Chapter 1558: 1556: Total Annihilation

Chapter 1558: Chapter 1556: Total Annihilation

Infinity Outer City, between relatively spacious streets.

This squad, currently battling a giant with centipede features,

is part of a team that, having successfully completed the “First Exploration” and executed a giant, has received official authorization from the City Within the Wall. The team is known as [Alpha Squad].

Aside from the sniper with ‘rifle authorization’,

the captain, Veitch, is a modified human with a B-grade bloodline – “Alpha Model”, having replaced and modified his entire body except for the brain.

This bloodline, by discarding the body, can effectively produce results equivalent to an A-grade bloodline.

The Alpha System brings adaptive combat enhancements and increased reflex speed,

and additionally allows the body to upgrade with various metal materials while accommodating their special traits.

Recently spent a large number of points to exchange for a piece of “Zeus Cast Iron” to replace the right arm material… thus obtaining the lightning damage attack effect, even accumulating a Lightning Chain for long-range strikes with bare hands.

Moreover.

There is also a teammate responsible for melee combat, possessing a C-grade bloodline – “Magma Body”.

While enhancing defense and strength, it regularly produces magma,

which can be used for spraying or weapon polishing, granting a burning effect.

Additionally, any fire-attribute equipment worn by this person will receive extra effect bonuses… and their equipment is primarily high-defense armor, serving as the squad’s meat shield.

The last teammate is also the squad’s doctor.

Born with an affinity for scalpels, allows for “surgery in motion” and “ultra-fast suture”.

If the overall pressure on the squad isn’t too high, he will even collaborate in attacks.

…

Captain Veitch adjusted the machinery body’s power system while shouting loudly at the sniper mounting the gun on the third-floor balcony:

“Wenkoff! What are you doing!? The previous joint attack nearly tore 30% of the target’s body… haven’t found the heart yet?”

Indeed, besides being the sniper, Wenkoff is also the crucial [The Eye] of the squad.

Responsible for positioning the giant’s heart location.

“Very strange! Our previous attacks made no mistakes,

all the common heart hideouts were torn open… yet my eye paired with the scope couldn’t find the heart anyhow.

Clearly just a common “Subhuman Species”, theoretically impossible to know how to change the heart’s hiding place.

Could it be…”

Listening to this reply, Captain Veitch instead showed a delighted expression:

“Confirming this is enough… since there’s no heart in regular locations, let’s try again! Tear open all the body parts at irregular spots, we’ll find it eventually.

If this creature can actually change the heart’s location, it might be an evolving “Subhuman Species”.

Its corpse and heart’s value could be significantly higher.”

Suddenly, squad members expressed excitement, war intent surged… if true, successful hunting would grant a substantial reward.

Swish!

A lightning-charged metal long whip shot out from Captain Veitch’s metal right arm.

Precisely wrapped around the giant’s neck.

Veitch was responsible for restricting its movement, teammates to tear the body open.

Sizzle! Maximum energy output… visible lightning stripes followed the metal whip directly to the giant’s body.

Lightning traits have a natural restraint effect on giant “Subhuman Species”.

Effective in causing high-efficiency paralysis and electric scorch effects.

Once paralysis is effective, teammates can unleash full-force attacks with maximum damage to tear open the giant’s body and locate the heart.

The previous joint attack was the same.

However… the situation this time seemed somewhat off.

When lightning hit the target, electric scorch only surfaced, not as intense as the last time.

“What’s going on?”

Veitch couldn’t comprehend the scene, clearly maximized energy output, why the effect was so different compared to the last time.

At the same moment, teammates launched attacks one after another.

The sturdy man with a magma body – Yuri, wielded a giant ax with magma patterns, delivering a powerful leap chop.

The giant, supposedly paralyzed all over, suddenly broke free from the long whip.

Creak, creak~ Centipede-like extra limbs moved sideways, dodging the chop while simultaneously delivering a horizontal tail whip.

Boom!

Yuri was heavily flung away, crashed into a nearby resident house, dust swirling.

Captain Veitch simultaneously realized something and urgently shouted:

“This creature has evolved into an “adaptive resistance”, not only can gradually resist applied elemental effects, but also slowly adapt to our attack modes… must be executed quickly or big problems will arise!”

At this moment.

A shot of armor-piercing bullet with an explosion effect fired by Wenkoff, attempting to blast away the target’s head for the squad’s recovery time.

An incredible scene occurred.

Perhaps adapting to the squad’s combat mode, anticipating bullets from behind.

After flinging Yuri away with a tail whip, the giant immediately started irregular fast movements,

this abrupt burst of rapid movement allowed it to dodge the armor-piercing bullet… then followed the direction of the bullet, utilizing extra limb strengths.

Knees bent, charging, jumping!

The giant directly leaped towards a building forty meters away.

Rammed into the sniper Wenkoff’s hidden room… internal situation currently unknown.

“Damn it!”

At this time, the previously knocked-out Yuri bravely regrouped.

The squad hurriedly reached Wenkoff’s sniping house, regrettably a step too late.

Wenkoff and his beloved Barrett sniper rifle had been completely devoured, barely visible were a pair of military shoes hanging out its mouth…

Next, another matter beyond comprehension occurred.

“Split”

Not only does the giant possess centipede-like extra limbs, but it also inherits the segmented body traits of arthropods… a four-meter long body split horizontally from the middle.

Turning into two autonomous parts.

Upon splitting, the upper body immediately relied on ‘super fast regeneration’ to grow an identical lower body, restored to the giant’s original form.

As for the split-off lower body, it surprisingly carried Wenkoff’s head.

The neck connected to numerous flesh tendrils and nerves… eye rolled upwards, consciousness was deprived.

“Another special trait? Escape!”

Veitch’s judgment was correct, with Wenkoff as [The Eye] dead, finding the heart in such circumstances was almost impossible.

Just as they turned to flee.

Boom!

An armor-piercing bullet shot out, precisely hitting Captain Veitch’s neck… even as a modified human, he couldn’t withstand the direct power of an armor-piercing bullet.

The metal constructing the neck was instantly torn by the bullet, severing the head.

The head fell onto the window sill, but due to modified human traits, as long as the brain remained, he could continue living.

The sight revealed the terrifying nature of the target, the Barrett sniper rifle devoured by the giant had fused with the lower body, fixed by several flesh strands.

“Finished!”

The situation broke, escape was no longer possible.

Only screams of grief remained.

Watching teammates being successively torn apart and devoured, Veitch could only helplessly stare, past scenes rapidly flashing across his mind… recalling days spent with teammates.

There was not much fear on his face, he had been prepared for death since his first step into Infinite City.

Staring at the approaching giant, Veitch could only close his eyes…

However.

The anticipated feeling of a skull-bursting bite never came.

Upon reopening his eyes, he found three young men standing before him… from where they came, unknown.