bookrandom Chapter 91 Sequence 0, Awakening
Chapter 91 Sequence 0, Awakening
Jiang Luo, Yuan Sheng, and Hu Zizai looked up in disbelief at the misty sky.
That orange-red pillar of fire, whose power was beyond calculation, actually disappeared?!
It was as if an invisible and intangible barrier had blocked the magma flames that could have wiped everyone out in one fell swoop.
The three-man outpost who had just rushed outside were also stunned by this unbelievable scene, their eyes wide with disbelief.
Qin Yun and Qing Feng looked up, their bodies still trembling slightly from instinctive fear, but a sense of relief welled up in their hearts that they had actually survived.
As the flames roared in, Cao Yingchong, who had almost instinctively stepped in front of Qi Te, turned to look at him.
Unlike the others, Qi Te showed no surprise on his face; instead, he seemed to be thinking about something.
At that moment, both outside the door and inside the hall fell into a deathly silence.
"Abnormal energy fluctuation detected, value 20191."
"Value 21875, value 23990..."
AA's emotionless voice sounded like a thunderclap to everyone.
"How can the number be so high?"
Hu Zizai was on the verge of collapse, dismantling the Scorpion fighter jet and manually reassembling the reactor until the energy tank was almost empty. Under Yuan Sheng's cover, he successfully delivered the final blow, squeezing out the last bit of energy.
With the golden salamander on the verge of breaking through its defenses, they had already seen a glimmer of victory. At this critical juncture, the arrival of another super A-grade abnormal creature meant that the already exhausted group had no chance of fighting back.
"OH NONONO!"
At this point, Isaac began to realize that his two teammates were right; he really was cursed. Wherever he went, disaster struck; it seemed he was destined to poison himself to death in this desolate, abandoned old city.
"Roar"
The dragon's roar was more furious than ever before.
"A large herd of beasts has been detected, surging from the wild into the city."
AA's live broadcasts brought those who had just been thankful to have survived back into the boundless darkness and despair.
Before anyone could catch their breath, the ground trembled violently once again.
It was clear that the golden salamander had moved forward again.
Jiang Luo was about to raise her hand when Qi Te stopped her.
He shook his head, about to say something more, when Qin Yun exclaimed, "What is that?"
In the dim, misty fog, some kind of object could be vaguely seen swaying.
Vast and soft, like a ghost, elusive and unpredictable.
Immediately afterwards, the dragon's roar rang out again.
Jiang Luo immediately strode back into the hall: "Projection."
AA's pupils, which were originally no different from those of humans, quickly switched to a light-eye form.
In the center of the hall, a holographic projection appeared.
"Magnify 5 times".
The footage captured in real time by the monitoring satellite is being pushed forward, pushed forward, and pushed forward again.
The image was ultimately captured in the hospital and a small area around it.
"Oh My God!"
Kyogoku Hiko's jaw nearly dropped to the ground, and everyone else couldn't believe what they were seeing either.
Only Qi Te, Xu Su, and Liu Baichuan had somewhat strange expressions.
Sequence 0, officially awakened!
The previous assessment that this unknown, unusual creature had no intention of attacking humans has indeed been confirmed, but only because it was still in a dormant state.
So, will this awakened behemoth attack the humans inside its body indiscriminately?
Zite's concerns were soon answered.
...........................
'Buzz buzz buzz'
As the reactor rotates at high speed, the scales covering every inch of the golden salamander's skin are continuously peeled off under the influence of strong shock waves.
Then, amidst the tremors, it crumbled into fragments.
The 23-meter-long dragon has exposed many areas of crimson skin on its neck, chest, back, and even its enormous 'dragon head,' which bears a striking resemblance to the legendary creature in the Dragon County legend.
The eye socket, from which the eyeball had been gouged out, was also trembling, constantly overflowing with scalding hot blood.
With a roar like that of an ancient creature, the golden dragon launched its final charge.
Along with this came a horde of beasts, summoned and rapidly surging into the old city.
From the air, swarms of birds of prey, numbering incalculable, resembled a frenzied swarm of ants, crashing against the already fragile dike.
They destroyed cities and captured strongholds, leaving nothing but devastation in their wake.
"boom"
The dragon exhales its breath.
The orange-red lava flames instantly vaporized the freezing rain.
Just as they were about to come into direct contact with the hospital building, it vanished once again.
It wasn't an energy barrier, but rather several wide, thick, and soft translucent objects.
The images captured by the monitoring satellite, after being processed by AA for clarity, still show fog, but the visibility has been improved several times over.
Everyone held their breath and looked at the holographic image projected in the center of the hall.
"Seaweed?"
"Little Freckles Zhang Mingliang said in disbelief."
If the atmosphere hadn't been so tense, the group of students probably would have burst out laughing on the spot.
Qingfeng, a senior student standing nearby, argued logically, "Judging from its shape, it looks more like the tail of some kind of enormous creature!"
But Liu Baichuan shook his head firmly and said, "No, it's not the tail."
"tentacle!"
Everyone turned to look at Zite, who was standing at the entrance of the hall.
"It has no hard bones, but possesses muscles and connective tissue, and its nerve tissue is also widely distributed. Furthermore..."
At this point, Qi Te suddenly stopped, and Liu Baichuan asked impatiently, "And what?"
"It doesn't have organs like suction cups."
Zite was telling the truth, but what he really noticed was that on that broad, soft object, there were nerve cords similar to the spinal cord, containing dense clusters of neurons.
This characteristic is very similar to the tentacles of a deep-sea giant octopus, both of which have the ability to respond independently to stimuli and launch defense or attack without direct commands from the brain.
Professor Fang Shu, the real mastermind behind the brain cell invasion incident, almost killed Qi Te. However, Professor Fang's suggestion made Qi Te realize that he had not properly developed the dynamic imaging function of material analysis.
In the days leading up to his departure from the city, Qi Te began cramming, memorizing a large number of biological information diagrams and stuffing them all into his memory palace.
With the comparison of the images, those mixed patches of red, green, blue and white, and the interlaced lines of gray, yellow, white and green, are no longer meaningless images, but clear answers.
'Bang, bang'
A deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing, resounded.
Everyone in the hall felt a sudden tremor beneath their feet, and the already fragile ground collapsed with a deafening roar.
"Be careful!"
Xu Su roared and scooped up the two injured team members as quickly as possible before leaping out of the sunken area.
After recovering from Yue Wanwan's treatment and regaining some strength, D3 and G4, along with other Blue Shield team members, immediately carried several students and escaped the danger zone.
Fortunately, the sunken area only occupies about one-third of the entire hall.
As of now, there has been no evidence of acid spillage inside the hospital. Therefore, hiding inside is currently the only option.
However, it probably won't last long.
As the golden salamander continues its relentless attacks, the ground and even the entire hospital will collapse.
A massive horde of beasts was rushing towards them. The sounds of their running and the roars of wild animals could be heard very clearly.
Get out and die.
Staying in the hospital is the same as dying.
There's no way out, it's a dead end!
...........................
"roar!"
The golden salamander, whose scales had mostly fallen off, shattered the hospital's staircase, which was littered with animal carcasses, with one foot.
It raised its enormous head and spewed flames from its mouth.
The pillar of fire, at a temperature of at least a thousand degrees, burned the two thick and soft "tentacles" until they emitted gurgling white smoke.
Finally, the first wave of beasts arrived.
Hiding behind the wall to the left of the gate, Zit opened the collection box, manipulated the force field, and sent the poison dart toad into the horde of beasts.
The leading pack of thorn wolves and leopard-tiger beasts split into two groups when they reached the front of the hospital. They bypassed the massive body of the golden dragon and unleashed the speed-type beast power in front of the steps, leaping into the air and coming face to face with the poison dart toad.
The yellow poison spread rapidly. The first few ferocious beasts charged forward let out a mournful howl and fell to the ground, convulsing.
In mid-air, just as a flock of raptors, mainly vultures and fire crows, was about to swoop down on the middle of the building, several dark figures leaped down from the roof and instantly disappeared into the thick, steaming fog.
Amid screams and roars, dozens of birds of prey were torn into pieces.
It took less than ten seconds in total.
As the horde of beasts surged forward, dark figures continued to leap from the rooftops.
Qi Te hid behind the wall, his eyes half-closed, carefully observing the battle outside.
The shadow is not a shadow, but a real creature.
In terms of morphology, they are five or six parts similar to humans. They walk upright and are about 2.5 to 3 meters tall.
The forelimbs are short, but the claws are extremely long; the four phalanges alone, with distinct joints and exceptionally sharp, are at least 30-40 centimeters long. The lower limbs are relatively long, with the midsection bent at an angle of about 30 degrees, clearly showing the thigh, lower leg, and knee-like structures.
It has a long tail, at least 1.5 meters long, with a barb-like end that is nearly 50 centimeters long and as sharp as a claw.
Qi Te clearly saw one of them leap onto the back of a leopard-tiger beast, hook its claws around the beast's neck, and with a single blow, separate the beast's head from its body.
The other wolf leaped directly into the pack, its claws lashing wildly, tearing flesh and blood from the beasts. As the two thorn wolves attacked from behind, their hooked tails seemed to have eyes, skewering the two wolves like candied hawthorns as they leaped into the air.
Like a seasoned blade assassin, his strangulation movements were clean and swift, each strike hitting the vital points!