bookbashuk Chapter 65 Mr. Kennedy, Test My Strength
Chapter 65 Mr. Kennedy, Test My Strength
Chapter 65 Mr. Kennedy, Test My Strength (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Zino turned his head, his gaze passing over the top edge of his sunglasses and landing on the screen on the control panel.
"That's all the parts we can crack."
"If the final password is entered incorrectly, the Ark will be destroyed, and Erpis will disappear with it."
"And only you know the password, Grace."
He took a step toward the control panel.
Grace took two steps back, a small movement, but her back was already pressed against the edge of the control panel, with nowhere left to retreat.
"You're quite generous."
Li En's voice came from behind Qi Nuo, not loud, just enough to draw the other person's attention back.
"Aren't you afraid I'll just walk over and type something wrong?"
Zino only completed half of his turning motion.
bang bang.
Two nine-millimeter bullets pierced the air in which he had been standing just moments before, embedding themselves in the metal wall behind him.
As the gun fired, Zino shifted half a step to the side, easily dodging Li En's shot.
Grace.
Li En's gun was still pointed at the spot where Zino had just been standing, his eyes already locked onto the two red markers in his field of vision.
Head, heart.
Never give up hope.
He pulled the trigger again.
The red marker in the field of vision disappeared for a moment, then suddenly reappeared.
He adjusted his aim, anticipated the distance by one body length, and fired two more shots.
The bullet struck the paving stones at Zino's feet, sending up a few small fragments.
A fist slashed in from the right, without a sound, and appeared right beside my ear.
Li En drew his tactical hand axe with a backhand motion, and when the axe blade made contact with his fist, it deflected the force to the side.
clang.
The clanging of metal echoed in the empty hall.
"Oh?" Zino withdrew his fist, looked down at his knuckles, and saw a faint white mark on them.
"I never expected you to be so energetic."
As he spoke, his right hand was already raised, and he elbowed Li En directly at the neck.
Lee caught the tip of the elbow and instinctively leaned back before it slammed into his throat.
But it was too late.
A vibration traveled up from the Adam's apple, down the cervical spine, and into the base of the skull.
Li En staggered back a few steps, his heels hitting the seams between the floor tiles, and his body swayed a few times.
He raised his hand and rubbed his throat, pressing his fingers against the spot where he had been hit.
There was no pain, no difficulty breathing, only the lingering tingling sensation on my skin from the vibration.
Zino did not pursue.
He stood there, tilting his head, his gaze sweeping over Li En's face.
How could someone so vulnerable as to have their throat attacked so forcefully possibly emerge unscathed?
"What's wrong with you?!"
Li En put down the hand that had been rubbing her throat.
The "steel body and iron back" attribute provides sufficient leeway for impact attacks, but not for cutting attacks.
Zino's punches and kicks were the former, as was that elbow strike just now.
But if the other party uses a knife, that's a different story.
Zino was too fast; his movements and attacks were completely invisible.
Li En stared at the other person's shoulder, waiting for signs of the next move.
Before any warning appeared, a tremendous force had already poured into his chest.
He flew backward, his back slamming onto the floor tiles and sliding three or four meters before finally coming to a stop after the back of his head hit the base of the control panel.
The bulletproof vest absorbed most of the impact, but my sternum still felt numb from the shock.
He propped himself up, but before he could stand up, something cold was pressed against the back of his head.
"You're strange."
Zino held the gun in one hand, pressing the muzzle against Li En's occipital bone, tilting it down a few degrees to ensure the bullet wouldn't damage the control panel after passing through the cranial cavity.
"But no matter how weird it is, there's nothing you can do now that your brain's been blown out."
Li En's hand rested on his waist, his fingertips touching the safety plate of the grenade.
He pressed down gently with his thumb, but didn't pull it open; he was just waiting.
The steel body and iron back provide sufficient protection against pure impact; the impact of bullets hitting the body can be absorbed.
However, if the bullet shatters inside the body after penetrating the skin, those fragments constitute cutting injuries and are not covered by this entry.
The same logic applies to grenades: you can withstand the shockwave, but not the fragments or the high temperature.
His thumb remained on the pressure plate.
"etc!"
Grace's voice boomed through the empty hall.
She held Emily in one arm and pointed directly at the control panel with the other.
"I know the password!" Her voice trembled. "But—you have to let Leon go!"
Qi Nuo turned his head and looked at her through his sunglasses. After a moment, he removed the gun from the back of Li En's head.
"Can."
He casually took a few steps away, increasing the distance between himself and Li En.
The movements were relaxed, and the pace was neither too fast nor too slow.
Once he obtains Elpis, the consciousness of all humanity will be under his control.
At that time, this strange Leon in front of us will also become a puppet. It makes no difference whether we kill him or not. Keeping him alive might still be useful.
Li En did not stand up, but sat cross-legged on the ground, moving her hands from her waist and placing them on her knees.
I definitely need to level up.
Even a cyborg of Zeno's caliber couldn't be suppressed head-on.
Many stronger guys will appear in New York in the future.
If we don't quickly improve our strength and arm ourselves, are we just waiting to die?
Qi Nuo glanced down at Li En and tugged at the corners of her mouth.
"Good, you can judge the situation clearly; you're a smart person."
He considered it in his mind.
Giving Leon some freedom of will wouldn't be a bad idea; it would be a waste to use someone like him as a puppet.
Li En did not respond.
Grace stood in front of the control panel, looking down at the line of text on the screen.
What does the Creator truly desire?
Some thoughts flashed through her mind.
Elisa: You are your mother's hope.
Spencer: She was my hope, a vain hope.
Grace turned her head and looked over the edge of the control panel, landing on Li En, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor tiles.
What did he just say?
Never give up hope.
She took a deep breath, then stretched out her fingers and typed down the letters one by one on the keyboard.
HOPE.
Press Enter.
Rumble!
A muffled roar came from the core of the device.
In the very center of the control panel, the circular seal with the red danger sign on it began to rotate.
The mechanical mechanism inside engaged and unlocked, producing a series of crisp metallic clanging sounds.
White mist sprayed out from the gap; it was very cold and condensed into a fine layer of water droplets the moment it came into contact with the air.
Six cylindrical slots rise from below the seal, each containing a tube of medicine.
Grace reached out and picked up one of the tubes.
The pale yellow liquid flows slowly inside the glass tube.
The tube wall was warm, and it had a gentle warmth that was hard to describe when held in the hand.
She turned around, her lips parted: "Actually, Spencer—"
Zino was already beside her.
His movements were silent; he pushed her shoulder aside with one hand and took a vial of medicine from the control panel with the other.
The actions were not violent, but there was no room for negotiation.
"Well done, you've accomplished your mission, Grace."
He turned the medicine over to look at the label, then pulled off the protective cap and plunged it into his carotid artery.
The injection and needle withdrawal were completed in one smooth motion.
The empty vial slipped from his loosened fingers, bounced on the floor tiles, and rolled into the shadow of the control panel base.
Grace stumbled over to Li En, crouched down, and whispered, "This thing—"
"Shh." Li En raised his chin and gestured towards the other side of the hall.
Emily slumped against the wall, her back against the base of the culture chamber, her legs stretched out, her breathing shallow, and the rise and fall of her chest barely perceptible.
"Go give it to her."
Grace understood from Li En's eyes that the other party knew everything!
She didn't ask any more questions, got up and ran to Emily's side, kneeling on the ground.
He gently lifted the girl's head and placed it on his lap, then slowly injected the medicine into the outside of her thin thigh.
Zino twisted his neck, and his cervical spine made a crisp click.
He clenched his fist, spreading his fingers and then closing them, feeling the force in his fingertips.
Then he turned around, walked up to Li En, and looked down at the man who was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, motionless.
"Mr. Kennedy, I give you a unique honor in the world. Come and try my new power."
"Oh." Li En stood up, brushing the dust off his pants. "Then I'll give it a try."
Zino raised his fist, pulled his shoulder back, rotated his waist and hips, and put all his weight on his right fist, aiming it at Li En's face.
The fist slammed solidly into Li En's groin.
Li En didn't move, his body didn't lean back, his head didn't tilt, and even his neck wasn't twisted by the force.
He stood there, his jaw slightly clenched, absorbing the full force of the impact without moving an inch.
Zino's eyes widened.
He looked down at his fist, then looked up at Li En's face, which wasn't even broken.
He didn't hold back with that punch; based on his understanding of his own body, the force should have been enough to punch through a concrete wall.
But now his finger joints are aching slightly.
There's something even more wrong.
When the punch was thrown, there was no sound of wind breaking through the air.
Li En reached out and grabbed Qi Nuo's right wrist, his five fingers tightening as he exerted force.
Click.
"Ah!" Zino's screams echoed through the empty hall.
A small fragment of the fractured radius pierced through the skin, and blood dripped down the bone fragments onto the white floor tiles.
His body instinctively sank downwards, his knees slamming into the floor tiles, cold sweat beading on his forehead and covering his face.
He clutched his broken right wrist, looked up at Li En, and his lips trembled several times before he managed to squeeze out a complete sentence.
"What's going on—what's going on!?"
"Elpis is not what you think."
Grace stood up from next to Emily.
"This is not a virus at all, it's an antiviral drug."
She looked down at Emily in her arms.
Emily's eyelashes fluttered, her brows furrowed slightly, and then relaxed.
Grace reached out and touched her forehead.
"What!?"
Zino's left hand reached for his waist, but stopped abruptly as his fingers touched the holster's latch.
Li En pressed the muzzle of his gun against his forehead and pulled the trigger.
boom.
Zino's body leaned back, and the back of his head hit the floor tiles.
Blood seeped from the bullet hole right in the center of his forehead, running down the sides of his nose.
Those pale-colored eyes were still open, their pupils slowly dilating.
Li En put the gun away and walked to the control panel.
There are four tubes of medicine left in the six slots.
He picked up one tube and put it into his spatial storage, then picked up another tube, removed the protective cap, inserted it into the inside of his arm, and injected the solution.
A small drop of blood came out with the needle as it withdrew from his skin, which he wiped away with his thumb.
The bruises on my arms started to fade, and the marks on my neck also faded.
The medicine was indeed effective.
boom.
A bullet flew in from the direction of the entrance and struck Lee En in the outside of his thigh.
The impact caused him to stumble two steps, his knees buckled, and he fell to the ground.
He shifted his weight onto his left leg and turned around.
A fully armed soldier stood at the entrance.
He was dressed in a full special operations suit, with a gas mask covering his entire face.