The Fallen Merman Chapter 22

Published at 5th of August 2022 01:30:03 PM

Soothing pheromones could have the effect of accelerant in a certain sense, so glands that were constantly immersed in soothing pheromones would grow faster. 

It could be seen that the night full of soothing had helped Rimbaud’s glands to grow. The short sentences he could utter were richer than before, and could gradually reveal his natural character.

There were two types of experimental subjects specialised in combat. One was those born for war from the beginning of their embryo; and the other was those, like Rimbaud, who were transformed by intracranial and spine surgery after being captured. They’d have a large number of differentiation-promoting agents injected into their glands to induce the desired differentiation abilities and associated abilities. But the latter had a lower chance of success.

In order to make these powerful weapons easier to manage, scientists chose to assimilate the subject’s external manifestations during the cultivation period. Therefore, all subjects in the cultivation period couldn’t communicate through language, and their temperament was slightly dull and indifferent.

Once the subjects entered maturity, they’d break away from the control of their minds and awaken to different temperaments. Some subjects were shy and bashful, some were moody and murderous, and some were sinister and cunning. They’d become powerful and unpredictable. At this period, they’d be given away as soon as possible. These increasingly troublesome experimental subjects would be sold as biological and chemical weapons, turning into large sums of money. As for what would happen in the future to these supernatural creatures who violated the laws of nature, no one cares.

The merman stared down at him, but a secret expectation rose in Bai Chunian’s heart.

“Stop thinking too much.” Bai Chunian pressed against Rimbaud’s suspicious gaze and touched his cheek lightly with his lips, “Fight first. Say the rest after we get back home.”

The Alpha’s mood was like the sun that jumped out of the clouds after the overcast weather turned clear. He rested his head on his hand and started whistling. He knocked on the communicator and contacted Bi Lanxing.

After analysis, since the number of surviving candidates was less than 5%, the chance of coming into an unavoidable confrontation and losing both would be very small. Most teams would hold the idea of seeking stability, reducing the number of shootings, and stabilising the ranking. Therefore, Bai Chunian chose to take the chance as most people hadn’t reacted yet to grab the fixed ammunition box on the third floor of the research institute.

The two cars drove into the Research Institute separately from the map route that Bai Chunian planned, unobstructed all the way.

The Research Institute was the largest coastal building in the entire city map, divided into three buildings: A, B, and C. Corridors connected the three buildings on the third, tenth, and sixteenth floors, with two side-by-side straight ladders on each building. But they seemed to be unlit. The windows were all dark, barely visible under the early morning light.

The eight people abandoned the car and went upstairs at the same time. Du Mo reported the positions of other teams, and the remaining three Omegas hid at three different ladders to keep watch.

Bai Chunian’s team was responsible for attacking the building.

“The elevator isn’t responding.” Lu Yan stood distracted in front of the elevator buttons. The numbers clearly showed the elevator being on the first floor, but no matter how he pressed the door, it wouldn’t open.

“Take the stairs and grab the ammunition box first.” Bai Chunian didn’t care. It was only the third floor, it wouldn’t take much time.

“But the elevator’s not working. How am I going to take the SLR camera like what the mission says?”

“？Do you think our rank is still not high enough? We’re in second place, about to overtake the Ghost Hunting Team. Listen to me, we don’t need to do this mission.”

“Oh.” Lu Yan lowered his ears. He pressed the upstairs buttons randomly a few times to vent his anger, and then followed the team to the third floor.

The place around the fixed ammunition box was silent. As Bai Chunian expected, no one came to fight for it. The team rummaged through the ammunition box leisurely like visiting a vegetable market. In addition to enough anti-detonators and recovery serum, Bai Chunian also picked up quick recovery serums, two bright flashlights, a light machine gun, four bullet belts, and a number of other equipment.

In fact, every one of them was loaded now, and they don’t lack equipment at all. Bai Chunian opened the window and threw all the equipment they didn’t need into the sea behind the research institute. He didn’t want them for himself, but he also didn’t want anyone else to have them.

Ding Dong.

The elevator rang: “The 3rd floor is here.” But the door didn’t open automatically.

The ice-cold electronic sound reverberated in the empty and silent building. Lu Yan’s ears trembled with fright, he went to hide behind Bi Lanxin, “Why is this elevator following us… there must be something inside.”

At first, Du Mo wasn’t afraid. But Lu Yan’s flustered words made his scalp numb. He glanced around at the two alphas around him, and finally hid beside Rimbaud shamelessly. He announced in a low voice, “At the end of the corridor, four people, all full health bars. Ah, I think there are two more people not from the same team as them.”

Rimbaud frowned, then caught the crow omega around his tail and pushed him to a small corner, releasing a strong electric current to create an intertwining high-voltage power grid in front of Du Mo for a protection, and ordered in a low voice, “Don’t move. ”

Du Mo wouldn’t dare speak.

“Which team is so determined to also come trying to grab the ammunition box?” Bai Chunian wondered, when he suddenly heard a chaotic gunshot and screams at the end of the corridor, followed by noisy yelling and the sound of running.

“Their formation is in disarray.” said Du Mo, sensing the vital signs of the team at the end of the corridor, “Two people are losing blood, still dripping. The rest are running up the stairs. Oh my god, even the team members don’t want them anymore.”

After a short silence, the sky broadcast, which had been silent for a long time, announced a kill report.

“Experiment No. 1513 kills [Ghost Hunting Group] He Wenyi. ”

Everyone in the room was stunned when the news came out.

Experiment No. 1513, the strange experimental subject that was described in the information, the snake girl, was wandering freely in these three buildings.

Bai Chunian couldn’t figure it out for a moment. He turned around and asked Du Mo, “How many people did you actually sense?”

Du Mo was sweating profusely. He pursed his lips and recalled, “Six, six heartbeats… if four of them are members of the Ghost Hunting team, then the other two…”

Bi Lanxing: “The snake girl. ”

Lu Yan: “F%$*#, is there more than one such disgusting monster? ”

“Meeting time.” Bai Chunian beckoned the few people to gather around to discuss tactics, “Now is not the time to fight monsters. Let me briefly say the key point of this meeting. The priority now is to protect the Ghost Hunting Group from dying.”

Lu Yan: “?”

Du Mo: “?”

Rimbaud: “.”

Bi Lanxing: “…”

Bai Chunian took the lead with a gun and rushed towards the end of the corridor. The floor was full of bullet marks and blood. In the dim light, the leader of the Ghost Hunting Team, He Suowei, laid dying with a pale face like paper on the stairs. His slender fingers dripping with blood were clutching a pistol. Blood soaked through the silver uniforms and dripped down the steps.

Bai Chunian dragged the Wolf Alpha up and clutched him without saying a word. He took out a dose of recovery serum and plunged it into the decreasing blood volume bar, performed a few chest compressions, and then took out a megaphone to wake him up, “Bro! Stand firm. We’re going to be number one if you die!”

He Suowei was shaken, hearing the loud noise, and coughed up a mouthful of blood, “Damn. Don’t touch me.”

Chapter end