Chapter 446: Flesh and Blood Mech Giant
According to the address provided by Ms. Carnot, Lin Ye quickly found the warehouse storing the wreckage of the War Giant.
There were two sets of wreckage, belonging to the War Giant and the War Giant duplicate respectively. The War Giant was severely damaged. Researchers inside the warehouse were attempting to use parts from the duplicate to repair the War Giant, but in this environment, progress was practically zero.
Lin Ye instructed the researchers to leave the warehouse. A massive shadow appeared above the warehouse. The giant flesh-and-blood creature lifted the warehouse's roof, and a large amount of flesh and blood flowed into the warehouse like liquid.
"Is this really going to work?"
The Redemption Priest appeared behind Lin Ye. Compared to metal and machinery, it trusted flesh and Alienation more.
"After my modifications plus your redemption divine arts, it should at least increase its strength by one tier."
If the giant flesh-and-blood creature was likened to a human, then the War Giant was the human's armor and weapon. Using tools was a mark of human progress; only savages would think about charging in recklessly.
"I'm not skilled at using various weapons."
The Redemption Priest watched as the flesh-and-blood creature gradually merged into the hundred-meter-tall War Giant body. This was the result of its collaboration with Lin Ye.
"If you're not skilled, you can leave it to me to handle. Although I haven't controlled an individual of this size much either, I can learn on the spot." Lin Ye also wanted to try out a hundred-meter-tall flesh-and-blood mecha.
"No, I want to truly redeem this world. This is my mission."
The Redemption Priest walked toward the flesh-and-blood mecha giant. Fleshy tendrils stabbed into its body one after another, pulling it into the interior of the flesh-and-blood mecha.
After the priest entered the mecha, the flesh-and-blood mecha giant climbed up from the ground, swaying as it steadied itself.
As if sensing the strength of the flesh-and-blood mecha giant, the tumor-like organisms above and buried deep underground abruptly awoke. The tumor-like structures contracted, bypassing other individuals, and solely enveloped the flesh-and-blood mecha giant, as if wanting to devour it.
The flesh-and-blood armored giant tried to tear open the tumor-like organism, but those tumor masses stuck to its entire body, gradually altering its physical structure.
Fortunately, there was metal armor for isolation; otherwise, the tumor-like structure would have altered the flesh structure at an extremely rapid pace.
A dazzling flash of light descended from the sky. The radiance pierced through the head of the Deep-Sea Creature and utterly extinguished its vitality.
This was Free City's trump card, a lethal weapon integrated with locking and annihilation rules. It hung above Free City, ready to destroy any individual daring to offend the city at any moment.
After Oliver's death, Ms. Carnot obtained control over it.
That was why the Hooded Man had to kill Ms. Carnot; the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to obtain control of the weapon.
Lin Ye manipulated the Sample Zero biological sample embedded within the flesh-and-blood mecha giant's body, helping the priest resist the erosion of the tumor-like structure. The priest forcefully tore open the tumor-like organism and stuffed the dozens-of-meters-long heavy cannon in its hand into the tumor-like organism's body.
Boom!
Flesh burned. Scorching energy and metal exploded within the tumor-like organism, destroying nearly half of its body.
"This thing is really damn useful!"
Just as the priest was preparing to fire another shot, its upper body vanished.
Only the lower half remained. The less-than-fifty-meter-tall flesh-and-blood mecha giant fell to the ground, gradually being devoured by the tumor-like organism. The flesh near the priest coalesced to form its upper body again. Even now, it hadn't figured out what had happened.
Lin Ye, however, saw it very clearly. The upper body of the flesh-and-blood mecha giant had been bitten off by a gigantic maw. The owner of that maw was deep within that pitch-black seawater.
It hadn't left the Black Sea; it had simply moved the upper body of the flesh-and-blood mecha giant into its mouth.
The tumor-like organisms from above and underground reappeared. Tumor-like filaments descended one after another, connecting to every individual within Free City whose body contained tumor-like structures. This included those implanted with Sample Zero and Sample Number One. Even Bessie Pro and Lin Ye were no exception.
Seeing the shadow in the deep sea, Lin Ye immediately realized that the Deep-Sea Creature killed by Ms. Carnot and the tumor-like organism attacking the priest were likely both duplicates of the Flesh Wall.
"Apologies, I need at least a day to recharge on my end before I can use that weapon again."
Ms. Carnot's virtual avatar appeared before Lin Ye. She had already prepared to abandon Free City. Lin Ye wasn't the only one drafting an escape plan.
"Uh, should I be a bit happier now?"
The Hooded Man appeared behind Ms. Carnot once more. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't consider matters outside his mission, but the current situation forced him to consider whether he should continue executing the task or not.
If the world was destroyed, he would be very upset too.
"It's fine. I never counted on you all being able to help in the first place. Things are already quite good now. You can have a drink to celebrate in advance."
Those individuals connected by the tumor-like organism began to lose control. Only Lin Ye and Bessie Pro remained unaffected. The clubhouse base appeared behind Lin Ye. Lin Ye and Bessie Pro walked side by side into the warehouse, where the wreckage of the mecha giant duplicate still remained.
"What should I be celebrating?"
The Hooded Man couldn't help but ask loudly.
"Celebrating us saving the world... or the countdown to the world's destruction beginning. You'll die in either outcome. Which one do you think is better?"
Lin Ye asked with a smile.
The small bag automatically opened. The biological samples inside crawled out, merging into Lin Ye's body. Bessie Pro leaned against Lin Ye's back. At this moment, all the biological samples, carrying the tumor-like structures, detached from their hosts and began rapidly gathering towards Lin Ye.
As a researcher, how could Lin Ye possibly not leave a backup plan inside dangerous experimental products?
After the biological samples were extracted, those out-of-control citizens all returned to normal.
Of course, this was the result of Lin Ye's precise control. He could have completely acted more excessively than the tumor organism.
Soon, the biological samples filled the interior of the mecha giant, forming a new flesh-and-blood armored giant.
Lin Ye and Bessie Pro entered the core area of the flesh-and-blood mecha giant, manipulating it to climb up from the ground.
"Holy shit... Is it too late for me to apologize now?"
The Hooded Man had previously dismissed Lin Ye's words, but now he finally understood who the truly ruthless person was.
"Sorry, it's already too late."
A metal spike suddenly pierced through the back of Ms. Carnot's head, stabbing into the Hooded Man's eye socket.
The Hooded Man's protective measures were utterly ineffective. His background had already been thoroughly investigated by Carnot Heavy Industries.
This included information about his origins, life experiences, and various other details, even down to the exact hour, minute, and second he finished eating the snacks he bought on his tenth birthday.
This was Carnot Heavy Industries.
"Deploy the Destroyer to the entrance of the Bottomless Pit. Prepare to activate the annihilation ray."
Ms. Carnot turned off the communication device, poured herself a non-alcoholic beverage, and spoke to the air.
This glass is a toast to the hero saving the world.