Chapter 102 – Blood Pack Technology (4)
The road going down is wide and dark.
Dalkak.
Perhaps because of sensor lighting, the ceiling became brighter one block at a time as we went down.
Dalkak.
But the darkness before us was so deep that the overhead lights made us feel uneasy.
It felt like we were only exposing our location to the monsters lurking in the darkness.
The blood manufacturing facility was similar to a beer factory. A storage tank large enough to fit three killer whales was crowded in a corner, and unknown machines were scattered everywhere.
It may be a type of equipment that synthesizes and purifies blood, but I don’t know because this is not my field.
Thick, black, large-diameter hoses come down from the ceiling and lead into the storage tank.
Charrrr.
Water leaks are occurring all over the ceiling and walls. In severe cases, there are places where the water flows almost like a stream of water. If there were no drainage facilities on the floor, flooding would have occurred.
Moreover, it seems like a draft is coming in from somewhere. The machines and the chains that came down from the ceiling shook and made a clear sound.
Combined with the dark lighting, it created an eerie atmosphere.
Rumbling!
Thunder sounds that could not be heard in the clinical laboratory upstairs can be heard here. There seems to be a crack that extends all the way to the ground.
It’s a little strange. If it were due to the defense force’s engagement and the commander’s suicide, the clinical laboratory just upstairs would have been affected. However, there was no water leak or thunder from above.
When we reached the heart of the blood manufacturing facility, we found a pile of corpses piled up there.
You can see three mutant infectious agents standing blankly in front of it.
“Were they the reason the quarantine was not lifted?”
I know what those guys are. Because I have a sample in my museum.
A human-like figure about 2 meters tall. The limbs and torso look like dozens of ropes twisted into a spiral, and are bright red like blood. It has no head and has a mouth with teeth near its neck.
After attracting attention by threatening to bite with its teeth, it suddenly inserts dozens of tentacles into the opponent’s body and sucks out bodily fluids.
Poop!
A 12.7 mm bullet flew and pierced one man’s solar plexus.
By making taxidermy for museums, we have acquired sufficient anatomical knowledge about many infectious agents.
These guys, named bloodsuckers, have no brains, as you can guess from the fact that they have no heads.
Instead, it has ganglia developed similarly to insects and, uniquely, has a heart.
It is the only vital point and its location is in the exact center of the solar plexus.
However, this heart is protected by very hard bones, so it cannot be penetrated by an adult male’s ax or even a 9 mm pistol bullet.
Even with 5.56 mm, the average penetration rate was 3 out of 10 shots fired.
The destruction method involves mobilizing more powerful firepower or targeting the rear, where the bones are thin.
By the time the two guys recognized their fallen compatriots and turned their heads toward us, bullets were flying equally at them as well.
Poop!
Both had a large hole near the solar plexus, and they struggled for a while before collapsing.
Looking at the pool of blood forming on the floor, he ordered the crew to search the facility.
I looked at the piles of corpses in the center with the remaining one as an escort.
[It is not an infectious agent. These are either pure humans or humans who died while undergoing mutation.]
Artemis said after completing visual analysis for a short time.
“This is the result of euthanasia, which was abundant in reports.”
They were victims who were used as expendable items in the clinical testing laboratory upstairs. Even at the minimum, the number seemed to be over 100.
Most of them were placed in black body bags, and each part of the bag was roughly torn apart, exposing the corpses inside.
The skin visible through the gap is as dry as a mummy.
“Why are they all gathered here? According to the blueprint, the morgue is upstairs.”
The morgue upstairs was empty. I thought they would have taken it out right away since it was useless to store the corpse after the experiment, but it seems that wasn’t the case.
“Could it be that these guys moved here?”
He pointed to the fallen Bloodsuckers.
[There is no other way to explain it. This is their nest and eating place.]
As we spoke, crews completed their search of the assigned area.
[No more.]
A member of the team who completed the search in the west reported.
[No more.]
The team that searched the northwest also reported.
[No more.]
The team that searched the east also reported.
[Anomaly found!]
A member of the team searching the northeast reported.
It was running toward us at full speed from about 50 meters away.
Kwaang!
And, just as it had been running, it flew tens of meters and crashed into a piece of machinery.
“Gi-ik.”
It was the first time in a long time that I heard a unique robot voice. He tried to get up somehow, but it looks like the hydraulic system on his leg was shattered.
He fell to the floor without being able to walk a few steps, and a huge shadow was cast over him.
It was actually a large-diameter hose plugged into a nearby blood tank. No, it was something we thought was a hose.
Kwasik!
A tentacle so thick that two adult men couldn’t hold it with their arms combined and grabbed the crawling crew member’s waist.
The tentacle was not trying to crush or crush the robot it was holding.
Jwaaaaap-!
Tried to suck bodily fluids.
If an African elephant sucks a human body with its nostrils, would it make this sound? The sound of empty air entering through the moist mucous membrane is terrible.
The tentacle’s snout had thick teeth that appeared to be used to make holes in the prey’s body.
Kang!
They chewed ravenously. The iron robot body survived, but the hydraulics were destroyed.
The desiccated corpses I saw earlier seem to have been the work of that artist. Those teeth would have torn open the bag carrying the corpse, pushed the snout in, and sucked it.
There is no need to observe further. They started shooting all at once.
Although it was a very thick tentacle, it could not withstand the concentrated fire of 12.7 mm. I struggled, spraying flesh and blood in all directions.
The problem is that this guy was only a small part.
A tremendous roar was heard from the corner of the facility, from the direction the crew had run towards.
It’s an unpleasant roar, like a combination of thousands of phlegm-boiling shouts.
There were monsters of enormous size attached to the walls and ceiling of the corners hidden by the blood tanks.
Its appearance was similar to that of a sea anemone, and although it only had about 20 tentacles, each one was as thick as an old tree.
Kwazijic!
There was the sound of blood tanks breaking all around, and the giant tentacles stuck there returned to the guy.
All the blood in the tank must have already been sucked out, so not a single drop of blood leaks out through the gap in the torn tank.
“Kuuuuu) has-!!!)
The guy let out a scream that made my eardrums explode.
Not only that you can’t go outside because of that, but if you keep letting it cry, outside infectious agents may hear it and come flock to you.
Although I can’t enter this facility, I don’t want to be chased by swarms of infectious agents when escaping to the ground rendezvous point.
As we poured the maximum firepower we had into the main body, bursting and torn flesh fell to the floor.
But I can’t figure out where the critical point is.
In games where these types of giant monsters appear, there are places like huge eyes or places where you can roughly think, ‘This is a critical spot,’ but that thing didn’t have anything like that.
Buuuuung!
A tentacle swung vertically, aiming at us.
Kwaaang!
The concrete blocks on the floor shattered and debris flew everywhere. Everyone narrowly escaped it.
Another tentacle opened its ugly maw and rushed towards the shooting crew.
The crew moved immediately to avoid it, but that wasn’t the end.
The tentacle that passed by just in the nick of time spun around and wrapped around Daewon like a snake. There was no time to avoid this or anything.
It is held in the air and tightened with tremendous force.
It was like a child being entangled by an anaconda. Although it is a robot that shows great strength, the difference in weight class is cruel.
Other members opened fire to save him, but it was already too late.
Pieces of bearings, bolts, and various parts began to fall one after another from above.
Boom!
A moment later, a chunk of scrap metal fell, crushing the entire body. Now there are only 4 soldiers left.
“Ignore the tentacles. “Aim for the main body.”
If you aim for the tentacles, shooting until you run out of bullets will be of no use.
The crew avoided the tentacles targeting them and focused their fire only on the main body.
[3 o’clock!]
I also avoided the attack with Artemis’ help. She predicted the attack in advance by watching the tentacles swell or make preliminary movements.
I was able to safely avoid it by using acceleration at the right time.
Bang!
When a volley of 12.7 mm and high explosive shells for shotguns were fired at its body, it let out a painful roar. Even though I was quite far away, I felt a vibration that made my skin tingle.
And then something amazing happened.
The wall it was hanging on made a small clatter, and dust began to rise from the wall along with a loud noise.
The tentacle monster was moving!
I vaguely thought he was fixed in a specific place, but that wasn’t the case.
At the back of the sea anemone was a long body reminiscent of a slug. Its size is about the size of 3 to 4 buses combined.
As it moved to the opposite wall, the concrete wall crumbled like a wafer.
Shoot!
And the sound of rain is heard from the huge hole he made.
An even stronger draft came in, and the dust quickly settled, and the sky outside was vaguely visible through the end of the open passage.
That tentacle monster was blocking the passage leading to the basement and exterior of the building with its body.
No, maybe that guy himself came here from outside. In search of blood.
Meanwhile, the crew continued shooting, and the creature screamed in pain, spilling blood and flesh.
[There is a problem.]
Artemis said.
[As the rain outside gradually weakens, infections are coming in after hearing the noise.]
“What about the bulkhead?”
I didn’t have much hope when I asked.
[Still closed.]
I don’t think we’ll be able to kill that big guy even if we use up all the ammunition we have.
“Then it’s plan B.”
A diagonal passage created when a monster moves out of the way. My eyes and shoulder cam looked directly at that place.
“I have to go out there.”
[Let’s go out there.]
We spoke at the same time.
It was steep and high, but if we could somehow reach it, we would be able to escape outside.
I immediately ran to that passage.
One member was thrown in front of bait for the tentacle monster, and it ran with the remaining three members.
The operator acting as a decoy waved his arms, jumped around cheerfully, and fired alone. The incentive worked.
As soon as they arrived at the passage, the crew knitted themselves together to create a makeshift ladder.
Each of them took a hurrah pose, grabbed each other’s ankles and leaned against the wall. Although they had to bear the weight of the other robots with only their wrist strength, they all withstood it without any problems.
I stepped on them and climbed up.
After climbing to the end of the robot ladder, I jumped up and was barely able to reach the end of the passage.
Quang!
When he whimpered and put one foot on the passage, the operator who was acting as bait was crushed by several tentacles.
Below me, there are 3 members left acting as ladders, but there is no way for them to get up here.
A tentacle monster is coming this way, throwing chunks of shattered scrap metal.
The crew released the ladder and scattered in all directions, guns in hand. Loud gunshots rang out everywhere.
Using his draped feet as support, he lifted them up to his chest.
Kwazijic!
Another one was smashed. Now there are only two operators left.
The moment he tried to use his remaining strength to climb up the aisle, the arm he was using as support slipped.
This is because the floor was covered in slimy slime that was presumed to have flowed from the monster’s body. I slipped and fell.
[Aaaaah!!!]
Artemis panicked.
Her divine intelligence is capable of infinite simulations in an instant.
You probably saw hundreds of thousands of bad endings where I fell to the ground and was killed in various ways.
But fortunately I didn’t fall to the floor. Three fingers were at the end of the passage.
Kwaaang!
One of the crew members exploded. The moment he was grabbed and squeezed by three tentacles, he committed suicide with a grenade. Now there is only one crew left.
I mustered my last strength and climbed up. Even the pull-ups I did during the promotion review weren’t this hard.
[Run!]
As soon as she finally reached the passage, Artemis screamed. Of course, I was already running.
“Keeeeek!”
The screams of infected organisms are heard from the ground, much louder than the sound of rain.
The slope of the passage was steep and slippery due to the slime.
I fell several times on the way up, and Artemis let out a cute scream every time. If it wasn’t an urgent situation, I would have at least recorded it.
The end of the passage is visible.
“Around the entrance?”
[It’s still safe!]
She said that she was being monitored by a drone.
Shoot!
As I stepped outside the passage, the fresh air and cold raindrops massaged my entire body.
It pleasantly cooled my body, which had been heated up by an intense battle, but there was no time to enjoy it.
“Keeeeek!”
“Kyarrrr!”
Hundreds of infected creatures were running from less than 100 meters away. I ran away with all my might.
“Kwaaaaa unique –!?)
Ah, it appears again. That damn bastard.
A Juggernaut is charging like a buffalo among the countless walkers.
Since bipedal walking cannot be defeated by quadrupedal walking, the distance between it and me narrowed in an instant.
Even without looking around, the vibrations that shook the ground followed right away, and a few seconds later, I felt a breath like a train box on the back of my neck.
Goosebumps rose on the back of my neck from that sickening warmth.
I felt death.
Kwaaaaa!!!
The pressure that had been following me from behind disappeared in an instant.
Tremendous waves pass overhead, accompanied by a roar that tears the world apart.
Bullet casings the size of thermos pouring down on the ground in front of you.
There was only one leg left on the back that looked like it had been a Juggernaut.
It was still standing firmly on the ground, but steam was rising from the torn section.
Tight muscles wrapped around the thick thigh-bone, reminiscent of a dinosaur. It slowly falls to the side.
Jjoaaaaah!!!
Hundreds of infected entities chasing behind a few tens of meters were breaking apart like spaceships that had crossed the event horizon.
The 30 mm chain gun installed under the Black Hawk’s snout spews fire like an active volcano.
Kinetic energy of 80,000 joules, more than 4 times that of a shelter standard combat rifle.
It came pouring out at a speed of over 600 rounds per minute, disintegrating everything behind me.
The asphalt floor where the cannonball hits rises into the sky as if it explodes.
The cars that had been unluckily caught up were torn apart like sheets of paper. The 30 mm cannon shells were not enough to blow holes in cars; they were towed away and removed from the road.
Boom!
The tracer bullet that flew in an arc ignited the oil tank, causing an explosion and a car engulfed in flames.
Dozens of walkers caught in the vicinity were struggling with their entire bodies on fire, but were immediately torn apart by the flying shells.
It was truly admirable to see the car’s flames weaken for an instant due to the explosion of blood.
Wow!
A bloody tentacle protruded through the first floor window of the Bloodtech building. It seems that the tentacle monster that killed the last member chased me in anger.
However, Artemis noticed it from the moment the stem crept behind the window.
The chain gun turns towards the Bloodtech building and spits out fire.
The shells pierced through the mouth of the giant tentacle. After going through that long piece of meat for a while, it comes out through the flesh on the other side.
Flesh and blood poured inside the first-floor building. It is truly an unbelievable destructive force.
The huge tentacle tore open as if exploding and fell to the ground, and the windows of dozens of buildings caught in the fire were shattered at once, with pieces of glass scattering.
“Keueeeeek!”
The infected organisms below suddenly had glass fragments embedded in their bodies and were screaming and bleeding.
Suddenly!
A sharp glass window about 1 meter in diameter fell and split the walker.
You can even see a person with more than 60% of his neck cut off and falling over while trying to hold on to his flailing neck.
“Kerrrrow-!”
There is also a guy struggling with a glass window wider than his body stuck in his chest. It’s like seeing a cat with a cap on after a peanut removal surgery.
The guy was shaking his face, showing his dirty teeth, but the glass window dug into his chest was blocking everything.
Our walkers can’t bite.
[Hurry up and catch it.]
A ladder fell from the helicopter.
While holding onto it, the helicopter rapidly increased its altitude.
“Keeeeek!”
The closest walker rushed towards me, and its grip grabbed my ankle.
As the weight of the thing increased, the arm that was hanging on his ladder began to hurt as if it would fall off. He almost fell.
Puck!
I repeatedly kicked the guy’s muzzle, cheekbones, and nose with the military boot on my other foot. But he doesn’t let go of his grip.
When he hit his eye with his heel, he fell with a loud cry and fell to the asphalt.
The walker looking up in frustration and stretching out his arms becomes smaller.
As he climbed up the ladder and entered the helicopter, he felt fatigued in an instant.
[Great job. It’s all over now.]
The battlefield is like the British weather, even if it looks smooth, it can turn into a mess in an instant.
He fell to the floor, realizing a truth he had forgotten for a while. His calves and feet on the outside of the helicopter are shaking in the wind.
The rain became weaker and the thunder and lightning stopped.
Kkororok.
Instead, thunder boomed in my stomach. I felt intense hunger. I wonder if I’ve ever exhausted my stamina like this recently.
“I want to eat pork cutlet.”
He said while lying down and putting the back of his hand over his eyes.
I wanted to go home, take a warm bath, and eat the pork cutlet that Artemis made.
The lean meat is from pork, and the fat from eel is mixed in a ratio of 8 to 2.
Then I think I will finally realize that the expedition is over.
[Custom number 2, crispy.]
As expected, Artemis remembers everything.
As she lay down and raised her thumb, I heard her laugh.
A helicopter flies across the sky.
Toward our home, our shelter.
Leaving behind screaming infected entities and a city blazing with flames and smoke.
