A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

Gwen felt a chill run through her body instantly, as if she had fallen into an extremely cold ice cellar. Every cell in her body was telling her to leave immediately and go back to find her companions.

However, fear made her body tremble, and she had lost the control she once had over her body.

Just then, a strange noise came from afar.

"Clang~"

It appears that someone touched a metal object.

Gwen was startled and turned her head to look, but found nothing.

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, a humanoid monster darted out from a distance.

Its face was ugly and ferocious, its clothes were tattered, its teeth were sharp and covered with countless red streaks of blood, it was neither human nor ghost, and its body was thin.

Holding a dark red, stained axe, it emitted a sharp, piercing cry:

"Yaaaaaah~~~"

Gwen felt her heart clench violently, her scalp tingle instantly, and the hairs on her body stand on end.

"OMG Fuck!"

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Chapter 35 Finding Gwen

On the other side of the forest, Lucy wandered around aimlessly like a headless fly.

After walking for a few minutes, she realized she was going the wrong way, so she changed direction and continued wandering aimlessly. After a few minutes, she stopped, looking lost and confused.

"Damn it, I'm lost." Lucy's face was a little pale. Now she was not only lost, but she couldn't find Gwen either.

"How to do?"

Lucy was frantic. She desperately wanted to ask for help, but her pride prevented her from doing so.

"Shit, I really shouldn't have come out."

Lucy felt a strange pang of regret, but she didn't lose her temper. After gritting her teeth and thinking for a long time, she finally decided to ask for help.

"Beth, it's Lucy. Can you hear me?"

……

On the mountain road, Cao Gui and Harry huffed and puffed for a long time before finally managing to inflate all the tires.

"It's finally fixed." Cao Gui wiped his sweat.

“Shit, next time I travel, I’m definitely bringing an automatic air pump,” Harry said, panting.

However, at that moment, Beth suddenly rushed over with a walkie-talkie: "Damn, Lucy wants to talk to you."

Cao Gui's heart tightened, and his brows furrowed slightly: "Lucy, it's me..."

"Burst—, damn it, something's happened! I can't find Gwen!"

"What did you say!" Cao Gui's face instantly turned extremely ugly: "I remember telling you about the safety rules!"

"Sizzle—, Cao, I'm sorry, I was wrong..."

"Enough of that. Is the flare gun on Gwen?" Cao Gui asked.

“Sizzle—, it’s not on me, only the compass is on her.”

Cao Gui's face turned ashen. If something happened to Gwen...

The consequences could be disastrous!

"Don't worry, Gwen has a gun, she'll be fine," Harry reassured her, but he hadn't expected things to escalate to this point.

"Lucy, where was the last place you saw Gwen?"

“Sizzle—, it was on the edge of a cliff, that’s where we parted ways.”

Cao Gui's heart sank; it was impossible to find Gwen in a short time with this little information.

"Lucy, find a cave or a big rock or something that will protect you and hide. I'll go find Gwen first, then I'll come find you."

"Sigh—, okay, be careful," Lucy said worriedly.

"Harry, you and Beth get in the car first, wait for me here." With that, Cao Gui quickly walked to the truck bed and began rummaging through things.

“Cao, how about I go with you?” Harry said, frowning. “It’s not safe for you to go alone.”

"No, someone has to protect our car, and Beth has to be with us too." Cao Gui pulled out the Bernelli M4, but actually took it out of the [System Backpack].

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Upon hearing this, Beth frowned, feeling that Cao Gui was looking down on her, but since the situation was different, she didn't refute him.

Cao Gui also found a walkie-talkie and a piece of clothing belonging to Gwen and Lucy.

Before setting off, Cao Gui bought two pairs of walkie-talkies, which are now coming in handy.

"System, exchange and equip the character card Miss. Christmas!"

[To redeem Miss Christmas, you need to spend 500 merit points. Please confirm.]

"confirm!"

[Host equipped with character card Miss. Christmas, valid for 420 seconds]

Miss Christmas, one of Old Sand's subordinates, is an impatient old woman whose ability is the Zoan-type Mole-Mole Fruit.

Cao Gui originally wanted to find a dog-type Devil Fruit user to locate Gwen using her sense of smell, but there were no suitable character cards available, and they were all too expensive. Although the mole was ugly, its sense of smell was still very developed.

Cao Gui held the two girls' clothes to his nose and gently sniffed their scent. Soon, the direction of their scents clearly appeared within Cao Gui's perception range.

This action left Beth and Harry dumbfounded, glancing sideways repeatedly: "Damn, what... what are you doing?"

No wonder they were so shocked; the action seemed... a little sleazy...

Cao Gui ignored them, hung up his walkie-talkie and slung his shotgun over his shoulder: "You need to be careful, it's really not safe here. It's best not to get out of the car if you can avoid it."

"Understood." Seeing his serious expression, Harry couldn't help but reply with a straight face as well.

Cao Gui leaned forward slightly, held his breath, and his heartbeat quickened.

Thump thump thump!

His adrenaline surged, everything slowed down, and Cao Gui entered bullet time once again.

In essence, bullet time is a burst of physical energy under the influence of adrenaline.

Cao Gui took a step forward, and with a "whoosh," he ran off at an incredible speed, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Harry and Beth were stunned:

"Shit, how can this guy run so fast?"

……

On the other side of the forest, Lucy followed Cao Gui's instructions and began to look for caves or places to provide cover. However, the area was all forest, and there was nowhere to find such a place. Lucy could only rely on trees and use them as cover.

Clack... Splash—

It sounded like someone had stepped on a thin twig and snapped it. Lucy turned her head and vaguely saw a human figure flash by.

“Gwen, is that you?” Lucy called out.

No one responded.

Lucy frowned, but she really saw someone, so why wasn't there a response?

whoosh-

Doo!

Just then, an axe flew from a distance and chopped heavily into the trunk of a tree beside them.

"Oh!"

"Shit!"

Lucy's eyes widened, her scalp tingled, and she instinctively turned and ran wildly, desperately heading into the depths of the jungle.

However, in this situation, she had forgotten that she was carrying a Beretta 92F pistol.

"Waaah-hoa-hahaha-"

In the distance of the forest, a tall, strong, and ferocious humanoid monster roared wildly.

Seeing Lucy running away, he suddenly took off his lever-action rifle from his back, aimed at Lucy, and fired a shot:

boom!

Next to Lucy, a cloud of sawdust flew up from the tree trunk.

"Oh my God!"

The gunshot startled her, and she quickly hid behind a tree. Fear made her throat dry, but at the same time, it reminded her of something: she still had a gun!

……

On the mountain road, Cao Gui was running at full speed, the wind whistling in his ears, his teeth clenched, his chewing muscles bulging, and his heart pounding in his chest, making him dare not slacken his pace in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, he stopped on the road. He could see a tire burning, and Gwen's smell was strongest there, as if he had stayed there.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Gui's expression changed drastically. In the direction where Gwen's scent disappeared, he smelled a metallic corrosive odor, a strong stench of blood, and the smell of rotting corpses.

"Damn it! I hope nothing bad happens!"

Cao Gui entered bullet time again and continued his mad dash.

……

"Shit!"

In the abandoned vehicle parking lot, Gwen, seeing the monster running towards her, frantically pulled out her Beretta 92F pistol and pulled the trigger in the direction of the monster.

Cluck cluck!

However, the firing pin struck empty air!

"Shit!"

Gwen was a student and didn't have the habit of carrying ammunition; the bullets weren't even loaded!