Chapter 563

"Everyone, move a bit faster, first collect the blood-red mist here, and then collect some soil from nearby..."

"Once these things are done, our mission will be more than half completed."

"..."

Under Captain Li's urging, the warriors immediately perked up and began to take action.

Liu Zi also became busy in a flurry of activity.

Inside the town, perhaps because of the increased concentration of blood mist, Liu Zi clearly felt that the bloody smell in the air was much stronger than before.

By the roadside, there were white bones of Freedom Nation people everywhere.

Stepping on them would make a 'crunching' sound.

Collecting blood mist was relatively easy; one just needed to take out a container and collect the air.

Collecting soil, however, would be much more difficult.

The roads in the small town were all paved, and everywhere was covered in white bones; to collect soil, one had to first push aside the bones and clear away the surface layer to complete the task.

Yet, while all this sounded complicated, in the eyes of the Long Guo special forces soldiers, it could not be considered a difficult task.

Very quickly, the soil samples were collected.

Liu Zi collected the soil directly from the green belt by the roadside, which saved quite a bit of effort.

He did not know why.

Looking at the quiet scene all around, even though the mission was more than half complete, a sense of indescribable panic quietly sprouted in his heart.

This small town clearly gave him a very uncomfortable feeling...

It was as if some indescribably terrifying existence was entrenched here.

Just as Liu Zi was lost in his wild thoughts, Captain Li's voice came again.

"Next, let's search the town a bit more and see if we can find any survivors from the Freedom Nation..."

"If we find them, that's best; if we don't, our squad will return the way we came, and that will count as successfully completing the mission!"

"..."

"Yes!"

Hearing that the mission was to be completed, everyone present was suddenly jolted with energy.

If they stayed in this place any longer, the soldiers' nerves would likely collapse...

Although they knew that in this environment, the probability of any Freedom Nation people surviving was almost zero.

Yet the Long Guo soldiers still did not give up.

Soon, the squad members began searching everywhere in the small town.

The town was not large, not much different from a small town in Long Guo...

Searching it was not strenuous.

Liu Zi also began to search cautiously.

Suddenly, not far ahead, a cry of surprise rang out!

"Everyone, come and look!"

"What is this thing?"

The one who made the sound was the deputy captain of the special forces squad; once these words were spoken, they instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"What's wrong? Did you find survivors?"

"Where? Where?"

"What's going on?"

The deputy captain did not speak; he swallowed with great difficulty and simply stretched out a finger, pointing ahead.

His eyes were filled with horror.

Everyone looked in the direction his finger was pointing and instantly froze in place.

Appearing before everyone's eyes was an altar with an incredibly bizarre design.

Large masses of flesh and blood, as if they had a life of their own, were writhing crazily in every corner of the altar, eerily forming an inexplicable pattern.

An absurd illusion, as if it had come from a primitive age yet was filled with futuristic technology, rippled through everyone's hearts.

What exactly was this altar sacrificing to?

Why was it so evil?

Everyone raised their heads and saw that in the very center of the altar stood a strange creation, about five meters tall, with an appearance that was bizarre to the extreme.

The left side of the creation's body was a mechanical construct so perfect it was impossible to describe; every centimeter of its existence was a creation of the Creator's peak perfection.

It almost satisfied every human fantasy regarding the beauty of machinery.

And on the right side was a large mass of writhing, twisted, and hideous flesh and blood.

The flesh and blood grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and at an unimaginable speed, it turned black and rotted...

At this moment, the Long Guo soldiers under the altar were staring fixedly at the creation before them.

It was as if their souls had been captured by something.

Only Liu Zi, unable to suppress the fear in his heart, hurriedly lowered his head and closed his eyes.

Just then, a sudden change occurred on the scene.

A red ripple surged outward like a wave.

From atop the altar came an electronic mechanical voice devoid of any emotion!

"Do not look directly at the gods!"

The voice, like a Huang Zhongdalu, exploded in everyone's ears.

In the blink of an eye, the two eyeballs of every Long Guo soldier who had been staring directly at the altar's 'idol' instantly exploded like balloons being blown up!

Only two bloody holes remained, with fresh blood gushing out!

However, before the soldiers' wails could even be heard, an even more terrifying scene descended!

Because Liu Zi was timid and did not look at the mysterious 'idol', he escaped the disaster.

But the other soldiers were not so lucky...

Half of their bodies began to mechanize at a speed visible to the naked eye!

And the other half was erupting with eeriness at an unimaginable speed.

Countless faces full of animal features were changing crazily on everyone's faces at a speed too fast to imagine.

A sharp spike first burst out from the deputy captain's mouth, and then his facial bones began to grow at an astonishing speed until they broke through his skin, revealing the pale bone fragments inside!

Although Liu Zi was a hand-picked elite soldier from the various major units of Long Guo, where had he ever seen such a scene?

His legs went soft instantly, and he collapsed directly to the ground, his eyes filled with indescribable fear...

What was going on?

What kind of situation was this?

Could it be that I will also turn into this?

"Run!"

"Run quickly!!!"

"Leave the Freedom Nation!!!"

At this moment, Captain Li's body also began to mutate violently, his voice sometimes shrill, sometimes gruff.

It was impossible to recognize his original voice.

But even now, he was still roaring crazily.

The mutation erupted again; this time, Captain Li could not even make a sound...

Roars like those of monsters echoed through the sky.

Liu Zi dared not look up; he dared not look at the gods.

He also dared not look at his other teammates.

At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, and that was: run!

As long as he could run out of the borders of the Freedom Nation!

As long as he could pass on the information from here!

Even if he, Liu Zi, died, it would be worth it!

At this very moment, Liu Zi cast aside all distracting thoughts in his mind, and the speed of his feet reached an unimaginable level!

A deafening heartbeat sounded in his ears.

This time, Liu Zi knew better than anyone that the heartbeat was definitely not his own!

In an instant, an unprecedented chill surged into Liu Zi's heart!