Chapter 185: Impersonator

A chill rose from the bottom of his heart!

That bizarre smile made the hairs on Lin Xian’s entire body stand on end.

There was no time to shout!

Just as the woman slowly opened her bloody mouth filled with dense teeth, Lin Xian reacted instinctively. He took a step forward, blocking KIKI, and frantically deployed an ice wall and an iron gate from his hands!

In a flash of lightning, the ice wall condensing in the air slowly formed around the stabbing tentacles. The sharp tips of the teeth were about to pierce Lin Xian’s heart.

The next moment.

Voom!

A piercing sound of something breaking the air exploded in the corridor, accompanied by a gust of wind. A black spear shot past Lin Xian’s eyes, directly piercing the face of the female Aberration.

Aargh!!

Before the shrill howl could even escape, the female Aberration was pinned to the corridor wall by the spear.

Thud!

The black spear let out a metallic hum. The immense force had actually driven the cold weapon directly into the reinforced concrete wall.

Bang~

Only then did Lin Xian’s ice wall and steel wall land, the sound echoing in the corridor.

“Ah!” KIKI cried out in alarm. Pulled back a step by Lin Xian, she came to her senses. The two turned to look behind them and saw that two more people had appeared at the far end of the corridor.

A man and a woman. The man was middle-aged, with a buzz cut and a sturdy build. He was wearing a suit of active powered exoskeleton armor that glowed with a sapphire light, still holding the posture of his attack. The other woman was younger, holding a large gun.

Voom~

The man waved his hand forward. A humming sound of electromagnetism rang out. The black spear stuck in the wall suddenly made the sound of a mechanical engine turning. It began to vibrate continuously, and with a whoosh, it pulled free from the female Aberration’s face and flew back into the man’s hand.

Lin Xian frowned. “Magnetically controlled weapon?”

If he wasn’t mistaken, that black spear must contain some kind of precision magnetic flight engine, allowing for dynamic control within a small range. This was typically technology found on the Starry Sky Army’s battlefield drones and sentinel devices, but it was being used on a cold weapon, which looked both strange and absurd.

“Be careful, young man,” the middle-aged man’s voice was somewhat deep. “These aren’t human-faced Aberrations. They can peel off human skin and disguise themselves as people. Besides not being able to speak, it’s very difficult to tell the difference.”

Impersonator?

“Who are you?” Lin Xian looked at the female Impersonator with her face pierced, his eyes flickering as he asked.

“We are…”

Bang!

Before he could finish, the iron door of the projection room suddenly deformed and burst open. A sinister long arm reached out, grabbed the middle-aged man, and slammed him hard against the wall.

Rat-tat-tat-tat! The other woman reacted, raised her gun, and opened fire on the white, upside-down monster.

Hah!

The middle-aged man was slammed against the wall by a fierce blow. The exoskeleton armor on his chest caved in slightly, emitting a shower of sparks that absorbed the fatal damage for him. He let out a muffled grunt, raised his spear with his backhand, and aimed at the monster’s chest. The sound of his powered armor’s mechanics whirred, and he thrust forward, driving the spear tip directly into the monster’s thick hide.

Aargh!!

The upside-down monster opened its huge mouth and shrieked, raising a hand to block the black spear. The middle-aged man took the opportunity to land on the ground, rolled to pick up the spear, and created some distance.

Voom-zzt!

A dazzling electric light flashed in the corridor, directly hitting the white, upside-down monster’s face. Sparks and a scorched smell burst forth.

“Lightning Esper?” The middle-aged man’s expression changed slightly as he watched this scene.

Lin Xian stood at the far end of the corridor. KIKI, who was behind him, now flew over his head. She raised her hand, and an invisible psionic force grabbed the monster with the pierced face. Then, with a wave of her hand, an immense force slammed the monster’s head against the corridor wall and dragged it along. With a loud scraping sound, a groove filled with black blood instantly appeared on the wall, exposing the concrete and steel bars within!

Eee-aargh!!!

The white monster let out a shrill cry. Its neck suddenly rotated 360 degrees. Ten bone spurs grew from the tips of its long, sharp claws, and then it swung with great force!

“Be careful!”

The middle-aged man lunged forward, tackling his female teammate to the ground. Crack!

The bone spurs, like blades, instantly cut a gash in the wall.

Bang! Before it could get up, its head was slammed into the floor by KIKI again.

“Lin Xian!”

KIKI gritted her silver teeth, floating in the air, viciously pressing down on the monster’s head.

At this moment, the white monster’s head was on the ground, its upper body arched. Its head couldn’t move, but its hands grabbed left and right, one towards the middle-aged man and the other towards Lin Xian.

Swish!

At that moment, a silver light flashed, bringing an extreme wind pressure through the corridor. An open slash wound instantly appeared on the white monster’s waist!

Flashback!

Lin Xian held the GK03 electric knife. In this narrow space, the skill was somewhat restricted, but he had still managed to land a solid hit in the middle.

But before Lin Xian could steady himself, no blood spurted from the white monster’s abdomen. Instead, countless black, willow-like tentacles extended from it, heading towards where Lin Xian had landed!

Whoosh~

A strong wind rose beside him, and the sound of a mechanical engine was heard. The middle-aged man suddenly swept past Lin Xian’s side, holding the black spear, and leaped out to meet the black tentacles, striking down with the force of a thunderbolt.

Splurch!!

The black spear directly pierced the white monster’s head, pinning it firmly to the floor. While the white monster was still twitching, the middle-aged man’s eyes were cold. He twisted the spear with both hands in opposite directions. Bang! The front end of the spear suddenly opened up like an umbrella, instantly slicing the white monster’s head open like a flower!

Black blood splattered on the corner of the wall. The white, upside-down monster’s frantically attacking claws finally fell to the ground, silent.

“Hah… hah…”

In an instant, the four people in the corridor all stared intently at the monster, the only sound being their rapid breathing.

Swish!

The middle-aged man pulled his spear out of the white monster’s head, retracted the umbrella-like blades, wiped the blood on the sole of his shoe, and watched a wisp of black smoke fly out. He then said, “This time it’s dead for good.”

With that, he picked up a level 2 Aberration blood essence from beside the white monster, stuffed it into his pocket, and walked towards Lin Xian.

“Lightning Esper, Psionic Esper, truly impressive. It seems I underestimated you.” The man extended his hand to Lin Xian. “Ding Qing. Duan Min. Diamond Convoy.”

“Lin Xian.” Lin Xian put away his long knife, his eyes scrutinizing the powered armor on the other man. He was immediately tempted.

If he wasn’t mistaken, the powered armor on Ding Qing should be the TRP-IV special industrial-type active exoskeleton powered armor. This type of powered armor was extremely expensive and was generally used for special operations. Not only was its power immense, but it also had more expansion units than military powered armor. The one on Ding Qing should have undergone some weaponized modifications, making it look extremely intimidating.

“Hey!”

KIKI’s voice suddenly rang out. She landed beside Lin Xian, her face full of indignation. “You just took that bead without even asking us?”

Ding Qing glanced over, said nothing, and walked over to the two dead Impersonators with his spear. He then raised the spear, opened the umbrella-blades, and stabbed fiercely into the Impersonators’ chests. Splurch! He then retracted the blades, seemingly having clamped onto something, and pulled it out. In an instant, Lin Xian and KIKI both saw that among the pile of flesh and blood on the spear tip, a finger-sized, white, long-tailed parasite had been clamped out.

He then took out two glass test tubes, stuffed the worms inside, and tightened the lids. He found a similar parasite in the other one as well.

Just as Lin Xian and KIKI were puzzled by his actions, Ding Qing threw the two glass test tubes to Lin Xian. “I just saved your lives, plus these two bone worms. I’ll take one level 2 bead. That’s not taking advantage of you, is it?”