Volume 8: A Trip to the Sick Village Chapter 395 Burning
"Although I don't have a flamethrower, I have this." Layton said, removing a thruster from the backpack and pulling out a rubber tube from the inside of the thruster.
"Are you going to use the fuel in the thrusters?" Seeing Leighton's actions, Ke Lan immediately pulled Ze Luo back a few steps.
"Well, this is highly concentrated aviation fuel. The combustion temperature can be nearly one thousand degrees Celsius. You should stand back a little and be careful of getting burned." Layton said as he took out an atomizer from the toolbox he carried with him, connected it to the front end of the rubber tube, and then slowly turned the pressure valve of the thruster with his thumb.
The aviation fuel, which was broken down into tiny droplets by the atomizer, sprayed out from the rubber tube. A welding gun extended from the palm of Layton's other hand, the mechanical hand, and moved toward the nozzle of the rubber tube.
The light blue flame flashed for a moment, and the next second, the atomized aviation fuel began to burn fiercely. The flames came into contact with the black asphalt crawling on the ground, and a strong burnt smell filled the hangar with a "crackling" sound.
The substances assimilated by the puppet individuals are still proteins. After encountering high temperatures, they begin to decompose rapidly. Soon, they turn into pieces of charcoal attached to the ground.
Ze Luo told Ke Lan that she had constructed this body by simulating the black asphalt-like origin into the structure of substances such as protein. The puppet individual did the exact opposite, attempting to assimilate human tissue into something very close to their origin - the former was using a substance with a higher form of existence to simulate a simpler substance, with almost no deviation, while the latter was almost impossible.
This is like asking a university mathematics professor to solve an elementary school mathematics problem, and asking an elementary school student to solve an advanced mathematics problem taught in college. Even if the elementary school student is a rare mathematical genius in a century, the difference in difficulty between the two tasks cannot be put on the same level.
Just as Ke Lan was thinking about these things, Asano Akira quietly walked to Ke Lan's side without anyone else noticing.
"I heard everything you said to her." Asano Akira said to Ke Lan softly, "She...is not a human, right?"
Negligence!
Ke Lan was stunned. When he was talking to Ze Luo, he was completely unaware of Asano Akira's abnormal hearing - even though the distance between them was nearly 100 meters, even with the "crackling" noise, Asano Akira could hear clearly the conversation between Ke Lan and Ze Luo.
Although their conversation did not directly mention Ze Luo's identity, the content involved alone had already revealed a lot of things.
"You were forced to keep it a secret to protect others, just like before." Before Ke Lan had the chance to explain, Asano Akira continued on his own. He used a declarative tone and did not add a question like "right" or "really" at the end of the sentence, which made Ke Lan a little unsure of how to respond.
"If you trust her, I will trust her too." Asano Akira said expressionlessly, holding the scabbard in his arms, "I won't tell anyone about this."
"You... aren't you curious?" Ke Lan couldn't help but ask.
"I'm not curious." Asano Akira replied, "Since you don't plan to let me know, it means I shouldn't know about this, at least not now."
"Do you trust me so much?" Ke Lan glanced at Ze Luo, then at Asano Akira.
Asano Akira nodded.
"Okay, this matter, about Ze Luo, when the time is right, I will naturally tell you... But now, there are too many things involved. If the matter is leaked, the consequences will be even more serious than if my secret was exposed."
"I understand." said Asano Akira.
Ke Lan's lips moved. He really wanted to say "thank you" to Asano Akira, but he always felt that thank you was not appropriate here. What's more, given the relationship between them, verbal thanks seemed unnecessary.
"The battle later might be..." Ke Lan thought for a moment, but still couldn't find a suitable adjective, "It might be very... very outrageous, or it might seem a little fantastic. A confrontation of that level is something that ordinary people can't intervene in. Maybe even a fighter of Marshall's level can only protect himself... You and Layton shouldn't go up, just protect yourselves."
"Yeah." Asano Akira nodded again.
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After the fuel of the two thrusters was used up, the last pool of "black asphalt" turned into charcoal. At this time, Ivan finally had the opportunity to treat the seriously injured test subjects.
"You all stay in the hangar. The monsters inside the Greece have been cleared out. There won't be any fighting before we meet the BOSS... Leave the rest to me and Ze Luo." Ke Lan said to everyone.
"What do you mean? Are you planning to be a hero alone?" Layton shouted in dissatisfaction, "Even if there is no battle on the way, what about fighting the boss? Are you going to leave us all here?"
"Only Ze Luo can hurt that thing. No matter how many other people go, it will be useless and will only increase casualties." Ke Lan said, "The mission of these believers is to escort Ze Luo and me to the BOSS. Their mission has been completed."
"What about you?" Layton asked. "I admit that this little girl is a tough character. What about you, Ke Lan? If you ask me, in terms of fighting ability, you are still a long way behind me. Even if we have to lead the way for this girl, I should be the one to go."
"Do you think I'll be killed, so you're rushing to die for me?" Ke Lan rolled his eyes at Layton, who immediately blushed under his mask. "Bullshit, bullshit, I have a lot of cards to save my life, if I go, I'll have at least an 80% to 90% chance of getting out alive, and what about you, do you have any way to guarantee that you can escape alive?"
"Your trump cards are useless against that thing." Ke Lan said, "This is an order. The three of you stay here."
Ke Lan originally wanted to add "wait for me to come back" to make it sound more powerful, but then he changed his mind and thought it seemed like setting a flag for himself, so he gave up.
"Then I'll go with you." The speaker was Marshall. He walked in front of Ke Lan and patted him on the shoulder. "I'm the strongest among this group of people. Besides, I'm not your subordinate, so I don't need to obey your orders."
He took another step closer and whispered in Ke Lan's ear, "You should have seen the man behind the wall, right? Then you also know that I don't have many days left to live. Shouldn't I do something crazy in the last few days of my life?"
