Chapter 71: Transformation
Am I dead?
Bai Yi laid on the floor, his mind becoming more and more blurry as the world darkened around him. I'm not satisfied, I really can't accept this!!…Bai Yi screamed frenziedly in his heart. If only the gene I fused with was stronger, and not utterly useless like this body full of soft butterfly fur… so hateful!
As Bai Yi crazily resented in his heart, his body started to burn again, just like the previous two times. However, this time Bai Yi could truly feel the changes in his body. As his blood heated up and circulated rapidly, the soft fur that extended from his eyes started to wave by itself.
Lifeform Mimicry!
Mimicry: A phenomenon where a lifeform mimics another lifeform or its surrounding environment to its own benefit.
Warning Coloration: Many incredibly smelly or poisonous lifeforms are brightly-colored or have brightly-colored patterns.
Protective Coloration (Camouflage): The colour of the lifeform imitates the color of its surroundings, using that to confuse and avoid its enemies.
Bai Yi's fusion slots were all filled with butterfly genes, and the colored soft fur growing all over his body was a type of mimicry. However, the activated cells influenced this kind of mimicry and caused it to be slightly different from the lifeform mimicry commonly seen in the natural world…While Bai Yi barely retained his consciousness, the colour on the patterns on his body gradually moved towards his eyes.
……
While everyone despaired, Hong Qi Hua, who was helped aside by Khina and Ning Xue, suddenly opened her eyes. She immediately pushed the two of them away and dashed out again.
When Yu Han and Bentham weren't paying attention, Hong Qi Hua suddenly rammed herself into Noel. Noel only felt a giant force coming from his back, and his body flew out again, falling into the circular walkway. Hong Qi Hua knew that as long as Noel was still inside, then the rest of them still had the chance to come out.
Heloise squinted her eyes and immediately dashed towards Noel, this time she must definitely not let Yu Han bring this guy away!
Yu Han glared at Hong Qi Hua viciously, only to realize that Bentham had already grabbed Hong Qi Hua by the neck, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"They will never get out!" Yu Han said frostily, as he threw the broken katana in his hand. Heloise rushed towards Noel, being on guard against Yu Han or Bentham coming to rescue Noel again, but what she didn't expect to see was a spinning katana flying over.
Noel slowly climbed up from the floor, completely in the dark about what was flying towards his back.
Heloise stretched out her hand in horror while running, wanting to warn Noel but that katana brutally stabbed into the back of his head. In that moment, Noel's expression froze, and he slowly turned his head, wanting to see who wanted to kill him. However, his head only managed to turn a small angle before he fell onto the floor heavily.
"I'm sorry team leader, I didn't want Bai Yi and his team to get out." Yu Han said to Bentham.
Bentham who was initially shocked at Yu Han killing his own teammate immediately thought of the expression that Bai Yi's group had while fighting for their lives, and couldn't help but to agree with Yu Han's actions. If they really let the group of them get out as well, that kind of life and death battle was enough to make his heart palpitate. The two of them stood at the side of the door on the left and right, quietly looking at the despairing faces of the group of people in front of them.
We won!
'Sou!' All of a sudden, they heard the sound of something cutting across the air and a metal hook reached them in an instant from far away. The piercing power of this metal hook was extremely shocking, as it penetrated Bentham's abdomen and the right arm of Yu Han who was standing diagonally behind Bentham. After piercing through the two of them, the claws on the metal head opened up into 3 curved hooks, lodging itself into Yu Han's right arm.
The two of them suddenly felt a mind-numbing pain, discovering Woolf standing in the distance and laughing aloud at them bitterly. At this time, there was even a monster viciously biting onto Woolf's left shoulder, but Woolf did not care about it at all and only focused on the hook gun in his right hand.
A high-tensile strength titanium cable connected the three of them, and Bentham immediately grabbed the titanium cable and tried to break it. However, how could this thing be so easily broken? To put it bluntly, not even Bai Yi's broadsword could break this high-tensile strength titanium cable.
At this moment, Woolf suddenly roared out loud and fiercely pulled.
COME OVER HERE!
Woolf wrapped the titanium cable around his right arm and pulled vigorously, the cable which was as thick as a thumb tightly carved itself into Woolf's flesh. Bentham and Yu Han on the other side instantly felt an intense pain again, both of them getting pulled towards Woolf. That guy is so freaking strong!
Bentham immediately threw away Hong Qi Hua in his hand, and pressed against the door with his 3 arms, resisting together with Yu Han.
The three of them pulled with all their strength. Bentham and Yu Han had an incomparably harrowing experience, because the metal alloy hooks were lodged inside their bodies, so any slight movement was enough to cause them bone-numbing pain. However, Woolf was very desperate at this point in time as well. The monster behind him was viciously biting on his left shoulder and trying to pull him backwards. However, Woolf did not care about the monster at all, but tried to use that pulling force from the monster to aid himself in dragging the two of them over.
The two of you bastards, come over here and let's die together!
Woolf's clawed feet dug into the metal floor, causing the floor to screech as he fiercely exerted his strength again. The two people opposite to him instantly felt the titanium cable moving inside their bodies again, causing them unbearable pain. Yu Han even felt his left arm fracture from the immense force on it… No, it was more like his arm was almost ripped off.
"AHHHH!" Yu Han shouted fiercely and forcefully twisted his body, a 'kacha!' came from his right arm and it was ripped off by the triple-hooked claw, and the hooked claw lodged itself instantly onto Bentham's back anew.
Bentham's body jolted, and two of his hands lost their grip on the door. At this time, the door had already closed to the point where it was only as big as Bentham's body. If he just endured for a while longer, it would become impossible for Woolf to pull Bentham out anymore.
However, at this time Yu Han did something that Bentham would never expect. This 'right-hand man' that he had immense trust in suddenly rammed into him from behind, and at the same time used the sharp edge of his tortoise shield to hack into the last remaining hand still grabbing onto the door. Bai Yi had already chopped off one of his hands. His other two hands lost their grips from the sudden pain just now, and with Yu Han's sharp tortoise shield slamming onto his last hand… Bentham instantly lost all his strength, and got pulled all the way inside by Woolf.
While Bentham was flying through the air, he looked back at Yu Han who had lost his right arm through the opening in the door.
Why?
That's right, why… After his last failure, Yu Han thought about it seriously. He was still too rash before. If he didn't act that way, then he wouldn't have had to go through so much difficulty along the way. However, now seemed like a good time. Bai Yi's life or death was unknown, and the Bentham who'd always put himself on top of him couldn't escape now either.
However, just as Yu Han relaxed, a short knife swung at him viciously from the side, from the corner of his eye he saw Hong Qi Hua's face that was both familiar and yet strange to at the same time.
Now that Hong Qi Hua was severely injured, it was difficult for her to even move, but Yu Han wasn't in a much better state. His right arm got torn off from his shoulder, only leaving his left arm intact. Hong Qi Hua's attack was incomparably sharp, and she desired greatly to kill Yu Han off there and then. However, every movement she made caused more blood to flow from her nose.
Ning Xue and Khina were stunned for a moment, and immediately rushed forward to stop the two of them.
"Scram!" 'Dang!', Hong Qi Hua's short knife bounced off the tortoise shield and she slipped to the side. Before she could recover her stance, she heard a shout from the two of them.
"Hong Qi Hua!" Khina shouted.
"I told you to shut up! You still want to stop me? Like how you stopped Uncle Bai back then?!!" Hong Qi Hua didn't even turn her head, and said icily. Blood continuously dripped down from her mouth and nose as she spoke, falling onto the floor. These kind of decisive words instantly stunned Ning Xue and Khina on the spot, immense guilt and hesitation rising in their hearts.
That's right, am I still going to stop them?
"Hong Qi Hua, actually I really like you. Are you willing to follow me?" At this moment, Yu Han suddenly said opposite them, and all of them were taken aback.
"Just like the kind of 'like' when a man subconsciously wants to dominate a pretty girl he sees?" Hong Qi Hua said with an extraordinarily sneering tone.
"I admit, when I saw your real appearance I felt quite attracted, but now, haven't we all turned into monsters? I actually really like the qualities in you: unyielding, proud and independent. How about it, are you willing to follow me?" Yu Han seriously looked at Hong Qi Hua.
"Just how ignorant are you to ask me something like this at this time?"
"Bai Yi and the rest won't be able to come out anymore, so what's wrong with my invitation? Ning Xue and Khina are both also your friends." Yu Han slowly walked towards Hong Qi Hua, while Ning Xue and Khina by the side stood still blankly.
"Ha……!" Hong Qi Hua revealed a mocking smile on her face.
"They won't die. I believe in Uncle Bai and the rest."
"You like him."
"That's right, I like Bai Yi, and I like Momo!" Hong Qi Hua admitted to this calmly, and slowly walked towards Yu Han as well. "But the most important thing is, I hate you." Hong Qi Hua rapidly accelerated and dashed towards Yu Han, and the eyes of Yu Han opposite her also turned cold and a resoluteness rose in his heart.
Since I can't have you, then I'll send you to meet Bai Yi!
The tortoise shield and short knife violently collided together. In that instant their gazes crossed, and only Yu Han and Hong Qi Hua could see the resolution to kill in each other's eyes. Only Khina and Ning Xue at the side still maintained the delusion of 'friendship' in their minds… Since Yu Han said that he liked Hong Qi Hua, he wouldn't, right…
Unknowingly, Yu Han was also transforming, transforming into an ambitious and ruthless character… Fake, patient, resolute, and heartless!
Chapter 72: Cry of Awakening
Bentham got pulled inside, and landed heavily on the floor as his mind was still in shock over the scene of Yu Han's betrayal. The surrounding monsters devoured the flesh on the floor, and none of them actually immediately attacked Bentham when they saw his large figure.
Woolf saw Yu Han ruthlessly tearing his own arm off to escape the hook gun, and couldn't help but feel disappointed. Looking at the door close completely, Woolf started to relax inside and looked at the monster still biting on his left shoulder. With this kind of frenzied biting, more than half the flesh on Woolf's shoulder got ripped off, almost becoming a delicious meal in the mouth of the monster.
"It's very tasty…right?"
Woolf said sinisterly, and turned his head, the giant alligator mouth clamping down viciously.
The alligator was one of the top predators in the food chain of the natural world, and what it relied on to prey on its prey was that powerful jaw strength. With this bite, Woolf viciously clamped down on the monster's neck. Sharp teeth more than 10 centimeters long stabbed itself into the neck of the monster, and Woolf and the monster struggled with each other on the floor, bright-red blood flowing out from where Woolf's teeth were.
Painful cries continuously escaped from the monster's mouth, but Woolf would never release his jaw no matter what.
At this time, Mavis, who was initially lying on the floor, slowly got up, and saw Woolf wrestling with that monster. She immediately rushed forward, taking out two scalpels, and forcefully stabbed them into the monster. The monster felt two razor-sharp scalpels pierce into its skull, and immediately flailed about as it felt itself near death, losing all signs of life soon after.
……
"You damned kid, release your mouth, bastard, fucker!" Moses crazily hammered down on Warner's head, but at this moment Warner laid on the floor, stubbornly biting onto his calf. No matter how Moses beat him, he just wouldn't release his mouth. Surrounding the two of them, countless bullets and blood splattered all around them, and Warner's knife had long flown away to some unknown place.
I will not let you go, absolutely not let you go!
Looking at the thick metal door close completely, Warner finally released his mouth full of blood, and two of his teeth even fell onto the floor. However, Warner felt a great pleasure in his heart… Hahaha, you damned bad guy, you can't escape now as well. As for Moses, he stared at the shut door in despair, his eyes became incomparably dim as he laid on the floor dumbly with a blank look on his face.
At this moment, the pet pig Pupu, who was struck down, slowly staggered up swaying, and abruptly started to dash towards this direction… Charge!
Moses had completely lost all awareness of his surroundings now, and Pupu's giant body rammed into his head violently. The powerful impact instantly bent Moses' neck at an abnormal angle, and his body flew out forcefully. His body impacted an experimenting platform, and slid down limply, blood slowly flowing out from his mouth.
Moses' mouth relaxed, revealing a smile at the end.
Dead… Everyone is going to die here, and become food for the monsters.
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"Momo…!"
The lower half of Sara's body was in the jaws of the monster, as she used all her strength to block the door to the prison cell. Right in front of Sara was Momo, who fell backwards onto her butt. Blood flowed profusely from Sara's body as the monster tore at her, and it slowly dripped onto Momo's face. Momo stared dumbly at Sara, the person who had always visited her for as long as she could remember, the person who was as close as a real sister.
Why…why?
Beside the monster, Sharpei viciously clamped his jaws down on the guy's stomach, and every time Sharpei moved copious amounts of blood would spray out from his wound. Sharpei tore at the monster frenziedly, crazily. It pulled out a stretch of intestines from the monster, and even dug its head all the way inside the monster's tummy.
However, the monster behaved like it was retarded, as if it couldn't feel any pain at all. It was clearly going to die soon, but it still steadily did its own thing at its own pace. Its giant mouth closed gradually and abruptly snapped shut, a 'kacha!' came from Sara's waist and her body broke into two.
A mouthful of blood poured out from Sara's mouth and landed into Momo's staring eyes. Momo's body trembled, and slowly drew from behind her the short sword that her daddy had picked for her.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
The young Momo screamed sharply, and hacked away at the monster in front of her in madness. She recklessly hacked at the monster, every feeler, every piece of flesh, eyes, mouth…and at the end Momo jumped high into the air, her small body making use of gravity to punch the short sword into the monster's eye. Even so, the monster still seemed to not feel anything as it slowly chewed and swallowed Sara's corpse down, until… it completely stopped moving.
Momo hacked at it just like that non-stop, continuously hacking, until 'ding!', the short sword suddenly broke and half the blade flew into air. Only then did she finally stop and sit on the head of the monster blankly.
"WUAHHH…… WUUUUUU!!" Momo started wailing miserably, her tender voice containing unimaginable pain.
From this moment, the young Momo seemed to come to understand many more things!
Bai Yi's blurry consciousness jolted and immediately came into focus after hearing Momo's cry. He then suddenly opened his eyes and saw the floor that had been dyed red.
Just now…?
Bai Yi climbed up gradually, and at the same time his head started to clear. The scenes just now flashed across Bai Yi's brain rapidly, and he couldn't help but to stare at the direction of the door. The door was already completely closed, and in front of the door he could see that Bentham had seemingly received some mental shock, looking very listless.
Bai Yi looked again at another direction… Heloise stood silently beside Noel's corpse, not knowing what she was thinking about. Woolf sat beside a corpse of a monster, a giant shredded wound on his shoulder. Beside him, was also a swaying and staggering Mavis, frantically trying to stop his bleeding. Little Warner sat on the floor, his face swelling to the point of being a real pig head, and one of his eyes wasn't even able to open anymore. Pupu laid down beside Warner, becoming a backrest for him. In Momo's original direction, was the corpse of another monster and the upper half of Sara's body lying on the floor, while Momo wailed on top of the monster's head. As for Sharpei, it stood silently at the side, a giant wound so deep on his left side that its organs could almost be seen.
At this moment, everyone else also looked at Bai Yi silently, waiting, expecting, or rather… hoping for something!
In this corner of the circular walkway, there were still more than 10 monsters, and in the distance more monsters were gathering, seemingly treating this like a dinner banquet. These monsters cautiously waited, plotting to devour them once their prey lost all their will and fighting power.
Bai Yi raised his head, his eyes gazing at the simulated sky on top of him.
The simulated sky seemed clear and pure, and there was even a northern goshawk flying high up in the sky, but did they really have the chance to see a real sky again?
Bai Yi closed both his eyes, and a bright red fluid flowed down from the corner of his eyes, sliding along the contours of his cheeks.
"KILL THEM!"
"KILL THEM ALL!" Bai Yi forced open his eyes, and roared with extraordinary malevolence. He smashed his broadsword violently onto the floor, and a huge 'DANG!' sounded, as if pounding on everyone's hearts.
Woolf, Heloise, Mavis, Warner, Momo, Sharpei and Pupu instantly felt their hearts jolt after hearing that sorrowful and malevolent roar of Bai Yi. A wave of strength bubbled up from within the depths of despair. Everyone picked up their weapons again, and turned to face the monsters in the circular walkway.
Walking towards those monsters, Heloise actually started to laugh, that light laughter came so suddenly, but very quickly it infected everyone else. These people who were just in unimaginable despair started to laugh involuntarily, laughing incomparably carefreely.
We won't admit defeat so easily!
On our shoulders, we are still bearing the weight of the hopes of others!
……
Yeye saw everything through the surveillance cameras, but to be honest her simple consciousness couldn't understand what they were thinking… At this time, how could they laugh? As for the other audience, the Progenitor was utterly astounded, and her heart shook to the point of being speechless.
The Progenitor knew that everything was due to the wrath in her heart, a random crazy decision had caused everything to start. Initially, the Progenitor thought that all humans should die, but now that she saw Bai Yi's group still struggling in that level of despair, still persevering in front of that despair, she couldn't help but feel great shock in her heart.
Humans, can actually be so strong!
Even though those researchers referred to me as the Progenitor, I am just a normal woman, I'm completely unable to be as strong as you guys. I'm the one that caused this disaster, but I really have no confidence that I can end what I started. But you guys… should be able to do it!
……
As for Bai Yi, he faced Bentham who was pulled back by the hook gun.
Seemingly, the rest of them believed that Bai Yi could defeat Bentham. Bai Yi was clearly only a LV1-1, and the genes he fused with was only that of a butterfly, but still, all of them believed that Bai Yi could do it.
Bentham also shook from Bai Yi's sorrowful and malevolent roar just now. At this time, when he saw Bai Yi walking over towards him a trace of fear rose involuntarily in his heart, and he took a step backwards. After taking a step back, Bentham abruptly came back to his senses and realized that the person in front of him was just somebody who assimilated activated cells not long ago, and the genes he fused with was just the weak butterfly. What was there to be afraid of?
However, was he really not afraid?
Bai Yi gripped the broadsword that was only a meter long now in his hands, slowly strolling towards Bentham. The blood-stained floor and all the monster corpses littered around them set the background for their battle.
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TN: Shit, not just Martin but Sara too? I hope that's the last...
Chapter 73: Fight!
Bai Yi walked towards Bentham slowly step by step, because every step that he took now caused his body immense pain. However, with every step he took he gradually accumulated strength, and the blood in his body almost felt like it was burning, making him feel unbearably hot.
As Bai Yi walked, his blood gradually dripped onto the floor and created a 'chi chi' sound, forming a faint red mist.
Bentham saw's Bai Yi movements and couldn't help but focus his mind, truly treating Bai Yi as his most powerful enemy now.
Bai Yi abruptly rushed towards Bentham, his speed increasing by multiple times compared to before. Bai Yi himself understood that in this state, he would explode with power by exhausting all his reserves. He would gain greater speed and strength compared to normal times, but it could not last for long. Bentham, who was opposite to him, also banged his two remaining fist together, making his preparations for this life and death battle. Even if I'm trapped here, I will never lose to you! Bentham screamed in his heart.
A sword and a fist collided together violently, and Bai Yi's broadsword drifted backwards as if it did not resist the punch at all. In this instant, Bai Yi already grabbed hold of Bentham's arm and swung himself upwards, and started running towards his head along the arm. Bentham was taken aback for a moment, but immediately closed his wings together, intending to pound Bai Yi with him in the center again.
Fight! Continue to fight… I cannot fall here!
Bai Yi screamed crazily in his heart, and every bit of his concentration gathered onto his broadsword. In that instant, the knife skills that Bai Yi had practiced for such a long time seemingly evolved. Bai Yi felt a completely different feeling from the broadsword compared to when he was holding a kitchen knife in the past. A kitchen knife in the end was used to prepare food, that was determined to be its purpose ever since the time of its forging, but a sword was the blade that was truly used for battle.
The broadsword in Bai Yi's hands started vibrating at a high frequency, and he fiercely swung the blade.
One strike! Cut through it!
Bai Yi roared with mad fury in his heart, and the broadsword hacked down viciously. A tearing sound instantly transmitted to their ears the moment Bai Yi's broadsword touched Bentham's tough pair of wings. At this moment, Bai Yi's appearance became even more malevolent, his eyes seemingly wanting to devour his opponent. The sharp blade tore apart the initially incomparably tough wings, his bones, blood and feathers… All of these flashed across Bai Yi's eyes and he passed through the gap he formed, bringing with him the resolution of no return and rushing towards Bentham.
What is this feeling… this feeling!
Bentham stared at Bai Yi's maniacal eyes as if his mind was being sucked inside, his entire head filled with Bai Yi's mad and malevolent appearance.
'Puchi!', Bai Yi's blade brutally stabbed into the arm that Bentham used to block with. Two immense powers collided, and the sword stabbed more than halfway through into the arm. The immense strength similarly impacted Bai Yi's abdomen, and his entire body flew into the air. Fresh blood sprayed out from Bai Yi's mouth again, but he went along with the force and spun his body, the broadsword following his motions and hacking down again.
Fight!
Continue to fight!
I want to live on, bringing all my remaining friends with me and continuing to live on! No matter how powerful the enemy in front of me is, I will never step back! No matter how cruel or terrifying this world becomes, I will never fear! We will live on tenaciously in this world, even if it means putting my life on the line, I will never regret!
"AHHHHHHHH!!" Bai Yi roared crazily, his eyes glaring at Bentham with pure fury, and the broadsword descended heavily.
As Bentham looked at Bai Yi's eyes, suddenly fear filled his entire being, and a moment of confusion and blurriness appeared in his consciousness. Bai Yi's malevolent appearance was reflected in Bentham's mind, and the colored patterns seemed in Bai Yi's eyes seemed to suck in all of his attention, causing even his thoughts to slow down.
The broadsword landed heavily on Bentham's head, and instantly hacked open a giant and deep gash. Bright red blood splattered outwards, and Bentham immediately held his head and screamed a high-pitched scream. If not for his skull being hard enough, that strike could've ended him there.
After Bai Yi hacked down with his blade, he too landed heavily on the floor, half-kneeling.
Bai Yi's left hand covered both his eyes as blood spurted out from his mouth continuously, unable to be stemmed. At this moment, Bai Yi only felt that his eyes were in incredible pain, seemingly going through some transformation. Looking at his body full of soft fur, and Bentham's loss of focus, Bai Yi raised his head in that instant and finally understood. The ability he obtained from fusing with butterfly genes was - Lifeform Mimicry: Bewitchment!
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Mimicry: A phenomenon in which a lifeform mimics another lifeform or its surrounding environment to its benefit.
Warning Coloration: Many incredibly smelly or poisonous lifeforms are brightly-colored or have brightly-colored patterns.
Protective Coloration(Camouflage): The colour of the lifeform imitates the color of its surroundings, using that to confuse and avoid its enemies.
Bai Yi only fused with the genes of a butterfly. This wasn't a powerful lifeform, but even such a small and weak lifeform had its way to survive. Bai Yi's colored fur now magnified the power of this 'warning' and 'confusion' to the utmost, but this was still not enough to cause any strong influence on his enemies.
However, when Bai Yi filled all his fusion slots with butterfly genes, and in addition to the unique influence of the activated cells, this ability became slightly more powerful. Just this bit of improvement caused a qualitative change in his body… Bai Yi's lifeform mimicry caused this kind of 'warning' and 'confusion' to spread to his eyes.
The eyes were the windows to the soul, and were also the extension of the soul. The colored patterns on Bai Yi's body were reflected in his eyes, and when his opponent locked gazes with him, this created an effect similar to confusion and loss of focus.
This was the ability a weak and small butterfly used to avoid powerful enemies.
However… Bai Yi wasn't a butterfly that could only avoid its enemies!
……
Bai Yi slowly closed his eyes, and suddenly raised his head and stared into Bentham's eyes. When Bentham saw Bai Yi's eyes, he suddenly felt like the bleeding pupils of his eyes seemed to give off a bewitching light. In an instant, in this kind of tense battle, Bentham actually got distracted… He became confused and lost focus!
Bai Yi fiercely rushed forward, which Bentham could not sense at all. Only after Bai Yi twisted his body and spun a few rounds, the broadsword striking his knee 4 times did Bentham finally wake up from the pain in his left leg. Bai Yi's body slid a distance on the floor and stopped, while Bentham's left leg abruptly broke and he suddenly kneeled on the floor.
Bentham turned his head painfully, and discovered Bai Yi panting heavily not far away with his eyes closed.
Damn it, I actually lost focus in a battle!
Bentham was beyond frustrated, and he still couldn't understand what had happened in that moment just now. A life form's warning and protection coloration did indeed have the ability to confuse people, but Bentham couldn't have possibly thought of that so quickly. In reality, nobody knew what a person would turn into after assimilating with the activated cells.
"Are you regretting now?!" Bentham heard Bai Yi's coarse voice coming from beside his ears.
Bentham instantly jumped in shock and suddenly realized that Bai Yi was right beside him, but when? Bentham instinctively swung his fist in the direction of the voice, but Bai Yi had already jumped up nimbly, and this time he jumped up really high. Bentham immediately followed Bai Yi's motions and looked towards the sky, realizing that Bai Yi had just started to descend from the sky. The simulated sky on the ceiling shined with the light of a bright Sun.
In the shadow of the Sun was Bai Yi's brightly colored and strange eyes.
Bentham mind went into a daze again, but instinctively felt that something was wrong and immediately shut his eyes, sending his right fist viciously swinging into the sky. The bastard, I'm at the LV2 Metamorphose Stage, I'm one of the very few that managed to undergo metamorphosis successfully out of more than a thousand experimental subjects!!! Bentham screamed crazily in his heart, encouraging himself and swung his right fist with immense force towards the position where he'd seen where Bai Yi was at in that instant.
However, that fist of his only hit empty air, and Bai Yi's left hand grabbed hold of his wrist. With a nimble flip of his body, Bai Yi landed on the back of Bentham's neck. Bai Yi's eyes were abnormally icy now, carrying the coldness of death. Bai Yi did not feel any happiness from awakening an ability suitable for battle, because this was an ability that only awakened through the death of his friends.
The tip of the broken broadsword stabbed into Bentham's huge ear instantly, but it stopped just before reaching his brain. Fresh blood flowed down slowly from Bentham's ear, continuing down his neck.
Bentham was completely immobile now. At this moment he could only feel the fear of death.
"Any last words?" Bai Yi said composedly.
"How…?" Bentham questioned in puzzlement, but Bai Yi apparently did not have any intention of explaining things to him.
"Help me kill Yu Han!" Bentham relaxed his body and spoke his final wish after realizing that Bai Yi did not wish to answer his question. He admitted defeat, as Bentham could feel the sharpness of that broadsword. Even if he tried to counterattack with his dying breath, it would just be a sad last-ditch struggle. He really never expected that he would escape from the Northern Hamilton Research Facility only to meet his end in another research facility.
"My pleasure!" Bai Yi said plainly, and pushed the broadsword in. 'Puchi!', the broadsword stabbed deeply into Bentham's earhole.
Bentham's body shivered in that instant, and started bleeding from all the orifices on his face, his head dipping heavily. Bai Yi twisted the broadsword a full round and pulled it out from Bentham's brain. Bright red and milky white fluids slowly dripped from the giant earhole onto the floor.
Bai Yi breathed out deeply and stood up again, looking towards his teammates who were risking their lives and doing all they could to fight right now.
Fight, fight until the end! We must survive in this cruel world!
Chapter 71: Transformation
Am I dead?
Bai Yi laid on the floor, his mind becoming more and more blurry as the world darkened around him. I'm not satisfied, I really can't accept this!!…Bai Yi screamed frenziedly in his heart. If only the gene I fused with was stronger, and not utterly useless like this body full of soft butterfly fur… so hateful!
As Bai Yi crazily resented in his heart, his body started to burn again, just like the previous two times. However, this time Bai Yi could truly feel the changes in his body. As his blood heated up and circulated rapidly, the soft fur that extended from his eyes started to wave by itself.
Lifeform Mimicry!
Mimicry: A phenomenon where a lifeform mimics another lifeform or its surrounding environment to its own benefit.
Warning Coloration: Many incredibly smelly or poisonous lifeforms are brightly-colored or have brightly-colored patterns.
Protective Coloration (Camouflage): The colour of the lifeform imitates the color of its surroundings, using that to confuse and avoid its enemies.
Bai Yi's fusion slots were all filled with butterfly genes, and the colored soft fur growing all over his body was a type of mimicry. However, the activated cells influenced this kind of mimicry and caused it to be slightly different from the lifeform mimicry commonly seen in the natural world…While Bai Yi barely retained his consciousness, the colour on the patterns on his body gradually moved towards his eyes.
……
While everyone despaired, Hong Qi Hua, who was helped aside by Khina and Ning Xue, suddenly opened her eyes. She immediately pushed the two of them away and dashed out again.
When Yu Han and Bentham weren't paying attention, Hong Qi Hua suddenly rammed herself into Noel. Noel only felt a giant force coming from his back, and his body flew out again, falling into the circular walkway. Hong Qi Hua knew that as long as Noel was still inside, then the rest of them still had the chance to come out.
Heloise squinted her eyes and immediately dashed towards Noel, this time she must definitely not let Yu Han bring this guy away!
Yu Han glared at Hong Qi Hua viciously, only to realize that Bentham had already grabbed Hong Qi Hua by the neck, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"They will never get out!" Yu Han said frostily, as he threw the broken katana in his hand. Heloise rushed towards Noel, being on guard against Yu Han or Bentham coming to rescue Noel again, but what she didn't expect to see was a spinning katana flying over.
Noel slowly climbed up from the floor, completely in the dark about what was flying towards his back.
Heloise stretched out her hand in horror while running, wanting to warn Noel but that katana brutally stabbed into the back of his head. In that moment, Noel's expression froze, and he slowly turned his head, wanting to see who wanted to kill him. However, his head only managed to turn a small angle before he fell onto the floor heavily.
"I'm sorry team leader, I didn't want Bai Yi and his team to get out." Yu Han said to Bentham.
Bentham who was initially shocked at Yu Han killing his own teammate immediately thought of the expression that Bai Yi's group had while fighting for their lives, and couldn't help but to agree with Yu Han's actions. If they really let the group of them get out as well, that kind of life and death battle was enough to make his heart palpitate. The two of them stood at the side of the door on the left and right, quietly looking at the despairing faces of the group of people in front of them.
We won!
'Sou!' All of a sudden, they heard the sound of something cutting across the air and a metal hook reached them in an instant from far away. The piercing power of this metal hook was extremely shocking, as it penetrated Bentham's abdomen and the right arm of Yu Han who was standing diagonally behind Bentham. After piercing through the two of them, the claws on the metal head opened up into 3 curved hooks, lodging itself into Yu Han's right arm.
The two of them suddenly felt a mind-numbing pain, discovering Woolf standing in the distance and laughing aloud at them bitterly. At this time, there was even a monster viciously biting onto Woolf's left shoulder, but Woolf did not care about it at all and only focused on the hook gun in his right hand.
A high-tensile strength titanium cable connected the three of them, and Bentham immediately grabbed the titanium cable and tried to break it. However, how could this thing be so easily broken? To put it bluntly, not even Bai Yi's broadsword could break this high-tensile strength titanium cable.
At this moment, Woolf suddenly roared out loud and fiercely pulled.
COME OVER HERE!
Woolf wrapped the titanium cable around his right arm and pulled vigorously, the cable which was as thick as a thumb tightly carved itself into Woolf's flesh. Bentham and Yu Han on the other side instantly felt an intense pain again, both of them getting pulled towards Woolf. That guy is so freaking strong!
Bentham immediately threw away Hong Qi Hua in his hand, and pressed against the door with his 3 arms, resisting together with Yu Han.
The three of them pulled with all their strength. Bentham and Yu Han had an incomparably harrowing experience, because the metal alloy hooks were lodged inside their bodies, so any slight movement was enough to cause them bone-numbing pain. However, Woolf was very desperate at this point in time as well. The monster behind him was viciously biting on his left shoulder and trying to pull him backwards. However, Woolf did not care about the monster at all, but tried to use that pulling force from the monster to aid himself in dragging the two of them over.
The two of you bastards, come over here and let's die together!
Woolf's clawed feet dug into the metal floor, causing the floor to screech as he fiercely exerted his strength again. The two people opposite to him instantly felt the titanium cable moving inside their bodies again, causing them unbearable pain. Yu Han even felt his left arm fracture from the immense force on it… No, it was more like his arm was almost ripped off.
"AHHHH!" Yu Han shouted fiercely and forcefully twisted his body, a 'kacha!' came from his right arm and it was ripped off by the triple-hooked claw, and the hooked claw lodged itself instantly onto Bentham's back anew.
Bentham's body jolted, and two of his hands lost their grip on the door. At this time, the door had already closed to the point where it was only as big as Bentham's body. If he just endured for a while longer, it would become impossible for Woolf to pull Bentham out anymore.
However, at this time Yu Han did something that Bentham would never expect. This 'right-hand man' that he had immense trust in suddenly rammed into him from behind, and at the same time used the sharp edge of his tortoise shield to hack into the last remaining hand still grabbing onto the door. Bai Yi had already chopped off one of his hands. His other two hands lost their grips from the sudden pain just now, and with Yu Han's sharp tortoise shield slamming onto his last hand… Bentham instantly lost all his strength, and got pulled all the way inside by Woolf.
While Bentham was flying through the air, he looked back at Yu Han who had lost his right arm through the opening in the door.
Why?
That's right, why… After his last failure, Yu Han thought about it seriously. He was still too rash before. If he didn't act that way, then he wouldn't have had to go through so much difficulty along the way. However, now seemed like a good time. Bai Yi's life or death was unknown, and the Bentham who'd always put himself on top of him couldn't escape now either.
However, just as Yu Han relaxed, a short knife swung at him viciously from the side, from the corner of his eye he saw Hong Qi Hua's face that was both familiar and yet strange to at the same time.
Now that Hong Qi Hua was severely injured, it was difficult for her to even move, but Yu Han wasn't in a much better state. His right arm got torn off from his shoulder, only leaving his left arm intact. Hong Qi Hua's attack was incomparably sharp, and she desired greatly to kill Yu Han off there and then. However, every movement she made caused more blood to flow from her nose.
Ning Xue and Khina were stunned for a moment, and immediately rushed forward to stop the two of them.
"Scram!" 'Dang!', Hong Qi Hua's short knife bounced off the tortoise shield and she slipped to the side. Before she could recover her stance, she heard a shout from the two of them.
"Hong Qi Hua!" Khina shouted.
"I told you to shut up! You still want to stop me? Like how you stopped Uncle Bai back then?!!" Hong Qi Hua didn't even turn her head, and said icily. Blood continuously dripped down from her mouth and nose as she spoke, falling onto the floor. These kind of decisive words instantly stunned Ning Xue and Khina on the spot, immense guilt and hesitation rising in their hearts.
That's right, am I still going to stop them?
"Hong Qi Hua, actually I really like you. Are you willing to follow me?" At this moment, Yu Han suddenly said opposite them, and all of them were taken aback.
"Just like the kind of 'like' when a man subconsciously wants to dominate a pretty girl he sees?" Hong Qi Hua said with an extraordinarily sneering tone.
"I admit, when I saw your real appearance I felt quite attracted, but now, haven't we all turned into monsters? I actually really like the qualities in you: unyielding, proud and independent. How about it, are you willing to follow me?" Yu Han seriously looked at Hong Qi Hua.
"Just how ignorant are you to ask me something like this at this time?"
"Bai Yi and the rest won't be able to come out anymore, so what's wrong with my invitation? Ning Xue and Khina are both also your friends." Yu Han slowly walked towards Hong Qi Hua, while Ning Xue and Khina by the side stood still blankly.
"Ha……!" Hong Qi Hua revealed a mocking smile on her face.
"They won't die. I believe in Uncle Bai and the rest."
"You like him."
"That's right, I like Bai Yi, and I like Momo!" Hong Qi Hua admitted to this calmly, and slowly walked towards Yu Han as well. "But the most important thing is, I hate you." Hong Qi Hua rapidly accelerated and dashed towards Yu Han, and the eyes of Yu Han opposite her also turned cold and a resoluteness rose in his heart.
Since I can't have you, then I'll send you to meet Bai Yi!
The tortoise shield and short knife violently collided together. In that instant their gazes crossed, and only Yu Han and Hong Qi Hua could see the resolution to kill in each other's eyes. Only Khina and Ning Xue at the side still maintained the delusion of 'friendship' in their minds… Since Yu Han said that he liked Hong Qi Hua, he wouldn't, right…
Unknowingly, Yu Han was also transforming, transforming into an ambitious and ruthless character… Fake, patient, resolute, and heartless!
Chapter 72: Cry of Awakening
Bentham got pulled inside, and landed heavily on the floor as his mind was still in shock over the scene of Yu Han's betrayal. The surrounding monsters devoured the flesh on the floor, and none of them actually immediately attacked Bentham when they saw his large figure.
Woolf saw Yu Han ruthlessly tearing his own arm off to escape the hook gun, and couldn't help but feel disappointed. Looking at the door close completely, Woolf started to relax inside and looked at the monster still biting on his left shoulder. With this kind of frenzied biting, more than half the flesh on Woolf's shoulder got ripped off, almost becoming a delicious meal in the mouth of the monster.
"It's very tasty…right?"
Woolf said sinisterly, and turned his head, the giant alligator mouth clamping down viciously.
The alligator was one of the top predators in the food chain of the natural world, and what it relied on to prey on its prey was that powerful jaw strength. With this bite, Woolf viciously clamped down on the monster's neck. Sharp teeth more than 10 centimeters long stabbed itself into the neck of the monster, and Woolf and the monster struggled with each other on the floor, bright-red blood flowing out from where Woolf's teeth were.
Painful cries continuously escaped from the monster's mouth, but Woolf would never release his jaw no matter what.
At this time, Mavis, who was initially lying on the floor, slowly got up, and saw Woolf wrestling with that monster. She immediately rushed forward, taking out two scalpels, and forcefully stabbed them into the monster. The monster felt two razor-sharp scalpels pierce into its skull, and immediately flailed about as it felt itself near death, losing all signs of life soon after.
……
"You damned kid, release your mouth, bastard, fucker!" Moses crazily hammered down on Warner's head, but at this moment Warner laid on the floor, stubbornly biting onto his calf. No matter how Moses beat him, he just wouldn't release his mouth. Surrounding the two of them, countless bullets and blood splattered all around them, and Warner's knife had long flown away to some unknown place.
I will not let you go, absolutely not let you go!
Looking at the thick metal door close completely, Warner finally released his mouth full of blood, and two of his teeth even fell onto the floor. However, Warner felt a great pleasure in his heart… Hahaha, you damned bad guy, you can't escape now as well. As for Moses, he stared at the shut door in despair, his eyes became incomparably dim as he laid on the floor dumbly with a blank look on his face.
At this moment, the pet pig Pupu, who was struck down, slowly staggered up swaying, and abruptly started to dash towards this direction… Charge!
Moses had completely lost all awareness of his surroundings now, and Pupu's giant body rammed into his head violently. The powerful impact instantly bent Moses' neck at an abnormal angle, and his body flew out forcefully. His body impacted an experimenting platform, and slid down limply, blood slowly flowing out from his mouth.
Moses' mouth relaxed, revealing a smile at the end.
Dead… Everyone is going to die here, and become food for the monsters.
……
"Momo…!"
The lower half of Sara's body was in the jaws of the monster, as she used all her strength to block the door to the prison cell. Right in front of Sara was Momo, who fell backwards onto her butt. Blood flowed profusely from Sara's body as the monster tore at her, and it slowly dripped onto Momo's face. Momo stared dumbly at Sara, the person who had always visited her for as long as she could remember, the person who was as close as a real sister.
Why…why?
Beside the monster, Sharpei viciously clamped his jaws down on the guy's stomach, and every time Sharpei moved copious amounts of blood would spray out from his wound. Sharpei tore at the monster frenziedly, crazily. It pulled out a stretch of intestines from the monster, and even dug its head all the way inside the monster's tummy.
However, the monster behaved like it was retarded, as if it couldn't feel any pain at all. It was clearly going to die soon, but it still steadily did its own thing at its own pace. Its giant mouth closed gradually and abruptly snapped shut, a 'kacha!' came from Sara's waist and her body broke into two.
A mouthful of blood poured out from Sara's mouth and landed into Momo's staring eyes. Momo's body trembled, and slowly drew from behind her the short sword that her daddy had picked for her.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
The young Momo screamed sharply, and hacked away at the monster in front of her in madness. She recklessly hacked at the monster, every feeler, every piece of flesh, eyes, mouth…and at the end Momo jumped high into the air, her small body making use of gravity to punch the short sword into the monster's eye. Even so, the monster still seemed to not feel anything as it slowly chewed and swallowed Sara's corpse down, until… it completely stopped moving.
Momo hacked at it just like that non-stop, continuously hacking, until 'ding!', the short sword suddenly broke and half the blade flew into air. Only then did she finally stop and sit on the head of the monster blankly.
"WUAHHH…… WUUUUUU!!" Momo started wailing miserably, her tender voice containing unimaginable pain.
From this moment, the young Momo seemed to come to understand many more things!
Bai Yi's blurry consciousness jolted and immediately came into focus after hearing Momo's cry. He then suddenly opened his eyes and saw the floor that had been dyed red.
Just now…?
Bai Yi climbed up gradually, and at the same time his head started to clear. The scenes just now flashed across Bai Yi's brain rapidly, and he couldn't help but to stare at the direction of the door. The door was already completely closed, and in front of the door he could see that Bentham had seemingly received some mental shock, looking very listless.
Bai Yi looked again at another direction… Heloise stood silently beside Noel's corpse, not knowing what she was thinking about. Woolf sat beside a corpse of a monster, a giant shredded wound on his shoulder. Beside him, was also a swaying and staggering Mavis, frantically trying to stop his bleeding. Little Warner sat on the floor, his face swelling to the point of being a real pig head, and one of his eyes wasn't even able to open anymore. Pupu laid down beside Warner, becoming a backrest for him. In Momo's original direction, was the corpse of another monster and the upper half of Sara's body lying on the floor, while Momo wailed on top of the monster's head. As for Sharpei, it stood silently at the side, a giant wound so deep on his left side that its organs could almost be seen.
At this moment, everyone else also looked at Bai Yi silently, waiting, expecting, or rather… hoping for something!
In this corner of the circular walkway, there were still more than 10 monsters, and in the distance more monsters were gathering, seemingly treating this like a dinner banquet. These monsters cautiously waited, plotting to devour them once their prey lost all their will and fighting power.
Bai Yi raised his head, his eyes gazing at the simulated sky on top of him.
The simulated sky seemed clear and pure, and there was even a northern goshawk flying high up in the sky, but did they really have the chance to see a real sky again?
Bai Yi closed both his eyes, and a bright red fluid flowed down from the corner of his eyes, sliding along the contours of his cheeks.
"KILL THEM!"
"KILL THEM ALL!" Bai Yi forced open his eyes, and roared with extraordinary malevolence. He smashed his broadsword violently onto the floor, and a huge 'DANG!' sounded, as if pounding on everyone's hearts.
Woolf, Heloise, Mavis, Warner, Momo, Sharpei and Pupu instantly felt their hearts jolt after hearing that sorrowful and malevolent roar of Bai Yi. A wave of strength bubbled up from within the depths of despair. Everyone picked up their weapons again, and turned to face the monsters in the circular walkway.
Walking towards those monsters, Heloise actually started to laugh, that light laughter came so suddenly, but very quickly it infected everyone else. These people who were just in unimaginable despair started to laugh involuntarily, laughing incomparably carefreely.
We won't admit defeat so easily!
On our shoulders, we are still bearing the weight of the hopes of others!
……
Yeye saw everything through the surveillance cameras, but to be honest her simple consciousness couldn't understand what they were thinking… At this time, how could they laugh? As for the other audience, the Progenitor was utterly astounded, and her heart shook to the point of being speechless.
The Progenitor knew that everything was due to the wrath in her heart, a random crazy decision had caused everything to start. Initially, the Progenitor thought that all humans should die, but now that she saw Bai Yi's group still struggling in that level of despair, still persevering in front of that despair, she couldn't help but feel great shock in her heart.
Humans, can actually be so strong!
Even though those researchers referred to me as the Progenitor, I am just a normal woman, I'm completely unable to be as strong as you guys. I'm the one that caused this disaster, but I really have no confidence that I can end what I started. But you guys… should be able to do it!
……
As for Bai Yi, he faced Bentham who was pulled back by the hook gun.
Seemingly, the rest of them believed that Bai Yi could defeat Bentham. Bai Yi was clearly only a LV1-1, and the genes he fused with was only that of a butterfly, but still, all of them believed that Bai Yi could do it.
Bentham also shook from Bai Yi's sorrowful and malevolent roar just now. At this time, when he saw Bai Yi walking over towards him a trace of fear rose involuntarily in his heart, and he took a step backwards. After taking a step back, Bentham abruptly came back to his senses and realized that the person in front of him was just somebody who assimilated activated cells not long ago, and the genes he fused with was just the weak butterfly. What was there to be afraid of?
However, was he really not afraid?
Bai Yi gripped the broadsword that was only a meter long now in his hands, slowly strolling towards Bentham. The blood-stained floor and all the monster corpses littered around them set the background for their battle.
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TN: Shit, not just Martin but Sara too? I hope that's the last...
Chapter 73: Fight!
Bai Yi walked towards Bentham slowly step by step, because every step that he took now caused his body immense pain. However, with every step he took he gradually accumulated strength, and the blood in his body almost felt like it was burning, making him feel unbearably hot.
As Bai Yi walked, his blood gradually dripped onto the floor and created a 'chi chi' sound, forming a faint red mist.
Bentham saw's Bai Yi movements and couldn't help but focus his mind, truly treating Bai Yi as his most powerful enemy now.
Bai Yi abruptly rushed towards Bentham, his speed increasing by multiple times compared to before. Bai Yi himself understood that in this state, he would explode with power by exhausting all his reserves. He would gain greater speed and strength compared to normal times, but it could not last for long. Bentham, who was opposite to him, also banged his two remaining fist together, making his preparations for this life and death battle. Even if I'm trapped here, I will never lose to you! Bentham screamed in his heart.
A sword and a fist collided together violently, and Bai Yi's broadsword drifted backwards as if it did not resist the punch at all. In this instant, Bai Yi already grabbed hold of Bentham's arm and swung himself upwards, and started running towards his head along the arm. Bentham was taken aback for a moment, but immediately closed his wings together, intending to pound Bai Yi with him in the center again.
Fight! Continue to fight… I cannot fall here!
Bai Yi screamed crazily in his heart, and every bit of his concentration gathered onto his broadsword. In that instant, the knife skills that Bai Yi had practiced for such a long time seemingly evolved. Bai Yi felt a completely different feeling from the broadsword compared to when he was holding a kitchen knife in the past. A kitchen knife in the end was used to prepare food, that was determined to be its purpose ever since the time of its forging, but a sword was the blade that was truly used for battle.
The broadsword in Bai Yi's hands started vibrating at a high frequency, and he fiercely swung the blade.
One strike! Cut through it!
Bai Yi roared with mad fury in his heart, and the broadsword hacked down viciously. A tearing sound instantly transmitted to their ears the moment Bai Yi's broadsword touched Bentham's tough pair of wings. At this moment, Bai Yi's appearance became even more malevolent, his eyes seemingly wanting to devour his opponent. The sharp blade tore apart the initially incomparably tough wings, his bones, blood and feathers… All of these flashed across Bai Yi's eyes and he passed through the gap he formed, bringing with him the resolution of no return and rushing towards Bentham.
What is this feeling… this feeling!
Bentham stared at Bai Yi's maniacal eyes as if his mind was being sucked inside, his entire head filled with Bai Yi's mad and malevolent appearance.
'Puchi!', Bai Yi's blade brutally stabbed into the arm that Bentham used to block with. Two immense powers collided, and the sword stabbed more than halfway through into the arm. The immense strength similarly impacted Bai Yi's abdomen, and his entire body flew into the air. Fresh blood sprayed out from Bai Yi's mouth again, but he went along with the force and spun his body, the broadsword following his motions and hacking down again.
Fight!
Continue to fight!
I want to live on, bringing all my remaining friends with me and continuing to live on! No matter how powerful the enemy in front of me is, I will never step back! No matter how cruel or terrifying this world becomes, I will never fear! We will live on tenaciously in this world, even if it means putting my life on the line, I will never regret!
"AHHHHHHHH!!" Bai Yi roared crazily, his eyes glaring at Bentham with pure fury, and the broadsword descended heavily.
As Bentham looked at Bai Yi's eyes, suddenly fear filled his entire being, and a moment of confusion and blurriness appeared in his consciousness. Bai Yi's malevolent appearance was reflected in Bentham's mind, and the colored patterns seemed in Bai Yi's eyes seemed to suck in all of his attention, causing even his thoughts to slow down.
The broadsword landed heavily on Bentham's head, and instantly hacked open a giant and deep gash. Bright red blood splattered outwards, and Bentham immediately held his head and screamed a high-pitched scream. If not for his skull being hard enough, that strike could've ended him there.
After Bai Yi hacked down with his blade, he too landed heavily on the floor, half-kneeling.
Bai Yi's left hand covered both his eyes as blood spurted out from his mouth continuously, unable to be stemmed. At this moment, Bai Yi only felt that his eyes were in incredible pain, seemingly going through some transformation. Looking at his body full of soft fur, and Bentham's loss of focus, Bai Yi raised his head in that instant and finally understood. The ability he obtained from fusing with butterfly genes was - Lifeform Mimicry: Bewitchment!
……
Mimicry: A phenomenon in which a lifeform mimics another lifeform or its surrounding environment to its benefit.
Warning Coloration: Many incredibly smelly or poisonous lifeforms are brightly-colored or have brightly-colored patterns.
Protective Coloration(Camouflage): The colour of the lifeform imitates the color of its surroundings, using that to confuse and avoid its enemies.
Bai Yi only fused with the genes of a butterfly. This wasn't a powerful lifeform, but even such a small and weak lifeform had its way to survive. Bai Yi's colored fur now magnified the power of this 'warning' and 'confusion' to the utmost, but this was still not enough to cause any strong influence on his enemies.
However, when Bai Yi filled all his fusion slots with butterfly genes, and in addition to the unique influence of the activated cells, this ability became slightly more powerful. Just this bit of improvement caused a qualitative change in his body… Bai Yi's lifeform mimicry caused this kind of 'warning' and 'confusion' to spread to his eyes.
The eyes were the windows to the soul, and were also the extension of the soul. The colored patterns on Bai Yi's body were reflected in his eyes, and when his opponent locked gazes with him, this created an effect similar to confusion and loss of focus.
This was the ability a weak and small butterfly used to avoid powerful enemies.
However… Bai Yi wasn't a butterfly that could only avoid its enemies!
……
Bai Yi slowly closed his eyes, and suddenly raised his head and stared into Bentham's eyes. When Bentham saw Bai Yi's eyes, he suddenly felt like the bleeding pupils of his eyes seemed to give off a bewitching light. In an instant, in this kind of tense battle, Bentham actually got distracted… He became confused and lost focus!
Bai Yi fiercely rushed forward, which Bentham could not sense at all. Only after Bai Yi twisted his body and spun a few rounds, the broadsword striking his knee 4 times did Bentham finally wake up from the pain in his left leg. Bai Yi's body slid a distance on the floor and stopped, while Bentham's left leg abruptly broke and he suddenly kneeled on the floor.
Bentham turned his head painfully, and discovered Bai Yi panting heavily not far away with his eyes closed.
Damn it, I actually lost focus in a battle!
Bentham was beyond frustrated, and he still couldn't understand what had happened in that moment just now. A life form's warning and protection coloration did indeed have the ability to confuse people, but Bentham couldn't have possibly thought of that so quickly. In reality, nobody knew what a person would turn into after assimilating with the activated cells.
"Are you regretting now?!" Bentham heard Bai Yi's coarse voice coming from beside his ears.
Bentham instantly jumped in shock and suddenly realized that Bai Yi was right beside him, but when? Bentham instinctively swung his fist in the direction of the voice, but Bai Yi had already jumped up nimbly, and this time he jumped up really high. Bentham immediately followed Bai Yi's motions and looked towards the sky, realizing that Bai Yi had just started to descend from the sky. The simulated sky on the ceiling shined with the light of a bright Sun.
In the shadow of the Sun was Bai Yi's brightly colored and strange eyes.
Bentham mind went into a daze again, but instinctively felt that something was wrong and immediately shut his eyes, sending his right fist viciously swinging into the sky. The bastard, I'm at the LV2 Metamorphose Stage, I'm one of the very few that managed to undergo metamorphosis successfully out of more than a thousand experimental subjects!!! Bentham screamed crazily in his heart, encouraging himself and swung his right fist with immense force towards the position where he'd seen where Bai Yi was at in that instant.
However, that fist of his only hit empty air, and Bai Yi's left hand grabbed hold of his wrist. With a nimble flip of his body, Bai Yi landed on the back of Bentham's neck. Bai Yi's eyes were abnormally icy now, carrying the coldness of death. Bai Yi did not feel any happiness from awakening an ability suitable for battle, because this was an ability that only awakened through the death of his friends.
The tip of the broken broadsword stabbed into Bentham's huge ear instantly, but it stopped just before reaching his brain. Fresh blood flowed down slowly from Bentham's ear, continuing down his neck.
Bentham was completely immobile now. At this moment he could only feel the fear of death.
"Any last words?" Bai Yi said composedly.
"How…?" Bentham questioned in puzzlement, but Bai Yi apparently did not have any intention of explaining things to him.
"Help me kill Yu Han!" Bentham relaxed his body and spoke his final wish after realizing that Bai Yi did not wish to answer his question. He admitted defeat, as Bentham could feel the sharpness of that broadsword. Even if he tried to counterattack with his dying breath, it would just be a sad last-ditch struggle. He really never expected that he would escape from the Northern Hamilton Research Facility only to meet his end in another research facility.
"My pleasure!" Bai Yi said plainly, and pushed the broadsword in. 'Puchi!', the broadsword stabbed deeply into Bentham's earhole.
Bentham's body shivered in that instant, and started bleeding from all the orifices on his face, his head dipping heavily. Bai Yi twisted the broadsword a full round and pulled it out from Bentham's brain. Bright red and milky white fluids slowly dripped from the giant earhole onto the floor.
Bai Yi breathed out deeply and stood up again, looking towards his teammates who were risking their lives and doing all they could to fight right now.
Fight, fight until the end! We must survive in this cruel world!
