98 Dead End (1/2)

Chapter 98: Dead End

Translator: _Min_Editor: Yukira_

Jiang Chen jumped over the counter in the lobby of the hospital and hid under the table while holding his hammer.

His left arm was still bleeding and a piece of his flesh was badly mangled, but since he was injected with the genetic vaccine, the zombie bacterial infection should not affect him.

He took a deep breath as he tried to make his violently pumping heart calm down. He took out the revolver and unloaded the magazine.

10 bullets left.

With a trembling left hand, he pushed the magazine back in, put the revolver back in the original pocket, and took several deep breaths.

Though it sounded crazy, he couldn't muster any killing intent towards these dummies... Thinking of this, Jiang Chen could not help but reveal a wry smile.

It could be said that this was probably his calmeststate. There was not a single red dot in his sight, and despite facing a horde of zombies, there was no desire to for aggression.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes to clear his mind from the distracting thoughts as he earnestly searched every details in his head.

[There must be something wrong. The exit is obviously in front of him... but where exactly is it?]

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Jiang Chen carried the PK2000 into the room as he immediately assumed his battle stance for shooting, but there was a gun pointing at his head.

”Why?”

”Oh, nothing, I'm just thinking...is it really necessary?”

Jiang Chen placed the PK2000 and fuel rod on the ground as he raised both hands with a wry smile.

Even if he returned to the modern world, he would still appear in the same position which would expose his ultimate weapon. It would take three seconds to initiate self-destruction process after entering the password, but the muzzle at his head didn't look like it would give him the time.

[There is no bug...wait, maybe there is.]

Pieces of meat lump attached to the rows of hibernation bins lined up and the moving thin film made for a disturbing sight, but what made him even more disturbed was the gun pointing at his head.

”Didn't you say that a bug threatened you?” Jiang Chen's hands were raised up as cold sweats poured across his forehead. His eyes secretly swept across the great expanse of the giant hall.

The layout was like that of a theater, however, instead of ”spectator's seats”, there were hibernation bins attached to a chunk of meat and a huge transparent pod can be seen in the center of the stage. In the midst of dark green liquid that churned with bubbles lied a naked girl floating peacefully just like a delicate piece of art. But Jiang Chen couldn't couldn't see much of her face due to the distance.

”That's right, a bug did threaten me so I captured it.” The plate-sized drone had a barrel hanging below and there was a rather comically small TV on top of it. The figures in the TV were wearing a mask or maybe it didn't have the concept of face to begin with—just an abstract feature.

”Captured it?” Jiang Chen froze.

”Yes, it threatened to use corrosive liquid to to melt my door as humorous as how you would want to weld my door. Hehe, so I let it in and then used the particle cannon to blow up half of its body,” it said and an excessively long cannon fell from above. Jiang Chen couldn't help but break out a cold sweat while looking at it.

He stared at the frightening dent left on the ground and somewhat had difficulty swallowing.

”To my surprise, the rest of it seemed alive, so I dismembered it into pieces and raised it in the hibernation bin,” the secret informant in the small TV shrugged and laughed merrily.

”What about the people in the hibernation bins?”

”They have been long dead so I reused the waste. I believe they won't mind. Oh, speaking of this, the person in the pod should look pretty good in accordance to your aesthetic standard. Would you feel any sexual desire if I bring her in front of you?” The secret informant blinked.

”...I believe no one would with a gun pointed at their head.”

”Tsk, you humans are very troublesome,” the secret teller shook its head. ”But even if you want to have sex with her, I can't help you because I'm using the girl as a host to feed the bug's brain.”

”Bug, brain?” Jiang Chen watched the hibernation pods, and the dark green giant pot in the center and his heart felt revulsion.

”That's right, I divided the bacterial hatching tissue of the bug and implanted them into the hibernation pods filled with organic matter. Where do you think the bacteria outside came from? I injected the bug's brain into the female's body in vivo who is also a player.” The secret teller rolled its eyes and gave him a supercilious look.

”So you are the one behind this...so I got tricked by you.” Jiang Chen felt the ice-cold metal pressing against his temple and smiled bitterly.

He never expected that he was being lied to from the very beginning. The powered armor being unable to block one shot from Klein particle was only to trick him out of the metal box.

A program that could deceive people? He had never considered the possibility from the start.

”You can say that again,” the secret teller chuckled. The laughter was piercing inside the enormous empty hall.

”What do you gain from this?” Jiang Chen was still mulling over as he couldn't understand the reason behind the secret teller's action.

”Hm, benefits? Haha, you misunderstood something. I am not human, therefore, I lack the concept of loss and gain.”

There was an approaching buzzing sound, and Jiang Chen saw a swarm of drones flocked above him.

The taunting expressions from countless small screens were very eerie but also appeared realistic at the same time.