hsntnovel Chapter 597 Thunder Shatters the Core
Chapter 597 Thunder Shatters the Core
The milky white ointment, carrying a cool sensation, suddenly rushed into my nasal cavity.
Xiao Lin jerked violently as if he had been electrocuted, sneezed three or four times in a row, and almost bumped his forehead on Lao Zhou's knee.
Old Zhou grabbed her by the back of her collar and pulled her straight. Xiao Lin coughed several more times, her eyes red, her face covered in tears and snot.
"Cough cough cough—what the hell—"
Xiaolin rubbed her nose frantically, and her voice finally returned to normal.
"What did you shove up my nose?!"
"Brain-refreshing ointment." Old Zhou stuffed the ointment back into his pocket, then stepped aside half a meter with a look of disgust. "What you just did—"
"What happened to me just now?" Kobayashi was still blowing her nose and looked up at him with a blank expression.
Old Zhou was silent for two seconds.
"It's nothing, stop inhaling! There are spores in the air; inhaling them will cause poisoning!"
Xiaolin grunted an "oh" and rubbed his sore nose with a muffled sigh.
Old Zhou continued walking forward: "Stay close."
The two stopped talking and walked down the corridor to the heavy iron door at the end.
Old Zhou squatted down and looked at the embedded square lock panel, then took out a thin wire from his waist, inserted it into the keyhole, and fiddled with it a few times.
"Click".
The door lock popped open.
Old Zhou stood up, put the wire back around his waist, and glanced back at Xiao Lin.
Kobayashi had already unzipped the canvas bag, and the smell of gasoline mixed with the crisp sound of glass bottles clattering came out.
The two looked at each other for a moment and nodded.
Old Zhou pushed the door open slightly, and as the flashlight beam swept across, he saw large, pale blue-white mushroom caps layered upon each other, covering the entire space.
The spores, densely packed, floated in the air like a grayish-white mist.
Old Zhou stepped back half a step, making room for the doorway.
Kobayashi had already taken out two Molotov cocktails. She lit the ends of the cloth strips with a lighter, and orange flames leaped up in the darkness, illuminating her tense profile.
Old Zhou took the first Molotov cocktail, which shattered upon impact with the thickest part of the fungus colony, and flames licked the surface of the cap with a "boom".
The second, third, and fourth bottles flew in one after another, and the fire spread rapidly in the spore chamber.
The pale caps of the mushrooms curled and turned black under the high temperature, then burst open, making a crackling sound, like countless small firecrackers exploding at the same time.
Old Zhou and Xiao Lin stood at the door, taking turns throwing things inside.
When the last bottle hit the ground, the entire spore chamber had turned into a raging sea of fire. Dark red flames licked out from the cracks in the door, casting long, distorted shadows of the two of them on the corridor walls.
"withdraw!"
Old Zhou grabbed Xiao Lin's arm, and the two of them ran back the way they came without looking back.
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Underground, in four-dimensional space.
While the remnant souls were still in a daze, Lin Feng's will was like a knife, slashing into the depths of the Thunder Tyrannosaurus Rex's consciousness.
The next second, the Thunder Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly opened its vertical pupils, and dark blue lightning exploded deep within its pupils.
With a sudden burst of strength from its limbs, its massive body, as tall as a two-story building, burst forth from the shadows like a thunderbolt!
In the blink of an eye, the Thunder Tyrannosaurus Rex had already rushed to Amansa's mainframe.
Its massive head suddenly drooped, and a deafening thud erupted from deep within its chest, followed immediately—
A breath of blue-white lightning poured out from its enormous mouth!
The bolt of lightning, as thick as a water tank, carrying crackling arcs of electricity and scorching heat, struck the very center of the core rack of the Amansa mainframe!
The metal casing quickly turned red and melted in the lightning, while the circuit boards inside crackled and sparked.
Thick smoke billowed out from the gaps in the server rack.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex did not stop.
It raised its front paw and swung it sharply—
"boom--!!!"
The upper cabinet of the host was smashed by this claw, and metal fragments and circuit board debris flew everywhere.
Second claw.
The third claw.
As the Tyrannosaurus Rex retracted its claws and retreated, the once enormous Amansa mainframe was reduced to a pile of twisted and deformed metal debris.
Ah Ying's mouth hadn't closed since the Tyrannosaurus Rex burst out, and she only regained her voice when the main unit was completely smashed:
"...This power is terrifying!"
Aque swallowed hard: "Lin Feng, when did you give it that command?!"
Su Wan didn't say anything, but her gaze fell on Lin Feng, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.
It's an arc of pride, a sense of "I knew I made the right choice."
Then she looked away, her tone returning to its usual calm: "Stop spacing out, the remnant soul has gone berserk."
The hundreds of remnant souls were shocked and confused when they saw the empty cage.
When they saw the Tyrannosaurus Rex emerge from the shadows and tear the Amansa mainframe to shreds in an instant, their shock turned into overwhelming frustration and rage.
Within the gray fog, hundreds of distorted faces opened their mouths simultaneously, emitting overlapping, piercing screams.
Half of the remnant soul, carrying a torrent of resentment, pounced on the Tyrannosaurus Rex, its tentacles formed from gray mist wrapping around the tyrannosaurus Rex's limbs and nape.
The other half turned towards the side wall in unison.
There was also an even larger hidden door with hydraulic latches covering its frame.
The remnant souls screamed as they crashed into it—
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The latches snapped one by one, and the hidden door burst open, releasing a pungent smell of formaldehyde mixed with engine oil.
Then, footsteps sounded.
Heavy, precise, with the creaking sound of metal joints grinding together.
Pale, distorted figures emerged from the darkness—
Stitching mechanical puppet.
Two clusters of eerie green light simultaneously lit up in the hollow eye sockets, locking onto Lin Feng and his companions.
"They're here." Su Wan uttered softly, and before she finished speaking, she had already darted out, rushing straight towards the ghost puppet.
Aying and Aque exchanged a glance, then gritted their teeth and charged forward.
Lin Feng did not stand behind to watch.
He quickly donned the Silent Grip and charged forward, slapping the face of the puppet at the forefront.
The thing's metal skull was knocked 90 degrees, the hydraulic rods in its cervical spine emitted a piercing metallic twisting sound, and its entire body lost its balance, staggering and crashing into its companion behind it.
Su Wan's figure moved like a ghost among the grotesque puppets, a blade of energy condensing in her palm.
Every time Lin Feng silenced one, she would follow up with a precise cut, starting from the joint gaps, hydraulic lines, and electrical connections, clean and efficient.
The two coordinated perfectly, one controlling and the other killing.
But on the other side of the battlefield—
Ah Ying was attacked from both sides by the two ghost puppets. She used her telekinesis to block the bone saw slash from the one in front of her, but she didn't notice that the electric drill from the other side was already close to her waist.
The screeching sound of the electric drill spinning at high speed rang out.
Su Wan caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye, her pupils contracted, and disregarding the S-rank puppet lunging at her, she swiftly turned and sped towards A Ying—
She kicked away the electric drill puppet on the side, pulling Ah Ying out of danger.
But the flaws were also revealed.
That S-class puppet was far faster than its kind. Almost the instant Su Wan turned around, it closed in, its right arm's bone saw already raised high, aiming to cleave down at the back of Su Wan's neck—
"Sister Wan—!!!" Ah Ying screamed.