Chapter 28 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Just how much damage could a tentacle from the Blood Moon cause?

That was something that Zhang Heng had no idea about. However, judging from the Blood Moon’s size, a tentacle from the Blood Moon would at least be well over a dozen kilometers in diameter. The tentacle would only need to bob on the surface of the Earth to crush the entire military base like a tin can and reduce the massive base into a metal waffle.

The intense rumbling sound was suddenly heard from every direction. Zhang Heng was unable to stand still, barely able to keep his balance on the shaking ground. The huge piece of glass that was used to train ground troops for space combat simulations was instantly shattered despite being reinforced, bullet-proof glass that was tens of centimeters thick.

Simultaneously, deafening screeching sounds of warping metal were heard from the top of the base. He didn’t need to stop to think to know that the tentacle from the Blood Moon was probably right above the base.

He gritted his teeth and got himself out of the stairway without care, charging and leaping off of the broken windows surrounding the training ground.

Zhang Heng kicked the ground hard the moment he came before the window and shot off the ledge like an arrow that was headed straight for the training ground.

He was still currently on the 190th floor below ground, which meant that he was still about 50 meters away from the bottom of the training ground.

Regular people would have died from leaping from a height over 50 meters without a doubt. However, since he had been injected with the T-Virus solution and was currently wearing an exoskeletal suit of armor, it remained a wonder if he was actually able to withstand the impact of freefalling from such a height.

He was able to calm himself better when he found himself midair, so much so that he was able to look up. A crimson living being of massive proportions with an eyeball at its tip was seen shrouded over the sun above him, charging straight for the military base as it descended. Countless alloy and steel constructs were torn away right after coming into contact with the shaft with an eye at its tip.

First floor… second floor… third floor.

The floors above were crushed and reduced to dust one after another. Concrete and steel sprayed everywhere from the crevices that had once been windows looking into the training ground and dropped all on and around Zhang Heng, which made the scene indescribably majestic.

Zhang Heng’s legs touched down on the ground in the very next second. The sound of metallic screeches were heard from the hydraulic parts of the exoskeleton’s joints. Zhang Heng rested his hands on the ground shortly after handing. The feeling of shock traveled all over his body made him feel as if he was about to disintegrate. The floor right beneath his feet was pulverized at the very same time, leaving a narrow yet deep crevice.

Zhang Heng bit down on the intense pain from his arms and legs as he struggled to correct himself before he dashed towards the Marker without bothering to look at the Blood Moon’s tentacle that was just hundreds of meters away from where he was.

“Time!” Zhang Heng recalled an extremely important piece of information to consider at the very instant he arrived before the Black Marker, which was if 36 hours had passed since when he first arrived at the Dead Space plane.

According to the rules of the Dimensional Star, the initial cooling duration of the Dimensional Star had been 48 hours when he first entered the Resident Evil plane, as he only had probational access back then. He was given Level E Access after he finished his last quest. The cooling duration of the Dimensional Star was reduced to 36 hours as a result.

At that moment, he wondered just how much time passed.

His face became ashen instantly. He dared not imagine what would happen if the cooling period was not reached 36 hours yet, as he had no other way of leaving that world that he found himself in.

Even though he did not find any data regarding the DNA evolution code, he had seen the runes on the Black Marker without a doubt. He wondered if what he saw would be the DNA evolution code that he sought.

Last but not least, he wondered just how he would be able to bring such a massive Marker back to his world and if he needed to touch the construct to finish the job.

All of these thoughts ran into his mind within an instant. He looked up again and found that the tentacle from the Blood Moon that blocked the sun above him had destroyed all the floors above the 100th floor. Countless bits of concrete and steel rained into the chasm above his head. It would have taken seconds before he found himself completely buried deep underground.