(Outskirts of Heurn Province)
(Hidden Location- Secret Military Complex)
The once impressive military complex was now a shadow of its former glory.
The reinforced metalloid buildings inside the complex were now little more than rubble.
Bodies and corpses were scattered across the ground and the heavy scent of death still lingered in the air.
Eve had killed most of the scientists and soldiers during her rampage and as for those that remained…
Well… their fates were not pleasant.
In the midst of the destruction was a creature. His body was vaguely humanoid with a skeletal-like frame and pitch-black eyes that gleamed with cruelty.
His eyes were sunken into his sockets and instead of fingernails, he possessed long black claws that scraped against the loose pieces of metal strewn about.
Subject 001 wandered through the carnage with slow halting steps. He had to pause every few minutes to catch his breath.
Hoarse guttural wheezing left his throat as the test subject tried his best to make it to the ruined building in front of him.
He was the sole survivor among the experiments that Subject 014 had left behind…
Their so- called… liberator… the one the scientists called… a success.
Heh… what a fucking joke.
A twisted expression of hatred flashed across the monster's face as he remembered breaking out of his cell and murdering everything in his sight.
Including his fellow experiments.
He… he should be the only one. He was the perfect being.
The leader of the new era.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSubject 001 felt a tremendous amount of pain in every part of his body as his cells were gradually beginning to decay.
After years of experimentation… it was a wonder that he was still… alive…
Well… technically alive.
Subject 001 wasn't sure if his heart was still beating or perhaps, he was hearing nothing more than a distant memory.
He was mad.
Subject 001 knew that his sanity had departed from the moment that the masked doctors stuck the first needles into his body and injected who knows what into his veins.
Vague memories would occasionally surface in his mind, but the monster ignored them since he wasn't that person anymore.
Now all he wanted to do now… was kill.
He wanted… no… he needed… to be the leader of the new humans… the ones they call zombies and live as an emperor.
And for that to happen… there could not be any challengers to his throne.
Cough! Cough!
Subject 001 bent over and threw up violently as thick chunks of vomit left his mouth.
His body swayed slightly from side to side as he tried desperately not to collapse.
No… he was so close.
The monster finally reached the door with great difficulty and pulled it open all the while black blood leaked out of his orifices.
He was now standing inside the ruins of what used to be a reception hall. In the middle of the room was a barely standing desk with a body resting on top of it.
Subject 001 stumbled over to the body and looked down with barely disguised greed hidden in his gaze.
The corpse on the table belonged to a handsome young teenager with short hair and a skinny physique.
He wore a simple white lab coat that barely covered his body, but it was the only piece of clothing that Subject 001 could find.
The corpse had an expression of fear on his face and the giant wound in his chest clearly displayed how he had died.
Why Subject 014 had killed him was a mystery to the humanoid creature but frankly he did not care.
This was the most unique specimen that he had ever come across.
Miraculously the boy's scent was a mishmash of both zombie and human at the same time.
His fingers were still partially covered in frost which indicated that somehow his ability was still activated despite his death.
Subject 001 caressed the corpse's face lovingly as he knew that the boy was his only hope to beat Subject 014.
He had only won their previous fight due to the element of surprise and truthfully none of his hits had left any permanent damage on his fearsome enemy.
The humanoid monster knew that he needed to repair his body… or replace it.
Subject 001 took in a few deep breaths and his skeleton-like frame rattled violently.
There wasn't much time left…
The monster used his black claws to carefully remove the top of the boy's skull and the pink fleshy brain beneath was now fully exposed.
Subject 001 ruthlessly stabbed into his own brain using his claws and pulled out a large purplish-black crystal with multiple red veins running along the sides.
He could feel his life slipping away as the crystal left his body.
Subject 001 fell over and used all of the remaining strength that he had left to shove the crystal inside the boy's exposed skull.
The last image that the monster saw was his hand slipping off the table before his body crashed to the ground.
There was complete silence.
Hours passed and neither the corpse on the table nor the monster on the floor moved a single inch.
Night soon fell and thousands of bright twinkling stars could be seen shinning in the sky.
A cold breeze blew through the military base and a pack of wild dogs entered through a partially destroyed gate.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThey began sniffing the bodies on the ground before the bravest among them opened its jaw and bit into the rotting flesh.
The dogs loudly howled at the sky as they tore into the meat and bones of the dead soldiers and scientists.
One of the dogs wandered over to an open building and curiously looked around.
His nose twitched slightly, and he approached a body on the top of a table.
The dog stood on its hindlegs and attempted to investigate the strange scent further when a hand tightly gripped its neck.
Crack!
The dog barely had any time to react before its neck was immediately broken by the immense force contained in the hand.
"What? Where?" Qin Wei hoarsely spoke as he rubbed his eyes furiously and looked around the ruined building.
The wounds on his body were slowly healing and he could feel power that he had never felt before.
Memories flowed inside his mind from a creature who called himself Subject 001.
Qin Wei screamed in pain as he felt a presence inside his mind fight for control.
"Do… not… resist…" the hoarse voice whispered quietly.
"Subject 014… no… she called herself… Eve… do you want revenge? And your useless sister… why did she not protect you?"
"How come no one else could see her for what she was? She was a liar… a hypocrite… a jealous bitch…
"She deserves to die… they both deserve to die…"
Qin Wei was scared of the monster's voice, but his words struck a chord inside his heart that was impossible to ignore.
He remembered the fear that he felt when Eve lifted him off the ground with her hand around his neck.
The terror of dying as Eve's hand punched through his stomach… and the hatred inside his heart as he saw his useless sister watching the whole time.
Qin Lan… she was the one who chose to bring along Eve… it was all her fault.
ALL HER FAULT!