As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 98 Xu Yan’s “Gift”

Of course, this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

The remnant soul has invaded his brain and merged with his soul.

The ulcer is not caused by bacteria or viruses, but comes from the distortion deep in the soul.

Even if the momentum of decay is temporarily curbed, it will not be long before he will continue to decay, rot and melt, bone by bone, inch by inch of flesh, until he completely turns into a vengeful spirit in the depths of the swamp.

Hawke realized the brevity of life.

He was determined to use his lightning-short life to take the most exciting adventures, experience the strongest pleasure, and at the same time bring the most painful torture to others.

He is no longer content to play the role of "arms dealer".

Instead, they formed the Swamp Gang with the help of various powerful equipment made by strange mechanical technology and the terrifying skill of "Rotten Knight" that can corrode everything. In just a few years, they made a name for themselves in the smoky and foul wilderness area, forcing countless notorious veteran gangsters to give them a wide berth.

"Let's just let this guy run wild for a few days. He's going to die soon anyway."

"Even if he continuously replaces his rotting limbs and organs with miraculous prosthetics and artificial organs, how long can he last?"

"There's no need to bother with a rotting zombie. It won't be long before he dies a horrible death!"

In an underground bar deep in the wilderness, countless veteran gangsters sipped rum made with an ancient recipe while gnashing their teeth and cursing.

However, even most of them died in the passionate years that followed, turning into piles of dry bones among the rolling yellow sand.

"Festering Hawk" still drags his half-machine, half-pustular body, relying on the external respiratory system and hydraulic power arm, doing whatever he wants and living happily.

Xu Yan realized that Leiliana was right and the big boss had never told her the truth from the beginning.

The Swamp Gang arrived at the underground laboratory much earlier than expected.

Fortunately, I prepared in time, otherwise I would have been passive. The big boss and the leader of the Swamp Gang, two vicious guys, joined forces, and it would have been impossible for me to break the situation violently.

"Don't be nervous. The Black Dream Organization always keeps its word."

Hawke walked up to the big boss step by step, with a strange light shining under his retro goggles and the corners of his festering mouth raised high, like a mixture of a clown and a devil.

His throat and vocal cords seemed to have completely rotted away, replaced by a metallic vocal system. His voice was extremely sharp. "As long as Big Boss is truly committed to the organization, the organization will definitely give you the rewards you deserve."

The big boss looked gloomy.

From being a guest of honor in a large company, the underground emperor of a planning area, to being a pawn in the hands of an extremist organization, and being ordered around by a notorious wilderness bandit, one can imagine the loss and resentment in his heart.

However, things had come to this point and he had no choice.

"Of course, I have compiled a large amount of experimental data and confidential information, which can be provided to the Black Dream Organization at any time, but..."

The big boss gritted his teeth and said, "Many of the researchers in the experimental area below are from the safe zone. They are not only official citizens of the Heroic Alliance, but even secret employees of major card manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies. They absolutely do not want to go with us."

"Haha, I came here just for them."

Hawke smiled, and yellow-green mucus flowed from between his lipless teeth, winding across his windproof cloak like insect corpses dried in the scorching sun.

"Since they're researchers, they should be intelligent people who know how painful and despairing it is to watch your body decay inch by inch for months until it completely turns into bloody mud."

He suddenly took off his goggles.

The face under the cloak, which cannot be described in words, came before the big boss.

The big boss subconsciously took a half step back.

Festering Hawke let out a strange, shrill laugh.

"Don't worry, if they don't want to end up like me, they will definitely follow us."

Even though Xu Yan couldn't see Hawke's appearance clearly through the "Jelly" perspective.

But one can still imagine from the colorful colors of the "thermal imaging system" the horror of him as if a whole bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid was poured on his face.

Just as he was smacking his lips, two footsteps, one light and one heavy, were heard outside the door.

Then there was a slow knock on the door.

"Mr. Xu, Ms. Leiliana wants to see you. Could you please follow me?"

Supervisor Green asked politely.

But without waiting for Xu Yan's response, he started turning the door lock.

"Hold on."

Xu Yan piled up Leiliana's card-making notes into a tall pile and pushed them to the edge of the workbench. He also flicked a sharp talisman pen into his sleeve with his little finger.

As the cold light disappeared from the edge of his palm, the door opened from the outside.

Behind Director Green stood a tall and strong armed guard.

Judging from the high bulging forehead, slightly metallic face and stiff muscles, they should be the brainwashed humanoid weapons of the patients in the middle and late stages of spiritual erosion who had escaped death as mentioned by Leiliana.

The armed guard had a blank expression on his face, not a ripple visible in the depths of his eyes.

The card reader on the wrist was activated, and the green lights on the three indicator lights were flashing rapidly.

A shadowy figure of the "Golden Kite Knight" loomed behind him, ready to condense into substance and unleash fierce skills at any moment. "Let's go."

Xu Yan stood up, but his movement was so big that his thigh hit the workbench, and the pile of card-making notes scattered all over the floor.

Director Green's attention was subconsciously drawn to the card-making notes.

At this moment, in Xu Yan's vision, two pictures, one above and one below, were running parallel.

The above are things observed with the naked eye.

Below is everything that "Jelly" scanned with thermal imaging through the mental link.

The moment the footsteps were heard outside the door, Xu Yan had already asked "Jelly" to give up monitoring the Swamp Gang and the big boss and float back above his head.

Being so close, his mental power could be continuously transmitted into the body of "Jelly", precisely manipulating each tentacle of the opponent, and invading the center of the already installed device like a scalpel, into the core rune array of the skill card.

"It's now!"

Xu Yan gave the order with a smile.

The tentacles of "Jelly" trembled slightly, activating the skill card with a three-second delay, and then it fled madly to the safe area that had been carefully calculated.

Compared to the seal card that carries a complete guardian spirit, the skill card that only stores the residual soul ripples is inherently highly sensitive and extremely unstable.

The spiritual wave released by Xu Yan through the "jelly" is enough to awaken the last fighting spirit of the third-era fire-type extraordinary creatures lurking inside.

"boom!"

The skill called "Breath of Fire Dragon" exploded, turning the skill card into a ball of snarling fire.

Although due to the incomplete materials, damaged cards and low grade, the temperature and volume of the fireball are quite limited.

But it was enough to detonate the pressure tank, releasing the combustion accelerant made of sugar, paint, preservatives and detergents, and blowing a large amount of flour deep into the pipe, triggering a series of chain reactions.

The initial fireball lasted only 0.1 seconds before fading.

The will of the fire dragon, riding on the wings of shining sparks, and driven by the accelerant, turned into layers of flames, one wave higher than the other, which continuously impacted the pipeline back and forth.

And when they touched the flying flour, a dust explosion ten times more violent occurred without a doubt.

“Boom boom boom boom boom boom!”
In the extensive underground ventilation system, there were explosions and burnings everywhere, as well as flowing fire and billowing smoke with a highly toxic smell.

What’s even worse is that Xu Yan placed a total of six “gifts” in the ventilation duct.

Except for the one above my head that requires mental power to detonate.

The remaining five percent will catch fire if exposed to fire.

So, the explosion above his head had not yet subsided.

More violent explosions occurred in more distant areas, larger areas, and more core areas and facilities.

A total of six fire dragons, with bared fangs and claws, wreaked havoc, and rushed out of the central wind shaft at the same time, allowing the seven floors above and below to hear their roars that had been sealed for billions of years.

At that moment, everyone, even all the monsters, could sense the rolling heat waves in the ceiling above their heads, like a flood and cracked rock layers. The devilish fire from the center of the earth surrounded them and was about to devour them completely.

The fuel mixed with syrup and paint flowed down from the vents and broken pipes, igniting more areas. There were fires, explosions and chaos everywhere.

Xu Yan's carefully calculated placement ensured that the smoke would be blown to every corner of the underground laboratory by the blower as soon as it started to rise, causing everyone to panic and obscuring the vision of the staff and the monitoring system.

Of course, the powerful impact generated by the explosion had already paralyzed, torn apart, and destroyed the lighting system, monitoring system, and a large number of circuit cables.

All monitors were engulfed in flames and black smoke.

Even if the screens in the monitoring center were still intact, the images transmitted back were just a bunch of wriggling black mist.

The emergency light emitted a dim red light, which at most outlined the outline of a human figure, but could not clearly depict the true face of the hunter.

The entire underground laboratory was suddenly in chaos.

Xu Yan was well prepared. He retreated to the corner of the house the moment the explosion occurred, and used his toes to overturn the heavy workbench to serve as a solid shield.

The location where he placed the explosives was precisely calculated, just outside the door and above the corridor.

In other words, if anyone tries to open the door and take him away by force.

The fragile back of the head and spine will be subjected to fierce attacks from the upper diagonal direction.

And now, the unlucky guy who has been hit the hardest is the tall and strong armed guard behind Director Green.

Director Green only heard a deafening roar, followed by a volcanic eruption behind him.

The brainwashed armed guard screamed in agony and fell towards him like a burning mountain of flesh.

He was dazed by the shockwave.

He was suffocated by the mountain of flesh again.

In a trance, I seemed to have lost my memory for more than ten seconds.

When he woke up, the familiar environment and order had collapsed.

(End of this chapter)