Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 697 - 41: Terminator and Downsizing

Chapter 697: Chapter 41: Terminator and Downsizing

It’s no doubt that punishing the army while the Trojan Squad was trapped in the enemy’s territory with an increasing difficulty was the worst. Apart from Tang Zheng and Dantai, who were calm, the other people’s faces seemed as if they had put on a layer of frost, especially the newbies, who were extremely pale.

"Zombies? High school girls? Or undead warriors?" Pang Meiqin changed an ammunitions clip and forced herself to calm down, knowing that if she panicked, her chances of survival would at least decrease by 10%.

"What’s happening?" The nervous atmosphere infected the trio rescued, Tang Lu. Their voices started to tremble.

"No matter what happens, everyone stay close to me!" Qin Yan advised. While inspecting her weapons, she was also on guard, preparing for battle.

"Bai Guo, did you hear that? Take cover, don’t make yourself visible!" Tang Zheng reminded Bai Guo, then he began to take out cluster hand grenades and put them in the hands of the newbies. "If you’re mortally wounded, I hope you’re prepared to perish together with the enemy." he added.

With only ten seconds of time, even Tang Zheng couldn’t make a battle plan or tactical arrangements, especially since the type of punitive force still wasn’t clear.

The newbies turned paler, for such words were too harsh for them to accept.

"Do we even have the chance to say our last words?" Sister Hong looked hopefully at him but got no response.

"Qin Yan, Xin Lan, Lu Fan, Bi Yun, all of you protect Tang Lu, Ai Yixin, and the other two!" Tang Zheng couldn’t afford to pay attention to the newbies anymore, busy with task assignments. He chose four of them to protect Tang Lu with the highest defense power. "Everyone else, attack!"

Since they were stuck in a death battle where either side must perish, there is no room for retreat or delay. Everyone understood this point.

"Time’s up, deploying the punishment squad!" said the wooden horse as he watched his toys in the face of horror and apprehension as if they were trapped in a haunted house, and he laughed heartily, "Have a good time, you guys better leave a whole corpse!"

Buzzing noises, unlike the deployment of the other three punitive troops, this time it was three black spheres with a radius of one meter that appeared out of thin air. Sparks of blue electricity flickered across their bodies, making cracking noises. Even the surrounding space experienced minor distortions causing the ground to collapse and debris to scatter.

Tang Zheng fired two shots, but they were useless. Bullets disappeared upon contact with the spheres. It only took two seconds for the real faces of these creatures to appear in front of everyone.

There were two men and one woman, all naked, half-squatting on the ground. The moment the round spheres disappeared, they suddenly opened their eyes and darted out, not wasting even a second.

The newbies all retreated and began to flee. Tang Zheng and the others started firing. Bullets hit the woman but were knocked away, causing no harm. The same was true for a muscular man.

"Don’t tell me these are three Terminators?" Pang Meiqin screamed and dodged to the side, all the while staring at that monster with a small stature. It seemed like a gust of wind could blow it down. When a thunderball hit it, it could even tear it apart. But moments later, it visibly regenerated.

"You’re a crow’s mouth (bad omen)!" Lu Fan summoned his spider mount and stood on it. He fired his Gauss sniper rifle at the muscular man who was two meters tall. Still, even the High-Explosive Armor-Piercing Bullet could not blow him up.

"I am a T800, here to carry out an annihilation mission!" The muscular man’s electronic eyes turned scarlet. He rushed forward screaming with a coarse mechanical voice. Upon reaching Tang Zheng, he punched forward, attempting to crush Tang Zheng’s skull. Just in time, the warrior summoned by Tang Zheng stepped forth to the battlefield and hammered the Terminator with a warhammer, sending it flying as if being hit by a baseball bat.

Out of the corner of his eye, Tang Zheng saw the warrior in action and lunged out. Two Moon Blades flew from his waist, slicing the T800’s legs and dismembering it. His curved knife also chopped at its head, but this time it didn’t cut through. It just broke some skin, revealing the metal skeleton inside.

The warrior’s warhammer smashed down again, driving T800 into the ground.

Chu Baichuan stepped forward, holding two hand grenades in his hands. He threw them at the female Terminator. Despite her naked body and the curves accentuated by her movements, and her full breasts undulating as she ran, Chu Baichuan was not enticed. He attacked mercilessly. In his eyes, any woman other than Ai Yixin was insignificant.

The explosion’s flame dragon engulfed the female Terminator, and the shock wave flipped her over. Yet, she was unharmed, not even a trace of burn on her skin. She got up and pounced again. Her fair right hand morphed into a weapon, and one second later, a blue particle cannon fired from the muzzle in her hand.

Hundreds of containers on the bombardment course were blasted into debris, and some were even vaporized. Although no one was hurt, seeing this violent attack made the newbies all retreat, running far away. This was not a battle they could participate in.

Having transformed, the miserable man Xu Liangmao rushed forward, fighting fiercely with the lean and tall T1000. He may not be a brilliant speaker but he’s brave and relentless in battle. Meanwhile, Yu Manli maneuvered on the outside, constantly on the lookout for an attack break, and Ruan Feifei continually discharged electric currents, bombarding them.

The T1000 was resilient, entirely composed of shapeless memory metal. Xu Liangmao’s powerful punches landed on it, only for the areas that took the force to liquefy directly, making it virtually impossible to cause any damage. However, the T1000’s arms could transform into sharp arm-knives, hacking Xu Liangmao until blood gushed out.

With a whoosh, a silver spear suddenly protruded from the T1000’s chest. Even though Xu Liangmao was on high alert, this bizarre mode of attack was hard to defend against. It hit him, but luckily, he twisted his body forcefully, resulting only in a pierced shoulder.

Yu Manli swiftly pounced on it, her right-arm, imbued with the draconic strength, smashed down onto the T1000’s head. With a splash, it disintegrated into fluid, spreading all over and splashed on the ground. Immediately after, Yu Manli launched a roundhouse kick, breaking the T1000 in half. The two halves fell on the ground and then dissolved into a pool of silver liquid, swiftly surging towards the direction of the newbies.

The liquid from the previously shattered head was also moving and merged with the pool on its way. The newbies, like unlucky ghosts pursued by snakes, shrieked and fled in all directions.

T1000, being the highest in IQ, didn’t engage in meaningless combat but aimed to annihilate the weaker lot first, which was undoubtedly a calamity for the newbies.

Xu Liangmao, still foolishly charging, tried to hold it off, only to suddenly see Yu Manli blocking his path.

Glancing at Yu Manli’s voluptuous buttocks and her curvaceous waist, Xu Liangmao, who was compelled to slow down, was puzzled. He saw Yu Manli turn her head and wink at him imperceptibly.

"Idiot, you really want to fight the Terminator to the death eh? Whether the newbies live or die isn’t your concern. All we need to do is buy some time. Once Tang Zheng eliminates the T800, we’ll be a lot safer," Yu Manli would not exert all of her energy like a fool. Having the newbies as cannon fodder was perfect.

Xu Liangmao, the ill-fated man who lost his wife, was too naïve to even comprehend such things.

The T800, now without its legs, was trying to stand up, but was once again pounded back into the ground by the warrior’s war hammer. It barely managed to lift its upper body when Tang Zheng’s snowball slashed at it. The samurai sword, capable of penetrating an SS-level defense, finally cut through the T800’s neck bone, sending its head flying.

"Uncle, leave it to me!" Lu Fan opened fire, a cannon beam hitting the head directly, blasting it into crumbs before bombarding the T800’s chest.

Tang Zheng left and rushed towards the T1000.

The pool of silver liquid ran to a Japanese woman’s feet, then like suddenly blooming venomous spikes, over a dozen silver spears pierced out instantly, penetrating the unfortunate woman’s body. Her blood dripped down, one of the spears even entered her body from the tail bone of her buttocks and protruded out of her neck, the silver spear saturated with blood looked intensely murderous.

Only four people from Japan were left!

With a swoosh, all the spears retreated and again turned into a liquid state, hunting for the next prey.

Everyone shot at the T1000, but aside from splashing some liquid, they couldn’t cause it any damage.

This time, the unlucky one was a female bank employee. She stumbled and fell to the ground. Before she could get up, she saw a puddle of liquid flowing under her, engulfing her hands and feet.

"No, don’t!" The female employee wept. Before she could get up, her pleas for help ceased abruptly. The liquid once again produced over a dozen venomous spikes, piercing her body. One entered from her mouth, piercing her skull, and pinned her in mid-air like a salted fish being dried.

The spears drew back, and the T1000 resumed its hunt, causing the newbies to flee headlong in panic.

Chu Baichuan was locked in a hard battle with the female terminator, he grabbed her head and sent out flames, causing her entire body to erupt like a torch, her blonde hair flicking wildly. However, the female terminator seemed not to feel anything. She seized his arm emotionlessly, then aggressively rolled him onto the ground.

With a swaying sound, Chu Baichuan was savagely hammered by the female terminator multiple times, like a beaten sack. He clutched his head but still sustained internal injuries, throwing up mouthfuls of blood. Chu Baichuan had spent all of his seeds on buying protective clothing for Ai Yixin, so his protection was extremely rudimentary. If he continued to take such hits, he was bound to die.

"Baichuan!" Ai Yixin watched in distress, she wanted to rush out to save him, but was held back by Qin Yan. Even if she rushed out, she would only be a burden.

Ruan Feifei’s blue electric arc emerged from the middle, bombarding the female terminator’s body, but it was futile. This thing’s ability to resist attacks and its strength were clearly not on the same level as the T800. It was not only strong, but also agile. Once again, she smashed Chu Baichuan to the ground, then, with a sudden leap, pinned him down. She grabbed his head with both hands, intending to twist it off by brute force! (To be continued. If you like this work, I encourage you to recommend it to others. Your support is my greatest motivation.)