Chapter 100: Out of Control

The Gold-Devouring Rat was the name used in India. In fact, there was no single official name for the naming of Fierce Beasts. They were all named casually by people, and after being accepted by others, the name of this kind of Fierce Beast was settled, which could also be considered an official naming method.

The reason Kahn lost his composure mainly lay in this kind of Gold-Devouring Rat.

From the name alone, one could tell what kind of Fierce Beasts they were. They looked somewhat like rats, but compared to rats, they were much larger. The Gold-Devouring Rats mainly had gray fur, with occasional ones having golden fur. But this was definitely not the origin of their name; the real origin was their ability.

When this kind of Gold-Devouring Rat first appeared, people indeed looked down on them, thinking it would be very simple to kill them.

But facts proved that people who held these thoughts all died miserably.

Kahn remembered a major event: an armored company in India, when facing hundreds of these Gold-Devouring Rats, found that the machine guns on the armored vehicles could not tear apart the fur of the Gold-Devouring Rats. Then, after the Gold-Devouring Rats got close to the armored group, a horrifying thing happened. The first thing these Gold-Devouring Rats did was not to bite people, but to rush onto these armored vehicles, open their mouths, and bite fiercely into the armored metal.

With terrible devouring ability, the armored metal was actually gnawed into gaps by their sharp teeth, forcefully bitten off in chunks, and then swallowed by them.

The entire armored company, in the blink of an eye, turned into delicious food in their eyes. Like pieces of delicious cheese, hundreds of Gold-Devouring Rats swarmed up, and in just half an hour, they actually gnawed all the armored vehicles into piles of metal scraps. The scene definitely made everyone who saw it doubt their own eyes, because it was too shocking.

They generally used ore as their main food, but metal was more like supreme delicious food in their eyes.

But do not think that just because their staple food was ore containing metal substances, one would be safe. They were also meat-eaters. The armored company back then had all their people bitten and swallowed bit by bit, leaving only a skeleton behind.

The reason the Gold-Devouring Rats appeared here was already very obvious; they were attracted by this strange rocky area in front of them. Crustal movements pushed these ores with high content to the surface, and then they were discovered by the Gold-Devouring Rats, temporarily becoming a feeding ground for them. And this group of people had inadvertently entered this area.

The Gold-Devouring Rats did not care what you were here for; in their subconscious, the whole team was invaders wanting to occupy their food.

Nearly a hundred Gold-Devouring Rats did not seem like many, but their teeth were too sharp, and their powerful bite force could crush even the metal of armored vehicles, let alone human flesh? In front of them, even if one entered Fierce Beast Form, no one dared to say they could withstand one of their bites. More importantly, they also possessed terrifying speed, and their small bodies appeared incredibly flexible while darting around.

Amidst a swath of “swishing” sounds, the momentum of nearly a hundred Gold-Devouring Rats charging was still very terrifying.

The speed of the Gold-Devouring Rats was too fast; before Kahn could react, they were already in front of him.

Perhaps Kahn’s scream had an effect; the team members behind had enough reaction time, and their first action was to protect the experts and leave.

Zhou Liming did not hesitate; he directly threw away his sniper rifle. With a “pu” sound from his hand, a Bone Spur ejected out. He did not retreat but instead stepped forward, crashing into a Gold-Devouring Rat. Before it could open its mouth, the Bone Spur was sent directly into its mouth as he shouted, “Come on, let’s see if your teeth are harder or my Bone Spur is.”

Qiao Bingsen was somewhat stunned by Zhou Liming’s extreme behavior; he originally wanted to tell him to step back so he could block these Gold-Devouring Rats and let him leave.

Kahn’s expression was not very good; he had only hesitated slightly when he was already surrounded by several Gold-Devouring Rats. The speed of the Gold-Devouring Rats was extremely fast, and they were exceptionally ferocious, giving Kahn no chance to escape at all. They leaped up, opening their mouths wide to bite him.

With a roar, a trace of despair flashed in Kahn’s eyes. His Radiation Suit shattered one after another. After activating his Fierce Beast Form, his clenched fist directly knocked a Gold-Devouring Rat away. Then, using his speed, he dodged the pounces of more than a dozen Gold-Devouring Rats and leaped onto a giant rock.

He panted desperately, not because of overexertion, but because of anger.

From the moment he entered the Fierce Beast Form, the Radiation Suit that was burst open lost its function. With the radiation index here exceeding the standard by tens of millions of times, being exposed to radiation was a certainty. And the consequence of radiation was exactly the reason for Kahn’s despair; he could foresee that once he mutated, it would be something he himself could not accept.

The offensive of the Gold-Devouring Rats was very fast; they gave the three of them no chance to catch their breath at all. Using their leaping power, they flew past like bullets.

Zhou Liming did not enter Fierce Beast Form. The Bone Spur in his hand displayed its terrifying power at this moment. The teeth of the Gold-Devouring Rats, which could crush even metal, turned into countless scraps under his Bone Spur. The terrifying vibration frequency was calculated in units of hundreds of millions per second. Under this kind of vibration, even diamonds would only end up being shattered to dust.

The Gold-Devouring Rat that Zhou Liming stabbed in the mouth had its entire head vibrated to explosion by Zhou Liming, and his whole body was splattered with blood and minced meat.

Stimulated by this fresh blood, Zhou Liming became even more frenzied. He knew that he was actually venting, venting the fear brought from his heart. When he came, he was prepared for death, but the moment he realized he had been exposed to radiation, he understood that he was not prepared for death at all. There were still many, many things he was reluctant to leave behind.

Why could others enjoy fatherly and motherly love as soon as they were born, enjoying endless family affection, but why could he not, being an orphan who did not even know his own parents?

Why could others enjoy endless material life, while he could only pitifully guard the cafeteria of the Orphanage, eating meals that would not change for years?

Why could others live in spacious villas, while he could only hide in a small room.

Why…

Countless “whys” made Zhou Liming seem as if he had gone mad.

Since childhood, Zhou Liming had been a good child, but who could know his own loneliness and helplessness?

“To hell with being a good child, to hell with a good child.” Zhou Liming’s eyes were bloodshot. His Radiation Suit shattered in his madness, and then he entered Fierce Beast Form. The giant tail, in a forceful lash, directly blasted a Gold-Devouring Rat in the air. The force of the blow did not diminish and directly smashed a stone to pieces.

His two hands did not stop at all; moving in a crisscross manner, they waved out countless afterimages. With every strike, a Gold-Devouring Rat was killed.

In this state of losing control of his emotions, the cells in Zhou Liming’s body seemed to be activated. That itch coming from the cells appeared again, and then the cells seemed to be burning. Every one of them was splitting. Surging power was generated in the cells, constantly impacting Zhou Liming’s rationality.

Kahn and Qiao Bingsen, who were at the side, were already stunned. They did not know why Zhou Liming, who had been fine just now, would suddenly seem to go crazy.

In Kahn’s view, Zhou Liming was definitely the youngest in the whole team. Before, he thought he was just a new recruit sent by China to make up the numbers. But now it seemed that he had misjudged. This most inconspicuous person was actually the most powerful person. Watching his wild attacking methods, even he had the illusion that he could not catch his movements.

But very quickly, the expressions of both of them changed as well.

It was seen that Zhou Liming’s Fierce Beast Form was actually constantly changing. One could see his scales disappearing and then appearing, and his muscles moving around. Originally, he was just over two meters tall, but in the blink of an eye, he turned into a giant of nearly three meters. His muscles crisscrossed, appearing incomparably ferocious.

Very soon, Zhou Liming, who had fallen into a state of being somewhat out of control, had his wings suddenly appear. After spreading out, one could see that the wings had become crimson, and the veins and blood vessels covering them could be seen. The constant cell division made this wing look like a pockmarked meat wing. When spread out, it was like a demon from hell.

Right now, Zhou Liming’s consciousness was very blurry; he only knew to kill the Gold-Devouring Rats in front of him, to kill them all.

The pockmarked wings flapped suddenly, and then Zhou Liming shot up into the sky. In mid-air, his thickened arm crazily changed and contracted, quickly forming a huge cannon-barrel-shaped arm. It was covered with bulging veins and blood vessels, with muscles winding around it strip by strip, looking terrifyingly abnormal.

“Ahhhhhh… Ahhh…”

The moving arm muscles suddenly stopped moving under Zhou Liming’s roar, and then they actually started absorbing light.

In this instant, it was as if everything had stood still. Even the Gold-Devouring Rats below paused in their frantic biting.

A vast, dangerous aura pressed down from the sky, making one’s very soul tremble. Not only that, but this aura also carried a power so strong that it made people unable to feel any will to resist. It was as if, in front of it, everything was tiny and insignificant, nothing more than an ant.

Kahn and Qiao Bingsen did not know why they felt this way, but this feeling was indeed what they experienced.

After looking up at Zhou Liming in the sky, this dangerous aura made them unable to breathe. After glancing at each other, they did not hesitate to turn and run. With all their strength, combined with the Fierce Beast Gene known for speed, their speed was imaginable in almost the blink of an eye; one could hardly see their running figures.

However, this was not enough. The intuition brought to them by the Fierce Beast Gene still made them shout constantly: “Further, further, even further.”

Only the Gold-Devouring Rats below were left trembling as they lay limply on the ground…