Chapter 70 [Wrath of the Azure Sky]

On the ground lay the broken bodies of Mutants everywhere. Chen Gu carefully examined them, making sure these things wouldn’t revive, while the team leader and others followed him in. Seeing the corpses scattered around, many of whom were once close friends with bonds forged in life-and-death situations, even the most hardened men couldn’t help but feel their eyes sting. Chen Gu sighed and said, "Now is not the time for sorrow. The Mutants are still rampaging inside the building, and we still don’t know the purpose of these disgusting creatures!" The team leader nodded and went to open the armory. The alloy door was somewhat deformed. Although the electronic lock disengaged, the door wouldn’t budge. Chen Gu went over and yanked it, sending the several-ton door flying out. Team Leader: "..." Chen Gu rushed in, his eyes immediately drawn to a composite material battle saber. This saber inexplicably attracted him. The team leader came out from behind him and said, "This is a special combat saber infused with super-lifeform skeletal material. This one is called ’Sky Fury’." The saber had an exaggerated design. Its blade was broad and thick, and its tip was blunted and oddly shaped, as if it had been snapped off. The hilt could be grasped with both hands and was covered in patterns resembling dragon scales. Chen Gu stepped forward and grabbed it, certain that the attraction came from the super-lifeform bones and their resonance with the super matter within his body. Holding it, he felt as if they could ’communicate’ with each other. Chen Gu was certain that if he had held this saber during the previous fight, he would have slit open the centipede Mutant with the first strike, without needing to use the ’Biological Nuclear Explosion’ ability. "Great saber!" Chen Gu praised. The team leader looked on enviously and said, "Of course, it’s a great saber. It was intended for Professionals, and according to the Bureau’s regulations, it requires nine hundred merit points to exchange..." "That expensive!" Chen Gu exclaimed, then clutched ’Sky Fury’ tightly, unwilling to let go. The team leader said, "This saber has been in the Bureau for decades. It’s so expensive no one can afford it. And anything related to super-lifeforms is especially pricey. Do you want to select some firearms as well?" The rest of the action team also came in and began replenishing their weapons; even the logistics staff found something suitable for themselves. Chen Gu nodded. The greatest drawback of his heavy-hitting, straightforward combat style was the lack of long-range attack capabilities, which certainly required the support of firearms. "I recommend this one." The team leader opened a weapons cabinet, which held a row of energy firearms slightly larger than normal. "Produced by Dow Industries, the ’Sanctioner Mark III’ energy grenade launcher. It has enormous power and ample energy storage! A single shot can kill a large group of Mutants, and even the centipede Mutant we encountered earlier could be suppressed with its firepower." Chen Gu picked it up to give it a try, then shook his head. "Too light." The team leader was somewhat puzzled. Was Chen Gu planning to wield the gun like a big iron club? Chen Gu quickly explained, "I’m looking for a more powerful weapon, as long as it doesn’t affect my agility." The team leader understood and thought for a moment before saying, "Try this one." He pulled open an iron door where two bulky weapons were stored. "Produced by Hart’s Laboratory, the ’Heaven Swallower’ single-soldier energy cannon." Chen Gu picked it up for a try and still shook his head. "Too light." The team leader was left speechless. This thing already weighed twenty kilograms! He then pulled open another iron door beside him. "Then there’s only this left. This isn’t our Bureau’s equipment; it’s an over-limit weapon seized during an operation three days ago. It comes from a secretive underground weapons modifier and was made by retrofitting a tank cannon into the ’Sky-Defying Dragon Fire’." This was an exaggerated energy weapon, its main body consisting of two barrels as thick as arms. However, to make it suitable for individual use, the barrels had been sawn off to just sixty centimeters in length. With the module-shaped firing mechanism in the back, it was a total of ninety centimeters long. However, this weapon also had a large, backpack-like energy reservoir connected to its body with a flat pipeline. Chen Gu picked it up with one hand, trying it out. It felt just right. "Good, this is the one." The team leader’s eyelids twitched. Ninety kilograms total, and it felt like a small handgun in Chen Gu’s grasp! A Professional truly was a Professional! Once Chen Gu was geared up, holding ’Sky Fury’ in one hand and the ’Sky-Defying Dragon Fire’ in the other, he felt like he could take on any kind of Mutant head-on. "Let’s move out!" The team leader had good organizational skills. He had the logistics staff take only simple weapons, their main role being to carry energy blocks. The actual fighting still relied on the action team. The team leader himself shouldered the ’Sanctioner Mark III’. "’The most important goal for us now is to exterminate as many Mutants as possible. If there are any clues, we must uncover the true purpose of these creatures,’ the team leader summarized. They began to fight their way up from that level, clearing a path. Many people in the Bureau had already been contaminated by the Mutants’ surprise attack. However, those who had turned had done so too recently, so their strength was quite mediocre. With Chen Gu there, these ordinary Mutants stood no chance at all. Caliber is justice, and that has always been the truth, no matter the era. Chen Gu advanced with the twin barrels of his cannon pointing forward. This weapon could blast through an armored vehicle with a single shot, and Chen Gu’s cannon had two such barrels! The team leader and his men trailed behind, often unable to even catch a single Mutant that slipped through. And although the team leader was originally quite pleased with his ’Sanctioner Mark III,’ standing next to Chen Gu, he felt like he wasn’t much of a man at all! Along their path of assault, the bodies of Mutants littered the ground, but Chen Gu grew increasingly vigilant. The ’Mind Belief’ emanating from the ’Nuclear Explosion Nun,’ Milna Katerina, gave him an increasingly clear sense that he was approaching a massive danger. The level of danger made Chen Gu feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar; fear involuntarily rose in his heart, making him want to turn around and run. At that moment, Chen Gu could have found a window, broken it, jumped out, and escaped the building, but he consistently resisted doing so. He glanced back at the team leader and the others, who saw him as their pillar of support, and cursed himself inwardly, "Addicted to playing the hero, are you? Really think you’re one, huh!" Despite his thoughts, Chen Gu truly couldn’t bring himself to abandon these people and run. After all, they had fought side by side. Along the way, they had rescued two groups of survivors, swelling their small team’s numbers to around one hundred and twenty people. When Chen Gu blew open the door to the level above with one shot, that sense of imminent danger instantly skyrocketed! Chen Gu flipped to the side, shouting loudly, "Get back—" A mass of black liquid shot out from the doorway, smashing against a wall. The black water splattered, drenching dozens of people nearby. SIZZLING sounds erupted. The black liquid was terrifyingly corrosive. The flesh and blood of those people melted away rapidly, and their screams echoed everywhere. The worst-off individual had half of his face obliterated in an instant! At that moment, Chen Gu thought of the bodily fluids from the creatures in his previous life’s "Alien" movie.