<h4>Chapter 448: Retaliation of a Trapped Beast</h4>


    "The target has been intercepted at the metal bridge!"<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "The target has abandoned his bulletproof vehicle and is advancing on foot alongside Mechguard units!"<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "The target has sessfully entered Location M!"<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "The target has activated his neuron transmitter, and the signal has been lost on over 95% of units!"<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "Hyena has entered the fray, the Uninstation program has been activated."<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    ……<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Inside the headquarters of the crisis group, a string of reports were being conveyed from the front lines in rapid session. Furthermore, the intervals between the reports were gradually dwindling, and eventually, there was a reporting in every few seconds, creating a sense of pressure and urgency. The young man in the suit raised a hand, indicating for the reports to stop, then turned to the people who had been forced to stay behind.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "What do you all think we should do?"<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    It appeared that he was asking for their input, and a representative of a powerful family shrugged as he syed his hands open, indicating that he had nothing to say.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "Given his recent sess rate, seeing as Adam has already stormed into the facility, I think we should give up on that facility. I agree with the decision to clear out the area."<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "Don''t we still have Hyena? They''re not exactly the best at what they do, but their past results have been quite good. Otherwise, there''s no way he would''ve received shares in the facility."<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "You expect a bunch of mercenaries to be able to turn the tables? They''re decent at fighting battles that have already been won, but in this situation, I doubt they''ll be able to do anything."<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "In that case, let''s Uninstall. The facility has already been exposed, so we won''t be able to save it anyway."<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    "I agree."<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    All of the representatives had roughly the same level of authority, and a decision was made in only one minute. In a rare disy of diplomacy, the young man in the suit asked for input from everyone before issuing an instruction to the technician.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    In Area 9, around five kilometers away from the car factory, the ceiling of a warehouse used for storing old equipment in a dpidated mechanical nt slowly opened up, and a pair of camouged anti-radar drones emerged from within. After taking a moment to ascertain the correct direction, they quickly flew away into the distance, making sure to weave through all of the obstacles in their way.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    These were thetest stealth infiltration battle drones, and they were capable of flying in almostplete silence. Furthermore, they were constantly weaving back and forth at a low altitude, making it very difficult for surveince equipment to detect them.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Inside the abandoned car factory, the vast majority of personnel had been dragged into the psychic world by Adam, while two teams had split off from the Mechguard units to target both the armed enemy forces and the workers in the facility, knocking them out with stun guns.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Adam didn''t even have to do anything before most of the psychic bodies around him were erased in a span of just one or two minutes.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The unfortunate organ "donors'''' who were still being held captive in the facility didn''t appear to have been doing so well. They had either been tormented over long periods of time, or were kept unconscious through the use of sedatives, thereby causing irreparable damage to their brains.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Even if these people were to be rescued, it would be very difficult for them to return to normal, most likely requiring extensive periods of therapeutic treatment, thereby making them heavy burdens to their families.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    <i>These are just more of the heinous deedsmitted by the members of the Guild of Immortality!</i> <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Adam didn''t know how to properly treat these victims, so he could only do his best to make them feel a bit morefortable.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The leader of the mercenaries had the nickname of Hyena, and he was the head of security for this medical center, as well as one of its shareholders. He had been personally involved in the facility''s construction and operation, reaping immense profits in the process.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Hence, there was no way that he was simply going to give up on this facility. Just now, he had jumped down from the metal tower to evade the oing missiles, managing to make a safending thanks to his prosthetic limbs. From there, he quickly scrambled to another vantage point before taking a shot at Adam.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    His sniper rifle was capable of firing 25mm armor-piercing rounds that were capable of punching through almost all models of armored vehicles and even the exteriors of light tanks.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Even Mechguard units weren''t able to keep such destructive rounds at bay, so there was no way that Adam would''ve been able to survive the attack.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    However, Adam''s sharp telegnosis allowed him to evade the shot outright, following which he dragged Hyena straight into the psychic world.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Hyena wasn''t unustomed to battle in the psychic world. In fact, he was a more seasoned psychicbatant than most low-tier adapters, and almost as soon as he was drawn into the psychic world, he quicklypleted his transformation before concealing himself.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Adam sent out Ogress to track him down, but it was unable to find him, and only after Adam fused with Mummy himself was he able to finally personally hunt down his assant.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    All of a sudden, an enormous, near-transparent sprang out of apletely normal-looking patch of ground not far away from the main battlefield. The figure''s right arm was a cannon that was formed by countless intertwining tentacles, and the cannon fired off a powerful st.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Adam immediately responded by releasing his runed bandages to form a series ofyered barriers in the path of the attack.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The projectile fired by the cannon struck the barrier of bandages before erupting into an explosion of peculiar corrosive ck mes, which instantly scorched through the majority of the bandages.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Immediately thereafter came a bullet-shaped projectile that pierced through the remaining bandages at a speed of several kilometers per second, and it was slowed down in the process, but it was still traveling at over a kilometer per second upon reaching Mummy''s chest.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    This type of speed would''ve most likely been sufficient to strike down anyone else, but having honed his battle instincts extensively through battling countless powerful anomalies and adapters, Adam had already instinctively reacted, dodging to the side right before the projectile tore through the finalyer of bandages.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The projectile failed to strike its target, but after flying a few meters past Mummy, it abruptly exploded, sending tens of thousands of pieces of shrapnel flying in all directions.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Another plume of bandages rose up from Mummy''s body to keep the shrapnel at bay, but some pieces were still able to fly through the gaps before piercing into its body. The shrapnel had a corrosive quality to it that instantly burnedrge ck holes into Mummy''s body.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    <i>Looks like there''s a reason he''s the leader of these mercenaries. </i><button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Adam could sense that the corrosive power carried by the shards of shrapnel were extremely potent on psychic bodies in particr, and judging from this attack alone, Adam was able to confirm that this man definitely possessed powers at least on par with a level six anomaly.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Given the high speed and corrosive nature of his projectiles, there was a chance that he would be able to instantly kill an adapter equivalent to even exceeding a level seven anomaly in power.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    However, the element of surprise was extremely important for adapters like him, and once they were exposed in the face of a powerful enemy, there would only be one possible oue for them.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Adam immediatelymenced his retaliation, invoking Hellhound, which let loose an Infernal Howl that instantly allowed Adam to mostly recover from the effects of the corrosive shrapnel. At the same time, a string of fireballs around the size of round tables came flying out of one of its other mouths, unleashing a ferocious bombardment thatpletely forced Hyena out of his concealed state.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    He was most definitely a psychic mutant, possessing a body that was close to six meters in height and appeared to have been formed by countless interwoven ck insects that were constantly squirming and writhing. There were sharp spikes of different lengths growing all over his arms, shoulders, and spine, and his cavernous mouth was opened to reveal a chaotic array of jagged fangs.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    It was truly a disgusting sight to behold.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The explosion from the fireballs destroyed the cannon on his arm, but an even thicker and longer cannon appeared on his back, while his left arm also transformed into a six-barrel cannon, and he let loose a ferocious roar as he opened fire with all of his cannons at once.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    However, Adam wasn''t going to just allow him to do as he pleased, and he quickly closed in on Hyena before releasing a flurry of bandages to wrap him up in a tight cocoon in the blink of an eye.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The runes on the bandages began to glow, while their edges became incredibly sharp. Furthermore, some type of cyberhex was taking effect, and smoke began to rise up from Hyena''s body as he screeched in pain.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    However, at the same time, he began to cackle with glee. "You can''t kill me! Otherwise, this entire factory will instantly blow up!"<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>