This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 191 - Thunder Spear
Chapter 191: Chapter 191 Thunder Spear
Chapter 191: Chapter 191 Thunder Spear
The situation now suddenly reminded Chen Ke of the horror game he had just played before crossing over.
Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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Only, the zombies had been replaced by Maggot People, and this County Police station wasn’t as spacious as the one in the game, which was converted from an art gallery.
The environment was too enclosed; if the Maggot People really swarmed out, there wouldn’t even be room to run circles.
If they had to fight, Chen Ke would definitely have to use the power of the Holy Relics. Right now, he was unarmed, not even a regular gun in hand.
“If, I mean if, the floor below is filled with those monsters, what do we do?” Chen Ke asked.
In fact, the corridor below was full of Maggot People. That was the situation.
“It’s a possibility. After the last escape, some survivors died down there… The Maggot People eat humans; they might still be gathering there…” Ying Baiyi said helplessly.
“This is where you come in, fighting your way through,” Sam added.
“If it isn’t necessary, I really don’t want to get up close and personal with those disgusting things. If there aren’t many, I’ll figure out a solution,” Ying Baiyi nodded.
“If there are too many, should we give up and retreat?” Chen Ke said with a smile.
“If that’s the case, we would have no choice but to go find another gun store,” Ying Baiyi replied.
“Let’s go down and take a look first,” urged Sam, who could hardly contain his eagerness to get his hands on a gun.
Chen Ke didn’t stop Ying Baiyi and Sam, although he already knew the situation below. But they had to see it for themselves.
He noticed there were two elevators behind the reception desk in the lobby, which looked to be still operational.
Most elevators are on separate electrical circuits from the building’s main power, so they can be used even during power outages. Chen Ke made sure there were no monsters in the elevator, and at both the top and bottom of the elevator shafts as well.
Taking the elevator might be a safe option, but right now, there was no need to go up or down any further.
Ying Baiyi took the lead, and the three of them moved across the lobby with light steps, cautiously reaching the stairwell and slowly descending the concrete steps.
Compared to wooden steps that would have creaked under their weight, concrete stairs seemed charmless, lacking any sense of adventure.
Ignoring the warning signs in the office area, when the three reached the corridor on the basement level, they found it packed with red Maggot People.
Some of these Maggot People were sprawling on the ground, others standing against the wall, their bodies adhering to the walls. Little maggots fell from the bodies of the Maggot People, crawling irregularly along the floor and walls, continuously twisting their pale white bodies.
In the quiet, there came the dense sound of the little bugs crawling and twisting, like thousands of silkworms munching on mulberry leaves.
Sam had just stepped down when he felt he stepped on something. Moving his foot aside, he found he had crushed a dozen maggots. White and red mashed together, like pus and blood spurting from a popped pimple.
“Fuck…” Sam whispered.
Ying Baiyi, who had seen this scene before, appeared quite calm. He didn’t look at the few human corpses covered by maggots further down the corridor, pondering how to get into the armory.
In such a situation, their choices were to fight through or to create a diversion.
“I have an idea, we pull out and find another gun store, what do you think?” Chen Ke whispered.
“I don’t think that’s reliable. Look, the County Police armory is less than 20 meters away right in front. I counted, those disgusting things are just seven…” Sam shook his head.
The guns sold in gun stores are all civilian versions: automatics turned into semi-autos, 20-round magazines reduced to 10, in short, all sorts of downgrades. Sam didn’t like using watered-down weapons.
“I can kill them all in one breath, but I’m sure to get a lot of those bugs on me… And, making too much noise might draw other Maggot People from around here…” Ying Baiyi was somewhat reluctant…
“Killing people would make you see blood, let alone killing insects. If you used a spear, it might be cleaner,” Chen Ke tempted.
Ying Baiyi pursed his lips, struggled inwardly, and retracted his hammer.
“Get ready, because I’ve decided to use ‘that,’ and it might be pretty loud, but it’ll definitely kill them all in one shot… If we unluckily attract all the Maggot People around, we’ll bail,” Ying Baiyi said.
“I have no objections,” Chen Ke said. He was very curious about which “that” Ying Baiyi was referring to.
“Come on, let’s do this,” Sam rubbed his palms together.
Ying Baiyi glanced at the two of them, one mesmerized by the array of weapons before his eyes, and one with a seemingly inexhaustible source of courage to be so calm. In any case, they both didn’t seem to fear those monsters…
He shook his head, his right hand constantly switching between an open palm and a fist, as if he was preparing for something.
“Don’t come down, stay back. The thing I’m about to throw doesn’t discriminate,” Ying Baiyi warned as he walked down the steps, looking back.
Hearing this, Chen Ke and Sam obediently retreated to a slightly higher spot.
Both were very curious about what Ying Baiyi was up to—was he going to summon an even more incredible weapon?
Ying Baiyi reached the corridor, raised his right fist, and quietly muttered to himself. The fist he held up slowly gathered a golden radiance.
The brilliance felt extremely volatile, quickly enveloping his fist, and then slowly extended forward and backward, making it look like a golden beam of light was in his hand from a distance.
The beam crackled and distorted, confined by a force into a four-meter-long spear. Chen Ke was dumbstruck—it was actually a bolt of Lightning!
The Lightning constantly emitted fine sparks around it, but as the caster, Ying Baiyi was unaffected. The golden glow also brightly illuminated the dark corridor, attracting the Maggot People inside.
“This weapon he’s conjured up is cooler than the first two,” Sam marvelled.
Chen Ke smiled; he knew this was a Transcendent Skill, not a Holy Relic.
“He’s about to throw it,” Chen Ke said.
Ying Baiyi slowly went through the motions of throwing a javelin, while the Maggot People in the corridor had also taken notice of him.
Almost the moment they began their awkward, eerie charge toward Ying Baiyi, he hurled the Lightning.
“Crack!”
The golden Lightning left his hand, like a golden javelin, piercing the first Maggot Person in an instant.
Lightning left a fist-sized hole in the Maggot Person’s chest. Then, the energy that dissipated throughout its body subjected tens of thousands of small maggots to a high voltage, turning them to char.
After piercing the first Maggot Person, the Lightning didn’t stop but went on to pierce through each of the others in succession. Anything just grazing the edge, even if not hit directly, was reduced to ashes by the dispersed electrical energy.
The Lightning went through all the Maggot People until it struck the door of the armory, where it exploded with a “pop,” concluding its journey. The electronic lock on that door was also simply overloaded by the current, emitting a crisp sound and unlocking the door.
The corridor was rid of Maggot People, replaced by a large pile of white ashes.
“Awesome!” Sam gave two thumbs up.
Chen Ke also made an approving gesture and said, “Nicely done.”
At the same time, Chen Ke quickly activated his Spiritual Vision, checking up, down, and all around to ensure no other Maggot People were disturbed.
Evidently, the volley of a Lightning javelin just now wasn’t silent, it had startled some Maggot People on other floors, but they didn’t activate en masse; they were just in a bewildered state, searching for the source of the sound.
“We better hurry. That last volley surely has alerted whatever’s in this building,” Chen Ke reminded them.
Ying Baiyi nodded in agreement, while Sam, not saying another word, charged straight into the armory.
