Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

In an instant, the clusters of enormous eyeballs closest to the three people began to stir.

The nerve cords, as thick as flower stems, had hardened at their ends, becoming as sharp as bone spurs. Presumably, the dense network of cavities in Qin Zheng's back were a result of these things.

At this moment, the hardened nerve bundles, accompanied by a whistling sound, pierced towards the three of them!

Xia Zhaozhao reacted extremely quickly. Almost the instant her nerve bundles started moving, she took a half step back and used her machete to precisely deflect a bone spur that was aimed at her from below.

Then, she summoned the two-handed greatsword out of thin air, and the blade swept out with a whooshing sound, deflecting the remaining attacks with a "clang".

She once again adopted the stance she called "Niten Ichiryu," using a machete in her left hand to parry and deal with close-range threats, while her greatsword in her right hand was used for wide-range slashing.

The two weapons have completely different ways of exerting force and combat rhythm, but he combined them together with the physical qualities and combat intuition of a magical girl.

Although her movements seemed like those of a split-brained person to Xiao Lü, appearing quite uncoordinated, they were exceptionally effective against this type of enemy.

Using this fighting style, she withstood the onslaught of bone spikes, alternating between wielding a machete and a greatsword to sever every nerve bundle around her.

The severed nerve bundles, spurting out dark, foul-smelling sap from the cuts, fell onto the floor, and lost their vitality.

Once there was nothing in the small area ahead that could harm her, she breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly turned around to look behind her.

"Little Green, Little White! How are you two?"

Not far behind her, Xiao Lü and Bai Shuyuan were hovering slightly in the air.

The ground was already covered with writhing flesh and blood, making it impossible for ice to form.

Xiao Lü raised her hands, and several thin ice walls condensed around her and Bai Shuyuan.

The ice wall wasn't completely blocked; rather, it cleverly blocked attacks from several directions, leaving only a narrow opening for them to attack.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Several sharp ice spikes materialized out of thin air and shot precisely at the eyeballs that were pouring in from the gap in the ice wall. The moment the ice spikes hit the eyeballs, they shattered like ripe grapes, splattering juice everywhere.

Bai Shuyuan stood beside Xiao Lü, her golden eyes now fully open, calmly surveying the battle.

Those clusters of eyeballs embedded in the pulsating flesh moved at an astonishing speed. As soon as a few clusters of eyeballs were removed, more would surge in from afar to fill the gaps, seemingly endless.

"There's no point in getting entangled with them here," Bai Shuyuan's voice rang out. "All the writhing flesh around us is the monster's true form!"

Damaging the eyeball can temporarily stop its attack; however, its regeneration speed is simply unbelievable, and it doesn't seem to cause any real damage here.

"We need to get out of here! This room is no longer worth our time!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhaozhao, while continuing to fight the monster with her greatsword, shouted, "Which way do we break through? Should we just charge out?"

"Seed bank!" Little Green answered after popping another cluster of eyeballs with an ice pick, "Room 610!"

Previously, at Zhu Hui's workstation, Xiao Lü had seen a document on safety management regulations for key areas of the laboratory, which mentioned that Room 610 was a repository for seeds and strains.

With their objective clear, the three attempted to break through towards the door. However, the density of the attacks was simply too great.

In addition to the constant physical attacks, the intense eye contact also brought them immense psychological pressure.

That is hatred.

At this moment, not only the eyeballs growing straight out of the fleshy walls of the entire room, the eyeballs clustered like sunflowers, and the eyeballs hanging densely like bunches of grapes on the ceiling, were all staring intently at the three people in front of them.

That indescribable, almost tangible feeling of hatred surged towards them from all directions, crashing against their hearts like a tidal wave, bringing immense psychological pressure.

Fine beads of sweat had already formed on Xiao Lü's and Xia Zhaozhao's foreheads.

"This won't work! There are too many of them, we can't get out!" Xia Zhaozhao shouted.

Just then, Bai Shuyuan suddenly pulled out a cylindrical object that gleamed with a metallic luster from inside her cloak.

She ripped something off from above and yelled at Xiao Lü and Xia Zhaozhao, "Flashbang! Close your eyes! Cover your ears!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she hurled the flashbang hard into the center of the room.

A blinding white light suddenly erupted, engulfing the entire laboratory. This was followed by a deafening, piercing explosion.

Even with the body of a magical girl, after the sharp explosion ended, she felt a ringing in her ears.

Those densely packed eyeballs, extremely sensitive to light, were now severely affected. Their pupils contracted to their maximum size in an instant, and even cloudy liquid seeped from the surface of their lenses.

The once flexible optic nerve bundles either began to twist erratically or drooped limply. This part of the monster's body fell into a brief period of chaos and paralysis.

"Now! Charge out!" Despite the lingering tinnitus in her ears, Xiao Lü rushed towards the door.

Xia Zhaozhao swept her hand across the doorway, shattering several clusters of still-recovering eyeballs along with their nerve bundles, and then kicked open the laboratory door.

The three filed out and ran wildly down the left side of the corridor without looking back, searching for room 610.

The walls on both sides of the corridor were now covered with writhing flesh. The pulsating tissues were spreading at a visible speed from afar, attempting to completely seal off the passage.

At this moment, the once spacious corridor has been squeezed into an increasingly narrow space.

"Damn it! This thing can block the road!" Xia Zhaozhao cursed, keeping up with Xiao Lü without slowing down.

The group ran wildly along the narrowing passage and finally reached the door of room 610.

However, the heavy metal door of Room 610 was now completely covered by a thick layer of flesh and blood, leaving only a blurry outline.

This is the very end of the corridor, with a relentless tide of flesh and blood surging behind us.

"Miss Bai, the seed bank won't be taken over by these things too, will it?" Little Green shouted.

"No," Bai Shuyuan said. "The physical protection and airtightness here are far superior to those of ordinary laboratories. Although these organizations can cover the surface, they obviously cannot get inside."

Without further hesitation, Xiao Lü immediately took out the makeshift Molotov cocktail she had previously made in the bank building, lit it, and smashed it against the metal door that was sealed shut with flesh and blood.