A chill rises from the bottom of the heart!
That eerie smile made Lin Xian’s hair stand on end.
Just as the woman slowly opened her blood-filled mouth full of dense teeth, Lin Xian reflexively stepped forward to shield KIKI, frantically deploying the Ice Wall as a barricade!
In the blink of an eye, the icy wall forming in the air slowly surrounded the approaching tentacles, the sharp tips nearly piercing Lin Xian’s heart.
A piercing swoosh exploded in the corridor, accompanied by a gust of wind. A black long spear flew past Lin Xian’s eyes, piercing directly through the eerie woman’s face.
Before a shrill scream could be heard, the eerie woman was nailed to the corridor wall by the long spear.
The black spear emitted a metallic hum, its tremendous force allowing the cold weapon to embed itself within the reinforced concrete wall.
At this time, Lin Xian’s Ice Wall and steel wall finally hit the ground, the sound echoing in the corridor.
"Ah!" KIKI exclaimed in shock, pulled back by Lin Xian, the two turned around to look behind them, spotting two more individuals at the far end of the corridor.
A man and a woman; the man, middle-aged with a crew cut and sturdy frame, was clad in an Active Exoskeleton Power Armor emitting a pale blue light, still maintaining his attack posture, while the younger woman was holding a large gun.
The man waved his hand forward, activating an electromagnetic buzz; the black spear embedded in the wall, now with the sound of a mechanical engine, began to tremble violently and with a swoosh, it dislodged from the eerie woman’s face flying back to the man’s hand.
Lin Xian furrowed his brow: "Magnetic propulsion weapon?"
Sure enough, the black spear must contain some kind of precise magnetic flight engine within, capable of dynamic control within a small range, generally a technology found on interstellar army drones and Sentry devices. Still, it was oddly used on a cold weapon, looking bizarre and absurd.
"Young man, be careful, these are not human ghosts, they can skin people and disguise as humans, apart from not being able to speak, it’s hard to tell the difference." The middle-aged man’s voice was somewhat deep.
"Who are you?" Lin Xian glanced at the female Fake Person with a pierced face, his eyes flickering as he spoke.
Before they could finish speaking, the projection room’s iron door suddenly deformed and exploded open; a sinister long hand stretched out and fiercely grabbed the middle-aged man, slamming him against the wall.
Ratatat, the other woman reacted, raising her gun to fire at the white inverted Monster.
The middle-aged man, struck hard and pinned against the wall, with his Exoskeleton Power Armor slightly collapsing, emitting sparks and withstanding the fatal damage. He grunted and, reversing his hold, raised the long spear aimed at Monster’s chest; a amplifying sound from the power armor echoed as he fiercely plunged the spear tip into Monster’s thick skin.
The inverted Monster opened its huge mouth and screamed, knocking away the black spear. The middle-aged man, seizing the moment, landed on the ground, quickly rolled and picked up the long spear, pulling back to a safer distance.
A dazzling bolt of electricity flashed along the corridor, striking directly on the white inverted Monster’s face, shocks and a burnt smell filling the air.
"Thunder System?" The middle-aged man watched this scene, his expression slightly changing.
Lin Xian stood deep in the corridor, with KIKI flying overhead at this moment. Raising her hand, an invisible telekinesis gripped the monster, whose face had been pierced through, then with a backlash swing, a monumental force slammed the monster’s head against the corridor wall, dragging it along and instantly creating a groove filled with Black Blood, exposing the concrete rebar within!
The white monster screamed shrilly, its neck suddenly rotating 360 degrees, its unnaturally long clawed hands growing ten bone spurs, then swiping violently!
The middle-aged man charged and tackled the female teammate next to him to the ground—Crack!
The bone spurs slashed through the wall like blades in an instant.
Bang, before even getting up, KIKI pressed its head straight into the ground, smashing it against the floor.
KIKI clenched her teeth, hovering in the air, intensely suppressing the monster’s head.
At this moment, the white monster’s head was stuck to the ground, its upper body bent, its head stuck while its hands reached left and right towards the middle-aged man and Lin Xian.
Suddenly, a streak of silver light flashed by, cutting through the corridor with an extreme wind pressure, instantly opening a gaping slash at the monster’s waist!
Lin Xian, holding a GK03 electric knife in such a cramped space, managed to use the skill despite its limitations and solidly struck it down the middle.
But before Lin Xian could stabilize, no blood splattered from the monster’s waist. Instead, countless black vine-like tentacles stretched out towards where Lin Xian landed!
A gust of wind blew by him as the sound of a mechanical engine roared; the middle-aged man suddenly swept past Lin Xian, holding a black long spear and leapt forward to strike those black tentacles with the ferocity of thunder.
The black long spear pierced the white monster’s head and plunged into the floor below. While the monster still struggled, the middle-aged man’s eyes carried a chilling intent as he twisted the spear in opposite directions. Bang! Like an umbrella, blades unfolded from the spear, instantly slicing the monster’s head like blooming petals.
Black Blood sprayed across the corner of the wall, and the white monster’s wildly attacking claws finally fell silent.
In an instant, all four people in the corridor stared tensely at the monster, their rapid breathing filling their ears.
The middle-aged man pulled out his long spear from the monster’s head, sheathed the blade back, wiped off the blood at his feet, glanced as a puff of black smoke emerged, then stated, "It’s finally dead."
With that, he picked up a Level 2 Mysterious Blood Essence from the monster, pocketed it, and walked over to Lin Xian.
"Thunder System, Telekinesis, truly impressive. It seems I underestimated you," the man extended his hand, "Ding Qing, Duan Min, Jingang Team."
"Lin Xian." Lin Xian sheathed his long knife, eyeing the Exoskeleton Power Armor on the other with a scrutinizing gaze, feeling somewhat enticed.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the Exoskeleton Power Armor Ding Qing wore was probably a TRP Gen 4 Special Industrial-type Active Exoskeleton Power Armor, which are extremely expensive and typically used for special tasks. Not only they are high powered, but compared to military versions, they have more expansion modules. Ding Qing’s armor seemed to have undergone some militarized modifications, appearing quite formidable.
KIKI’s voice suddenly rang out. She landed next to Lin Xian, visibly annoyed, "You just pocketed that bead without even asking us?"
Ding Qing glanced around without a word, then walked over to the two dead Fake People, lifted his spear umbrella and violently stabbed towards the chest of a Fake Person, spurting blood. He then retracted the umbrella, seemingly catching something and pulled it out, quickly Lin Xian and KIKI saw a finger-sized white long-tailed parasite caught in the mess.
He then took out two glass tubes, stuffed the insects inside, tightened the lids, and found another parasite similarly.
Just as Lin Xian and KIKI were puzzled by his actions, Ding Qing tossed the two glass tubes to Lin Xian, "Just saved your lives, plus these two Bone Worms, taking one Level 2 bead, I’m not taking advantage of you all, right?"