AGTCTCC Chapter 47

Chapter 47: The Initial Outbreak of Polluted Entities

Chapter 47: The Initial Outbreak of Polluted Entities

The moment Hill finished speaking, a dark, inky circle appeared beside them, slowly expanding to the height of a person.

Bai Yan, already used to such occurrences, got up and brushed off the dust from his body, even though it was invisible.

Bai Yan: “Let’s wait for them to wake up. Xiang Li has high combat power. If we fight back on Planet C079, it’ll save effort.”

*Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep—*

A burst of rapid, sharp electronic alarms exploded over the base, mixed with violent Spiritual Power, making those who heard it feel like their eardrums were about to burst.

Bai Yan cursed and covered his ears with both hands, his heart starting to pound, and he couldn’t even maintain his shadowy form.

Hill also frowned and reached out to cover Bai Yan’s ears.

Humans around them emerged from the small houses nearby. Bai Yan opened one eye, and the scene before him made him gasp.

In his vision, the humans’ limbs began to change. One finger split into two, and two split into four, like octopuses, with countless weak limbs inserted into the humans’ thin bodies.

A terrifying sight!

Especially as countless eyes grew on these “tentacle”-like limbs, scattered irregularly.

Bai Yan: “!”

Damn it.

He recalled the appearance of the Polluted Entities outside the barrier and, for a moment, found them more pleasing to the eye.

Hill: “Polluted Entities’ parasitism. It seems to have been going on for years. Haven’t the humans discovered even one?”

Bai Yan: “…”

Oh, they are the same kind.

Xiang Li woke up at this moment.

The moment he opened his eyes, Xiang Li felt a breath stuck in his chest, neither rising nor falling, causing his chest to heave violently as he tried to smooth it out.

“King,” a voice said beside him.

Only after the voice spoke did Xiang Li belatedly notice the person beside him, with a pale face, like a color of someone underdeveloped and poisoned.

Hill glanced at him, wanting to look at Bai Yan, but the other had already “swooshed” to Xiang Li’s side.

Bai Yan: “Xiang Li.”

Xiang Li used the support to get up, also noticing the abnormal mutations of the humans in front of him, and frowned.

“What’s going on?”

He just now…

Bai Yan explained: “The Polluted Entity spores parasitizing the humans have erupted.”

Shamelessly, he repeated Hill’s words.

Xiang Li stared at Bai Yan’s dark face, unable to make out his features, then shifted his gaze to Hill.

Bai Yan: “This is Hill…”

“The Insect King, Hill,” Hill interrupted Bai Yan, introducing himself.

He sized up Xiang Li, and a closer look revealed a significant similarity in their features.

Bai Yan, with his back to Hill, couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

What a showoff.

Xiang Li nodded, looking him up and down, without any intention of actively introducing himself.

His peripheral vision caught sight of the malnourished person, and he reached out to grab Yan Zhou Ping, letting Bai Yan carry him on his back.

Hill: “Where are you going? I can send you.”

Xiang Li stared at him, expressionless.

“Is the Insect King so free?”

Hill smiled politely.

“You seem to have a big opinion of me.”

Xiang Li said perfunctorily, “Then I’ll be more subtle next time.”

Bai Yan, carrying Yan Zhou Ping on his back, with the malnourished person standing beside him, Bai Yan turned his head to strike up a conversation.

Bai Yan: “Do you think they’re so loud that the people outside can hear them?”

“…”

Bai Yan: “I heard you insects can have eight babies in one litter?”

As he spoke, he sized up the man’s figure, then secretly glanced at Hill.

The two of them seemed to be discussing something, Xiang Li with his back to him, and he could only see Hill’s slightly darkened face.

Then, as if they had reached some agreement, their gazes turned towards him in unison.

Bai Yan: “?”

Hill gave him a look: “Nelson.”

The shady man next to him, Nelson, successfully received the signal. He reached out and took the man off Bai Yan’s back, disappearing in place the next second.

Xiang Li: “Old Yan doesn’t have Spiritual Power right now, so he’ll stay on the Main Star first. We’re going to Planet C079.”

The black circle was still there, and Bai Yan was the first to walk into it, ignoring the two of them.

The black circle was like some kind of space jump light ring. When the three of them came out again, they were already standing under the crimson dome of Planet C079.

Xiang Li couldn’t help but glance at Hill, but was then drawn to the roar of the mechs.

[Silver] hovered thirty meters above the ground, with a pile of dark mechs below, and a pile of Polluted Entities blocking the outer perimeter.

Chu Qi’s tactical monocle was dissecting the entire battlefield into six layers of holographic projections. When a bioelectric wave of a specific frequency appeared on the edge of the radar, his knuckles, embedded with neural connectors, suddenly tightened.

Thirty-seven tactical plans were frozen simultaneously on the tactical panel, and the entire battlefield solidified in his fingertips into a dead end in the holographic projection.

Xiang Li walked unceremoniously to [Silver], rapping his knuckles on the titanium alloy shell, making a solid “thump thump” sound.

A cloud of steam poured out of the seams, the mech was opened, and Chu Qi and Xiang Li met eyes. The ghostly blue data stream flowing on his protective monocle resonated strangely with the roar of the mech’s engine.

Xiang Li cut to the chase: “What was written in the file you took that day?”

Chu Qi: “Some experimental data.”

He didn’t even lift his head, knowing what expression Xiang Li must have on his face right now, only saying, “Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

Xiang Li: “The main base has fallen.”

Chu Qi: “!”

The expressionless face only showed emotional fluctuations after Xiang Li finished speaking. Almost instantly, he stood up.

Chu Qi: “What do you mean?”

Hill fanned the flames from the sidelines: “Humans have been infected and parasitized. The main base is now experiencing a wave of parasitism. It’s possible that the soldiers Colonel Chu can see in front of him right now are the last humans.”

Bai Yan noticed Shen Gui and Ning Li An fighting not far away, and had already rushed over when Hill said the first sentence.

Chu Qi naturally recognized the Insect King, Hill, and asked, “Why would the Insect King be here?”

Hill told the truth: “To watch the show.”

Chu Qi turned back to look at Xiang Li, who was staring at Chu Qi expressionlessly, as if persistently demanding an answer from him.

“Is what he said true?”

Xiang Li: “…”

Chu Qi took a few deep breaths, gritting his teeth: “This is different from what we said.”

Xiang Li raised his chin slightly, but his eyes drooped down as if in pity.

“We only agreed that you would pretend to attack Planet C079, and I would protect the magnetic field from being destroyed by Qi Xiao at the main base.”

“The magnetic field is fine. The Polluted Entities erupted from the inside.”

Even with the tactical monocle blocking him, Xiang Li could see the shock in Chu Qi’s eyes, but it only appeared for a second before being suppressed by Chu Qi.

He raised his wrist, and a hovering blue screen appeared in front of him.

Chu Qi: “Requesting connection to the main base command.”

A cold electronic voice sounded.

“Abnormal. Connection interrupted.”

As if confirming Xiang Li’s words.

Chu Qi had no mood to pay attention to Xiang Li’s expression right now. He reached out and grabbed Xiang Li’s wrist.

“Help me take over the battlefield for one minute.”

After Chu Qi finished speaking, Xiang Li agreed readily. Immediately afterward, the Polluted Entities that were frantically attacking suddenly stopped, then collectively retreated three meters, leaving a safe zone.

Chu Qi obviously didn’t expect this. He turned his head, staring at Xiang Li.

Xiang Li just stared at him calmly, his eyes unable to stir up a ripple.

Xiang Li: “In one minute, Colonel, can you tell me exactly what data was written in that file?”

“This is very important to me.”

For twenty seconds, no one spoke. Xiang Li looked at Chu Qi’s features, which were much sharper than when he was a child.

“Beep—”

“Connection successful.”

The electronic voice sounded again.

“Chu Qi.”

The two’s gazes turned to the blue screen light panel hovering in the air.

Xing Zi Mu’s voice came over, sounding very tired.

Xing Zi Mu: “The commander has been confirmed to be infected and is now dead.”

“A level-two wave has erupted in the residential area, with an estimated death toll of sixty to seventy-five percent.”

Xing Zi Mu: “Residents who have not yet shown symptoms of infection have been relocated to Alpha Zone for screening. The infected humans are expected to be cleared within ten days.”

Chu Qi: “The extent of the control.”

Xing Zi Mu: “B.165, C Zone…”

The other party spat out a large pile of numbers, and Xiang Li wasn’t in the mood to listen carefully. He only knew that one minute was almost up.

Sixteen.

Fifteen.

Fourteen.

…

Two.

One.

Falling in sync with Xiang Li’s inner voice, the group of hideous Polluted Entities once again surged forward, their attacks more violent than ever before.

The outer shell of the [Silver] mech fell, once again encasing Chu Qi’s entire body. Chu Qi ignored Xiang Li.

Chu Qi: “Activating nano-sonic waves…”

Xiang Li stood in the center of the bombardment, the cold air pressure around him at odds with everything.

Xiang Li: “…”

What exactly was in that file? Chu Qi’s attitude seemed to have changed after stealing that file.

“Xiang Li.”

Not far away, Bai Yan supported a person, slowly moving towards them.

Bai Yan waved at them.

“Xiang Li.”

The person in his hands was Shen Gui.

Hill was the first to go over, looking at Bai Yan with disgust.

“Covered in blood, so dirty.”

Xiang Li, who had just arrived at Bai Yan’s side, heard this and looked at Bai Yan’s black body: “?”

Shen Gui was still unconscious, his head probably hit by something heavy, and blood was flowing down from the top of his head.

Bai Yan extremely skillfully reached out and cut his finger on the wreckage of the battle nearby, and drops of blood dripped on Shen Gui’s forehead.

In an instant, Bai Yan’s entire body began to fade in color, and his body began to twist.

Hill “tsk”ed and quickly stuffed him with another pill, and Bai Yan finally stabilized.

Xiang Li said expressionlessly, “What’s going on?”

The wound on Bai Yan’s hand healed quickly.

“I saw him fighting with Ning Li An, so I went over to help. He blocked an attack for me, and it was like this.”

Hill: “You couldn’t win a two-on-one fight?”

Bai Yan didn’t want to talk. He could see the mockery in Hill’s eyes, blatantly mocking him for being useless.

Xiang Li asked, “Where’s Ning Li An?”

Bai Yan curled his lips: “That was Ning Li An’s puppet clone. It’s shattered.”

Hill’s mocking gaze intensified.

Xiang Li turned to look at Hill at this moment: “Do you know Fan Yuan Ying?”

“I know.”

Hill said, “Experiment Body Number 053. It was because he failed that humans changed their experimental methods, leading to you.”

The situation on the battlefield nearby became more urgent. A magnetic field light circle was stirred up centered on Chu Qi, isolating some of the Polluted Entities outside, but many insect-like Polluted Entities broke through the barrier, but were burned clean by the flamethrowers.

It looked like Chu Qi had no intention of continuing the fight.

As they expected, the next second, a huge black wormhole appeared in the sky above Planet C079, and Chu Qi and his party were all sucked in.

[Silver] was the last to evacuate. Before entering the wormhole, Xiang Li clearly saw the mech tilting towards them slightly.