Infinite Gods Reign Supreme

Chapter 26 - The main storyline boss is always pretty much like a dog.

Si Ming wasn't lying to Colonel Robert—he really did have a degree certificate from Miskatonic University. This was one of the identity certificates he prepared upon returning to the AVP world; produced by the Supreme God, quality guaranteed. No matter how absurd the certificate's contents might be, it was perfectly functional.

He saw the colonel's mouth gape open, and Sam, lying beside him, raised his tail—the colonel looked at him, then at the skeleton soldier, then back at him, and then at the skeleton soldier again. Suddenly, he slapped his head and made a frantic sound.

"I'm going crazy, I really am going crazy... I knew it, how could there be other living people, let alone a professor from Miskatonic University... Haha, haha, has something wrong with my head?"

One second, two seconds.

Si Ming looked at him quietly.

The next moment, the colonel suddenly let out a wild roar. He lunged at Si Ming with bared teeth and claws, but was immediately pinned to the ground by the skeleton soldiers summoned by Si Ming.

The cool, shadowy ground might help him clear his head. Siming casually reached out and grabbed Sam, who was lunging at him with a low growl. A wisp of invisible nighttime fighting spirit seeped out, preventing the poor little dog from dying from a viral infection like in the original story.

Three seconds, four seconds.

Having witnessed Siming's true power for the second time, Shizuka Ishikawa gently covered her mouth, while the colonel, pinned to the ground by the skeleton soldiers, ceased his struggles—his pupils dilated, then shrank, then shrank again, then dilated once more. Clearly, his worldview was being reshaped.

Good, it seems the SAN value hasn't dropped too much, and it hasn't reached the point of temporary frenzy.

A few more seconds passed.

"...Does Miskatonic University really exist?"

"What do you think?" Si Ming retorted, voicing the question he was about to ask. "If that's the case, where were we all when the KV virus outbreak happened?"

He then went a step further.

"But if it doesn't exist, then what kind of necromancy am I using now?"

Si Ming smiled and finally gave a summary.

"So, everything can be explained by one conclusion: Miskatonic University did exist. But it doesn't exist now."

A contradictory statement, yet a reasonable conclusion.

Colonel Robert's eyes lit up, and a concept common in the Cthulhu mythos flashed into his mind like a light.

Time travel!

Miskatonic University doesn't exist in the present, but it could exist in the past or the future... No! It must exist in the future! That's why Professor Si is wearing that 'motorcycle suit,' because it's a combat or exploration tool that only appears in the future!

His voice trembled violently.

"Will humanity defeat the KV virus in the future?"

Si Ming didn't answer directly. Instead, he revealed some information used to determine the timeline. "As far as I know, Colonel Robert Nefert has achieved a breakthrough in today's serum experiments. It's a complex serum formulation that you call Compound Six, and it has shown effectiveness in inhibiting the KV virus in experimental animals."

With each word he spoke, the colonel's eyes shone brighter. This was a minute detail known only to the colonel himself. For this to become known to others, either his hard drive would be hacked without any internet access, or his memoirs would become a bestseller!

"Did it succeed? Did I succeed?"

Siming's gaze shifted from him to a massive building not far from the port—a metal facility containing a large quantity of now-useless US dollars. Many Night Demons resided there, along with a Night Demon lord.

In the original story, Robert used bait to capture the Night Lord's daughter from this building. He then conducted human experiments with her serum, ultimately obtaining an antidote to the KV virus. Of course, this led to the Night Lord's army's revenge. In the two endings of the film, he either survives but abandons the development of the antidote, or he sacrifices his life to protect the antidote.

"You need to conduct some experiments to further verify the efficacy of the sample and make improvements."

The colonel paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"Yes! Today I'm going to capture a Night Demon to conduct human experiments!"

“One isn’t enough.” Si Ming shook his head. “Experiments are never done in one go, and there are clearly so many consumables. Drug research and improvement is a long process. I personally think you should be bolder and move faster.”

"Let me help you."

—【Triggering a side quest—Assist Colonel Robert Nefert in developing the KV virus antidote. Success will grant 1 Rank B side quest and 5000 reward points.】

The voice rang out.

The divine pronouncement finally reached Siming's ears.

Shizuka Ishikawa, standing beside him, let out a soft gasp. This reminded Si Ming that he had an assistant who could do some extra work. He raised his hand, and a large stack of black sleeping bags he had retrieved from the underground supermarket fell to the ground. This obvious spatial manipulation brought even more surprise to the colonel's eyes, and he nodded slightly to Shizuka Ishikawa.

"Ishikawa, tidy up these sleeping bags. We'll be using them to carry the Night Demon later."

"Colonel, please prepare a larger vehicle. You should be quite familiar with the area."

The girl nodded eagerly; this was a piece of cake for her. Robert responded immediately as well.

"Got it, I know there's a usable truck nearby... Wait, my basement lab might not be able to hold too many Night Demons..."

His laboratory is small, with few beds. Since he has always worked alone, he doesn't need a large laboratory.

“That’s a problem we need to consider later.” Si Ming raised his hand, and the next moment, more skeleton soldiers were summoned from the summoning space at his will. They advanced rapidly in formation under his command, and soon approached the area where the vault was located.

The group set off.

Shizuka Ishikawa felt safe under the sunlight, and Colonel Robert excitedly started the truck. He initially wanted to go into the vault with Siming, but Siming politely declined. After Siming explained his reasons, he didn't insist anymore.

“You don’t have night vision, and you can’t compete with Night Demon in strength.” Si Ming put down the helmet of his nanotech bio-suit and pointed to his heavily protected body and eyes. “Professional issues should be left to the professionals.”

He is indeed a professional.

When he led twenty skeleton soldiers—comparable in combat power to aliens, swift, strong, with night vision surpassing that of the Night Demons, and utterly fearless, and capable of being replenished at any time—into the vault, probably no one in the world could demonstrate a higher level of expertise in dealing with Night Demons.

Is there anything else I need to worry about?
The only thing to be careful about is ensuring you keep a close watch on your surroundings, so as to prevent these night demons from escaping through any possible underground passages.

Si Ming realized this, so he was very careful.

Once the skeleton soldiers had control of the key transportation points displayed on the nanotech suit's minimap, the subsequent battles and killings became easy and effortless.

No, there was only fighting, not killing.

Si Ming didn't even pick up a gun, instead using the large, blunt, hammer-shaped weapon from the God of War. These were fifty-point weapons with a built-in high-voltage electric shock function. They were items Si Ming had painstakingly discovered while working under the giant sphere of light, designed to deliver non-lethal blows to targets he needed to capture. Even his skeleton soldiers were instructed to use shields and sword hilts for attacks.

The first Night Demon quickly fell to the ground.

Then came the second one, and the third one.

The remaining Night Demons were awakened, letting out sharp howls. They pounced on Siming in vain, posing no threat whatsoever. Even the skeleton soldiers they managed to attack and defeat did not actually achieve a significant number of victories.

What good is defeating a skeleton soldier?
What good is defeating ten skeleton soldiers?

One falls, and another immediately takes its place. Ten fall, and ten more immediately take their place. However, the electric hammer that Siming wields can effectively reduce their numbers and combat power with every strike.

A particularly loud collision occurred.

The weapon felt firm and resilient to the touch. A higher-level night demon, stronger than other night demons and possessing toughened skin, was brought to the ground by this large electric baton—it didn't faint, but continued to roar and struggle. So Siming delivered another heavy blow.

It sounded like a bone cracking.

The most powerful Night Demon finally collapsed completely. With its unconsciousness, the Night Demon settlement within the vault descended into chaos. Clearly, this was the Night Demon Lord of this region.

The final boss in the movie is the Night Lord, who can shatter bulletproof glass with a series of blows using only his bare hands.

Its advantage over a stray dog ​​on the roadside is that it takes Si Ming two hits to swat it.

As for those real stray dogs on the roadside, those infected stray dogs that bit Sam in the original story, they were kicked by Simin and then crashed into the wall, turning into puddles of flesh covered in leather.

Objective achieved.

It took Siming about ten minutes to clean.

And by the time he finally managed to pack up all the sleeping bags with the help of Ishikawa Shizuka, and piled them all up by the roadside, the entire process had taken less than half an hour.

Colonel Robert arrived late, driving his big truck. Then—

“I found the biggest car I could find; this car can hold at least twenty Night Demons…”

He looked at the pile of at least a hundred black sleeping bag packages at the intersection. He almost kicked the truck into the wall.

(End of this chapter)