Li Xiao slumped to the ground, staring blankly at the Vice Captain's broad back, now missing an arm.
"I will use my life to stop this Heterogeneous Species, it might be a minute, or it might be a few seconds."
He paused, then said in a serious tone,
"Now, immediately, use your fastest speed to catch up to the Captain, then commit suicide!"
The Vice Captain's words were like an absolute, unchallengeable command, causing Li Xiao, who hadn't fully recovered, to hurriedly grab her notebook and pencil and run swiftly down the corridor.
Hearing the footsteps behind him gradually fade, the Vice Captain let out a heavy sigh and then took heavy steps towards 006.
006, in the form of a young girl, couldn't help but feel a little puzzled at this sight.
Not only did he not run away, but he was walking towards her instead?
The beast was so weak, even missing an arm, why would he do such a thing?
Thinking this, 006 did not flinch but continued to walk towards the Vice Captain.
When he was ten meters away from 006, the Vice Captain stopped.
"My life will end at this moment, but it doesn't matter… this is the destined fate of a lowly creature like me."
His eyes were fixed on 006, and without a trace of fear, he pulled a dagger from his waist with his only remaining left hand.
006 also stopped and stood still, staring at him.
Could this person be trying to drive her away, just like he drove away the Giant Lizard?
She couldn't help but think this, but her body decided to strike first.
Her delicate body burst forth like a missile, her dark purple hair fluttering like a banner in the air.
Her deadly palm arrived before the Vice Captain in the blink of an eye.
Her fingertips rapidly magnified in his only remaining pupil.
The Vice Captain's head suddenly pulled back, and a gap exposing bone immediately opened on his scarred and stubbled face.
006 rotated her eyeballs and met the Vice Captain's gaze.
In an instant, the hand that had brushed past the Vice Captain's cheek clenched into a fist, striking him with a backhand blow, easily sending the large Vice Captain crashing into the nearby wall with a dull thud.
The Vice Captain's body slid down weakly, slumping to the ground motionless.
006 glanced at him, then slowly brought the arm that had struck him flying up to her own eyes.
On her fair and slender arm, a cold dagger was embedded in the center, piercing through her arm.
006 blinked.
At the moment of her attack, he had used a small knife to block in front, thereby piercing her arm.
His reaction speed was not much slower than 006's; if this guy hadn't been so severely injured, he probably could have contended with 006 for a long time.
006 pulled the dagger out of her arm, and the completely pierced wound began to heal at a visible speed.
She touched the blade of the dagger, and her fair skin was slightly cut.
This thing is amazing; it can injure a fragile beast like herself.
As 006 thought this, the cold dagger was sent into her mouth.
With a slight creeping of her neck, the dagger was swallowed into her belly.
Licking her lips, 006's gaze once again fell on the Vice Captain, who was slumped against the wall.
At this moment, the Vice Captain's eyes were weakly closed, his body showing no rise and fall, as if he had already lost his life.
Is he dead?
006 tilted her head, allowing one ear to better pick up sounds.
Thump-thump… thump-thump…
A heartbeat came from the man's chest, indicating that the man was not dead.
But 006 was still unsure, after all, she had seen creatures whose hearts were still beating but had lost the ability to move.
Finally, 006 stopped overthinking, walked two steps to the man, and extended her palm, intending to chop off his head.
But just as 006 approached the man.
The man suddenly lifted his head and forcefully pulled off several pull-tabs from under his clothes.
006: ⚆_⚆?!
Along with a smell of gunpowder, 006's figure was enveloped in an explosion amidst the Vice Captain's triumphant smile.
Boom—!
Violent flames and impact filled the entire corridor.
The entire basement shook slightly due to the powerful shockwave.
Debris fell from the ceiling of the corridor.
The firelight gradually dispersed, and the Vice Captain, whose skin was festering all over from the explosion's flames, coughed twice.
"Cough… cough… giving myself a dignified death, this habit really isn't wrong…"
His clothes were completely shredded, revealing the tattered bulletproof vest underneath.
The Vice Captain, with his last breath, pulled out a cigarette from a scattered pack and put it in his mouth.
But he fumbled in his other pockets and didn't find a lighter.
"Damn it… which idiot stole my lighter again…"
As the smoke and dust completely dissipated, 006's outwardly festering body gradually emerged.
All the clothes covering her petite body were torn, and her once lovely face was blasted beyond recognition.
Her eyeballs, no longer covered by eyelids, stared fixedly at the still-breathing Vice Captain.
The Vice Captain calmly watched it all.
"I stalled for two minutes… I'm really good…"
After his words fell, 006's body had already arrived before him.
Her skinless hand quickly grabbed his head and slammed it against the wall.
The sound of bones and flesh bursting rang out, and the Vice Captain's head exploded under the powerful force, splattering onto the wall.
Her surface skin and clothing regenerated at a visible speed.
006 retracted her hand, looking up at the headless corpse.
He could still move just now; it seems only when there's no heartbeat is one truly dead.
006 grabbed and consumed the corpse, while the thoughts in her mind were deeply engraved in the cellular memory.
After her body and clothes were fully restored, 006 turned her head to look in the direction Li Xiao had fled.
Her bare feet stepped on the ground, once again pursuing unhurriedly.
Anyway, this kind of thing can't escape; running faster would only waste her energy.
…
Through an open door.
Li Xiao was sprawled on the ground, frantically writing something in her notebook, like a student whose teacher was about to check homework but hadn't done it.
After the last line of text was imprinted on the paper by the pencil, Li Xiao's trembling hands threw the paper and pencil into the faintly glowing room behind the door.
Having done all this, she knelt on the ground, gasping for breath to calm her emotions.
A moment later, she reached out and vigorously dug at the wall, her fingertips turning slightly white as she stood up.
She pulled a dagger for self-termination from her waist, and her other hand slowly moved to the switch to close the door.
Just as Li Xiao was about to press the switch, the sound of 006's bare feet on the ground came from behind her.
Tap… tap… tap…
Overwhelming fear immediately engulfed Li Xiao.
She didn't even look back, quickly abandoning the thought of suicide, and abruptly dove into the dimly glowing room.
Frantically finding the internal door switch, she pressed it madly.
The door slowly descended along with Li Xiao's suspended heart.
Just as the door was less than half a meter from the ground and about to close completely.
A fair hand suddenly grabbed the door.
Then, the small girl with dark purple hair, forced her way through the still-open door in a distorted posture.
Her expressionless face stared at Li Xiao, uttering the very words Li Xiao had once said to 006.
"Bitch…"
"Ah…!"
Li Xiao let out an uncontrolled shriek, and the next second her body slumped weakly to the ground.
Falling to the ground with her was the head, instantly severed by 006.
006 licked the blood from her palm.
Her gaze swept around the dimly glowing room.
Finally, her eyes locked onto the huge glass in the center of the room.
Inside a massive, transparent cultivation pod filled with nutrient solution, a naked, long-haired man, appearing to be in his early twenties, was submerged, covered in tubes.