Zhou Lin

Three fifty-five minutes, Ninth Prison, exit level.

This is the first floor connecting the Nine Prisons to the ground. The area near the gate is almost all passages, with only a few useful rooms; and continuing inside is where the prison guards' living area and weapons depot are located.

When Zi Lin turned the gate of the Nine Prisons into a pool of molten metal, the scene in the corridor behind the door was no surprise - dozens of prison guards wearing combat armor and holding weapons were already waiting.

These prison guards had no intention of greeting the intruders. Two seconds after the door was destroyed, the prison guards who visually confirmed the target immediately opened fire.

Because they knew from the beginning that the intruders were capable and very powerful, all the prison guards guarding here went to the weapons depot to replace their armors with heavy firepower components. These components mainly consisted of light weapons and small The composition of missiles... Obviously, they did not consider using bullets at all, and directly attacked the enemy as armored vehicles.

Unexpectedly, facing such an attack, Zi Lin just raised one hand, palm slightly open, and made a "stop" gesture.

All missiles, including beams of light... were all frozen in mid-air due to his ability, making it difficult for them to make any further progress.

A few seconds later, when the number of missiles and beams reached a certain level, Zi Lin's gesture suddenly changed and he snapped his fingers.

At that moment, a violent explosion occurred in the passage.

However, the kinetic energy of the explosion did not move towards the entrance at all, but all rushed towards the interior of the Nine Hells; the exploding shrapnel and particles were like broken glass... scattered in a strange arc. Even if they move, they all fly back in the direction they came from.

In the blink of an eye, there was a burst of blood and fire.

To describe this scene, someone rolled all the firepower output by an army within a certain period of time into a tangible entity and threw it back at the launchers.

If these artillery fires were coming at a normal pace, the prison guards might be able to withstand it by relying on their battle armors, but the firepower was pouring like constipation, let alone the armor... the city walls could not withstand it.

In a short moment, the section of road in front of Zi Lin and the others seemed to have been washed away. It was "swept" by firepower for hundreds of meters all the way inward. The camera probes and automatic defense weapons along the way were also hit by this stream of firepower. The bodies of the prison guards were smashed into pieces and scattered without a trace.

"I said... Since you are so powerful and you have the potion that can neutralize the gas with restricted powers, is it necessary to make so many plans?" During the few seconds waiting for the firepower to subside, Sakaki turned Face to face, he said, "Why do I think you can rob this prison just by storming in by yourself?"

"Ha..." Zi Lin laughed out loud when he heard this and asked, "People can eat with their hands, so why use chopsticks?"

"Hmm..." Sakaki groaned, "So we are your chopsticks?"

"You can put it this way." Zi Lin replied.

At this time, Che Wuchen suddenly interjected and muttered: "I just hope they are not disposable chopsticks..."

"That's what I'm saying..." Zi Lin didn't even look at him. As he spoke, he started walking forward, "As if non-disposable chopsticks have a long service life..."

When Meng Zhenhan heard this, he felt that there was something wrong with what he said, so he quickly chased after him and said, "Hey...hey! What do you mean?"

But Zi Lin naturally smiled and refused to answer this kind of questioning.

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On the other hand, there is the lowest level of the Nine Hells, the "forbidden zone".

Qiu Zhengyi, who was "dragged" down, was not panicked by this sudden attack. He responded quickly in mid-air; he first gathered most of the energy used for defense in his body at his ankles to To prevent his limbs from being broken, he also adjusted his body shape in the air, bent down, and tried to fight back.

But when Qiu Zhengyi lowered his gaze and saw the "creature" dragging him, he couldn't help but be shocked.

If you only look at the overall outline, the "creature" should be a tall and strong adult man, wearing the prison uniform of the Nine Prisons. However, the prisoner's face and hands are all moldy, covered with green, Substances that emit odor; some of those substances are mushroom-shaped, some are granular, and some look like exposed tendons and muscle fibers...

"Hunter?" After a few seconds, Qiu Zheng was stunned and recognized the creature. Of course, he didn't recognize it by his appearance, but by the number on the prison uniform and the energy form of the creature.

"Hah——" But Hunter Ba just responded with a beast-like howl.

Before the roar ended, the flesh buds on Hunter Tyrant's arms began to squirm... In the two seconds before landing, the flesh buds quickly stretched and spread to Qiu Zhengyi's legs, and gradually wrapped up.

It was during these two seconds that Qiu Zhengyi saw through the light shining from the hole in the ceiling... On this floor, there were already several shriveled and withered-looking people lying scattered across the floor. Huge flesh cocoon.

"You guy..." The next second, Qiu Zheng's superpower suddenly activated, and he struck with his fingers, "...have you finally 'swallowed' even people..."

While whispering, Qiu Zheng stretched out his three-inch finger, displaying his mighty power.

In the loud explosion, Hunter Ba's right arm was touched by Qiu Zhengyi's fingertip, and it exploded into meat paste all over the sky. Hunter Ba himself was also shaken by the aftershock of energy and flew back. After landing, he staggered for several meters before he regained his balance. .

On the contrary, Qiu Zhengyi, who was at the back in this round of confrontation, finally landed firmly on the ground, with a look of matter-of-factness on his face.

This is the strength of Qiu Zhengyi. He is also at the mad level. His use of energy and physical training are far superior to those of Hunter Ba. His ability of "destruction" is even more frightening.

The reason why Qiu Zhengyi uses "fingers" as a medium of attack is not because he is good at any finger skills, but simply because if he uses fists or palms... the destructive power produced may be beyond his control, causing unpredictable consequences. The result of the evaluation.

"Ah! Ah - uh..." The hunter on the other side was not a fuel-efficient lamp either. As soon as he stood firm, he made several strange noises in his mouth, and then there was a lump of flesh sprouts and muscle fibers. A new, thicker arm "sprayed" out from his severed arm.

"Although I don't know how you did it..." Qiu Zheng straightened his collar and glanced at the flesh cocoons on the ground, "But it seems... you have already 'processed' the other prisoners... He laughed dryly, with a hint of chill on his face, "Oh, to be honest, I was really worried that they would join forces after they regained their abilities... they might pose a threat to me, but now I don't have to worry."

"Ahem——" At this moment, Hunter Tyrant's mind has long been obscured by the "devouring instinct". Apart from the idea of ​​"absorbing the powerful DNA nearby", he can no longer think about other things...even basic things. He has lost all his language skills. Therefore, it was impossible for him to talk to Qiu Zhengyi.

After another roar, Hunter Ba opened his mouth to an angle that was absolutely impossible for ordinary people to open, and then, something like a trumpet pipe was protruded from his throat.

When he saw this pipe, Qiu Zhengyi's expression changed... and he became as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

A second later, with the sound of "唃——", a thin line that was invisible to the naked eye spurted out from the tube.

At the same moment, Qiu Zhengyi, who was more than ten meters away, swayed and turned from solid to virtual. While dodging the attack, he leaned down and rushed towards Hunter Ba from the front, and with a quick movement of his fingers, he attacked the opponent's abdomen.

Qiu Zhengyi used this blow with the idea of ​​blasting the opponent into pieces, so he used energy several times higher than before.

But the result of the attack... was not as he expected - after the "destructive" force touched Hunter Tyrant's body, the latter's abdomen was only shattered and exploded, while other parts were damaged but not seriously. hinder.

When he struck down, the part above Hunter Ba's chest was blown up, and the part below his crotch quickly fell to the ground.

Qiu Zhengyi wanted to pursue him and hit the opponent's head again, but he didn't expect... Hunter Ba's head actually hovered in mid-air for a second when it reached a high point. In this second, Hunter Ba's head flew to a high point. Ba forcibly twisted his neck and lowered his head, and used the tube in his throat to shoot out a thin line again, just in time to meet the chasing opponent.

This time, Qiu Zhengyi couldn't escape after all.

"I see..." The moment he was hit, Qiu Zhengyi was already thinking, "This is why you can kill other prisoners..."

At this point in the battle, Qiu Zhengyi understood with some hindsight that the "Hunter Tyrant" in front of him had devoured more than just the bodies of his "neighbors".

Even though the two of them had not been fighting each other for a long time, Qiu Zhengyi had already seen the five abilities of "self-healing", "high-speed regeneration", "tail-severing phenomenon", "Qijue sting" and "floating" in each other.

Among them, only "self-healing" and "high-speed regeneration" were powers that Lieba had mastered before he was imprisoned here, while the other three were powers only possessed by several other prisoners.

The "tail-cutting phenomenon" comes from an energy-transforming ability user. Of course, this trick is not all of his abilities, but it is undoubtedly one of his skills.

The "floating" ability comes from a mutant. Because his ability is somewhat related to "gravity" and his growth rate is very fast, he was locked up in the "forbidden zone" with the highest concentration of inhibitors.

"Seven Jue Zhe" comes from a powerful experimental body produced by EF. It is a mixture of the genes of several mutants, anteaters, and several types of insects. The final product has near-human intelligence and the ability to control all living creatures. Indiscriminate hostility, and its ability "Seven Jue Zhe" is exactly the "thin line" sprayed out by Hunter Tyrant just now.

The true identity of those threads is actually a kind of thin needle made of a mixture of energy and secretions. When this kind of needle hits a human being, it will have a "progressive" effect. To put it simply - each needle will deprive A human feeling.

The first needle is "touch", and the subsequent two to five needles are "sight", "hearing", "smell", and "taste" respectively; the sixth needle is slightly different, if the person receiving the needle is a person with abilities or a mutant , then what they will be deprived of is the ability of "energy perception", and if the people who get the injection are ordinary people, what they will be deprived of is the so-called "intuition".

As for the person who received the "seventh needle", there is no doubt that his life will be taken away... hence the name "Qijue".

At the moment, Qiu Zhengyi has received a shot, which means... his sense of touch has been deprived. Unless his opponent takes the initiative to disable his ability or loses consciousness, Qiu Zhengyi will always be in this state.

"Another shot will be 'vision'..." In the flash of lightning, Qiu Zhengyi's mind was quickly calculating the next countermeasures, "Although I can't fight without vision, it will definitely become extremely..." The disadvantage... must be resolved quickly."

At this point, he also clearly realized that he was not fighting the "hunter", but was fighting against the "combat instinct" of all the prisoners in this "forbidden zone".

Even for Qiu Zhengyi, this is by no means a sure thing...

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At four o'clock in the morning, the sixth prison, "Youquan Shazai".

When Uncle Xue arrived here, he happened to pass by several prisoners wearing prison uniforms; he did not say hello to the prisoners, and the prisoners just looked at him, some nodded at him, and some ignored him and walked out.

After walking a little further, Uncle Xue saw Jack who was inspecting the body of the prison guard.

"I thought I had to get to the next level before I could catch up with you." When Uncle Xue walked towards Jack, he had already started chatting with him, "Speaking of which... why did it only take you a few minutes to finish the fifth prison, but at this low level? Some sixth prisons have slowed down again?"

"When I arrived at the fifth prison, the neutralizer had not yet taken effect, so I personally handled all the prison guards there..." Jack did not stop what he was doing when he replied, "But when I arrived at the sixth prison By that time, the prisoners' powers had begun to recover, and they were already fighting with the prison guards..."

Hearing this, Uncle Xue already understood what the other party meant, so he took over the conversation and said, "So you are now checking whether there are any flaws in the prisoners?"

Jack didn't answer the question, which had an obvious answer. He asked directly: "What's going on up there?"

"At least it went smoothly when I passed by the Ninth Prison." Uncle Xue replied.

At this point in the conversation between the two, Jack raised his head and glanced at Uncle Xue: "The time flow around you is not very stable...Did you encounter something in the fifth prison?"

"Yeah." Uncle Xue replied in a very normal tone, "There was a guy who picked up your head and came to pick a fight with me, so I played with him for a while."

His words seemed a bit confusing at first, but Jack quickly understood: "A user with illusion-like abilities..."

"Isn't that right?" Uncle Xue spread his hands, "I already knew that he was playing a trick before I even looked back in time."

"It's probably because of 'time'." Jack continued, "Based on the effective time of the neutralizer and the time I left the seventh prison...it's not difficult to deduce that this person only recovered his abnormality after I finished dealing with the fifth prison. can."

"No." Uncle Xue said, "My reason is not that complicated...because you are the god of death, and you cannot die in the hands of that kind of guy, so when he showed your head, I knew that It’s definitely a hallucination.”

"Okay." Jack shrugged, "So... what's his motive?" He paused and then said, "All the guards in the fifth prison were killed when I left there. The ability user who stopped you was undoubtedly a The prisoner...as a prisoner, what's the reason why he didn't run away at this time, but stayed there instead?"

"It's a long story..." Uncle Xue said, "Let's wait until the operation is over."

Now that Uncle Xue said so, Jack stopped asking. He nodded, stood up from a corpse and said, "Okay, I've finished checking. Let's go to the next floor."

"Aren't you going to the fourth prison?" Uncle Xue asked.

"Now that the neutralizer has taken effect, the prisoners in prisons one to four will naturally have a way to escape." Jack replied, "Let's not waste time on them and go directly to the 'forbidden zone' for the 'next step' .”