Chapter 1 Outbreak

Leaving the apartment at 88 Ginkgo Street, Soren hurried along, weaving through various alleys.

He was very familiar with the neighborhood near Green Street. He quickly took a shortcut to his rented house by climbing walls and flipping over buildings.

The small mechanism he had set on the door before leaving hadn't been triggered, so he entered the basement with peace of mind.

The basement was full of instruments and mechanical equipment. These things couldn't be taken away and there wasn't time to pack them up, so they could only be left here temporarily.

Because he had been preparing to run away for a long time, Soren's residence was always stocked with things for escape.

After replenishing a few storage rings filled with ammunition and supplies, he went straight to the dissection table.

Lying on the dissection table was a skin rune living corpse covered in healed scars. Soren looked at it and muttered, "Old buddy, whether we can escape this time depends on you."

Without delay, he went to the corner and took out the large black scythe hidden in the secret compartment, and tied it to the corpse's hand.

Then he tried to wrap them all up with the [Shroud of Oz the Iceman], so that everything could be taken away.

Originally, he was just trying it out and didn't expect the shroud to be able to wrap the black scythe, which was also a sealed item.

Unexpectedly, with this wrap, it was actually completely wrapped up.

The scythe and the corpse immediately disappeared before his eyes.

An invisible weapon of mass destruction composed of two sealed items + a living corpse was now a reality.

"This makes things a lot easier..."

Soren was a little surprised. He slightly raised his five fingers and controlled the living corpse to walk out. Although he couldn't see it, he could clearly sense the position of the living corpse.

After nearly a month of tinkering, he could already manipulate the living corpse flexibly and accurately. There were no bumps or collisions, and he successfully drove the corpse out the door.

However, the only imperfection was that although the qi thread was thin, there was still a trace.

He thought that if he really got the [Wailing Banshee's Cursed Hair] in the future, this problem could be completely solved.

.......

After all, he used to be a local gang leader active in Green Street, so Soren was very familiar with everything here. He could even recognize almost all the merchants and permanent residents.

No one else knew the location of the rented basement. The caution he had taken before saved him a lot of trouble now.

He came to the street, but he didn't go far before he found the problem.

The entire Green Street was surrounded!

Some unfamiliar faces appeared in the streets and alleys, wearing checkered suits and vests, draped in cold-colored tweed overcoats, wearing gloves and newsboy hats... Although ordinary people couldn't see the abnormality, those who were good at tracking could tell at a glance that those people's wandering eyes were completely different from ordinary residents.

"The Umbrella organization's people are here so fast? It seems they have other ways to track and lock me..."

Although he never had any illusions, Soren felt a little troubled when he was really surrounded.

But the timing was just right.

He now had the living corpse and the scythe.

Even if there were high-level professionals in the hunting team, he wouldn't be completely slaughtered.

Thinking of this, Soren tightened the qi thread of the living corpse again.

His expression remained unchanged as he walked onto the street like a normal person.

.......

Since the enemy had already appeared on Green Street, Soren didn't think they couldn't see through his disguise.

This was the last moment of tranquility before the battle.

Sure enough, he hadn't walked a few steps when he suddenly found everything in front of him was pitch black.

It was like the lights had been turned off, and he couldn't see anything.

"Visual deprivation!"

Soren instantly realized what was happening and his heart shuddered.

This was a very advanced control spell.

Then, at the same time, he found that he couldn't hear any sounds either.

"Auditory deprivation!"

Unable to see or hear, in that instant, it was as if he had fallen into an endless black hole, and a huge sense of terror struck.

Moreover, what made Soren even more solemn was that even with his mental strength being so high, he was instantly hit, which meant that the person who did it had a level advantage.

It must be a second-tier professional!

"Heh, three second-tier professionals to surround and hunt down a small gangster like me, they really think highly of me!"

Soren sneered in his heart and immediately sensed something.

Although he was deprived of his sight and hearing, he didn't panic at all. Because that needle-like [Malice] was like a raging fire in the dark night, allowing him to "see" clearly.

The direction of the earliest hostility was, surprisingly, the guy who was casting the spell to control him.

"Ten o'clock!"

Soren snorted in his heart, having long been prepared for a final battle.

In the instant he was deprived of his senses, he grabbed with his single hand and drove the invisible living corpse not far from him to swing the knife fiercely in the direction of the malice.

"Whoosh~"

He seemed to hear a rapid sound of wind breaking.

In the instant the slash went down, Soren suddenly found that his eyes could see normally again, and his senses had recovered!

With a glance out of the corner of his eye, he sensed that at the ten o'clock direction of the malice, the opening of the red brick chimney on the roof was smooth, and next to it lay a female corpse that had been cut in half at the waist.

"Got rid of them!"

Soren's eyes lit up and he saw the gray mist on the corpse.

And obviously, the other side didn't come alone!

There were still two second-tiers!

He had already experienced it in the city before. When elite groups like the Umbrella organization, who were well-trained, took action, they often used a set of tactics that made it impossible for the target to resist.

After control, there must be other means.

In that instant, even without sensing the malice, Soren instantly noticed the bone-chilling cold coming from under his feet.

That familiar sticky feeling of being frozen was actually the second-tier ice mage who attacked the transport team in the "Alum Warehouse" in the inner city before!

A high-level warlock who was even hurt by the overlapping shots of alchemical bombs!

The feeling of being frozen stiff came very fiercely, but when he looked over, Soren had already controlled the living corpse to slash again without stopping.

This time with visual capture, Soren precisely aimed at the black-clothed man's neck.

Grabbing with his five fingers in the void and pulling down fiercely, the black-clothed man who was still casting a spell a hundred meters away suddenly changed his face.

He was full of surprise. The target had clearly been deprived of his senses, so why could he still counterattack accurately?

A doubt flashed in his mind.

Because he was caught off guard and was still in the middle of casting a spell, it was too late for the black-clothed man to avoid it.

When he saw Soren's action of swinging the knife, a black space crack had already appeared at his Adam's apple. Death came without warning.

A smooth cutting sensation swept past, the head fell to the ground, and blood spurted high like a spring.

"[Hypnos' Night Black Scythe]? But how can he control it so accurately..."

Before his death, the last thought that popped into the black-clothed man's mind.

He recognized that space crack.

But he couldn't figure out why that knife would be so accurate...

Others would never have imagined that Soren was probably the only person in the world who could accurately control the slashing distance and power of the black scythe.

Because of the terrifying curse backlash, ordinary people would never risk their lives to repeatedly practice how to accurately control the scythe.

But Soren could.

Because he had a living corpse that could be used repeatedly!

This was also the reason why he risked going back to his residence to get the knife, even if it took more time.

With the scythe in hand, he really had the confidence to escape!

.......

With these two knives, he consecutively killed two second-tier professionals, instantly breaking the deadly three-person combined attack tactic.

But it wasn't over yet!

In Soren's perception, there was still a very strong [Killing Intent] hidden in the wine shop not far away, which was a threat that a first-tier professional could not give.

Just when Soren slashed the second knife, the window of the wine shop suddenly shattered, and a ball of fire rushed out with a bang.

Soren had already noticed his existence, so how could he not be prepared?

While his right hand was controlling the living corpse to kill the black-clothed man, his left hand had already pulled out a puppet to block his side.

Almost at the same time, the cannonball and the puppet collided.

With a "boom", the puppet with the full-series defense runes was blown to pieces. The power of this cannon can be imagined.

Soren was also blown away by the impact, and a mouthful of turbid blood spurted out, "Pfft~"

Because the puppet blocked this cannon attack that would have been fatal, he didn't care about his injuries. In the process of flying backwards, he raised his hand and slashed again in the direction of the cannon attack.

Although that person didn't see the existence of the "invisible living corpse", he also heard the wind breaking sound of the sharp blade.

The instinctive sense of crisis as a high-level professional made him crash through the glass and jump out after firing the cannon.

But even with such a quick reaction, the base of his thigh covered in armor was still cool, and was cut off by the suddenly appearing space crack. Two legs were left in the wine shop, and the body spurting blood jumped out of the window.

The scythe's space crack was instantaneous, and coupled with Soren's precise slashing ability, it was almost as if where the eyes saw, the space crack would appear there. How could people easily dodge it?

Having both legs cut off at the roots, the amount of bleeding was enough to cause a person to go into shock instantly, but this guy stubbornly bit his teeth and pulled the trigger with his last bit of faith.

Soren wanted to add another knife to completely solve this trouble, but at this moment, a cloud of blood mist suddenly exploded beside him.

He realized something and dodged quickly.

Fortunately, the guy with the broken leg was seriously injured, and this cannon attack didn't have any "locking skills". Soren rolled around awkwardly on the ground, and just managed to avoid this fatal cannon attack.

Looking again, the legless man had completely fainted after firing the cannon.

.......

Soren didn't look at the corpse, but frowned as he looked at the blood mist around him, "It's reached the limit..."

It was obvious that using the knife too frequently had caused the backlash to erupt prematurely.

Three long cuts cut the living corpse into several pieces, and it instantly lost its vital signs.

The black scythe also fell out.

Soren looked at the "old buddy" who had helped him a lot and was slightly emotional.

Perhaps it was because the time was too rushed, or because the Umbrella organization thought that they didn't need too many high-level professionals to deal with Soren.

Fortunately, there seemed to be only these three second-tier professionals near Green Street.

"Old buddy" had completed its glorious mission.

Soren didn't look at it much. He stretched out his hand to eject the steel wire from the mechanical glove, pulled the scythe and bandage back and carried them on his back. He also threw a Molotov cocktail on the corpse to completely destroy the corpse and eliminate the traces.

Then he drew out his two guns and opened fire on the Umbrella organization members across the street.

.......

With the three most troublesome second-tier professionals killed in a few encounters, Soren's crisis was instantly reduced by 90%.

Ordinary professionals posed a very limited threat to him.

Moreover, there weren't as many guys wearing "Frost Giant Armor" in the outer city as there were in the inner city.

These guys in coats and hats were the gunners' favorite targets!

Even if they were wearing bulletproof vests, they had too many fatal weaknesses exposed...

Soren released the colony outfit and used the buildings of Green Street to fight and retreat, suppressing the other side with his two guns, preventing them from daring to show their heads.

Because this was his territory, he was familiar with every alley here.

After tearing a gap in the encirclement, Soren came to a small alley. As long as he climbed over this wall, he could immediately jump out of the encirclement.

But at this moment, he suddenly found a thick smoke spreading through the streets and alleys.

Soren immediately knew who was coming.

But in his perception, that hostility was a little erratic, so he didn't rush to attack.

He knew very well that it was the Smoker's ability.

When Soren saw the smoke, he deliberately lowered the muzzle of his gun and pretended to be pleasantly surprised, excitedly saying to the thick smoke, "Smoker, is that you? Are you here to save me?!"

Hearing this, the Smoker's figure slowly appeared from the smoke.

The gloomy-looking man looked at Soren, who had caused a commotion in front of him, and a subtle and imperceptible complexity flashed in his eyes, but he said, "Yes. Leave this to me, you find a chance to leave first."

He never thought that an insignificant "small fry" beside Kai would bring him so much trouble!

As he spoke, the Smoker, wrapped in thick smoke, slowly walked towards Soren.

The thick "malice" became more and more solid.

"That's great!"

Soren seemed completely unprepared, with a look of joy after surviving a disaster on his face, and even inserted his guns into his holsters.

But this smile hadn't spread out when it suddenly froze. In the next instant, he pulled out the black scythe on his back and slashed down at the person in front of him!

Smoker Sambu on the opposite side was instantly dumbfounded.

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