Chapter 18 How Strong is the Recovery?

"A second-order Abomination Warrior... how strong must its recovery ability be?"

Suren looked at Hall after the injection, now transformed into an Abomination Warrior. He saw a rare treasure and his heart filled with anticipation.

He had killed a first-order Abomination Warrior before when he and Kai robbed the Steam Party's transport convoy.

He deeply understood just how powerful that kind of unkillable monster was.

That was a physical data that broke through the limits of its order, far exceeding the same order of professionals by several times, even ten times or more.

Seeing this second-order Abomination, Suren wasn't worried about its strength; instead, he looked forward to it becoming even stronger!

Because for Black Scythe, it was just a matter of one strike.

What he cared about was whether he could use the Abomination as a living corpse material!

.......

The essence of Abomination Warriors and living corpses is the same: using the non-directional畸变 (jībiàn) (mutation) brought by "x serum" to enhance attributes.

In theory, it can be completely used as a "corpse" material.

Suren had been thinking about it when making living corpses: what if he could make Abomination Warriors into living corpses?

The Abomination's exaggerated self-healing and regeneration ability would instantly heal wounds that weren't fatal.

Which also meant, controlling an Abomination living corpse and using Black Scythe to make five cuts, triggering an immediate backlash. But if none of those five cuts hit the Abomination's vitals, then... it could immediately be restored by its terrifying self-healing ability!

Perhaps... he could immediately make another five cuts?

Five cuts after five cuts...

Theoretically, as long as luck wasn't bad and a fatal injury wasn't triggered, Suren could use an Abomination Warrior to make n cuts!

If Suren's conjecture was correct, Black Scythe in the hands of an Abomination Warrior would be a truly terrifying weapon.

He didn't have the technology to create Abomination Warriors before, so he had the idea but couldn't try it.

But now there was a finished product right in front of him!

And a second-order one!

Thinking of this, Suren couldn't contain the anticipation in his heart.

He had to take this Abomination back and try it out!

With that thought, Suren didn't delay. He ran down, quickly collected the spoils from the corpses, and chased after the direction the Abomination Warrior ran.

.......

Hall turned into an Abomination Warrior after the injection, and his speed became extremely fast.

He charged all the way, quickly catching up with Number Nineteen who was fleeing.

Number Nineteen looked at the monster, her expression still numb, but a hint of solemnity appeared in her eyes.

Hearing the Abomination's fierce charge from behind, she suddenly kicked off the ground and jumped backwards, avoiding the impact. Her body arched backwards into a crescent shape in the air. As she landed, the long knife in her hand slashed down, hitting the Abomination Warrior's right shoulder. The blade sank in two fingers, but in the blink of an eye, the wound completely healed.

In the next instant, because of her attack, the Abomination reacted extremely quickly. It turned around and threw a punch, its log-like thick arm swinging and heavily hitting Number Nineteen's waist and abdomen. Her delicate body, which looked only a quarter of the monster's size, flew out like a cannonball and crashed into the rock wall with a "boom," deeply embedded.

Suren arrived just in time to see Number Nineteen flying backwards.

He also judged that the Abomination Warrior's speed was at least twice that of Hall before, and it was still getting stronger!

Number Nineteen was smashed into the stone wall, and Suren felt a faint pain in his own abdomen. If that blow had landed on him, even with his current strong body, he would definitely lose half his life.

But Number Nineteen didn't seem to be affected at all. She sprang out of the stone pit and charged towards the Abomination that was coming head-on, swinging her knife again.

One Mechanical Alchemist, one Abomination Warrior.

Both sides were purely physical attacks, had no pain, and used very violent fighting styles. Punch after punch to the flesh, knife after knife to the flesh, powerful and fierce...making one's scalp tingle.

In just a few exchanges, the two of them were like reckless cannons firing at each other, "boom," "boom," "boom," blasting the cavern until it collapsed everywhere.

In the distance, Suren watched closely, not only not taking action, but hiding his body even more discreetly.

Originally, with Number Nineteen holding back the Abomination Warrior, it would be the best opportunity to ambush.

Suren also knew that against an Abomination without intelligence, one or two strikes at most would solve it.

However, he didn't act.

Because... he was sure that the Umbrella organization's reinforcements would arrive in a short time!

Otherwise, Hall's act of risking his life to hold back Number Nineteen would be meaningless.

If Suren felt that he had guessed correctly, that the Umbrella organization had reinforcements coming soon, then if he acted now to kill the Abomination Warrior, he would also expose himself and the "invisible living corpse."

This would put him in a very passive situation.

Even if he could escape this time, the Umbrella organization's target for the next pursuit would change from one to two.

But knowing that there were reinforcements, Suren didn't leave immediately.

One reason was that he didn't want to easily give up the Abomination Warrior's corpse that was within easy reach.

Secondly, he also felt that the situation hadn't reached the point where he had to be forced to evacuate.

At this distance, it was impossible for a large force to arrive quickly; the most likely was a lone wolf.

The Abomination Warrior's hostility was indiscriminate; even if the enemy reinforcements came, it wouldn't necessarily immediately be a victory, and would most likely turn into a three-way melee.

And Suren felt that this kind of chaotic situation was more suitable for muddying the waters.

With the scythe in hand, maybe...

Not only could he get the Abomination, but he could also ambush the "reinforcements"!

If he guessed wrong and more than one enemy came...

Then it wouldn't be a big problem either.

Number Nineteen and the Abomination could also delay some time. In this complex cave, it wouldn't be easy to catch Suren, who could climb walls and drill holes with the Eight-Armed Spider Spear. As long as he chose a good hiding spot, it wouldn't be difficult to evacuate.

So, what he was doing now was calming down and waiting for the opportunity.

......

Number Nineteen wanted to leave, but was dragged down by the Abomination and couldn't escape at all.

The battle between the person and the monster had entered a fever pitch. One body was made of alloy and couldn't be broken, while the other body could heal and couldn't be killed. Both sides were exhausting each other.

Suddenly, Suren's eyes sharpened: "They're here!"

In the cave passage, sound could travel very far.

At this time, he pricked up his ears and keenly captured a series of "pa pa pa" air explosions coming from the direction of the cave they came from.

Guessing that the person coming must be a top expert, Suren didn't even dare to look in the direction of the sound.

He was afraid that the other party also had similar abilities to perceive malice.

However, as the sound got closer and closer, Suren suddenly heard some anomalies. Not only was there the sound of a burst of air from running and stomping, but also the "hissing" sound of a jet propulsion device accelerating.

"Jet propulsion device? The person coming is also a Mechanical Alchemist?"

Suren was very familiar with this sound, because when Number Nineteen fought, there was air surging in each joint.

When he analyzed the snatched 【px-911 mechanical limb】 before, he also discovered the fuel propulsion device and the air propulsion device like a jet engine. After these propulsion devices accumulated energy, they could provide Mechanical Alchemists with explosive power.

So, he was sure that the person coming was a "Mechanical Alchemist".

......

Suren listened carefully again, and as he expected, the "reinforcements" came alone.

Seeing this, he didn't rush to evacuate.

After all, knowing that the other party was a Mechanical Alchemist made the information clearer.

Unlike those magic-type professionals with strange abilities, who could always cast some spells that were difficult to guard against, Mechanical Alchemists were strong, but their attack methods were simple, usually only physical attacks.

Moreover, because they didn't have a physical body, their sensory systems were also very simple, only having the four senses of "sight, hearing, taste, and touch", and they wouldn't awaken some strange sensory abilities.

In some ways, the directions that could be predicted were much clearer.

When that person arrived, Suren lowered his breathing, crouched in the corner, and didn't dare to breathe loudly.

Although he knew that Mechanical Alchemists wouldn't have any "malicious perception" abilities, he also deliberately lowered his eyes and passively captured the target's movements with his keen hearing.

But to Suren's surprise, the three-way melee he expected didn't appear.

After the "reinforcements" rushed into the battlefield, the Abomination Warrior didn't seem to attack him, and the situation immediately turned into a two-on-one!

Listening to the several "boom," "boom," "boom" violent collisions, the battle quickly died down.

"So fast..."

Suren guessed that the guy must have a way to control the Abomination Warrior, or prevent it from attacking him.

However, even if there was no melee, it wasn't a big problem.

Because in Suren's eyes, "Number Nineteen" was just a bait to hold back the enemy, no matter what method was used to hold them back.

.......

Suren heard the end of the battle before he carefully moved his eyes up.

He wasn't noticed, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

His eyes gradually moved up, and he saw a young man in a black military uniform standing there. He was like a sharp sword, giving people a sharp feeling just by looking at him.

He was holding Number Nineteen's neck with one hand, lifting her up and suspending her in mid-air.

But because Number Nineteen had a big secret in her hands, this guy didn't seem to plan to kill her immediately.

And the military-uniformed man, who was also a Mechanical Alchemist, naturally knew very well the structure of Mechanical Alchemists. He didn't know how he operated, but he clamped Number Nineteen's wrist with one hand like lightning, and with a twist and pull, he "咔嚓 (kāchā)" (crack) tore off her other arm as well.

With both arms broken, Number Nineteen had completely lost the ability to resist.

The military-uniformed man seemed to be relieved now. With a victorious attitude, he unhurriedly said, "Number Nineteen, the legendary strongest Mechanical Alchemist, an unreplicable fighting genius, tsk tsk... It's a pity that the previous generation's px811 mechanical limbs still have design flaws..."

Suren heard a strong sense of sourness and contempt in this tone.

It was as if the second in the world had defeated the first in the world, and that bad breath was finally relieved.

The military-uniformed man saw that Number Nineteen had no reaction to his words, and seemed to feel bored. He didn't say any more nonsense and coldly asked, "Speak, where is the thing?"

Number Nineteen stared blankly at the military-uniformed man in front of her.

With her arms broken, she originally had no chance of turning the tables. No matter how she struggled, it would be futile.

But just then, she suddenly moved!

Because her neck was being strangled, she, who still had her legs, suddenly exerted force in her waist and abdomen. She locked the military-uniformed man's arm with a scissors leg, tripping him and making him unstable.

The military-uniformed man saw that he was locked and a mocking smile appeared on his face, "Hmph! Dying struggle!"

Attacks of this level couldn't possibly cause him any damage.

But... in the next second, he couldn't laugh anymore.

.......

In the distance, Suren, who was hiding on the rock wall, saw this scene and his eyes sharpened: "Smart choice!"

He knew very well that Number Nineteen's death-throes strangulation attack wasn't intended to cause much damage to the military-uniformed man, but to create an opportunity for him to attack!

The super Mechanical Alchemist's hearing must be extremely strong. Suren knew that although he had tried his best to hide it, he had probably been noticed after chasing all the way.

That woman's state of battle was very similar to his: calm, rational, without any extra emotions.

Therefore, Suren could put himself in Number Nineteen's shoes, and Number Nineteen could definitely put herself in his shoes!

Since she had discovered a "peeper," and had watched the show for so long, she must have judged that the "peeper" wasn't from the Umbrella organization.

Why was he peeping?

Naturally, it was to wait for an opportunity to kill and loot!

Moreover, now that an ultra-strong Mechanical Alchemist had come, and he was still watching the show and hadn't left, it meant that he had the capital to watch the show.

Suren felt that if he were Number Nineteen, thinking of this, he would definitely create an opportunity for that "peeper" to attack.

Anyway, the situation couldn't get any worse.

Now seeing her make this move, Suren immediately understood. He pulled the invisible living corpse to swing the scythe and slashed down at the military-uniformed man's neck!

.......

Number Nineteen had broken both arms, and even if she locked him with all her strength, she had no way to injure the military-uniformed man.

But her intention wasn't to hurt anyone!

Just with this lock, the military-uniformed man was thrown off balance by Number Nineteen. Just in this instant when he couldn't borrow strength, suddenly a spatial rift slashed at his neck at an extremely tricky angle.

With a "shua" sound, that extreme smoothness passed by, and even the alloy neck was cut out with a smooth cut.

A head with a surprised expression fell to the ground, and Number Nineteen and the headless corpse fell to the ground at the same time.

And as soon as the military-uniformed man died, the Abomination Warrior next to him seemed to lose control again and went berserk.

But just as it was about to rush up, suddenly another spatial rift appeared and an ugly head fell to the ground with a thud, blood spurting eight meters high like a fountain.

Suren, who had made two long-range cuts in a row, saw his newly made living corpse instantly burst apart, and a cloud of blood mist exploded in the air.

Suren picked up the fallen scythe and the shroud and walked towards Number Nineteen and the two corpses.