Chapter 74

The progress bar of the system's data extraction jumped slowly, and Lin Chen leaned against the metal device,

his fingers unconsciously rubbing his palms; the ruthlessness in the blackened state just now still remained in his senses,

and that uncontrollable power made him inexplicably panic. 【Data extraction progress 50%, detected a large number of white-eyed zombies appearing outside the research institute, numbering about 500, moving toward the data room.】 The system prompt suddenly popped up,

and Lin Chen stood up straight abruptly.

White-eyed zombies were basic mutant bodies in the apocalypse, and although their individual strength wasn't strong,

they were extremely destructive when in groups.

Just as he wanted to speed up the data extraction, an emergency prompt from the system sounded in his mind: 【Simultaneously detected combat signals in the direction of the Sky Dome Villa, Xia Nuan and A Kai's vital signs are fluctuating violently, suspected of being besieged by white-eyed zombies.】

"No good!" Lin Chen's heart tightened,

and he couldn't care about the remaining data, saying to the system: 【Terminate data extraction, save the information already obtained, navigate back to the villa immediately.】 【Data saved, navigation generated, returning to the villa currently takes 15 minutes, it is recommended to enable the flight skill to return at full speed.】 Lin Chen didn't hesitate,

turned and rushed toward the back door of the data room, freezing a few Experiment Guardians who were still struggling on the way to avoid leaving hidden dangers.

After rushing out of the research institute,

Lin Chen immediately activated the flight skill, his body turning into a blur and flying toward the villa.

The cold wind in the air was biting,

and he kept urging the system to update the situation at the villa: 【White-eyed zombies outside the villa have broken through the temporary defenses, Xia Nuan and A Kai have retreated to the basement, currently safe.】 【Detected that Xia Nuan is using the Purple Lightning Purification Gun to counterattack, but only 3 rounds of ammunition remain.】

10 minutes later,

Lin Chen finally saw the outline of the villa—the courtyard was crowded with white-eyed zombies,

they were roaring and crashing against the basement door, and the door panel already had obvious cracks.

Xia Nuan and A Kai's shouting and killing sounds could be heard faintly, and Lin Chen's eyes turned cold,

diving down, and upon landing, he mobilized his Absolute Zero ability, pressing his palm lightly against the ground.

The cold air spread rapidly with him as the center, the ground instantly froze, and the dozens of white-eyed zombies that approached were frozen in place,

becoming ice sculptures. "Lin Chen!" Xia Nuan in the basement heard the movement,

and shouted with joy. Lin Chen walked to the door,

punched and shattered the door lock,

and pulled open the door to see A Kai holding an empty gun to resist, Xia Nuan's face stained with blood and dirt,

both of them panting.

"Are you guys okay?"

Lin Chen hurriedly helped them walk out, and A Kai shook his head, pointing into the distance: "We heard movement outside just now,

went out to see and it was all white-eyed zombies,

luckily we ran fast..." Before he finished speaking,

the system suddenly popped up a piercing alarm: 【Detected a large-scale armed force approaching, identified as the main force of the Shadow Organization, equipped with 300 aircraft, 200 tanks, 150 armored vehicles, troop strength about 5000, expected to arrive in 5 minutes.】

Lin Chen's face changed drastically—the Shadow Organization had actually used its main force this time,

clearly wanting to eliminate him completely in one go. Xia Nuan and A Kai were also panicked,

and A Kai clenched his fists: "What do we do? Our Purple Lightning Net is already broken, we can't stop them with just these weapons..."

Lin Chen took a deep breath, walked to the center of the courtyard,

his eyes becoming firm: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." He first said to the system: 【Take out all heavy weapons, deploy them around the villa; activate Absolute Zero ability at maximum power.】 【200 heavy weapons including Gatling guns, rocket launchers, etc., have been taken out and deployed; Absolute Zero has been adjusted to maximum power, current freezing range is 50 meters.】

Soon,

the sky in the distance appeared dense with aircraft, and the roar of tanks and armored vehicles on the ground was getting closer.

The Shadow Organization's aircraft launched an attack first, artillery shells flying toward the villa,

and Lin Chen raised his hand and waved toward the air, the cold air instantly forming a huge ice shield, the artillery shells hitting the ice shield,

and the exploding flames were instantly frozen, turning into pieces of ice crystals.

"Fire!" the Shadow Organization commander shouted, and the tanks and armored vehicles fired simultaneously,

bullets and artillery shells raining down. Lin Chen, while maintaining the ice shield,

controlled the surrounding weapons to automatically counterattack; the Gatling guns spat fire, and the rocket launchers fired at the tank group,

and in just a few minutes, more than a dozen tanks were destroyed, and several aircraft crashed.

But the Shadow Organization's troop strength was too large, and the ice shield began to show cracks under continuous attack.

Lin Chen gritted his teeth, suddenly put away the ice shield,

formed seals with both hands, and the power of the Absolute Zero ability and the Blackening Factor in his body exploded simultaneously—he snapped his fingers lightly toward the Shadow Organization's troops, and a pale purple chill instantly swept the entire field.

Wherever the chill passed,

aircraft stopped in the air and were frozen into ice blocks, falling straight down; the shells of tanks and armored vehicles instantly froze,

and the people inside didn't even scream before losing their lives; the Shadow Organization members rushing at the front were frozen into ice sculptures, shattering into slag when the wind blew.

The 5000-man force was completely eliminated in just a few dozen seconds, leaving only ice sculptures and wreckage all over the ground.

Xia Nuan and A Kai were dumbfounded, and A Kai swallowed his saliva: "Brother Lin Chen,

you... this is too powerful, right?"

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief,

the power in his body fading rapidly, and he swayed, almost falling, but luckily Xia Nuan supported him in time. 【Detected that the host successfully defeated the Shadow Organization's main force. Reward: Ice Seal Factor Stabilizing Agent ×3, can temporarily suppress the Blackening Factor's agitation; No. 127 Laboratory Complete Map ×1.】 The system prompt popped up.

Lin Chen took the agent, and just as he wanted to speak, the system sounded an alarm again: 【Detected a high-intensity energy signal in the direction of No. 127 Laboratory, suspected that He Shao has activated the "Ice Seal Plan," global temperature has begun to drop rapidly, expected to drop to -200℃ in 1 hour.】

"Ice Seal Plan?" Lin Chen's heart sank, and he looked at the laboratory map in his hand,

suddenly realizing that He Shao running back to the laboratory wasn't to hide, but to activate this terrifying plan.

He clenched his fists and said to Xia Nuan and A Kai: "We must go to No. 127 Laboratory immediately,

stop He Shao, otherwise the whole world will be frozen!"