Chapter 153: Chapter 152: The Uninvited Third Party
What exactly happened here?
While the Ironblood Warriors were hunting inside the Pyramid, the expedition members who had finally left the Pyramid were stunned by the scene before them. They had planned to return to the camp to get explosives to blow open the sealed Stone Gate and rescue the members of Team B. However, when they returned to the camp, they were horrified to find that all of their team members who had stayed at the camp had been killed! And they were even hung upside down in the camp!
What the hell is going on?
“We must leave immediately!”
Looking at the corpses swaying in the cold wind, the Captain’s face turned pale. She had been to Antarctica before, but she had never encountered such a situation. She couldn’t even be sure whether it was humans or something else that killed the team members, but she was certain that this was beyond what their small exploration party could handle!
“No, we can’t leave!”
What the female Captain didn’t expect was that as soon as her words fell, several previously silent men in the team suddenly flung away their hands, then discarded their suitcases that were used for disguise, and pulled out several guns.
“Although I don’t know who that was, I can be sure those bastards are dead meat. They dared to pry into Verland Company’s property, they should be prepared to die!”
Clearly, in their eyes, a group of people had followed them here and even killed their members in the camp, all in the name of murder and robbery! Clearly, they too had come for the Pyramid! But these people were even more brutal and terrifying, they killed at the drop of a hat!
“We still have enough security personnel on the ship, we need to call them all to fight!”
Old Weyland in the team had also recovered his composure by now, looking at his killed subordinates, he too was shaking with rage.
“Immediately notify the follow-up teams that we are facing a battle, have them ready their weapons and prepare for combat!”
When Verland Company sent people here, of course, they brought more than just an exploration team. This team arrived early mainly to locate the Pyramid as soon as possible and start the excavation. The follow-up teams, because of the large number of people, needed time to prepare and thus did not accompany the vanguard to the ruins right away. And now, they were already on their way…
Fang Zheng had no idea that at this very moment, the group of humans who had barely escaped with their lives above him were actually seeking their doom. At that moment, he was contently watching the new Alien hatch from the three larvae.
The Alien, modified by the Swarm, looked a size smaller than the Hydralisk, and its appearance had not changed much. Sharp claws and a long tail remained the Alien’s deadliest weapons and features. However, compared to previous iterations, the Swarm Aliens had thicker bone armor on their heads, no longer the long arc shape but fanned out to the back like the Alien Empress to protect their bodies. Blacks, sharp bone spikes unfolded from their arms and back, ready to launch an attack on the enemy at any time.
At least from the outside, this terrifying Creature appeared even more fearsome after the Swarm’s modification. The only thing that dissatisfied Fang Zheng was that the Swarm possessed no genes for invisibility that could be used to breed, otherwise an invisible Alien… would be invincible.
After all, burrowing couldn’t rule the world, could it?
“The growth rate isn’t bad either.”
Looking at the pocket watch in his hand, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction. Real-life Swarm reproduction certainly wasn’t as overpowered as in the games, but as far as biological rates go, it was astoundingly fast. The Aliens’ hatching speed was comparable to that of the Jumping Bugs, which was more than adequate for a Swarm unit meant for sneaky, burst assassinations in a short timeframe.
What comes next is… a live combat test.
“Go, eliminate your enemies!”
At Fang Zheng’s command, three Aliens bowed their heads respectfully, emitting a submissive hissing sound. They then leapt forward violently, like cheetahs turning into bolts of lightning, sprinting out of the hall and disappearing into the dark shadows in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, inside the Pyramid, the trio of Ironblood Warriors, having successfully secured their weapons, were also engaged in a life-and-death battle with the Aliens.
An Alien was slammed heavily to the ground. It struggled desperately to stand, but the Ironblood Warrior pressing down on it didn’t budge. He raised his hand and firmly pinned the Alien’s head to the ground. Then, his Shoulder Cannon began to rotate and he took aim at the Alien on the ground, firing a shot.
Accompanied by the ripple of the Energy Cannon, the next moment saw the Alien’s head burst apart, and after a brief struggle, its body slowly slumped to the ground, motionless.
Upon seeing the body of the Alien, the Ironblood roared in anger. He then reached out, drew a dagger from his waist, and cut into the body of the Alien in front of him. But just then, he suddenly turned his head towards the adjacent corridor. At the same time, the Shoulder Cannon on his shoulder swiftly changed direction and fired!
With the discharge of the Energy Cannon, a Shadow silently passed by from the other side of the corridor and then disappeared without a trace. Meanwhile, the Ironblood Warrior also stood up, extending the Blade Arms on his arm again while looking towards the corridor ahead. His form shuddered and he once again turned invisible, vanishing into thin air.
For a moment, the entire room was engulfed in deathly silence.
“Click-clack, click-clack…”
The now-invisible Ironblood Warrior cautiously advanced into the depths of the corridor, but no matter how he searched, the enemy was nowhere to be seen. As the Ironblood Warrior turned his head, suddenly, a screeching wind sound emerged within the corridor right in front of him!
Several sharp bone spikes flew towards the Ironblood Warrior like arrows. Realizing that something was wrong, the Ironblood Warrior roared and raised his hands to protect his face. At the same time, his Shoulder Cannon fired again, aiming at the oncoming spikes.
A series of Energy Cannon shots exploded in the air, blasting the incoming bone spikes to pieces. But before the smoke cleared, a Pitch Black tail shot out from the dust like a lance, aiming once again at the Ironblood Warrior’s head!
Clearly, the Ironblood Warrior was not an easy opponent. Facing this opportunistic strike, he roared, his right hand swinging fiercely with the Blade Arm to strike the protruding tail, sending it flying away. Immediately after, the Ironblood Warrior lunged forward, trying to grab the flickering Shadow ahead; but as he stepped forward, a burst of blood suddenly exploded from his throat.
The sharp and lethal tail pierced the Ironblood Warrior’s neck like a dagger, and with a tremble of his body, he didn’t even have time to react before collapsing to the ground, another body. Meanwhile, the tail that had hung from the ceiling swiftly retracted with a “whoosh” sound and then vanished into the shadows again. It wasn’t until the Ironblood Warrior in front fell that another Alien let out a low cry and again darted deeper into the corridor.
Soon, the entire Pyramid was once again enveloped in deathly silence, empty but for the body on the ground.