110 Awakening (1/2)

Chapter 110: Awakening

Translator: _Min_Editor: Lis_

Death.

There was intense pain, as though his heart had been ripped open.

Scenes from his memory flickered like dusty, old photos. The audacious and naughty, yet gentle and caring face began to yellow.

Then it turned gray.

The ferocious mutated human roared and flipped the warhammer in its hand before facing Jiang Chen, whose mind had gone completely blank.

It was fury, but beyond fury.

Anger seemed to have broken a lock in his heart, shattering it.

But his mind was clear and conscious.

[Kill.]

[Kill him.]

Thoughts of slaughter.

Roar!

The explosive shadow dashed at him, the raised warhammer gleaming with a faint blue light.

It was a power warhammer, equipped with a power storage system. It could release energy upon impact, and the damage was comparable to that of an anti-tank cannon, making power armor rather useless against it.

Anger did not numb his thoughts; he never had such clarity in his life.

His thoughts passed in 0.01 seconds, and the tactical flashlight in front of him opened instantaneously.

The blinding ray pierced the pupils of the mutated human and deadened his vision.

At the same time, the turbine engine opened, and he began to glide.

What followed was a deafening screech, a challenge that smashed into the ground. Jiang Chen maneuvered the power armor and dodged the thunderous hit. He raised his right arm, and the machine gun with revolving tridents fired rapidly.

Tatata—!

Bullets swarmed out, each impact casting sparks on the mutilated human's back.

The sound of the striking metal began to fade. The violent firepower did not damage him in the slightest, being reflected instead.

”Roar—!” The mutated human shouted in pain. He dragged the power warhammer up from the concrete floor, his eyes the size of bells shooting out a terrifying light.

From the sparks and flashlight, he could see the mutated human's pitch-black back.

A dark mutated human?

Information from the database was displayed on his pupil.

”Lead skin? I don't know how it works, but—”

The black figure leaped at Jiang Chen once more. The warhammer smashed down like a meteor with four trails of faint blue light.

The turbine engine at maximum output, Jiang Chen made a curved trajectory to avoid the attack midair. He then braked, sparks screeching out from the bottom of his feet.

Without hesitation, he pulled out the tactical rifle and aimed it at the mutant's head.

The second it turned to look for its target, Jiang Chen fired.

Dadada—!

It was still ineffective; it had a ridiculous defense even on its head. With a fierce shout, the mutated human swung its power warhammer at Jiang Chen from his flank.

There was no time to dodge, but his heart was devoid of any anxiety.

He deployed the wheels on the soles of his shoes once more while a nitrogen shield expanded outward like an umbrella.

The power warhammer smashed through the thick waves of nitrogen and hammered on the front of his armor.

Jiang Chen flew explosively, but with the help of the nitrogen shield, he was pushed out rather than ejected with great force.

The T-3 power armor weighing three hundred kilograms was very light, and most of the impact was not absorbed by him. Instead, it was transformed into energy that helped him recoil backwards.

The wheels turned rapidly, and after flying for approximately ten meters, Jiang Chen calmly braked with a screech of metal on the ground.

Boom!

The power armor directly smashed into the first floor of the experimental building. He landed awkwardly in the hallway.

”Energy of impact, 494000 joules.” Straining, Jiang Chen raised his dazed head and read the stats on his pupils.

<Warning! Power armor damage: 54

The entire front of the armor caved in. The turbine engine on the left shoulder and left side of the waist were destroyed. The life detection device was damaged, and the communication device was malfunctioning.

He silently glanced at the rows of <Offline> symbols that represented the team, then at the jumping red symbol. Jiang Chen closed the notifications and pulled out the tactical dagger.

”Roar!”

The roaring sound advanced, as he had expected. It was clear that the gorilla-like monster was not ready to let its prey go.

And neither did Jiang Chen.

Like a gust of furious wind, the black figure raised the power warhammer and smashed it in his direction.

Flames burst out of what remained of the turbine engines. Jiang Chen slid across the ground as though being dragged to avoid the power warhammer's hit. Finally, the stood up shakily. Rock debris had scraped the power armor which clanked continuously.

The turbine engines had exceeded their output limit and stalled, but it was enough.

Jiang Chen, who had just escaped danger, did not back down but rather dragged the busted power armor and dashed at the mutated human.

He then furiously stabbed his tactical dagger forward.

Conservation of energy.

He noticed a while ago that the second the mutated human raises its hammer, the muscles over its entire body seemed to expand as though it was straining to perform the action.