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Under the influence of the road signs, Sean's negative emotions began to surge, and his skin began to peel off in patches, just like the rotting plaster on a wall.

After taking a few steps forward, Sean saw the crumpled paper he had thrown out. He stopped and stared at it for a few seconds before taking a larger step and stepping over it.

Sunlight shone through the thin atmosphere onto Sean, making his peeling skin seem to glow.

Looking around at his fellow citizens, who seemed to have lost their souls and were dragging their bodies forward, Sean suddenly laughed at the sky. Sharp teeth grew out of his mouth and pierced his lips. His throat between the teeth was pitch black, like an abyss, a black hole that swallowed everything.

As the first bell rang, Sean slammed the road sign he was holding into the ground. Instantly, a wave of energy engulfed the entire city, including the slums and the wealthy districts.

Meanwhile, at the Revolutionary Army base, Mo was pacing anxiously. "This Sean, why has he been in Silent Hill for so long without making a sound? Hey, you told him to come back if he can't trigger it."

“I’ve already told him, Captain. Don’t worry, Silent Hill isn’t too far from here. If something really happens, we’ll definitely be able to detect it.” The revolutionary soldier said as he continued to observe the distant city through the makeshift observation port.

“I have a question,” the sorcerer who had been silent all along suddenly spoke up.

"What?" Mo looked at the sorcerer. The sorcerer was the base's human alarm system. Usually, the sorcerer would have a premonition of any danger.

"Is Silent Hill really called Silent Hill?" the sorcerer asked, frowning. This naming style was a bit strange and didn't seem to be the naming style of the Chitauri Kings.

“What else can it be called if not Silent Hill? It’s been called that for so many years, the name has always been the same,” the revolutionary army member said, turning his head.

Mo stroked his chin. "Indeed, it seems to have always been this name. Never mind, why don't you take out the folder and take a look?"

The team member opened the folder next to him, which contained some task arrangements, including an order for Sean. The order clearly stated the three words "Silent Hill." "No problem, that's the name. You've probably been out of touch with your surroundings for too long, so you're a little disoriented for a moment."

The sorcerer fell silent, examining the various worms within his body. There was no agitation, no sudden death; everything was normal. Could it be that he was just overthinking things?

Inside Silent Hill, in the city's central hospital, doctors and nurses sit in their seats playing virtual world games. This hospital, which serves only the wealthy, is mostly idle.

After all, wealthy people have the money to modify their genes to become immune to many diseases. In addition, they usually keep high-efficiency medical pods at home and only come over when they encounter difficult or complicated illnesses or want someone to provide services.

Neither of these situations is common, and you should know that Kayn has already ripped off most of the wealthy people at the very top of Silent Hill, making their already limited business even less.

"Hmm, it's time to get off work." A doctor removed the external chip circuitry from his brain, stretched, and said. The chips in their brains weren't powerful enough to run large games, so most of the time they had to rely on other devices.

"Dr. Xu, are you getting ready to leave?" The nurse greeted him with a sweet smile.

Xu didn't react much. All the nurses in the hospital were selected and genetically modified. They were beautiful, but they lacked a natural charm. To put it bluntly, they were too uniform. After seeing them so many times, he stopped caring. He preferred virtual images.

He reached out and scanned the detection device on the wall to confirm his identity with the system. Xu was about to leave when, in the instant he looked down and then up, he suddenly felt as if a frame of the world had turned gray.

He stood still for several seconds, feeling that the familiar things around him seemed a little strange, but he didn't know where this sense of unfamiliarity came from.

"Dr. Xu, aren't you leaving? I need to turn off the equipment," the nurse said.

"...Are you new here?" Xu asked hesitantly, looking at the nurse's face.

"Dr. Xu, you're joking. I've been here for many years, and didn't we just greet each other?" the nurse continued.

Xu refreshed his visual system several times. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but the nurse in front of him seemed to have a larger face, and her features were all squeezed towards the center of her face. In short, she looked swollen.

As Xu was wondering, the nurse blinked and said, "Dr. Xu, does your equipment compartment need some adjustment? It seems like your neck is tilted forward a little."

He glanced at the various data in the system; there were no problems. "Hmm, I'll be careful."

After saying something casually, Xu walked out of the lounge and headed towards the elevator platform.

The sound of shoes tapping on the ground reached Xu's auditory senses. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the hospital was unusually quiet today.

Moreover, the further we went, the closer the ground seemed to be to our eyes, but the data remained normal, which was quite strange.

After stepping onto the elevator platform, Xu's neck was almost parallel to the ground, but his head was twisted ninety degrees in a very strange way, so that his face was still facing forward.

Meanwhile, before a destination was selected, the elevator began to descend wildly, seemingly unable to stop.

In space, on the escort ship that had once again surrounded the spaceport, alarms blared continuously. The last image of Sean looking up at the sky was captured by satellite, and his identity was determined to be either a revolutionary or a rebel.

Subsequently, several giant whale-shaped landing craft flew directly out of the escort ship, carrying Chitauri soldiers who had been under the influence of the mind controller for a long time. Their destination was Silent Hill, where the Revolutionary Army had appeared.

After Rhaast single-handedly destroyed his ship last time, the Chitauri king immediately raised the level of his purge against the Revolutionary Army. He needed to achieve something before Ebony Maw arrived and regain some of the face he had lost, otherwise, his reign as king might be over.

Chapter 189 The Man in the Case

That evening, landing pods from the Chitauri Starfleet landed on the ground near Silent Hill, and fully armed soldiers immediately marched into Silent Hill.

The moment the city boundary line was crossed, the entire world began to change from black to gray-white. A hazy fog permeated the entire city, and fragments of paper fell from the sky like peeling wallpaper, but they all vanished the moment they touched solid matter.

The surroundings were completely silent, without any sign of life, as if no one had ever lived in this city.

"Captain, we've lost contact with the main system! There's severe signal interference here!" the clearing soldier shouted.

"On my orders, fire restrictions lifted. Attack any non-team members immediately. Kill any living creature!" the captain said coldly. They weren't here to rescue anyone. If the situation was unclear, they'd rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free.

"Geological oscillator is ready!" a shout came from the middle of the team. The local area network signal was being jammed here, and these soldiers could only use the most primitive methods to ensure communication.

"Start!" the captain ordered immediately.

Thump! A huge, thick object was shoved directly into the ground. The power display on the energy backpack began to rise rapidly. Just a few seconds later, with a loud boom, a shockwave traveled from the end of the device into the ground. This shockwave was enough to trigger a sizable earthquake, causing the entire city to collapse.

The captain had made preparations in advance to deal with the impact, and the individual combat armor had entered full-function stable operation mode. However, as time passed, the fluctuations spreading in the surrounding area suddenly went silent, as if they had been directly swallowed up by an invisible force.

"Increase the power!" the captain continued.

The power setting of the energy backpack was manually adjusted to the maximum. The moment the operator pressed the start button, the vibration input into the ground seemed to hit a barrier and returned directly along the same path.

Boom! The operators were instantly blown to pieces by the shockwave, and the scattered shockwaves also completely dispersed the hundreds of clearing troops.

The shockwave that erupted from the very center of the group propelled the people in front more than ten kilometers toward the city center. The sound of them being forced to fly disturbed the unknown creatures in the mist, and their bat-like cries echoed through the silent city.

"Back armor damaged... Chest armor damaged... Power output line overload... Please repair immediately."

The alarm from the individual armor kept ringing in the captain's ears. He shook his head, which was slightly dizzy from the violent shaking, and got up from the ground.

"This is the Central Hospital?!" The captain looked around and was filled with surprise when he spotted the landmark building. The place they entered should be more than 100 kilometers away from the Central Hospital. How could they have flown only a dozen kilometers to get here!

Just then, a rustling sound suddenly rang out, as if something was slowly approaching.

After capturing the relevant audio, the system provided a simulated effect, which was a series of human skin bags dragging forward on the ground. The rustling sound in the system referred to the sound of human skin rubbing against the ground.

"What garbage!" the captain cursed, randomly pulled out a flare gun, aimed it at the sky, and fired.

Bang! Boom! The signal flare exploded in the sky, but the colorful light and excessive short-frequency signal were directly swallowed up by the falling debris.

Using the fleeting glimmer of light, the captain's senses detected several strange creatures moving toward them.

These creatures are not completely different from humans in appearance, but they are slightly different. If you were to apply human standards to them, you would say that they are all disabled. At least part of their limbs and tails are missing, and the rest of their bodies are wrapped and bound together by something that looks like skin.

Overall, it looks a bit like the straitjacket of a mental patient who has taken a trip to the Abyss and then visited the Cthulhu world.

Rat-a-tat-tat! The raiding captain pulled the trigger on his electromagnetic rifle. This kind of thing was specially issued to raiders and was perfect for fighting those mortal revolutionaries.

A bullet fired from a rifle covered the street in front of them. The physical strength of the person hit was the same as that of an ordinary Chitauri. As long as the person was hit by a rifle bullet, a large hole would immediately appear in the hit area. If more bullets were hit, the entire body would be completely torn in two.

But no matter how many shots were fired, the man in the trap remained steadfast in his path, and with each sound of gunfire, more and more dark figures appeared around him.

The raiding team leader fired at the target for two minutes, but still no teammates arrived. With increasing pressure, he had no choice but to retreat.

What? Go to the hospital?

He's not stupid; the fact that this unknown entity brought him to the hospital entrance clearly means there's something even more terrifying inside.

Fighting and retreating, the captain quickly reached the entrance of the central hospital. If he retreated another hundred meters, he could turn around and head directly to the city's police station.

Just then, the speed of all the people trapped inside suddenly increased dramatically. They ran faster than those with four legs, as if they had instantly evolved from snails into cheetahs.

Caught off guard, the captain was forced to move closer to the hospital entrance. After taking a few steps, he made up his mind: No! He absolutely couldn't go into the hospital, or he would surely die!

With the individual barrier fully activated, gaps caused by damaged wiring are filled by a rapidly growing exoskeleton!

I'm a dignified Phase IV genetically modified warrior, why would I be afraid of you bunch of bastards?!

With a gun in one hand and an energy blade in the other, the captain charged directly at the people trapped inside. Based on the previous test, these strange creatures, apart from their increased speed, did not show any significant change in their defense. They could still be taken down with a single shot, and their form was not suitable for attacking. So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he was certain he could break through.

As the captain had expected, they pressed forward. There was resistance, but not much. The attack method of these people in their shells seemed to be the mucus secreted by their outer skin, which was like a sack. However, it was not very effective against the barrier shield, but the exoskeleton was severely corroded.

Just as they were about to break free from the encirclement of those trapped around them, the captain heard another clanging sound. This time, the system reacted very quickly.

The information simulation interface directly shows a large iron sword being dragged on the ground. As for the enemy wielding the sword, the system simulates him as a small giant about three meters tall based on the available information.

Chapter 190 Pyramid Head and the Cannibal Hospital

As the sound of the dragging knife grew closer, the cleanup team leader noticed that the people trapped in the trap, who had been relentlessly pursuing them, were starting to flee. In those few seconds, he saw several people trapped in the trap violently crash into the wall beside him, leaving behind parts of their bodies, and some were even broken in two.

The captain swallowed hard. He was panicking. How terrifying must the enemy be to scare away such a large group of guys?

Soon, around the street corner, a gigantic, pyramid-shaped triangular figure appeared in the captain's field of vision, dragging a huge knife. Beneath the knife were the remains of the man in the case, apparently killed by Pyramid Head as he approached.

That's it? The captain's mind was filled with two words.

Pyramid Head's appearance was undeniably terrifying, and the blood and grime on his body were enough to demonstrate his brutality. However, this was still somewhat different from the character the captain had initially imagined. In his view, Pyramid Head didn't seem like the kind of character who could scare away a large number of people trapped in traps.

Despite his thoughts, the captain didn't stop moving; bullets continued to fire from the muzzle of his gun.

Clang, clang, clang! Bullets hit Pyramid Head and bounced off. Even bullets accelerated by electromagnetic force couldn't penetrate the skin-like layer on Pyramid Head's surface. In this world, Pyramid Head was a symbol of power, violence, and execution!

Faced with the captain's attack, Pyramid Head raised his large sword and hurled it.

Before the captain could even finish his tactical evasion, the large sword flying in mid-air suddenly changed direction, as if the captain had a giant magnet attached to him.

*Thud!* The slash landed on him, shattering the outer shield. The captain was sent flying more than ten meters away, crashing heavily into the wall and creating a large, human-shaped crater. At the same time, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Shield restarting... Shield is recharging..."

The individual combat armor system was rapidly updating messages. The captain wiped his mouth, turned around and ran straight back without looking back, not caring whether the hospital behind him would be even more dangerous. Going to the hospital might mean death, but staying here would definitely mean death!

The greatsword that had slashed him away had flown back into Pyramid Head's hand. This thing not only had automatic positioning, but it also had a built-in retrieval function!

Pyramid Head dragged his large sword, following closely behind the captain. His pace wasn't fast, but his stride was long enough; he hadn't grown that big for nothing.

Before running back to the hospital, the captain hesitated for a moment, but then the sound of the broadsword cutting through the air rang out again. Relying on his own experience, he made several sharp changes of direction in succession before he barely managed to dodge the attack.

This time, the captain dared not hesitate any longer. He grabbed the protective netting at the gate, flipped over, and went straight into the hospital compound. He then ran all the way to the hospital entrance and only stopped when he heard the pursuing footsteps cease.

Looking back, I saw Pyramid Head carrying a large knife, looking up at the upper floors of the hospital, seemingly waiting for something.

These monsters also have territory! There's a monster here that's at least as powerful as this guy!

The captain watched Pyramid Head's actions and thought to himself, "If Pyramid Head really doesn't come in, then I'll just stay here. As long as no one is chasing me, he definitely won't go to the hospital building."

Only a second or two after making the decision, Pyramid Head took action. Unfortunately, it wasn't the turn and departure the captain wanted to see. Instead, he brandished his large knife and began demolishing the gate. Given Pyramid Head's efficiency, the gate would probably be completely demolished in less than half a minute.

With no other option, the captain turned around and went to the hospital.

The environment inside was much more normal than outside. The hazy fog was still there, but not as thick as outside. The motion-sensor lights in the corridor turned on one by one after the team leader entered.