Chapter 28 The Father-Son Battalion Goes to Battle

The Mutant, with foul-smelling saliva dripping from its mouth, roared and charged at Chen Jixian. Its footsteps were like thunder, shaking the ground violently. Chen Jixian pushed back with one foot, propelling the surviving guards into the yard, while he rushed toward the Mutant. BOOM! Chen Jixian’s fist collided heavily with the claw of the Mutant. A visible, pale white shockwave burst forth from the point of impact between their fist and claw, pulverizing the ground tiles, walls, and plants within a five-meter radius as if struck by a cannon. "AWOOOOO—" The Mutant howled in pain, flailing its claw. Chen Jixian, though standing firm, was pushed back four meters by the tremendous force, his feet gouging two deep tracks into the ground. His expression was as still as water. Without a word, he charged again like a battle tank. A Professional and a Mutant clashed once more. The Mutant was exceptionally powerful, but Chen Jixian was no less formidable. Chen Gu didn’t know what his Profession was, but judging by his fighting style, he was another relentless brawler. The continuous BOOMING sounds of their battle echoed. From a distance, Chen Gu suddenly understood: it was no wonder Zhao Zhenhuai, despite his superior command capabilities, was still outranked by Chen Jixian in the cultivation sequence. It was also no wonder Chen Jixian had managed to covertly assault and kill the Empress of the Alien Insect Race! The "special bomb" reported to have killed the Empress didn’t exist; Chen Jixian himself was that "bomb"! Inside the residence, the alarm sounded; support should be arriving soon. The Mutant grew more agitated, howling incessantly. Chen Gu suddenly looked in a certain direction. It was an enclosing wall. Then, with a BANG, the wall crumbled to pieces, bricks flying in all directions as an even larger Mutant burst through! This creature was six meters tall, like a moving mountain of flesh. Its pitch-black body was covered with human hands and legs. In the center of the flesh mountain, there was a one-meter-wide, blood-red vertical pupil! The whole Mutant looked extraordinarily disgusting and eerie. The hands and feet worked together, propelling the flesh mountain towards the residence, the ground tiles CRACKING and CRUMBLING beneath its massive weight. Chen Jixian suddenly panicked; his wife and children were inside the residence! He launched a furious assault to drive back his opponent, but this Mutant was cunning, entangling him fiercely. The Meatball Mutant had reached the entrance of the courtyard. From inside, a gigantic explosive projectile was shot out. However, this projectile, capable of destroying a regular armored vehicle, vanished silently into the body of the Meatball Mutant! The guards stood firmly at the entrance, guns raised. As the flesh mountain rolled over them, they kept firing, powerless to stop it. Just as the six-meter-high, dark flesh mountain was about to crush one of the guards, a figure suddenly appeared above it. With a downward press of the figure’s palm, intense beams of light burst out from within the flesh mountain. The guard, startled, dropped his gun and fled back into the yard in panic. The Meatball Mutant, in excruciating pain, stood still. Its hands and feet trembled rapidly, and the giant vertical pupil in its center showed a look of despair. BANG! The Meatball Mutant exploded violently, its huge body shattering into thousands of pieces. As these fragmented tissues sprayed outwards, they were further burnt and dissolved by the terrible, blinding light, turning into ash before even hitting the ground. A soft RUSTLE filled the air. Black ashen dust fluttered down from the sky. Chen Jixian and the Clawed Mutant halted their struggle as the figure stumbled and fell to the ground. Chen Jixian’s eyes widened in shock. It’s him! Chen Gu was drenched in sweat, his hair wet and sticking to his forehead. Seeing his adult son freeze momentarily, missing the opportunity to finish off the opponent, Chen Gu cursed angrily, "Idiot, get moving!" Damn it, my "Nuclear Explosion Nun" is just a memory embodiment. "Biological Nuclear Explosion" is a half-baked skill; using it once drained me completely, leaving me unable to launch a second strike. Chen Jixian froze again. Was I just scolded by my father? This was an experience Chen Jixian had never had in his lifetime—when he was young, he actually envied his classmates who were scolded and beaten by their parents. Chen Beiliu felt deep guilt towards his grandson and thus never scolded or beat him. In many literary and artistic works, a father’s reprimand is a form of special parental care. Although somewhat peculiar, it is indeed true. In his astonishment, Chen Jixian failed to notice that after performing a "Biological Nuclear Explosion," Chen Gu coolly swept back his wet bangs and subconsciously made a gesture as if supporting his chest. The Clawed Mutant charged at him again. Chen Gu’s hair was practically steaming with rage. He switched to "Star Battle Instructor" mode, grabbed a rifle discarded on the ground by a guard, and leaped into the fray. "High-Energy Combat Art" combined with this rifle was "Super Explosive Gun Combat Art." BANG! BANG! BANG! Powerful bullets continuously struck the same spot on the Clawed Mutant’s body from various angles, the severe explosions enlarging the wound. But the Clawed Mutant was also incredibly strong; its black tissues constantly regenerated. Just as the energy stored in the rifle reached its lowest point, a fist suddenly flew through the air, landing heavily in the wound. The punching power was comparable to a large-caliber energy cannon. BOOM— The formidable force pierced straight through the Mutant’s body, bursting out the other side. Shattered black tissues scattered onto the ground, HISSING as they bored deep holes into the earth. Chen Jixian finally snapped out of it. His punch forced the Mutant to twist in pain. Then, he sprang into the air and pounced, smashing another punch into one of the Mutant’s heads. The power of this blow pierced through its entire body, completely obliterating all the black tissues within the Mutant. With a THUD, the Mutant collapsed to the ground. Its smaller remaining head still opened and closed its jaws in unyielding frustration, as if trying to bite onto something. Sirens began to wail as a special squad quickly arrived, cordoning off the entire block. Chen Gu dropped the rifle, slumping down against a broken wall. Chen Jixian quickly reached him, his body returning to normal as he sprinted. He scooped up Chen Gu, and in one motion, ducked into the yard and through an iron door at the back of a house, both of them slipping inside. Behind the door was a slanted passageway leading to a secret underground chamber. The room was filled with various high-tech devices. Chen Jixian placed Chen Gu into a special airtight chamber, closing it and pressing a button. HISS— Inside the sealed chamber, nano-cleansers washed over Chen Gu’s entire body, quickly removing all traces of microscopic Mutant tissue adhering to him. The residue was collected into a sealed container. After Chen Gu was cleaned, Chen Jixian pulled him out and entered the chamber himself for cleansing.