Chapter 28 Swift Shadow, Defeating the White Demon
Chapter 28 Swift Shadow, Defeating the White Demon
The leader kicked the unconscious Lin Xia, his voice sounding particularly cold through his protective mask.
"Although we don't know why such people exist and possess special powers, if we allow them to be parasitized by bloodworms and then control them, we might be able to obtain more powerful and special biological weapons."
Upon hearing this, Su Jinjin's blood froze instantly.
She finally understood these people's purpose. They weren't there to eradicate the parasites at all, but rather to deliberately seek out players and use them as breeding grounds to cultivate parasitic variants.
suddenly!
The hunting dog, White Ghost, suddenly became agitated. It sniffed the air, its blood-red eyes fixed on the direction where Su Jinjin was hiding, and it let out a low whimper.
The armed men looked toward where Su Jinjin was hiding.
"Looks like we've had quite a haul today, there are still people over there!" An armed man immediately turned his gun around.
Su Jinjin realized with a start that she had been discovered.
Damn it!
These officials are clearly not good people.
Taking advantage of the burst of speed boost, Su Jinjin immediately pulled out her dual pistols and began attacking the people on the other side.
The sonic oscillation gun and the bullets exploded simultaneously.
In an instant, two people wearing protective suits were blasted away by the sonic shockwave gun.
The brother who was leading the white ghost was shot in the head by Su Jinjin and died instantly.
The hunting dog "White Ghost" broke free of its electronic collar during the attack and pounced on Su Jinjin like a ghost.
It appears even more horrifying in the sunlight—the bloodworms wriggling beneath its skin are clearly visible, and the slurry dripping from between its fangs corrodes the ground, making a sizzling sound.
"roar--!"
The white ghost was incredibly fast, and it pounced on you in the blink of an eye.
Su Jinjin decisively raised the sonic oscillation gun to attack.
"Buzz!"
The shockwave sent the white ghost staggering backward, but it merely shook its head, its blood-red eyes growing even more ferocious.
However, this brief dizziness gave Su Jinjin an opportunity to attack.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three bullets whistled out, but only left bloody holes in the White Ghost's shoulder and abdomen.
The monster roared in pain, but because of the agony, its movements became even more ferocious.
"Tsk!" Su Jinjin quickly put the pistol back into her spatial storage, and the silver needle condensed into a slender fencing sword in her palm.
She took a deep breath and shot out like an arrow.
[Quick Sewing] Skills Unleashed!
The silver needles left dozens of afterimages in the air, and the energy threads wrapped around the white ghost's limbs as if they were alive.
Su Jinjin moved like a ghost, each thrust precisely piercing the white ghost's joints, firmly "sewing" it to the ground.
"Awooo—!" The white ghost struggled frantically, but could only rage helplessly.
Its muscles were torn apart by the energy threads, and dark red blood spurted out.
Su Jinjin gave it no chance, took out a chopping axe from her spatial storage, gripped the handle with both hands, and raised it high—
"Snap!"
The axe blade precisely severed the cervical vertebrae, and the white demon's head rolled to the ground. After twitching a few times, the body finally came to rest.
The bloodworms gushed out from the severed neck, but turned into pus the moment they came into contact with the sunlight.
[Ding! Parasitic variant - White Demon defeated!]
The system notification sounded in her mind, but Su Jinjin didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief.
In the distance, the armed men who had just been shot down by the sonic boom had stood up, their guns all pointed in this direction.
Su Jinjin quickly dodged.
Su Jinjin suddenly turned around and took out a grenade from her spatial storage.
It was the grenade that Jing Ningyu gave her.
"I'll treat you to something good!"
With a crisp click of the safety ring snapping open, the grenade traced a perfect parabola and landed between the two men.
With a "boom," the two were sent away.
After the battle, Su Jinjin walked to Bai Gui's corpse.
He looked thoughtfully at the parasitic variant that had been modified by the authorities.
"A specially bred mutant should have some research value..." Su Jinjin muttered to herself, suddenly thinking of her [Clothing Making] skill.
If protective clothing is made using this special material, it might achieve unexpected results.
Upon thinking of Su Jinjin, she immediately took out a sealed bag from her spatial storage and carefully put the decapitated parasitic mutant remains inside.
The corpse was icy to the touch, and there seemed to be parasitic bloodworms still wriggling slightly beneath the skin, which was chilling.
But Su Jinjin remained unfazed, deftly sealing the bag and putting it back into her spatial storage.
He turned around and went to the unconscious siblings.
Su Jinjin became more vigilant this time, wearing a mask to avoid exposing her image.
Only after separating from Jing Ningyu did she realize some problems she had overlooked.
What if I get recognized in real life?
"Fortunately, no one revealed their name like that big idiot Jing Ningyu."
Therefore, Su Jinjin immediately became vigilant when encountering players.
Upon examining the two, Lin Xia had a bullet graze on her shoulder, and Lin Tian appeared to have twisted his right leg, but neither of them was in mortal danger.
"Should I be a kind person and help them, or just leave?"
Su Jinjin tilted her head in thought, "While these two have good talent, they're not like Jing Ningyu who can 'mass-produce' weapons..."
It would be a shame if you couldn't get the benefits.
Just as she was weighing the pros and cons, Lin Xia's eyelids suddenly twitched a few times, and then she abruptly opened her eyes.
Her pupils took on an unusual indigo color in the sunlight, possibly due to the characteristics of her awakened talent.
"Who...are you? A player?" Lin Xia asked weakly but warily as she saw Su Jinjin standing beside her. Her fingers instinctively tried to gather air, but due to her injuries, she only managed to stir up a slight breeze.
Su Jinjin raised an eyebrow, not expecting the other person to wake up so quickly.
She crouched down, holding a pistol in her hand: "That's the question I should be asking. Why are you being hunted down by the military?"
Also, what's the deal with that modified parasitic hound?
A flicker of fear crossed Lin Xia's eyes, but her tense shoulders relaxed slightly when she saw the people on the ground who had been dealt with.
However, when she noticed the silver needles faintly visible at Su Jinjin's fingertips, she unconsciously shrank back.
She struggled to sit up, glanced at her younger brother who had just woken up, and bit her lip: "They may be from the military... but they don't treat survivors like human beings at all."
Her voice trembled slightly with anger, "They're hunting down ordinary people, using living people to feed and cultivate these parasitic monsters..."
Su Jinjin frowned.
In the apocalypse, it's not uncommon for people of the same kind to kill each other, but this systematic experimentation on living people still made her stomach churn.
"Hiss—Sister, are you alright?" Lin Tian sat up, clutching his head. A wary glint flashed in his eyes the moment he saw Su Jinjin.
But he was clearly stunned when he noticed the corpses of the men who had been chasing them.
"Since you're all awake, let's get out of here quickly." Su Jinjin didn't bother to explain, turned around and walked towards the corpses, and began to skillfully collect weapons and equipment.
These are all rare spoils of war.
Standard rifle, bulletproof vest, tactical knife.
Seeing Su Jinjin's actions, Lin Xia and her brother realized that Su Jinjin was a player just like them.