Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 4 Matrix
The moment he saw the face of the person who opened the door, Chen Jian's hand almost subconsciously placed on the trigger.

Compared to the murderous monsters before, the "creature" in front of him that looked like a human being brought him greater fear.

The skin on the face drooped like melted ice cream, the protruding eyeballs and exposed eyelids, the lips that seemed to have been torn by external forces and had not yet fully healed, and the nose that did not exist at all, with only two black holes left.
Looking down, one can see a body of naked, knotted muscles, thighs as thick as a bodybuilder's, and huge feet with seriously disproportionate proportions.
Is that human being?
Perhaps, it is more like the creature called ghoul in Fallout 4.
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But the corpse still has some human form, and at first glance you can tell that it is a normal person who has been hurt.

And what about this one?

He is simply like a "humanoid" creature randomly compiled from genetic gibberish.

Chen Jian took a step back and an unclear sound came out of the other party's mouth.

"You, you, you actually killed those mantises!"

"Who are you? What is PL?"

For a moment, Chen Jian was both happy and surprised.

The good news is that although this person's pronunciation is unclear, he is clearly speaking Chinese.

What's surprising is that they don't even know about the PLA. So how many hundreds of years will this time and space last?
At this point, although the obvious danger has been eliminated, the potential threat still exists.

Without too much time to think about it, Chen Jian replied:

"We are the regular army."

"Yes, we just killed 13 mantises."

"We need to rest, is it safe here?"

"It's not safe! You need to come in quickly!"

The newcomers impatiently made way. Chen Jian held the gun in his right hand and made a warning gesture behind his back with his left hand.

After receiving his order, the other team members began to change their tactics quietly.

Lei Jie moved the stun grenade to the hidden hanging point on the side of his thigh, Shen Yue put away the machine gun tripod, and He Shuo operated the PAD to perform infrared feature recognition on the person leading the way. If a subsequent battle occurs, his drone will also turn into a weapon and automatically carry out harassment.

Although everyone in the team looked relaxed, they were actually all on high alert.

Even when crossing the corner of the wall, Chen Jian would speed up his pace, and he and Shen Yue would surround the leader from the front and back to prevent possible sneak attacks.

They have to do this because they don't know what they are about to face.

The man's footsteps were light, and so were the other four.

Climbing all the way up, Chen Jian used the eye-tracking function of the eyepiece to open the team communication channel and typed a line of words silently on the screen.

"It's very strong, so keep an eye out."

"Hostile detected, permission to open fire."

"1."

"1."

"1."

The messages received came one after another, and at this time, everyone finally arrived at the top floor of the residential building.

Dim light shone through the hall not far away, and Chen Jian clenched the 191 rifle in his hand.

If the other party wants to launch a surprise attack, now is the last chance! ——
Fortunately, no.

A group of five people entered the hall, and the scene before them made Chen Jian breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally I met a real human being!

There was a bonfire burning in the hall, and standing next to the bonfire were four ordinary people whose faces and bodies looked no different from normal humans.

They were holding sticks and machetes, which could barely be called weapons, and they stared straight at the team of four who stepped into the hall.

"Don't be afraid, they are regular soldiers! They are not hostile!"

"They just killed 13, 13 mantises!" The guide stuttered, and after he finished speaking, the woman standing in the front couldn't help but exclaimed.

"13?!"

"Then we have to hurry!"

"The Matrix will definitely cruise! Close the window!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone started moving.

Chen Jian didn't know what they were panicking about, but it was obvious that after hearing that his team had killed 13 mantises, the people here were not only surprised, but also more excited.
Visible fear.

The threat has been eliminated, but they are still afraid.

That means there must be something even more frightening hiding behind this!

Chen Jian acted decisively and gestured to Lei Jie and He Shuo to release the drones. Two CH-847 micro drones took off quickly and flew out before the window was closed.

"The image transmission is stable. Aircraft 1 has ascended 800 meters and a 3D map is being established."

"Aircraft No. 2 will conduct a low-altitude maneuvering patrol with a radius of 500 meters with the current point as the center."

"Organize your equipment and get ready for battle!"

"understand!"

At the command, the four-member team immediately began to act.

At the same time, other "locals" were also busy making their preparations.

The flames were extinguished, the door was locked, and all the windows were sealed with foam wrapped in tin foil, which were then wetted with an unknown liquid in a bottle.

From the perspective of the thermal fusion night vision goggles, Chen Jian saw that the temperature of the window was dropping rapidly.

"Counter-infrared measures."

Chen Jian spoke in a low voice, and the guide immediately raised his finger and made a "silence" gesture, signaling him not to make any more noise.

Chen Jian nodded silently and raised his hand to signal other team members to maintain their positions and wait quietly.

He didn't know what he would face next.

"Mother"?
He had heard this word many times in various biochemical movies, but when this possibility was put in front of him, he found that he had no way of imagining what the so-called "matrix" was.

At this time, the 1D map from the high-altitude UAV No. 3 is being generated, and at the same time, the No. 2 drone is flying over a circle with a radius of 140 meters at a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour, conducting reconnaissance of the inner circle and outer ring with a total radius of 360 meters with a 1000-degree surround view.

Images were continuously transmitted to the eyepiece, but neither the system nor Chen Jian himself found anything abnormal.

Until the moment UAV No. 2 turned to the northwest.

"Heat source detected, target locked, target locked."

A mechanical female voice came from the headphones, and the next second, real-time images arrived.

Chen Jian was extremely shocked, and so were the others.
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What appeared before them was a giant beast as big as a tall building.

It stood at least 20 meters tall, with countless tentacles extending from its stratum corneum-covered skin.

On its sharp triangular head is a huge mouthpart, and inside its mouth are dozens of rows of sharp teeth like those of a lamprey.

With every movement it made, the ground shook slightly.

Every high-rise building that was swept by its tail shook as if it was swept by a hurricane.

This is the "matrix".

Chen Jian took a breath of cold air, and a thought suddenly occurred to him:
Only a 125mm cannon can penetrate such a monster, right?

(End of this chapter)