sinovels Chapter 088 Fungal Monster
Chapter 088 Fungal Monster
Inside the headquarters building of Umbrella Corporation.
The piercing fire alarm blared like a death knell.
The automatic sprinkler system has already been activated.
But the water sprayed out couldn't suppress the flames that were leaping wildly up the elevator shaft, nor could it suppress the eerie green smoke.
"Quick! Take the stairs! The elevator's out of service!"
The security supervisor in charge of the entire building waved his tactical flashlight and shoved a group of researchers in white coats toward the fire escape.
"Don't push! Don't push! Bring your documents!"
"What's the point of bringing this information! We're going to die anyway!"
The crowd was in complete chaos, with screams and cries mingling together.
At this moment, these white-collar and blue-collar workers who usually acted superior to others were now rushing downstairs as if they wished their parents had given them two more legs.
However, amidst the chaos, a strange sound came from the ventilation ducts.
*Hiss—Hiss—*
The sound was like a pressure cooker leaking steam, or like some kind of plant growing rapidly.
The fleeing crowd instinctively looked up.
The next second, the square ventilation grille above our heads was suddenly blown open by a cloud of green dust.
Immediately afterwards, a clump of green mycelium, like cotton wool, "flowed" out from it, as if it were alive.
"What is this? Poison gas?!"
The security supervisor's expression changed drastically, and he quickly covered his mouth and nose.
"Everyone! Cover your mouths and noses! This could be a chemical leak from a low-level laboratory!"
However, even if they covered their mouths and noses, it was no use.
The green dust seemed to have eyes; instead of drifting away with the wind, it fiercely pounced on every living person present.
In an instant, they burrowed into the collars and cuffs of all the fleeing people, crawling into their pores.
"Cough cough cough... cough cough..."
The fat researcher who was closest to the green aura coughed violently the moment he was hit.
He gripped his own neck tightly, his face turning a deep liver color, his eyes bulging outwards as if he were about to cough up his lungs.
"Help...help me..."
He reached out with difficulty, trying to grab his colleague next to him.
"Don't touch me!"
They retreated in terror.
However, the next second.
The fat researcher's coughing stopped abruptly.
His body stiffened abruptly, followed by a sickening cracking sound of bones breaking.
click-
Under the horrified gaze of all the staff, the fat researcher's head split open from the middle.
There was no splatter of blood, only countless red and white fleshy buds and mycelia gushing out wildly, instantly blooming into a huge, colorful fleshy flower on his neck.
Moreover, the flower was slowly wriggling.
"vomit--"
A moment later, someone realized what was happening, but immediately vomited.
"A monster...a monster!!"
In an instant, the crowd erupted in chaos.
What was initially a relatively orderly evacuation instantly turned into a stampede.
The chubby researcher who had just "bloomed" slowly turned and stood up.
Although he had lost his eyes, his head, which resembled a cauliflower, was precisely aimed at the crowd.
Click, click, click...
Strange, eerie sounds, like the clicking of a tongue, emanated from its throat.
The next second, it suddenly pounced on the crowd.
The speed was incredible; in just a moment, he tackled a security guard to the ground.
At the same time, the fleshy flower opened, revealing spiraling sharp teeth that bit down hard on the security guard's neck.
"Aaaaaahh ...
A heart-wrenching scream instantly echoed through the corridor.
However, this is just the beginning.
More and more green spores gushed out of the ventilation ducts.
In the corridors, offices, stairwells...
Those employees who were running for their lives collapsed one after another, convulsed, and then... their heads exploded.
In just a few minutes.
This building, representing the pinnacle of biotechnology in the United States, has been transformed into a giant culture dish for fungi.
……
Lin Fan, the mastermind behind all of this, was happily floating in mid-air, admiring his masterpiece.
At the same time, he could clearly perceive that each individual parasitized by the spores had become his subordinate.
"Tsk tsk, this transmission speed is much faster than the legendary T-virus..."
……
Compared to the chaos on the ground.
At this time, the underground P4-level biological laboratory of Umbrella was relatively calm.
This is the core restricted area of the entire pharmaceutical company, accessible only to high-ranking personnel.
That high-strength alloy gate, two meters thick, completely isolated this place from the disaster on the ground.
At least, that's what the researchers here think.
At this moment, a group of top scientists were gathered in front of a large screen, watching the footage transmitted from the surveillance cameras upstairs, their faces filled with horror.
"What on earth is this thing?!"
Chief Scientist William Bo clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning as he stared intently at the monitor screen.
"Fungi? Or parasites? Why are they mutating so fast?!"
"Doctor! All the isolation doors upstairs are now sealed!"
An assistant hurriedly reported to the leader.
"But...but that thing seems to be able to travel through the air!"
"Air?"
Dr. William suddenly turned around as if he had just remembered something, looking at the ventilation system above his head.
The Umbrella building uses a central air conditioning system. Although the laboratories have independent air filtration devices, they are still connected to the outside through pipes in order to maintain air pressure balance.
"Turn off ventilation! Quickly! Activate the recirculation mode!"
Dr. William shouted urgently.
The operator frantically typed on the keyboard.
only……
"Beep—Error in operation!!"
"What?!"
Upon hearing the notification on the computer, the people in the lab all looked horrified.
Before they could take any other measures, a thick plume of green smoke suddenly shot out from several ventilation openings in the corner of the laboratory.
The smoke was thicker and darker in color than that upstairs, and even had a cloyingly sweet, rotten smell.
"Put on gas masks! Quickly!!"
Upon seeing this, Dr. William immediately gave the order.
Even without his instructions, the staff who had realized what was happening were already frantically grabbing gas masks from under the table.
Some people have already quickly put on protective suits.
The green smoke that seeped into the laboratory did not attack the scientists.
Instead, as if drawn by some force, it drifted straight toward the special alloy rooms at the far end of the laboratory where experimental subjects were imprisoned.
Upon seeing this, the laboratory staff all showed expressions of surprise.
However, their expressions were quickly replaced by unprecedented terror.
You should know that the people locked in those rooms in the corridor are all mutated infected individuals that were recently airlifted back from Japan and South Korea.
One of them is enormous and somewhat resembles the prototype of the cherry blossom "Tyrant".
This is also their main research objective.
The strange green mist was now surging into the rooms, and even a fool could tell it wasn't a good sign.
It was as if they were confirming their thoughts.
As the green mist seeped into the rooms where the infected were being held, strange noises soon filled the laboratory.
Glug glug...
Dr. William, in the observation room, hurriedly retrieved the surveillance footage from the room where the giant infected creature was being held.
next moment,
Then they saw the infected in that room, a huge creature somewhat resembling a tyrant, who had somehow opened its eyes.
The originally grayish-white eyeballs were covered by a thick layer of mycelium, turning into an eerie dark red.
At the same time, the monster's muscles were writhing wildly, and layers of hard, armor-like fungal shells were growing on its skin.
Click!
A savage monster slowly reached out and grasped the alloy fence of the room.
The monster's action immediately terrified everyone in the observation room.
boom!
Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, the alloy gate, strong enough to withstand the explosion of artillery shells, was actually broken to pieces by the monster.
"This, this... how is this possible?"
Watching the seemingly indestructible alloy fence being snapped in two by the monster like crispy noodles sent chills down everyone's spines.
"roar--!!!"
The cage burst open, and the monster let out a roar that was not human.
In an instant, a terrifying sound wave shook the glassware throughout the laboratory, causing it to shatter.
The mutated fungal tyrant also stepped out of its cage.
At this moment, it looked even more terrifying.
In just a short while, its height increased to three meters, and its whole body was covered with black and red chitinous carapace.
Its right arm, in particular, has been completely transformed into a huge tentacle covered with barbs, with a mouth full of sharp teeth at the tip.
After escaping its cage, the monster did not wreak havoc in the laboratory. Instead, it went to the cell next door and smashed the alloy bars of another cell.
The next moment, a monster also emerged from the cage.
This monster was even more terrifying; its head had completely transformed into a giant man-eating flower, and its four arms had become four sharp bone scythes, dripping with green slime.
"It's...it's all over..."
Those who witnessed this scene through the surveillance cameras in the observation room all wore expressions of despair.
At the same time, the fungal tyrant also turned its head.
The face without features looked towards the end of the corridor, towards the observation room with a huge glass panel.
Although it has no facial features, it seems to be sizing something up.
Then, it opened its mouth.
Click, click...
"Run!!!"
The people in the observation room suddenly jolted, and someone shouted something, causing everyone in the room to rush towards the door.
The scientists rushed towards the exit door like madmen.
But the fungal tyrant was just a charge.
wow-
The huge bulletproof glass separating the corridor from the room shattered instantly.
At the same time, the mutated fungal monster successfully broke into the observation room.
The next moment, the two scientists who were running a little slower were slapped into a pulp by the fungal monster and smeared onto the alloy wall.
Blood instantly stained the ground red.
The green spores that filled the room seemed to be attracted by the scent of blood from sharks, and they happily took root and sprouted on the corpses.
In just a few seconds, the two lumps of flesh began to writhe, stood up again, and transformed into two twisted, bloody monsters...
……
Meanwhile, outside the building.
The National Guard, having received orders from their superiors, quickly moved in and surrounded the entire Umbrella building and the plaza.
Fully armed soldiers set up machine guns, their muzzles fixed on the building billowing black smoke.
Armored vehicles and tanks also entered the blockade zone one after another.
The commander, holding a walkie-talkie, was sweating profusely.
"Report, special operations unit is in position!"
"We can launch a full-scale attack at any time!"