Chapter 593: Kazlan

Continue. Robert's gaze did not leave the operating table.

"Yes." The low-intelligence AI continued its report: "Not only that, based on the autopsy and analysis of 122 abnormal creature corpses, we can preliminarily confirm that these abnormal creatures are biologically weapons deliberately manufactured and cultivated."

Fragments resembling serial numbers are present in their genetic information, seemingly to allow higher ranks to better control the lower ranks and issue orders, and their muscle and bone tissue density is extremely high.

78.2%…

Human genes…

Deliberately manufactured, modified…

After hearing the low-intelligence AI's report, Wokan and An Na Jin, whose expressions were already solemn, became even more grim, even with a hint of indignation.

After all, this signifies that in the world beyond the Space Gate, our fellow humans may very well have been imprisoned by some vile race or another anomaly, and forcibly twisted into such deformed, grotesque forms.

Thinking this, the two young Original Bodies wished they could immediately charge toward the Space Gate, go to that world, and slaughter every last wretch.

In contrast, Robert's expression and gaze remained unchanged; he had no idea what the true emotions of this elder brother of all Original Bodies were.

After hearing the low-intelligence AI's report, he slightly turned his head and looked at the other party: "How is the situation on the other side of the Space Gate, Vista?"

Upon hearing that.

The intelligence that Robert called Vista did not rush to reply; she first presented a large holographic screen before everyone.

"Governor, this is the video footage sent back by the reconnaissance scout dispatched by the Intelligence Department to the Space Gate."

As Vista spoke, the holographic screen began playing the video footage for the three Original Bodies.

At first the screen was black.

But it quickly switched to that alley in Metropolis 05 District.

Only see the alley widened, buildings on both sides forcibly demolished in many parts, and the original location of the Space Gate was replaced by the Engineering Department with a square silver iron dome, isolating it while also using a stasis field to block the continual intrusion of abnormal creatures.

The video picture went from far to near.

This indicates that the reconnaissance scout responsible for filming is approaching the entrance of the iron dome facing west.

Upon reaching the entrance, the four Iron Knight Terminators tasked with guarding promptly withdrew left and right, raising their left arms equipped with storm burst arrows to stand guard.

Qi—!

The red-and-white umbrella emblem at the center of the entrance gate rotated, then the gate slowly opened to both sides, simultaneously spraying a disinfecting mist containing nanomachines, revealing a disinfection chamber beyond lit with dark red light.

Continue forward.

Arrived inside the disinfection chamber.

The rear gate closed, and then the nanometer disinfecting mist filled again; even though the chance of microbial invasion is extremely low, practically nil, the Technical Department still eradicated it at the source.

It was as if nanomachines permeated the ground, underground, and air of this district, with all nearby residents undergoing isolation inspection.

Even though Imperial citizens now fear no viruses, bacteria, parasites, or other microbes, having inherited Umbrella's regulations and further refined by the various departments, it is absolutely impossible for them to cut corners and omit any step.

Soon, the dark red light began to flash, emitting a rhythmic "beep—beep—" alert.

The next moment.

The screen's front gate unfolded, exposing that Space Gate.

Moreover, the stasis field emitting a faint blue light bound several half-human scorpions that were maintaining a running posture, scrambling to rush out of the Space Gate.

They were as if stuck in the Space Gate, utterly unable to complete passage.

At this moment, numerous "tentacles" with small spray nozzles appeared on both sides of the screen, the mechanical scout filming the video having entered an alert state, ready to use its mechanical tentacles to respond to any sudden situation.

Immediately after.

The edge of the screen also emitted a faint blue light, and then the mechanical scout easily entered the stasis field without any effect, advancing toward the Space Gate.

Just before completing passage, the nozzles at the tips of over ten tentacles sprayed high-energy cutting beams about sixty centimeters long.

Sizzle! Crackle!

While passing through, the mechanical scout additionally used the beam to swiftly cut the "door-blocking" half-human scorpions into small pieces, clearing the obstacle and successfully passing through the Space Gate.

The screen instantly flashed white.

But after less than three seconds, the screen returned to normal, and simultaneously…

Innumerable, like a vast ocean, half-human scorpions surged forward head-on.

Faced with this suffocating momentum, the reconnaissance scout, devoid of emotion and possessing only extremely fine autonomous judgment, naturally showed no fluctuation and deemed all the ugly creatures before it as obstacles hindering its mission.

Thus…

Buzz— —— sizzle!! sizzle!!

The screen spun violently, making it impossible to see what exactly happened, but the sound of the high-energy beam cutting flesh never ceased, continuously echoing in the observation room.

After the screen finished spinning.

Looking again at the scene beyond the Space Gate, it was already a mess; all the previous half-human scorpions had been violently split into small fragments, some larger corpse pieces occasionally twitching a few times.

This is clearly the reconnaissance scout whose appearance resembles an octopus, using inertia and its own force to launch into a frenzied spin, making its tentacles even more deadly and efficient.

This is why the vast majority of departments do not wish to provoke the Engineering or Technical Departments, after all these two departments rely most on various scout models, and if a scout were to engage its killing mode, it would be far too dangerous for ordinary organisms.

After dealing with the half-human scorpions all around.

The terrain and appearance beyond the Space Gate also gradually became clear: a dimly lit cavern with abundant stalactites.

When the mechanical scout deployed its external lighting, shining on those stalagmite- and stalactite-like deposits, it would give the illusion of touring a scenic spot.

However, the ground littered with corpses and fragments is truly bleak.

After the reconnaissance scout filmed the scenery near the Space Gate, it continued flying toward the light source representing the outside of the cavern.

During this, many half-human scorpions attempted to lunge at the scout, but without exception, they were all dismembered into eight pieces by the scout.

As for the half-human scorpions still approaching the Space Gate, they are not within the scout's consideration, nor do they have any attack desire; they now only wish to complete their reconnaissance mission.

Within half a minute.

The scout smoothly passed through the entrance/exit, and the screen also became bright; after the scout finished focusing and then continued flying steadily upward, everyone discovered that the world beyond the cavern was a vast forest.

The sky was azure and clear.

The trees in the forest also had lush foliage.

However, when the scout hovered at an altitude of about fifty meters and looked northward, it captured a scene very unfriendly to those with trypophobia.

One could see an uncountable number of abnormal creatures almost occupying the entire forest, continuously flying toward the cave.

More than half of these disgusting creatures were human‑bodied scorpions, and there were many larger, even more revolting forms that also possessed human features.

But the scout had no intention of engaging the wave of abnormal creatures.

It continued to increase altitude while flying northward, scanning geographical features, air composition, and starlight, and determined that the world beyond the Space Gate was an Earth of another parallel universe.

Not long after.

The scout skimmed over the abnormal surge below from high altitude, gradually leaving the forest area and arriving at a village similarly occupied by that group of disgusting things.

Seeing this.

To gather more information, the scout prepared to lower its altitude over the village for close‑range observation.

But…

"Whoosh—"

But two straight, high‑energy blazing white beams suddenly shot from the upper right toward the scout, extremely fast, giving no time to react, so it could only endure.

"Hum—!!!"

The picture shook violently, indicating the scout had been hit by the beam; fortunately, its faint‑blue‑glowing energy shield successfully blocked the attack.

That strike just now consumed 12% of the energy shield.

It seems insignificant, 'only' consuming 12%, but at least eight to ten such attacks would be needed to shatter the shield; this shows the beam's power is not low, at least somewhat higher than the Empire's standard rifle.

In response, the scout immediately turned, judged from the beam's trajectory that the source was the southern edge of the village, then adjusted its focus and locked onto the creature that had ambushed it.

It was a creature with human‑like legs, a torso like a sea snail's tumor, and the tumor grew fine, hair‑like tendrils.

Its most striking feature was a pair of crystal‑clear, large eyes that made one want to describe them with the main universe brand 'Kazz Blue'.

Even without dissection, just from its appearance one knows the organ that fired the beams at the scout is that eye tissue.

Not giving it a chance to charge, the mechanical scout re‑entered kill mode, its flight speed increasing more than tenfold, and it surged forward with a spinning motion toward the village's southern end.

"Puff!!"

In an instant, the picture returned to normal, and that 'Kazz Blue' creature just now had turned into a pile of meat on the ground.

"Whoosh—whoosh!!"

But as the scout was about to scan its surroundings, it was directly hit by a barrage of beams from multiple angles.

"Crack…crack!!" The energy shield shattered like glass and lost function, needing some time to recover.

However, more beams came one after another, forcing the scout to endure them with its metallic body.

Through the faintly red mechanical tentacles flashing in the picture, it shows the beams could not instantly melt through the metal outer shell, allowing the scout to break free from the concentrated fire, rise to mid‑air, scan and lock on, and seek out all the disgusting creatures that had attacked it.

Less than three seconds.

Twelve red dots appeared on the picture, indicating that at least twelve Kazz Blues exist in the forest south of the village.

Furthermore, judging by their positions, they seemed to have been deployed in advance, using the first attacker as bait to lure the mechanical scout's attack.

At this moment.

It seems they realized their ambush and lure tactic had failed, as more and more beams struck the scout, suggesting there are an unknown number of Kazz Blues in the forest.

But the scout surged upward at extreme speed, no longer leisurely as before, switching to an erratic flight path, making that group that seemed like an anti‑air unit unable to block its continued northward advance.

Immediately afterward, the scout activated its stealth function, ensuring it would not be harassed by those creatures for a short time.

The center of the picture showed the characters '→→'.

The video was fast‑forwarded by Vista, skipping the scout's journey midway.

After a brief wait, the center of the picture displayed '1x', letting the video play normally again.

Now the video picture no longer shows forest scenery; instead, it shows a city filled with smoke, with continuous flashes of gunfire and explosions.

The southern part of the city has already fallen; everywhere abnormal creatures surge on the ground, including huge beings like land battleships.

The fighting is most intense at the city center.

When the scout hovered at a kilometer altitude and looked down, narrowing its view, it discovered the army blocking the abnormal creatures' advance; judging by limbs and appearance, they were human.

Furthermore, the human soldiers defending the city almost all had mechanical exoskeletons; some heavy‑troopers' gear even had the performance of powered armor.

Moreover, the scout detected many humanoid mechs hovering around fifteen meters high, capable of flight and agile movement, which are a primary firepower output of the human army.

However, aerial units are far fewer.

After all, behind the abnormal creatures' surge are nearly ten thousand Kazz Blues forming a dense beam fire‑net, preventing human low‑air units from providing effective machine‑gun support over the city.

Otherwise, one would need to maintain a kilometer or higher altitude with extreme speed like the scout, to avoid being easily locked by the beams, allowing attack and bomber aircraft to conduct bombing runs at high altitude.

Although the beam's attack range is greatly affected by atmospheric conditions in terms of power, range, and accuracy, within twenty thousand meters there is no problem.

Therefore, that group of abnormal creatures with large eyes, even if they have not detected a target, will continuously fire upward to form an anti‑air fire‑net.

This affected the scout's reconnaissance to some extent, but after finding a good angle and reaching a position over five hundred meters above ground, it continued its overhead filming.

Furthermore, judging solely by this world's human military weapons, equipment, heavy vehicles, and mechs, they seem far more advanced than the Federal soldiers of Universe 02 (the enhanced version of 'Starship Troopers').

At the same time, this also indicates that humanity in this world should be capable of interstellar colonization, yet they have encountered the current insect‑like abnormal creatures.

And the scout, by measuring the abnormal creatures' advance speed, calculated that the city would be completely overrun in less than four hours, but four hours is far insufficient to complete an evacuation…

…

The video ended here, as Vista actively stopped it because the final scene already connected with the present time.

After watching the individual's footage.

"Brother!" The most impatient An Na Jin stepped forward: "Please let me follow the headquarters through the Space Gate to rescue our compatriots and slaughter those abnormal scum!!"

"Brother, me too."

Wokan's tone was not as agitated as An Na Jin's, but his eyes were filled with endless hatred; one could tell this "honest person" OriginalBody was in a state of extreme anger.

(End of Chapter)