Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 498 - 96: The Infiltrator
Sun Hang had just finished speaking when an engineer with his head down slowly walked over. Just as he brushed past Song Yarong, he suddenly spun around and lunged at her!
It was also at this moment that Sun Hang felt the highly intense mimetic aura emanating from his body!
This engineer transformed from a completely normal human into a fiercely powerful mysterious creature in less than 0.1 seconds!
The engineer immediately knocked Song Yarong to the ground, gripping her neck tightly with both hands!
He moved his face close to Song Yarong, as if he were about to kiss her, but instead, his mouth had split up to his ears, and a tentacle as thick as an arm, lined with sharp teeth, replaced his tongue, reaching out from his throat straight towards Song Yarong’s face.
Although Song Yarong was a Mysterious Creature Hunter, she was not really a combat personnel. Her fighting skills and reaction speed couldn’t compare to those elite hunters who constantly battled mysterious creatures—after being knocked down by the mimetic engineer, she could only struggle instinctively, trying to push him off her.
What surprised her was that the strength coming from this mimetic engineer was even more terrifying than someone with the Taishui mimicry!
His knee was firmly pressed against Song Yarong’s abdomen, his elbows flared outward pressing down her arms, while his hands were gripping her neck, choking her fiercely.
If Song Yarong weren’t infected with the Taishui mimicry, her neck would have likely been snapped already.
There wouldn’t even be a chance to suffocate.
Feeling the overwhelming scent of blood rushing at her, Song Yarong kicked upwards with all her might—her feet were the only parts of her body she could move now, delivering powerful kicks continuously to the mimetic engineer’s groin... Yet he seemed completely unfazed.
After the engineer turned into a mysterious creature, even the physiological weaknesses exclusive to males seemed to disappear.
"Don’t move! Tilt your head back and touch the ground!" Sun Hang’s voice came from the side, and Song Yarong hesitated not, complying immediately.
A gust of wind swept by, and the head no less than five centimeters from Song Yarong vanished from her sight, while the toothy tentacle that had already touched her face left deep and shallow scratches on it.
Fortunately, with the recovery ability of the Taishui mimicry, these minor injuries wouldn’t leave a mark—if it weren’t for the high-tech prosthetic eye providing so much convenience in research, Song Yarong could even regrow her missing eye.
With the sudden relief of pressure, Song Yarong realized it was Sun Hang who had kicked and broken the neck of the mimetic engineer, sending the head with the long tentacle flying away, landing heavily on the frozen ground with a dull thud.
"Still not dead?"
Sun Hang frowned, and they watched as the headless mysterious creature began to transform again—its entire upper body split open to form a gigantic mouth filled with sharp teeth, then it bent down to swallow Song Yarong’s whole head!!
Before the large mouth could close, the mysterious creature’s movements froze in place.
Tens of millions of mycelia had pierced through its body, draining it of all its mimetic energy!
"A nauseating smell of decay..." Sun Hang briefly commented on the "food" just ingested, then retracted the mycelia.
The empty shell stripped of its mimicry turned into a pool of pulp and blood, splashing across Song Yarong’s body.
The not-so-cheap down jacket was immediately corroded with holes by the pulp and blood, exposing the white goose down inside, which sizzled on contact with the pulp, and a foul stench of charred protein quickly filled the air.
Fortunately, the combat uniform Song Yarong wore underneath was highly resistant to corrosion and water. The viscous pulp quickly turned into tiny round droplets upon contact with the uniform, rolling off to the sides.
"Still alive?" Sun Hang pulled Song Yarong to her feet.
"...Alive." Song Yarong nodded, trying to steady her rapid breathing.
The area had already gone into a lockdown, with soldiers and operatives responsible for the security rushing in, pointing their guns at the researchers and engineers who hadn’t processed what had just happened.
"Put the guns down!" Sun Hang shouted loudly.
Awkwardly, the soldiers did not comply with Sun Hang’s orders.
"Put the... cough... put the guns down!!" Song Yarong repeated Sun Hang’s command.
The soldiers hesitated but eventually lowered their weapons.
Song Yarong understood why Sun Hang wanted them to lower their guns—since Chimera 17 could transform an engineer into a mysterious creature, it could just as easily turn a soldier into one. If even one soldier was affected and started shooting at this group of researchers and engineers... the PFDA development progress would instantly regress significantly... Especially those valuable technicians, it would be almost impossible to select and cultivate another batch in the little remaining time.
These people were treasures... in other words, their lives were extremely valuable.
"Execute emergency protocol number three, everyone return to the research headquarters immediately. Also, notify the headquarters to conduct the most comprehensive and detailed physical examination on all project team members!" Song Yarong said.
