Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 686 - 30 Kill

Chapter 686: Chapter 30 Kill

Watanabe thought that Ichida Masahide had surely gone mad. Since that Chinese high school kid was not afraid of death and wanted to be the pioneer, Watanabe thought he could let him become cannon fodder. But why was Masahide rushing forward? They had been colleagues for six years, and Watanabe never knew that the cowardly and timid Ichida could be so brave.

"Did I wrong him? If we can go back, I’ll definitely give him a raise." Upon seeing Ichida stepping forward, attacking the special agent in black with his electromagnetic rifle fearlessly, Watanabe felt a surge of adrenaline and wished he could fight alongside Ichida.

Even though he was almost forty, Watanabe’s spirit had never waned. He didn’t want to be looked down upon, especially by foreigners. He couldn’t lose face in front of them.

"Ichida, I’m coming to help you!" Even though his twenty years of experience pleaded him to stay calm, seeing Ichida’s heroic stance fighting off the special agent in black, Watanabe rushed forward. He didn’t want to lose such a comrade.

Seeing Watanabe Shachō running to his side, Ichida rolled his eyes in anger. If only he could speak now, he’d curse at Watanabe for being an idiot, even at the risk of losing his job.

A sinister smile appeared on Mei Jueye’s face. He had psychic control ability. He could control any living person, making them act according to his will. The controlled person retained their consciousness but was deprived of the right to speak, making it an effective means of deception.

Ichida Masahide was now Mei Jueye’s meat shield. Without this trick, the high school kid would not dare to charge recklessly. Of course, this ability had its drawbacks. It was ineffective against those with strong mental abilities, particularly those like Dantai and the Old Soldier who had undergone special training. It would backlash and cause the ability user to vomit blood. Against types like Ruan Feifei, it also had a chance of failure, so Mei Jueye had chosen a newbie as his target.

"I just don’t know if he dies, will it deduct a thousand points from my score." Mei Jueye pondered. But seeing Ichida’s combat, bloodied from bullet wounds, he was already very satisfied. Although Ichida must be feeling pain, what did that have to do with him?

If Ichida’s injuries were not fatal and the ability were not revoked, Ichida would keep fighting for Mei Jueye.

Pang Meiqin and Ruan Feifei were keeping a close eye on Mei Jueye’s movements, feeling cautious. These two women were cunning and had already seen something was amiss.

"Don’t stop, keep going!" Ruan Feifei yelled at Mei Jueye, "you guys go first!"

"Hmph!" Mei Jueye grunted. Other than Tang Zheng, he was not afraid of anyone. Just as he was about to retort, the Phantom Virus suddenly rushed out from the wall behind him, wielding a dinner knife towards the back of Ichida’s head.

As Mei Jueye dodged, Ichida was firing and throwing himself forward to shield Mei Jueye. Seeing the Phantom Virus’s dinner knife slicing towards Ichida’s throat, the high school kid hurriedly released his control.

"Damn it!" Freed from control, Ichida saw the Phantom Virus up close, his face filled with terror. He cursed, but it was too late. In the next moment, the dinner knife cut through his throat bone, spraying a large burst of red blood just like an agitated can of beer.

With a snap, Ruan Feifei unleashed a chain of lightning. The whole passage was filled with the blue and white of zig-zagging electricity, striking the Phantom Virus multiple times. The shocked virus immediately started to fume, and Meiqin’s long hair was all attracted to it under electrostatic action due to the close proximity.

The protective clothing on the Old Soldier was formidable, leaving him relatively unaffected. Watanabe, on the other hand, was tingling all over, nearly falling to the ground. Moreover, he had also lost control of his bladder, causing him to feel humiliated and his face to turn beet red.

The natural attack had hit the target directly, causing the Phantom Virus to be unable to turn into a phantom for ten seconds. The Old Soldier, of course, would not waste this opportunity, raining down punches on it.

Tang Zheng also arrived, slashing at its neck with a single strike. The large head immediately spun out and flew away. However, this creature didn’t die, nor did it bleed. It just screamed, grabbed the Old Soldier’s arm.

"Fei Fei, don’t stop the electric shock, use full power!" Tang Zheng also summoned Daylily to provide a boost to the female announcer. If it didn’t die this time, it would become harder to catch the Phantom Virus next time.

Fei Fei stepped forward, pointed both her hands towards the body of the Phantom Virus. From every finger, a thick electric current emerged. If it hadn’t been for the protective suits, Tang Zheng and the Old Soldier would have been in trouble. The wandering electric arc made one’s body tingle.

The Phantom Virus was heavily damaged. Its head cracked and turned into red dust, disappearing. Its body, however, turned into a mosaic-patterned translucent cube, began to squirm and spread along the Old Soldier’s arms, trying to invade his body.

As a virus, it certainly had the ability to infect others’ bodies. If it managed to invade five percent of Lin Weiguo’s body, Lin Weiguo would become its clone. Even if the original body was killed, it could continue to live on using someone else’s body. However, as soon as it turned crystalline, its core would be exposed, making it easier to kill. Hence, it wouldn’t go this far unless absolutely necessary.

"Old Soldier!" Tang Zheng roared. With sparks flying as Moon Blade hit the mosaic crystal, it immediately cut in. However, the mosaic started to squirm immediately and enveloped the samurai sword, generating a strong adhesiveness as it started to climb along the sword to invade Tang Zheng’s body.

"Get back, cut off my hand!" The Old Soldier warned loudly. Noticing that he couldn’t break free from the Phantom Virus and that his own consciousness was beginning to blur, he quickly sensed that something was wrong. He decisively asked Tang Zheng to cut his hand off.

Without any hesitation, Tang Zheng threw away his Moon Blade and immediately pulled out a Dragonbone Curved Blade from his wristwatch. The shiny silver blade flashed, and an amputated arm flew into the sky.

Pang Meiqin acted swiftly, grabbing the collar of the old soldier and pulling him back. Upon hearing his warning, the life-loving Ruan Feifei retreated several steps.

Lin Weiguo gritted his teeth, refrained from screaming, pulled out a recovery potion with one hand, and applied in on his wound.

Mei Jueye waited outside the safe range. He naturally wouldn’t miss an opportunity to attack. He excitedly fired at the crystallized body of the Phantom Virus. Regrettably, a few seconds later, he went from elation to despair as black-clad special agents charging from the car park saw him standing at the channel entrance and instantly opened fire on him.

"Enemy attack!" The high school student toppled to the ground, blood seeping from his abdomen. As he rolled to one side, he also took out a hemostatic cream and applied it to his belly. His shout of warning to others was not out of kindness, but a hope to get help in diverting the pressure.

"Meiqin, Watanabe, suppress with firepower," Tang Zheng promptly implemented the counterstrategy. Meiqin, the beautiful legged stewardess, was after all a Conqueror. After experiencing many life-and-death battles, she knew what to do without any instruction. Tang Zheng did not need to command her, so she quickly switched her Thunderstorm rifle to sweep mode and started hammering the car park without hesitation.

She knew when to show her worth and hence didn’t hesitate to conserve ammunition.

Watanabe, on the other hand, wasn’t as quick-thinking.

"Keep the electricity going, everyone back away a bit!" After rebuking the inattentive female host, Tang Zheng threw a Gatling machine gun to Watanabe. Then he pulled out a cluster bomb crafted from ten portions of Rabbit Explosives and tossed it onto the Phantom Virus. He took aim at it with his Mechanical Lion Roar Cannon and fired.

The rabbit bomb detonated immediately, causing a shock wave that swept across everyone present. Along with the explosion, the Phantom Virus’ crystal body shattered and scattered everywhere much like hailstones.

Even after suffering such a hit, the Phantom Virus survived. Its remaining body squirmed quickly, attempting to protect its exposed core.

Tang Zheng spotted a golden cube, rotating irregularly like a Rubik’s cube. Without needing to guess, he knew that it was the core of the monster. He immediately sent out two moon blades, and as expected, they accurately struck the cube, quickly drawing cracks and causing some fragments to fall.

Tang Zheng wasn’t satisfied, so he swiftly took out a Gauss sniper rifle. Pressing the muzzle against it, he wholly obliterated the core with a high-explosive armor-piercing bullet.

The core disintegrated completely. The nearby crystalline fragments also began to turn into dust, disappearing along the channel with the breeze.

Two "Star Seeds," a piece of gold, and an electronic map fell to the ground. Tang Zheng picked them up and put them into his wristwatch. Then he took out a Gatling gun and aimed at the car park.

The gun barrel spun, and with the sound of "bla-bla-bla," the oncoming black-clad special agents were hit and shattered into fragments.

Boom, boom, two cars exploded, creating a fireball.

"Let’s charge out!" Watanabe suggested, only to be immediately rejected by Tang Zheng.

"Defense is the best offense. Let’s kill them here." Since the black-clad special agents only knew how to rush, not taking advantage of such a well-angled position would be waste. Tang Zheng lifted his face shield and, relying on the SS-level defense of the Tyrannosaurus Protective Clothing, stood at the entrance of the channel and exchanged direct fire with the special agents. He still had a Light Defense Shield left, so there was absolutely no danger.

Watching the black-clad special agents being blown up one by one, Tang Zheng finally felt a sense of relief. The frustration he felt from being pursued by the Phantom Virus for so long had finally been vented.

Even though the target person hadn’t been found, Ruan Feifei didn’t consider the operation a failure. Killing so many monsters and bosses gave them points, let alone seed rewards. However, the female host guessed that she probably would not get the Star Seed.

"Damn, if I had decided to join a team earlier, it wouldn’t have ended like this." Watching the group leader who was slaughtering the black-clad special agents at the entrance of the channel, Ruan Feifei felt a bit regretful. She could have had a better experience.

After the gunfire ceased and the pungent smell of gunpowder hung in the air, Watanabe was despondent. He brought five people with him, and they all died. How was he going to explain this to his comrades when he returned home? He certainly didn’t believe that Tang Zheng was using them as cannon fodder since he had been holding the rear and carrying out the most critical work. Even the Chinese newbies died, which surely indicated a problem on their part.

"Ah, it’s Ichida’s fault for not doing his job right!" Seeing that he was the only newbie left, Watanabe felt a bit smug for a moment. He indeed had some ability as the group leader.

Looking askance at Watanabe, Mei Jueye silently decided to choose him as the meat shield next time.

"It’s a map!" Tang Zheng was overjoyed. With it, their mission today was undoubtedly worthwhile. (To be continued. If you like this story, please come to Qidian.com to cast your vote of recommendation or monthly pass. Your support is my greatest motivation.)