Chapter 23

If they were competing in speed and reflexes, they would not be a match for Hans.

However, when it came to battle experience and calculation, zero was far above him.

The narrow emergency passage is not the choice of the emergency, the zero battle is always rational and strategy as the main melody.

On the battlefield, impulsiveness would only cost one's life.

Conversely, calculation and strategy are the tools of survival.

A narrow passageway was not conducive to fighting, but in this place, zero could reduce the damage from at least one position.

He leaned against a wall and made forward and sideways shooting motions with one hand.

However, he knew that Hans, whose Agility was far superior to his, would definitely be able to evade him in advance.

Aside from the front and the side, the only other position that Hans could move in was behind him.

So Zero had waited with the other pistol and fed Hans a bullet.

This was the difference between an experienced veteran and a rookie. It was also the result of precise calculations, not purely based on luck.

Zero never believed in luck.

After giving Hans a shot, he added a few more shots, hitting Hans' head and heart respectively.

This was based on the biological structure. No matter what kind of mutated beast it was, if its brain or nerves were severed and its heart was destroyed, it would be dead, no matter how strong it was.

However, Hans, who had been badly mutilated, did not dare to be certain.

The prickling sensation under the dress was still there, a sign that the danger was still there.

However, he did not understand what kind of monster would Hans become to be able to survive even after dying a hundred times in such a manner.

It was obvious that Hans' body was constructed outside of common sense.

The broken skull healed once more, and the flesh on its chest started to bulge. Frowning, it turned around and left the emergency passageway.

The tavern was not a suitable battlefield, but it did not matter. Zero would personally find a suitable battlefield for himself and Hans.

Leah was no longer in the pub.

Lia was a smart girl, and she must have known that her presence would drag down zero.

In this way, he would be able to focus on dealing with Hans.

Although this was his plan, no one could say for sure who would deal with him.

After Zero left the emergency passageway, the door of the passageway suddenly cracked.

A figure rushed out from within. It was Hans or something else.

Zero was surprised by Hans who was in front of him.

Before this, he had already arrived at Hans' damaged flesh and blood to regenerate, but now, the healing process was a bit excessive.

Hans's wounds had been filled with new flesh and blood, but the proliferating movement had not ceased.

The excess flesh and bones propped up Hans's weak body, and the skin covering his body could no longer support the muscle growth. As a result, the muscles with white meat plates in red showed their original texture at the zero point of the eye.

Hans' upper body had nearly doubled in size, but his lower body remained the same.

It was hard to imagine how the thin lower body could support the bear like upper body.

Bone spurs stabbed out of Hans's skull and stretched in rows to the back of his head and back to the femoral vertebrae.

Hans no longer had a human form but instead looked more like a monster.

He bellowed at Zero, "I'm going to tear you apart, soldier."

and then eat what's left of you. "

"If you can manage it, just come over."

At the same time, he turned around and ran out of the tavern. At 60 km per hour, he sprinted through the tunnels of the base.

Behind him was Hans' angry roar and the sound of footsteps that sounded like tens of thousands of galloping horses.

However, the drastic change in his body caused Hans' speed to decrease slightly. Furthermore, his reflexes were not as sensitive as those of a human's.

Whenever he passed by a bend in the tunnel, Hans would smash into the alloy wall, break free, and chase after Zero.

As a result, he had to be a bit faster.

Whether it was the tavern or the rest of the base, it was not a suitable battlefield.

Hans' strength and recovery ability determined that there was no way for Zero to engage in close combat with him.

However, if it was a long-range sniper, the wilderness outside the base was more suitable.

Therefore, Zero kept running towards the exit of the base.

As he followed Ellen's body, he picked up the young soldier's sniper rifle, unlocked the safety lock, and squeezed the bullet into the chamber.

Alan hadn't had time to fire the bullets, so he decided to give them to Hans.

Zero absolutely did not believe that there was an undead being in this world. If there was one, humanity would have been exterminated without the existence of the Z7 base.

In other words, Hans' body structure had only undergone some changes. All he needed to do was find his weaknesses and then kill him!

In the blink of an eye, the exit was in sight.

Zero quickly typed in the "Open the Door" command on the operating platform. Accompanied by the roar of the hydraulic machinery, the main door of the base was pushed three meters inward before separating.

When the door opened to reveal a door that only one person could pass through, Zero did not hesitate to slip into the bright sunlight that shined through the door.

As Hans chased after them, the door opened halfway.

He, who had transformed into a monster, fiercely sniffed the air. After catching onto the faint scent of Zero, he roared and dashed out like a humanoid tank towards the boundless wilderness outside of the base.

Hans had been preparing for this massacre of the base for a long time.

Two years ago, after Old Jack had driven him out of the base, he had wandered the wilderness.

Because his records had been uploaded to the Parkland Treasury through the computer, and even other companies and bases were sharing the general level of information through certain contracts, Hans would be notified of the virus.

Therefore, in the land of Middle-earth, no base or company would accept Hans.

Of course, a settlement without any constraints might be an exception.

Because those places often do not have perfect computer channels and equipment to check for viruses, Hans can't sneak in.

However, this was not a place that was restricted by the rules. Once the residents of this place discovered that Hans was sick, they would definitely chop him into pieces and feed him to the Corpse Wolves.

Thus, Hans could only wander around in the wilderness.

Several times, he had almost died under the claws of a Corpse Wolf or other mutated beasts, but Hans had survived.

When he was already in despair, the opportunity to change appeared on his body.

Through a gift from an adult, Hans obtained something called a 'nucleus'. After that, he became like this.

He had the strength of a rank 3 Magus, as well as the strength to enhance his Agility. He also possessed the special ability to regenerate and multiply his bones.

However, the man had told him that he wasn't an Adept in the real sense of the word, nor was he a mutated creature.

Hans' ability came from the mysterious substance – the nucleus.

Then, that lord mysteriously disappeared.

Before he left, he let Hans do what he wanted.

For Hans, there was nothing more important than revenge on the Z7 base.

So he came back, and waited patiently for his chance.

After wandering outside the base for more than half a month, Hans had carefully killed a soldier on one of the base's regular patrols this morning, and had used his clothes and identification to blend in with the base.

Then there was a massacre.

However, the plan was not complete. There were still some miners that were safely left in the mining area due to the barrier between them and the entrance.

Even in the base, Leah and Zero hadn't killed them.

This was especially true for Zero, the man whom Hans had found in the hibernation pod. He was challenging Hans' bottom line.

Hans's head hurt, and his nerves were on fire.

Just now, in the emergency passageway, he had hit him exactly in the chest and fired into his head and heart.

Hans was really scared. He was not sure how much damage he could withstand.

However, after he recovered once again, his fear turned into anger.

Something in his head seemed to be broken.

That kind of thing was called reason. Right now, Hans only wanted to kill Zero.

Kill the man who gave him a sense of danger.

However, he didn't realize that after losing his sanity, he had already embarked on a very dangerous path.

The head hurts, the wild sun stings, and the damn man.

Where the hell are you?

Hans roared. He did not notice that his voice had turned into a monster's howl.

A bullet came from nowhere and hit Hans in the head.

The energy of the bullets caused half of Hans' head to be lifted up. A large amount of blood mist filled the air and Hans lost his balance from the huge impact. He staggered and fell to the other side, falling onto the road of cracks.

Moments later, the sound of sniper rifles came from afar, as if there was zero mockery.

This is the wilderness, danger can happen at any time, death is always close to you!