ca-book Chapter 3739 Chain Reaction
Chapter 3739 Chain Reaction
"This, this..."
Motour realized the problem and shakily raised his hand, "No, it wasn't me, I swear! I was on guard outside the whole time, I swear no one and no one went in or out of the warehouse with the goods! Not just me, everyone else was there too, everyone saw it, it's impossible for anyone to have gone in or out of the warehouse!"
No?
If it didn't leave from the ground, could it have come from underground?
Leon suddenly realized something, turned around and shouted, "Technical team! Clear the rubble! Now!"
"Yes!"
Two minutes later.
The technical team dug through a layer of broken concrete in the center of the ruins, revealing an opening about two meters in diameter.
There were obvious signs of claws digging around the edge of the hole, and the walls were covered with mucus and tissue fragments.
Leon squatted by the cave entrance, dipped his glove in the mucus, and smelled it.
A rotten, sweet, and fishy smell.
It is a variant of the Seed of Ouroboros!
The technical team leader pointed to the detector screen: "Commander, the tunnel extends downwards for about fifteen meters before turning due west. The length cannot be estimated at the moment, and the signal attenuation is very serious."
Damn!
It really does operate through an underground tunnel!
Is it Fang Heng?
The information shows that Fang Heng is very skilled at using underground passages in combat, and he once used a similar tactic to completely outmaneuver the clansmen.
Leon stood up, about to order the pursuit to continue along the underground passage, when he suddenly heard a faint rustling sound coming from beneath the broken ruins ahead.
It felt like something was rapidly rubbing against the ground.
The sound came from afar and approached at an extremely fast speed!
Could it be...?
Licker!?
"Everyone, stand back!"
Leon's expression changed slightly. He shouted and, together with the Covenant soldiers beside him, quickly moved back to a safe distance, raising their guns to aim at the hole in the ground.
"call out!"
A dark red Licker burst out of the cave entrance, its claws slicing through the air with a shriek, and pounced directly at the nearest Covenant soldier.
"Swoosh! Swoosh!!!"
Covenant soldiers pulled the triggers in unison.
"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"
Blue and white beams of light intertwined to form a barrage of fire, focusing their attack on the Licker and forcing it back. Blue energy beams struck the Licker's muscle tissue, creating scorch marks that healed instantly.
At this moment, Leon finally saw clearly the monster they were about to face.
He really is a licker!
"Get out of the way! I'll do it!"
Leon drew his high-frequency vibrating short blade from his waist, flashed towards the Licker, and slashed with the short blade in his hand.
"Bang!!!!"
The blade collided with the Licker's claws, sparks flying.
Leon immediately felt a tremendous force coming from him!
A terrifying monster!
This was a brief encounter, and Leon's heart sank.
He never expected the Licker's strength to be so terrifying. With one impact, even with his exoskeleton armor, he was completely outmatched in strength and was instantly sent flying!
In the face of crisis, Leon twisted his wrist, and at the last moment, the blade sliced across the Licker's shoulder blade!
The licker's muscle tissue and bones were torn open by the high-frequency vibration of the short blade.
Such a narrow opening did little harm to the Licker. New buds quickly grew from the wound and healed. After landing, the Licker pounced on Leon again, but just as it leaped into the air, it exploded with a bang!
"boom!!!"
Leon landed heavily on the ground, and as he stood up again, his heart pounded wildly as he looked at the Licker that had exploded in mid-air.
Two team members immediately came to greet them, "Captain! Are you alright?"
"I am fine."
Leon was panting heavily.
Fortunately, he had brought with him a medicine developed by his clan to counteract the Ouroboros virus, and had even applied it to his short blade beforehand.
The short blade injects the virus as it cuts open a wound on the licker's body.
Even so, he almost died at the hands of the Licker. His right arm was sore and numb, and he couldn't use it. It was most likely that he had twisted it.
trouble!
Even a single Licker is difficult to deal with; imagine how tough it would be if there were many...
Leon suddenly caught a glimpse of something moving in the distance out of the corner of his eye.
what is that?
At the edge of the ruins, where the guards had hastily piled up the bodies, a guard who had been killed by the Lickers in the previous battle stood up unsteadily.
His skin was grayish-green, his eyes were cloudy and white, and his mouth was half-open, emitting a low, whimpering sound.
"Hey, are you alright..."
A soldier guarding nearby saw this and stepped forward to help him up.
not good!
Leon's pupils constricted sharply, and he shouted, "Don't go near him!"
late.
The corpse lunged at the soldier and bit his neck!
"Click!!!"
The soldier's alloy exoskeleton device withstood the attack.
"What are you doing! Let me go!"
The soldiers screamed and struggled frantically to push away the zombies, then raised their guns and fired immediately.
"boom!!!"
The zombies exploded under the attack of the beam weapon.
Before the soldiers could even catch their breath, more Covenant guard corpses in the area where the bodies were stored turned into zombies again, swaying as they stood up.
"What the hell is that?!"
"Fire! Fire now!"
Covenant soldiers immediately formed a fire network to control the spread of the zombie creatures.
Leon's face was grim.
The situation is getting worse.
This is one of the latest features of the Seed of Ouroboros.
The zombie virus is spreading.
Once the zombie virus forms a chain of transmission in densely populated areas, the entire city will become a ghost town.
"Anyone bitten or scratched must be isolated on the spot! They are not allowed to contact anyone else!"
Just then, hurried footsteps came from afar.
A communications soldier stumbled over, his face ashen.
"Commander! The 19th Depository Point has been attacked!"
what?
Leon's heart skipped a beat.
It's not over yet?
"Communication jamming, all sealing traps have failed, and a large number of suspected Lickers have suddenly appeared..." The communications soldier, panting, continued, "The garrison at Depot 19 can't hold out any longer. Requesting reinforcements!"
Leon's forehead veins throbbed.
So after attacking the No. 18 storage site, the invaders immediately moved to the No. 19 site?
They couldn't find the sealed box they needed here?
Leon said, "Send the seventh and ninth combat teams over first, I'll bring my men later..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
Another communications soldier rushed over, "Sir! The 22nd storage point has also been attacked!"
"There is also a third storage point!"
"The eleventh deposit point has sent an emergency distress signal!"
One bad news after another kept coming in.
Leon gripped the handle of the vibrating blade tightly, his knuckles turning white.
wrong!
The other party's actions were not targeted at any specific storage point.
At the same time, it was attacked from multiple points.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Leon's forehead.
This significantly increases the probability of the Ouroboros Seed zombie virus spreading.
"Send out all the combat squads that haven't been deployed yet, providing support based on proximity," Leon ordered through gritted teeth. "Notify all squads that the Ouroboros Seed crisis has been confirmed. Have everyone disperse to various containment points and immediately seal off the second ring area! Equip all combat soldiers with the No. 7 injection; we absolutely cannot allow the Ouroboros Seed virus to spread!"
Just as I finished speaking, an alarm suddenly sounded on the communication channel again.
"Leon, we've received news that a massive explosion has occurred at the ninth storage site." (End of Chapter)