Flesh Golems are mutations derived from humans. After the Great Calamity, human genes suddenly incorporated many inexplicable elements, most of which are harmless. However, if certain genes get triggered by some stimulus, catastrophic consequences could follow.
For instance, a seemingly normal person could turn into a mindless, rampaging Flesh Golem after a good night's sleep.
Such events occur very rarely but occasionally take place. These fall under the purview of hunters.
Flesh Golems in their normal state are immensely strong, with thick and rough skin. Their charge is as fierce as a creature that challenges level one monster.
The challenge levels of monsters are akin to humans who have unlocked their genetic code. Demons with a challenge level of one are roughly equivalent to those who have unlocked the first level of genetic evolution.
Generally speaking, it is very difficult to challenge monsters at the same level alone, with a high probability of failure and death. Generally, monsters at the same level are recommended to be hunted by hunters at the same level in a small team. In this way, it is possible to improve the chances of survival and success.
Within the circle of hunters, there is also an unwritten consensus. That is, the larger the monster, the harder it is to deal with at the same level.
This is not a hundred percent certain thing, and there are many special cases, which cannot be generalized.
However, small monsters are not necessarily weak, and large monsters are definitely not weak. In general, applying this rule will not make a big mistake.
Bandari recounted to Li Wei, Qian Long, and Cai Yutong an experience he once had. At that time, he was part of a six-man team, among whom there were three masters who had unlocked their genes, and they jointly dealt with a monster mutated from a barber. The battle was extremely hard-fought, and in the end, only Bandari survived among the three at the limit level, and there was one heavily injured among the strong ones who had unlocked their genes.
The flesh giant is indeed not a monster that is liked.
Moreover, unlike the semi-mechanized giant radiation centipede that Li Wei and Cai Yutong had encountered before, that centipede was clearly a product of a failed modification. The modified centipede had a fatal flaw. Although it looked terrifying, as long as you were careful, there was a great chance of being able to eliminate it.
However, the blood-flesh giant in front of us now seems different. Its modification appears to be quite successful, with its body flexibility basically not affected much, and the defensive power has become even stronger due to the presence of the armor module.
The most terrifying thing is the rotating machine gun mounted on its back.
At the moment, it is right in front of the gate of the high-end residential area of Minghao Mansion, acting as a fixed artillery platform. The rotating machine gun is furiously spewing firepower towards the humans who have constructed a defense line by leveraging the gate structure, and it, along with the thirty or forty cyborgs, is suppressing the humans so much that they can't even raise their heads.
"Have any ideas?" Li Wei asked out loud.
"No." Bandri said with a wry smile, "I suggest we should retreat. The information on this mission is too problematic. With the existence of this successfully transformed flesh giant, it certainly can't be considered as a C+ level mission. If it were only this flesh giant, it would be fine, but there are also so many cybernetic individuals and cybernetic dogs guarding it. The difficulty of us completing this mission is too great."
"But... we still have companions waiting for our support. If we retreat, what will happen to them?" Cai Yutong clearly disagreed with Bandri's proposal.
Qian Long also shared the same view, saying, "Even if we can't defeat this big monster, we must try to find some opportunities, at least to give those people trapped in the community a chance to break through."
Bandri shook his head. He knew Qian Long well and had heard about the personality of Cai Yutong, the rising star, so he knew the two of them would say that.
He turned his gaze to Li Wei, eager to hear what he meant.
Li Wei did not respond immediately, but instead asked, "Who are these people resisting at the entrance of the community?"
Qian Long said, "It seems like local residents have been armed. Many families in the upper zone have guns, and they take up arms to spontaneously fight for the protection of their lives and property. Moreover, I estimate that our peers are among these people, leading the battle and acting as the backbone, and there must be evolutionaries who have activated the genetic lock, otherwise the semi-mechanical flesh giant would have already broken through."
"Can we find a way to get in touch with our people?"
"Let me try!" Cai Yutong volunteered and took out an iron box about the size of two palms from her waist bag, opening it to reveal a set of mini communication devices.
After fiddling with the device for a while, they heard some crackling noises coming from the speaker inside the iron box.
"Calling, calling! This is the support team of Clover Guild, calling the hunters in Ming Ao Community, can anyone hear me?"
With no response, Cai Yutong did not get discouraged. She continued to adjust the frequency of the mini communication device, trying to establish contact with her own people.
Prove that this gadget was quite reliable. About a minute later, when the group of half-mechanical creations seemed tired and stopped firing for a rest, the loudspeaker finally had another sound.
"...Cough cough...Hello, I am Zheng Zaishun, a demon hunter affiliated with Iron Cross Road. Is this the support team of Clover Guild?"
"Yes, yes!" Cai Yutong said happily, her eyes looking at Li Wei, seemingly asking what she should say next.
Li Wei took her place.
"I am Li Wei, a demon hunter of Clover Guild. Please introduce the situation."
"Alright. We initially had over seventy armed militia on our defense line, and suffered losses of twenty people throughout the night of battle. The enemy's firepower was intense; they continually used their superior firepower to suppress us. Before dawn today, they also launched a charge, but we managed to repel them."
"Repelled? How did you repel that giant of flesh and blood?"
"Our squad has four hunters, and there is also a skilled individual in our community who has a development level in the Power Chain. I specialize in the Resilience Chain and also have one level of development. When that giant of flesh and blood charged, we joined forces to wound and drive it back. Please be aware of that giant of flesh and blood; its modifications were extremely successful, and its strength is at least more than half as strong as an ordinary giant of flesh and blood!"
"Understood," said Li Wei. "Please keep this channel open and wait for our further contact."
"Thank you for your hard work, please help us get out of here! We have more than four hundred civilians here, and our ammunition is running low. Our defense line won't hold much longer!"