Chapter 92 (2/2)

A restriction per se is that it uses the host’s brain less if it is of a lower level and more if it is at a higher level. If it is level 3 or 4, it will use the brain at least a little.

-[Metal armor shock absorber, breakage rate under 1.5%. Mutant level, level 3.]

Hercules relaxes its neck after being hit, and gives the mutant a level.

Intermediate or lower. If it were the Slayer, there would be 5% damage and more. It is still impressive. A bug had changed a person into a level 3 mutant.

Kyak!

Papat!

The host avoids Hercules. It went up against Hercules once and realized that it cannot win. It is agile and not easily caught.

Huh?

There is a change in the hologram. The brown parasite that fused with the brain divides into hundreds. Then they came out through the host’s mouth.

Papapapat!

The parasites as small as ants spread all over the floor and enter the mouths of the burnt hosts. What are they trying to do inside dead bodies?

Chomp chomp.

They are eating the corpses. They exclude the burnt parts and eat away at the rest. The force members were swinging the flamethrowers around even more because of their aversion to the effect on the brain.

The parasites avoided the flames and repeated their actions several times. They grew bigger and bigger. After a while, they were the size of a human fist.

They killed most of the parasites, but dozens of them avoided the bullets and flames to survive. They had the vitality of cockroaches.

“Do I need to get involved?”

Pew pew!

Park Jin Hyuk hit the parasites with his Head Hunter. It was like a turtle was crawling. There were so many that he could not kill all of them and missed half.

They hear the sound of something being chewed. The host chews and eats the parasites. This is how it makes up for the nutrients it lacks. The serious part comes next.

The host trusts its metal armor, and walks around to eat the dead parasites. It seems it does not matter whether they are dead or alive.

Kyak!

The host roared, pressed the release button, and took the metal armor off.

It had used the force member’s memory. The impact tights are swollen. Its bulky muscles and veins are showing through the thick fibers.

The lieutenant’s nightmares had come alive again. He ran away behind the force members, and goes in a frenzy to the survivors in the capsule. A few even fainted.

The host went around, hiding in places with cover.

It knows what guns and flamethrowers are, and it moved while predicting the paths for attack. They cannot set off bombs because the force has gathered to a small space.

Tatak!

Then it glances over the force from dozens of meters away, on the ceiling.

-[Everyone get out.]

Cha Jun Sung radios in. He cannot fight properly because there are too many Lifers.

-[Are you saying we should ignore it?]

-[This is a space where we cannot attack together. Let’s leave it to Hercules.]

They cannot win fully, but he had brought some equipment that he needs. He believes that he can repair the damage one or two times.

-[Alright.]

-[We’re going outside.]

Lim Si Hyun sent the force to the entrance. Survivors were kept in the capsules. They mean to keep the time since they need to be watched for a day.

The impact tights could not withstand the strength of the inflation, and ripped little by little.

It does not reach 4m in size, but the tentacles all over its body writhe like snakes. It is certain that anyone caught on those will become a host.

“I’ll stay.”

“What?”

Lim Si Hyun and the force are surprised when Cha Jun Sung speaks. If he stays here and Hercules loses, he will die or become infected, which would only exacerbate the situation.

“I need to remain if I am to give detailed instructions. Don’t worry.”

They will combine their power and get rid of it quickly. It is not like Cha Jun Sung to drag it on for a long time.

“We’ll leave it to you.”

Lim Si Hyun closed the door. Inside the capsule are only Cha Jun Sung, Hercules, the host, and the survivors. The environment had become suitable for battle.

“You won’t come down?”

Kihik!

The host has no thoughts of coming down from the ceiling. It is thinking about how it can infect the survivors who are locked up in the capsule.

“What are you thinking about so hard? If you don’t come down, I’m going up.”

Pang!

Cha Jun Sung steps on the wall and stairs and bursts through the air.

Hercules also started up the booster under its feet. It is one level 4 against the 2. There is an obvious outcome, but they cannot avoid battle.