The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 476 Internet Disconnection (Part 4) Monster vs. Monster
"Subject Number One is out of control! Subject Number One is out of control! Subject Number One is out of control!"

"..."

In this hidden base nestled in the mountains, as the alarm sounded, squads of Japanese soldiers immediately went on alert.

On the third basement level, the guards who had just relaxed were immediately on edge again after hearing several gunshots and screams from their comrades deep in the corridor.

Despite his nervousness, the lieutenant, after a moment's thought, issued the order: "Close the iron gate. No shooting at the test subjects."

This is the only successful experimental subject that took a tremendous amount of effort to develop; it cannot be wasted like this.

Although the surrounding Japanese soldiers were somewhat reluctant, they still carried out the order.

But just then, the elevator doors opened, and someone retorted, "What if the experimental subjects cause serious harm to the soldiers and the base if we leave them unattended?"

The lieutenant turned his head and frowned.

The newcomer was the squadron leader of the company responsible for guarding the base. The two had not gotten along well since the beginning, and the other man was a major, which was higher than him.

However, because of his teacher, this major usually wouldn't clash with him.

"Squad leader, Subject Number One is of great significance; we cannot eliminate him."

"My duty is to protect this base. The dangers of an uncontrolled experimental subject are immense. I cannot allow my soldiers to be slaughtered in vain!"

Everyone has different responsibilities, so whether the experiment succeeds or fails is not their responsibility. On the contrary, if the base is destroyed, their responsibility will be much greater.

Seeing that the other party was not backing down, the lieutenant's expression also turned somewhat ugly.

Seeing this, the company commander looked at the soldier in front of the iron gate and said, "Open the iron window and see what's going on inside?"

"Hi!"

Then the soldier opened the small window on the iron gate.

"Snapped!"

However, the instant the window was opened, gunshots rang out from the corridor, and bullets pierced the skull of the soldier who had opened the window, causing blood to splatter.

The surrounding Japanese soldiers immediately panicked, and the iron window that had just been opened was closed again.

The squadron leader's face was grim as he shifted his gaze to the lieutenant: "If the experimental subject created is an enemy of the Empire, then she has no reason to exist."

"..."

After staring at him for a moment, the lieutenant turned and walked toward the elevator: "We'll take care of her. Until then, the iron gate cannot be opened."

……

In the room in the corridor, Hu Xiaofei peeked out and frowned as she looked at the tightly closed iron door in front of her.

At this moment, she was wearing a red dress, her messy hair cascading down to cover the ugly white patches on her temples that had been shaved off during the previous experiments. The way she held a gun in one hand and a bayonet in the other resembled Ada Wong from Resident Evil.

Sensing the heavy killing intent behind the iron gate, Hu Xiaofei knew she could no longer sit idly by and wait for her death.

Looking around, she quickly spotted a sealed area at the top of the corridor that was a different color.

On the large platform behind the iron gate, the Japanese troops stationed there remained on high alert.

Although we did not receive orders to shoot and strangle the experimental subjects, things are already much better now, because based on the previous cases, each time we eliminate those monsters that failed and could not be called human, we have to pay a huge price.

Now, facing a successful experimental subject, this standoff is already quite remarkable.

After the lieutenant left, the company commander naturally knew who the other party was going to see. After thinking it over, he also went to see the person in charge of the base, still trying to obtain permission to eliminate the experimental subjects.

However, shortly after the two highest-ranking officers present left, a noise came from the ventilation opening at the top of the platform.

One of the Japanese soldiers looked up and, although he didn't see anything unusual, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong. He asked the person next to him, "Has the ventilation duct behind the iron gate been sealed off?"

"It's sealed off, otherwise they wouldn't have released poison gas inside just now."

Hearing this answer, the Japanese soldier felt slightly relieved.

But just as he turned to look at the iron gate, the ventilation mesh at the top was removed, two impact sounds rang out, and then two Type 97 grenades were thrown down.

Upon hearing the noise, the Japanese soldiers turned around and shouted, but even though the other Japanese soldiers had a clear mind, they couldn't react in any way.

After the two explosions, the Japanese troops on the platform suffered heavy casualties, though not to the point of being overwhelmed. Although the shrapnel was stopped by the few unlucky ones closest to the explosion, the force of the impact was still unstoppable.

It was at this moment that Hu Xiaofei jumped down from above.

……

Inside the office, the old man listened to the squad leader's request to eliminate the experimental subjects without saying a word. His student had already explained the situation before the other party arrived.

He had other plans for this matter.

But just as he was about to confess, an explosion came from beneath his feet, followed by a barrage of gunfire.

The three of them immediately realized what was going on and left the office.

The sound of gunfire was almost constant along the way, but soon the dense gunfire became sparse.

At the same time, several squads of Japanese soldiers arrived. The company commander was about to order his men to go and provide support, but the old man stopped him.

Before the old man could give the order, the elevator doors opened, and a soldier in a protective suit covered in blood, with a missing hand, staggered out, shouting in terror:

"Major, that experimental subject is terrifying!"

The company commander looked at the old man, who stared at the soldier and asked, "Has the experimental subject's appearance changed?"

"No, but she's too fast, we can't catch her, and she's too strong, we can't defend ourselves once she gets close."

After hearing this, the squadron leader nodded emphatically to the old man: "Sir, please give the order!"

"No!"

However, the old man shook his head again, and even laughed: "This is the experimental subject we envisioned."

He paused, then added, "Sever the elevator routes to the bottom two floors and send the test subject to the second floor."

"The second level?" The lieutenant's expression changed, and he immediately realized something. "Sir, you mean..."

"The true Amaterasu no Mikoto must be refined through the trials of failure."

Three floors underground.

At this moment, Hu Xiaofei, covered in blood, used his bayonet to kill the last remaining Japanese soldier on the platform and began to count the weapons and ammunition he had obtained.

She tore off the belts of two Japanese sergeant majors, cut off a section to make makeshift tactical belts and leggings, and tucked several Nambu Type 14 pistols she had collected inside. She also had two bayonets crossed behind her back, along with the unused grenades, and even a machine gun held in her hand...

While she was strong in close combat, she wasn't foolish enough to try and outrun a bullet.

Although she didn't know if the bullets could kill her, she had no interest in trying.

A strong stench of blood filled the air on the platform, where more than a dozen Japanese soldiers lay sprawled about, each with a different death.

Her gas mask was already soaked with blood, so she had no choice but to take it off and throw it away.

After catching her breath, Hu Xiaofei carried her weapons onto the elevator. She knew that when the elevator doors opened again, there would be a tight encirclement outside, but she had no other choice but to escape.

The lights on the top of the elevator were not very bright. Listening to the teeth-grinding screech of the iron cables as the elevator slowly ascended, Hu Xiaofei remained expressionless, only glancing at her hands, which were still stained with blood.

"Bang!"

The elevator suddenly shook violently, then the dim light above began to flicker, and then the elevator came to a stop.

second lower floor.

Hu Xiaofei's body was tense, gripping the machine gun in her hand, her eyes fixed on the elevator door in front of her. In this small space with its flickering light, her heart pounded like a drum, and the blood pump kept pushing blood to her limbs and bones. The oxidizing molecules in her blood made all her senses work at their peak so that she could react as quickly as possible and make the most of her superhuman body.

"Crench!"

After waiting in silence for a long time without noticing anything, she opened the elevator door, which still required manual operation these days.

However, to her surprise, there were no Japanese troops standing guard in front of her, only a dimly lit passage leading to a brightly lit open space.

Hu Xiaofei frowned, carefully stepped out of the elevator, and slowly walked along the corridor.

The quiet, dimly lit corridor was filled only with the sound of her footsteps, and it was only then that she realized that the narrow passage was flanked by cages that resembled prisons.

Just one glance at the scene inside these cages made this experimental subject, who had just been killing people without blinking an eye, frown deeply.

The scene downstairs was bloody, but the sights inside these cages were utterly disgusting.

The cage on the left contained a humanoid creature covered in pustules, from which a thick, yellowish-green liquid oozed. The "person" in the cage on the right had no facial features; they hadn't been cut off, but rather seemed to have melted away. The surface of its "head" was almost devoid of any organs or tissues.

Further on, she saw "people" with their intestines exposed on the ground and "people" covered in holes all over their bodies...

An indescribable stench filled the space. Looking at these dead "people" and what she had seen before, Hu Xiaofei was completely convinced that she was in a biochemical base.

Seeing some empty cages and traces on the ground, she guessed that the Japanese army had already cleaned them up, and the rest had not yet been cleaned up.

Suppressing her nausea, she walked through the corridor and arrived at the brightest open space, illuminated by light bulbs on the four walls. This open space was about twice the size of the large platform downstairs, and in front of it was a closed iron gate.

Just as Hu Xiaofei was pondering her next move, a noise suddenly came from above.

She took two steps back and looked up, and saw a round hole the size of a manhole cover in the center of the ceiling, with horizontal and vertical steel bars filling the middle of the hole.

Then, behind the grid-like circular hole, two large mirrors appeared, constantly adjusting their angles. Once the angles were adjusted, Hu Xiaofei saw three people in the mirrors, one of whom was the lieutenant she had seen before.

The other two were an old man and the squad leader whom Hu Xiaofei had not yet met.

Seeing this, Hu Xiaofei raised her gun and shot two mirrors, but soon, two more mirrors appeared.

“Miss Fei, please don’t waste your bullets. You have other uses for them.” The lieutenant spoke up at this moment.

Just as Hu Xiaofei was about to continue shooting, she paused, her gaze suddenly fixed on the iron gate in front of her.

"Boom!"

A loud crash resounded, and the heavy iron door was shaken, sending up a layer of dust.

"Dong dong!"

Then two more impact sounds rang out, and an irregular bulge appeared on the iron gate.

"Let's see just how powerful the results of Project Amaterasu really are."

As the old man above spoke excitedly, the iron gate in front of Hu Xiaofei slowly rose. However, because it had been hammered a few times by what was inside, the gate made a screeching sound as it rose, and then got stuck halfway up. But that was enough; an even stronger stench mixed with the smell of blood rushed towards them, and Hu Xiaofei, holding her machine gun, was on high alert.

After seeing those disgusting, inhuman corpses in the cage, she couldn't help but wonder how disgusting the survivor must be.

The half-height iron gate blocked the light from extending further inside. Hu Xiaofei held her breath slightly, feeling as if she were locked in place by something.

A pair of hands—no, it should be said that a pair of claws—suddenly reached out from behind the door and pressed against the bottom of the iron gate.

The moment Hu Xiaofei saw those claws, her pupils constricted. They were not something that humans or any animal she knew should have. Bluish-black veins intertwined on the protruding knuckles behind the sharp claws. Under the light, half of an unusually thick arm also appeared, similarly intertwined with bluish-black veins, tightly wrapped by a thin layer of skin...

Before Hu Xiaofei could continue observing, she saw those hands suddenly lift upwards, and the stuck iron door was pushed up.

“Oh my god!”

The moment the light shone completely inside, Hu Xiaofei pulled the trigger without hesitation, and machine gun bullets instantly poured onto the thing inside.

She carried the machine gun primarily for immediate fire suppression to facilitate close-quarters combat, so she didn't carry many bullets, as she wouldn't have much time to reload when surrounded.

Logically, the machine gun should have been enough for the initial burst of firepower, but faced with this thing in front of him, Hu Xiaofei regretted not bringing enough bullets.

After she ran out of machine gun bullets, she immediately threw away the machine gun and turned to run away. However, she hadn't run far when a tentacle rushed out of the room and stabbed at her back at an even faster speed.

In that critical moment, Hu Xiaofei reacted quickly, dodging the tentacle with a somersault. The tentacle pierced the wall, immediately creating a hole in the concrete.

"WTF!"

Hu Xiaofei followed the tentacle and saw that the thing in the room finally came out.

A monster that is over two meters tall, nearly three meters long, barely maintaining a human-like outline.

It is described as humanoid only because it is a creature that stands on two legs. Its head is covered by a gray burlap sack, and it is completely naked with dark flesh-colored skin. Its body is covered with uneven tumors, bulging bluish-black blood vessels, and ruptured pustules. In some places, its skin is even torn apart by the muscle tissue inside.

The monster's limbs were disproportionate, with broad shoulders, abnormally thick and excessively long arms, and short legs that were tightly wrapped in visible muscle tissue.

What shocked Hu Xiaofei the most were the dark red, slimy tentacles that extended from the other party's back and shoulders.

The very tip of the tentacles also has several rows of barbs.

As the monster took one step at a time, the bullets that had been fired into its body were gradually expelled and fell to the ground.

Without saying much or shouting, the tentacles hovering in the air, driven by their hunger, stabbed directly at Hu Xiaofei.

Seeing this, Hu Xiaofei knew that using a gun would be useless, so she directly pulled out a bayonet from behind her back, and after an ugly roll, she severed one of the tentacles in front of her.

The severed tentacle fell to the ground along with the black blood, wriggled a few times, and then remained still.

It wasn't that the tentacles were too fragile, but rather that Hu Xiaofei's speed and strength in wielding the knife were beyond the capabilities of a normal human.

"Yosh! This is exactly the scene I wanted to see." The old man upstairs stared at the reflection in the mirror with gleam in his eyes, his gaze full of appreciation for the work.

But perhaps hearing the noise from upstairs, one of the monster's tentacles stabbed directly towards the round hole, but because the tentacle was so thick, it was blocked by the sturdy steel bars.

The old man frowned: "It's a pity that the failed product can't be tamed, otherwise it could also be used as Amaterasu."

“Teacher, failed attempts can be sent to the enemy battlefield. Amaterasu... is the perfect target for assassinating high-ranking enemy officials,” the lieutenant said at the opportune moment.

The old man nodded, looking at the image in the mirror, and said calmly, "Let's wait until Subject Number One survives."

While the two were talking, the two test subjects below had already exchanged blows several times.

Although the monster's tentacles were agile and swift, Hu Xiaofei narrowly dodged them several times and even severed two more tentacles.

But to her shock, although the monster's tentacles were severed, they grew back shortly afterward, which sent chills down her spine.

Moreover, as she constantly dodged the tentacles, her space to maneuver became smaller and smaller, and the enormous monster's body kept getting closer.

Finally, as the two drew closer, just as Hu Xiaofei dodged an attack from a tentacle, the monster, already in front of her, seized the opportunity and slapped down with its claw.

Unable to dodge in time, Hu Xiaofei could only barely hold her bayonet horizontally in front of her. However, when the monster's claws came down, the immense force instantly brought the bayonet to her chest, and she was sent flying backward, crashing into the wall.

A dull thud was heard as Hu Xiaofei fell from the cracked wall.

"Cough! Cough!"

Hu Xiaofei, who was just running amok downstairs, is now coughing up blood.

My whole body aches, and I feel like I have several broken ribs.

"Teacher, Subject Number One can't hold on any longer. Should we stop him?" the lieutenant upstairs asked.

Behind the group, several Japanese soldiers in protective suits stood ready, each carrying a canister of nitrogen on their backs.

Previously, they were able to subdue the monster by using nitrogen to put it into hibernation at extremely low temperatures.

The old man shook his head: "Wait a little longer. Number One is the only one that has successfully completed the experiment based on the data. It shouldn't only have this much ability."

Although she didn't know where the old man got his confidence from, Hu Xiaofei really felt like she was about to die here.

The monster in front of her seemed to think that she had lost her ability to resist, so it stopped attacking with its tentacles and gradually approached, as if it intended to torture and kill her.

Hu Xiaofei gasped for breath, her eyes fixed on the monster. Just as it got a little closer, she slammed the grenade she had hidden behind her back, already pinned, against the wall and threw it at the monster. Then she rolled over to the two clowns that were coming from the side, and with a push of her feet, she propelled herself into the passage.

"boom!"

A loud explosion rang out, and Hu Xiaofei, who was lying on the ground, looked back and saw that the monster had been blown to the ground by the grenade, with shrapnel embedded in the sack on its head.

Seeing this, Hu Xiaofei breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up, clutching her chest.

"Miss Fei, it's not over yet."

The lieutenant's voice came from above. Hu Xiaofei's eyes narrowed, and she saw the monster in front of her lie on the ground for a while before slowly getting up again.

Although the monster's chest was blown apart, it didn't seem to be able to kill it. On the contrary, it seemed to have angered the boss and caused it to activate its second form.

The monster's tentacles, which coiled in the air, seemed to grow branches and vines, and those extended branches grew into new tentacles, with more and more barbs on the tentacles.

Hu Xiaofei, whose red dress was already tattered, swallowed hard. As the monster turned around, she quickly threw most of the grenades she was carrying at it.

Perhaps having just experienced the power of this thing, the monster was also unwilling to withstand so many grenades, so it immediately waved its tentacles all over its body to deflect the grenades.

Some bounced off the wall and then bounced back, some bounced into the corner of the wall, and some bounced into the round hole in the ceiling.

Upon seeing a grenade fly into the passageway, Hu Xiaofei rushed into the elevator and closed the elevator door just before the grenade exploded.

"Boom boom boom..."

A series of explosions rang out, and Hu Xiaofei felt the elevator shaking. Those few seconds felt incredibly long.

The elevator had long since stopped working and could neither go up nor down. After the explosion ended, Hu Xiaofei suddenly noticed that the elevator was jerking. She immediately opened the iron door and rushed out. The next second, the cable snapped and the elevator plummeted.

A wave of fear washed over her, and Hu Xiaofei could only look at the monster on the other side, which had collapsed again and whose fate was unknown.

One of her bayonets had been knocked away by the monster, so she could only grip the last one tightly.

But at that moment, she suddenly noticed that the steel bars in the round hole seemed to have been severely deformed and bent by the grenade explosion.

The men upstairs were also covered in dust and dirt; the two soldiers who had brought the mirror had just been killed by shrapnel that had been fired from the hole.

Once things had recovered, the squad leader signaled to his men to bring more mirrors.

But soon, because Hu Xiaofei escaped into the passage, no matter how they changed their angles, they could no longer see each other, leaving only the motionless monster.

"Are they all dead?" the company commander asked, puzzled.

"No, the failed product is still alive."

As the lieutenant finished speaking, the monster beneath their feet stood up again. This time, the tentacles that had been blown off did not grow back in time; only the thickest tentacles remained, still waving.

“It’s not a failure,” the old man finally spoke up. “It’s a masterpiece from another evolutionary path.”

Not only were they shocked by the monster's vitality, but Hu Xiaofei in the passage was also shocked.

As the monster got up, Hu Xiaofei took out the last two grenades. The monster paused, seemingly afraid.

This time, Hu Xiaofei smiled, pulled the pin on the grenade, tapped it against the wall, waited two seconds, and then threw it. But instead of throwing it at the monster, she threw it at the round hole.

"not good!"

When the grenade appeared in the mirror, the trio immediately lay down, leaving only the two new soldiers who had brought the mirror standing there.

When the two explosions rang out, Hu Xiaofei, who had no time to dawdle, turned around and jumped into the dark elevator shaft.

Although the elevator cable was broken, there are more than just cables in the elevator shaft, especially in this type of elevator that is more like a lifting platform.

……

Upstairs, after the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the trio got up with lingering fear. However, when the lieutenant turned around, he suddenly discovered that the steel bars in the round hole had been blown apart.

"Teacher, something's wrong..."

Before he could finish speaking, a tentacle burst out of the round hole and pierced through his chest. The blood vessels inside the tentacle were writhing rapidly, clearly indicating that it was feeding.

Upon seeing this, the old man and the squad leader immediately realized what was happening.

"Nitrogen! Nitrogen!"

After saying that, the two stepped back, and the waiting squad rushed over and sprayed nitrogen gas towards the cave entrance.

However, the floor beneath their feet had been hit by several grenades, causing cracks along the center of the circular hole. Meanwhile, the monster below, having become even more frenzied after feeding, began to ram its remaining tentacles against the ceiling.

Finally, perseverance paid off. The ever-growing crack could no longer withstand the monster's impact and began to collapse from the round hole. The first to be hit were the Japanese soldiers who had been spraying nitrogen gas. As soon as they fell in, they were pierced through by tentacles and hung in the air to be fed.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the old man immediately said, "Bring more nitrogen and flamethrowers over. If it gets out of control, burn it."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Subject Number One, try to capture him alive."

"Hi!"

After giving the order, the old man left to return to his study on the surface to organize his materials. Although he felt sorry for his student's death, he believed that as long as he was there, he could still train the next student and produce more works for the empire.

But as he ascended in another intact elevator, he was either disoriented by the shock of the explosion or his presbyopia had worsened.

He actually saw a figure climbing up in the elevator shaft next to him!

(End of this chapter)