death of hope

Chapter 1061 "Psionic Storm" (134) Undead Alien

The hydraulic lock burst open, the hinges broke, and the alloy door panel, weighing over a hundred kilograms, was sent flying and spinning like a flimsy three-layer board by the enormous force. The sharp metal edges of the broken door panel spun and swept across like a guillotine.

"Quickly! Bow your head!" Higashiyama Ruriko warned loudly.

One person, injured in the previous battle, reacted a fraction of a second slower and was instantly decapitated by the 'door-panel guillotine.' His head flew off, and his body remained standing there, dazed.

The other corporate warriors all ducked and dodged with bated breath. The door panel grazed their scalps with a "whoosh!" as the twisted, deformed metal finally exhausted its kinetic energy and became a horizontal wedge in the passageway.

The sharp edge was only ten centimeters away from Li Ang's head. Completely disregarding his own safety, Li Ang selflessly shielded Yuna with his body, a glimmer of hope rising in his heart:

(Some people are still looking back at me... It's not a good time yet. When they're too busy fighting to keep up... that will be their chance to escape...)
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Without the safety door to shield it, smoke, ash, and sparks poured into the passageway, revealing the intensity of the battle that had taken place on the other side of the door. Corpses lay strewn about, many rooms were on fire, and a great deal of equipment was destroyed.

Heavy footsteps echoed through the billowing smoke, and the monster's outline gradually became clear. You couldn't find anything similar in any creature encyclopedia; it was as if a nightmare had become reality.

After fierce battles with multiple elite squads from Sakura Corporation, the monster suffered severe damage, undergoing new and more radical mutations during its cell repair process.
At this point, Joseph H.D. Dane had been "evolved" beyond recognition, completely losing the upright posture of a Homo sapiens.

There's a line in the movie "Jurassic Park": "Life always finds a way." Compared to the creations of nature, this genetically mutated monster's ability to find its way is clearly even more formidable.

Due to the rapid increase in weight, upright walking became too difficult, and the monster transformed into a four-legged reptile. It had no skin covering it, and its muscle tissue was exposed, making it look like a skinned tiger with a head resembling a lamprey.

Its body surface was covered with countless large, darting eyes, pupils that were vertical like those of a cold-blooded animal, and countless twisted tentacles, white, calcified exoskeleton spikes. In the center of its chest grew insect mouthparts that looked like serrated blades. Joseph's head, on the other hand, became a supporting character, squeezed onto its shoulder by the violently mutated tissue, looking more like an obstructive tumor.

Joseph's human intelligence had dwindled, leaving only primal hatred and hunger in his mind. His grotesque head glared at Dr. Lane, who was hiding behind the Corporate Warriors, and let out a hoarse, terrifying roar:
"Ryan Elsson...you treacherous villain who betrayed his master...come to hell with me!"

The monster roared, stomped heavily as it squeezed through the door frame, and slapped the hundreds-of-kilograms-weight air purifier aside. Its momentum seemed to be enough to crush the entire research institute into dust.

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"Help...help me!"

Dr. Lane's trousers were once again soaked with urine, emitting a foul, ammonia-like stench.
"If I die, no one can continue Project Zero, and the patriarch's investment will all go down the drain!"
"Hey! You stinking soldiers! You'd better protect me, even if it costs you your lives!"

Higashiyama Ruriko glanced back at Ryan with disdain. If it weren't for the family head's order, she would have shot him dead. She could only shake her head helplessly and then ordered: "Boys! Get him!"

"Yes, boss!"

The corporate warriors unleashed their full firepower, classic chemical kinetic energy firearms continuously ejecting brass cartridges, and pulse rifle muzzles flashing with a ghostly blue charging light.
Depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds and high-explosive rockets were fired indiscriminately. The monster was engulfed by the dense rain of bullets and exploding fireballs, letting out a shrill scream.
The monster's surface tissue was charred, its mutated, high-hardness calcified bone plates were pierced by armor-piercing bullets, and its internal organs were torn to shreds by deformed and tumbling shrapnel. Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, the enormous body could be vaguely seen falling to the ground with a "thud!"

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"died?"

Wow! Awesome!

"Such a big one, and it's already dead?"

"Eazy Game Dude~" (A sarcastic term used in gaming, meaning you've already given up before I even put in the effort.)
As the patriarch's personal guards, their equipment is top-notch, enough to rout large targets. The corporate warriors high-fived in celebration, popped champagne at halftime, and were already dreaming of their vacation.
Before she could even celebrate for two seconds, Higashiyama Ruriko poured cold water on her subordinates' enthusiasm:
"Idiot! Don't let your guard down! That thing is still alive!"

At this point, Dr. Joseph's remaining nerve center had been completely destroyed, and the mutations, no longer under the control of human DNA, proliferated wildly and expanded infinitely, causing cell repair to accelerate dramatically.
The monster has lost its traditional biological structure, turning into a huge, disgusting lump of flesh. Its limbs have disappeared, replaced by hundreds of enormous, wildly swinging tentacles that brace against the walls of the passage and move even faster than before.

Standing at the front of the group, Higashiyama Ruriko's vision was obstructed by the thick smoke. She couldn't see the monster's attack route, but relying solely on her honed combat instincts and the sound of cutting through the air, she forcefully swung her tactical longsword to sever the incoming tentacles:
"You lads! Get down!"

The corporate warriors, equipped with enhanced prosthetics, reacted extremely quickly, but they were still no match for the monsters.
Two corporate warriors, gun and all, were snatched away by tentacles and stuffed into the abyss's gaping maw. They were chewed to pieces, bones and flesh crunching away, making a sound like a human eating cartilage.

"Leanna!"

Dester!
Do not…

Damn!

What are you all standing there for?!
Fire! Fire! What are you afraid of! I'll hold the line! You just keep firing!