America: The Cremator

Upon hearing Elena's command, the two special forces soldiers simultaneously focused their tactical spotlights on the object that had made the sound.

It was an irregular sphere about forty centimeters in diameter, with a cloudy orange-yellow surface and a texture between solidified grease and semi-melted jelly. As it rolled, some hard white objects tumbled inside the translucent gel.

Su Long stared intently and looked closely, only to discover that they were several broken human finger bones and a few molars still attached to the gums.

This gelatinous creature has no fixed shape. It moves by contracting and expanding, leaving a trail of slimy material that smells of sour decay in its wake. The sticky, squelching sound is the noise it makes when it rubs against the ground.

The two task force members pulled the triggers instantly, and the rifles emitted a series of sharp gunshots, the muzzle flashes intermittently illuminating the entire sewer.

The pure silver bullets, soaked in holy water, spun at high speed and pierced into the monster's body. The enormous kinetic energy carried by the bullets was instantly released inside the soft tissue, creating several fist-sized cavities. At the same time, puffs of white smoke rose from the wounds.

However, this did not stop the monster from approaching. The cavities blasted open by the bullets were filled back in within seconds by the surging gel around them, and the scattered fragments seemed to be attracted by some kind of magnetic force, quickly rolling back into the main body and merging together.

The monster paused only briefly before rolling towards the group at an even faster speed.

Hannah stood to the side and behind the group. She skillfully pulled a spare pistol bullet from the magazine, then spread out her left hand, which was wrapped in gauze, and pressed her thumb hard on the wound on her palm that had not yet fully healed. Bright red blood instantly seeped through the gauze.

She rubbed the brass bullet hard on the blood-stained gauze until the bullet tip was completely coated with red liquid. Then, holding the gun with one hand, she hooked the anti-slip groove at the back of the slide with her ring and little fingers, and pulled it back sharply, inserting the specially made bullet into the ejection port.

With a "bang," the bullet pierced precisely into the center of the slime's body.

This shot had a completely different effect—it burst into a dazzling white light the moment it hit the gelatinous body, as if a miniature incendiary bomb had detonated inside the monster.

The ear-piercing "sizzling" sound drowned out the sound of water flowing in the sewer. The tough, gelatinous body collapsed instantly under the impact of the holy blood's power, and the entire sphere split neatly in two from the middle, billowing out thick smoke.

Despite suffering such a severe blow, the monster's two halves continued to convulse violently on the ground, attempting to reassemble.

Only then did Elena reach out and gently pat the brass lantern on her waist.

Without any visible ignition, a tiny orange flame suddenly ignited from the charred wick inside the lantern. The soft glow instantly spread outwards from Elena, illuminating the sewers within a radius of tens of meters as if it were daytime.

Su Long stood at the back of the group, his eyes slightly narrowed, and quietly activated his spiritual vision.

Unlike the previous observation of the lantern, the lit lantern transformed into a miniature sun radiating boundless heat, with invisible golden threads extending from the wick and precisely wrapping around the slime attempting to heal.

The monster, which had just pulled its two halves back together, froze instantly. The slimy threads that were still repairing its body quickly dried and broke under the light.

Clearly, the monster's regenerative abilities were forcibly suppressed by this domineering power.

As the regeneration process was interrupted, a murky red light appeared at the core of the right half of the monster's body. This red light had no shape, but it beat continuously like a heart.

"Core exposed! Focus fire!"

Elena immediately gave the order.

The rifles in the hands of the two team members spat fire again, and the dense bullets accurately covered the exposed core. With a crisp "crack", the gelatinous creature completely lost all its activity, turning into a pool of stagnant water and bits of flesh that emitted a foul odor.

"keep going."

Elena didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground. She waved for the team to continue advancing, then turned her head, her gray-green eyes staring at Sulong through her tactical goggles.

"Sulong, I'm entrusting you with cleaning up all the corpses along the way."

Su Long adjusted the heavy fuel tank on his back, reached for the trigger lever connected to the hose, and nodded: "Understood."

He could sense that Elena's gaze hadn't left him. Even after giving the order, the woman remained standing in place, seemingly keeping watch on the rear, but in reality, her eyes were always fixed on him.

Sure enough, Hannah's explanation did not completely dispel her doubts; she wanted to find flaws by observing how she disposed of the body.

Hannah also came over at this moment, a hint of concern on her pale face, and reached out to help Su Long with the fuel tank on his back: "Su, let me help too, this tank is too heavy."

"Furthermore, I am also a member of the crematorium team."

Surong stepped to the side, avoiding Hannah's hand, and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, Hannah. You just bled so much, and you look so pale. If you faint here, I'll have to carry you out."

"This thing doesn't look too difficult to handle. You just follow the group forward, I'll catch up in a bit."

Surong now needs to devise a plausible method to burn the corpse with the Primal Fire right under Elena's nose, using a substitution technique.

Now is a good opportunity to use the flamethrower for cover. If Hannah gets in the way and causes trouble, all his previous efforts will probably be in vain.

Hannah, completely unaware of Su Long's inner thoughts, paused for a moment after hearing his words, assuming he was concerned for her, and a hint of gratitude appeared in her eyes: "Thank you, Su!"

After saying that, she turned around and followed the task force members in front of her.

Surong used his toes to kick the scattered gelatinous fragments around him into the central pile of slime, trying to gather them together.

Then, he turned on the valve on the flamethrower, and the special incineration oil flowed out of the nozzle. He controlled the flow rate and evenly covered the orange-yellow corpse with the fuel, as if he were spreading chocolate sauce on a giant jelly.

After doing all this, Su Long turned his back to Elena, leaned forward slightly to block any possible view from behind, and then pressed the electronic ignition button on the flamethrower.

With a whoosh, the orange-red chemical flames rose violently, and the high temperature instantly distorted and deformed the surrounding humid air.

Just as the flames rose, a golden light flashed in the palm of Su Long's left hand, which was hidden in his sleeve. He subtly injected the power of the primordial fire into the burning corpse oil.

The base of the originally orange-red flame was instantly tinged with pure gold. This domineering power spread rapidly along the path of the burning fuel, completely engulfing the slime corpse encased within.

What would normally take several minutes to clean a corpse was reduced to fine, grayish-white powder in just a few seconds by the power of the primordial fire.

A few lines of pale blue characters appeared in the air in front of Su Long.

[Burning the remains of a D-rank eerie slime grants 0.3 experience points.]

Su Long looked at the pitifully small number and couldn't help but twitch his lips. This thing looked disgusting and troublesome, but the experience points it gave weren't even enough to add a fraction to his attributes. It was a complete waste of effort.

He turned off the flamethrower valve, rubbed his foot on the ground to make sure there was no remaining spiritual energy in the ashes, and then turned around and followed the group.

When Elena saw the fire go out, she didn't say anything. She just gave Su Long a deep look, seemingly surprised by his efficient handling of the situation, but she didn't find any obvious flaws. Then she turned around and continued to lead the team forward.

The team advanced about two hundred meters along the main drainage ditch. The water under their feet became deeper and deeper, reaching above the ankles of their tactical boots, and the current became rapid.

Ahead, a huge T-shaped intersection appeared, with two tributaries merging into the main pipeline, forming a wide underground cavity. Above was an arched brick dome, and several thick, rusty iron pipes stretched across the air.

The vanguard at the front suddenly raised his fist as a warning, and the entire team stopped instantly. Everyone held their breath, with only the gurgling sound of water echoing from the sewers.

Su Long stood in the middle of the group, using the peripheral light from the tactical spotlights of the team members in front of him to look over the shoulders of those in front of him towards the center of the intersection.

The sight there made his eyebrows twitch involuntarily.

Right in the middle of that T-junction, there was a small mountain made up of many gelatinous chunks of meat, with countless broken bones and debris flowing inside. And at the very top of the mountain, a person dressed in a yellow municipal engineering uniform was sitting.