The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Sunrise, or dusk (12)

As warnings spread about the little things, Charlie's squadron suffered a short time of extreme chaos.

“Are you sure? Are you sure there's nothing torn?" ”

The sound of a machine gun shooter neurally attacking an assailant. The question is, is there a hole in my protective clothing?

“Look straight ahead, I'm sure! Shoot the ones you see first! We're getting out of here, you idiot! ”

It was the work of the platoon commander, not the undertaker.

Like he said, the hordes of monsters dying of crucifixion were leaving a heap of loose fireworks. The decisive annihilation was imminent....

However, on the other hand, we are fortunate that this is the winter.

‘If these things had come a little earlier, they would have put us in a position to be exterminated. ’

I think I'm staring down at the chunk of flesh. The guy who had been whining his armor until now, realizing that my efforts were useless, is now struggling to break free from restraint, shaking his short limbs. Profit! Profit! The muscles and blood vessels surged throughout the torso.

By postponing the fact that the larger ones chose to flee instead of hitting this gap, the smaller ones were also uncontrolled by the Trickster. That is, they do not know each other's existence.

It would be even weirder if there was an acquired feature transmitted as a secondary infection to a new species who just escaped the base.

Winter starts pressing the man holding it with his thumb. I was trying to make sure it was hard, not cruel. How much pressure it can withstand, how hard the skeleton is. How appropriate is the weapon to respond. There are so many unimaginable monsters, I couldn't help but notice they're small. Sensory threats are those that reflect direct threats to winter individuals.

A small creature, unable to even breathe, struggles desperately in the hands of an obstinate sinner. Blood bursts from your eyes and your insides spill out of your mouth. Surprisingly, there was no sound of bones breaking. A flexible yet resilient skeleton. I felt a strong pulse on my thumb. In the face of death, the beating heart was a man, a mutant, or a falcon. Phew! The beast stares at the winter with hatred that surpasses the pain, as its body ruptures under pressure.

It means there is minimal intelligence to be hated.

In the spilled blood, a large amount of water vapor rose, considering the cold weather. Temperature significantly higher than other variants. Somehow, even beyond the thick gloves, I wanted to feel warm. Throws a half-inch corpse up, pulling the fall to the blade of the Great Sword. Screaming! The sharpened, large sword simply slashes its small body.

Winter looks at the dismembered corpse as it rolls on its toes. Lipids are quite common, but this alone is not enough to withstand the breeze of the blade.

In other words, it was likely to have a very consuming nature.

‘Not good. ’

Strange discord sounds come from all over the field.

Queek, queek! Yuck!

Queek? Queek! Queek, queek!

There are more than one or two nearest numbers. If you count the upward and upward movements on the slope covered in corpses, you'll only see more heat. The height of the leap sometimes reached two meters.

Colonel Zachary Classic said there were a maximum of twenty survivors who escaped from the ammunition base.

‘But the whole thing came here...'... would be too optimistic. ’

In the end, these monsters were numbered sharply in a short time. I still don't know how it's physically possible, but it's clearly an ominous sign.

“Whoa! What the hell! I feel bad! I feel really bad! ”

A soldier crushes the creature that was attached to him and tramples it nervously. Under the chopping foot, the creature is crushed like a rodent on a wheel.

Seeing that, my colleagues chuckle.

“Hey, Fujio. Don't make a fuss about it. It's disgusting.”

“Dammit! Go, I'm just surprised you're stuck! Do you know the difference? ”

“Yes. If you are. ”

Charlie platoon members relaxed with friendly language exchanges. I've been confused once, but it seems that a small new species is not so frightened.

In part, it was also thanks to the protective clothing. It's a biochemical agent designed to protect the whole body, and it's new, so it also adds some basic defense. The most susceptible to variants are the bulletproof fibers.

Monsters smaller than the palm of the hand are clearly no threat to any individual.

However, if many infiltrate during a battle, the story is different.

The new protective clothing was sturdy, but not all parts could be as sturdy as the armor. A small monster clings to it and chews it persistently, making a hole in it one day.

At the same time, body armor dulls the wearer's senses. How can you tell when there's less than a kilogram of flesh in combat?

You are more likely to be bitten and not even aware. It's common for combat excitement and concentration to make the pain slower. After the battle, when did I get hurt like this? "Surprise" is the case. If the wound was bitten by a monster....

It should be reassuring that the entire task force is wearing protective masks. Even if you get infected, you won't be able to bite your colleagues right away.

A platoon commander asked the surgeon in the winter if he noticed that the commander cared.

“How do I do that? Do you think it'll just be shredded with grenades? ”

I'm talking about a field full of dead bodies. Small things clinging to the remains of the mutants.

Winter ordered me to hesitate for a moment.

“Sweep.”

I was doubtful it would be meaningful given the speed at which the numbers increased, but it would be better than just leaving them. It won't take long.

A pair of high-speed grenade launchers once again demonstrated excellent lethality. Grenade baptism that combines the two doors, up to 10 rounds per second. This was like a plague of fire and debris for those who were made of blood and flesh. The things that leap away from the explosion have turned into showers on the side torn by the pressure.

However, the number of people dying in herds seemed to be increasing compared to what we saw earlier.

Winter's anxiety grew darker.

Winter with Lt. Commander Matsudira returned the troops to their original defenses by boarding the vehicle. He then communicates directly with the command. What the hell is going on, and what the new information is out there. Even at this moment, the main group of mutants was approaching. Their monstrosity echoes through every valley. If even the smallest things here stick to the numbers, it is difficult to come up with a countermeasure.

‘Hundreds of scales of that size are critical variables. ’

Not to mention thousands more. The winter imagines the worst evolution. Overwhelmed by monsters other than normal, Lee was able to use normal combat strength, whether Independent or Air Force.

We need a name for whatever it is, so we will call it teratomas until the musical code is formally established.

It was Dr. CDC who logged onto the commanders' channel.

The generals reacted normally.

…… Terratoma?

The doctor replied quickly.

"It looks similar, and it looks very similar in appearance in the production process.

Slightly stagger from one another. The generals didn't even know what a teratoma was, but the doctors accepted it that way. After all, it wasn't important, so no one pointed out that part.

What is that teratoma or reproduction so fast? It doesn't make any sense!

The sound of Caphraov's voice remains unchanged.

"Not reproduction.

"No?"

"Yes, the ammunition base…… No, I think we should call it the Chinese military research facility now. So after decrypting the data from the facility, the teratoma replicates itself in a way that transforms the human and the mutant bodies.

There are a lot of twists in the content compared to being in a hurry. He must not be used to this situation. I accepted just by omitting critical information or not stuttering.

It's a completely new form of infection. Especially transformations based on the body that Mogelons already possessed, the variant, were terribly fast. And what you've seen will be the result.

Говно.

The warden muttered.

What is the skeleton? You can't deform a bone like that. Do the clones have any bones?

"Modified protein replaces skeleton. like the horns of a rhino.

Rhino horns are different from bones.

The warden sighs as if he didn't want to believe it.

Whatever you imagine, it's always more than that! So, what, the mutant that was bitten by the teratoma, does that mean it's not too long ago, it's not too long ago, but it's divided into little monsters of the same weight?

Not really. And that rapid deformation, of course, consumes a lot of calories, and even pre-existing organisms absorb nutrients. We need to get the research done properly, but we're lucky to have half the original weight of the egg. My guess is that it was created intentionally as a means of controlling the spread of Mogellons, or as a weapon to replace the Mogellons themselves.

The pink locust swarm?

"Isn't there something called an intermediate process or a failure?

Shit……!

Lt. Gen. Rogers asked dry.

Based on what you consider to be a weapon? Is that the data from the base, too?

The doctor answered immediately.

"No, not yet. However, it is because unlimited proliferators consume enormous amounts of calories in the general metabolism.

I don't know what to do.

In other words, it is easier to control than the Mogelons we know. If the calories are not supplied, the activity will be suspended in a few hours. Within an hour of being in a cold place like this, you're either going to be in metabolism or you're going to be eating your own kind. There is no intermediate between extreme metabolic acceleration and metabolic inhibition. It's too small to be intelligent. Isn't this more ideal than the Morgelons we've seen with bioweapons?

Extreme metabolic acceleration. The reality of winter's expected consuming nature.

‘Cold is about enduring pure caloric consumption. ’

Therefore, they themselves are not able to act for long. We need a host to constantly nourish us.

Is your ability to withstand metabolism better than a normal mutation? ’

Closed blast doors, a completely isolated base. If I had survived three years of metabolic suppression in there, I would have to judge it like winter.

The problem is that mutants are swarming all over the place.

General Rogers' voice goes down even further.

"At least hundreds of thousands of hosts…….

Hundreds of thousands of people who expected to reach it before sunrise, and then millions, or tens of millions, of cunning people who desperately pushed it. That's where the terra tomatoes eat them. We should be able to handle them easily on either side, but the real problem was that we both have to deal with them at the same time.

Of course, teratomas are the enemy of mutants.

But will the cunning ones who are so far from the front, wary of fire and bombardment, be able to correctly detect the existence of these little things in the dark?

As far as I can tell, secondary infections are difficult to control for the teratoma. Ordinary variants can't control their biting power and will kill them with excessive bleeding, otherwise they will proliferate faster than secondary infections.

Besides, the ballistics base investigation might be delayed here.

Even the withdrawal of the mission troops was more likely to become impossible.

Rogers would have already considered early withdrawal.

Let's not think hard.

It was the voice of General Zberev.

"There is a way to defend the defense line.

Specifically?

When Lt. Gen. Rogers asked, the warden replied in a calm tone.

In the worst case, board all troops and then smash the tactical core with melee dangerous fire. requesting an additional nuclear strike from the antihelmet. There's a crisis that's more severe than the accumulation of toxins right now, and I'm not just going to say it's not good enough.

…….

Tiny things will not survive on that continuous line of radioactive contamination. Even the big ones won't last long. They're living creatures after all. Adjusting the explosion altitude according to the wind can also prevent a fall to the ammunition base. You have been breached, so be careful. Maybe the Morgelons' prototype is contaminated.

Specialty variants such as Licoradka and Chernovog are exposed to microsibert at most. Exposure to tens of hundreds of sheaves of intense radiation was normal for any strain or rope to die.

However, according to this proposal, the mission unit must also be prepared for minimal exposure. Nuclear Cannonball Melee means you will see mushroom clouds at least a few kilometers away. Whether it's a glove car with positive pressure, a state-of-the-art gas mask and protective clothing, it's not the perfect countermeasure for radiation.

In addition, protective clothing, either by engagement or by teratomas, should also be considered. Even the smallest damage will be fatal.

The radio waves silence for a moment.