Chapter 94 (1/2)

Scrambling up from the shattered wardrobe, Chang was dizzy. He ignored his physical discomfort, gaping at the strange soldier and Jing.

The last shot was fired by intuition, since he was struck on the face and blown away by the force, completely losing his balance and sense of direction. A shower of wood fragments and a collapsed wood panel blocked his view. He merely relied on his calculations before the fall into the wardrobe.

Fortunately, the shot hit the target.

However, although the shot was right on the soldier's chest, it didn't cause enough damage. In a few seconds, the creature would stand up again. Its chest bone had slightly collapsed, judging from a shallow indent in his chest. A hole was burnt in its uniform, revealing a blood-soaked spider silk bulletproof vest, as well as flesh and blood.

”What the h.e.l.l… This monster is also wearing a bulletproof vest?” Upon seeing it, he raised his handgun again.

However, the creature had tasted the power of the handgun. Before Chang had raised his arm, it had darted aside.

The creature was agile. It was slower than a bullet, but still able to move before Chang could act.

In other words, Chang had lost his target before he had even tried to aim. And when he recalibrated his direction, the creature had left his range already.

After a few tries, Chang realized that shooting the creature was an impossible mission. The creature had also thoroughly understood the lethality of the handgun and didn't dare to rashly approach Chang, either. Even though comparing to it, Chang was slower, but getting closer to him would still be a dangerous action.

The dynamic confrontation only lasted for a few seconds with one constantly pointing and the other dodging. Jing's scream broke the deadlock.

”Chang! Run! Run! Another one is coming!”

Her voice filled the room, but soon it was replaced by the same heavy footsteps as those that the creature before them had, getting closer up the stairs. Chang quickly glanced at Jing as though he saw the other creature breaking into the room. His ability apprised him that the coming creature would enter the room in two seconds, and he wouldn't have a chance to get away if he were to face two gene-altered soldiers.

Without further consideration, Chang looked briefly at Jing, then made a cruel decision as Qing Shui would do—he escaped the room without Jing.

Hesitation signified losing the chance to flee. He knew that he wouldn't be able to take Jing with him since she was in the opposite corner. The backup soldier would catch them both if he were to grab Jing.

The consequences of such a decision were to be avoided.

If both of them were captured, Jing would have no chance of escaping at all. Chang's decision wasn't cold-blooded but rational—because the creature had caught Jing in the air instead of briskly smas.h.i.+ng her, he knew that its mission was to capture and not exterminate.

Therefore, his abandonment was uneasy but the burden of protecting Jing was lifted.

Knowing that the odds were against him, putting up a desperate fight to rescue Jing was a meaningless sacrifice.

It wasn't a struggle to choose, and he knew that Qing Shui would have done the same.

Chang broke the window as he sprang up.

He and Jing had hid on the top-level of a seventeen floor apartment. As Chang rapidly descended, the creature was about to go down in pursuit, but was forced back by three resounding gunshots.

Diving through the air, Chang regretted that he'd made a wrong choice for their safe house. Even if his body was enhanced, the force of gravity acceleration would only make every piece of his bone crack if he was lucky. Fortunately, he spotted an area with an abundance of trees.