Chapter 453 "Infectious Diseases" (24)

Chapter 453 "Infectious Diseases" (24)

14th floor, Medical Center, General Residential Area.

Baduo, whose abnormal numbness had spread to half of his body, was leaning against the wall, waving the power sword in his hand. When the space station had a large-scale mutation, the medical center was crowded with residents and workers who wanted to get treatment. Now, these original residents and workers have become various twisted mutants, wandering around every corner of the medical center.

Baduo rushed into the medical center from a nearby building, but due to the numbness of his body, he was unable to enter the medical center accurately through the set position, and instead smashed the glass of the adjacent room. Although in the end, Baduo still successfully entered the medical center, the shattering of glass and the friction sound of the falling armor also attracted a large number of mutants to rush towards the source of the sound.

Now, due to the spread of numbness, Baduo had difficulty moving his fingers, so he could only barely hold the power sword and use it to eliminate the mutants that were too close and had discovered Baduo's position. Although there were a lot of mutants, fortunately there were basically no special mutants here, and the powerful power sword could easily kill them.

But as Baduo swung his sword, he soon discovered that the numbness in his body was spreading faster and faster, and the degree of numbness was becoming more and more serious. His two legs were now unable to maintain balance independently, and even moving was very difficult. As for his remaining left arm, which was holding the power sword, the force and range of each swing were also reduced due to numbness.

The energy field on the power sword can easily cut ordinary mutants that touch the sword into two halves, so for now, Baduo's battle is not a problem, but he also knows that the number of mutants is increasing. If he doesn't find a way to get rid of this layer of mutants as soon as possible, then as time goes by, sooner or later he will not be able to wield the power sword. Time is running out, and he must leave immediately.

"Injecting raid serum."

The medical module inside the armor comes with three tubes of assault serum, which can double the user's physical fitness in a short period of time. Although it is called assault serum, this drug is actually not used in assault operations, but as a last resort, or in extreme situations where one is seriously injured and unable to move, but must move.

The ingredients in the assault serum are not public, so in fact, almost no one will use it unless it is absolutely necessary. However, according to the descriptions of soldiers who have encountered extreme situations and used the assault serum and survived, after the assault serum takes effect, the user will block all degrees of pain in an instant, and the body functions will return to the peak state during the serum's effectiveness, and the effectiveness will double. It is a good thing to prolong life. However, with powerful medicinal effects, there are naturally very serious side effects.

If the person who used the assault serum had an injury, then if he did not receive treatment immediately after the serum expired, then the original injury would deteriorate rapidly. For example, if the injury was originally just a bone fracture, then after the serum expired, the original bone fracture would immediately become shattered. If there was a small bleeding wound on the body, then after the serum expired, there would be heavy bleeding immediately.

The side effects are not limited to this. Depending on the severity of the situation, if only one of the three tubes of assault serum inside the medical module is used, the user will be severely weakened after the serum's efficacy wears off. Even if they receive effective treatment, they will have to stay in the medical facility for a few more days than normal. If two tubes of assault serum are used, the user will fall into an irresistible coma after the efficacy wears off. Depending on the severity of the injury, the coma will generally last for 7 to 11 days.

Once the extreme situation of using all three tubes of assault serum is encountered, if the user does not receive adequate treatment immediately after the drug loses its effect, all organs of the user will immediately experience severe failure, the blood will begin to coagulate and cannot flow normally, and eventually die due to irreversible damage to all functions of the body. Even if the drug loses its effect and is treated immediately, the chance of survival is only about 20%. Some people have survived such extreme situations, but they have also been left with incurable sequelae. Although there are many types of sequelae, most of them will damage certain brain tissues. Survivors will become paralyzed or suffer from brain dysfunction, such as dementia.

Some people survived and were able to return to normal, but most of them had undergone large-scale transformation operations in time, becoming only brain tissues as living cyborgs. Because of the defectors, cyborgs were not well received among the Tigs.

Although Baduo's current situation was urgent, it was not yet a desperate struggle, and he had no wounds on his body (the explosion when he was damaged had completely burned the gap in his right arm and closed the wound, and the medical module in the armor also closed the blood vessels at the end of the gap in the broken arm in time). Therefore, using a tube of assault serum should not cause too much damage to himself.

"Serum injection completed, estimated duration: 30 minutes."

It's true that the effect of this assault serum is quite reliable. The numbness in Baduo's body was swept away, and his body functions not only recovered to their peak state, but also doubled.

"Buzz~~"

“Sizzle~!!”

With his body functions restored, Baduo stood firm again and no longer waved the power sword in his hand randomly. With his precise, fierce and swift sword skills, Baduo quickly harvested a large number of ordinary mutants in front of him. After the flying sword flowers, an entire corridor was left behind by the mutant wreckage. After dealing with the mutants that surrounded him, Baduo immediately changed his route and climbed from the outside of the building where there were relatively fewer mutants to the 13th floor where there were suitable medical equipment.

After entering the 13th floor, Baduo immediately used his own equipment to locate suitable medical equipment. It was a medical cabin with complete systems and modules, just like the ones he had used before on the "Breaking Rock", but it was not a military version. However, the effect was not much different, and the situation did not give Baduo time to be picky, so after dealing with several special mutants entrenched on the 13th floor, as well as a large number of ordinary mutants, Baduo entered the medical laboratory where the medical cabin was located and locked the door of the laboratory.

“There is plenty of energy available.”

After confirming that there was enough energy, Baduo immediately took off his armor that was stained with mutant blood, opened the medical cabin, and immediately lay down. The timing was just right. The medical cabin had just closed and started scanning him. The assault serum on Baduo's body was about to lose its effect. A strong sense of weakness came over him instantly, causing Baduo's brain to be shocked. He became a little confused, and his body also had some spasms due to excessive weakness.

"Luckily I made it in time..."

I don't know if it was because of the weakness caused by the side effects of the raid serum, or because he was too tired, or maybe it was some anesthetics in the medical cabin. In short, it didn't take long for Baduo to feel sleepy. The scan and treatment are still going on, and it is estimated that it will not take too long. The laboratory has been cleaned up by myself and the door has been locked. It is safe for the time being. So soon, Baduo fell asleep. But perhaps it is more accurate to describe it as fainting.

A few hours later. Near the same building.

"Found available Echoes."

The "Reaper" annihilation team, which was previously chased by a heavy hover tank with a strange parasitic condition, managed to get rid of the killing machine, but it was not without any cost. Most of the ordinary combat units in the team, the adjutant of the team, and a heavy unit were bombarded by the energy artillery fired by the killing machine and turned into a pile of plasma ash. The "Reaper" team, which was left with only seven people, had obtained permission to evacuate. While looking for a suitable evacuation route, they happened to come to the medical center where Baduo was located, and found the "echo" related to him on the roof of a nearby building.

"This is the guy we are tracking. He is one of our targets. According to the Echo, he should be in the medical center ahead. What should we do now, Captain?"

The captain of the "Harvester" team took a look at the remaining team members: two vanguards, two sniper units, a heavy armored unit that had lost its shield, a pharmacist with 4% of the remaining medical supplies, and himself. More than half of the original team of 20 people were gone. Logically speaking, evacuation should be the best option now.

However, the captain assessed the surrounding situation. Although there were a large number of mutants nearby, there were basically no special mutants. Although there were only seven people left, their firepower was more than enough to deal with ordinary mutants.

"If possible, I still want to go in and take a look. If we can complete our mission, it will be an explanation to our dead brothers. At least the officials above will not cause us trouble. But if you think it is more appropriate to evacuate, we will bypass this place."

"We've come this far. He's alone, and there are mutants all around. He shouldn't have time to set up a complicated trap. I think we should continue the mission."

"what about you?"

"There are mostly common mutants here. For us, this is a semi-safe area compared to other locations in the space station. If the target is still inside the medical center, our chances of completing the mission here will be higher. I also agree to continue the mission."

The remaining members of the team, including the pharmacist, agreed to the mission. The captain, who didn't want to go back in disgrace, naturally decided to continue the mission of annihilation. Through the scanning of the equipment, they found the window where Baduo broke into the medical center at that time. After confirming that the corridor inside had been cleared and there were traces of Baduo's creatures, everyone immediately entered the medical center from the same location.

"We've scanned it. There should be no traps in the corridor."

"Don't be careless. Some of the traps that guy created cannot be scanned by the equipment."

"Look at the wounds on the remains of these mutants. They were all caused by the power sword. The target must have exhausted the energy of the weapon."

"This is a good thing for us. It can make our life much easier. Keep searching and be careful not to fall into that guy's trap."

"clear."

Following the biological traces left by Baduo, the remaining members of the "Reaper" annihilation team soon arrived at the end of the corridor, where they found a window split by the power sword, confirming that Baduo had gone to the outside of the building from this location. When walking on the outside of the wall through the anti-gravity module on the leg armor, they found a second "echo". Based on the content inside, they can determine that Baduo entered the 13th floor of the same building.

"The signal of the locked armor energy device has been located, distance range: 22 meters."

After entering the 13th floor, everyone found a large number of mutant bodies that had died from the power sword in the corridor. The equipment also located the armor signal of Baduo, which was very close to the team, in the middle of the corridor. Following the dead mutant bodies on the ground, the "Reaper" annihilated the remaining members of the team and soon found the medical laboratory where Baduo was.

The captain of the "Reaper" team made a few gestures, and two pioneers immediately deployed a silent force field, and then used power sabers to cut off the mechanical locking device of the laboratory. With the cover of the silent force field, the heavy armored unit directly broke open the door of the laboratory. The first time they entered the medical laboratory, the heavy armored unit saw Baduo's power armor with his back to him, and the plasma beam cannon in his hand fired directly at the back of the armor, piercing a large hole in it.

After the heavy-armored unit finished shooting, the two pioneers immediately fired a few more shots with their weapons. When the power armor fell to the ground, the pioneers released the silencing force field, carefully held their weapons, and walked towards the power armor on the ground.

"empty?"

However, after turning the power armor over and opening the helmet visor, no trace of Baduo was found inside, which surprised everyone.

"Could it be that this guy dragged the armor here and ran away in order to avoid being tracked?"

"Probably not. His weapon is still here. Even if he really gave up his armor, at least he wouldn't throw away his weapon. After all, he only has one arm. Without armor and weapons, he can't survive here for long with his bare hands."

"Pharmacist, scan the area to see if there are any life signals from that guy. He might still be hiding nearby."

While the pharmacist was searching for Baduo's life signal, one of the pioneers noticed the medical cabin next to it. Although it was not running, it was in standby mode. According to the information displayed on the control panel, the person who had entered the medical cabin before has not come out yet.

The pioneer immediately aimed his weapon at the medical cabin. The others quickly realized what was happening and also aimed their weapons at the medical cabin. Just as they were about to open fire, the pharmacist stopped them.

"what's the situation?"

"Captain, the thing in the medical bay has no vital signs."

As a pharmacist who is familiar with medical equipment, he noticed the corresponding data from the information panel of the medical warehouse. According to the records of the medical warehouse, the person inside stopped his vital activities an hour ago.

Under the protection of everyone, the pharmacist opened the medical cabin, and inside was Baduo, one of their targets, who was already dead.

"Just to confirm, pharmacist."

After confirmation, Baduo was indeed dead, which made the team feel relieved, but the pharmacist was a little confused.

"But... there were no wounds on his body, nor any serious internal injuries. How did he die?"

"There is a record of using the raid serum in his equipment records. Could it be related to this?"

"But he only used it once. Judging from his condition, he is definitely weak, but he is already lying in the medical cabin, so he should still be alive."

"Forget it. Anyway, our goal is to ensure that all members of that team will not leave here alive. How they died is not important."

However, the "Reaper" team were no amateurs. They carried out Baduo's body, and then used the plasma beam cannon of the heavy-armored unit to directly cremate Baduo's remains.

"Let's go. The remaining team members are none of our business."

"Warning, extremely strong energy reaction detected, suggestion..."

“Buzz~~~~!!!!!!”

Just as the "Reaper" team was preparing to evacuate, the threat assessment system on their equipment suddenly sounded a loud alarm, and before the explosive prompt sound had finished, two extremely dangerous energy beams suddenly appeared next to them and swept horizontally towards them. Although they immediately dodged and activated the energy shield defense, perhaps because of insufficient defense or slow reaction, except for the two fastest pioneers and the heavy armored unit with strong defense, the other four were directly cut in half by the two energy beams that swept horizontally.

"Warning, armor protection is severely damaged, it is recommended to immediately..."

"Buzz~~!!!"

There was no extra breathing time. The heavy armored unit that survived the first round of attacks was directly split in two by the longitudinal energy beam. The two cross-sections that were cut out had traces of ablation due to the high temperature and fell to the sides with a burnt smell. The two pioneers had no time to think about what happened and had to run away immediately.

"Buzz~~!"

"Buzz~~!"

However, the two pioneers, whose propulsion devices already had insufficient energy, could not run faster than light, so after two buzzing sounds, they were unable to escape from the deadly energy beams, and were pierced through the heads from behind.

No. 14 general residential area, 4 meters away, on the 13th floor of a building.

Xin, who was looking for useful items, was startled by several high-energy rays that Han Zu suddenly shot out. He seemed to be attacking something in the distance. But before she could ask for details, Han Zu turned his head and said something not so good.

"Baduo..."

Although Han Zu did not say it explicitly, Xin knew that her team member had passed away.