Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 624 The Cause of the Accident

Yang Xingguo's heart sank to the bottom.

He had just finished reading the information on the Flame Demon Puppet.

If the information is not deliberately exaggerated, then this monster, which is nine meters tall, not only has no vital organs and possesses the ability to regenerate infinitely, but can also condense particle streams of tens of thousands of degrees, split into smaller sub-bodies, and control the Flame Winged Angel that Bell mentioned.

Any one of these abilities could easily cost him his life.

Yang Xingguo glanced at his side's fighting strength.

Aside from a Level 2 researcher and some salvaged equipment, there was nothing else.

Even he himself had only recently obtained the Black Bead, and he was already struggling to deal with a single skeleton soldier.

How do you fight this kind of battle?
After finally finding his daughter's laboratory, he was told that a world-destroying monster was guarding the entrance.

Nothing could be more despairing than this.

Yang Xingguo's face was gloomy, and the atmosphere around him was frighteningly oppressive.

Even Bell, a big guy, subconsciously kept his distance from him.

"...Do you have a topographic map of the experimental area?"

Yang Xingguo asked Bell.

Bell frowned and looked at Yang Xingguo with a very troubled expression: "You don't mean to lure the Flame Demon to another place and then go into the laboratory to wave the DX1105B, do you?"
Forgive my bluntness… but with our speed, if we encountered the Balrog, it would incinerate us in a single encounter; there would be no time for us to escape.”

Yang Xingguo ignored Bell's fear and forcefully ordered, "Just do as I say and stop talking nonsense, or I won't hesitate to throw you to those skeletons."

The thought of being thrown in front of the Flamewing Angel by Yang Xingguo made Bell shudder.

After the experimental accident, he witnessed his colleagues being literally torn apart by the skeletons.

These monsters, composed of the fragments of heat death, are far more destructive than other strange creatures.

Considering that the combat division of the Countermeasures Bureau was full of mission-obsessed lunatics, Bell decisively chose to back down.

"There are ways to deal with the Flame Demon."

Bell stammered as he explained, "Actually, along with the precipitate from the heat death core, there was also a strange object in the shape of a necklace."

I heard this is a safety measure specifically prepared for experiments, which can significantly reduce the damage caused by the created fire demons and, to some extent, imprison them.

Yang Xingguo was overjoyed, but then asked in surprise, "Then why would it lead to an experimental accident?"

Bell's heart skipped a beat, like a student being called to the teacher's office for a lecture after making a mistake.

After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and laid his cards on the table: "Because when the experiment went wrong, Director Ars was not wearing that strange object, and he didn't even take it out of the transport box."

Is this yet another tragedy caused by failing to follow experimental procedures...?

"What's the reason?" Yang Xingguo asked expressionlessly.

"Director Ars's corruption level is already close to the warning line. If this powerful and strange substance that can suppress the precipitation and separation of heat death core is used again, it may cause irreparable damage to his mind."

Apart from Director Ars, no one else in the laboratory had the authority to use the supernatural device. Director Ars, worried about his own level of corruption, took it upon himself not to wear the supernatural device...

According to the experimental data transmitted from headquarters, as long as the experimental procedures are followed exactly, there is no possibility of the experiment going out of control. That's why Director Ars is so confident.

After hearing Bell's explanation, Yang Xingguo, who was unfamiliar with the bizarre experiment, finally understood the cause of the accident.

"Where is that Ars now?" Yang Xingguo asked.

Bell's lips twitched involuntarily: "When the Balrog went out of control, Director Ars was closest to it..."

Bell used a more subtle way to express that Ars was omnipresent and had become one with the air.

"Besides Ars, isn't there anyone else in the base who has the authority to use the strange objects?"

Yang Xingguo became increasingly puzzled as he thought about it. There were special items that could suppress the Flame Demon Puppet, yet no one had thought to use them.

"...You may not be familiar with the rules of our local branch. Generally, only people in the experimental zone can hold the authority of the experimental zone."

Furthermore, every experiment in the experimental zone is classified. Even ministers from other departments are unaware of any experiments we conduct without being proactively informed.

Just as Bell was explaining the reason to Yang Xingguo, Yang Xingguo, with his enhanced hearing, caught the sound from afar.

The scattered yet gentle footsteps were clearly audible in the empty, deserted experimental area.

Yang Xingguo raised his hand and covered Bell's mouth, signaling him to be quiet.

The steady footsteps approached slowly from afar, moving towards the two of them.

Yang Xingguo held his breath, trying to determine how many monsters there were by listening to the footsteps.

Everyone walks at a different speed and rhythm.

By finding the rhythm of the other party's steps and then dividing the number of footsteps heard over a period of time, you can roughly estimate how many people the other party has.

But as he listened, Yang Xingguo became confused.

Such a chaotic chorus of footsteps suggests that it would take at least two people to make it out.

However, based on the number of steps and the time intervals between them, it seems like there was only one person.

"It could be a variant."

Bell, an insider, explained in a low voice: "After the Balrog went out of control, it breached several warehouses, one of which was used to store test subjects in the experiment on the antibody against the strange substance."

Their bodies have undergone bizarre mutations under some strange influence; it might look a bit odd.

The footsteps had already reached the corridor outside the laboratory.

Yang Xingguo didn't want to listen to the other party's explanation of basic science; he only cared about one question: "Are these mutants easy to deal with?"

This question stumped Bell: "You don't know about aberrations?"

"I only recently joined the organization."

Yang Xingguo realized he might have made a common-sense mistake and explained, "This is my first time carrying out a mission."

"Oh, no wonder."

Bell suddenly realized.

Having the authority to do so, he did not doubt Yang Xingguo's identity.

"Those mutants, apart from being somewhat disgusting in appearance, have basically no combat ability. As long as they can overcome their psychological barriers, they can be dealt with even by ordinary people with weapons."

As Bell was speaking, the aberration appeared at the door.

Yang Xingguo almost vomited when he saw it.

As a criminal investigator, he had handled many murder cases and had seen quite a few bodies that had been chopped into pieces and packed into boxes.

But the mutants before us are not just a matter of bloodshed.

Two heads, three legs, four arms, and eight mouths.

The head on the neck has transformed into a mouth similar to that of a lamprey, with hook-shaped teeth constantly wriggling as the mouth opens and closes.

The second face on its chest was covered with countless compound eyes of varying sizes, which were now darting around aimlessly.

Two of the four arms had their ends transformed into two washbasins resembling toilet pegs, which stuck firmly to the wall as they entered the room.

The other two arms, which grew on the sides of the abdomen, were transformed into sharp claws and awls made of bone.

It might sound unbelievable, but the only thing about this mutant that still resembles a human is its three legs.

Yang Xingguo couldn't help but glance at Bell, who calmly put his protective suit back on, grabbed a shield and a syringe, and rushed forward.

His fierce demeanor was completely different from before.

(End of this chapter)