Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1241 - 105 Super Downsizing

Chapter 1241: Chapter 105 Super Downsizing

The Curl-tongue Captain, with his wealth of experience, had already considered the possibility that the Chinese Team might leave Eve behind and send someone to fetch Simpson before regrouping. After all, if he were them, he wouldn’t recklessly enter an area clearly known to the enemy. If the enemy had set up an ambush, staying a hundred meters away would completely avoid it.

"A meticulous Group Leader!" praised the Curl-tongue Captain, feeling somewhat regretful. Although they had arrived half a day early and familiarized themselves with the environment within a hundred meters radius, the limited ammunition reserves and time prevented them from setting up Bomb traps. However, he didn’t care, as he had four ability users under his command, more than enough to lead his Team in a forceful attack and crush any opponent.

"I refuse to believe there’s anyone with more ability users than me." The Curl-tongue Captain was confident but also frustrated. If the Howling Reaper hadn’t died, he would have had five ability users, a number that would have dominated over all other Teams.

The Russians surrounded them, not even bothering with concealment, forming a strong assault formation with four ability users; he aimed to take down these guys before their Captain could come to the rescue.

"Even if they do have ability users, they’d likely follow the Captain, right?" The young man with a face scarred by acne thought that any Group Leader would consider their own safety, so he walked into the building carefree. Beneath his feet, fist-sized black Scarabs began to gather, rolling and stacking up, disgustingly abhorrent.

Following behind the Bug Man were five soldiers, maintaining a distance of six meters. They couldn’t help it; those Bugs made them not want to get close.

"The space here is too small. If the enemy fires a Rocket Launcher, we might all be wiped out," cautioned the traffic police, who grew restless after less than a minute in the room and urged everyone to leave.

"You’re making a mountain out of a molehill," grumbled Kong Licheng as he took a sip of mineral water from his Backpack, spitting out a curse.

"Better safe than sorry," Dong Zixuan also felt she had made a rash decision. With her and the traffic police leading the way, the others hardly had time to warm their seats before they got up and followed them out.

In the corridor leading to the Lobby, they were blocked by the Bug Man.

"Hey, you’re coming right out to me, saving me the trouble of looking for you. Go die!" The Bug Man felt he could take down these folks with ease, becoming overly confident, not waiting for his teammates to arrive at their attack positions.

"Attack!" A fierce soldier, not waiting for the Bug Man to finish speaking, lifted his AK74 assault rifle and began to Shoot, seizing any combat opportunity, as soldiers do.

"Shoot!" The Warhammer Team didn’t bother listening to their drivel either. Kong Licheng was the type who would kill anyone for his own safety and, seeing a person with Bugs at their feet followed by five soldiers, he didn’t care about wanton killing of innocents, racking the Howling Reaper and unleashing a barrage of fire.

Both sides exchanged fire, gunshots erupted.

The remaining miners, except for Liu Binshi, were unknown to each other and walked alone at the front, worried about Liu Ge’s safety. Unfortunately, one was the first to be unlucky, shot down by Bullets and falling to the ground. Yet, he also served as a Meat Shield, absorbing Bullets for the people behind him.

Tao Ran was slow to react, taking a Bullet in the thigh and collapsing to the ground, as Bullets whizzed over her head, causing her to break out in a cold sweat.

"Use your Ability!" Dong Zixuan stamped her foot on the ground, and boom, the floor in front was uplifted by magma, forming a Shield against the soldiers’ barrage.

Although the soldiers promptly sought Shelter, dodging into the rooms on both sides, they suffered losses. Kong Licheng and the traffic police’s spray of fire was relentless. The Howling Reaper’s firepower was too immense; the Wall simply couldn’t block these large-caliber Bullets, and the two soldiers behind were shot dead as well.

The corridor turned into a chaotic mess, filled with screams and the stench of blood.

Zhou Meng guarded Su Su’s head beneath him, not killing anyone. Instead, he kicked open a nearby room door and rushed in with some Newbies following close behind, none of them in the mood to fight.

"Watch your back, suppress them with Firepower," commanded Kong Licheng, unleashing Full firepower, hoping to repel the enemy.

"It’s no use, you’re all going to die!" The Bug Man was arrogant. After Dong Zixuan used her Ability, he was briefly surprised but didn’t take it to heart. The Bugs, like a Tsunami, surged forwards in an instant, becoming a Shield against Bullets before splitting apart and increasing in number, sweeping towards the Newbies from all directions.

The swarm of insects divided into two groups, attacking Dong Zixuan and Kong Licheng, with some Bugs also falling noisily onto the Newbies.

"Why me? Get off!" The Bugs were too fast; Kong Licheng backed away but couldn’t avoid them as they poured from the ceiling, engulfing him in an instant, and the sensation of tearing and gnawing pain came immediately.

Dong Zixuan released her Ability, spraying magma around her to form a Magma Shield; the swarm that threw themselves at her were scorched into char.

"Help me!" Kong Licheng screamed in agony, with not an inch of skin left unharmed, bitten ragged by the Beetles. Since he had been giving orders just now, the Bug Man had mistaken him for the Captain and, naturally, struck hard at him. Wang Cheng and Li Huixin nearby were also unlucky, becoming entangled by the Bugs.

"Wife!" When Liu Guohao saw his wife covered with Bugs, he disregarded attacking and frantically tried to swat them away, to no avail. Rather, the Bugs scurried onto him instead.

"Don’t mind me, get away!" Li Huixin knew she wasn’t going to make it and urged Liu Guohao with an anxious face, trying to push him away.

As soon as Li Huixin finished speaking, several Beetles took the opportunity to burrow into her mouth, causing Liu Guohao untold agony at the sight.

"You’ll be fine, you’ll be fine!" Liu Guohao muttered incessantly, not giving up, driving away the Scarabs.

"Stop worrying about me," Li Huixin didn’t want her husband to be in danger. Seeing him disobeying, she suddenly sprinted and ran towards Bug Man, to get away from her husband.

"Huixin!" Liu Guohao grabbed her, "Even if we die, we’ll die together."

"Guohao!" Li Huixin’s eyes blurred with tears, she stopped struggling, and Liu Guohao hugged her and kissed her lips.

"That’s prickly, you should shave," Li Huixin never got to say those words, as the bugs devoured them.

Song Xin wanted to save them, but there was simply no chance; they died too quickly.

Tao Ran activated her ability, and a translucent hemispherical dome with a radius of two meters appeared, enveloping her. When bullets entered, they seemed to be caught by an invisible large hand, slowing down and veering away from Black Long Straight’s vital areas.

A black fish, one meter in length, materialized and circled Tao Ran. Following the direction of her right hand, it soared towards Bug Man.

Scarabs formed a Shield, blocking the black fish. The bugs that were hit suffered damage, rot, and many died. The black fish continued to charge forward but was stopped a foot in front of its target.

"Die!" Zhao Dongtao roared, releasing the Floating Cannon. Above the heads of Bug Man and his group, the air rippled, and five thick barrels extended out, boom! They began to bombard.

Bug Man had been on guard against Dong Zixuan and Tao Ran and did not expect a third ability user in the team. He failed to dodge in time. Thankfully, his bugs had an automatic defense consciousness and swarmed above his head. However, under the bombardment of the Cannon Shell, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the Shield shattered, and he was wounded by the shrapnel of the second volley.

The remaining soldiers weren’t so lucky; they were directly bombed to death, buried under the collapsed walls.

Dong Zixuan created a pool of magma, and Bug Man fell into it, screeching from the scalding heat. The bugs quickly wrapped around him, forming an armor of beetles, but it kept peeling off.

As Bug Man let out a piercing scream, the swarm of insects attacking the Warhammer Team receded like a tide and gathered around their master.

"Kill him quickly, this guy is defending!" the traffic police shouted aloud.

Dong Zixuan’s magma erupted like a Tsunami, filling the entire corridor. Zhao Dongtao’s Floating Cannon also kept bombarding, and all at once, the air was filled with deafening explosions.

Tao Ran glanced at Liu Guohao and his wife. As the bugs left, their bodies, riddled with bites, were exposed. In just an instant, they were eaten until only an empty husk remained.

Kong Licheng and Wang Cheng didn’t survive either, ending their journey for survival.

"Three against one, and we still ended up like this!" The policewoman had a very ugly look on her face. She understood it was a matter of experience, which could only be accumulated through constant combat.

"Damn, that waste Bug Man, chase them down, spare no one." Curl-tongue Captain had circled to Warhammer Team’s rear, hoping for a pincer attack, only to see the corpses of Bug Man and his soldiers. He was on the verge of exploding with anger. His team had always had it easy, leading these newbie ability users to become conceited. Now, they finally reaped the bitter fruits. Nevertheless, it couldn’t be helped, as emotions vary with people.

Dong Zixuan called for Tang Zheng, just as she reached the Lobby, Curl-tongue Captain and the remaining fourteen of his subordinates had also arrived.

"Watch your back, there are people," the traffic police heard footsteps and shouted, "Dong Tao, bombard!"

The Floating Cannon appeared, forming a battery, unleashing firepower behind them. The moment the Curl-tongue Captain came out, he encountered a direct collision.

"Shield!" the Curl-tongue Captain activated the exchanged Team Shield, but it could only protect five people. The remaining newbies hadn’t even entered combat before they were blown to pieces by the shells, broken into flesh. The policewoman’s magma followed suit.

"Damn it, two ability users," Cursing, Curl-tongue Captain realized, although he didn’t want to admit it, he too had become complacent from the constant successes. In addition to the shock of Bug Man’s death and the desire for revenge for his fallen comrade, he had lost his usual composure. But it was not too late to come to his senses.

A man dressed in a military uniform charged at Dong Zixuan like the wind, his body leaving an afterimage. His arms transformed into sharp blades, and even his face shimmered with the color of steel, edges sharp enough to cut through metal.

Another soldier with telekinetic ability reached out with one hand toward the traffic police, and with a rough pull, the traffic police was grabbed by an invisible hand around the neck, yanked out, and thrown onto the ground.

This team had an extraordinary combat discipline. The traffic police had barely given an order before he was pinpointed by the opposition and targeted for elimination.

Without any suspense, just as the traffic police got up, his head was twisted by the telekinetic hand with a snap, rotated a full 180 degrees. His body thumped to the ground, lifeless. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)