Only Player

Chapter 102 Evil Will
The red team's seventh player raised his staff and waved it. The crystal gem inlaid on the top of the staff lit up with shining magical light, and rays of protection fell on everyone.

Group invisibility, breath concealment, intangible form, thermal shielding...

"That's amazing." Zhou Yuan praised sincerely.

He performed multiple magic spells in an instant without chanting. Just from this one move, one could tell how profound Red Fang Qi's attainments in magic are. To have such strength at this age, his talent is simply amazing.

"I am the youngest special-grade magical girl in history!" Red Fang Qi smiled proudly.

Just as the three were about to enter the laboratory—click!

A subtle sound was heard, and in the incredulous gaze of the crowd, the closed metal door slowly opened to both sides, and a distorted world completely occupied by purple-red mold appeared before their eyes.

In just a moment, the ground, walls and ceiling outside the laboratory were covered with a thin layer of purple-red mold, spreading towards the elevator shaft at an extremely terrifying speed.

Inside the laboratory, the fungal blanket that looked like a purple-red ocean was squirming and rushing towards the door like crazy. Mouths that were formed in the distortion opened and let out sharp roars.

Malice rose up like a geyser.

Among them, there were four experimenters who were infected with mold and had deformed bodies with a large number of deformed limbs and organs.

West reacted the fastest. He took out a torch burning with a bright flame from his storage ring and activated it with his spiritual power.

boom!
An illusory bright wave of fire burst out and spread in all directions. In the blink of an eye, it burned the thin layer of purple-red mold covering the ground, walls, and ceiling. The four mutants and the fungal blanket wave were directly turned into ashes and dust in the burning.

Bright waves of fire swept across the interior of the laboratory, and wherever they passed, the mold quickly burned and evaporated, like ice and snow encountering the scorching sun.

After a while, a large area at the entrance of the laboratory was cleaned up, and a warm and bright light enveloped the place. Once the spreading mold came into contact with this light, it would be immediately burned to ashes.

These flames were only effective against mold and mutants. Zhou Yuan and the other two did not suffer any harm. He looked curiously at the burning torch in West's hand.

[Name: Purification Torch·Mold Special Type]

[Quality: perfect]

[Special Effect: Clears mold within a 3-meter range, can burn for up to hours.]

[Consumption: 30 spiritual value per second]

[Note: "If you want to use this torch for household cleaning, please be sure to keep an eye on the torch and do not let it fall to the ground, and do not allow any flammable objects to appear near the torch." - said a senior executive of Eternal Gene whose villa was accidentally burned down by fire. ]

"I took out a prop of perfect quality at once, a special type for mold... Well, there should also be special types for bacteria and viruses. Could this thing be a mass-produced one in the Eternal Gene?" Zhou Yuan was secretly surprised. He could only say that it was worthy of being one of the giant organizations in the extraordinary world.

"What happened?" Red Team Seven was shocked. "Why did the door open? Could it be Kevin who opened it?"

West narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Let's go to the main control room quickly."

When the gate is opened, it means that the emergency evacuation procedure is closed, and the blockade of the laboratory and even the entire experimental area is lifted. However, you must know that under normal circumstances, the experimental area and the Amazon rainforest are not completely isolated, and there is a necessary "passageway".

--Exhaust system!
If these molds are allowed to enter the outside air through the exhaust system, the Amazon rainforest will be infected, and then it will be a big problem.

Now we can only pray that the filtration system is strong enough to last a little longer.

West's expression became serious, and he ran into the laboratory with a purification torch in hand - it was meaningless to guard the gate now.

Zhou Yuan and Hong Fangqi followed closely behind, and the moment they stepped into the laboratory, the system prompt sounded.

[The second phase of the mission is completed]

[Third-stage mission objective: Kill the bacteria master 0/1]

[Time limit for the third stage mission: 30 minutes]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*600]

[Task Reward 2: Star Coins*4000]

[Task Reward 3: Excellent Quality Item Pack*1]

"Mushroom Master?"

Zhou Yuan was stunned. "It sounds like this is the source of these purple-red molds. It seems that these molds are not just laboratory products..."

"Be careful. I have sensed a very evil will since just now." Fang Qing said in a serious voice inside the body.

"Evil Will? Where is it?"

"I can't tell you exactly where it is, but it's definitely in this laboratory."

"..." Zhou Yuan fell into deep thought.

The three of them ran madly all the way. With the purification torches, all the mold and deformities along the way were burned and purified. They arrived at the control room without wasting much energy.

West kicked the door open and rushed in, but after seeing the scene inside the control room, his expression instantly became gloomy.

"How is this possible!" Red Team Seven exclaimed.

Zhou Yuan frowned, something was unexpected.

There were many charred remains in the control room. These were undoubtedly deformed creatures created by the experimenters and were killed by Kevin who arrived at the control room first.

However, at this moment, Kevin, wearing a chemical protective suit, was lying on the ground, without any breath and without any signs of life.

In front of the body was a control console, and all the screens were plunged into darkness.

[He discovered something he shouldn't have discovered, so he died, and he was frightened to death.]

Scared to death?

Zhou Yuan couldn't believe it. After all, Kevin was an elite in The Matrix and his psychological quality was definitely strong. How could he be scared to death?

He walked forward and pulled off the hood of his chemical protective suit, then couldn't help but take a breath.

Kevin's body was pale, his eyes were wide open, his eyeballs bulged out, and it seemed that his entire eye sockets were about to burst, revealing a look of despair and fear.

His expression was frozen at that moment, filled with panic and fear, as if he had seen something unspeakably horrible.

For a moment, Zhou Yuan felt a chill down his spine. Could there be something unusual in this room?
"Was he... scared to death?" Hong Fang Qi couldn't help but clench his staff tightly, feeling a little scared.

This is so weird.

A Level 3 Beyonder from The Matrix was frightened to death for no apparent reason? What did he see?
West looked gloomy and uncertain. After a brief pause, he went straight to the control console and tried to activate the self-destruct device.

But no matter what he did, he couldn't wake up the off screen. The central control system was completely scrapped.

"Damn it!"

West smashed it hard, and the console caved in.

He immediately turned his head to look at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "You guys hurry up and leave, run as far as you can, I'm going to call in the satellite orbital cannon to blow this place up."

There is no time to act secretly now. We must destroy this place immediately. If the mold leaks out, the consequences will be disastrous.

West took out a walkie-talkie from his storage ring: "Cleaner calling headquarters."

"Zizzizi..."

His expression changed. "Repeat, cleaner calling headquarters, please answer if you hear me." "Zizi...zizi...zizizi..."

There was a chaotic noise coming from the other end of the intercom.

"The communication failed." West realized that things were getting out of control. This walkie-talkie was an alchemical item that could keep in touch with reality even in certain abnormal areas. He had also checked the communication before and confirmed that it could be used normally.

But now...

Accidents happened frequently, and West instinctively felt that something was unusual, but he was unable to figure out what was going on for a while.

【Take a look at Kevin's storage ring, there are unexpected surprises inside. 】

Zhou Yuan remembered that Kevin's storage ring was on his left hand. He pulled off the gloves of his chemical protective suit and pulled the storage ring off his fingers.

When the owner dies, the spirituality recorded in the storage ring will automatically disappear, but Kevin's storage ring is a special one. Even if the owner dies, the restriction will continue to exist. Its strength is not something that anyone present can open.

But it’s not the same for humans, there are ghosts too!
Zhou Yuan put the storage ring on his hand and shouted in his heart: "Go, Fang Qingshou, use the unlocking skill!"

"..."

Strands of blood oozed out from the pores of her fingers, and after a few seconds, the restriction was forcibly broken by Fang Qing.

"Fuck, Hara!"

When his consciousness probed into the storage ring, Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and he understood what the Eye of Appraisal meant by the unexpected surprise.

——A nuclear warhead!

"Hiss...Is it normal to carry nuclear warheads when going out these days?"

Zhou Yuan was extremely shocked and didn't know where Kevin got this thing from.

You have to know that the last time the Alpha Mobile Task Force carried out a mission in Yingzhou, they only carried a miniature nuclear bomb, but this guy has a real nuclear bomb in his hand!

"There is a way."

Zhou Yuan directly moved the nuclear warhead out of the storage ring, almost filling up the entire empty area of ​​the control room.

"This, this, this, this..." Red Side Seven stuttered when he saw this oppressive thing.

"How do you have a nuclear warhead?" West was also shocked and lost his composure.

"It's not mine, it's Kevin's." Zhou Yuan shrugged, "Is it okay for you guys to steal his storage ring?"

I'll find another chance to destroy his body later.

West didn't care about that. He hurried to the nuclear warhead and found that it was equipped with a timed detonation device:

"I've set the countdown to 15 minutes. That should be enough time for you to leave."

"I have no problem." Red Team Seven nodded.

Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded - rather than killing the fungus master to complete the mission, he felt that preventing the mold from spreading was more important.

If he voluntarily gives up the mission, he will be teleported back home directly.

"Okay." West set the detonation countdown to 15 minutes, pressed the button, and the scarlet numbers began to beat coldly.

He went on to say, "You guys should leave now. I will stay here to make sure the nuclear bomb can be detonated successfully."

"Uncle, that shouldn't be the case." said Red Square Seven.

"No." West shook his head. "I've had a feeling since just now that something is blocking us from behind. Maybe as soon as we leave, that thing will appear and stop the countdown of the nuclear bomb."

After these words were spoken, Zhou Yuan and Red Team Seven fell silent.

Indeed, Kevin's death, the unsealing of the laboratory, the failure of the central control system and even the failure of the intercom, all the accidents that happened were too strange, as if there was an invisible force at work in secret.

"Eternal life! Eternal life! Eternal life!"

At this moment, Zhou Yuan and the other two all heard a faint roar and shout, which was rapidly approaching from far away.

Something is coming!
[Including the master of the fungus, all the mutants in the entire laboratory are now rushing here. Some bad guy leaked the news. ]

Leaking the news...

Zhou Yuan's heart moved, and he asked in his heart: "Fang Qing, the fungus master is approaching. Is the evil will you feel the fungus master?"

"No." Fang Qing was very sure, "I have sensed the master of the fungus, not this one. The evil will gave me the feeling that..."

She said uncertainly, "It's like... everywhere."

Omnipresent? Is it in a special state that cannot be observed? Spirit? It doesn't seem likely...

Zhou Yuan's mind raced as he glanced around the control room. The moment he saw Kevin's body, his head exploded and he thought of a possibility.

He activated his body-protecting qi, and under the puzzled looks of West and Red Side Seven, he started smashing things in the control room, smashing all the electronic equipment into pieces, including the camera on the ceiling.

"That evil will disappeared in the room, right after you smashed the camera!" Fang Qing said quickly, "But it's still in the lab!"

"No wonder Kevin was scared to death. It turns out to be a guy who can hide in electronic equipment." Zhou Yuan knew that he had figured out some of the capabilities of that thing.

[Discover the hidden mission]

[Hidden mission open]

[Mission name: "Cyber ​​Devil"]

[Phase 1 mission objective: Find more clues about the Cyber ​​Devil.]

The tasks have popped up, which means it is 100% certain. Zhou Yuan hurriedly asked West and Red Team 7 to look at him, and then silently asked: "Do you have any electronic equipment on you now?"

The two understood his lip language and shook their heads.

"Well, I've figured out what's going on."

Zhou Yuan looked at West and said, "Advance the countdown of the nuclear bomb by 5 minutes."

West didn't understand why, but did it immediately.

"You also heard that the mutants in the laboratory are all coming here, and this happened just after we activated the nuclear warhead, which means that they can know our actions in real time.

Combined with Kevin's death and the unsealing of the lab... I suspect there is something hidden in the electronic equipment monitoring us, so I smashed all the instruments here. Now we should have gotten rid of the surveillance.

As for the guy hiding in the electronic equipment, when you return, you can ask the forces behind you to investigate...

As for now, we have to hold off the aberrations' attack."

As Zhou Yuan finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and the wall of the control room was shattered. A heavy iron plate flew in and hit the wall on the other side like a cannonball, and was deeply embedded in it.

Outside the dusty and shattered walls, in front of the light range of the purifying torches, more than twenty deformed creatures let out ferocious roars.

(End of this chapter)