Disaster Strikes - Chapter 27:

Facing this bio-human, Chen Mo was truly at a loss.

Although the overall strength of the bio-human was slightly weaker than that of the elite Black-clothed thugs, they were much stronger than ordinary Black-clothed thugs. For Chen Mo, there was almost no chance of winning in a one-on-one situation.

He could determine that the bio-human’s strength and speed were both above 20 points and it seemed to have a talent for increased defence.

Moreover, the combat skills of this bio-human were different from those of the bio-human killed by Lei Wu before.

If the previous bio-human had a skill that gave it a shell similar to that of an armadillo, then this bio-human had a slimy skin like an eel. Chen Mo could clearly feel that after his psychic attacks were neutralized by this slimy skin the damage was directly reduced by half.

In addition to this, this bio-human also had a skill of gathering power for a heavy blow. After a brief 0.5-second gathering of power, it could charge forward three meters. Even though Chen Mo’s defence was as high as 13 points after being hit by this powerful blow, his health immediately plummeted by 32 points, accompanied by a brief deceleration state.

After a brief battle, Chen Mo’s health points were now only 75, reduced by more than half and he was covered in injuries.

However the punches of this bio-human kept coming, even ordinary unarmed attacks would deal about 10 to 16 points of damage to Chen Mo. Fortunately, its attack frequency was not fast.

Chen Mo tried his best to keep a distance between them and counterattack with a bronze sword and psychic powers.

Just then, Chen Mo noticed that the elite black-clothed thug who had been constantly attacked by Lei Wu suddenly launched a skill, savage charge, towards him. Its heavy fat instantly turned into ferocious muscles expanding rapidly and its speed increased dramatically.

Chen Mo thought that this elite black-clothed thug was targeting him, which startled him. He was already exerting all his efforts to deal with the bio-human. If he were to be attacked by another elite black-clothed thug, it would undoubtedly be a life-threatening situation.

Fortunately, after launching the savage charge, the elite black-clothed thug actually rushed past him. The soft ground was left with a series of deep footprints as it fled towards the jeep on the path. Chen Mo then witnessed Lei Wu chasing after him first with lightning spells followed by basic elemental attacks and an ice spell, killing the elite black-clothed thug.

That ice spell, was it a skill attached to an accessory? Thought Chen Mo.

“Traveler, go find it!”

Lei Wu’s shout made Chen Mo react. Of course, he knew what the other party meant.

Although it seemed that their side could still barely resist against these members of the Hive organization, it was because Gao Shu and the others had not fully exerted their strength. Not to mention that they were already exhausted, while the Hive organization still had a large number of black-clothed thugs. Just the confrontation between Balck Tiger Dragon and the swordsman showed that these martial artists were almost at their limit.

Moreover, the Hive organization could support them at any time.

With this in mind, facing another attack from the bio-human, Chen Mo chose to take the punch head-on. After that, he used the momentum to roll away and create distance. He then rushed towards the corpse of the elite black-clothed thug killed by Lei Wu, hoping that this black-clothed thug’s grenade was not used up like the previous one.

After all, these two elite black-clothed thugs had not personally joined the battle before.

Prompt: Your health -16.

The bio-human’s punches were quite strong. Shortly after, while moving forward, Chen Mo was stabbed by a black-clothed thug.

Prompt: Your health -5.

Seeing his health points dangerously low at only 54, Chen Mo forcefully kept himself in a state of absolute rationality.

At such a moment, there absolutely could not be any mistakes!

The corpse of the elite black-clothed thug was exceptionally large, resembling a hibernating black bear. Fortunately, he was fleeing with Lei Wu on his back, so he fell to the ground face down. Chen Mo immediately saw the grenade hanging from his waist.

“Found it!”

Picking up the grenade, Chen Mo did not receive any prompts from his brain chip.

In other words, this item did not have any magical properties, could not be placed in storage space and he did not face the embarrassing situation of being unable to obtain it due to lack of distribution rights after Lei Wu independently killed him.

Seeing the bio-human warrior continue to chase him, Chen Mo shouted loudly.

“Retreat!”

Then, Chen Mo directly pulled out the pin of the grenade and threw it in the direction of Gao Shu and others who were besieging Xuanzong. This startled them as after all Feixiao Jiang had been killed by this kind of grenade on the beach.

Surrounded, Xuanzong and the martial artist skilled in boxing naturally did not hesitate. They quickly turned around and together with Lei Wu, Chen Mo and the others retreated towards the depths of the forest.

Boom!

A violent explosion sounded from behind.

Prompt: You have gained 1 point of Disaster Contribution Points.

Prompt: You have gained 1 point of Disaster Contribution Points.

It seemed that two unlucky black-clothed thugs unable to escape in time were killed by the grenade, adding 2 points to Chen Mo’s score.

“Where’s Yan Nan?”

After running in panic for a while, the martial artist skilled in boxing who was running at the back noticed that someone was missing and asked loudly.

Yan Nan mentioned by him was the martial artist who was proficient in swordsmanship and had fought Black Tiger Dragon independently.

Because the situation just now was too dangerous although the grenade caused chaos and bought them some time they were in such a hurry to escape that no one noticed his whereabouts.

The group paused for a moment, their breaths heavy.

They exchanged glances.

If these two martial artists proposed to go back and rescue Yan Nan now no matter what they had to stop them. With the current state of the five of them, it was really difficult to continue fighting. Even Lei Wu had little energy left due to the continuous use of skills.

Fortunately at this moment there was a sound coming from the bushes behind them and the battered Yan Nan caught up.

“I confirmed it just now. The bio-human killed by that esper just now happened to be a Tracker with tracking abilities!”

Everyone suddenly realized.

No wonder these martial artists couldn’t escape at the beginning. It turned out that among these two bio-humans, there was actually one with special abilities.

Even if they ran away they would be caught immediately. After exhausting their stamina they could easily be surrounded, hence the fight just now.

And this bio-human happened to be killed by Lei Wu and the martial artist skilled in boxing working together.

“That’s great!”

The martial artist skilled in boxing exclaimed, “Then let’s run or else if they bring another Tracker it will be bad.”

With that, the group of eight fled deep into the jungle of the island.

During the escape Xuanzong gave Yan Nan a deep look. Just now when he stayed behind to confirm it was clear that he was prepared for the worst. If the bio-human Chen Mo was responsible for tangling with was the Tracker, he was ready to sacrifice himself for the safety of the group.

After about two hours of running the group finally completely evaded the pursuit of the Hive members and could take a brief rest to recover their health, energy and stamina.

Xuanzong pointed at a squirrel on a tree and with a squeak, the squirrel fell down. He turned out to be a martial artist skilled in finger techniques with such profound and ingenious internal strength that if not for his injuries he seemed to be much stronger than the other two martial artists. No wonder he was the core of their group.

Then Chen Mo successfully killed an unknown wild bird with his psychic power. Although it was quite large, unfortunately, there was not much meat after plucking its feathers.

“We can’t make a fire, so we can only eat them raw…”

Xuanzong hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Lei Wu and the others eating raw meat without any hesitation, enjoying it with relish. This made the three martial artists look thoughtful.

“You are the natural disaster summoners summoned by Jack, right?”

Upon hearing this the five of them immediately stopped their actions looking cautious.

Disaster Summoners were beings summoned to the alien world by mysterious contractual rituals at the cost of consuming large amounts of resources.

Therefore, it was not surprising that these beings in the alien world knew about them. According to Master Qing Hong, depending on the influence of the disaster world the beings in these worlds would treat the natural disasters differently based on their own factions.

In some worlds, which were still in a primitive development stage and had little influence from the disaster world the beings here would often show considerable hostility towards the natural disasters summoned.

After all, each time the natural disasters arrived, they would inevitably take away some resources from this world. Some resources were taken away through contracts, while others were plundered by the natural disasters. Even if they died, they would not leave behind a body. With continuous accumulation, these worlds would become more and more barren, leading to the overall degradation of the world’s environment. It was only natural for the local beings to develop hostility.

In contrast, the worlds deeply eroded by the natural disasters had basically collapsed because they could no longer resist the successive arrivals of the natural disasters. Even the large-scale resistance forces among the locals had disintegrated. Even the wars between the major powers often depended on the natural disasters summoned to decide the final outcome and hostility no longer existed.

After all, the only thing that could defeat magic was magic.

However overall, after the natural disasters entered the alien world, they still had to try their best to disguise themselves and avoid unnecessary trouble. This was specifically emphasized by Master Qing Hong.

Seeing everyone showing a cautious attitude, Xuanzong quickly explained, “Please don’t misunderstand. Although our Xuan Nation in the East continent do not frequently summon natural disasters like the countries in the Western Continent, we also do not strongly resist like many countries in the East Continent. After all, the abilities like those in the Western Continent were developed only a hundred or so years ago and overall our Xuan Nation still maintains an open attitude.”

Xuanzong’s saying this obviously showed that he had not yet realized the potential danger of the natural disasters.

After all, he was just one of the countless low and mid level martial artists in this world and his thinking had not yet reached the level of considering the total mass of the world.

After hearing him say this, everyone finally relaxed.

Lei Wu showed no sign of response so Chen Mo took over saying,”Yes, we are indeed natural disasters. Our mission is to investigate the disappearance of martial artists and espers on this island. Unfortunately, the other natural disasters chose to join the evil Hive organization to complete this mission.”

Chen Mo looked pained as he spoke.

He then continued, “Can you tell me what has happened here?”

The three martial artists glanced at each other. Xuanzong then sighed and smiled bitterly.

“They came to rescue me.”

He couldn’t help but cough a few times blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. After a while, he regained his composure.

He sighed “These two are Zhang Qiang and Yan Nan, my closest friends. I am the head of a third-rate sect in the Xuan Nation. By the time it reached my generation the sect only had eight disciples left. Half of them are missing while traveling and the remaining few are of poor talent and cannot be relied upon. As for the sect’s inherited techniques and scriptures, they were forcibly taken by other sects during the time of my master’s leadership.”

As Xuanzong slowly narrated, the image of a desolate sect leader emerged.

As for Zhang Qiang he is the martial artist skilled in boxing while Yan Nan is the martial artist skilled in swordsmanship who independently fought against Black Tiger Dragon.

“About three months ago, while I was on my way to participate in a martial arts exchange conference, a mysterious group attacked me for no apparent reason and brought me here. Besides me, there were several other martial artists and espers from the Western continent brought here. Through them I learned that this was a secret base established by a mysterious organization called the Hive. The doctor in the base needed us martial artists and espers as research subjects for his so-called Artificial Human Project.”

Upon hearing this Lei Wu couldn’t help but ask “Are there any other investigators on the island besides you?”

“No.”

It was Zhang Qiang who answered.

He said bitterly, “We joined forces with the three espers from the Western Continent to rescue Xuanzong and entered this island. But we didn’t expect the base’s defence forces to be so formidable. Although the three espers from the Western continent severely injured a leader of the security forces, two of them died in the base, leaving only Jack severely injured and fleeing. Even the espers they rescued were recaptured. Kang Peng who just died was also injured last night. Otherwise, with his strength, it would have been impossible for him to die so easily here.”

Chen Mo and the others had already obtained relevant information from the Black-clothed thug before.

The injured leader of the Black-clothed thugs mentioned by him was named One-Eyed Dragon, a metal-modified person and the strongest being temporarily dispatched by the Hive organization to protect Doctor White on this island. The fact that they were able to severely injure this leader shows that the strength of these investigators is quite remarkable.

“This task is indeed not easy” Han Xue calmly analyzed. “With our strength, even encountering a small leader in the wilderness would leave us helpless let alone forcefully investigating the base. We can only try to sneak in, but they will definitely be on guard.”

Han Xue’s “they” naturally referred to Gao Shu and the other three. While theoretically their tasks were aligned and not conflicting, the different camps they belonged to inevitably led to conflicts. For example, the other side would not only want to complete the basic task but also try to kill these fugitive investigators to gain additional rewards. This was something Chen Mo and the others absolutely would not allow as it would significantly increase the difficulty of their task.

“In fact, there might be another way,” Xuanzong suddenly spoke up.

Under everyone’s gaze Xuanzong slowly continued, “Due to the injuries from the long-term experiments of Doctor White, I can only exert about thirty percent of my strength now and even self-preservation is very difficult. However, I heard from other captives who were detained with me that the Terror Doctor in another laboratory on this island has a biochemical potion that can treat my injuries. He previously experimented on another injured martial artist and managed to restore about eighty percent of their strength. If that’s the case, I can also help you.”

“Can it only restore about eighty percent of your strength?” Chen Mo seemed somewhat disappointed as he murmured.

“Kid!” Zhang Qiang looked very dissatisfied.

“This is Xuanzong. Even if he can only exert eighty percent of his strength, he would still be far above us. He was nurtured as the hope of the Hua Yi Sect. If it weren’t for this incident, his cultivation might have reached a higher level, maybe even reaching the Innate Realm!”

Upon hearing this, everyone finally regained some confidence. After all, along the way, Xuanzong not only failed to help them but also burdened them quite a bit. If they could increase his strength significantly, reaching the level of a small leader or even a big leader, the task would undoubtedly be much easier.

(End of chapter 27)