BFET Chapter 58

Omen

Lin Zhixu was suddenly startled upon hearing this, and almost without Xie Yi saying anything more, he realized what might happen next. After all, since the first safety zone was attacked, hadn’t all the Mutated Entity targets been directed at humans?

Lin Zhixu said in a deep voice, “Everyone, speed up!”

Xie Yi gripped the steering wheel tightly, stepping on the accelerator to match the speed of the rescue convoy.

He reached out and turned off the radio’s answering mode, subconsciously glancing at the passenger seat, and unexpectedly met a pair of eyes.

The gaze from those eyes was cold and devoid of human feeling, making people very uncomfortable.

Xie Yi’s heart sank, not knowing when Shen Shu had woken up, or how long he had been watching.

In such a small space, so close, he hadn’t noticed at all!

Xie Yi tensed up involuntarily, and while dividing his attention to the road, he quietly slowed down, then cautiously and tentatively called out, “Shen Shu?”

Shen Shu didn’t respond immediately, but continued to stare at him silently.

Just as Xie Yi was considering whether to temporarily leave the rescue team, Shen Shu suddenly frowned and struggled for a moment. The blood-coloredTexture on his face visibly spread, then he closed his eyes and took a rough breath.

When he opened his eyes again, a bloody aura actually floated in his eyes!

Immediately, that inhuman feeling on him vanished with this bloody aura.

“Captain, why are you looking at me like that?” Shen Shu seemed very uncomfortable, his breathing becoming chaotic and heavy for the first time, as if suppressing something.

Xie Yi didn’t answer him, asking directly, “How are you? Do you know you’ve been unconscious for nearly an hour?”

“Not good.” Shen Shu adjusted his sitting position, absentmindedly looking out the window, his tone of voice carrying a hint of irritability, “There’s a voice singing something, I can’t hear it clearly, it’s very uncomfortable.”

Xie Yi’s expression was grave.

Shen Shu’s every abnormality was basically related to Mutated Entities and some kind of sound.

The first time was the Curse Gu, the second time was the Mutated Entity swarm in the high-risk Enclosed Zone.

And this time, the reaction of those Mutated Entities suddenly changing direction, and the similar situation on Lin Zhixu’s side later, made him only half-confirm that perhaps some sound summoned the Mutated Entities away.

What exactly happened in the direction of Kui City?

Was it those unknown Mutated Entities that landed from the coast, or something else?

The constantly shaking holographic screen was filled with rotten, shapeless, wriggling fleshy substances, with places constantly bulging and cracking open, growing some hollow and terrifying faces that quickly melted away.

Every place seemed to be “boiling” and melting.

That thing seemed to be still growing and getting bigger, with the near-middle position constantly writhing, accumulating into a fleshy cocoon dripping with black pus in just a few seconds!

At the moment this cocoon formed, that thing “boiled” in patches, and in the next second, it cracked open all at once, with countless densely packed eyeballs drilling out, looking over from the holographic screen!

With a “pop,” the holographic screen went black.

In the silent control center, Fang Ganlang’s expression was extremely ugly, and he almost gritted his teeth and shouted a name: “Omen!”

As soon as he spoke, everyone’s gaze in the control center fell on him.

Xu Shan, standing beside him, opened her mouth, “This…is that legendary Omen?”

Omen, a high-risk, growth-type Mutated Entity.

The reason it’s a high-risk, growth-type is because this thing’s lethality and disastrousness are higher than any Mutated Entity currently on record, and it will continue to grow. This growth isn’t the widely defined evolution, but literal growth.

The Omen only appeared once, more than forty years ago.

At that time, the Evolutionary Awakened team had just formed a prototype, rescuing everywhere. Although the entire world was still shrouded in the fear and chaos of the Mutation surge, vitality and hope, like tender buds struggling from frozen soil in early spring, slowly appeared in the hearts of those who were still alive.

At this time, the Omen, like a disaster, appeared without warning, turning every place it passed into a river of blood, with corpses strewn across the fields. Almost no one survived, only the increasingly large and strong Omen, and constantly appearing monsters.

The newly formed Evolutionary Awakened team was also routed for a time, and the newly born vitality and hope were thus instantly annihilated.

Later, although the Evolutionary Awakened team could barely resist, they also didn’t have the ability to quickly and directly eliminate it, and could only fumble while constantly stalemating with it.

It was also at this time that this monster, which appeared without warning, disappeared.

So many years have passed, and with the stabilization of the situation and the establishment of the Security Defense Team and safety zones, this high-risk Mutated Entity named Omen has always been highly vigilant and guarded against by all Security Defense Teams.

It’s just that due to the environment at the time, no traces of the Omen’s initial form were left behind.

If Fang Ganlang hadn’t called out this name, those who hadn’t seen it with their own eyes would probably have a hard time reacting immediately.

Fang Ganlang closed his eyes, “Immediately transmit this video to all frontline field agents, and copy it to the Security Defense Teams of all safety zones.”

Operator A: “Yes!”

Fang Ganlang: “Inform all field agents that the rescue team has not yet transmitted a return signal. Everyone must stand fast and wait, withdraw part of the firepower and ability teams that are dealing with the Fish-Head Mutated Entities, leave behind defensive forces, and turn the rest to the Omen. If it can’t be eliminated, then do everything possible to suppress its development and growth!”

Operator B: “Yes!”

Fang Ganlang: “Transmit the video to Node Point Two. Tell them that after the rescue team arrives, everyone should return as quickly as possible and prepare to move underground immediately after landing.”

Operator C: “Yes!”

Fang Ganlang: “Xu Shan.”

Xu Shan, still in shock, came back to her senses and heard Fang Ganlang continue, “Arrange the retreat route for the frontline field agents in advance. When the rescue team arrives, immediately assist the frontline field agents in retreating if something is wrong.”

Xu Shan: “Yes!”

After temporarily arranging everything, Fang Ganlang turned around and asked, “Xiao An, is Professor Hu still at the Research Institute?”

A young woman following beside him replied, “Yes, Professor Hu still refuses to go to the underground city.”

Fang Ganlang didn’t respond, striding toward the control center’s door.

However, just as he reached the door, his wrist vibrated, and then the lights overhead suddenly flickered. In the next instant, four or five sharp and rapid alarms swept through the control center!

Fang Ganlang suddenly turned around.

The control center operators reacted quickly. After a few seconds, someone reported, “It’s the Gigawhale alarm from Huali, Chen City, Sujiang, Binbei, and Rong City. These five safety zones completed their transfer two hours ago!”

Fang Ganlang waved his hand. Before he could turn around again, he heard another operator say, “Commander, theDowntime floor has sent a message saying that a helicopter from Jin City is approaching.”

“Jin City?” Fang Ganlang frowned, quickly realizing something, and turned to look at Xiao An, “Xiao An, go and meet them. It should be Shang Zhouzhou and the others.”

Xiao An: “Yes.”

Node Point Two.

The rescue team had just arrived, and a liaison officer from Node Point Two immediately came to meet them, reporting the received information to Lin Zhixu.

Forty minutes later, everyone boarded seven YH-8 transport planes.

Xie Yi sat in a corner by the window. The smart terminal on his wrist was constantly looping the video sent from the headquarters. He lowered his eyes and watched for a while, then raised his eyes to look at Shen Shu across from him.

Shen Shu was resting with his eyes closed at the moment, a stern look occasionally flashing between his eyebrows.

The flight time from Node Point Two to Kui City Safety Zone was approximately two hours and twelve minutes.

When the altitude decrease prompt sounded, Xie Yi opened his eyes and turned his head to look out the window. As the flight altitude decreased, the densely packed Mutated Entities around Kui City and the constantly rising artillery fire slowly entered his field of vision.