Disaster Strikes - Chapter 25:

Chapter 25: Deterrence of Strength

(TN – Tell me about the quality of the translations, this is not translation per se, I am only editing MTLed chapters. Is the quality good enough that it’s readable? And should I continue translating the novel or not, thanks for any feedback.)

The process of fighting and killing bio-human looked like it took a lot of time, but in reality, it was just the bio-human launching an assault, being blasted into the air by the Rising Dragon Fist and then Lei Wu with superb skill and terrifying damage interspersing a C-level skill between two normal attacks.

The entire process took less than ten seconds.

First, he dealt with an elite in black clothes, and then killed a bio-human warrior. Lei Wu’s terrifying strength shocked even Gao Shu and others who had killed martial artist Kang Peng!

This made Gao Shu and Lu Yi who had planned to ambush Lei Wu involuntarily stop in their tracks.

After all, their reason for joining the Hive camp was to complete this mission more safely and easily. Now, if they were to face Lei Wu actively, it would be against their original intentions. After witnessing the death of Fei Xiaojiang they had obviously become more cautious and did not want to confront this terrifying guy head-on.

Compared to the creatures in the mission world both of them as natural disasters undoubtedly considered Lei Wu more dangerous. Once they approached the other party would certainly consider them as the top priority to be eliminated. They had no doubt about this.

As a result after a simple eye exchange, the two decided to prioritize the mission and safety and first try to kill these investigators.

On the other side.

Chen Mo was using basic psychic power to manipulate a piece of metal shard, launching attacks against the approaching black-clothed thugs. During this process although he also suffered some injuries the data chip in his brain constantly showing numbers like -4 HP, -6 HP, but he also killed two more black-clothed thugs gaining 2 points of Disaster Contribution points.

After the battle on the beach last night, Chen Mo seemed to have completely entered the role of a natural disaster. He fought calmly and effectively even with the new wounds on his body, his expression did not change much as if he did not feel any pain. There was no sign that he was a student undergoing a trial, but rather a seasoned warrior.

It wasn’t just Chen Mo.

The students who came to participate in the trial had gradually adapted to this life and death battle after experiencing the initial elimination. After all, this was a life that their fathers and mothers had long adapted to a combat instinct that flowed in their blood, in their genes.

Han Xue, Ku Wu and Tao Zi although their previous battle injuries had healed somewhat, without the recovery potion, their wounds were clearly healing slower than Chen Mo’s. After all, they didn’t have Chen Mo’s talent for stone skin.

Therefore, after declaring their position by killing a black-clothed elite, they became more cautious in the subsequent battle process, trying to avoid getting injured.

At this moment, the weapons in the hands of the three were the daggers of the black-clothed thugs.

After seeing Lei Wu and the martial artist cooperating and killing a black-clothed elite and a biohuman in a short time, the three couldn’t help but take a cold breath, finally realizing the gap in strength between the two sides. The dissatisfaction they had towards this arrogant student in their hearts also dissipated.

With such strength, it’s no wonder that he has almost never interacted with others in the past three months. He indeed has such capital to be arrogant. In the world of disasters, worship and awe of the strong are almost instinctual.

As long as Lei Wu is here with his powerful long-range damage Gao Shu and the other three would never dare to rashly charge in. Otherwise, Lei Wu would definitely prioritize killing these adult starving ghosts student as the top priority!

Thinking of this, their confidence couldn’t help but grow.

On the other side.

Originally, there were three black-clothed elites gathered here. After being modified by the Hive organization, their physique was obviously much taller than the ordinary black-clothed thugs. At this moment, after seeing Lei Wu kill a companion in a short time, they couldn’t help but shift from their idle state of commanding ordinary black-clothed elites in battle to a state of anger, staring at Lei Wu with red eyes.

It seems that after being modified by the Hive organization their intelligence has also been affected making them become more irritable and easily angered.

“They are espers.”

“If we can’t complete the mission, we won’t have any food to eat tonight.”

Immediately after, the two roared angrily at the black-clothed thugs around them. Seeing this, the black-clothed thugs all showed a hint of fear, especially those who had been lurking on the periphery and not working hard, they quickly joined the battle to avoid their anger.

The black-clothed thugs who were fighting became even more ferocious, which made things for Chen Mo and the others difficult.

As the sub-leader of the base, Black Tiger Dragon was fighting with the martial artist who using a sword.

Black Tiger Dragon was wearing a short-sleeved tight vest, sunglasses and his arms were covered in tattoos. At this moment, after seeing that the two bio-human warriors he had borrowed from Dr. Terror at great effort were killed here, he couldn’t help but become extremely angry and a little frightened. He was not afraid of these investigators, but rather feared that evil old man.

Remember, in order to borrow these two bio-humans with tracking abilities, he promised a lot in return! And this T3-level scientist of the Hive organization, unlike other scientists, is not without combat ability. He has already undergone comprehensive transformation through biochemical experiments on himself.

In this state of anger and irritability, Black Tiger Dragon immediately roared, urging the two black-clothed elites to join the battle, quickly kill these investigators and capture that precious experimental material.

Upon hearing Black Tiger Dragon’s roar, the two black-clothed elites seemed to be stimulated and immediately grabbed two black-clothed thugs from the periphery. Under the gaze of other black-clothed thugs, they roared and broke the arms of the two black-clothed thugs relying on absolute strength to cruelly tear them apart like beasts.

Unlike these black-clothed thugs, who are just peripheral members of the Hive organization and are contract workers who do things for money, these black-clothed elites who have undergone modification by the Hive organization are official members of the Hive organization.

While they receive better treatment from the Hive organization, they also have higher loyalty.

After killing these two black-clothed thugs and venting their dissatisfaction, these two black-clothed elites decided to personally take action. Their huge physique was like two rhinoceroses and their feet stomping on the ground caused a slight tremor, flipping over the black-clothed thugs blocking their way heading straight for Lei Wu.

Feeling the oppression of the black-clothed elites up close, Chen Mo’s eyelids couldn’t help but twitch.

Lei Wu, who was hiding behind the martial artist, naturally also noticed the approach of these two black-clothed elites. However, although they possessed unmatched strength, their speed was relatively slow, which was undoubtedly their flaw.

At this moment, Lei Wu was also facing an attack from the other bio-human.

The target of this bio-human was originally Kang Peng. But with the arrival of Gao Shu and the other four, and after killing Kang Peng, seeing his biohuman companion being killed by Lei Wu, he came over for revenge.

Lei Wu’s C-level skill, Double Thunder Explosion, was still in cooldown.

But even so, if he were to cooperate with this martial artist who was good at boxing, killing this bio-human would only take a little more time. Even if these two black-clothed elites were added, with one specializing in close combat and the other in long-range output, they could completely confront them head-on.

But just then.

The martial artist in front of him who was good at boxing suddenly shouted in panic and then actually ignored Lei Wu behind him turned around and left.

It was only then that Chen Mo and the others realized that Gao Shu and the others, unwilling to confront Lei Wu head-on because of his strong strength had actually shifted their focus to the severely injured Xuanzong apparently intending to take advantage of the opportunity to kill him.

They had obviously also realized that among these martial artists the severely injured Xuanzong was the answer to breakthrough and killing him would definitely yield many benefits.

And the martial artist who had noticed this point no longer cared about Lei Wu and turned to protect Xuanzong.

Lei Wu gave Gao Shu and the others a fierce glare but there was nothing he could do.

If he was alone, even fighting against this bio-human who excelled in close combat would be very difficult let alone adding these two elite black-clothed elites. There were still so many black-clothed thugs around and he was helpless against this.

After all, he was an elemental mage, and his skills were usually pure damage output, leaning towards explosive power to change the battlefield situation. Once these guys got close, it would be quite dangerous.

Just as he began to hesitate in his heart wondering whether to start preparing an escape route or to follow the martial artist to rescue Xuanzong, scare off Gao Shu and the others and then try to deal with this bio-human and the black-clothed elites, he suddenly saw Chen Mo approaching and whispering, “First, focus on taking out one of the elite black-clothed elites and use his slow movements to create an opportunity and try to take his grenade.”

As he spoke, Chen Mo quickly ran up and positioned himself in front of the biohuman.

If it weren’t for the situation forcing him, Chen Mo wouldn’t want to play the hero here.

But since he had chosen to join the investigator camp, where high returns meant high risks, if he wanted to keep the difficulty of this mission within the range of the Starving Ghost Trial he had to ensure the continued survival of these martial artists. Otherwise, if Gao Shu and the others were allowed to kill them one by one, the difficulty of the next few tasks would undoubtedly increase exponentially.

“You!?”

Lei Wu obviously did not expect that Chen Mo would step forward at this time and start giving orders to him.

Chen Mo wielded a bronze short sword and ruthlessly chopped at the biohuman’s arm.

However, the resistance on the short sword made him feel as if he were cutting into a piece of cowhide. The blade barely scratched the opponent’s skin, forming a small wound. However, compared to the opponent’s huge physique, it was insignificant.

What caught Chen Mo’s attention even more was that the blood from the opponent’s wound was green, just like the skin.

This was clearly not the normal blood color for a human. These bio-humans seemed to have undergone more extreme modifications by the Hive organization compared to the elite black-clothed elites.

A punch slammed fiercely into Chen Mo’s chest.

However, faced with the biohuman’s counterattack, Chen Mo did not seem as vulnerable as Lei Wu had imagined. He only took a few steps back, his face looking a bit unpleasant. Although he was not a match for this bio-human warrior, he had no major issues briefly withstanding the bio-human warrior’s attacks.

After creating some distance, seeing that the bio-human was about to attack him again, Chen Mo quickly used his psychic power to control a metal shard, attempting to target the bio-human’s eyes with a weak spot attack. Obviously, because of the battle with Gui Tu, Chen Mo intended to try to replicate the miracle once again.

However, this bio-human was not going to stand still like the Gui Tu, allowing Chen Mo to aim and attack without dodging.

The metal shard flashed and the bio-human sidestepped, barely avoiding Chen Mo’s psychic attack aimed at his eyes, only receiving a small cut on his face.

The bio-human then leaped up, prompting Chen Mo to roll on the ground.

With a bang, the biohuman’s feet slammed fiercely on the ground.

The soil where Chen Mo had just stood was instantly pressed into two clear footprints by its astonishing physique.

Immediately after the bio-human’s hand, which completely did not conform to human proportions, swept fiercely. Although Chen Mo relied on basic agility to dodge the biohuman’s leaping strike, he could not dodge the attack of this giant hand at all. He could only hastily adopt a blocking posture and then was slapped on his blocking arms by the opponent’s palm causing him to retreat a few steps again, the enormous force making his hands tremble slightly.

But at the same time.

Chen Mo’s psychic blast hit the bio-human’s left leg accurately. With the explosion of the psychic blast, a stream of blood splattered from the bio-human’s left leg, indirectly affecting his speed and hindering his pursuit of Chen Mo.

For a moment, the two were in a back-and-forth exchange. Although Chen Mo was at a disadvantage, there was no sign of defeat.

(End of chapter 25)