Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 189 - 69 Poisoning_2

Chapter 189: Chapter 69 Poisoning_2

Now is not the time for heroism; the biggest enemy is the environment, so let’s first exit this hazardous situation!

The two cat carts sped forward, with filth from the active sediment layer on the ground splattering everywhere. Fortunately, they were already protected, so the protease that could dissolve organic matter posed no threat.

Several seconds later, the gas concentration lowered to a safe range.

Chen Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief, but before he could issue new orders, something suddenly darted out from the forest.

This time, it was a real monster.

"Open fire!"

Chen Jian’s gunfire and command rang out simultaneously, and bullets flew out of the muzzle, hitting the small monster lunging at them.

He barely had time to see the monster’s appearance, and the others were in the same situation.

The reason was simple: there wasn’t just one monster jumping out.

But dozens.

The intense gunfire drowned out everything, Chen Jian’s heart pounded, and sweat began to trickle down his forehead.

For some reason, he felt fear for the first time.

And this emotion had never surfaced, even when he faced a massive Level 3 Monster after crossing over.

Perhaps it was really due to the so-called "away game."

In all their previous battles, they had the advantages of terrain and information.

But this time, the advantage was entirely on the enemy’s side!

Their greatest reliance was gone, and their combat power had greatly diminished.

He didn’t even dare to rashly use explosive weapons, fearing the explosion would stir up more toxic gases and worsen the situation!

With combat tactics severely restricted, after emptying a magazine, Chen Jian quickly calmed down.

"He Shuo, Lei Jie, maintain speed, ignore them!"

"The others, maintain your battle positions, use ranged weapons for interception fire!"

"They won’t get far!"

"Hold on, and we win!"

"Understood!"

The gunfire suddenly became even more intense, bullets carried unstoppable power, piercing through the bodies of those monsters that couldn’t even be said to have any "shape", splattering the ground with a mix of blood-red and white liquid.

Chen Jian removed the 3x scope from the 191, using the red dot sight to aim, switching targets rapidly and firing.

Meanwhile, from the weapons rack already deployed on his shoulder, the 201 machine gun spewed fire nonstop under the guidance of the smart monocle.

The multitude of monsters swarming from behind found it impossible to approach under the oppressive firepower.

However, there were simply too many of them.

From the initial dozens to now hundreds.

At a glance, Chen Jian even felt a tingling at the back of his head.

Where on earth did these things come from?

Where had they initially been hiding? Why hadn’t even their infrared reconnaissance system on the drones detected them?

Chen Jian instinctively pulled down the thermo-fusion night vision goggles, but in the night vision perspective, those things did indeed emit faint infrared signals.

They were definitely living creatures.

No time to think more; regardless of where they’d hidden before, they were now definitely targeting them.

Withdraw first!

Chen Jian quickly glanced at the map, seeing they had retreated two kilometers, still 34 kilometers from the core area of Jinling City.

"How long will they keep chasing us??"

Chen Jian asked loudly as Ji Xing clumsily held up the 191 to aim and shoot, replying:

"I don’t know!"

"My intelligence never had any records of such things!"

"But the fungal blanket should be the key; as long as we reach where there’s no fungal blanket, we’ll be safe!"

"Understood!"

This vague judgment was barely helpful, but now, Chen Jian had no other options.

The good news was that the speed of the cat carts was gradually increasing.

The pursuing enemies could no longer keep up with their pace.

But the bad news was, the wind had changed.

The concentration of toxic gases began rising again, and the air supply would only last less than 11 minutes.

If they couldn’t shake off the monsters in 11 minutes and circle upwind to avoid the gas, their team could suffocate in the poisonous atmosphere.

Chen Jian grew increasingly anxious, continuously organizing their firepower resources in an attempt to eliminate the monsters as efficiently as possible.

At this moment, he didn’t care about "potential threats" anymore.

If he had grenades, he threw them; if he had a grenade launcher, he used it!

"Li Shi, direct fire a quick round of automatic grenades at my 12 o’clock!"

"Xie Liu, suppressive fire with the 201 machine gun at 3 o’clock, don’t let those things get close!"

"Shen Yue, enemies approaching from 9 o’clock!"

"11 o’clock direction!"

...

Order after order was issued, and their reaction speed increased.

Their squad’s kill efficiency reached an unparalleled level in a short time, but the cost was a decline in accuracy of the commands.

In just two minutes, Chen Jian noticed three instances of two guns firing at targets in the same direction.

This was undoubtedly a great waste of resources, but for the time being, Chen Jian had no solution.

He could only continue increasing the density of his orders, almost as a reflexive response.

----However, just as he issued another order for suppressive fire at 3 o’clock, Shen Yue’s voice suddenly rang out amidst the gunfire.

"No enemy at 3 o’clock!"

Chen Jian was momentarily stunned, then quickly removed his smart goggles, observing with the naked eye, and discovering indeed there was nothing there.

Putting the goggles back on, the result was the same.

Was I mistaken?!

In the intense battlefield environment, such small errors were not surprising.

But this brief moment of calm brought a sudden thought to the forefront of Chen Jian’s mind.

Damn.

Is the situation really that dire??

We have vehicles, we have heavy weapons, our firepower is fierce and fast enough.

Those things have been chasing us, but they’ve never caught up.

Why the hell am I panicking?!

Like a bucket of cold water over his head, Chen Jian immediately realized something was off.

His emotions had been influenced.

No.

His cognitive abilities had been affected!

Blurred vision could be a symptom of hydrogen sulfide poisoning, but a decrease in cognitive ability.....

Must be due to some other toxic gas!

"Cease fire!"

Chen Jian bit his lip hard and then said:

"We’re all poisoned! Hallucinogenic gas!"

"Deep breath! Use the air supply to flush out residual toxins!"

"He Shuo, Lei Jie, just drive!"

"These things can’t catch us!"

"Understood!"

The two immediately grasped what Chen Jian meant, taking several deep breaths, and their originally restless emotions also subsided somewhat.

Insidious.

Chen Jian looked at the monsters still pursuing them, his hairs standing on end.

He finally understood why the Mechanical God Sect allowed this monster to exist in the Jinling Ruins for decades.

At their level of technology, it’s not just about killing the monster; even getting close is difficult!

If not for their air supply, they probably would have already been hit!

----Wait a minute.

Chen Jian looked at Ji Xing beside him, only to find her expression increasingly maniacal.

Even after he gave the cease-fire order, her trigger finger didn’t stop.

Damn.

They don’t have air supply.

Even worse, these Holy Blood have faster metabolisms and are more deeply poisoned!

Without hesitation, Chen Jian raised the 191, striking Ji Xing on the back of the head with the butt.

Next, Shen Yue and He Shuo, having regained their composure, emulated him, knocking out the similarly frenzied, agitated Xie Liu and Zeng Yi.

Only Li Shi, who had already put down his gun, reflexively blocked with his hand when Shen Yue aimed to strike him, glaring with wide eyes and an innocent face.

"What?"

"....Nothing."

Shen Yue exhaled deeply and then said:

"He’s fine, he’s large and more resistant."

"Understood."

Chen Jian responded calmly.

At this point, the pursuing monsters were far behind.

And Chen Jian also saw the monsters’ appearance clearly for the first time.

Those were a group of "humanoid" monsters.

Their bodies were covered with blisters and wounds produced by fungal parasites, with flower-like small fruiting bodies growing from their eye sockets.

They’d obviously lost their sight long ago, but they seemed to be somehow guided and moved accurately toward their target’s location.

Enlarged structures, bio-electrical pulse nodes...

Chen Jian suddenly understood.

These things... are also part of the fungal blanket.

The fungal blanket under their squad’s wheels was becoming thinner, and the monsters’ chasing speed was slowing more and more.

They would be safe soon.

Chen Jian breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked down at Ji Xing, he found the situation was still grim.

Her body was twitching unconsciously, seemingly ready to erupt into a violent frenzy at any moment.

Chen Jian hesitated for a moment, then said to Li Shi:

"Li Shi, come over here!"

"Hold her down!"