Infinite Terror
The emergency lights in Hive C-3 flickered on and off, and ice crystals condensed on the tip of Ono Kei's staff, drawing a crooked six-pointed star on the damp pipe wall.
The three newcomers huddled behind her next to the metal cabinet. Lin Xiaoyu, a young medical student, was bandaging the wound on her hand from the recoil of her first time firing Desert Eagle.
"I said..." Li Bowen, a college student wearing a basketball jersey, kicked the Licker corpse at his feet, "Sister Hui, can you fix the crack in your Ice Wall Technique? The blood flowing out of this thing is almost soaking the soles of my shoes."
Ono Kei slammed her staff on the ground, shards of ice splashing onto Li Bowen's Nike shoes. "If you're so capable, why don't you conjure up an ice wall yourself! I'm not Archmage!" She tugged at her tattered robe and coughed lightly. "The last Horror Film I was in featured Kabutack Robot."
Zhang Heng, who was crouching by the ventilation shaft, suddenly lowered his voice. "Didn't Chu Xuan say this place was absolutely safe? How did Licker sneak in?"
He clutched the "RC Cells Scouter" distributed by Chu Xuan in his hand, and the red dot on the screen was getting closer.
"Safety?" Ono Kei sneered, using the tip of his staff to pry open the combination lock on the refrigerator. "You actually believe what that ice-faced guy says? I still vividly remember the scene in ' Scream ' where he tricked people..."
Her voice suddenly stopped, and the reflection on the inside of the refrigerator sent a chill down her spine.
She suddenly thought of something!
"Sister Hui?" Lin Xiaoyu timidly offered her hand. "Your hand is shaking..."
"Shut up!" Ono Kei slammed the lid of the box shut.
She recalled the look in Chu Xuan's eyes when he assigned the task; his pupils behind his glasses seemed to be assessing the value of parts from a scrapped machine tool. "The responsibility of a senior is to guide newcomers to adapt to the pace, and this escort mission is perfect for you."
Given Ono Kei's intelligence, she couldn't outsmart Chu Xuan.
A "wise" person who could harm her team like that in Alien, she doesn't even qualify as a mortal with wisdom.
But Ono Kei is a woman.
What it's like to know what it's like to see a man looking at you with utter disgust.
Now that things have come to this, we've finally realized what's happening.
Suddenly, a metallic scraping sound came from the pipe, Ono Kei's staff instantly lit up with an icy blue light.
As the three newcomers hurriedly raised their weapons, she tucked her staff into her waistband and pulled out the Bio-Weapon Instant Kill Gun given to her by Chu Xuan: "Get behind the ice wall! If anything comes, just shoot it in the eyes!"
"Wasn't it supposed to be absolutely safe?" Li Bowen's voice trembled.
"Safe my ass!" Ono Kei's Ice Wall Technique only sealed half of the pipe, and the ice shards sprouting from the cracks looked like twisted fangs. "That guy surnamed Chu is definitely plotting something..."
In the Monitoring Room, Fang Yu looked at Ono Kei's trembling body and felt very sorry for the woman.
The reflection from Chu Xuan's glasses obscured his fingers as he typed on the keyboard; the commands were altering the Licker's trajectory.
"You've already messed things up. Even the enhanced Ultimate Ghoul Tyrant is beyond your control. Are you trying to test these idiots by keeping it from them?" Fang Yu's Kunai left afterimages as it spun at his fingertips. "Or are you simply trying to control the number of people in the team and lower the team's rating?"
Chu Xuan's reply was mixed with the sound of typing, "Ono Kei's magic is enough to convince the Demon Team that this is the main force of the Central Continent Team, and her sacrifice was not in vain."
"Besides, you seem to dislike Japanese people quite a bit."
Fang Yu curled his lip. "Don't play that low-level populism game with me. One Japanese person died, plus three newcomers? Among them is Zhang Heng, who has the talent of an archer. If you're going to make up a reason, at least make it convincing."
Chu Xuan didn't explain, he just kept typing away on the keyboard.
In the surveillance footage, the Magic Star Bullet shot out straight, leaving a trail of shimmering blue light, and the twelve Arcane Missile blasted ring-shaped burn marks on the Tyrant's mask.
Ono Kei's wand traced a standard Z-shaped trajectory in the air; this magic enhancement suited her quite well.
If she had become a magician earlier and hadn't taken the wrong path like Kabutack, perhaps she could have escaped from the tyrant by now.
She wanted to live too, and she wanted to run with the newcomers.
But where could she run to? The tyrant was chasing her first and ignoring everyone else, so she could only fight him on the spot.
"Damn it! Wasn't it supposed to be an instant kill gun against Bio-Weapon? Why isn't it working!?"
Ono Kei flung the gun away and raised his magic wand. "Jack Bomb!"
The Pumpkin Head Fire Spirit landed precisely on the Tyrant's charge path, and the Heat Wave from the 1.5-meter-diameter fireball scorched the hem of Ono Kei's mage robe.
The Frost Snowman glided along the ground in the blast, following the game's automatic target acquisition mechanism, and exploded Frost Aura at the Tyrant's ankle.
The moment the tyrant's Tail ripped through the ice mist, Ono Kei had already finished chanting his Ice Wall Technique.
A hexagonal ice crystal barrier rose from the ground, but when the bronze-colored arm slammed into the ice wall, the cracks spread much faster than Ono Kei had imagined.
"Impossible!" Ono Kei watched as the ice wall's HP instantly dropped to zero. The defensive skill that could block monsters' projectiles in the game shattered like fragile glass.
The wind pressure generated by the tyrant's charge blew off her pointed hat, and a look of horror appeared on Ono Kei's face.
The moment the Tail pierced Ono Kei's abdomen, she realized that what had pierced her was actually Ghoul's Tail.
"No—" she cried out in despair, her body collapsing limply.
Upon seeing that Ono Kei was dead, Fang Yu felt a little uneasy.
Regardless, he was a supporting character who had gone through four Horror Film with her, and yet Chu Xuan managed to trick her to death here.
However, Ono Kei is not suited for the terrifying cycle of reincarnation, and this ending can be considered a kind of liberation.
Fang Yu looked at Chu Xuan's back. "You need to know that I'm not ignoring you because I support you controlling the number of people in the team. I just don't want to be a Holy Mother and save people or act as a babysitter."
"But what you did was also quite disturbing. I suggest you tell your teammates next time you betray them."
"If you won't tell me, I'll tell you."
Chu Xuan remained silent, while the three newcomers who were running away in the surveillance footage turned around.
"Sister Hui!" Lin Xiaoyu screamed in terror, tears instantly welling up in her eyes.
Li Bowen's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief and grief. He trembled as he raised his weapon, but didn't know where to attack.
Zhang Heng gripped the Cookin Bow tightly, his knuckles turning white. His eyes were filled with sorrow and anger, but cowardice was ingrained in his bones. He only wanted to escape now, not seek revenge.
"Run! Run!" Li Bowen roared, turned around and grabbed Lin Xiaoyu as they ran.
Zhang Heng gritted his teeth and followed.
But they hadn't run far when they heard the tyrant's heavy footsteps behind them, each step feeling like a blow to their hearts.
Lin Xiaoyu was exhausted and her pace gradually slowed down.
"Leave me alone!" she cried.
Li Bowen hesitated for a moment, but still pulled her along and kept running. But soon, the tyrant caught up.
"Ah—" Lin Xiaoyu's scream came. Li Bowen turned around and saw only a bloody scene. His eyes instantly went blank and were filled with despair.
"Damn it!" Li Bowen fired wildly at the tyrant, but his attacks had no effect on the tyrant.
The tyrant approached step by step. Li Bowen ran out of bullets and collapsed to the ground, closing his eyes in despair.
With a loud "bang!", Li Bowen's brain exploded into a bloody mist!
Zhang Heng ran desperately ahead, his breathing rapid, his heart pounding as if it would burst out of his chest.
Suddenly, he felt a powerful sense of oppression coming from behind him; he knew the tyrant had caught up.
At this critical moment, a strange power surged into my heart!
The Gene Lock has been unlocked!
Zhang Heng suddenly turned around, drew his Cookin Bow to its full extent, and shot an arrow into the floor beneath the Tyrant's feet.
"Boom!" The floor was pierced, and the tyrant lost his footing and fell heavily to the ground below.
Zhang Heng slumped to the ground, panting heavily. Despite his narrow escape from death, fear still lingered in his eyes.
In the Monitoring Room, Chu Xuan saw this scene, his eyes behind his glasses widening slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.
"He has temporarily gained my approval."
Looking at Zhang Heng, who had survived the ordeal, on the surveillance footage, Fang Yu couldn't help but complain, "Whether he acknowledges you or not is another matter."
After complaining, Fang Yu thought of how Zhang Heng unlocked the Gene Lock in his first Horror Film, which included the Demon Team.
At that time, a clone of his ex-girlfriend Ming Yanwei, will also go to the Demon Team to meet him.
The same applies to the Central Continent Team; Zhang Heng and Ming Yanwei will meet.
Zhang Heng once dumped his girlfriend Ming Yanwei in an alley for some young Blondie to humiliate. Who knows what sparks might fly when they meet again in the Main God Space?
If the two women share the same goal, will Zhongzhou Ming Yanwei and Demon Ming Yanwei be united against a common enemy, or will they turn against each other?
This is going to be interesting.