Translator: Khun
Translation Checker: Rin
Editor: DragonFae
After receiving the photos, the Technology Department began to expedite and deal with Bai Chunian’s request. Inside the Technology Department, the technicians were divided into three groups. Group A was responsible for maintaining and handling various daily situations in an orderly manner. Group B was specialized in handling emergencies. Group C was responsible for following up the situation of each agent who went out to execute tasks.
After Bai Chunian sent back the photo, Group C received it and passed it to Group B.
The most elite personnel in the Technology Department were all concentrated in Group B. Group B members usually had leisure work; they didn’t have as much workload as the technicians in other groups and didn’t have much to do. They played games, read comics, and watched cartoons to kill time, but as long as they were needed, no matter day or night, working day or holiday, even if they were squatting in the toilet, they would need to turn on the computer and work immediately.
Duan Yang, the leader of Group B, received the urgent message and walked out of the lounge with a cup of coffee. He stretched and yawned as he walked to his work station.
Crawler was already sitting in front of his computer with the automatic recognition program of experimental subjects open, which was adjusting the clarity of the photo.
If it were someone else who dared to enter Duan Yang’s private office and used his computer without permission, Duan Yang could start biting them right there. But when he saw that it was the cute little Crawler sitting there, he was not angry at all and had even personally agreed that the little Crawler could use his office at any time. However, Crawler only took a fancy to the machine in his office; his configuration was the best in the entire IOA Technology Department.
Crawler was currently very popular in the IOA Technology Department. The technicians who have lived in the two-story building of the Technology Department for a long time rarely see other omegas, let alone the very cute little Crawler, so they all flocked to him. The Secret Service Team was also considering whether to let Crawler become an official IOA agent and join the Technology Department.
However, compared to the Search Division, the threshold of the Technology Department was very high. In addition to needing perfect technology mastery, their identity must go through layers of investigation, because the internal data of the Technology Department was related to the operation of the entire IOA and couldn’t be easily accessed by outsiders. Crawler’s identity was a big problem. As Experimental Subject 6010 “Hacker,” it was very difficult to pass the identity check.
“Aileen sent five A3-grade ace experimental subjects to the pharmaceutical factory for support, and Bai Chunian was surrounded.” Crawler glanced at Duan Yang, feeling like this border collie alpha was not as smart as other border collies.
With the help of the crawler omega, the IOA Technology Department successfully developed the experimental subject recognition system. The recognition accuracy was almost the same as that of PBB’s military experimental subject radar. It only needed a blurred photo to integrate the corresponding experimental subject’s data in a short time, but it was still in the testing stage within the group and had not been further promoted.
A counterpart to the experimental subject recognition system, there was also a special weapon recognition system, which could identify special weapons based on their appearance and wounds in order to integrate the corresponding data.
Holding the mug in one hand, Duan Yang leaned down from behind Crawler and propped himself up with the table to stare at the screen. “Are there two currently confirmed?”
“Mn, he is with Cursemaker, and it seems that they have teamed up temporarily. Both opponents are grade seven maturity stages, and the remaining three are not far away. He can’t escape; the other party came prepared. Sending ordinary support is useless, unless a group of A3 agents are sent over. These experimental subjects have attacked us before in the Shaojin Mansion. They killed many of us and seriously injured Domino. They are very strong.”
“Step aside, I’ll find a way. Mn? You sent an email? To whom?
“Cursemaker. I don’t know if he is willing to get involved, but when we were in the Shaojin Mansion, he always paid close attention to the situation between the two of them.”
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Bai Chunian and Eris stood with their backs facing each other, confronting the pressure from all around at the same time. Velociraptor crawled out of the abyss, sneered, and held up his broken left hand. He bent his broken fingers in strange movements, returning them to their original shape one by one.
He had used a smokescreen and seemed to fall into the abyss. But he had actually used his other hand to grab the inner rock wall, hanging his body in Eris’ blindspot and waiting for his body to heal itself.
A rhythmic blue light suddenly appeared on the pattern of the blue-black shield facing Bai Chunian. The blue light flashed and traveled along the pattern, and the head of a Gorgon gradually appeared in the center of the shield.
Bai Chunian smelled rust in the air, and J1 grade pheromones appeared in it.
“This weird shield has started to use its ability,” Bai Chunian said in a low voice.
Eris saw the same blue light from Velociraptor in the distance. An oval-shaped light blue transparent cover floated around him, moving with Velociraptor.
“Oh…aren’t you more sturdy now!” Eris raised the shotgun and fired continuously at Velociraptor, who was approaching rapidly in an S shape.
The sound of the shots exploded one after another at the turning points of Velociraptor’s S-shaped attack. Velociraptor zigzagged away from three shots and directly rushed towards Eris with the last one.
Eris was very familiar with the damage of his own weapon. At this time, at the distance between the two of them, if he was hit head on, he would pause for around three seconds even if he was an experimental subject. As long as Eris could take advantage of his opponent’s mobility and sight being hindered by the shotgun and counterattack, the situation could be reversed.
But things didn’t unfold as he expected. The bullet was bounced off by the seemingly null but extremely hard shining cover. After a few shots, the cover shattered. Velociraptor was unscathed. He formed two deep craters on the ground with his feet, and his long tail swept over swiftly and powerfully. Eris was swept away by his right side ribs, and his body felt like he was caught in a hurricane and torn away. He flew away and collided hard against the damp wall of the factory building. Eris’ body smashed a huge hole in the wall.
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In this short moment, Eris connected himself with Velociraptor with a cursed thread and received the kick with difficulty. The kick was really strong. The cracked wall behind Eris was hit by this blow, and it shattered and collapsed immediately. A large piece of Eris’ ceramic torso shattered, and a pained, muffled groan escaped from his throat.
Connected by the cursed thread, Velociraptor should have received the same damage as Eris at the same time, but he was fully protected by the transparent shining cover. Velociraptor was not hurt by the harm the cursed thread transmitted while the cover shattered.
The ability of the shield was stronger than imagined; it could even protect against indirect damage.
Meanwhile, Bai Chunian was under the pressure produced from the shield. It felt like a 10,000-ton weight was falling above his head inch by inch.
“The damn shield is in the way…” Eris returned to Bai Chunian with his shattered torso. It seemed that he had exhausted a lot of energy. When Eris stood with him, it became a little easier to resist the pressure exerted by the shield together.
Velociraptor found another tricky angle to attack, and Eris’ muzzle followed Velociraptor all the way until he turned around and the barrel approached Bai Chunian, who grabbed his muzzle vigilantly.
“???” Eris was caught off guard and was interrupted from aiming. Velociraptor’s tail took the opportunity to sweep towards him. Eris could only use the cursed thread to hoist his body and avoid it, and the two were separated again. Bai Chunian’s legs were forced to bend under the heavy pressure of the shield, almost kneeling on the ground.
Eris froze for a moment, then suddenly exploded. He raised the shotgun and cursed out Bai Chunian. “Why did you do that, what are you fighting me for! Fa************k!”
Only then did Bai Chunian realize that Eris didn’t intend to sneak attack him and it was instead him being habitually suspicious. There was no trust between them, so it was difficult to unite and fight other forces.
“Give me half of your thread,” Bai Chunian said.
A cursed golden thread was drawn from Eris’s cuff, and the two ends of the thread wrapped around the waists of the two men, tying them together.
The targets connected by the cursed thread would receive the same damage. This way, he didn’t have to worry about the other’s sneak attack.
The watch on Bai Chunian’s wrist suddenly lit up, indicating that a document was received.
The Technology Department had sent the detailed information of the two experimental subjects.
【No. 1】
Special Operations Weapon No. 3316
Code Name: Velociraptor
Ontology: Paleontological Gene Restoration Type
Differentiation Grade: A3
Growth Stage: Grade 7 maturity stage
The first number 3 represents Velociraptor’s gland, the middle number 3 represents 30% mimicry, and the last number 16 represents melee combat being his main ability.
【No. 2】
Special Operations Weapon Number 6014
Code Name: Athena Shield
Ontology: Ancient Greek shield
Differentiation grade: A3
Growth Stage: Grade 7 maturity stage
The first number 6 represents it being an inanimate object, the middle number 0 represents no mimicry, and the last number 14 represents its main ability being defense.
Notes: The spine and glands attached to the shield belonged to a female omega riot police named Anna. Anna left the explosion-proof shield to civilians during the city’s anti-terrorism evacuation operation. As a result, she was killed by the explosion, and her body wasn’t found before now.
Looking at the information, Bai Chunian felt a chill in his heart. The experiments in the research institute were becoming increasingly immoral. Aileen’s conscience and bottom line began to be swallowed up by fame and fortune starting from when they transformed the cancerous youth who voluntarily donated his body for medical treatment research into Medusa’s Eyes.
Athena Shield’s J1 differentiation ability ‘Guardian’ applies a transparent shield that can withstand a certain amount of damage to allies. The interval between consecutive uses of the ability should be at least ten seconds. Bai Chunian read the brief introduction of the ability in the information to Eris. He jumped onto the railing nimbly, but every time he took off, he was under the strong pressure of the shield. After reaching a certain height, Bai Chunian couldn’t even jump. He began to climb higher up the building with his hands and feet and tried his best to grab the railing above his head with his fingertips.
Athena Shield’s associated ability was “Oppressive Pressure.” The shield will automatically radiate oppressive force to its surroundings, consuming a lot of the enemy’s physical strength and disintegrating their fighting spirit.
Bai Chunian climbed high up the building, stepped on a shallow window sill for strength, found a suitable angle, pulled out the pistol from the gun belt on his thigh, and aimed at the gland embedded in the shield.
An officer who sacrificed her life for the civilians…how could he do this?
Bai Chunian hesitated in his heart for a second, but still pulled the trigger.
He didn’t know what the shield relied on to judge the direction of the attack. When the bullet approached her, the Gorgon pattern engraved on the shield’s surface suddenly lit up again, and the shield’s surface became as smooth as a mirror.
The bullet clashed with its reflection in the mirror, and Bai Chunian was startled. He saw that the bullet hadn’t sunk into the shield. Then, the reflection of the bullet rushed out of the mirror and flew towards Bai Chunian’s head.
Athena Shield’s M2 differentiation ability, “Holy Mirror,” was a self-protection ability. It automatically transforms into a mirror surface when it feels an attack and returns the damage to the original path of attack. But as the Holy Mirror, Athena Shield cannot use other differentiation abilities.
The oncoming bullet was split open with the swipe of a knife. Eris had climbed up along the cursed golden thread wrapped around Bai Chunian’s waist and cut the bullet. The bone knife spun quickly in his palm a few times, and then it was connected back to the ball joint of his calf.
“What are you blanking out for?”
“I’ve already figured out what’s going on with this shield. You block Velociraptor for me. When the shield transforms into the Holy Mirror and it can’t use other abilities, you can make a move.” Bai Chunian passed by Eris. Eris wiped the cracked cheek near his mouth and brashly said with a smile, “Ang!”
Bai Chunian touched the Dead Sea Heart Rock collar around his neck and loosened it. A wave of brandy pheromone broke through its restraints and burst out into the surroundings. Waves surged in his dark blue eyes, his pupils shimmering, coinciding with Rimbaud’s blue ocean-like eyes.
Under the sudden attack of the brandy pheromone, the shield felt a hint of danger, and the Gorgon pattern on its surface suddenly brightened. Athena Shield used its J1 ability to protect itself, and a huge cyan transparent barrier covered the shield.
Under the pressure of 10,000 tons, Bai Chunian firmly grasped the railing with both hands, pushed his legs hard, and rushed out of the cage formed by the oppressive force. He jumped up against the heavy pressure, leaped from the air, and drew a sharp arc. He poured His J1 ability Bone Armor into his left hand and punched hard on Athena Shield’s barrier.
After a loud noise, the shining barrier was blown to pieces, and the shattered golden fragments flowed down from the dark sky, gold glistening in the air.
Bai Chunian jumped into the sky full of sparkling gold, hugged Athena Shield with both hands, and pressed the palm of his left hand to the beating gland on the shield.
“Anna.” Bai Chunian silently read the name of the owner of the gland and quietly started his M2 ability Annihilate.
Although Bai Chunian’s Annihilate couldn’t compress and twist opponents on his same level into glass beads, after his relative power was increased under the restriction of the collar, the damage of Annihilate was superimposed again.
The edge of the shield was gradually covered with a layer of glass, like a frozen lake spreading to the center of the shield. The shield also seemed to feel pain, producing a buzzing cry of pounding steel.
Annihilate triggered the passive resistance of the shield, and the pattern on the surface of the shield quickly faded, smoothing into the Holy Mirror, using its M2 ability to resist Bai Chunian’s Annihilation.
Under the reflection of the Holy Mirror, Bai Chunian was also covered with a layer of glass, and severe pain immediately spread throughout his whole body.
“Eris… come here!”
Rain fell on the surface of Athena Shield and flowed along the smooth mirror surface. The shape of water droplets was reflected in the mirror. The rainwater flowed through the glands inlaid on the shield, dripped into the Gorgon’s pattern in the center of the shield, and down from the corners of the Gorgon’s closed eyes.
Bai Chunian pressed his cheek against the surface of Athena Shield and heard her whispering softly amidst the buzzing of pain.
“I don’t want to hurt you. Divine Envoy, I’m willing to be annihilated, don’t let me hurt anyone again.”
Bai Chunian was stunned. “Are you still conscious? Follow me and let the IOA doctors save you.”
“I can’t leave, we can’t disobey Aileen’s order… Please annihilate me, let me disappear.”
If the opponent was willing to be annihilated, even an A3 gland could become a glass bead in Bai Chunian’s hands.
Bai Chunian suddenly found that the cursed thread wrapped around his waist had been untied, and the golden thread had already been wrapped around the Athena Shield. Several circles of golden thread were wrapped around the blue-black ancient Greek shield, floating in the dark sky, radiating a bit of holy brilliance.
And the other end of the golden thread was flying towards Velociraptor, which was being pushed closer by Eris.
“Wait! Don’t kill her!” Bai Chunian turned around and shouted.
But Eris didn’t care whether his opponent was innocent at all. He took out Puppet Master’s Sacred Wind-up Key, inserted it into his nape and twisted it twice, grabbed the bone knife removed from his calf with both hands, jumped from the high place, poured all his strength into his arms, and inserted the sharp blade heavily into the gland of Athena Shield.
The controller Sacred Wind-up Key increased the body strength of Cursemaker by 300% to 600%. Even Bai Chunian couldn’t take direct hits from Cursemaker who was strengthened by the controller.
In the state of the Holy Mirror, the Athena Shield couldn’t use other differentiation abilities, let alone protect Velociraptor. The long snow-white ceramic bone was directly submerged in the gland of the Athena Shield. Starting from the glands, golden cracks covered the entire human spine embedded in the shield.
Golden light shattered, the gland first exploded into a cloud of blood mist. Rusty pheromones filled the sky, and the surface of the shield was cracked. The sound of the breaking inside went on, and the cracks crawled deeper and deeper and became finer and finer.
At the same time, the other end of the cursed golden thread wrapped around the neck of Velociraptor’s nape gland also exploded into a cloud of blood. Screaming and vomiting blood, he fell to the ground. His limbs twisted strangely, and his joints collapsed.
After a loud explosion, the Athena Shield finally fell apart. The cyan steel fragments exploded in the air, and two shining cyan transparent barriers slowly rose from the feet of Bai Chunian and Eris, blocking the sharp fragments for them.
Holding the warm barrier, Bai Chunian looked up at the remains of the Athena Shield falling from the sky. A sense of powerlessness slowly rose from his heart.
If she was annihilated, her soul must’ve been extremely clear.
“I told you not to kill her.”
“Why not? I will get rid of everything that threatens Knicks.” Eris felt no guilt about what he had done. He found a roof and sat down with his legs hanging in the air, swinging and whistling leisurely as he lifted his calf to inspect the cracks on it. Fortunately, the place where Puppet Master’s signature was engraved was not worn away.
The broken body of Velociraptor lay close to him, still breathing weakly.
“You’re not dead yet?” Eris raised his hand, inserted the bone knife into the gland in his nape, and pulled it out after grinding it in hard. The blood splashed onto Eris’ pale smiling face.
“There’s still three left. The institute’s ace star experimental subjects aren’t all that.”
Driven by the Sacred Wind-up Key, the broken part of Erris’ ceramic torso was repaired faster, but his hands and legs trembled slightly, and his wounds were very painful. However, he only concentrated on mending his torn clothes with the cursed gold thread, quietly recovering his strength.
Bai Chunian stared at his cracked body.
In the human dictionary, a cursed doll was used to curse and kill the enemy. People would stick iron nails into its body to pray for their enemies to suffer bad luck, but they didn’t know if the curse doll could feel pain. After all, the ceramics that made his body were his skin and flesh.
The rain subsided, the clouds brightened, and the thin raindrops washed the red blood on the roofs and balconies.
Bai Chunian came over, sat beside him on the roof, and lowered his head to pick off the glass shards on his body. The pain and exhaustion made him pant lightly.
A white lion tail extended from his body. It twisted a leaf from a broad-leaved tree that grew on the roof, and the tip of his tail curled up above his head to shield them from the rain with the leaf. The rainwater that had collected in the center of the leaf trickled down the tips in a line and poured on Eris’ head.
The dim clouds gradually lightened up and shimmered, and heavy low pressure came from the horizon. The black clouds accumulated in the sky seemed to be dyed with brilliant colors. Gradually, a halo flashed around a cloud, illuminating a small piece of sky, approaching the direction of a playground.
The two raised their heads vigilantly and sharply at the same time.
“I’m leaving.” Bai Chunian was tired and didn’t want to get involved again, so he put his hands in his pockets and stood up to leave.
Suddenly, a cursed thread was wrapped around his waist.
Holding the materialized gold thread in one hand, and the shotgun in the other, Eris pressed the muzzle against his crotch, raised his smiling face, and stuck out his tongue at him. “Da-ge, you’re not planning to abandon me and leave, right? Stay and help me protect Knicks.”
“…” Bai Chunian looked at the position of his gun and the cursed thread wrapped around his waist, and drops of cold sweat broke out on his head.
Poor Anna :<
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Why is this research institute even existing??? I hate those ppl more and more …
Hello, I believe there is a mistake in this section, I think “tube” should be “tub”: I never thought a fish could drown in a tube.
Rimbaud wrapped his arms around Bai Chunian’s neck, the tip of his fishtail weakly curled around Bai Chunian’s ankle. When he was being carried out of the bathroom, he angrily stared at the tube, and electric discharge turned it into ashes.
Thank you for noticing 😳 I will fix it!