Chapter 15

Clink!!

The bullet could not penetrate at all and simply fell away. As for Su Chen's forehead, not a trace of blood appeared; there was only a faint bruise on the surface of his skin.

Yet in the space of that instant, even the bruise on the surface faded away.

[Man of Steel +2]

In response to the damage caused by the instant penetration, the strength of Su Chen's skin underwent a slight transformation.

Clearly, compared to the nuclear explosion before, this adamantium sniper bullet was still nothing much.

"This..."

The sniper far away on the rooftop stared in stunned silence.

Through his eight-power scope, he saw an even stranger sight.

"Oh no!"

On the park bench in the distance, a bullet was inexplicably pulled into the air by an invisible force. In an instant, the target imbued it with terrifying energy, and with a whoosh, the bullet flew back along the path it had just taken.

Whoosh!!

As though accelerated by an electromagnetic force, the bullet left a faint white trail in the air. In less than a second, it pierced the eight-power scope and continued straight through the rooftop sniper's head.

"There's no need to leave. They've already surrounded this place..."

Still sitting on the bench, Su Chen spoke unhurriedly.

"Ah..."

Following her instincts as a professional killer, Mindy also sensed that the atmosphere around Central Park was growing quieter. She gritted her teeth, certain that if she put on night-vision goggles, she would see a crowd of figures concealed in the darkness, slowly closing in.

Unfortunately, she had come in a hurry. All Mindy was wearing was a pink dress, and the only equipment she had were a few butterfly knives strapped to her leg beneath its hem.

"What should we do?"

For some reason, Mindy felt utterly reliant on the man beside her.

Compared to the somewhat nervous Mindy, Su Chen wore a cold yet utterly unruffled expression. It was as though he really had come to the park for a leisurely, carefree stroll, without the slightest sign of panic.

"I'll kill them one by one as they come."

Thirteen-year-old Su Chen really had not paid much attention to the surveillance equipment all over the city streets.

But after surviving a nuclear explosion and escaping that sinful experimental base, he was perfectly calm.

He would meet soldiers with arms and stem a flood with earth.

Since they were willing to come, he did not mind sending every last one of them to their deaths.

Kill them one by one as they come?

Mindy's smile grew increasingly bitter. This guy sounded far more arrogant than she did. She only had to face the underworld's gangs, but he was up against a modern army!

"Go hide."

Su Chen took the rare step of saying a few extra words to the girl who had kindly warned him. After all, he did not want to involve anyone else.

As for the stray cat rubbing against his hand, Su Chen pushed it away himself.

Staying by his side during the battle about to erupt was not a wise move.

Click!!

Just then, a brilliant white searchlight shone over, fully illuminating Su Chen and Mindy in the darkness.

"Uh..."

Mindy did not dare look directly at the powerful searchlight before her. Its blazing light was hot enough to be felt on the skin, and looking straight into it was enough to blind someone.

"Number 5162, raise your hands and get down on the ground and surrender immediately."

A voice amplified by a loudspeaker accompanied it.

Number 5162?

Su Chen immediately recalled that it was the number assigned to him at the experimental base.

"My name is Su Chen!"

He was not some commodity to be handled at will and branded with a meaningless, humiliating label.

Hum!!

At that moment, an invisible ripple spread around Su Chen.

His icy eyes stared straight at the figure behind the searchlight. Coins appeared out of thin air in his right palm, instantly reshaping under his telekinesis into sharp needles that shot out in all directions.

Whoosh!!

A series of whistling sounds filled the air.

They were accompanied by muzzle flashes blooming all around.

With a mutual understanding, both sides opened hostilities without a declaration of war.

Pfft!!

The sound of piercing flesh rang out again and again. Wrapped in telekinetic force, the flying needles possessed terrifying penetrating power, instantly piercing the figures hidden in the darkness as they shot in every direction.

The powerful searchlight a short distance ahead went bang as a needle destroyed its light source.

As for the bullets flashing from their muzzles, they came from every direction, thick as rain.

Unfortunately for them, an almost invisible barrier rose several meters around Su Chen, blocking every single attack.

"This..."

Looking at the ripples spreading around her, Mindy immediately realized that the cold man had sheltered her inside the barrier.

"Watch out!!"

But just then, her pupils contracted slightly. An enormous figure was charging across the ground toward them, each step causing a considerable tremor.

Roar!!

With an angry roar, the monster's hill-like body tore through the barrier before it and lunged straight at Su Chen.

PS: There should be two more updates tonight...

Chapter 15

Roar!!

With an earth-shaking roar, an immensely huge, muscular monster came hurtling through the air. Its towering figure cast a vast shadow, completely blotting out the moonlight and engulfing Su Chen and Mindy.

Crash!!

Its hill-like body carried terrifying impact energy as it smashed through the invisible barrier before it, its entire bulk bearing down on them like a falling mountain.

"Get lost."

A ripple appeared in Su Chen's eyes, and the surging telekinetic waves within him sent the surrounding currents of air slowly rising.

In an instant.

Boom!!

A terrifying air cannon burst forth under the surge of telekinesis and slammed into the monster before him. With a bang, its downward charge came to an abrupt halt, and its massive body was sent flying back more than ten meters before landing on the ground.

Phew!!

Mindy breathed a sigh of relief. Heaven knew what she had just been through. Even Hit-Girl, who had grown up fighting gangs since childhood, was terrified by the monster that had suddenly attacked them.

That's not a person!!

It's clearly a monster!

"Oh my god, what on earth is that thing..."

As soon as she spoke, however.

Mindy's expression changed.

Under the hazy moonlight, more than ten meters away, the hill-like monster stood up. Its body was several meters tall and covered in rotting skin, and with each breath it took, a pungent sulfurous stench like molten lava washed over them.

I'm going to throw up...

Mindy clamped a hand over her nose, but a faint memory surfaced in her mind.

"That looks like Hulk. No... it must be a similar monster."

News reports about Hulk had appeared at least two years ago. The biochemical monster created by an accidental gamma-ray experiment had once become this country's nightmare.

General Ross had also frequently appeared in major news headlines, announcing a worldwide manhunt for Hulk, who was on the run across the globe.

And the latest experimental progress had brought a breakthrough: General Ross's top subordinate, Emil Blonsky, had successfully had gamma rays implanted into his cells, becoming a terrifying being known as the "Abomination"!

"Kill him."

Hidden in the darkness, General Ross coldly gave the order.

Roar!!

Abomination roared loudly and beat his chest with both hands in response.

Unlike Hulk, who lost control in his rage, Abomination retained his intelligence after transforming.

"Begin!"

At General Ross's command, a piercing sonic sound immediately came from a fleet of special vehicles equipped with radar devices, lying in wait among the woods around Central Park.

Hum!!!

The sonic impact even stirred ripples like water directly in the air. These sonic devices had been designed specifically to deal with Hulk, but General Ross was now using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

"Ah!!"

Mindy fell to the ground in agony at once. She clamped her hands tightly over her ears and rolled desperately on the ground.

Damn it!!

At that moment, even Su Chen's face twisted somewhat as he stood at the focal point of multiple sonic devices.

It hurts!!

He did not cover his ears, letting the terrifying sound waves pierce his eardrums. Blood ran from both ears, but they quickly healed, while his cold eyes remained fixed on the giant monster charging toward him.

"You damned bastards, stop this noise when I tell you to!"

Su Chen roared.

His fury at that moment utterly shattered the tranquil lake of his heart.

Boom!!

Just like the so-called immortals whose words became law, a terrifying power acted upon reality, reaching into it and altering it. In an instant, all the special vehicles around them exploded, orange-red flames rising into the air.

The piercing sonic noise vanished with them.

Thud!!

At the same time, Su Chen kicked off the ground. Looking at the monster charging toward him, he showed no fear and instead met it head-on, brimming with fighting spirit.

You think you can take me?

Abomination mocked him silently, his entire body charging forward like a train traveling at full speed.

Compared with his enormous body, Su Chen's thirteen-year-old frame was like mud beside the clouds, as different as heaven and earth.

Yet the two collided in an instant.

Boom!!

Su Chen, who had swung his fist, was sent flying as expected.

This...

But to the astonishment of everyone present, the charging Abomination's momentum was also checked at that moment. The other's fist had actually brought him to a halt.