News of someone single-handedly challenging Caesar Life spread like a tide across the entire city.
Everyone initially thought it was a joke, until they personally witnessed more and more people gathering towards the skyscraper standing in the city's center.
At the entrance of the skyscraper, company employees continuously fled out, constantly recounting the situation inside to those around them.
When more and more people learned that the instigator of all this was actually an unarmed young man, they were incomparably shocked.
The mountain of Caesar Life had pressed down on them for too long; the monopoly of Gene Medicine had made them forget what resistance was, but today, the actions of a young man told them that Caesar Life was not invincible!
With a loud boom, a violent explosion occurred on the bottom few floors of the skyscraper, and everyone could see the red flames, as if capable of destroying everything, gushing out.
The skyscraper was burning!
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Double Gene Helix Skyscraper F12
“Brother, I respect you as a true man.”
“To dare to come up alone, but going up like this is suicide. Put down your weapons now, and I can still save your life.”
“Captain! This doesn't comply with company regulations!”
“To hell with regulations!”
“It's not like this is my first time doing this!”
The leader cursed, and behind him followed a team of fully armed Gene Warriors, not only possessing excellent Gene Weapons, but each of them was a Level Four Gene Warrior; they were the strongest security force in this skyscraper.
The man referred to as the captain held a biological weapon that looked quite extraordinary; for such a fully armed team to take down Zhang Jie would be effortless.
“I didn't expect that within the notorious Caesar Life, there are still people with a conscience.”
Facing this fully armed Gene Warrior team, Zhang Jie was covered in wounds, yet he showed no fear, even leisurely taunting them.
“I came to take on Caesar Life by myself, so how could I be persuaded to turn back by a few words from you?”
Zhang Jie dropped the gun he had snatched from a security guard and spread his arms wide in front of a dozen dark gun barrels.
“But looking at you all, if I don't die, you won't be able to report back properly, right?”
“I came here with the determination to die, so why don't we all make it quick.”
Watching Zhang Jie's carefree demeanor, the captain remained silent for a long time, finally letting out a sigh.
“What a goddamn era.”
He turned away, seemingly unwilling to witness Zhang Jie being shot to pieces.
“Fire.”
In an instant, the firearms specifically developed to combat Gene Warriors erupted with roars, and the unavoidable line of fire instantly shattered Zhang Jie.
“Sigh...”
Listening to the gunfire cease, the captain pulled a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
“Withdraw...”
He took out his lighter, just about to light the cigarette in his mouth, when suddenly a hand rested on his shoulder, followed by a violent whooshing sound and an explosion by his ear.
He was momentarily stunned, but then saw a hand burning with flames extend in front of him, lighting his cigarette for him.
The captain's eyes widened involuntarily, and he looked back, only to see Zhang Jie's slightly smiling face.
And his team members were all lying on the ground, like college students Fall asleep immediately, as if they had fallen asleep instantly, if not for the thunderous snores, he would have thought his team had been wiped out.
Everything around them was burning, even the tempered glass surrounding the skyscraper was shattered by the explosion's impact, yet they were all unharmed.
“You're not dead!”
Zhang Jie was completely unharmed, the edges of his jacket burning with red flames, like a monarch bathed in fire.
“You're a good person, so I'll spare your life. Take your team downstairs.”
“Otherwise, I don't know if I might accidentally hurt you later.”
Zhang Jie patted his shoulder and walked alone towards the stairs of the thirteenth floor.
After the shock, the captain looked at Zhang Jie's retreating figure for a long time, unable to recover, as if he had seen the true flame that could burn down this old era.
“Brother!”
He called out to Zhang Jie.
“If you can fight your way to the top floor of the company and kill that old bastard Lu Xuefei, then from now on, I, Cheng Wu, will lead my brothers to follow you through hell and high water!”
Zhang Jie's steps did not stop, and he waved a hand behind him.
“It's a deal!”
...
Skyscraper F13.
A giant beast, entirely red, stood here; its skin flowed continuously like blood, and even crimson viscous liquid constantly spread across the ground.
This was the biological weapon created by Caesar Life using the remains of a Calamity Mother: the Blood Calamity Giant Beast.
In the history of humanity's fight against the Blood Calamity, many Calamity Mothers had been slain, but these particular remains were extraordinary; they came from the Calamity Mother that the strongest human had slain.
This Mother had an extremely strong infectivity; any substance that touched it would be enveloped by blood, giving rise to new Blood Calamity Life.
Although still in the experimental stage, the completion of its experiment was quite high, and it was believed that it would not be long before it could be used as Caesar Life's trump card, but unfortunately, they encountered Zhang Jie.
Beside this giant beast, a large number of expressionless clones had also gathered; their bodies were gradually enveloped by the red blood on the ground until their human forms were indistinguishable, assimilated into Calamity.
These Calamity creatures stared intently at the staircase on the 12th floor, poised for action, but what they awaited was an endless surge of red flames.
“You effortlessly destroyed Caesar Life's arrangements, incinerating these man-made Calamity creatures. Perhaps Caesar Life has many trump cards yet to be activated, perhaps they have more dangerous things in other experimental bases, but you won't give them time to react. You must fight your way to the top floor! And eliminate that bastard named Lu Xuefei!”
“After you burned through the massive alloy door blocking the upper passage, you discovered that the fourteenth floor was also sealed by an alloy door.”
“Hmm? All passages are blocked?”
“Are they scared already?”
Zhang Jie sneered, then turned and left. This place had over a hundred floors; if he were to burn his way up floor by floor, that grandson Lu Xuefei would probably escape by helicopter.
The faint sound of a helicopter reached him, and Zhang Jie knew there was no time to delay. His body accelerated sharply, and he broke through a window on the side of the skyscraper.
...
“What the hell is this!!!”
On the top floor of the skyscraper, Lu Xuefei watched the scene on the monitor, clenching his fists and furiously slamming them on the table.
“Um... General Lu, the helicopter has arrived. Should we go up first?”
“Go? Go my ass!”
“If I leave now, how will those lower-level people look at me later!”
“Tell the Research Department and Security Department to kill him at all costs!”
At this moment, a security department member ran in flustered, pointing outside the rooftop and shouting.
“Lu... General Lu Lu Lu!”
“Outside the skyscraper! Something is coming up outside the skyscraper!!”
“What?”