Hei Qin looked at the black mist that had already enveloped Huaicheng District with a puzzled expression; she had never known such a thing existed in Huaicheng District. Seeing that Hei Qin was also clueless about this black mist, Feng Jun had no choice but to temporarily halt the attack on Huaicheng District.
Meanwhile, inside Huaicheng District, as the black mist continued to spread, the soldiers and residents within it gradually began to feel unwell. Pain from their brains, mouths, and noses caused most people to lose their combat ability, making it impossible for them to even stand. After a violent bout of coughing up blood, the people in Huaicheng District successively began to mutate.
A Red Hand Mercenary Group squad that was originally fighting against soldier robots all collapsed and died within minutes of inhaling the black smoke, and their limbs mutated at an extreme speed. Their spinal bones continuously wriggled and grew, and the teeth in their mouths proliferated and mutated, with sharp teeth growing out of their mouths, even piercing through their entire lower jawbone. Some people's limbs also underwent drastic mutations, not only growing claws and mutated limbs like zombies, but some rapidly growing flesh directly enveloped and integrated the weapons they held into their flesh. As for the Blood Bell Gang's biochemical troops, their mutations were even more exaggerated, all transforming into monsters where flesh and metal intertwined.
Now, most of the soldiers and civilians in Huaicheng District have begun to mutate rapidly, all transforming towards the direction of zombie Mutants. Anyone exposed to the black mist mutated after contact with it. Only those who hid in their homes with doors and windows closed, or those in parts of the missile base not reached by the black mist, did not mutate. However, as the number of Mutants increased, these ordinary people and surviving soldiers were no longer safe. Even if they sealed their doors and windows and hid, these Mutants would find them using their keen sense of smell and other senses, dragging them out to bite and devour them. In just a few minutes, Huaicheng District turned into a living hell filled with human wails.
At this point, it was clear without even looking: this black dense mist contained a massive amount of piye bacteria virus. All these mutated people showed varying degrees of zombie Mutant symptoms, and their behavior was not much different from that of zombies. However, some soldiers and biochemical people, after mutating, no longer maintained a human form, but could still use the weapons they held in their hands. Furthermore, due to their limb mutations, they were strengthened, able to overturn cars, leap four meters, and even hang upside down on walls to fire at and attack targets, all without relying on a mechanical exoskeleton or Power Armor.
Looking at the footage sent back by the UAVs and robots, Feng Jun felt a heavy heart. He had not expected such a black, smoky biochemical weapon to exist within Huaicheng District. Fortunately, he had not directly dispatched soldiers into it; otherwise, without any precautions, they would surely have suffered heavy losses.
“Continue to send soldier combat robots into Huaicheng District. The human troops will temporarily remain on standby outside the city.” The current state of Huaicheng District was completely unexpected by Feng Jun. After all, whether it was the Blood Bell Gang or the Red Hand Mercenary Group, or the Zhu Hong Business Association and the Blackwater Merchant Guild, the essence of their conflict was merely to compete for territory and control over Huaicheng District. Now, directly deploying a black, smoky biochemical weapon in Huaicheng District was no longer just a matter of territorial dispute.
Meanwhile, in the underground military base of Huaicheng District, outside Zhu Wenyao's control room door, Fang Xinglong was wielding a newly acquired power hammer, striking down a Mutant that had rushed towards him. This Mutant, just minutes ago, was one of his modified biochemical men. After being enveloped by the strange black smoke, he quickly mutated into the appearance of a zombie Mutant. Afterward, these Mutants began to indiscriminately attack everyone here.
Fortunately, the combat power of these Mutants was still weaker than Fang Xinglong's, and Jiang Si Yuan was nearby with his guard. After a brief intense fight, Fang Xinglong and Jiang Si Yuan's guard successfully eliminated these suddenly mutated Mutants.
“What the hell is going on with this damned black mist? Did Zhu Wenyao create this as a last resort?” Fang Xinglong said angrily.
After the invasion of the black mist, almost all of Fang Xinglong's biochemical men mutated. However, Jiang Si Yuan's subordinates were all wearing excellent Power Armor. The Power Armor's internal circulation system filtered out the virus in the black mist, so the Red Hand Mercenary Group did not suffer much loss due to the black mist infection. Jiang Si Yuan, being cautious, usually wore a protective suit from the Refuge when outside. Upon seeing the black mist spread, he was the first to put on his helmet. As an ordinary person, he was naturally completely unharmed.
As for Fang Xinglong, due to being an Evolver, he already had immunity to piye bacteria infection. However, his biochemical men were not so lucky; under the shroud of the black mist, they all turned into Mutants.
Jiang Si Yuan was also in a very sorry state now, having lost his usual composure and calm. A Mutant had almost rushed in front of him just now; if not for the desperate resistance of his guards, he would have been finished there.
At this moment, the black dense mist had completely engulfed the entire underground base, and Mutants were rampant everywhere. These Mutants were relentlessly hunting down the surviving soldiers. The course of events had completely deviated from Jiang Si Yuan and Fang Xinglong's plans.
“It’s very likely that Zhu Wenyao did this. She wants to go down with us. We can only end all of this by dragging her out of the control room now.” Jiang Si Yuan’s heart was bleeding. He had invested almost all his military strength for today, deploying all his elite guard legions, many of whom were new Former Ming Empire soldiers from stasis pods. Furthermore, to cover equipment expenses, he had even borrowed a sum from the White Lotus Sect, though he never intended to repay it.
Now, the Red Hand Mercenary Group's communication channel was in chaos, filled with various cries for help and wails. The IEM showed that the number of contactable combat units was decreasing rapidly. If this continued, the troops Jiang Si Yuan brought would be completely wiped out here.
Compared to Jiang Si Yuan, Fang Xinglong was in a much worse situation. His biochemical troops almost never wore Power Armor; they directly had heavy armor installed on their bodies after mechanical modifications, not even having circulation masks. Now, almost all of his soldiers had mutated, and the Blood Bell Gang in Huaicheng District was practically annihilated.
Just as the two were still venting their anger, clamoring to drag Zhu Wenyao out of the control room for revenge, the heavy isolation door leading to the control room slowly opened by itself.