"despair!"
At the same time as the gunshot, the orange beam had already crossed a short distance of ten meters and directly penetrated Elena's left hand.
? ? ! !
The sudden reversal left Elena's mind completely blank for a moment.
"Forehead!!"
When she gradually felt the heartbreaking pain, cold sweat suddenly broke out all over her body. She clenched her left wrist with her right hand and groaned in unbearable pain while gritting her teeth.
Later, Elena asked Lin in disbelief: "Sir... why are you doing this..."
As he spoke, he showed a rather innocent and aggrieved expression.
"Don't worry, you won't be alone on the road to hell."
However, Lin had no regrets or sympathy at all, let alone any intention to explain, and was immediately ready to pull the trigger.
"No!!"
Seeing Lin's determination, Elena yelled and rushed towards Lin, and a large number of bloody tentacles came out of the wound on her left hand.
But how could "she" be faster than a gun?
Seeing the result of a thorough test, Lin moved his right index finger...
"Ta-ta-ta!"
"Poof! Poof!"
The beams of light were shot out from the muzzle one after another, and they were also constantly melting through Elena's body.
"call!"
The intense beam of light set "her" work clothes on fire.
The raging fire, like Lin's "indifferent" and "unsatisfactory" character, quickly enveloped and engulfed Elena.
finally…
"Ah...! Ah...roar...!"
Elena collapsed to the ground and struggled, and her roars of pain gradually changed from the voice of a human woman to that of a beast.
After a few seconds, "she" became completely motionless, letting the flames continue to burn.
See this.
Lin looked a little unbearable, said "rest in peace" in a very low voice, and then gathered his spirits and started again.
Run around the corner.
Pass by the bar.
Lin noticed the five people hiding inside, but he chose to ignore them and move forward alone. After all, bringing untrained civilians would only slow down his pace.
Lin's destination is the main control room responsible for the entire Assis.
If you want to restore communications, transmit intelligence to the outside world, or perform critical operations, you need the absolute authority of the central control room to assist in completing it.
As for how to guess what kind of "thing" Elena is...
Lin likes to repeatedly read materials, files and various types of data. It is more like obsessive-compulsive disorder than a habit. Moreover, it is his subjective consciousness that forces him to engrave the habit of "repetition" in his bones.
Because of a small negligence fifteen years ago, two colleagues died unexpectedly.
Although the emergency team arrived in time in the end and helped him eliminate the Jiralhanae and Gnolls who were trying to secretly plant bombs and prepare for the cholera colony, they could never save the lives of his colleagues.
After that, Lin forced himself to develop the habit of "constant repetition" to ensure that he would never miss a single detail again.
As for Elena, she was actually dead before he secretly infiltrated Assis.
The time of death was within the five minutes when the nanorobot lost its signal and the intelligence department was unable to immediately contact her.
Based on the information obtained after arriving here, he witnessed various bloody and disgusting scenes, plus various details and his own speculation...
Lin can initially determine that the "thing" that is ravaging Assis is an abnormal creature that can achieve complete "replacement" and "imitation".
Judging from the way and tone of conversations between Todd, his wife, daughter, and neighbors, we know that this "thing" can inherit all the memories of the host.
It understands human relationships and takes advantage of them. Even its emotions are imitated so perfectly that they are no different from the real Todd.
But there is only one thing, and that is the eyes.
"The eyes are the windows to the soul" is a famous saying for a certain reason.
Lin repeatedly watched the quarrel scenes filmed by "Elena" many times and found that Todd's eyes showed no concern for his family at all.
Outsiders may not be able to detect this detail, but Carrie, as Todd's wife, and Neil, as his son, are keenly aware of it.
So he said "He's not Todd".
Therefore, Lin chose to sneak into Todd and Carrie's dormitory.
After discovering several denture fragments in the dormitory, he reported the information and asked the command center to help search the file of the short-haired female husband.
Not long after, a reply came from the Intelligence Ministry, stating that the husband of the short-haired woman had his back molars on both sides replaced with full porcelain dentures six years ago because he did not pay attention to cleaning and maintenance.
No matter how advanced technology is, dentistry is still a “problem” that plagues mankind.
Seeing this reply, Lin could confirm that it was the quarrel last night that gave Todd the opportunity to be alone with his short-haired female husband, and thus took the opportunity to transform into the same kind.
However, this transformation method is not 100% perfect, and they cannot "replicate" inorganic objects, such as dentures.
Next, communications were blocked and there was an exchange of fire with "security guards", which made Lin discover their even more terrifying side.
That is, they can not only share intelligence and memories in real time, and cooperate tacitly when in human form, but also when they suffer a certain degree of damage, or when they judge the situation to be critical, they can divide into individuals of different shapes to escape.
Of course, these individuals can also stick to each other and combine to gain advantages in size and strength.
The most refreshing knowledge for Lin is that their blood also has self-awareness, can move, and will also try to invade nearby humans.
Observing the phenomenon of blood flowing autonomously, and based on the characteristics of limbs that can be "separated" and "joined" at will, Lin realized that it was possible that their single cells could be complete and independent individuals?
If this is the case, then their infection routes will be diverse. Inadvertent handshakes and hugs may cause them to invade the body and complete assimilation.
But why did he "escape"?
After posing this doubt to himself, Lin put all the details, intelligence and clues together and came up with the answer that they were deliberately avoiding it.
The reason seems simple and clear, it is because of the nanorobots in his body and those of the intelligence agents.
This "thing" can be quickly assimilated, but in the process, the nanorobots will be destroyed and expelled from the body.
Because of this, Elena, who was disguised as an ordinary maintenance worker, was regarded as a target for assimilation. She lost contact for nearly five minutes and attracted the attention of the Intelligence Department.
The "things" that inherited all of Elena's memories read the relevant information about Umbrella and learned about Umbrella's abilities, only to realize that they had chosen the wrong target.
In order to prevent the Intelligence Ministry from dispatching an emergency team to take coercive measures, he kept his human appearance and injected backup nanorobots. At the same time, he actively contacted the command center to try to dispel the Intelligence Ministry's concerns.
However, Joel Miller, as the supervisor, still sent Lin to investigate.
As one of the most experienced intelligence agents, Lin lived up to his expectations and indeed investigated effective information.
If this trend is followed, Lin will discover their existence soon.
As a result, these "things" stopped using safe solutions and turned to radical methods, blocking communications and proactively exposing them, attracting Umbrella to conduct a comprehensive investigation.
From the moment the miners accidentally dug up the spaceships and were infected by them, their original intention has never changed, which is to wait four days and use the transport fleet sent by the company to spread silently to the outside world and even the entire human territory.
Unexpectedly, they infected an Umbrella intelligence agent, eventually leading to the current situation.
The main thing is that not long after Lin ended his conversation with "Elena" and indicated that he was ready to investigate the mining area in depth, full chaos broke out in Asis.
And in the chaos, "Elena" could find him by chance...
How could there be so many "accidents"?
It is only possible that the same kind of people shared their memories, revealed his location to "Elena", and then "Elena" used his identity as a colleague and comrade to assimilate him while the signal was blocked.
In this way, after the emergency team arrives in Assis, "he", who is assimilated and injected with backup nanorobots, can leave Assis with "Elena" unimpeded and completely go to the human world.
In fact, with or without him, as long as an emergency team with detailed information about their characteristics does not arrive in Assis, the human world is destined to be eroded by them.
Those "things" wanted to assimilate him just to avoid another unexpected safety measure.
While thinking.
Lin has come to the only way to the main control room, the most spacious corridor.
There is a wide field of view here, there is no cover to provide cover, and there are more than a dozen gun-wielding security guards scattered at a distance.
Lin stood in the corner and observed.
Seeing the situation in the corridor, he temporarily hung the laser microcharger attached to the gun strap on his chest, freed his hands, and took out a small syringe from the tactical bag on his side.
Its metal surface is printed with the words "Disposable Potion", "Caution" and other words.
Open the protective cover to expose the needle-free injection port, then make contact with the skin of the left forearm to inject the "medicine" into the body.
Then, he put the syringe back into the tactical bag and checked the few remaining equipment.
At this time, Lin's breathing rhythm gradually accelerated, and even his pupils dilated a little.
Checked.
He held the laser microflush again, his eyes were no longer lifeless, but revealed fearlessness and determination, and whispered to himself:
"How could we let you soulless things run outside? How could we let you threaten humans and threaten them..."
Said.
Lin took out the only remaining acid bomb with his left hand, pulled the tab with one hand, flipped the safety, and threw it outward after counting silently for two seconds.
After completing the throwing action, he quickly rushed into the corridor, and in tandem with the acid thunder, he appeared completely within the sight of those "things".
See this.
The security guard immediately raised the pulse gun and aimed the gun at Lin's legs.
However, after injecting the "potion", Lin's strength seemed to be much stronger than before, so the strong acid thunder "flyed" to several security guards standing in the front at an extremely fast speed, and then...
"Bang~!"
"嗗…嗗…"
"Ah...roar!!"
The sounds of explosions, corrosion, and screams intertwined with each other, instantly paralyzing the movement and attack capabilities of many security guards.
"Da da!"
"Ta-ta!"
Immediately afterwards, the corridor was filled with bursts of pulse and laser gun fire.
The dazzling orange light continued to flash, which meant that Lin, who was fighting against those "things" alone, had not yet fallen.
After the gunshots and orange light subside...
"Tap, step..."
In the corridor, there were only the sounds of unsteady and staggering footsteps.
"Beep, beep..."
There is also the sound of "water droplets" falling to the floor.
"Shua~--!"
But soon, the sound of the main control room gates opening to both sides covered up the footsteps and "water drops".
It turned out that Lin Zhen successfully reached the main control room on his own.
Behind Lin was a messy corridor, with a large number of limbs and pieces of flesh still squirming, and even blood flowing towards his location.
"Shua~--!"
But as the gate closed, the connection between the main control room and the corridor was temporarily blocked.
And at this moment he...
The right arm exploded, and a lot of tissue was "cut off" from the right calf, leaving the bones exposed. The body was covered with tiny shrapnel holes, and even the right eye was unable to avoid the shrapnel attack.
It can be said that Lin's right half of his body is almost completely intact.
Even though there are nanorobots in the body to help stop bleeding, blood still seeps out from various wounds, which is also the origin of the "water drop" sound before.
This kind of injury was enough to cause Lin, who was in his normal state, to fall into coma and eventually die.
There are many reasons why we can persist until now. Protecting mankind...
In other words, it was to protect his unknowing colleagues who rushed to Assis, and to protect his family, so as to burst out a firm will that is not afraid of death.
The most important point is that the "potion" injected before forced his broken body to continue moving.
The "potion" number is Te-036, which is specially provided to field employees of the Supervision Department and the Intelligence Department. It is used to temporarily block pain, forcefully stimulate adrenaline, and increase reaction speed and strength in situations of life and death. Serum Potion.
After the effects of the drug wear off, it will cause permanent damage to the user.
So while the medicine was still taking effect and he was still conscious, Lin dragged his right leg that could not bend back and walked to the control console equipped with a large number of physical screens.
Subsequently.
He stretched out his movable left hand and fumbled for his exclusive mobile phone from the tool bag on his side. He placed it on the console to sense biometric information and the sensing area of the ID card, trying to obtain some permissions.
While waiting, Lin felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier.
A reminder of "Beep!" brought him back to consciousness instantly.
Turning his head to look at the content displayed on the phone screen, he couldn't help but smile helplessly and said to himself: "Sure enough, everything is not as smooth as imagined...
Although I can't spread the news, I can't say goodbye...well, it is indeed a pity, but it is enough to protect them silently..."
With that said, Lin stretched out his left hand again and touched "OK" on the screen with his index finger.
After completing this move, the broadcast installed inside Assis sent out an emotionless reminder:
"The fusion reactor has been manually overloaded and is expected to reach criticality in five seconds.
Repeat, nuclear fusion reactor..."
However, five seconds passed before the second repeated reminder was played.
And Lin…
Before he completely lost consciousness, he "saw" his wife sitting on the lawn in the park, looking at the children with a smile on her face, playing with each other carefree.
Suddenly, he "saw" the scene when he first met his wife ten years ago...
He was seriously injured during the mission. After he regained consciousness, he was found lying in the ward of the company hospital. His wife, who was the attending physician, asked with a gentle smile:
"Mr. Lin, do you feel any discomfort now?"
finally……
"Warm" white light filled everything.
The “thing” ravaging Assis is The Thing
I recommend book friends who haven’t read it to take a look at the 1982 version. The graphics are not too outdated even now, and they are real and warm, and the plot is also very touching.
