Something slimy slipped from the bridge of his nose, and the pungent smell of blood made the forty-year-old man uncontrollably whine out of his throat, like a wild dog that had been kicked in the ball. He shuddered behind the overturned metal table with his head in his hands.

If Duilio had been given another chance to choose, he would not have followed the expedition here. Only a guy with a brain full of pasta and ketchup would laugh when he faced these monsters! Aren't all normal people desperately trying to find a way to distance themselves so that they can use their weapons? That's right, he's talking about Reyes, who is now fighting three giant rats with a fire axe.

The crimson axe blade slashed through the air in a shining arc, and the blue-black veins on the hands holding the wooden axe handle tangled into small snakes, coupled with the slightly crazy laughter and inexplicable roar mixed with it, it was impossible to imagine that this guy was actually a polite professor of virology on weekdays.

Four rats the size of a lamb had fallen in the office, making the already modest room even more crowded. The rats were all killed by Reyes alone in five minutes, but this attracted three stronger enemies later.

This sudden catastrophe dragged the entire camp into a desperate chaos in just ten minutes, and the giant rat that broke through the quick-drying concrete floor from under the ground immediately dragged all the more than 100 security personnel in the camp into the deep cavern, and the swarm of rats that followed immediately flooded the entire camp. What is even more tragic is that the camp where the armored brigade is stationed is a kilometer away, and it is this kilometer that has ruined the lives of most of the people.

You certainly can't expect the staff to be physically fit to complete the journey, and even if a few lucky guys rush to the undamaged vehicle first, they'll have to deal with hundreds of potholes that dot the dirt road.

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"Sometimes I don't think it's a good thing to be too secretive. Sooner or later, the lack of necessary communication between the various departments will cause unnecessary attrition. As she spoke, Arcie's fingertips flashed with a dazzling silver light, and the dozen or so giant rats that were swarming from the other side of the passage suddenly lost their lives, and their corpses rushed forward three or four meters under the action of inertia, and collapsed on the cold ground.

The silver-haired woman shook her palm a few times, and the blue-white electric light condensed and dispersed in her palm. Forget it, since this is already the situation, then let it be.

However, she still felt a little displeased, these apostles didn't know to communicate with her before making a plan, and as a result, they made such a big mess, although all this did not affect their respective goals, but the goal that could have been easily achieved now took several times more effort to complete, which still made her a little angry.

"Sir," two security guards with assault rifles pushed open the door and walked out of the room beside her, saluting her side-by-leg, "Professor Vital's 'findings' are ready, and he himself is now in good order, please give a follow-up order." ”

"Order, bring everything necessary, we can evacuate. She paused, "We don't need much material to kill the giant rats we encountered during the evacuation." ”

The small episodes in the passage did not affect the general situation of the entire camp, and most of them were trapped in their respective offices, except for a few who broke out of the camp. No one would have noticed that a dozen or so security guards who were supposed to be dragged into the rat den quietly returned to the camp with blood and mud and sand, and left the place with more than two dozen equally expressionless, differently dressed but inconspicuous staff members with large and small boxes.

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The rapidly decreasing green dots on the screen caught Juan's attention, and he summoned the invisible mana owl hovering over the camp and began to check for possible anomalies. But before he could see what was going on, a complaint from Arcie came to his terminal and was played by his assistant elf.

Stiffened for a few seconds, he recalled the mana owl with a wry smile, "Okay, I know. This is really an oolong incident that people can't comment on. ”

"What's wrong, Juan?"

"It's nothing, it's just that there are a few of our colleagues there, and our plan just collides with them. ”

"It won't have any bad impact on our mission, will it?" asked Antonio worriedly. He was really afraid of the punishment of failing the mission, not only would he be deducted a large amount of contribution, but he would also be sent to the Great Flame Pillar area in the Vault World to explore the Abyss Walk. It's hellish of memories!

"No, not really. It's better that their actions will even facilitate the completion of our mission, but this time we did cause them a lot of trouble. Juan smiled and shook his head, the research materials that Arcie had taken with him were bound to spark a new round of debate in the academic world, and it just so happened to allow them to devote more attention to the town.

Soon, those people will find out that these giant rats are centered on a certain location, and the rest of the plot can be imagined. And the following follow-up tasks were naturally taken over by other apostles. It can be said that this time the task, they have been stable.

After giving the order to persecute the rats as much as possible, and avoid direct damage unless they were attacked, he pulled up his hood and hid himself in the dark, starting to calculate the relationship between the rewards he would receive if the mission was successful and the materials he needed to upgrade his abilities.

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With a snorting pant, the last giant rat also fell under Reyes's fire axe, and he didn't care about the half-congealed blood on his hands, wiped a handful of sweaty hair, and shouted, "Hey! Duilio, stop hiding, come out and help pile the corpses of these guys to the door!"

Miraculously, the door of the room that had been held against the chair had not been damaged in the fierce struggle that had been raging before, and Duilio and Reyes could not worry about the rats roaming the camp storming the room again. Throwing the fire axe, Rayeston slipped against the wall and fell to the ground.

"I've long said that it's a good thing to go to the gym every day to work out, and it's also a good thing to participate in HMB!"

"Of course, damn it, of course, you're right!" Duilio also collapsed to the ground, even though he hadn't fought the giant rat just now, but he had also suffered a severe mental blow, and now he suddenly relaxed, and suddenly felt an indescribable soreness in his limbs and muscles that had just been tightened.

The two men who had survived the catastrophe looked at each other, and they let out a faint laugh and a painful inhale.