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Chapter 175
chapter 0109 part 1
Chapter 109: Phantom, Failure, Clone
After losing an arm, the Predator entered invisibility, using the relief carvings and corners throughout the room to dodge the mercenaries' gunfire.
"Pfft pfft pfft..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Perhaps because this room was used to imprison the Alien Queen, it was twice the size of other Pyramid rooms, filled with sculptures of Ancient Human rituals. Most of these were sculptures of Aliens and Predators, but there were also some sculptures of tall Giants.
The smoke and dust from the explosion made visibility in this room very poor.
This also gave the injured Predator space to maneuver.
The mercenaries paired up, activating the infrared detector on their bio-masks, searching for the injured Predator's tracks.
Sporadic bursts of gunfire, mixed with exclamations, made this bottom-level Pyramid room exceptionally lively.
Seeing a swarm of Sacred Scarabs crawling towards a wall, a mercenary followed the wall with his gaze. A blurry thermal silhouette immediately appeared on his infrared detector.
Dropping to one knee, he shouldered his rifle, aimed at the figure in mid-air, and pulled the trigger.
"Da da da..."
An assault rifle fired a three-round burst. The armor-piercing bullets directly penetrated the thermal imaging phantom, forcefully punching several bowl-sized pits into the stone wall.
"Da da da..."
Seeing him kneeling and shooting, several other mercenaries also adjusted their muzzles, aimed at the wall, and opened fire simultaneously.
Sparks flew everywhere on the entire wall, and countless bullets instantly riddled the whole wall, turning it into a pitted, honeycomb shape.
"Something's wrong!"
Looking at the pockmarked wall and the red light figure that remained motionless in the thermal imaging instrument, a mercenary was about to call out a warning.
Three throwing discs suddenly shot over their heads.
The sharp throwing discs directly sliced across the back of the necks of three unsuspecting mercenaries.
The high-frequency rotating gears and sharp blade edges instantly severed the three men's muscles, nerves, and bones. The three men were instantly decapitated.
Buzz buzz...
After successfully striking, the three throwing discs spun rapidly, flying in mid-air, searching for their target.
On the chain binding the Alien Queen, a transparent shadow squatted. Its eyes were like a male lion hunting, crouching in the grass, ready to deliver a fatal blow to its prey.
It cautiously watched everyone in the room. The control system built into its mask controlled the throwing discs, directing them to cut towards the next target.
The method of using these throwing discs is very similar to a boomerang. They are primarily used to cut the prey's bones and muscles with the retractable blades on the periphery.
They are usually controlled by the Predator's mask and can fly to any location guided by the Predator's line of sight. At the same time, these throwing discs can be modified, for example, by adding laser emitters to expand the range and force of the kill.
Losing a hand had a significant influence on the Predator, a hunter. It was forced to abandon its most proficient wrist blade and instead use the control-type throwing discs.
"Clang!"
Storm Shadow swung his katana back, drawing the long blade from its sheath, and struck a throwing disc aimed at Boss Tang, sending it flying.
The throwing disc whistled erratically in the air, continuing to shoot towards Tang Song.
Clearly, this Predator had a deep memory of Tang Someone who had caused it to be exposed.
"Clang clang clang..."
Tang Song leaned on his cane, standing motionless as the rapidly approaching throwing discs flew towards him. A white figure wielding a katana blocked them in front of him.
Chopping, slashing, blocking, parrying – every strike could cleave or deflect the incoming throwing discs.
A single katana was used with incredible skill by Storm Shadow.
The throwing discs, whistling with a speed comparable to bullets, swayed left and right, trying to bypass Storm Shadow and shoot directly at Boss Tang behind him.
However, it was clear that the Predator had underestimated Storm Shadow's difficulty.
Although Storm Shadow was not a Mutant or a Superhuman, his ninja blade technique, cultivated for over a decade, made him an absolute master in swordsmanship and close combat.
It could be said that even Frank before cultivating the Zhu Yan Transformation might not have been Storm Shadow's Rival in close combat.
This was also the reason he was favored by Boss Tang and had the Heart Demon Great Curse planted on him.
"Ding ding clang clang!"
Another throwing disc, controlled by the Predator's line of sight, silently approached Storm Shadow along the ground. It suddenly surged up and, along with another throwing disc, shot towards Storm Shadow's chest.
Storm Shadow waved his left hand, and four or five shuriken shot out from within his sleeve.
Amidst a series of crisp metal collisions, one throwing disc was directly knocked off course by a shuriken. Before the Predator could correct it, Storm Shadow had already gripped the hilt with both hands and chopped down!
"Clang!"
With a sound of metal and iron clashing, the throwing disc was violently chopped in half by a single strike. It sparked and exploded with a pop, bursting into a fireball.
"Buzz buzz..."
The Predator raised its remaining arm, and the small shoulder cannon on its shoulder aimed at Storm Shadow and Tang Song behind him.
As the shoulder cannon charged, three red dots were just about to fire when a rustling sound suddenly came.
It turned its head and saw that on the chain, dense Sacred Scarabs were surging towards it like a tide along the chain.
Arriving even sooner than these blood-sniffing Sacred Scarabs were the dense bullets from the mercenaries' concentrated fire below.
"Da da da da..."
"Pfft pfft pfft pfft..."
It pushed off with its foot, and a grappling hook shot out from its arm. It directly sprang up from the chain and hid behind the iron coffin in the center.
…………
Four chains, as thick as arms, pulled at the Alien Queen's four limbs from four directions, suspending it in mid-air.
Only the Alien Queen's head and tail were exposed; the rest of its body was completely sealed by metal plates.
Just from its spindle-shaped streamlined head and a mouth full of sharp teeth, one could identify this thing as an absolute top-tier predator.
Clang clang...
From the outside, it looked like four thick iron chains pulling a metal coffin into mid-air.
Clang clang, everyone aimed their muzzles behind the iron coffin.
Hiss hiss!
The Alien Queen strained to stretch its neck. As its sharp teeth opened and closed, large drops of green body fluid dripped down continuously.
Sizzle sizzle!
Watching the white smoke corroding the floor tiles,
Charles Bishop Weyland piloted his exoskeleton suit. On his display screen, a red crosshair was aimed remotely at the area behind the iron coffin.
Behind the exoskeleton suit, two circular missile pods were wide open, and two missiles were vaguely locked onto the direction the crosshair was aimed at.
"Jacob, haven't you found it yet?"
Charles Bishop Weyland looked at Jacob.
Jacob's forehead was dripping with sweat at this moment, and he was muttering to himself. Under his control, a portion of the countless Sacred Scarabs attacked the Predator behind the iron coffin along the chain.
Another portion of the Sacred Scarabs swarmed into the cracks and corners of the room, searching for potential Secret Passages and secret doors.
"Huh?!"
Tang Song's divine sense inadvertently swept past the area behind the one-armed Predator.
He suddenly discovered something interesting.
Under everyone's gaze, he leaped up and lightly landed on the iron chain binding the Alien Queen.
Clink! His cane tapped on a link of the iron chain. With a light resonance, Tang Song felt the strong vibration transmitted by the chain.
Chapter 109: Phantom, Failure, Clone
After losing an arm, the Predator entered invisibility, using the relief carvings and corners throughout the room to dodge the mercenaries' gunfire.
"Pfft pfft pfft..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Perhaps because this room was used to imprison the Alien Queen, it was twice the size of other Pyramid rooms, filled with sculptures of Ancient Human rituals. Most of these were sculptures of Aliens and Predators, but there were also some sculptures of tall Giants.
The smoke and dust from the explosion made visibility in this room very poor.
This also gave the injured Predator space to maneuver.
The mercenaries paired up, activating the infrared detector on their bio-masks, searching for the injured Predator's tracks.
Sporadic bursts of gunfire, mixed with exclamations, made this bottom-level Pyramid room exceptionally lively.
Seeing a swarm of Sacred Scarabs crawling towards a wall, a mercenary followed the wall with his gaze. A blurry thermal silhouette immediately appeared on his infrared detector.
Dropping to one knee, he shouldered his rifle, aimed at the figure in mid-air, and pulled the trigger.
"Da da da..."
An assault rifle fired a three-round burst. The armor-piercing bullets directly penetrated the thermal imaging phantom, forcefully punching several bowl-sized pits into the stone wall.
"Da da da..."
Seeing him kneeling and shooting, several other mercenaries also adjusted their muzzles, aimed at the wall, and opened fire simultaneously.
Sparks flew everywhere on the entire wall, and countless bullets instantly riddled the whole wall, turning it into a pitted, honeycomb shape.
"Something's wrong!"
Looking at the pockmarked wall and the red light figure that remained motionless in the thermal imaging instrument, a mercenary was about to call out a warning.
Three throwing discs suddenly shot over their heads.
The sharp throwing discs directly sliced across the back of the necks of three unsuspecting mercenaries.
The high-frequency rotating gears and sharp blade edges instantly severed the three men's muscles, nerves, and bones. The three men were instantly decapitated.
Buzz buzz...
After successfully striking, the three throwing discs spun rapidly, flying in mid-air, searching for their target.
On the chain binding the Alien Queen, a transparent shadow squatted. Its eyes were like a male lion hunting, crouching in the grass, ready to deliver a fatal blow to its prey.
It cautiously watched everyone in the room. The control system built into its mask controlled the throwing discs, directing them to cut towards the next target.
The method of using these throwing discs is very similar to a boomerang. They are primarily used to cut the prey's bones and muscles with the retractable blades on the periphery.
They are usually controlled by the Predator's mask and can fly to any location guided by the Predator's line of sight. At the same time, these throwing discs can be modified, for example, by adding laser emitters to expand the range and force of the kill.
Losing a hand had a significant influence on the Predator, a hunter. It was forced to abandon its most proficient wrist blade and instead use the control-type throwing discs.
"Clang!"
Storm Shadow swung his katana back, drawing the long blade from its sheath, and struck a throwing disc aimed at Boss Tang, sending it flying.
The throwing disc whistled erratically in the air, continuing to shoot towards Tang Song.
Clearly, this Predator had a deep memory of Tang Someone who had caused it to be exposed.
"Clang clang clang..."
Tang Song leaned on his cane, standing motionless as the rapidly approaching throwing discs flew towards him. A white figure wielding a katana blocked them in front of him.
Chopping, slashing, blocking, parrying – every strike could cleave or deflect the incoming throwing discs.
A single katana was used with incredible skill by Storm Shadow.
The throwing discs, whistling with a speed comparable to bullets, swayed left and right, trying to bypass Storm Shadow and shoot directly at Boss Tang behind him.
However, it was clear that the Predator had underestimated Storm Shadow's difficulty.
Although Storm Shadow was not a Mutant or a Superhuman, his ninja blade technique, cultivated for over a decade, made him an absolute master in swordsmanship and close combat.
It could be said that even Frank before cultivating the Zhu Yan Transformation might not have been Storm Shadow's Rival in close combat.
This was also the reason he was favored by Boss Tang and had the Heart Demon Great Curse planted on him.
"Ding ding clang clang!"
Another throwing disc, controlled by the Predator's line of sight, silently approached Storm Shadow along the ground. It suddenly surged up and, along with another throwing disc, shot towards Storm Shadow's chest.
Storm Shadow waved his left hand, and four or five shuriken shot out from within his sleeve.
Amidst a series of crisp metal collisions, one throwing disc was directly knocked off course by a shuriken. Before the Predator could correct it, Storm Shadow had already gripped the hilt with both hands and chopped down!
"Clang!"
With a sound of metal and iron clashing, the throwing disc was violently chopped in half by a single strike. It sparked and exploded with a pop, bursting into a fireball.
"Buzz buzz..."
The Predator raised its remaining arm, and the small shoulder cannon on its shoulder aimed at Storm Shadow and Tang Song behind him.
As the shoulder cannon charged, three red dots were just about to fire when a rustling sound suddenly came.
It turned its head and saw that on the chain, dense Sacred Scarabs were surging towards it like a tide along the chain.
Arriving even sooner than these blood-sniffing Sacred Scarabs were the dense bullets from the mercenaries' concentrated fire below.
"Da da da da..."
"Pfft pfft pfft pfft..."
It pushed off with its foot, and a grappling hook shot out from its arm. It directly sprang up from the chain and hid behind the iron coffin in the center.
…………
Four chains, as thick as arms, pulled at the Alien Queen's four limbs from four directions, suspending it in mid-air.
Only the Alien Queen's head and tail were exposed; the rest of its body was completely sealed by metal plates.
Just from its spindle-shaped streamlined head and a mouth full of sharp teeth, one could identify this thing as an absolute top-tier predator.
Clang clang...
From the outside, it looked like four thick iron chains pulling a metal coffin into mid-air.
Clang clang, everyone aimed their muzzles behind the iron coffin.
Hiss hiss!
The Alien Queen strained to stretch its neck. As its sharp teeth opened and closed, large drops of green body fluid dripped down continuously.
Sizzle sizzle!
Watching the white smoke corroding the floor tiles,
Charles Bishop Weyland piloted his exoskeleton suit. On his display screen, a red crosshair was aimed remotely at the area behind the iron coffin.
Behind the exoskeleton suit, two circular missile pods were wide open, and two missiles were vaguely locked onto the direction the crosshair was aimed at.
"Jacob, haven't you found it yet?"
Charles Bishop Weyland looked at Jacob.
Jacob's forehead was dripping with sweat at this moment, and he was muttering to himself. Under his control, a portion of the countless Sacred Scarabs attacked the Predator behind the iron coffin along the chain.
Another portion of the Sacred Scarabs swarmed into the cracks and corners of the room, searching for potential Secret Passages and secret doors.
"Huh?!"
Tang Song's divine sense inadvertently swept past the area behind the one-armed Predator.
He suddenly discovered something interesting.
Under everyone's gaze, he leaped up and lightly landed on the iron chain binding the Alien Queen.
Clink! His cane tapped on a link of the iron chain. With a light resonance, Tang Song felt the strong vibration transmitted by the chain.
