Free Web NovelChapter 787: Chapter 697: Reboot the Future (Part 2)
Chichu Chun’s eyes sharpened, the Chain Blade suddenly swung out, and the cut flashed by, splitting the image of Heidelberg on the big screen, which flickered and then disappeared.
"It is now exactly 6 PM New Nara City time. Please be advised to avoid the evening rush hour. To ensure smooth city traffic, refrain from lingering at intersections and avoid traffic. Thank you for your cooperation."
The cold broadcast echoed above the city, people stepped out from both sides of the street, umbrellas clashing and overlapping, cold rain flowing down the edges of umbrellas, and the puddles on the ground reflected people’s hollow expressions.
Blood stained the road, people getting off work jostled shoulder to shoulder, crossing the intersection as usual, completely ignoring the bodies on the street. A chilling eerie feeling spread through the city, as if at any moment, the skyscrapers would turn into a bloody and primal jungle.
A girl without an umbrella walked past Chichu Chun, her expression blank and numb, only lifting her head for a moment when she saw Chichu Chun.
The next moment, her head suddenly exploded, and the limbs of the Insect Race emerged from her neck!
At this moment, the rainwater stalled, and the people around were like actors in a silent movie, simultaneously showing expressions of terror, some opening their mouths to scream, others with swollen faces, a blood stain appearing.
"Ahhhh!"
The girl did not attack Chichu Chun, instead turning to pounce on a middle-aged man with an umbrella nearby, ripping him open. Chaos and screams filled the street for a while, panicked people fleeing in every direction, and among them, every few people would turn into monsters like the girl, opening their bloody mouths to bite the people escaping alongside them.
Chichu Chun’s gaze turned cold, intending to turn away, when a little girl stepped forward to tug at her skirt, her voice slightly trembling.
"Mommy, save... Mommy."
She turned back and saw the little girl’s mother being knocked down by an insect shadow, and such scenes were happening every moment on this street, people’s wails constantly echoing in her ears. Under the gloomy sky, the blood in the rain curtain seemed like blossoms blooming.
The little girl’s pupils reflected the appearance of Chichu Chun, her small hands trembling, seeking help from this distinctively dressed girl amidst the chaos, a token of her greatest courage.
The next second, Chichu Chun clicked her tongue, the slowly flowing time stopping in her vision, the dark cloud just fully covering the sky over the street.
With the complete release of the "Thunderous Shadow Armor", her speed would be pushed to her own limits, allowing free traversal within any shadowed area.
To kill the insect shadows mingling among the crowd, she wouldn’t even need one second!
Chichu Chun leaned slightly forward and dashed out, the scenes along the street stretched to their longest in an instant!
The insect shadow near the girl’s mother was killed, a red shadow flashed and disappeared, lightning sparked, Chichu Chun darted among the fleeing crowd, and everywhere she passed, dozens of parasite heads flew through the air!
In just a blink of an eye, Chichu Chun was back at her original spot, with parasites within a hundred meters simultaneously collapsing!
Her breathing became a bit more hasty, her face also splattered with the Insect Race’s blood, her whole body dyed red.
The little girl stared blankly at her, with tears shimmering in her eyes.
Suddenly, the little girl’s face started to swell as well, causing Chichu Chun to slightly pause.
A limb with a sharp blade cut open her face, emerging from within!
"Damn!"
Chichu Chun took a few steps back, and the girl’s mother also rose slowly from the ground, her numb face showing fear, her face slowly beginning to swell.
"Return to... the embrace of family... join the... collective."
The two who had turned into monsters walked towards Chichu Chun, and then the surviving people began to scream one after another, frantically scratching their faces, their heads exploding, the sharp limbs waving wildly in the air.
No time to think, such a scene was reenacted at the next intersection.
A red-haired little girl hugged her doll, gazing blankly in the flowing crowd, casting a plea for help to Chichu Chun; behind the girl, the passersby’s limbs were twisting and deforming, reaching out towards her.
The red electric light streaked across the street, in just a split second, Chichu Chun had rushed to the man’s front, the Chain Blade wrapping around his neck, pulling forcefully.
The girl dashed across the skies of the streets, dragging a bloody web, the spots where the Chain Blade lashed out, blood flowers burst out along the street, Chichu Chun like a raging bloody windmill, crossing several blocks in an instant.
Her boots lightly touched the monster’s forehead, soaring into the air, the cold rain flying backward, Chichu Chun’s overheated mind rapidly calming, planning a route towards the Medical Tower in her mind.
She couldn’t save everyone, but she could save more within her power.
Once Heidelberg leaves New Nara City, the entire city would be doomed.
She didn’t want to face the trolley problem...
She must... get faster!
The girl’s breath surged again, her speed increasing explosively compared to earlier. The scenes of the Commercial Street flitting past the sides of Chichu Chun’s vision; cinema, café, arcade, subway station, her figure appeared almost simultaneously at each location, killing the lurking monsters moments before they burst forth.
A blood-soaked girl emerged out of nowhere, eliciting gasps from the crowd inside the subway station.
Chichu Chun clutched her chest tightly, her heart pounding fiercely and suddenly constricting, blood oozing from her mouth and nose, her body covered in blackened blood indistinguishable whether it’s her own or the monster’s.
