Chapter 58: Metacraft Cybernetics (5)
Metacraft Cybernetics (5)
When we reached the third research wing, a firefight broke out. A squad member walking second in line instinctively aimed his gun upwards. But the infected creature dressed in a researcher's uniform was faster, descending from above.
With a loud noise, they tumbled together into a heap, and the infected ended up in a mounted position on top. Its skin was dark brown, its left eye clouded over like a decaying fish's, and its right eye was buried under a mass of tumors, rendering it invisible. As it opened its cracked, parched face, its mouth, the only moist part, revealed a row of sharp teeth resembling those of a tigerfish.
“Kieeek!”
It roared in the squad member's face, drooling foul saliva between its long black teeth, dripping onto the lenses of the soldier’s robotic eyes. However, the red light behind the mechanical lenses did not waver in the slightest.
“Guek!”
The soldier beneath reached out with his right hand, gripping the infected creature's throat. His steel grip quickly dug into the creature’s neck, causing black fluid to ooze from the wound. The creature flailed, trying to remove the hand, but it was immovable.
The squad member struck the creature's mouth with his left fist. A loud cracking sound followed as many of the sharp black teeth shattered, spilling onto the soldier's face.
“Keeek!”