Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 695 - 39 Escape and Death

Chapter 695: Chapter 39 Escape and Death

"Thank you, thank you!" The woman, whose face was initially clouded with worry and fear, knowing that her daughter would surely die without care after leaving the virtual world, detonated into joy upon hearing Li Xinlan agree to help. She fervently expressed her gratitude.

"Move, didn’t you hear?" Pang Meiqin mumbled, kicking a newbie who was scrambling for the injection of code. Just as she was about to pick it up herself, a high-explosive grenade spiraled in at high speed. It first scraped a Japanese man’s waist before hitting the insulated box, piercing it with a thunderous rumble and reducing it to a pile of useless scrap.

Test tubes burst, shards of glass mixed with the blue potion scattering in all directions. Only three intact tubes remain, but the force of the explosion flung them into the air. If they were to fall, they’d surely shatter.

Pang Meiqin did not reach for the code potion. Her face tensed, and she immediately ducked behind the ice pillars while simultaneously shooting to suppress the direction the bullets were coming from. A special agent in black was charging towards her – it was Smith!

When Agent 6 noticed the "junk programs" trying to escape, they started to take action, aiming to annihilate them.

"Help my daughter with the injection!" The woman’s heart felt like it was shattering the moment the potions were destroyed. Without hesitation, she pleaded for Li Xinlan’s help while launching herself down from the icy platform to grab the test tube.

"It’s Agent Smith!" The stewardess with the beautiful legs exclaimed, her face paling as she watched the agent split from one into two, then four. He maneuvered dexterously through the thunderballs. She took out the injection and, revealing her graceful neck, plunged it in.

As the frigid liquid entered her body, Pang Meiqin’s vision began to warp and blur, then blacked out with a whoosh.

"Hurry, all of you, leave!"

Tang Zheng urged the others, standing firm like a dam deeply rooted in the earth, blocking the onslaught of these rhinoceros-like virus bugs. His fists continually pounded, and the bugs he hit were thrown aside like they’d been hit by a siege hammer. When they fell due to their massive weight, even parked cars were crumpled into piles of scrap metal, the sound of metal crunching painfully incessant.

"Honey, you go first!" Chu Baichuan found some relief from the pressure as he saw Tang Zheng singlehandedly suppress the virus bugs. Envious of Tang Zheng’s power armor, he took a leap and climbed the icy platform.

"This liquid won’t affect the fetus, will it?" Ai Yixin was uneasy and worried, but there was no choice but to inject the liquid into her body.

The Conquerors were leaving one by one. Dantai and Lin Weiguo immediately fell back to protect the rear.

"Qin Yan, Bai Guo, help me to look after her!" Chu Baichuan bit down on his teeth. He didn’t leave immediately, knowing that he needed to prove his worth.

"You guys go first, Uncle and I will cover the back!" Lu Fan refused to leave. He crouched by the side of the icy platform, initially shooting at the virus bugs. Seeing Smith burst out, he shifted his fire, wanting to suppress him.

"Alright, Bi Yun, Bai Guo, Sister Manli, let’s go!" Qin Yan was protecting three target people. Making sure they had all injected the code potion, she began to leave, understanding the urgency of the situation.

Seeing Ruan Feifei disappear, the female tour guide was full of resentment. Currently lying on the ground, she grabbed the test tube just as her body went numb and dropped it before she could inject it into her muscle, causing her to break out in a cold sweat.

Seeing Smith not yet within five meters, the newbies felt as if they were experiencing doomsday. They ran while injecting the liquid, desperate to leave quickly.

Bang, bang! Smith’s handgun fired. A Japanese man nearby was hit by a high-explosive grenade; his upper body became a pool of rotten flesh.

"Lu Fan, go now!" Li Xinlan injected the young girl with her right hand while pointing her left index finger at the eight approaching agents Smith. Immediately, dozens of ice spikes shot out from the ice pillars aimed at the agents.

Giving up on holding back the virus bugs, Tang Zheng lunged towards the agents. He was aware how difficult these fellows were to deal with if they got close. Any survivors left would likely be in trouble.

Bang, bang! Tang Zheng attracted the fire. The original Smith immediately shot at him, while the others shook their arms. Their black suits ripped apart, transforming their two arms into sharp blades. Following a leap, they dodged the ice spikes, swooping towards the newbies like vultures.

To capture a tube of code potion, the woman had risked her life. The moment she grasped it, her face filled with joy, but then her body crashed heavily onto the ground, rolling over several times. Despite wearing protective clothing, the woman failed to absorb the impact. Combined with her distorted pose to reach the code, her left shoulder bore the full weight of the impact and snapped with a crack.

Tang Zheng was struggling to block all the agents, and a few slipped through the net. Fortunately, almost all the newbies had left. However, the woman was half a beat too slow. Just as she was about to inject herself, one of Smith’s clones chopped her arm off with an arm-blade.

The woman screamed. Watching her severed hand holding the code drift further and further away, her face paled, and all hope seemed to drain from her.

The clone’s arm-blade swung down again, aiming for her neck.

Bang! In the nick of time, Lu Fan fired a shot, blowing the clone’s head apart.

"Don’t stand there!" Lu Fan yelled, pulling the gun’s sling to retreat the shell and shoot again at another clone trying to get close.

Lu Fan didn’t want to see the scene of a little girl crying for her mother. Even if they couldn’t escape death in the end, he wanted to leave them with some hope and warmth.

Dantai jumped off the ice platform, picked up a severed arm, pulled out a test tube, pressed open the protective cover, took three steps to the woman’s side, and injected her with the potion.

"Get moving, stop wasting time!" Tang Zheng didn’t want to experience Agent Smith’s self-destruction again. In order not to provoke the guy, he didn’t use his offensive weapons, just toughing it out. Fortunately, his multiple layers of S-grade defense were thick enough to withstand the Agent’s arm-blade attacks with no pressure.

"Help me, please!" The female tour guide wasn’t as lucky. Seeing the woman being helped, she was filled with envy, resentment, and hatred. She cried out, seeking help, but there was no answer. A clone rushed to her side, and with a ’pop,’ it crushed the very code the female guide was about to grasp.

The tour guide’s face changed drastically. Seeing the blue potion scattering all over the place and the Agent so close to her, she trembled with fear and tried to crawl away.

Lin Weiguo stood on the ice desk, shooting the clone. If he had both his arms, the old soldier wouldn’t mind helping the female guide, but now his combat strength had been severely damaged, taking reckless action would only increase Tang Zheng’s burden.

"That’s all I can do!" The old soldier sighed, quickly strapped on his rifle, followed Chu Baichuan and Dantai, injecting the potion and leaving.

Seeing that Lu Fan and the woman had also disappeared, and only the paralyzed female guide was left at the scene, Tang Zheng suddenly thrust his thrusters into full gear, rushed towards the female guide, picked her up, and smashed through the ceiling, rushing out with a roar.

Mud and debris were shattered, blown into pieces by the blast of the thrusters’ energy wave.

"Thank you, thank you!" The female guide clung tightly to Tang Zheng, incessantly offering her thanks. But before she could catch her breath, her face turned pale. "I’ve lost my code!"

Tang Zheng’s brow furrowed so hard it could crush a crab. He had no time to consider this: Agent Smith’s back had also transformed into rocket thrusters and was in hot pursuit. His speed was on par with Hellfire’s.

After all, this was the Mother Empress’ Virtual World, and Smith practically had unlimited authority. He only restrained his actions because of the rule against causing too much damage to the world during the execution of his mission. But, once he saw that the ’junk programs’ were causing a great deal of harm, this rule would automatically be lifted, and Smith would be free to unleash his full firepower.

These guys followed closely behind Tang Zheng, trailing him as he flew out of the mega mall and into the city. Moreover, they kept multiplying even under these high-speed conditions. In just one minute, they had copied themselves into hundreds of clones. Their bodies began to morph, their bellies opening up to reveal racks full with rocket shells that then whistled outwards.

Tang Zheng wanted to speed up, but the female tour guide in his arms clearly couldn’t handle the acceleration anymore. Her capillaries had burst, and blood was beginning to seep out.

"Damn it, how could you lose the code!" Even Tang Zheng couldn’t help but complain. As long as he opened his helmet and injected the potion, he could escape. But what about the female tour guide in his arms? He could leave her behind, of course, and that would be the most suitable choice. But Tang Zheng hadn’t become that cold-hearted yet, which left him hanging in a dilemma.

"Please, don’t leave me. I’m willing to do anything for you." The tour guide clung tightly to Tang Zheng, pleading loudly, making any promises. The man before her was her last straw - once she let go, she knew there would be no chance of survival.

"Don’t worry, I won’t leave you behind!" Under this relentless pursuit, the woman was undoubtedly doomed. Tang Zheng didn’t want her to die with regrets.

Boom, too many rocket shells. Eventually, a few found their mark on Tang Zheng, shaking his body.

"You’re a good person, I know!" The female guide felt a sudden chill, tightened her arms around Tang Zheng, pressed her cheek against his chest, and continued to whisper.

Tang Zheng looked back and sighed imperceptibly. He didn’t need to worry about what to do now. From a bird-eye view, the lower half of the female tour guide’s body had been severed at the waist in the explosion, with blood and guts flying out.

"Group Leader, I’m so cold!" The female guide’s consciousness began to blur, and the hands holding Tang Zheng gradually loosened.

Tang Zheng tightened his arms. It was the only thing he could do.

A faint smile crept up at the corners of the female guide’s mouth. After looking at Tang Zheng one last time, she moved her lips a few times, trying to tell him that he really was a good person. But her exhausted body didn’t allow her to speak anymore...

Seeing the female tour guide close her tired eyes and pass away, Tang Zheng didn’t worry about what she had wanted to say in the end. He just felt depressed, a surge of anger with no outlet. He knew he could have saved her if he had given it his all. But what was the point? Without a code, she couldn’t leave the Virtual World.

Following that, Tang Zheng’s original plan to exit the game changed. He flew to the ground, laid down the female tour guide’s body, opened up his thrusters to their full capacity of 200%, creating deafening rumbles. Blaring brilliant, destructive jets of flame, he soared back up like an intercontinental missile, charging headlong into the incoming fleet of black-suited Agent Smiths!

He turned on his Gatling machine guns, opened all two hundred bullet nests in his armor, and started charging his chest energy run at full 100% power. Then, Tang Zheng dove into the swarm of Smiths. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)