Clown Game
Chapter 264 - 251: The Return of the Dark Realm (Part 6)

Chapter 264: Chapter 251: The Return of the Dark Realm (Part 6)

On a street at the edge of the old city district, an old man with a large beard stood on a pile of stuff that looked like charred entrails, looking impatient as he cut off the communication signal.

"You know, if the area wasn’t so vast this time, I really wouldn’t want to bring amateurs along for the mission," he said, patting his belly.

The sound of someone joining the conversation came from behind...

"Well, if A-grade field agents are amateurs in your eyes, I wonder what those people would think if they heard you..." The voice was not very clear, and if one turned around, they would find nothing there.

Abraham showed no surprise at this scene; in fact, he didn’t even turn his head but simply continued to walk off the pile of disgusting flesh.

"Tch... A-grade people are just those who get the good serum combos, lucky fellows who exchange their equipment reasonably. It has no necessary connection with being professional or amateur. Besides, there are only a few within the entire Foundation who could be called professionals..."

Just then, from an unknown corner, a ball of flesh covered in tentacles shot out "whoosh," like a moving crimson sea urchin, gurgling and bumping around aimlessly before clawing its way toward the bearded man...

By its clueless demeanor, it seemed not to have sensed any life form and was moving randomly, just happened to choose this direction.

Regardless, it foolishly charged over, and when it got about a meter away from the bearded man.

"Zzzt"

A sound of electric current

The tentacled ball of flesh went limp in an instant, with an unpleasant smell of burning spreading around... as if a chunk of meat had been thrown into a high-voltage electric field.

And the bearded man, as if he hadn’t seen it at all, kept moving forward; by the time he passed the flesh ball, it had turned into a blackened lump of charcoal.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side

At the other end of the district, about a dozen people in protective suits were advancing along a road that appeared to have been dug up.

Right after Abraham had issued the operation directive, the only A-grade field team among this group proposed to cross the most severely damaged central city area and head straight for the target location on the map.

This proposal was quickly agreed upon by several B-grade teams... and opposed by all the rest.

Of course, the opposition was just in thought; no one voiced it out loud.

This suggestion carried with it many implications...

Here, it should be mentioned that in the Foundation’s field hierarchy... A-grade is the highest level. Although there are 9 A-grade teams involved in this mission, which is an exception, the actual number of individuals who reach A-grade is extremely few. Even within the entire Asian branch, there are only about twenty registered A-grade teams...

They almost represent the apex of combat prowess in the Foundation’s field teams!

Yes, almost...

Because there is one independent team in existence.

Historically, the routine for A-grade teams has been to locate the target—eliminate the target.

They indeed have the strength to do so.

This proposal followed this routine, advancing through the most devastated area. This way, it was possible they might find the Dark Realm’s incursion point sooner. Everyone has their own pride, especially these A-grade big shots. Even if the incursion point is not discovered, this route could also let them quickly meet up with the mission’s commanding officers... After all, in everyone’s understanding, as long as they meet up with any one of the two, the mission would be considered complete, because they are from Omega team.

This proposal... was also making the rest make a choice... whether to follow along or not.

Of course, seeking cooperation also meant taking risks. If they really encountered great danger, they definitely wouldn’t care about the B-level personnel...

If they chose to act on their own and move along the edge of the area, it would take a longer time and the danger would be somewhat reduced, but they would have to deal with it themselves.

In the end, two B-level teams followed the A-level team into the hazardous area, while all the others gathered together and chose another path.

During this time, Chen Xiao had tried to sneak into the dangerous route. He obviously thought that way would be more exciting, only to be dragged back by Bai Xiong grabbing him by the collar.

...

A dozen people cautiously advanced. At their level, most had some understanding of the "Dark Realm," but none had ever seen so many infected bodies like this before... Thankfully, the mutation level here seemed to be maintained at around level 7... meaning, as long as their protective suits weren’t damaged, it would be quite difficult for them to be detected.

In this silence, the group passed a street corner where, from the shadow of the building, a flesh ball about a meter in diameter slowly crawled out. Its tentacles touched the giant muscle conglomerate adhering to the building, then desperately tried to burrow inside.

Everyone saw this scene, but the piece of flesh remained indifferent to them... it clearly hadn’t noticed their presence.

A tall, thin man in the crowd swallowed his saliva... "C-levels! Listen up, if I see your indicator light change color, I won’t hesitate to take you out. So don’t think about fooling me. Oh, and if you do anything strange, I’ll gun you down immediately. Got it?"

He held his gun carefully, aiming at the monster across from him, while talking to Song Xuan, babbling on and on, which was really annoying.

And Song Xuan, of course, couldn’t be bothered with him.

It was at this moment

"Shh—!" Someone at the front, obviously with visually enhanced abilities, suddenly stopped.

"What is it?" The one who asked was an average-sized person with the number 35 on the back of their protective suit.

The man didn’t answer but slowly raised his hand, pointing ahead,

All eyes followed the direction in which he pointed, where there was a collapsed ruin,

Among the piled rubble and chunks of flesh,

A woman was pinned...

She wore a bloodstained coat, head down, her long hair falling over her face, hiding it entirely. It was hard to notice her unless you looked closely.

"What... what happened?"

Someone immediately raised their gun aiming at the woman, their tone filled with disbelief.

Everyone was a bit dumbfounded because, according to the reports, any life exposed directly in this anomalous area would turn into an infected body within minutes, without exception. But now, in front of everyone’s eyes, there was surprisingly... an almost intact woman.

"Should we... check it out?"

Someone in the crowd quietly asked.

Following that

"Okay!"

A crisp and clear response!

Then Bai Xiong gave Chen Xiao’s helmet a thump...