Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 740 - Five Hundred and Sixteen: Human-like_2

Chen Gu trembled. Even though I anticipated this outcome, confirming that tens of thousands died so silently... it's still hard to accept.

Chen Gu took a deep breath, raised his hand, and opened the Dimensional Prison Ring. The Combat Rooster leaped out, landing with a THUD. It was about to roar, eager to display its "ferocious," "arrogant," "irascible," and other such "admirable" qualities, but it sensed its master's mood was off.

Chen Gu said coldly, "You oaf! Work hard. Today, we go on a killing spree!"

Chen Gu leaped into the air, landing astride the Combat Rooster. He donned the "Heavy Core Armor," and the Father-Son Sword floated beside him. With a shrill cry, the Combat Rooster charged.

THUD THUD THUD...

The nearest house shattered under the Combat Rooster's claw. From within the collapsed ruins, a few mangled corpses were vaguely visible.

The wounds on the corpses were horrifying, and the Combat Rooster lowered its head, spitting a jet of flame at them.

Just as the flames were about to reach them, the corpses suddenly disintegrated, turning into countless tiny black iron thread worms that scurried away, RUSTLING.

The house had contained four corpses. The dispersing iron thread worms numbered in the hundreds of thousands. They scurried dozens of meters from the rubble and congregated, forming a huge pile of insects. Before they could take shape, the Father-Son Sword shot through the air. With a BANG, the "Destroyer Core Incineration Sword" activated, blasting the insects away. They were then completely incinerated in mid-flight.

WHOOSH—

Across the small town, every window of every house flew open simultaneously. Behind each one, an expressionless, rigid face appeared.

This scene was unspeakably eerie.

Rainbow came up from behind to stand shoulder to shoulder with Chen Gu. "These worms are a unified consciousness," she said. "They possess a degree of spiritual power and, after consuming human brains, can access the memories within." This ability explained how, after killing all the town's residents, they were able to remain hidden without detection.

Chen Gu nodded and spurred the Combat Rooster, which roared as it charged toward the second house.

The iron thread worms realized they were exposed. The forms inside the houses simultaneously crumbled. Before the Combat Rooster could smash the second house, all the worms had already fled.

They coalesced into a revolting, blackish-grey, viscous stream of insects, rapidly writhing through the town.

The streams of worms merged, growing thicker and larger.

Rainbow gave a cold smile. With a mere thought from her, the insect streams suddenly lost their bearings. Unsure where to run or how to merge with their kind, they swarmed about the town in disarray, like headless flies.

Chen Gu held the Father-Son Sword aloft. After his recent promotion, he unleashed the strengthened Radiation Scouring, which erupted outward, creating a vast sea of radiant fire around him.

Any insect streams submerged in this sea of fire were instantly incinerated to ash.

The other special operatives also swarmed into action. Chen Jixian swung his hammer mightily through the air, and with a thunderous CRASH, several insect streams were obliterated.

Their support team followed, having already set up support weapon stations. Though termed 'support,' they too harbored a deep hatred for these worms. No sooner were the weapon stations established than a beam of energy plasma lanced into the town, instantly turning half an insect stream to dust.

Rainbow rose high into the air. Her unseen spiritual power, like myriad sharp blades, continually severed the mental connections between the insect streams.

The insect streams desperately tried to merge into one larger current, their goal apparently to gather all the insects in town.

But with Rainbow present, they could never achieve this goal.

And with Chen Gu present, the insects were eliminated with extreme swiftness. An ever-expanding sea of radiant fire often consumed seven or eight streams simultaneously.

With everyone working in unison, the battlefront advanced rapidly. Eventually, the troops at the rear finished setting up energy generators. Activating the energy input, they formed a huge energy shield that completely sealed off the small town. By then, the battle within was nearly over.

Only a few dozen cunning streams of worms remained, darting in and out of the ruins, desperately trying to escape.

But with nearly a hundred professionals present, each possessing unique abilities, the worms could run but not hide. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Chen Gu stopped taking action, leaving the remnants for the other special operatives to earn merit points. He surveyed the entire town.

From the beginning, this case struck me as peculiar, Chen Gu thought. Why steal this kind of raw material? It isn't rare anymore, nor is it expensive. Knowing the worms had stolen these materials made him even more vigilant.

Chen Gu had witnessed firsthand the horrors of these creatures on the battlefield.

"Have you found anything?" Chen Gu asked, approaching Rainbow. Her spiritual power enveloped the entire town. He didn't know what skills an Eighth Energy Level Brain Domain Hacker possessed, but Rainbow was undoubtedly using her own methods to 'scrutinize' the town.

Rainbow frowned. "I feel... their resistance is too weak. Why lurk here for so long? They should have been better prepared."

Chen Gu nodded slowly. But the town is only so large; everything is in plain sight. Even after searching a hundred meters underground multiple times, we've found nothing.