board's round table, raised his hand as though asking to speak.
The overweight middle-aged man glanced at Shen Qing, then said in a low voice,
"The guest brought here by our technical director, Morris, seems to have a different opinion."
Everyone turned to look at Shen Qing. But he was, after all, the founder of a dynasty. A situation like this was nothing to him.
Sure enough, Shen Qing's composure made the overweight middle-aged man think to himself that he carried the air of someone accustomed to authority. Perhaps he had held a high position in his original world as well. That thought made him give a little more weight to whatever Shen Qing was about to suggest.
Shen Qing first gave