At this point, Jason on the other side had already broken free from the Dark Touch's hold. He raised his chainsaw sword and went back to attacking Roy just like before.
The Dark Touch was ultimately just tentacles made of energy, so it was a little lacking in the strength department.
Too bad for Jason, this time Roy didn't slip. Instead, Jason himself got a kick to the knee from Roy's soul double, which made him drop to one knee.
Roy rushed forward and landed a solid punch right in Jason's face, sending him staggering backward.
In his demon form, the 72 points in Roy's Strength stat were finally enough to break through Jason's near-unstoppable state from his high Constitution.
However, the mask on Jason's face was surprisingly well-made. It only developed a few cracks and didn't shatter from Roy's punch.
This situation caught Roy a little off guard, but he didn't have time to dwell on it. Even though he'd been knocked backward, Jason didn't stop attacking. He was still trying to swing his chainsaw sword in a horizontal slash at Roy.
Seriously, that was just mean!
Because Jason was on one knee, a horizontal slash at that height could only hit Roy's knee and the top of... well, you know.
Roy almost lost a part of himself there.
Thankfully, at the crucial moment, Roy went into bullet time. Then he controlled his soul double to attack Jason's hands, making him swing wide.
They couldn't let Jason keep that chainsaw sword. That weapon was way too dangerous!
Roy took a few steps back.
Just then, Needy finally caught up, completely out of breath.
"Ro... Roy, are you okay?"
With Roy's backup having arrived, Jason, who had just gotten back to his feet, clearly hesitated. It looked like he was thinking about making a strategic retreat again.
"Stop him!"
Roy instantly saw Jason's intention. He couldn't let the guy keep playing hit-and-run. He quickly called out to Needy for help.
The holy light feathers Needy created didn't do a ton of damage, but they did produce light that dispelled the darkness, robbing Jason of the environment he needed to teleport and sneak around.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Roy pulled out his Remington M870 again.
Under the influence of hellish power, the pump-action shotgun transformed into an even more grotesque and terrifying form. At the same time, its power underwent a complete and utter change.
"Eat this, you son of a..."
Bang!
The muzzle of the hell shotgun spat out a huge flaming skull. With Jason's Agility stat, there was no way he could dodge it. The flaming skull hit him square in the face.
Boom!
The explosion of the flaming skull finally shattered the mask on Jason's face. He dropped the chainsaw sword in pain and covered his face.
Jason, being undead, shouldn't have been able to feel pain. So, this reaction was probably just because he didn't want anyone to see his face.
In the movies, Jason was bullied by the Crystal Lake summer camp kids because of his deformed appearance, which is why he covered his face and killed people.
Similarly, because he drowned in Crystal Lake, he also had some fear of it.
However, this version of Jason seemed a little different from the movies. Roy noticed some constantly wriggling red tentacles growing out of Jason's ugly face.
What the heck were those things?
Just as he was wondering, Jason suddenly turned and started running away. The way he was running looked like a kid going home to tattle on someone, which really surprised both Roy and Needy.
"Roy, aren't we going to chase him?"
Roy picked up the chainsaw sword from the ground, and his body returned to its normal form.
"We're definitely going to chase him, but there's no need to rush!"
Roy noticed that the direction Jason was running wasn't towards the resort area. This guy was most likely trying to go home.
Perfect. Roy also wanted to find out where the people hiding behind the resort were holed up. Maybe Jason could lead Roy and Needy right to them.
The scene changed to a laboratory.
In front of a huge split-screen monitor, a group of people were watching the surveillance footage intently. Every now and then, someone would let out a cheer.
"Dr. Leonard, is everything proceeding smoothly at the moment?"
This Dr. Leonard was the middle-aged man who had hosted the live betting earlier. He was also the person in charge of the Crystal Lake project.
And the person asking Leonard the question was Erica, Mr. R's assistant.
Mr. R was a high-ranking figure sent from headquarters to inspect the operation, and Erica was Mr. R's secretary, so Leonard didn't dare to neglect her.
"Ms. Erica, the experiment tonight did have some initial problems, but things have been relatively smooth since then."
The split-screen monitor was showing footage of Jason's massacre. Just like countless experiments in the past, Jason was always so diligent.
Erica nodded in satisfaction.
"Very good, Dr. Leonard. I hope today's experiment will also conclude very smoothly."
"Of course! Ms. Erica, you and Mr. R can rest assured!"
Just as Leonard was all smiles, confidently assuring Erica, a staff member suddenly rushed over to him and whispered something in his ear.
Almost instantly, the smile on Leonard's face vanished.
Erica hadn't become Mr. R's secretary just because of her pretty face and sexy figure.
Of course, those two things were definitely a plus, but Erica herself was also quite capable. So, Leonard's change in expression immediately made her suspect something was up.
"Mr. Leonard, if something has come up, please don't worry about me. I can just wander around the base."
Leonard forced a smile.
"Then please excuse me, Ms. Erica."
Watching Leonard leave the scene with a grim look on his face, Erica's smile also couldn't hold. She glanced at the bloody footage on the screen and then quickly returned to her office to make a call.
"Hello, Mr. R? It seems there's been a slight issue at the base... Yes... I understand!"
On the other side, Leonard was also hurrying through the corridors.
"You're saying Jason has already returned to the cabin? That's impossible! The surveillance footage on the screen clearly shows Jason still on his killing spree!"
The subordinate beside him thought of a possibility.
"Could someone have hijacked the surveillance system and be playing pre-recorded footage to deceive us?"
"Are you kidding me?! First of all, our base doesn't even have an external network, only an internal one. How would anyone even hack into the surveillance system? If they had that kind of ability, wouldn't they use it for something better? Furthermore, where would they even get such realistic surveillance footage?"
Leonard unleashed a torrent of angry words at his subordinate, making the subordinate feel very wronged.
"But... Jason really has come back..."
Leonard gritted his teeth, his expression becoming particularly ferocious.
"Maybe this Jason is a fake! Someone is trying to trick us this way! I have to see it with my own eyes to be sure!"
Arriving at a room at the end of the corridor, Leonard opened something that looked like a periscope. Through it, he saw the maskless Jason kneeling in front of a rocking chair.
"Damn it, it really is Jason! Then who the heck is the one causing all that carnage on the screen?"
The one on the screen was, of course, an illusion created by Elizabeth. Illusions created by the King of Sloth were incredibly realistic, able to fool not only the naked eye but also electronic devices.
"Dr. Leonard, it looks like Jason is about to lose control!"
Looking through the periscope, it was indeed clear that Jason's body was twitching and contorting, as if something was about to burst out of him.
"Not good! The Silence Seed is about to hatch! Damn it, why now of all times?!"
Clearly, this so-called Silence Seed must have been the project Leonard was researching. Normally, if the Silence Seed were to hatch, he would be ecstatic.
But right now, an out-of-control Jason could cause immeasurable damage. Leonard gritted his teeth and decided to play it safe. If a major accident happened, he could lose his position as the project director.
He pressed a red button, and the rocking chair in front of Jason suddenly began to rock. An old woman's voice came from the rocking chair.
"Oh, Jason, my child! You've done so well. Mommy is so proud of you..."
Hearing this voice, Jason's body began to gradually stabilize. He leaned against the dummy's legs on the rocking chair like a child yearning for its mother's love.
"So, that's how it is."
Roy and Needy, who were watching from a distance, finally understood how the mysterious organization was controlling Jason.
Even though Jason was a teenage mass murderer and a champion of anti-pornography, he was also a very devoted son who listened to his mother, Pamela Voorhees, more than anyone else.
In that famous movie, "Freddy vs. Jason," Freddy initially manipulated Jason by appearing in his dreams as Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees.
Don't ask me why a dead person like Jason could still dream. What logic do horror movies need?
So, this mysterious organization was quite bold. They actually managed to successfully control Jason using a dummy and a voice changer that could imitate Pamela Voorhees' voice.
Presumably, that mysterious organization should be located beneath this lakeside cabin, right?
"Roy, what should we do now?"
"Let's hide for a little longer. We'll make our move once the people controlling Jason come out!"
At this moment, Jason, who was leaning against the rocking chair, seemed to have fallen asleep.
After a while, a large metal cylinder rose from the floor near the rocking chair. At the same time, several people in protective suits climbed out of the opened floor.
This large metal cylinder was probably the device used to contain Jason. Roy couldn't help but think of the movie "Jason X," where Jason was frozen and then discovered in the space age, leading him to go on a killing spree from Crystal Lake all the way to a spaceship.
The metal cylinder opened, revealing a large cryo-chamber. Several people in protective suits checked their surroundings and then prepared to move Jason into the metal cylinder.
Throughout this, the dummy in the rocking chair continued to play Pamela Voorhees' voice.
"That's strange, where's Jason's mask? I knew something was wrong when he suddenly lost control!"
"Ugh! He's so ugly. I feel nauseous every time I see his face!"
"Stop chatting! Dr. Leonard seems really angry. Let's just hurry up and get this done!"
Bang!
Just as the words left his mouth, a gunshot rang out. A bullet flew from a distance, precisely hitting the dummy's head on the rocking chair after navigating around some obstacles. Pamela Voorhees' voice abruptly stopped.
Before the people in protective suits could react, Jason reopened his eyes.
"Thick, Li, Crab!" (This seems like a phonetic rendering of panicked sounds or gibberish)
These were the last words the few people left behind. Then, they were torn to pieces by the enraged Jason.
The people inside the base saw that things were going south and immediately tried to close the entrance. However, the rampaging Jason had already charged in before the doors could shut.
"Let's go!"
Roy and Needy emerged from their hiding spot. That crucial shot just now was fired by Roy, using a curved bullet to shatter the dummy's head.
It just goes to show, special abilities always come in handy.
However, after entering the cabin, Roy was once again stumped by the floor. The spot where Jason had gone down earlier had already closed up.
Although Roy could roughly estimate which section of the floor Jason had gone down through, the floor was now seamlessly sealed, offering no place to start.
Did he have to use the chainsaw sword to forcibly cut open the floor?
Roy started scratching his head.
Putting aside whether the chainsaw sword could even handle that, just cutting open an entrance big enough for a person to go through would take quite a bit of time. By the time they got down there, things might have already gone south.
At this moment, Needy began circling the metal cylinder cryo-chamber, as if looking for something.
"Needy, what are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for a manual switch. I think equipment like this must have an emergency control switch. It can't rely entirely on remote control."
That makes sense!
No matter how advanced and reliable a machine is, it will definitely have emergency buttons to allow for manual operation in case of malfunction.
However, Roy didn't know much about mechanics and could only watch as Needy pressed various buttons on the metal cylinder cryo-chamber.
"Found it! This should be it!"
Needy opened a metal panel, revealing a manual operation panel underneath. Among the buttons, a large and conspicuous red button stood out. That was usually the emergency stop button.
After studying it for a while, Needy looked up at Roy.
"Roy, I'm going to open the door to this cryo-chamber. We can enter the cryo-chamber and then get into the underground base. However, once the cryo-chamber is activated, it will release liquid nitrogen to freeze anyone inside!"
Liquid nitrogen absorbs a large amount of heat when it vaporizes, capable of dropping the temperature to dozens of degrees below zero in just a few seconds.
Even with Roy's current 60 points in Constitution, he wasn't sure he could withstand the effects of liquid nitrogen.
"Isn't there a way to lower the cryo-chamber without activating the liquid nitrogen?"
Needy shook her head.
"The safety protocols programmed into this metal cylinder cryo-chamber are set up this way. If the liquid nitrogen isn't activated, the cryo-chamber won't descend. To change the program, we'd need to remove the main control board and reprogram it, which would be very complicated, and I don't have the tools on hand!"
Judging by her tone, was Needy actually capable of doing something like that?
Roy looked at Needy with a strange expression, making the little girl feel a bit embarrassed.
"Ro... Roy, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Nothing. I was just wondering if you're the female version of Tony Stark!"
Oh yeah, in this world, Marvel and DC comics exist. Roy had even cosplayed as Batman before.
"I'm not that amazing!"
Needy blushed crimson, almost twisting herself into a pretzel from the praise.
"Alright, Needy, I'll get into this cryo-chamber now. You manually activate the button."
(Similar to this type of liquid nitrogen cryo-chamber)
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