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"Oh, shit?!"
Trevor was startled, spilling beer all over his pants. As he wiped it, he muttered to himself soothingly, "I must be high as a kite to be talking to myself… Yes, that must be it."
"Darling, what's wrong?"
At that moment, a prostitute on the bed was woken by his exclamation and looked over, her eyes still heavy with sleep.
"Sweetheart, can you see that 'me' on TV talking to me?" Trevor asked seriously, pointing at the television.
The prostitute rubbed her eyes, glanced at the TV in the direction he was pointing, and then looked at him.
Then she said, "Don't smoke it all yourself, remember to save some for us two," before rolling over and going back to sleep.
"See? I told you!" Trevor threw his hands up in exasperation, feeling like he must be out of his mind to ask such a idiotic question.
He then got up, intending to turn off the TV.
It seemed he would have to wait until tomorrow, when he was clear-headed, to continue enjoying his performance.
But just then, the 'him' on the TV spoke again:
"Fate is as fickle as the moon in the night sky…"
Before the other party could finish speaking, Trevor had already turned off the TV.
Then, without looking back, he walked towards the large bed.
He didn't even believe in God, so how could he believe in fate?
However.
A strange cloud, constantly changing colors, suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of him and spoke in a highly seductive voice:
"Trevor, don't you want greater power, more wealth, and… more beautiful women?"
"Of course, I do."
Perhaps he mistook the strange, talking cloud in front of him for a hallucination brought on by being high.
So, even upon seeing such a bizarre scene, Trevor showed no hint of panic. Instead, he raised a hand and pointed to the two prostitutes sleeping soundly on the large bed, saying:
"But I already have all these things right now!"
"Fool, everything you possess now is merely charity from others."
Tzeentch seemed to have already seen through his heart and continued to tempt him enticingly:
"Are you truly willing to be a puppet your entire life, obeying others' commands… Don't you want to be the one giving the orders?"
Tzeentch's words were like a key that could open Pandora's Box, completely unleashing the desire and ambition that had been buried deep within Trevor's heart.
Power, money, beautiful women, and even the violence of casually taking others' lives, all transformed into the very source of Trevor's drool-inducing desires.
He immediately blurted out without thinking: "Then… what do I need to do?"
"First, you need a bold plan…"
Tzeentch's form gradually dissipated, but his voice began to echo continuously in Trevor's mind.
"Face your ambition, fully enjoy the pleasure that 'change' brings, and I will bestow upon you extraordinary power…"
Feeling the surging psychic energy suddenly filling his body, Trevor's expression gradually shifted from bewilderment to shock, and then to a ferocious ecstasy.
And on his forehead, a twisting Flame of Change faintly appeared.
"Praise the great lord of change…"
…
Three days later.
In the operations command center near Salem Air Force Base.
"Release the drone swarm… Cut off the Base's external communication signals… Operation start!"
Aldrich Killian sat in the command center, staring at the images on the monitor, giving a series of commands in an orderly fashion.
Five special operations teams, composed of Ten Rings Gang members, advanced towards Salem Air Force Base from five different directions.
And within these five teams, there were also 1 to 2 Extremis warriors who had been injected with the Extremis Virus.
The so-called Extremis Virus was a gene-modifying virus independently developed by Aldrich Killian's partner, Maya Hansen, capable of transforming a person.
This virus invades the injector's brain, recoding their DNA to grant them superhuman strength and powerful self-healing abilities.
However.
The Extremis Virus also possessed an extremely dangerous and fatal flaw.
That is, when the injector's emotions spiral out of control, the Extremis Virus within their body will also go berserk, leading to an uncontrollable explosion.
It's no exaggeration to say that those experimental subjects who could not enter the 'Phase 3: Stable Period' for extended periods were all walking small dirty bombs.
And Aldrich Killian was precisely preparing to use this "self-destruct" characteristic of the experimental subjects to create large-scale terror attacks.
This would not only dispose of those dangerous and explosive Phase 2 Extremis warriors, but also, after their self-destruction, they would leave no traceable clues whatsoever.
Thus, he and AIM would naturally face no risk of exposure.
A definite win-win situation.
However.
Just as everything was proceeding as Aldrich Killian had envisioned, and battle was about to erupt.
A figure that should not have been present walked directly past one of the special operations teams.
He swaggered straight into Salem Air Force Base.
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
WFT???
"Who the hell can tell me why that idiot Trevor is there?!"
Aldrich Killian was almost driven to a furious rampage, pointing at the figure on the monitor and roaring in uncontrollable rage:
"Squad 5, immediately send someone to drag that damn idiot back for me."
As the order was given, an Extremis warrior from Squad 5 immediately rushed to Trevor, grabbed him by the collar, and reprimanded him:
"Idiot, this isn't where you should be. Get the hell back."
"If you mess up Mr. Killian's plan, you're dead meat…"
"Is that so?"
To everyone's surprise, Trevor uncharacteristically bared his teeth in a chilling, sinister grin.
Then he grabbed the Extremis warrior's head and spewed a stream of yellow and blue magic flames from his mouth, directly burning the opponent from the inside out into a violently burning, twisted fireball.
…
[Detectable souls collected. Warp souls +1]
[prestige points +99, +19, +1… ]
…
This sudden turn of events stunned everyone present.
Aldrich Killian in the command center first froze, then suddenly turned to his confidant and roared:
"Eric, immediately find out which bastard injected Trevor with the Extremis Virus last night! I'll kill him with my own hands!"
Clearly, Killian mistook the psychic flames Trevor unleashed for the fire-breathing ability that only Extremis Virus subjects in "Phase 3: Stable Period" could possess.
But Eric scratched his head blankly and immediately replied, "But Boss… we didn't even bring the Extremis Virus this time."
"What did you say?!"
Aldrich Killian's face showed an expression of disbelief.
If no one had injected Trevor with the Extremis Virus, then how could the situation just now be explained?
Just then.
Eric's eyes suddenly widened, and he exclaimed in disbelief, pointing at the monitor:
"Boss, look! Mon… Monsters have appeared!!"
Aldrich Killian abruptly turned his head and then witnessed a terrifying sight he would never forget.
From within the Extremis warrior, who had been burned into a human fireball by the magic flames, a bloated, distorted creature over a meter tall suddenly popped out with a "bang."
It had pink skin, a massive head that almost consumed its entire body, and a gaping maw filled with spike-like fangs that looked particularly chilling.
This pink monster had three arms, two on the left and one on the right… After appearing, it let out a series of shrill, eerie cackles.
And like a drug addict who was high, it circled and jumped around the still-burning fire, waving its hands and cheering.
"Ohhs—"
From the fingertips of this pink monster, clusters of colorful magic flames would occasionally flash, shooting out in random directions.
Whoosh—
A nearby unlucky Ten Rings Gang member was unfortunately struck by a blue magic flame.
The entire person instantly transformed into a screaming glass statue.
Under the accidental collision of a panicking teammate, it crashed heavily to the ground… shattering into pieces!
At this moment.
A bone-deep terror impacted the visual nerves of everyone, including Aldrich Killian.
Science could no longer explain this bizarre scene before them.
No one knew why this impostor, who just three days ago would have been scared to his knees, vomiting at the sight of blood and slaughter, suddenly possessed such incredible power.
…
[Detectable souls collected. Warp souls +1]
[prestige points +99, +1, +1… ]
…
"Little guy, stop playing. We have important business to attend to."
Trevor waved to the cheerful Pink Horror opposite him, then looked up at the drone filming overhead, and grinned sinisterly:
"Follow me, the real show is about to begin!"
He then led the Pink Horror, as if no one else was there, and walked into the Air Force Base.
Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!—
Sharp alarm bells immediately echoed throughout the entire Base.
The duty personnel had already detected the anomaly.
The Base Commander, while ordering his subordinates to quickly restore external communication signals, also instructed all soldiers to enter a high state of alert, constantly guarding against enemy invasion.
Da da da—
Dense gunfire erupted from the guard posts outside the Base building.
But soon, only a series of screams and wails remained.
When teams of fully armed soldiers rushed out of the building, they were met with a scene like hell.
Dozens of demonic pink monsters were seen waving their arms, joyfully dancing around clusters of human-shaped flames.
And all around them were various twisted and grotesque unknown flesh creatures.
There were human-shaped glass statues constantly wailing…
There were disgusting chunks of flesh groaning and roaring like rotting meat…
There were massive tentacles, like severed octopus limbs, twisting and writhing back and forth on the ground…
There were human-like monsters dressed in U.S. military uniforms, but their entire faces had turned into butterfly shapes, constantly emitting horrifying, shrill wails from their mouths…
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
"God preserve us, what in the world are these things?!"
"Has the gate of hell been opened?!"
"Damn it, I want to go home…"
If it weren't daytime, most of these soldiers would probably have gone insane on the spot from the terrifying, hellish sight before them.
Even so, many new recruits were still so scared that their legs trembled, and they collapsed weakly to the ground, unable to even hold their guns steady.
"Fire, or we'll all die today…"
At the critical moment, the clear-headed veterans quickly ordered everyone to pull their triggers.
Regardless of whether the enemy was human or ghost, the deafening gunfire and pungent gunpowder smoke could maximally dispel the fear in everyone's hearts.
As expected.
The Pink Horrors, who were cheering and leaping around the flames, were struck by the dense gunfire and fell heavily, severely wounded, before they could even unleash magic flames and attacks.
However.
Even at the last moment before their lives ended.
The Pink Horrors continued to emit their slightly crazy mad, joyful laughter.
Then their bloated forms disintegrated at a visible speed, automatically breaking down into a swirling, luminous magical essence resembling colorful jelly.
Bang, bang, bang—
Just as the soldiers opposite thought the battle was over.
Those jelly-like magical essences suddenly exploded one after another.
Then, from each pile of magical essence, two small monsters, similar in build to the Pink Horrors but smaller and with dark blue skin, leaped out.
These newborn Blue Horrors possessed a completely different temperament from the Pink Horrors.
They naturally exuded a malicious and gloomy aura.
And they seemed unable to use magic.
Instead, upon birth, they impatiently brandished their sharp claws and fang-like bone blades, pouncing towards the soldiers opposite them.
"Oh, my God, does anyone know what's going on with these damn Smurfs?!"
"Everyone, don't panic! Find cover and return fire!"
"Exactly! No matter where these guys came from, let's send them back!"
Having successfully eliminated the Pink Horrors earlier, these soldiers were no longer as fearful as before.
They all pulled their triggers, sweeping their fire at the incoming Blue Horrors.
In rounds of orderly and dense gunfire, most of the Blue Horrors were severely wounded and fell to the ground.
Only a few Blue Horrors managed to break through the blockade and rushed in front of the soldiers.
Using their sharp fangs and claws, they began to madly harvest the lives of their opponents.
Just as the soldiers were about to deal with the few Blue Horrors that had broken through the blockade… another anomaly occurred!!