bacchusnovels Chapter 113 The Ultimate Biological Weapon
Chapter 113 The Ultimate Biological Weapon
"General, are you sure you want to do this?"
A hoarse and chilling voice came from the other end of the communicator.
"The 'Sea Wolf Mother' is our last trump card; it's still in an extremely unstable experimental phase. Once released, we will completely lose control of it."
"I don't care!" Davis growled into the communicator like a cornered beast. "I just want results! I just want to see the Dragon Kingdom's mechs torn to shreds! Even if it's just one of them!"
The series of defeats had completely swayed him. He was now like a gambler who had lost all his chips, willing to risk his life for one last gamble.
There was silence on the other end of the communicator.
After a long while, the voice rang out again, carrying a hint of helplessness and resignation.
"...As you wish, General."
The communication was disconnected.
Davis slumped in his chair, panting heavily, but his eyes gleamed with a morbid excitement.
Just you wait and see, you Chinese.
You think you've already won?
Soon, I will show you what true fear from the abyss is!
……
The bottom of an unnamed trench in the deep sea.
A steel cage, several times larger than the Dragon Kingdom base and filled with a rugged style, sits quietly here.
This is the secret experimental base of the United Last Hope – Project Seawolf.
As General Davis gave the order, a ten-meter-thick alloy gate at the deepest part of the base slowly rose with a teeth-grinding creak.
Behind the gate was pitch blackness, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
But then, a nauseating stench, a mixture of blood and decay, wafted from the darkness.
"roar--"
A low, guttural roar, unlike any known creature, filled with savagery and hunger, echoed from the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, an enormous monster, seemingly pieced together from countless twisted flesh and tumors, slowly crawled out of the steel cage.
It is the Sea Wolf Mother!
An ultimate biological weapon that integrates the genes of dozens of deep-sea predators and has been forcibly catalyzed to mutate!
Its size is comparable to a small submarine, and its entire body is covered with a thick, keratinous black shell, from which flows a dark green, viscous liquid. It has no fixed shape, and every part of its body seems to be constantly writhing, proliferating, and growing new tentacles, claws, and mouthparts.
It's like a living, ever-evolving nightmare.
"Target locked... Dragon Kingdom mecha..."
A vague idea, filled with a bloodlust, formed in the mother's mind.
It opened its huge mouth, covered with ring-shaped sharp teeth, and let out a sharp hiss.
As it hissed, the tumor-like tissues on its body surface began to undulate and rupture violently.
Tens of thousands of tiny, black creatures, about the size of tadpoles, swarmed out of the ruptured tumors!
These are its "children"—microscopic parasites.
These parasites, though tiny, possess terrifying destructive power. Their mouthparts, resembling drills, allow them to easily gnaw on metal, while their bodies secrete highly corrosive acid.
Once they attach themselves to the armor, even the strongest armor will be riddled with holes in a short time.
"Go... my children..."
"Go devour those steel shells...go savor the delicious flesh and blood within..."
The mother let out a satisfied growl.
The tens of thousands of parasites gathered in the seawater into a huge black cloud, and swept towards the direction of the Dragon Team, which Su Yuan had pointed out, at an astonishing speed!
……
"Hmm? Another new trick?"
At the Dragon Kingdom's combat center, Su Yuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at the massive bio-signal moving at high speed on the sonar map and the dense cluster of light spots around it.
"This is... a biological weapon? And it even has cluster munition capabilities?"
He quickly accessed the system and analyzed the so-called "sea wolf mother" and its parasites.
[Species: Chimera 'Sea Wolf Mother' (Experimental Stage)]
[Danger Level: B+]
[Abilities: Hyper-regeneration, gene engulfment, parasite swarms]
[Weaknesses: Core brainstem, high-intensity energy surges]
[Additional species: burrowing parasites]
[Hazard Level: C]
[Abilities: Metal-eating, strong acid secretion]
[Weak Apprentice: High Temperature, Strong Electromagnetic Pulse]
"Interesting. They'll do anything, even the most disgusting things, to win." Su Yuan's eyes turned cold.
What he hates most is this disgusting swarm tactic.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately issued a warning to the advancing Dragon Team.
"Wang Yi, attention! At the ten o'clock position, five kilometers away, there is a large biological weapon... -->> The weapon is approaching at high speed! Simultaneously, there are over ten thousand micro-parasitic units!"
"I'll repeat myself, it's parasitic units! Don't let them get near your mechs!"
Wang Yi and the others, who were admiring the scenery of Atlantis, were instantly alerted upon hearing Su Yuan's warning.
"A parasitic unit?" Wang Yi immediately ordered, "Everyone, activate close-range scanning! Chen Hu, you're at the front, activate full-power shield!"
"clear!"
The moment the command was given, the detection systems of the three mechs immediately switched to microscopic mode.
Soon, a "cloud" of countless tiny black dots appeared on their radar screen.
"Holy crap! So many!" Chen Hu looked at the densely packed signals and felt a chill run down his spine.
"They're here!" Zhao Zihan's voice rang out.
In the sea ahead, the "dark cloud" was clearly visible, surging toward them with overwhelming force.
Before Wang Yi could give the order, Chen Hu had already piloted the Titan mech and charged forward.
"Sizzle sizzle—"
Countless parasites, like moths to a flame, crashed into the Titan's thick energy shield, producing a series of teeth-grinding scraping sounds.
"No! The shield energy is dropping rapidly! These little things are gnawing at my shield!" Chen Hu was horrified to discover that his proud energy shield was melting away like ice and snow in front of this swarm of insects.
"Don't fight them head-on!" Su Yuan's voice came just in time. "They're afraid of high temperatures! Zhang Wei, do you remember the 'ultra-high temperature thermal energy cycle' system on your mechs?"
"Thermal energy cycle?" Zhang Wei paused for a moment, then slapped his forehead. "I remember now! That's a backup function used to de-ice the mechs in extremely cold environments!"
"Now, turn it up to the maximum!" Su Yuan commanded, "Turn your mechs into red-hot irons!"
"receive!"
Zhang Wei immediately told Wang Yi and Chen Hu how to operate in the team channel.
"Everyone, immediately switch to auxiliary power and switch to the ship's thermal energy circulation system! Maximum power!"
The next second, a blinding red light shone from the gaps in the alloy armor on the surfaces of the three mechs.
A terrifying heat surged from inside the mech to its outer shell.
In just a few seconds, the surfaces of the three mechs turned completely red, as if they had just been pulled out of a furnace!
The surrounding seawater was instantly boiled under this terrifyingly high temperature, producing a series of dense bubbles.
Those parasites that were just moments ago so arrogant were instantly carbonized into clumps of black ash the moment they came into contact with the scorching hot shell of the mecha, before they even had time to scream.
One after another, the parasites were scalded to death in the boiling seawater surrounding the mecha.
The once overwhelming black cloud of insects was rapidly dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The crisis seemed to have been easily resolved.
However, at that moment, a roar filled with anger and pain came from behind the swarm of insects.
The "Sea Wolf Mother," whose size rivals that of a submarine, went completely mad as she watched her children being slaughtered in droves.
Its massive, twisted body smashed through the remaining swarm of insects, charging towards the three mechs of the Dragon Team with an aura of annihilation!