Chapter 118

Lin Chen heard the plea for help in the communicator, just wanted to refuse, but Xia Nuan pulled his arm: "Chengnan is not far from here, if the mutant cockroach group spreads,

it might affect the villa." Lin Chen frowned and asked the system,

"System, detect the location of the Chengnan survivors, the number and threat level of the mutant cockroach group?" 【Detected 200 mutant cockroaches in the abandoned vegetable market in Chengnan, besieging 5 survivors, cockroach shells are hard, no other dangerous targets, current threat level is medium.】 The system replied.

"Let's go,

go and see,

solve it as soon as possible,

don't let them spread." Lin Chen picked up the Purple Lightning Purification Gun, got into the armored vehicle with Xia Nuan,

and drove toward Chengnan. On the way, Lin Chen tried to mobilize his Absolute Zero ability, wanting to condense some ice cones in advance for backup,

but found that the cold air in his body had no reaction, as if it was blocked by something. "Strange, why can't I use my ability?" Lin Chen said suspiciously.

Xia Nuan was also stunned: "How could this be? Wasn't it still usable when dealing with the blade-armed giant just now?

" Lin Chen immediately asked the system: "System, detect my physical condition, why can't Absolute Zero ability be used? Is there something wrong?" 【Detected an unknown energy seal in the host's body, suppressing the release of Absolute Zero ability, temporarily unable to be removed, specific reasons to be investigated.】 The system replied.

"Ability is sealed?

" Lin Chen's heart sank, without the ability, dealing with mutant cockroaches would be much more troublesome. He asked the system: "System, is there any way to temporarily remove the seal?

Or are there any other weapons that can deal with the hard shells of mutant cockroaches?" 【Temporarily unable to remove the seal, can call up armor-piercing bullets from the infinite space, compatible with the Purple Lightning Purification Gun, can pierce the mutant cockroach shell, already prepared for the host.】 The system replied, and a box of armor-piercing bullets immediately popped out of the armored vehicle's storage compartment.

Lin Chen changed to armor-piercing bullets, feeling a little more at ease. Twenty minutes later, arrived at the abandoned vegetable market in Chengnan,

and from afar heard the screams of survivors and the hissing of cockroaches. Lin Chen pushed open the car door, saw the vegetable market entrance covered with mutant cockroaches,

they were pouncing toward the survivors inside, the survivors leaned against the corner of the wall, barely resisting with wooden sticks and kitchen knives, already unable to hold on.

"You guys hold on, we're here!" Lin Chen shouted, raised the Purple Lightning Purification Gun,

and fired at the mutant cockroach at the front. The armor-piercing bullets were indeed effective,

instantly piercing the cockroach's shell, and the mutant cockroach twitched a few times and stopped moving. Xia Nuan also raised the sniper rifle, aimed at the mutant cockroaches in the distance, one shot at a time, cooperating with Lin Chen to clear the cockroaches at the entrance.

The survivors saw reinforcements, morale was boosted, and they also began to attack actively. Lin Chen fired while

asking the system: "System, detect the distribution of mutant cockroaches in the vegetable market, are there any gathering points or nests?" 【Detected a mutant cockroach nest in the warehouse inside the vegetable market, about 50 cockroaches gathered around the nest, destroying the nest can stop the cockroaches from continuing to breed.】 The system replied.

"Xia Nuan,

you cover the survivors,

I'll go to the warehouse to destroy the nest.

" After Lin Chen finished speaking, he rushed toward the warehouse. More than a dozen mutant cockroaches gathered at the warehouse entrance,

Lin Chen fired continuously, killed them one by one, and rushed into the warehouse. There was indeed a huge nest in the warehouse, inside there were a few small cockroaches that had just hatched, surrounded by 50 adult cockroaches.

Lin Chen gripped the gun, fired at the nest, the armor-piercing bullets hit the nest, and the nest collapsed instantly.

The mutant cockroaches around were enraged, pouncing toward Lin Chen one after another. Lin Chen had no way back,

could only keep firing, every bullet aimed at the cockroach's head, trying to kill with one shot. But there were too many cockroaches, soon a few broke through the firepower and pounced to Lin Chen's side.

Lin Chen dodged the attack of a cockroach sideways, at the same time smashed the head of another cockroach with the gun butt,

knocking it unconscious. Just then, a cockroach pounced from behind, Lin Chen didn't have time to dodge,

and just as he was about to be hit, Xia Nuan suddenly fired, hitting the head of that cockroach. "Be careful, I'm here to help you!" Xia Nuan ran in and fired at the cockroaches around.

With Xia Nuan's support, Lin Chen's pressure was greatly reduced, and the two cooperated to clear the mutant cockroaches in the warehouse.

More than ten minutes later, the last cockroach was killed, and the warehouse finally returned to calm.

Lin Chen leaned against the wall, panting: "Without the ability, fighting is really strenuous, don't know when the seal can be removed."

Xia Nuan also breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as it's solved, at least it's safe now." The two walked out of the warehouse,

saw the survivors had finished clearing the cockroaches at the entrance, and were sitting on the ground resting.

One of the survivors said to Lin Chen: "Thank you, if it weren't for you,

we would definitely be dead. We know a place with medical equipment, perhaps it can help you check the problem of the ability, want to take you there?"

Lin Chen's eyes lit up and asked the system: "System, detect the location of the medical equipment mentioned by the survivors,

is it safe? Are there any usable testing instruments?" 【Detected medical equipment is located on the second floor of the abandoned hospital in Chengnan, there are basic body testing instruments, no dangerous targets, can go.】 The system replied. "Okay, we'll go with you and see, if we can find a way to remove the seal, that would be great." Lin Chen said.

The survivors nodded, took Lin Chen and Xia Nuan toward the abandoned hospital. On the way,

Lin Chen tried to mobilize his ability a few more times, but there was still no reaction, could only pin his hopes on the medical equipment to find out something. After arriving at the abandoned hospital,

the survivors took Lin Chen to the testing room on the second floor, where there was indeed a body testing instrument, and it could still be used normally.

Lin Chen lay on the instrument, started the instrument, and the screen began to display his body data.

A few minutes later, the test results came out, and the screen showed that there was a black energy in his body,

wrapping around the core of the Absolute Zero ability, forming a seal.

"System, can you identify this black energy? Is it left by the 'X' encountered before?" Lin Chen asked. 【Detected black energy is consistent with the energy characteristics of 'X', speculated to be implanted in the host's body secretly by 'X' when fighting 'X' before, the purpose is to suppress the host's ability.】 The system replied.

"It's 'X' playing tricks again!

" Lin Chen clenched his fists and asked the system: "System, is there any way to clear this black energy?

Or find the remnants of 'X', and ask for the method to remove the seal?" 【Temporarily unable to clear the black energy, detected traces of 'X' remnants active in Chengxi, about 10 people, carrying special instruments, may master the method to remove the seal.】 The system replied.

Xia Nuan looked at Lin Chen: "Then shall we go to Chengxi now to find the remnants of 'X'?" Lin Chen nodded: "Hmm, must remove the seal as soon as possible, otherwise next time we encounter a stronger enemy, we'll be in trouble." The survivors said to Lin Chen: "We won't go with you, wish you can successfully remove the seal, if there is anything we can help with, contact us again." After Lin Chen thanked them, he left the abandoned hospital with Xia Nuan, got into the armored vehicle, and drove toward Chengxi, with only one thought in his mind—find the remnants of 'X' and remove the ability seal.