Chapter 22: Twenty-two: Fierce

Twenty-two: Fierce

Chen Jinshan was an acquaintance of Yu Lianyun in Jiunian City, the Enforcer captain who often delivered corpses to Yu Lianyun's family for autopsies.

Regarding the matter of the female corpse, after discovering the Abnormal factors in its existence, the Xuanmi Group had already placed high importance on it, focusing their attention and investigation on everyone who had had direct or indirect contact with the corpse, including this Enforcer captain from Jiunian City.

But they never expected that even after the Xuanmi Group's rigorous and meticulous investigation, there would still be a slip-up; Chen Jinshan, who had had brief contact with the corpse, had been occupied by an extra-dimensional lifeform in an unknown way.

The facts were laid out before them now; there was not the slightest room for argument.

"You all restrain her, I will deal with Chen Jinshan," Li Yingqi said. Compared to men, who had an advantage in strength, the impact of her pulling away would be relatively smaller.

"Understood!" Wei Jiang and the other Mysterious Agents replied in unison.

Li Yingqi immediately let go of Yu Lianyun's feet and stood to the side, took the sidearm holstered at her waist, aimed at the broken door opening, and without hesitation, fired directly.

Once an extra-dimensional lifeform completed the occupation of a physical body, it meant that the occupied person's body had also undergone corresponding modifications and was no longer human. As Li Yingqi drew her gun to shoot, she naturally did not have such a heavy burden.

After a few gunshots, several bloody holes were torn into Chen Jinshan's body outside the door, yet Chen Jinshan did not let out a single wail.

Chen Jinshan moved slightly, and then a sharp ice blade suddenly pierced through the tightly closed door. The ice blade cut through iron as if it were mud; with a light swipe, the ward door was split in two. A middle-aged man with eyes rolled back, a hunched figure, and a huge tumor bulging on his back appeared before everyone.

Following a strange roar from Chen Jinshan, the fabric of his clothes, stretched taut across his back, instantly tore open. At the top of the tumor hidden beneath the clothes, cracks suddenly appeared, and it opened up into a hideous five-fingered hand. Who could have imagined that it was actually an exceptionally long arm? The arm had several joints, allowing it to be hoisted high like a scorpion's tail, emitting a dangerous aura.

"It really was occupied by a Three-Handed Ice Giant," Li Yingqi gritted her teeth.

The so-called Three-Handed Ice Giant was the name given to this newly discovered Abnormal species after confirming the general appearance of the extra-dimensional lifeform behind the female corpse; it was very straightforward, vivid, and apt.

The third arm on Chen Jinshan's back moved its finger bones slightly, then clenched into a fist. The arm stretched and extended, smashing down like a giant pendulum.

Li Yingqi ran to dodge. The opponent's third arm was as flexible as a tentacle, swaying at will, and a casual strike could smash spiderweb-like cracks into the solid floor.

Chen Jinshan controlled the third arm to pursue Li Yingqi relentlessly, forcing Li Yingqi to stay outside a certain distance from Chen Jinshan.

Although Chen Jinshan's offensive was fierce, Li Yingqi gradually discovered Chen Jinshan's weakness: when he used the third arm to attack, his movement speed would slow down significantly. In that case, to Li Yingqi, who was proficient with firearms, Chen Jinshan was simply no different from a stationary target.

Bang, bang, bang...

A magazine of bullets was emptied, and nearly ninety percent of the bullets landed on Chen Jinshan. His body was riddled with bloody holes, spraying blood frantically, and the negative effects of excessive blood loss gradually manifested on Chen Jinshan.

At one moment, Chen Jinshan's knee was hit, and the opponent's legs immediately went soft, causing him to kneel to the ground, unable to stand up again.

Regarding this, the Three-Handed Ice Giant possessing Chen Jinshan felt deep confusion; it seemed it did not understand why this body was still so fragile after undergoing modification.

The answer was simple: the bullets equipped by the Mysterious Agents were all specially made, with a lethality nearly three times higher than standard-issue bullets.

Although the Three-Handed Ice Giant's modification of the human body was exaggerated enough, it was still far from being able to withstand the specially made bullets.

"Go to hell." Li Yingqi fired a shot at Chen Jinshan's head cleanly and decisively. The latter's expression immediately went blank, his whole body shuddered, and he collapsed to the ground.

Seeing Chen Jinshan fall, Li Yingqi did not lower her guard, but instead fired several more shots into Chen Jinshan's head until another magazine was emptied.

At this moment, Chen Jinshan had been shot into a sieve, completely unrecognizable as a human, lying motionless on the ground covered in blood; it could almost be confirmed that this body was completely scrapped.

Wei Jiang and the others, who were busy restraining the out-of-control Yu Lianyun, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing this. But soon, they felt a powerful force coming from Yu Lianyun; before they could even change their expressions, they were instantly flung away by Yu Lianyun.

Yu Lianyun was seen kneeling painfully on the ground, clutching her head with both hands, an ominous black mist surging from her body. At the same time, ice began to form under her knees, constantly spreading to the surroundings.

"This is!?" Wei Jiang felt caught off guard. When he sensed an Abnormal electrical wave transferring from Chen Jinshan's corpse to Yu Lianyun, his expression changed drastically, "So that's it! The Three-Handed Ice Giant possessing Chen Jinshan wanted to change bodies; its target was actually Yu Lianyun!"

Just as the Mysterious Agents hesitated over whether to nip the danger in the bud right now, they were surprised to discover a blue ghostly light, from which the outline of a humanoid monster could be faintly discerned—that must have been the Three-Handed Ice Giant's spirit body—seemingly struggling to escape Yu Lianyun's body.

Everyone was astonished. This monster had clearly run into someone else's body of its own accord, so why was it suddenly having second thoughts?

Urgh—

Suddenly, a low, drawn-out choking sound rang out, harsh and grating. It was a sound that didn't seem like it could be emitted by a normal human, coming from Yu Lianyun's lungs and throat.

The eerie black mist wrapped around Yu Lianyun's body suddenly transformed into several black ghostly hands, directly grabbing the Three-Handed Ice Giant's spirit body firmly and pulling it back into Yu Lianyun's body.

After a burst of teeth-grinding, chewing sounds, the black mist on Yu Lianyun's body once again submerged into her body. She herself collapsed to the ground abruptly as the black mist receded, falling into a coma once more.

At this moment, the plaster on Yu Lianyun's body shattered, revealing the fair skin hidden beneath, smooth and firm, with no signs of bruising or swelling caused by the limb reattachment.

The four Mysterious Agents present looked at each other in dismay; no one knew what that power hidden in Yu Lianyun's body was, that it even came with the ability to heal and treat wounds?!

Huff, huff, huff!

He Jia'an and Bu Gaojun were sprinting through the dangerous corridor of the containment facility, with countless vines in hot pursuit behind them, like a massive tide of army ants.

He Jia'an felt very depressed about this. Just a moment ago, all the plant roots on the floor had suddenly come to life and become quite aggressive, instinctively wanting to grab every living thing and then use their bodies to nourish the seeds.

As the freshest big fish on this floor, He Jia'an and Bu Gaojun were naturally craved by these plants, which immediately launched a frantic pursuit of them.

"Why were they suddenly awakened?" He Jia'an found it abnormal. These plants should have been in a satiated, resting state after absorbing the corpses of dozens of Mysterious Agents, and with many corpses not yet digested, they shouldn't have been lacking food. They had walked through the dense forest of flesh and blood before without being attacked by the plants, which was the best proof.

However, things had suddenly changed now.

Urgh—

Howl!!

While they were bewildered, strange roars echoed one after another in the corridor, and the entire building shook violently, as if two terrifying monster kings were confronting each other not far ahead, their powerful forces shaking the space where the building was located.