Gate of Apocalypse

Roddy held Nicole in his arms and ran for several kilometers before stopping, jumping out of the armor quickly.

Nicole's face was pale and her eyes were closed, but Roddy reached for her nose, slightly relieved, and quickly grabbed a handful of healing beast blood and stuffed it into Nicole's mouth haphazardly.

After swallowing the healing beast blood, Nicole looked a little better, but she still hadn't woken up from her coma for the time being.

"Rowdy! Motherfucker, how's your boy over there!"

The sound of tires rushing came over the team channel.

"Not dead, but still in a coma." Roddy looked down at Nicole, "By the way, when I saved Nicole, there was another guy next to her. But I didn't see who the guy was and I didn't care enough to take him too."

"The voice on the other side of the tire hesitated: "Tian Lie."

"What?!"

Roddy yelped and jumped up.

......

After the death of Gaza, all the members of the Thorn Flower Crew immediately chose to run away.

Even the strongest captain was suddenly killed by the opponent's last reinforcements, is there any need to continue the battle?

The camp immediately became empty, except for the burning barracks and Tian Lie lying on the ground, only a few people from the Meteorite Squad remained.

But the tires and other people's hearts were also filled with doubts.

Who was the last one to make a sudden move and take away the meteorite just now?

That shadow, it looked like it had been dormant for a long time, hiding until the last moment when it suddenly rose up and killed the captain of the Thorn Flower Group.

To be able to kill the sub-captain of the Thorn Flower Crew with a single strike, this kind of strength, I'm afraid, ...... must be at the S-class level!

Why would an S-class character suddenly appear in this copy?

Roddy was already holding Nicole in his arms, back before the barracks.

"There were no trauma."

JoJo had taken the trouble to disassemble the cockpit of the magical armor. Tire crouched down and was examining the body in front of him.

Not a single wound could be seen on Gaza's body, but it was completely devoid of breath.

On the other side of the body, only half of the body was left, but with his perverted constitution, he wouldn't die from this wound.

"Is there anything you ...... need help with?"

Qiao Qiao squatted down and asked Tian Lie.

Although they had fought to the death in the Tokyo replica, everyone in the Meteorite Squad, after Chen Xiaolian returned from the end of the world, knew that Dagon was Tian Lie.

Although everyone except Chen Xiaolian didn't have much of a relationship with Dagon, he was still an acquaintance.

And during that time, Tian Lie had never done anything that threatened him.

"Just a little while."

Tian Lie shook his head expressionlessly and held up half of his body with great effort, "Even if I have the metal element to supplement it now, I won't be able to absorb it. That guy ...... left a special virus in my body, which interfered with my normal functioning. It will take at least another hour before I can return to normal."

"Good." JoJo nodded, she had seen the strength of Tian Lie's body with her own eyes, and since he wasn't dead yet, he wouldn't die so easily, so don't worry.

"Nicole ......"

Qiao Qiao had just turned his head when he heard Tian Lie whispering behind him, "That silly girl isn't dead, is she?"

"No." Qiao Qiao turned his head to look at Tian Lie and shook his head, "The injuries are minor, but not life-threatening. It's just that the damage to the float is quite severe."

"Good." Tian Lie nodded and closed his eyes, his face breaking into a weary look.

......

Dozens of kilometers away, in a small town hotel, Dodoro looked at a candle on the table in front of him and waited with a nervous expression.

The candle was already burning to the end, with less than a centimeter left. And the frown on his brow became tighter and tighter.

Just when the candle was about to reach its bottom, Dodoro suddenly looked happy and blew on the candle, blowing out the flame.

At the same time as the candle's light went out, there was suddenly one more person in the room.

"Captain! You're finally back! Isn't it time to start the countdown?"

Dodoro looked at Adric, who had suddenly appeared in the room in front of him, and, with a happy face, immediately stood up.

"Speak later!"

Adric held the meteorite in his hand, his expression cold, waved his hand at Dodoro, and closed his eyes. Only after a long time did he gently shake his head, "No, the copy isn't complete, the mission has changed."

"Changed?" Dodoro's face stiffened: "When we entered the second stage just now, didn't the system give us a task that could be completed by killing the holder of the meteorite?"

"Stupid drumming game." Adric grimaced and sent the current system prompt to Dodoro in the team channel.

"Forty-eight hours ......?" Dodoro gritted his teeth, "Within forty-eight hours, we're all going to be on the other team's radar? This ...... damn! That's not what the system notification just told us!"

Dodoro carefully read the notice three times before he realized what Adric meant by the drumming, and his face changed.

Just after Gaza touched the meteorite, all the other teams involved were notified of the opening of the second phase, but the content of the notification was simple - the alien meteorite has been acquired, kill the holder.

At the same time, the coordinates of the meteorite were also displayed on their radar charts.

Both of them originally thought that by killing the Thorn Flower team that had obtained the meteorite, they would be able to end the replica.

But now ...... they themselves had become the holders!

In other words, they will be under siege! And it's a siege that can't even be hidden!

"Damn the development team for setting the more options for this copy to show only to players who touch the meteorite!" Adric grunted, "None of the teams knew they were going to be the next prey until they captured the meteorite!"

"It shouldn't be too much of a problem for ......." Dodoro took a deep breath and reassured himself, "The other teams in this copy shouldn't have any strong characters. Now that the Thorn Flower group has been killed off, even if we become the target of a siege, we're still sure of winning."

"It's true that it's not difficult to complete the mission, but ......" Adric's face grew darker and darker: "It's impossible for us to hide our whereabouts any longer."

Although after the destruction of Zero City, Adric led the remaining Zero City people, set up a new temporary base in the South Pole, and strictly forbade everyone to leave, but leaving the shield of Zero City meant that there was a new chance of being selected by the system to participate in the replica.

This time, it was the Dark Knights who were selected.

The only remaining expert in the group, besides Adric, was the A+ ranked Dodoro. In order to ensure that his whereabouts were not discovered, Adric brought only Dodoro to Los Angeles to participate in the replica.

Adric's original plan was the same as the meteorite team's - find the location of the meteorite in advance and wait for it nearby, then kill it as soon as either team gained control of the meteorite, ending the replica. This is the only way to minimize the contact between themselves and other teams and not to reveal their whereabouts.

Dodoro and Adric also found out the information about the meteorite fall site early on, however, unlike the other teams, only Adric infiltrated near the barracks, while Dodoro was waiting for Adric in another town, a few dozen kilometers away.

The candle in front of him is an item redeemed in the system, called the Irresistible Candle of Return. After the user binds himself to the irresistible candle, no matter how far away it is, once the flame is extinguished, he will immediately return to the side of the irresistible candle.

Just now, Adric was lurking silently until the irresistible candle was about to burn out, and then he finally found the best opportunity to kill Gaza with one move, and then let Dodoro blow out the candle and bring himself back to the original place.

The alien meteorite, of course, was also brought here by Adric.

But Adric had no idea that this copy was such a big joke!

Adric looked down at the meteorite in front of him.

"Captain ......?" Dodoro's face changed: "You're not going to ......"

"Actually, it shouldn't be too bad." Adric lifted his head and smiled at Duo Duo, "According to the description of the copy, if you swallow the embryo, the genetic strengthening ability you get should be very strong. And most importantly, it can be retained immediately after the copy is finished."

"But ...... then you ......" Dodoro squeezed his fist tightly, "wouldn't it turn into a monster!"

"A monster is a monster." Adric shook his head, "Our coordinates are on the radar and we're about to be besieged by all the teams. Even if we can defeat all the other teams, there's no guarantee that we won't leave any of them alive. Even if we can defeat all the other teams, there's no guarantee that there won't be a single survivor. If even one person escapes, after the replica is over, everyone in the Awakened World will know that the survivors of City Zero are still alive in the world.

Our strength is already weak and cannot withstand another consumption.

And by devouring its embryo, we won't continue to show up on the radar and can remain hidden for the time being without having to reach out to the rest of the team.

More importantly, we lack power now!"

Adric reached out and gently rubbed his hand over the rough crust of the meteorite in front of him, "We lost a lot of fighters, and almost all of those who survived were members of the R&D and logistics team, we are severely understaffed! But if I follow the hints of this copy, as long as I get the abilities of the embryos here, it will be possible for me to create a powerful army through genetic diffusion, even after I leave the copy.

Their fighting power may be weak or strong, it's hard to say. But at least, these will be cannon fodder that will die without much heartache, not our precious members!"

"But it's too dangerous! What if after swallowing that embryo ...... "Dodoro looked anxious.

"A risk has to be taken." Adric shook his head, "Do you think that what we are doing now, we can really hide ourselves forever? Impossible, Dodoro.

It was just the two of us who were drawn to participate in the replica this time, but that was a rare stroke of luck! How many people have I accompanied to the copy until now?

Each time, I was the only one fighting. Although this ensured that I would remain hidden, it meant that the other team members would not be rewarded with copies.

I can't carry on carrying everyone forever. One day, we would be discovered. And our power never grew.

So until then, we have to hurry up and get stronger!

And it just so happens that now we have this opportunity in front of us!"

Seeing that Dodoro was about to say something else, Adric put up his palm and stopped him: "Come on, there's no time left for nonsense now. There's probably another team coming along with the radar coordinates not far away."

He raised his sword high in his hand and stabbed down at the meteorite in front of him.

Although he had learned from the system prompt that the meteorite was actually an egg, its outer shell was dozens of times harder than real rock. The Soul Devouring Sword in Adric's hand was already an S-class weapon, but it still took 80% of his strength to cut through the outer shell.

A yellowish liquid flowed out of the cut, emitting a sickeningly fishy odor.

Dodoro looked disgusted and managed to keep himself from covering his nose.

Gritting his teeth, Adric put away his sword, plunged his hands into the newly cut slit, and pulled open the shell.

The shell was torn in half, and more yellowish liquid flowed out.

Between the two pieces of shell was a writhing lump of flesh, covered with dozens of tentacles.

"That's disgusting." Adric muttered, but without hesitation reached out and grabbed the embryo, shoving it into his own mouth and swallowing it.

"Captain ......" Dodoro watched in stunned silence as Adric swallowed the embryo, swallowing himself and gripping the hilt on either side of his waist with both hands.

Let's hope that nothing bad happens next at .......

After swallowing the embryo, Adric's entire body began to convulse violently, but after only a few moments he regained his composure and stood up straight.

"Head ...... You ...... are still the head, aren't you?"

Dodoro's legs and stomach twitched slightly as he watched Adric slowly turn his body towards him.

Although he was already an A+ ranked combatant, Dodorow had always been aware of how big the gap was between himself and an S ranked Head.

God knows what effect that disgusting alien embryo would have on the Devourer after being swallowed. If the Headmaster was controlled by the genes inside and turned into a monster with no relatives ......

"Go." Fortunately, Adric's next words gave Dodoro some relief, "There's no time to stay here any longer."

Dodoro nodded, flew out a flying skateboard from his storage gear, and jumped on it.

Adric, on the other hand, produced a pair of wings made of dark shadows behind his back, drew his soul-devouring sword, and flew upwards. Before he touched the ceiling, he stabbed the sword lightly, and the ceiling was instantly pierced through a large hole.

The two of them passed through the hole together and flew away into the distance.