Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Combat deployment time: +150 hours, 32 minutes and 14 seconds (Colonel Price’s mission clock)

Covenant arsenal.

You gotta cheer up, Mendoza.

You- The words were stuck in Aurora's throat and she could not get out. She was stunned by the scene in front of her.

Mendoza - the monster stared at them through Mendoza's eyes - it opened its mouth, its lips had turned purple, and green blood was flowing in the veins of its face. Mendoza was controlled by something, and the bones in his neck crackled. He turned around and tightly hugged Capas' shoulders with Mendoza's arms.

What was once Mendoza bit Capas on the cheek.

The words still couldn't roar out of Aurora's throat, it was stuck tightly. When Capas screamed, she couldn't turn her face to look anywhere else.

The teeth dug into the cheek, tearing the skin. Blood flowed down Karpas' chin and neck, soaking his collar. Mendoza's other arm had been twisted in pain and moved to the front right position of Aurora, turning into something similar to a bulbous plant, and this thing had nothing to do with the identity of a Marine that Aurora knew. .

That arm, that stick, that claw from hell has been raised, bursting out a sharp bone, ready to turn into a weapon, roaring and slashing at Aurora's skull head-on.

Talia! Taut picked up the sniper rifle, and in the deafening sound of the gunfire, the bones that struck her were broken and flew into the air.

Tommy stepped forward vigorously, drew out the fighting dagger, and took several long strides to come to Mendoza. He raised the knife and dropped it, and the joint between the cheeks of Capas and Mendoza was immediately divided. two. It plopped and was pressed under Tommy's body, unable to move.

Capas screamed, Face finally free. He turned around staggeringly, clutching his torn cheek with one hand. God, God...

Oh my God Jenkins muttered in disbelief as he looked at his comrades who had returned. Aurora stared blankly at the bloody dagger in her hand, trying to figure out what happened just now.

Avery, who was on the second floor, jumped down and walked towards the subdued Mendoza, Mendoza, what the hell did you do to make you crazy?!

Although distorted, the soldier's face still retains some human appearance. So Tommy moved the knife away from Mendoza's neck.

Sergeant, I suspect those little balls of flesh are probably contagious, Tommy said to Avery, either to the Covenant or to anyone—

The puppet-like Marine now possesses superhuman strength. He suddenly burst out with brute force. As a Spartan, Tommy was thrown away, and his back hit the wall with a loud noise. The energy in the armor The shield's alarm kept blaring.

Mendoza—it should be said that the shape-shifting monster that was once Mendoza—swung its whip-like tentacles and swept over again. Tommy rolled to one side, ready to shoot.

But Avery on the side took the lead. The black sergeant pressed towards the deformed monster, pulled the trigger, and fired repeatedly. It took twelve shotgun bullets to tear Mendoza into pieces.

Everyone was speechless, only the sound of gunshots still echoed. Avery stared at the body parts on the ground with a trace of sadness on his face. He took out a cigar and lit it as he walked to the second floor. Nothing to see, he told himself.

This ending feels both uplifting and sad. The zombie-like monster fell apart. Tommy walked over and saw a small ball-shaped monster lodged in the remaining chest cavity of the warrior, sending its tentacles deep into other scattered bodies. He drew his pistol and fired a few bursts to destroy it all.

Is this how alien creatures spread? Tiny, spherical creatures infect their hosts, then mutate their victims into some kind of fighting monster. No matter where these damned monsters come from, they are deadly to humans and Covenant alike.

Taote didn't have time to retract his rifle and walked quickly to Aurora, glanced over to confirm that she was not injured, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Aurora finally came to her senses.

Corporal, my face, Capas groaned.

I know, Aurora said, reaching out to lift his chin with a slightly trembling hand, wiggling the fingers of her other hand to examine the wounds on his face. It's nothing serious, though. She needed some time to steady her hands before administering any medical attention to Capas.

Tommy stared at Capas, one finger on the trigger of his pistol.

At this moment, there was a commotion upstairs, and Tommy recalled that there was an unlocked door above, and the Marines had reported movement behind the door.

He looked at Taut and said, Take good care of him.

After receiving Taote's approval, he walked up the stairs to the door on the second floor and signaled the Marines led by Avery to prepare to enter.

Three. Two. One

The door slid open to both sides, Tommy's motion detector popped up with three red dots, and he rushed in with shotgun in hand.

The room was littered with empty Covenant weapon racks, blocking Tommy's view, but he was sure there was something behind them.

Don't shoot! Don't shoot! The grunt's sharp voice suddenly appeared behind the weapon rack.

Tommy didn't want to talk nonsense to the aliens and just use a grenade to kill them, but thinking of the terrifying monsters they encountered in this arsenal, he decided to suppress this impulse temporarily.

Tommy made a hold fire yet gesture to the rear, then turned on the helmet speaker and shouted at the pile of weapon racks: Drop the weapons! Then come out with your hands in the air!

The aliens there muttered for a while, and then another Grunt's voice rang out, Can you do this in exchange for my life?

Damn it, you didn't say 'our' life! whispered the third Grunt.

Oh, yes. said the second Grunt, can this save our lives?

They should have three lives in total. Tommy looked at Rebecca and she immediately understood.

Keep talking and I'll blow you up into the sky! Rebecca shook the M41 rocket launcher in her hand and made a sound unique to heavy weapons.

The Grunts screamed in fear, and three plasma pistols were thrown into the air, and then fell to the ground with a clatter. Then they walked out tremblingly, holding their short hands high.

Don't! Please! Don't kill us! Grunt No. 1 begged.

Tommy moved the muzzle of his gun, and they shook even more. What happened here? What are those monsters?

Grunt No. 3's eyes wandered over Tommy and the Marines behind him, To be honest, it can change my life.

It's 'three lives'. Grunt No. 1 muttered towards it.

Say it quickly! Rebecca yelled.