Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

"What on earth is going on!?"

Wang Yu was completely dumbfounded. The endless stream of mutated marine creatures surging out from the nearshore waters had nothing in common with the information he knew or his own experiences. He had no idea why what he was facing was happening.

The original owner of the kennel, the Senluo Wanxiang Organization, had long since left the ruined city and moved to the new capital more than a decade ago. Apart from sending a few people to repair these slightly old buildings every year, they had no interaction with the residents of the kennel.

No one knew what the sudden alarm meant; the only certainty was that danger was imminent and things were about to go wrong. This enormous threat came from the "marine life" mentioned in the alarm.

"Zero Seven, prepare for battle. The MK1's defense and strength are up to standard. If those creatures break into the house, you'll likely be the one to deal with them."

Wang Yu shouted to Zero Seven, who was piloting the MK1 body. Even though the steel-forged body could not move normally, it still had extremely strong combat capabilities.

"Mr. Wang Yu, I understand. Please provide me with some usable weapons."

Lingqi responded, extending her hand to Wang Yu. Wang Yu, naturally, didn't hesitate and quickly rushed into the bedroom where his mechanical repair works were piled up, taking out several slightly damaged firearms that couldn't be used against human enemies. These things might be unstable, but their firepower was definitely guaranteed.

Wang Yu tossed three kinetic shotgun shells and an alloy sword onto the table, ready for Zero Seven to use at any time. He himself had already gripped the Greedy Silver Serpent revolver in his hand.

After glancing at the massive plasma convergence blade that had been taken from the Dreadnought armor and was currently charging, Wang Yu ultimately abandoned the idea of ​​using it as a weapon and switched to the same alloy cleaver as Zero Seven.

"Crunch, gulp..."

The mutated starfish clinging to the window was gradually melting through the thick glass with the corrosive liquid in its stomach. As the proliferating barbs embedded in the glass exerted their force, cracks spread and became increasingly dense, threatening to breach the window at any moment.

"Bang!"

The Greedy Silver Serpent bullet pierced the barrel, blasting the mutated starfish apart and leaving a bullet hole in the glass. Rainwater mixed with corrosive liquid flowed into the house, leaving streaks of black ink on the floor and walls.

"Lena, hide yourself well. If you can, help out. If not, protect yourself."

Wang Yu turned to the doctor's daughter, who was wearing a raincoat, and said that he did not know her well and was unsure whether the mutation in Lena could be used as a means of attack, so he did not make any extravagant demands.

"Bang! Smack! Smack! Smack!"

It seemed that the starfish that Wang Yu had smashed had attracted the attention of other marine creatures. A flying fish with bony horns growing from its head and its skin scales rotting and melting crashed into the glass at an extremely high speed. As it smashed the glass, it also disintegrated, with its foul-smelling bodily fluids and bone fragments flying everywhere.

"Ding!"

The bone fragments struck the chest of the mk1 body and were steadily blocked, just enough to protect Wang Yu, who was hiding behind Ling Qi.

The glass shattered, and the fierce wind and torrential rain outside immediately began to invade the room. The foul-smelling rainwater poured into the room, slapping against Wang Yu's face, making it almost impossible for him to open his eyes.

"Snapped!"

Putting on the goggles he used to protect his eyes while welding, Wang Yu's gaze was fixed on the broken window. Should he cover it with something, or should he guard the opening and lure the mutated marine creatures in through this obvious opening?

"Snap..."

Okay, no need to choose anymore. The marine creatures have already discovered the breach and the people inside. One tentacle first reached for the shattered window, followed by more tentacles and that swollen head that was completely different from that of an ordinary octopus.

"boom!"

Zero Seven aimed the shotgun at the mutated octopus clinging to the windowsill and fired. The flying shrapnel struck the head, which should have been incredibly fragile, but the expected burst of flesh did not occur.

The bullet embedded itself in the octopus's head, the impact causing its enormous body to flip backward. But that was all; the octopus's tentacles remained firmly attached to the window, and with a strong pull, it returned to its original position.

The octopus's skin, which should be smooth and elastic, was rough, thick, and scaly, like that of a reptile. The shrapnel from the shot was blocked by the hard outer skin and absorbed by the soft flesh inside, making it impossible to effectively kill the octopus.

It rolled over, raised its mouthparts, aimed them at the objects in the room, its abdomen bulged, and a liquid with unknown effects was about to be sprayed out by the mutated octopus.

But Wang Yu was even faster. He charged forward at lightning speed, stabbing the octopus's mouth with his alloy cleaver. He applied continuous force, breaking through its defenses at its weakest point and shredding its entire brain to pieces.

"Bang!"

With a swift kick, Wang Yu sent the mutated octopus flying downstairs. Inevitably, his palm was covered in the liquid that the octopus was supposed to spray out—a yellowish, sticky substance. The moment it touched his skin, he felt intense pain.

"Sizzle!"

He pulled out a bullet, sprinkled the propellant inside onto his left hand, and ignited the waterproof propellant with a lighter. A blinding flash of light appeared on Wang Yu's left hand, revealing his charred skin and numerous gaps gnawed out by an unknown creature.

The mutated octopus had just tried to spray out a slime full of small carnivorous creatures. If Wang Yu had been any slower, those little carnivorous creatures would have crawled into his body.

"It's too late; there's no chance to escape the area affected by this disaster."

Standing before the broken window, Wang Yu seized the opportunity to look outside the house. His eyes were filled with countless mutated marine creatures that had already surrounded the entire kennel and were heading towards the ruined city. The creatures attacking the kennel's residents were only a small fraction of them.

The other small building outside the window was covered with marine creatures that Wang Yu couldn't name all of. Screams pierced the rain and occasionally stabbed into his ears. In the distance, under the light of two searchlights, a "corpse" cut in two at the waist was thrown off the opposite building.

The unfortunate fellow was not dead yet, screaming in agony until he fell into the dense, mutated marine life below, where he vanished without a trace, leaving no trace of his body.

"Ha...ha...I'm really unlucky!"

Looking at this scene that was hard to describe in words, Wang Yu's lips curled up uncontrollably, and the madness that had been hidden since the end of the Abyss Ritual began to spread silently.

"Ugh, um... don't disgust me, you son of a bitch, what are you afraid of!?"

Intense pain shot through his skull, the impact reaching his nerves and spreading throughout his body, causing him to stagger and fall to his knees beside the broken window. This was the work of the parasite in his head, which suddenly began to seize control of Wang Yu's body.

Without any reason or intention, the parasite was simply afraid—afraid of something in the nearshore waters. The lowly parasite didn't engage in any useful thinking; it was just trembling and acting erratically, which inevitably and severely affected Wang Yu.

"Buzz..."

Time seemed to slow down suddenly. The escapee activated, and Wang Yu could feel the approaching threat—the kind of creature that could slice the residents of the building across the street in half. Its sharp, black limbs, obscured by the darkness of the night and the rain, slashed through the air and aimed at his head.

However, the rampaging parasite in his head prevented Wang Yu from reacting. He could only watch as the attacker, illuminated by the indoor lights, revealed the form of a giant mutated spider-crab, its hooks piercing closer and closer as it clung to the wall.

Inspiration check passed.

Inspiration check passed.

"Wei..."

"Bang!"

The sharp barbs pierced the floor where Wang Yu had been standing, the explosive force piercing through the steel plate beneath them, but failing to hit the original target.

Standing up, Wang Yu pressed the switch on the old-era relic on his chest.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are."

The light and soothing singing calmed Wang Yu's frantic thoughts, while the parasite, overwhelmed by even greater fear, curled up and no longer affected his reactions.

"Thank you for your help."

He earnestly told Reina beside him that it was she who had interrupted Wang Yu's chanting and saved him from the mutated spider crab's deadly attack. A tentacle extending from under her raincoat had grabbed Wang Yu's right leg and pulled him...

They were quickly pulled back to Lingqi's side.

"That's all I can do now. The smell of the near sea is making me...so uncomfortable..."

Lena didn't say much; her beard under her raincoat was trembling, showing she was in considerable pain. If not, the other person could have done more.

Having missed its first attack, the mutated spider crab quickly climbed up the wall and continued its pursuit of its original target inside the house. Moreover, behind this spider crab, more of its kind appeared, as they were the top hunters among these mutated marine creatures.

"Mr. Wang Yu, please hide behind me."

Lingqi's voice rang out, and the shotgun in his hand fired in unison.

"Crackling and popping!"

The shrapnel from the shotgun shells struck the mutated spider crabs' carapaces, but only produced a few sparks on the surface; the power of the kinetic shotgun shells was insufficient to penetrate the defenses of these marine creatures.

The spider crabs moved quickly, their limbs, which were over two meters long, folded and thrashed about, pounding the ground at a high frequency to accelerate towards Wang Yu's location, which was behind Ling Qi.

"Bang!"

Two steel-forged hands braced against the body of the foremost spider crab. Zero Seven used the powerful force provided by the self-circulating reaction battery to forcefully stop its forward momentum. No matter how its limbs struck the ground, it could only slip in place.

Seizing this opportunity, Wang Yu peeked out from behind Ling Qi, aimed his Greedy Silver Serpent revolver at the Spider Crab's mouthparts, and fired. The armor-piercing round shattered the relatively weak defenses, killing it instantly.

The moment Wang Yu emerged from his protective abode, the second spider crab, following the first, launched an attack on him, thrusting out both of its limbs simultaneously. However, the attack was intercepted earlier.

Ling Qi gripped the two stabbing limbs tightly with both hands. Even before they were fully grasped, the terrifying gripping force had already shattered the shells at the point of contact. As the power in her arms was fully activated, Ling Qi controlled the MK1 body and directly pulled the two limbs, tearing the spider crab in half from the middle, scattering its disgusting internal organs all over the ground.

The spider crabs behind seemed to realize how difficult their target was, so they stopped attacking and slid their long, slender limbs back out through the hole in the window.

However, Wang Yu soon learned that they were not fleeing because they were afraid of being killed by Ling Qi; they were hiding from something even more terrifying than these spider crabs.

"Bang!"

A deafening roar erupted, and one of the searchlights outside the window was struck by something, instantly ceasing to shine, making the already dark exterior even more gloomy and secluded.

"Lingqi, Lena, be careful, that's a big family..."

Before Wang Yu could finish speaking, the howling wind entered his ears. Its loudness made him instinctively sense an extreme threat. However, the "Escapee" ability had already been triggered, and it might not even be effective if it were triggered now.

"Boom!"

A colossal creature smashed through the ceiling of Wang Yu's residence and crashed down, landing precisely where Wang Yu had just been standing.

"Snap..."

His body tumbled and slid across the ground. Wang Yu took a solid punch to the chest from Ling Qi, but this also saved him from being crushed by the sea creature that fell from the sky along with Ling Qi.

It was an enormous mudskipper, its appearance no different from a normal mudskipper, but the biggest abnormality was its astonishingly huge size. It leaped from nowhere and smashed through the roof, and at this moment the mk1 body was being crushed under it.

"Gurgle..."

With its protruding eyes turning towards Wang Yu, the giant mudskipper made meaningless noises as it twisted its body and turned toward Wang Yu, who was getting up from the ground.

"Crunch crunch"

As the giant mudskipper twisted its body, a creaking sound of metal straining under its weight could be heard from beneath it. Its body was simply too heavy, and even the MK1 shell couldn't budge or lift the monster.

Because Lena was some distance away from Wang Yu and Ling Qi, she was only jolted by the impact of the fall and her body hit the wall next to her, but she couldn't do anything extra to help them in the current situation.

Wang Yu stared at the mudskipper, though he didn't know if mudskippers had the concept of "staring back." Then, he turned and ran. None of the weapons he had were a threat to the monster; its enormous size was itself an excellent defense.

Then let's not waste our time and run away. The giant mudskipper noticed Wang Yu's escape, and something began to secrete from its mouth. Its body also moved in the direction Wang Yu was running away from.

"Buzz!"

However, the next moment, before the giant mudskipper could launch a pursuit, a blade emitting a blinding light sliced ​​through the wall in front of it. Wang Yu gripped the plasma convergence blade, which was obviously too large for him, and smashed through the wall, charging violently towards the giant mudskipper.

Since we couldn't do anything before, let's go find some weapons that can make something!

"Get the hell out of my way!"

Roaring, Wang Yu braced his shoulder against the blade, his muscles bulging with blood and veins due to his rage and the immense weight he was bearing. He shoved the plasma convergence blade head-on into the giant mudskipper's head, which was turning towards him.

"Sizzle!"

"Guwa!"

Flesh and blood melted away before the plasma converging blade, and the giant mudskipper let out a miserable scream. If this giant mudskipper had not been so large, with its height exceeding that of the plasma converging blade, Wang Yu's strike would not have merely pierced its body, but would have cleaved it in two.

The giant mudskipper's bodily fluids began to spray outwards. His body's instincts and intuition were reminding Wang Yu of the danger of these liquids, but he was too lazy to think about it anymore. He just grinned and pressed a button on the plasma convergence blade.

"Die!!!"

"Buzz!"

The plasma convergence blade suddenly hummed, its power instantly increasing. The plasma polymer, which had been converged and used as a blade, was ejected and released, transforming into a bright and dazzling arc-shaped slash that swept through the giant mudskipper's entire body.