Volume 14: Devastation Chapter 698: Restraint Measures Failed
"I carry thirty times the amount of active ammunition. If a 'container' is hit, there is no chance of survival due to the seeds of corrosion in its body." Aya said lightly.
"That would be the best." Ke Lan said, pulling out the deer hunting knife from his sleeve and holding the pistol stuck under his ribs at the same time - he himself was the last insurance. If Asano Akira and Aya made any mistakes, he could either throw the deer hunting knife as a throwing weapon or directly choose to draw his gun and shoot... But the latter was the worst option. Even with a silencer, the sound of the gunshot was very obvious in a semi-enclosed environment like the corridor. The "puff puff" sound of silenced weapons in those movies and TV dramas, which was lighter than a person's fart, was the result of a certain degree of artistic processing.
Asano Akira stood up, gripping the hilt of the sword with one hand and holding the scabbard with the other.
Aya raised a mechanical arm with her five fingers slightly curled.
"one two three."
Seven needle-shaped bullets shot out silently from Aya's palm and hit the seven guards at the farthest end of the corridor. At the same time, Asano Akira had disappeared from the spot.
Aya could only see a gray knife light flashing between the six people like flowing water. The six guards froze in an instant, and the next second, the thirteen people fell to the ground.
Whether it was Aya's shooting or Asano Akira's close-range attack, the angles and parts of the attacks were carefully considered. These thirteen people did not fall directly to the ground and make a noise enough to alarm the people downstairs. Instead, they fell to one side, leaned against the wall, and slowly slid to the ground, minimizing the noise that might be made when falling.
"These people are all infected with the seeds of corrosion, and only three are left alive." Asano Akira did not sheath his sword, but instead stabbed it into the chest of the nearest corpse.
He just cut off the opponent's right ankle in an instant, and then cut his throat with a sword, but he did not kill the corrosive seed that was parasitic in the man's chest at the same time.
"There's no rush to finish him off." Ke Lan also walked up to a corpse - the fatal wound on this corpse was also located at the throat, but his chest was swollen at this time as if an alien larva was about to break out of its shackles. Ke Lan squatted down and stabbed the deer hunting knife in with his backhand.
“Puff——”
Blood mixed with pus spurted out, luckily Ke Lan dodged quickly...but Aya, who was following behind him, was sprayed half way up her body.
For a moment, Aya felt that this person did this on purpose.
The last Seed of Erosion that entered the rapid transformation period finally managed to break free from the "container", but what greeted it was a "highly poisonous" blade - after the "core" was pierced, the Seed of Erosion only struggled for a moment before losing any signs of life.
"Perfect infiltration." Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, Ke Lan nodded with satisfaction.
These people all have the seeds of corrosion parasitic in their bodies. From a certain perspective, they cannot be regarded as human beings at all. Therefore, slaughtering these guards will not cause any psychological burden to Ke Lan and others.
There is even a sense of relief from letting out some anger.
Ke Lan only had hatred for the heretical sects from the bottom of his heart - it was also for this reason that even if he knew that the undead crew members were planning some unspeakable secrets, he would not listen to the prophet's "advice" and join the heretical camp.
Perhaps, some people would think that a "real villain" is better than a "hypocrite". However, regardless of whether the Undead Crew is a "hypocrite", at least the heretical sects can definitely not be regarded as "real villains".
They have lost even the most basic humanity... The entire heretical sect has become a tool to satisfy the prophet's personal desires... All the promises were lies. He packaged curses and death as God's favor and distributed them to everyone in the sect except himself.
The blind and foolish people firmly believed in the Prophet's teachings; those who pursued power longed for the gift of "Him"... Even though the Prophet was dead, these people still could not get out of this quagmire, but instead fell deeper and deeper.
Ke Lan stepped over the corpses, feeling somewhat confused... Perhaps these lower-level believers were too deeply brainwashed, but those who were capable of leading the remnants of the heretical sect must have been able to see through the prophet's lies, but they were forced to pledge allegiance to the prophet either for their own desires or because they were coerced...
But the problem is, now that the prophet is dead, they still want to organize such a meaningless attack... why?
Revenge for the Prophet?
What a joke... Those people probably want to kill the prophet and take his place. There is no way they would put themselves in danger just to avenge such a "leader".
What was their motive... Ke Lan realized at this moment that from the very beginning, they had not figured out the motive of these remnants in launching the attack.
Their actions were organized and premeditated, and they had complete logistical support and intelligence chains. The IQ of the mastermind behind the scenes was definitely not low...but the key point is that this kind of thing is not something that a person with a normal IQ would do.
Put yourself in their shoes. If you were the leader of the remnants of the heretical sect, what Ke Lan would have to do now is to hide his identity as much as possible, lie dormant, and preserve his strength... At the same time, find a way to send people to search for the "knowledge" and "property" left behind by the prophets, and take them for yourself, instead of launching these terrorist attacks like those extremists in the old era.
It doesn't make any sense at all.
Just as Ke Lan was pondering over the strangeness of the matter, he suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation. He subconsciously turned around and quickly stepped back several steps!
A headless corpse struggled to get up from the ground. A dozen transparent tentacles emerged from its severed neck, twisting and dancing in the air... Ke Lan's sight moved to the chest of the corpse, where there was a knife wound so deep that the bone could be seen... He couldn't help but frown.
Did Asano Akira fail?
"I have just cut out the core of this 'container'." Asano Akira said softly, "It has a strange feeling."
"Just one more stab and it will be fine." Ke Lan threw the deer hunting knife in his hand with force, and the tip of the knife pierced directly into the cluster of tentacles until the handle was gone.
But the Seed of Erosion in front of him did not die. Even the tentacles that came into contact with the blades melted into the stalagmite fragments did not show the expected signs of burning and necrosis .
The stalagmite fragments are ineffective?
No, it's not the stalagmite's problem - the problem lies with this Seed of Erosion.
Aya raised her hand and pierced the crawling corpse with three metal needles, but it also had no effect.
For this Seed of Erosion, stalagmite fragments and active ammunition seem to be unable to cause any harm to it.
This means... that the two currently known means of restraint have both become ineffective.
