LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 448: Retaliation of a Trapped Beast
Chapter 448: Retaliation of a Trapped Beast
"The target has been intercepted at the metal bridge!"
"The target has abandoned his bulletproof vehicle and is advancing on foot alongside Mechguard units!"
"The target has successfully entered Location M!"
"The target has activated his neuron transmitter, and the signal has been lost on over 95% of units!"
"Hyena has entered the fray, the Uninstallation program has been activated."
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Inside the headquarters of the crisis group, a string of reports were being conveyed from the front lines in rapid succession. Furthermore, the intervals between the reports were gradually dwindling, and eventually, there was a report coming in every few seconds, creating a sense of pressure and urgency. The young man in the suit raised a hand, indicating for the reports to stop, then turned to the people who had been forced to stay behind.
"What do you all think we should do?"
It appeared that he was asking for their input, and a representative of a powerful family shrugged as he splayed his hands open, indicating that he had nothing to say.
"Given his recent success rate, seeing as Adam has already stormed into the facility, I think we should give up on that facility. I agree with the decision to clear out the area."
"Don't we still have Hyena? They're not exactly the best at what they do, but their past results have been quite good. Otherwise, there's no way he would've received shares in the facility."
"You expect a bunch of mercenaries to be able to turn the tables? They're decent at fighting battles that have already been won, but in this situation, I doubt they'll be able to do anything."
"In that case, let's Uninstall. The facility has already been exposed, so we won't be able to save it anyway."
"I agree."
All of the representatives had roughly the same level of authority, and a decision was made in only one minute. In a rare display of diplomacy, the young man in the suit asked for input from everyone before issuing an instruction to the technician.
In Area 9, around five kilometers away from the car factory, the ceiling of a warehouse used for storing old equipment in a dilapidated mechanical plant slowly opened up, and a pair of camouflaged anti-radar drones emerged from within. After taking a moment to ascertain the correct direction, they quickly flew away into the distance, making sure to weave through all of the obstacles in their way.
These were the latest stealth infiltration battle drones, and they were capable of flying in almost complete silence. Furthermore, they were constantly weaving back and forth at a low altitude, making it very difficult for surveillance equipment to detect them.
Inside the abandoned car factory, the vast majority of personnel had been dragged into the psychic world by Adam, while two teams had split off from the Mechguard units to target both the armed enemy forces and the workers in the facility, knocking them out with stun guns.
Adam didn't even have to do anything before most of the psychic bodies around him were erased in a span of just one or two minutes.
The unfortunate organ "donors'' who were still being held captive in the facility didn't appear to have been doing so well. They had either been tormented over long periods of time, or were kept unconscious through the use of sedatives, thereby causing irreparable damage to their brains.
Even if these people were to be rescued, it would be very difficult for them to return to normal, most likely requiring extensive periods of therapeutic treatment, thereby making them heavy burdens to their families.
These are just more of the heinous deeds committed by the members of the Guild of Immortality!
Adam didn't know how to properly treat these victims, so he could only do his best to make them feel a bit more comfortable.
The leader of the mercenaries had the nickname of Hyena, and he was the head of security for this medical center, as well as one of its shareholders. He had been personally involved in the facility's construction and operation, reaping immense profits in the process.
Hence, there was no way that he was simply going to give up on this facility. Just now, he had jumped down from the metal tower to evade the oncoming missiles, managing to make a safe landing thanks to his prosthetic limbs. From there, he quickly scrambled to another vantage point before taking a shot at Adam.
His sniper rifle was capable of firing 25mm armor-piercing rounds that were capable of punching through almost all models of armored vehicles and even the exteriors of light tanks.
Even Mechguard units weren't able to keep such destructive rounds at bay, so there was no way that Adam would've been able to survive the attack.
However, Adam's sharp telegnosis allowed him to evade the shot outright, following which he dragged Hyena straight into the psychic world.
Hyena wasn't unaccustomed to battle in the psychic world. In fact, he was a more seasoned psychic combatant than most low-tier adapters, and almost as soon as he was drawn into the psychic world, he quickly completed his transformation before concealing himself.
Adam sent out Ogress to track him down, but it was unable to find him, and only after Adam fused with Mummy himself was he able to finally personally hunt down his assailant.
All of a sudden, an enormous, near-transparent sprang out of a completely normal-looking patch of ground not far away from the main battlefield. The figure's right arm was a cannon that was formed by countless intertwining tentacles, and the cannon fired off a powerful blast.
Adam immediately responded by releasing his runed bandages to form a series of layered barriers in the path of the attack.
The projectile fired by the cannon struck the barrier of bandages before erupting into an explosion of peculiar corrosive black flames, which instantly scorched through the majority of the bandages.
Immediately thereafter came a bullet-shaped projectile that pierced through the remaining bandages at a speed of several kilometers per second, and it was slowed down in the process, but it was still traveling at over a kilometer per second upon reaching Mummy's chest.
This type of speed would've most likely been sufficient to strike down anyone else, but having honed his battle instincts extensively through battling countless powerful anomalies and adapters, Adam had already instinctively reacted, dodging to the side right before the projectile tore through the final layer of bandages.
The projectile failed to strike its target, but after flying a few meters past Mummy, it abruptly exploded, sending tens of thousands of pieces of shrapnel flying in all directions.
Another plume of bandages rose up from Mummy's body to keep the shrapnel at bay, but some pieces were still able to fly through the gaps before piercing into its body. The shrapnel had a corrosive quality to it that instantly burned large black holes into Mummy's body.
Looks like there's a reason he's the leader of these mercenaries.
Adam could sense that the corrosive power carried by the shards of shrapnel were extremely potent on psychic bodies in particular, and judging from this attack alone, Adam was able to confirm that this man definitely possessed powers at least on par with a level six anomaly.
Given the high speed and corrosive nature of his projectiles, there was a chance that he would be able to instantly kill an adapter equivalent to even exceeding a level seven anomaly in power.
However, the element of surprise was extremely important for adapters like him, and once they were exposed in the face of a powerful enemy, there would only be one possible outcome for them.
Adam immediately commenced his retaliation, invoking Hellhound, which let loose an Infernal Howl that instantly allowed Adam to mostly recover from the effects of the corrosive shrapnel. At the same time, a string of fireballs around the size of round tables came flying out of one of its other mouths, unleashing a ferocious bombardment that completely forced Hyena out of his concealed state.
He was most definitely a psychic mutant, possessing a body that was close to six meters in height and appeared to have been formed by countless interwoven black insects that were constantly squirming and writhing. There were sharp spikes of different lengths growing all over his arms, shoulders, and spine, and his cavernous mouth was opened to reveal a chaotic array of jagged fangs.
It was truly a disgusting sight to behold.
The explosion from the fireballs destroyed the cannon on his arm, but an even thicker and longer cannon appeared on his back, while his left arm also transformed into a six-barrel cannon, and he let loose a ferocious roar as he opened fire with all of his cannons at once.
However, Adam wasn't going to just allow him to do as he pleased, and he quickly closed in on Hyena before releasing a flurry of bandages to wrap him up in a tight cocoon in the blink of an eye.
The runes on the bandages began to glow, while their edges became incredibly sharp. Furthermore, some type of cyberhex was taking effect, and smoke began to rise up from Hyena's body as he screeched in pain.
However, at the same time, he began to cackle with glee. "You can't kill me! Otherwise, this entire factory will instantly blow up!"