SEC Chapter 1333 Assassination
Chapter 1333 Assassination
The alien commander raised its forelimbs and drew several lines on the ground with its claws.
Five points are arranged in a circle, with the center of the circle being the fall zone.
Its claws first touched the light spot representing the Paradise of Revelation, then after thinking for a moment, it moved away.
The claw tip moved to the spot of light in the Death Paradise.
This is a good direction. The combat power of the contractors in Death Paradise is second only to that of Reincarnation Paradise. If we can cripple them, the pressure from the other three directions will be much less.
With this in mind, he ordered his main force to launch a general offensive against Death Paradise.
What it didn't know was that it had no tomorrow.
The headquarters of Death Paradise.
Cohen stood on the city wall, his two greatswords planted in the soil in front of him, the blades stained with the blood of the alien race.
The person next to him handed him a pot of water. He took it, tilted his head back, and drank a big gulp. Water overflowed from the corner of his mouth and dripped down his chin onto his collar.
"The alien species has retreated."
“I know.” Cohen handed the kettle back to his adjutant and took out a cigarette from his pocket, putting it in his mouth.
Cohen lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled smoke from his nostrils, which drifted slowly in the night breeze.
"How many alien species were killed in the Paradise of Reincarnation?"
"A rough estimate is at least a million."
Cohen's finger paused on the cigarette for a moment, then he continued smoking.
"Millions? How many have we killed?"
"Probably around 300,000."
Cohen was silent for a moment, then took the cigarette out of his mouth and stubbed it out on the city wall.
"madman."
He was referring to the people in the Paradise of Reincarnation; he wasn't insulting them, but rather making an assessment of them.
The darkest hour before dawn.
The alien commander opened his eyes.
It heard a sound, the sound of a knife being drawn from its sheath.
A blue light flashed from its side, and the blade made no sound as it sliced through the air, because sound couldn't keep up with the speed of the blade.
The alien commander reacted much faster than it had anticipated, its head jerking sharply just before the blade touched its neck.
The blade of the Dragon Slayer flashed across the side of its neck, slicing through a thick layer of scales and the muscle beneath them.
Dark red blood gushed from the wound, and in the light of the campfire, it looked like a spring that had been suppressed underground suddenly finding an outlet.
The alien commander let out a roar, and the surrounding fissioners sprang up from the ground at the same time.
But as soon as their bodies bounced up, a spiral nail pierced their skulls.
A wisp of smoke rose from the iron pipe of the autistic man. He didn't look at the mutant, because he didn't need to.
His marksmanship was instinctive; once he got into a straight line, it was death. Either he wasn't being aimed at, or he was dead.
King Kong rushed out from behind Su Xiao, his right fist slamming into the head of a fission creature. The moment his fist made contact with the skull, a dull thud was heard. The fission creature's head tilted to one side under that punch, the neck bones broke, and the head hung on its neck at an impossible angle.
"This punch is for getting enough sleep last night." King Kong shook the blood off his hands and threw another punch.
"This punch was for those two meals."
The fissioner's head shattered completely under the second punch, splattering brain matter and blood all over his face. He wiped the filth off his face with his sleeve, then turned and charged at the next fissioner.
Su Xiao ignored the mutants and kept his gaze fixed on the alien commander.
The alien commander stood up from the ground, its size appearing even larger as it stood, nearly three meters tall and over five meters long, its scales gleaming a dark red under the flames.
Su Xiao walked towards it.
The Dragon Slayer sword hung at his side, its tip pointing to the ground, and beads of blood trickled down the blood groove on the blade.
The alien commander stared at him, his radial pupils slightly contracting.
It recognized this person, who had stood beneath the southern section of the city wall all night, and who had killed countless of its earth-type creatures with a single knife.
Every time it thought of that number, it felt like a fire was burning in its chest, but now that fire has gone out, replaced by an emotion it had never experienced before.
fear.
The alien commander lowered his head, pointed the bone spikes on his head at Su Xiao, and tensed his hind legs in preparation for a charge.
But Su Xiao didn't give it a chance to charge.
His body left an afterimage in place, and his true form had already appeared to the side of the alien commander.
The Dragon Slayer pierced the alien commander's chest cavity from the side, its tip cutting through the gaps in the scales, through the texture of the muscles, squeezing between the ribs, and finally piercing its heart.
The alien commander's body stiffened for a moment, then began to convulse violently.
Its forelimbs flared weakly in mid-air, making a sound similar to a sigh, like a person exhaling their last breath before closing their eyes.
The body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. The dust, illuminated by the campfire, resembled a brown mist rising from the ground and slowly dissipating.
Su Xiao pulled the Dragon Slayer Blade out of the alien commander's chest cavity and shook the blood off the blade.
"withdraw."
His senses detected two auras in that instant.
The two auras emanated from the depths of the alien stronghold, moving at an astonishing speed, like two cannonballs launched from the darkness towards them.
It is a parasitic species, and a top-tier boss among parasitic species.
King Kong was fighting among the mutated species when he heard Su Xiao's voice. He smashed the head of the mutated species in front of him with a punch, then turned and ran. His footsteps were fast, and his boots made a series of dull thuds on the ground.
"What's going on?" he shouted as he ran.
"Two big guys, parasitic species, sixth-tier boss level."
"several."
"two."
"Why are you running, you two?"
"There are over a hundred elite fission species and tens of thousands of secondary elite fission species nearby. If you want to fight, you can stay. I'm leaving now."
King Kong glanced back at the churning darkness behind him, then quickened his pace.
"Then I'll go too."
The ghost girl crouched behind a rock at the top of the hill, holding several translucent ghosts in her hands.
Her face flickered in the ghostly glow, looking like a person looking into a mirror veiled by mist.
"Here it comes! A huge monkey, and another one that looks like a human. No, that one doesn't look like a human, it looks like a bloated corpse."
"Can you say less?" King Kong ran past her and pulled her up from behind the rock.
"Release the ghosts, bomb them, don't bomb us."
Ghost Girl stumbled as he pulled her, and the ghost in her hand almost fell to the ground.
She steadied herself and tossed the ghosts in her hand into the air. The ghosts scattered in mid-air and drifted toward the two dark figures.
"fry."
When Ghost Girl said this word, she spoke very softly, like someone saying "please".
boom.
The explosion reverberated through the valley, and orange-red flames burst forth in the darkness, like a giant flower blooming and withering in an instant.
The flames illuminated the giant ape and the humanoid parasite for a fleeting moment, a moment enough for everyone present to see their appearance clearly.
The Gigantopithecus was even larger than King Kong, its entire body covered in black fur, beneath which lay a layer of dark gray scales. Its head resembled that of a different species rather than an ape, with several thick bony spikes extending backward from the top of its head, and three rows of inward-curving sharp teeth visible when its mouth was open.
The flame licked its fur, scorching a small patch but leaving the scales undamaged.
The humanoid parasite was much faster than the giant ape. It moved through the exploding flames, its body like a snake swimming in water, sliding from one gap in the flames to another.
The flames didn't touch its body because its trajectory was too unpredictable.
"My ghosts can't blow them up." Ghost Girl's voice carried a hint of anxiety. "They're too tough."
"No need to blow it up, just hold it off." King Kong ran past her and pulled her towards the other side of the hill.
"Your mission is complete. Now run."
Ghost Girl was pulled along for a few steps before she realized what was happening, and then she started running on her own.
She was much slower than Su Xiao, but she had an advantage—her ghost could take the burden of fatigue for her.
As she ran, she released new ghosts that floated around her body, helping to alleviate her fatigue.
The explosions continued behind us.
The ghosts left behind by Ghost Girl began to explode one after another, each explosion blooming into an orange-red flower in the night sky.
Flames and smoke formed a barrier in the darkness, separating the pursuers from the fleeing people.
The giant ape burst out of the smoke and dust, its body covered in burns, the smell of burnt fur filling the air, but its speed did not slow down, but instead increased.
The humanoid parasite followed behind it, its steps light and almost silent.
Its radiating pupils stared at the five running figures ahead, the radiating patterns in the pupils glowing faintly in the darkness, like two stars embedded in their eye sockets.
"They've come after us." Ghost Girl glanced back, her voice trembling slightly.
"I know." Su Xiao didn't turn around.
Aren't you nervous?
Is being nervous helpful?
Ghost Girl thought for a moment.
"It's no use."
"Then don't be nervous, run."
King Kong ran at the very front of the group. He was in much better physical condition than the others, and his breathing remained steady even after running such a long distance.
He glanced back as he ran, then cursed.
"That monkey runs really fast."
“You’re not slow either.” The autistic man’s voice came from the left.
King Kong was taken aback. He hadn't expected the autistic brother to speak.
"You can talk."
"Yes, but I don't want to say."
"why?"
"Talking is a waste of energy."
King Kong opened his mouth, then closed it; he found himself unable to refute the statement.
The group continued running across the open field, the sounds of explosions behind them growing fainter and fainter until they finally disappeared completely.
The ghosts that Ghost Girl left behind have all been blown up, but the giant ape and the humanoid parasite are still chasing after them.
Their distance was neither closer nor farther.
Su Xiao's team ran at the same speed as the pursuers, maintaining a distance of about five kilometers between them.
King Kong looked up at the eastern sky. There was a thin white line on the horizon, like a knife cutting a slit in the horizon, through which light leaked out.
He could already see the city walls, which meant the five of them were almost at the base camp.
The humanoid parasite in the darkness behind it stopped upon seeing this scene. It stood in the middle of the wilderness, its radiating pupils fixed on the outline of the fortress that was emerging from the darkness in the distance.
The beams of searchlights on the city wall swept across the dawn, and the edge of the beams could already see the white light on the horizon.
The giant ape also stopped, standing next to the humanoid parasite, and let out a low roar.
The voice meant, "Why did you stop chasing?"
The humanoid parasites indicated that they had already reached the enemy's headquarters, and that it would be suicide for just the two of them to go there.
After a long time, she finally spoke.
"Next time, we won't let them get away again."
The giant ape roared again, this time with a more urgent tone, as if asking, "How are we going to explain this when we get back?"
The humanoid parasite turned around and walked towards the alien stronghold.
"Just tell the truth. All I can say is that this time, the extraterrestrials are really a bit outrageous."
The giant ape followed the humanoid parasite, and the two parasites walked side by side in the wilderness. Their figures grew fainter and fainter in the darkness, and finally disappeared in the white light on the horizon.
At the main gate of the Paradise of Reincarnation Fortress, when Su Xiao pushed open the gate and walked in, Lin Yi was standing at the door waiting for her.
Lin Yi glanced at him, then at the four people behind him, made sure everyone was there, and then nodded.
"I'm back."
"I'm back," Su Xiao said.
King Kong walked out from behind him and plopped down on the ammunition box by the door.
He took out the cigarette, which was already soaked with sweat, from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and tried to light it several times with a lighter.
"Let me tell you, Doctor, you're going to have to pay back the two meals you owe me."
"why?"
"Because we almost didn't make it back this time. Two parasites chased us all the way. If it weren't for Ghost Girl blowing us up from behind, what you'd see now would be our corpses."
Lin Yi looked at Ghost Girl, who was squatting on the stone by the door, hugging her knees with her hands, resting her chin on her knees, her eyes half-open and half-closed, looking like she might fall asleep at any moment.
"Thank you for your hard work," Lin Yi said.
The ghost girl opened her eyes, glanced at him, then took a grayish-white stone out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"Doctor, this is a souvenir for you. I found it on the road; it's shaped a bit like a rabbit."
Lin Yi took the stone and examined it in his palm.
The stone does indeed resemble a rabbit in shape, with ears, a body, and a tail, if you use your imagination a little.
"Thank you."
Ghost Girl chuckled, then tilted her head and leaned against the rock, falling asleep.
Lin Yi put the stone in his pocket, then carried Ghost Girl on his back and headed towards the base camp.
The voice of King Kong came from behind the main gate.
"Hey, doctor, did you hear me? I said I'd increase the dosage."
"I heard you."
"Should we add it or not?"
"Add three meals."
King Kong grinned, put a cigarette in his mouth, and leaned against the ammunition box.
"It's settled." (End of Chapter)