Chapter 333: The Suit Man
Although the lights in the seventh car were broken, the light coming through from the cars ahead was enough for others to see. The players in the car had already spotted the abnormal, purple-skinned infant, and their expressions changed drastically as they fled without a second thought toward the front cars.
In the car ahead, the suited men used their weapons to separate the players, but just as they were heading toward the seventh car, all the lights on the train suddenly went out!
"Turn on the lights!" At the command of one burly man, three high-powered flashlights lit up inside the car. But immediately afterward, the window of the sixth car shattered, and a suited man holding a flashlight, along with two players, was thrown out of the train!
The rapidly moving train left the screams of these three behind in an instant, but those inside had no time to worry about them. With several more consecutive crashes, more holes appeared in the windows, and a few more people were flung out!
"Fire!" The suited men used specially modified guns to wildly spray bullets at the red-eyed monster darting around inside the car, but the narrow space was not conducive to maneuvering, especially with so many players crowded together.
"All of you, get to the front!" The burly man shot a nearby player dead with one bullet.
Seeing this, the other players who had been trying to hide behind the suited men scrambled toward the front. The burly man cursed under his breath and kept firing at the train-killing monster!
In the seventh car, the other players had taken advantage of the chaos to flee, leaving only Xu Huo behind. The briefcase man turned his hostility toward him, "You could have been a decent person, but you chose to be a dog. Today, I'll skin you alive!"
With that, he threw out a black cloth. The thing seemed to have eyes of its own as it followed Xu Huo's movements. No matter how he dodged or changed position, it always ended up blocking his view, obscuring most of his vision so that he could only see things immediately around him.
"Did you lure the train-killing monster here? Who exactly are you?" Xu Huo demanded sharply.
The briefcase man sneered, "Trying to buy time? Useless! Everyone on this train is going to die!"
Xu Huo swung his sword and cut the black cloth in front of him in two, but to his surprise, the two halves remained functional. One piece blocked his view from the front, while the other wrapped around his face from behind!
He quickly pulled out the "Unknottable Thread" and tied the cloth covering his face. Looking up, he saw the briefcase man's whip, wrapped with razor blades, already swinging toward him!
Xu Huo immediately raised the Bull Shield in front of him. The impact sent him flying into the sixth car ahead. Before he could even steady himself, a pair of ghostly red eyes appeared right in front of him!
He finally got a clear look at the so-called train-killing monster. It retained the basic human structure of an ordinary mutant, but its arms and chest were covered in triangular bone spurs. These spurs could shift beneath the skin, allowing the monster to move with bat-like, incredible speed!
He raised his sword to block the creature's grabbing hand, but under the immense pressure, his arms were forced back against his chest. The monster hooked its fingers and slashed straight through the fish-skin protective suit he was wearing underneath!
Feeling the fresh wounds on his abdomen, Xu Huo swung his hand back and threw several bottles at the train-killing monster!
A sharp sound approached from ahead, and he knew the infant was coming back. Although none of the bottles hit their target, he still pulled out a lighter and set a fire inside the car.
As the flames spread through the transition car, he slammed the emergency release button beside him. The three rear cars quickly detached from the train!
The train-killing monster, which had been in the sixth car, turned back to look at the rear cars. It leaped back, pounced into the seventh car, tore out the briefcase man's heart, then grabbed the infant by the foot and lifted it up.
"What are you doing!" The suited man pushed Xu Huo aside, staring intently at the train-killing monster and the infant in the car. He shouted angrily, "Who authorized you to detach the cars on your own!"
"Tell the conductor to stop the train!" someone else turned back and yelled.
"No need." Xu Huo cut them off, pointing his chin forward. "It's back."
The train-killing monster, carrying the infant, flew back into the moving train in an exaggerated manner. It really did fly back, the infant's foot clamped in its mouth, its arms and legs spread wide, the bone spurs beneath its skin shifting to the sides as it glided through the air like an animal!
"Fire!" The burly man pulled the trigger again, but this time, fist-sized balls of light wrapped in electric current shot out.
The group of suited men fired in a dense volley, and the sky was instantly filled with countless lights. The intertwining currents formed a net that caught the train-killing monster, the continuous discharge of electricity still crackling even after it landed on the car!
However, the electricity clearly had little effect on the monster, merely charring it slightly. Ignoring the suited men, it raised its head and charged toward the front cars!
"We can't let it destroy the train's power source!" The burly man raised his hand and waved, and all the suited men rushed toward the front cars.
But no one expected the train-killing monster to feint. As several suited men entered the transition car, it dropped down from above, launching a massacre in the confined space. Two suited men died on the spot!
"Move!" The burly man let out a long roar. The two suited men at the door immediately crouched down. The three behind them raised thick, transparent cylindrical guns, aimed at the train-killing monster, and fired. The black liquid inside instantly boiled and sprayed out, drenching the monster's back!
Seeing the train-killing monster turn around to shield the infant, taking the corrosive liquid on its back, Xu Huo narrowed his eyes. A bizarre thought crossed his mind: Could mutants actually reproduce?
The next moment, he found it plausible. Mutants were originally human. Although they had partially animalistic traits, both humans and animals had a reproductive instinct. It was perfectly normal for offspring to be born.
His gaze shifted to the purple-skinned child—except the child born was also a mindless mutant.
A few drops of the black liquid splashed onto the infant. Two black spots burned into its leg. The pain made it open its mouth to scream, and although no sound came out, it was clearly suffering.
This visibly enraged the train-killing monster. It placed the infant back on the roof of the car and charged at the suited men again. This time, it used both claws and teeth. For a moment, only two red afterimages could be seen darting rapidly through the car, followed by screams and blood splattering everywhere!
The burly man was the leader of the suited men. Seeing his companions being slaughtered, he grabbed two cylindrical guns and charged forward. But this time, the train-killing monster didn't give him a chance to fire. It flickered, smashed both guns, and the liquid that spilled out burned the burly man's hands!
He struggled to pull out a protective mask and held it up in front of him, but the train-killing monster stomped it to pieces!
The burly man staggered backward, and the monster lunged at him again from the air, its claws aiming for his abdomen!
"Time Freeze!" The burly man threw a transparent piece of rubber into the air, barely managing to stop the monster for a moment. But then the item was torn in two. Just as he was about to be tackled, Xu Huo stepped in from the side, blocked the attack with the Bull Shield, and used the momentum to pull the burly man over the seats!
(Chapter End)