Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 722 - 63: Suicide Virus

Chapter 722: Chapter 63: Suicide Virus

"TX was obviously killed by Uncle, how come? Saved you? And you want the seed he dropped?" Lu Fan was being unreasonable, bearing an expression of deliberately exploiting him.

"You guys?" Old Zhou was so angry that he spat blood, his anger shooting up to the heavens, almost engaging in a fight on the spot. However, seeing the muzzle of Lu Fan’s gun and the stern expression on Tang Zheng’s face, he felt a chill in his heart. He knew with his severely injured body, he would definitely lose in a fight with them, so he forcibly suppressed his impulsiveness.

"Such a powerhouse like Tang Zheng certainly wouldn’t miss a thousand points. He might even take this opportunity to kill me and take my Gauss sniper rifle away." Old Zhou’s eyeballs were whirling around, filled with worries. That rifle would warrant Tang Zheng killing him seven or eight times over. Yet, he couldn’t swallow his pride, so he turned to Zhuo Lie for support, "Group Leader Zhuo, what should we do about this?"

"First, we need to dress the wounds." Zhuo Lie had a blank expression. He grabbed a first-aid kit and slapped it on his waist.

Zi Xin, a fifteen-year-old boy, also quickly ran to his side and at the same time took out a fist-sized metal ball, stuffing it into Zhuo Lie’s waist.

"Is this the S-grade artifact, the Mechanical Viscera? It’s really miraculous." Lu Fan had seen a description of the Mechanical Viscera on the Trojan List. As soon as the metal ball, when it made contact with Zhuo Lie’s body and fresh blood, it began to squirm, transforming into the shape of a kidney. Then it extended countless capillaries to connect with his body’s circulation. Three seconds later, Zhuo Lie’s injuries began to stabilize.

Mechanical Viscera, S-Grade. When your internal organs are damaged, you can plant it inside just before death. It can then serve as a substitute, but it can only be used for one week. If you cannot finish the mission and return to the Trojan Room to repair your body, you will still die.

"Why bother wasting it? A single kidney is enough." Lu Fan thought they were too extravagant. Because of the practicality of the mechanical organs - it can save lives on the verge of death, so in addition to its high price, worth seven thousand points and five Golden Seeds, it’s also a one-time consumable.

Of course, if there aren’t companions to help, and the survivor is in a dying state with degraded functions, even if they hold a mechanical viscus, they probably wouldn’t be able to put it into their bodies.

"You bastards." Zhuo Lie was a man of fiery temper, and they had actually used up an S-grade Mechanical Viscera in an ordinary situation. He was about to lose his mind from anger.

"Group Leader Zhuo’s other one was knocked off during the fight against the Mother Empress." Yi Ting hastily explained, pleading for help, "I don’t want the seed, Group Leader Tang, please help me."

Yi Ting was a lot smarter than him. She knew that having killed the Terminator, Tang Zheng might take the seed, so she volunteered to give it up.

When this was brought up, Zhuo Lie got angry. If it weren’t for Tang Zheng’s scheming, he wouldn’t have confronted the Mother Empress’s clone, and Zhou Xiong wouldn’t have needed to die. Today’s battle as well, his luck was too poor. If there were a few more runners to distract the firepower, he definitely wouldn’t have been in such a miserable situation. Among the five Terminators, he alone killed three, a higher efficiency than the sum of Dantai and those conquerors.

Tang Zheng did not respond. Instead, he stared at the fifteen-year-old boy called Zi Xin. In front of Zhuo Lie’s bloody wounds, he didn’t even wrinkle his brows, giving Tang Zheng the impression that he was tougher to deal with than Old Zhou.

"He’s a tough nut to crack." Tang Zheng muttered, then pounced upon the TX that was attacking Yi Ting.

The Moon Blade shot out, a streak of silver light flashing past, stabbing towards TX’s eyes to block its line of sight. Then Tang Zheng rushed forward, holding his Snow Demon Blade, slashing at its neck, embedding in halfway through.

With the momentum of the Snow Demon Blade exhausted, Tang Zheng let out a breath and shouted. He grabbed TX’s head with one hand and swung it towards the ground. Following that, he fired his Mechanical Lion Roar Cannon three times in succession.

The intense energy beam was repeatedly shot, creating a large hole in the ground. Stones splattered around. TX’s body was emitting sparks. Just as it’s electronic eye locked onto Tang Zheng, the Snow Demon Blade plunged into its eye socket, piercing through its skull.

"Die." The SS-grade Snow Demon Blade was sharp enough to break through TX’s alloy skull and kill it.

The eyes of the four Zhuo Lie all darted over simultaneously. They were not blind and naturally saw how outstanding this cold weapon was.

"Punishment squads annihilated, time taken was nine minutes, test passed." After the Trojan announced this, it once again fell silent.

Tang Zheng picked up the Bronze Seed that TX had dropped, stuffed it into his waist bag. Then, shrugging his shoulders, turned around to leave. He had nothing in common to talk about with these people.

After all, the Resistance had the advantage of playing on home ground. After the initial panic, the leaders gathered their troops and began to make use of the terrain to counterattack. The mechanical soldiers that were engaged in street battle were continuously divided and surrounded, forming a scenario of fewer against more. Two hours later, all were annihilated.

In the next two days, after reporting to the Commander’s Residence, Tang Zheng knew that even though the base looked shabby, it was quite substantial. At least the defensive facilities constructed underground can withstand an attack from fifty thousand mechanical soldiers. No wonder it only took two days, the base had regained its vitality, supplies were abundant, the treatment was timely, and the civilians didn’t have much to complain about, besides they were already used to it.

Seeing Tang Lu again, she was still dressed in hot pants and a short-sleeved T-shirt. At this moment, she sat with a serious face next to a computer, wholeheartedly crafting codes, her hands fluttering like dancing butterflies.

"Tang Zheng? I heard there was a war on the surface, are you alright?" When Tang Lu saw Tang Zheng, she hopped up joyfully and ran to the door, opened it, and pulled him inside.

"No, it says no idle people allowed in." Tang Zheng pointed at the sign hanging on the door, "Do you think it’s possible for me to get injured?"

"Of course not." Tang Lu held a favorable impression of the young man who saved her. She grabbed his hand and pulled him inside, "Don’t pay attention to those rules, you are definitely an exception."

"Are you still getting used to life here?" Tang Zheng noticed that the room was spotless, adorned with a few stuffed toys, exuding a girlish vibe.

"What if I’m not accustomed to it? I surely can’t go back to being treated like a battery soaking in a jar, right?" The young girl took a deep breath, her expression falling, "Just thinking about it disgusts me. Having a physical body is the best; at least I can be free, and I don’t have to be re-educated for three weeks just because I didn’t throw the snack packaging into the trash bin."

The girl grimaced, clearly having a dark history and bearing grudges.

Tang Zheng fell silent. His limited understanding of this world left him unable to determine which standards were suitable for them.

"Right, our parents were engineers who maintained the Mother Empress, so they knew some loopholes. No wonder the Resistance came to find us." The girl poured a steaming cup of coffee for Tang Zheng. She parted her long, fair legs, perched on the chair, rested her arms on the back of it and propped up her chin. "You’re not part of the Resistance, so why did you get involved in this mess?"

"Because if I don’t, I’ll die." Tang Zheng shook his head, indicating Tang Lu not to inquire further.

"Alright then." The girl changed the topic. "Although Mother Empress has evolved intelligence, it’s slow and deficient in some areas. That’s why it’s bred human engineers. Interesting, right? By the way, if I took the opportunity to change the core rules of the Mother Empress, wouldn’t I become the queen of the entire Virtual World? Hm, it’s possible in reality. The Resistance can’t stop the mechanical army."

Tang Lu started the chat casually, but her face grew graver as she spoke. Finally, she fell silent as the possibility existed that she couldn’t imagine what the whole world would become if someone truly controlled the Mother Empress.

"That won’t happen; we’re here to kill the Mother Empress." Tang Zheng didn’t have the leisure to worry about this. The Mother Empress was already tyrannical enough, how much stricter could it be?

"Right, if the commander instructs you to kill the Mother Empress, you must refuse. It’s a mission with a slim chance of survival." Tang Lu stole a glance at the door, confirmed that no one else was around, and disclosed a secret. "We’re researching a virus to kill the Mother Empress. When the time comes, those Dare to Die Team members will be injected with the code. Once they enter the Virtual World, they will themselves become a virus. Regardless of whether they succeed or not, they will eventually perish with the Mother Empress."

Tang Zheng’s eyebrows furrowed. It seemed the situation was graver than he had anticipated.

"Hey, did you hear me? You mustn’t go." Before getting a response, the girl was worried. She got off the chair to shake Tang Zheng’ shoulder, but stumbled and fell towards him.

As an instinct, Tang Zheng reached out and found himself holding onto a soft, plump part. Following that, Tang Lu fell onto him, her moist lips grazing his cheek.

Tang Lu was lying on Tang Zheng’s thighs, feeling her chest being grasped and the kiss. A blush swiftly crept up her cheeks, spreading to her earlobes and neck.

"Did you sprain your foot?" Tang Zheng quickly released his hand and helped her up.

"I’m fine." Tang Lu was upset. She had feelings for Tang Zheng, but his indifference cooled her heart.

"You just arrived at a new place, had no friends, and felt lonely. That’s why you’re close to me. It will get much better later." Tang Zheng stroked Tang Lu’s hair and said with a smile, "You must live happily."

"I don’t need your concern." Tang Lu shrugged off Tang Zheng’s hand, uttered a complaint, and sat back by the computer."I don’t know why you must kill the Mother Empress, but I’ll try my best to improve the virus to help you."

"Thank you." Just as Tang Zheng reached the door, Tang Lu suddenly jumped up.

"Wait, I have something else to tell you."

Tang Zheng stopped. The next moment, Tang Lu flung herself into his arms, stood on her tiptoes, and kissed him on the lips, even boldly sticking her tongue out.

After a minute-long kiss, Tang Zheng encircled the girl’s slender waist with one hand but didn’t kiss her back.

"Don’t misunderstand, this is my reward. Off you go, I’m still busy." With her hands against Tang Zheng’s chest, Tang Lu pushed him out of the room. After she closed the door with a bang, tears fell from her eyes, and she felt like she had lost something.

One day later, the base was once again attacked by the Mother Empress’s air raid. This directly led the Resistance to not wanting to wait anymore. Coupled with the initial success of the ’Mother Empress Killer Virus’ they’d been researching, the leaders held a meeting and decided to counterattack.

A thousand soldiers formed the Dare to Die Team. After the Resistance captured Itala, they connected to the network and entered the Virtual World as ’viruses’ to launch a suicide attack on the Mother Empress.

Of course, these belonged to classified files. Soldiers had no right to know the truth. Tang Zheng and his crew, including Zhuo Lie and three others, were also on the Dare to Die Team list, with no right to object.

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