Raptor One – Chapter 27
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Waking up from my impromptu exhaustion i go directly to the point.
“How long.” i ask my system
*OP: 180 minutes. Want the upgrade now or later?*
“Now, Spacibo kumpel.” i nod, looking at the firmly grabbed bottle of forest wine.
*OP: Upgrading... Complete... New Ability: ‘Aphrodisiac Pheromones’, ‘Wireless Neurons’. Sintesis possible, evolving ability.... New ability: ‘Dullahan’-> ‘Zombie’ + ‘Wireless Neurons’, New Trait: ‘Exotic Charm’-> ‘Exotic’ + ‘Aphrodisiac Pheromones’ + ‘Neutrality Pheromones’.*
*OP: Existing Ability upgrade: ‘Regenerate’ is now level 3, ‘Assimilate’ is now level 3.*
“So the best ability i have, ‘Assimilate’ now recover me basically all my injuries every time i manage to assimilate...”
*OP: Not done. ‘Auxiliary Protocol’: ‘Alpha Protocol’ Liberated and active.*
*OP: This allow you to make dumb nanite slimes that you can use as weapons and catalyst for you ability ‘Assimilate’, they will negate the taste and impact to your Will, but you will be unable to collect Genomes with one, so you need to do that part manually. 500u per nanite slime. Also works as external ‘Nanite storage’.*
“Humm.... Spacibo. And pricey.” i nod.
Taking a deep breath, i try to find the feeling that will allow me to make the nanite slimes, it comes really easy to my surprise.
Taking a even deeper breath, my mask unlocks and i vomit down 1000u of nanites to the ground, that done i wash my mouth with some Forest wine before letting the mask lock as i give a deep sigh.
The 1000u of Nanites that i vomited out divides into two and starts taking form.
Less than a minute later they finish condensing themselves and starts jumping around.
“They really are dumb...” i say somewhat surprised.
*OP: I gave you a warning, this ‘Protocol’ is just a base for ‘Mimic Protocol’ to act... Talking about it... What’s your preferred animal, anything is valid, just keep it human sized.*
“Where did this come from kumpel? ... I’ll say Velociraptor, why?”
*OP: Okay... Velociraptor, also known as Utaraptor, understood.*
“Niet! I mean Velociraptor, the base one that have feathers and all, not the big solitary utaraptors.”
*OP: ..... The ones that are less than one meter in size and is all fluffy?*
“That one.” i Nod
*OP: ... Okay... I can work with that... Checking data... Velocipator, One meter, Pack hunter, Scavenger, Territorial, Intelligent... Fertig, all data needed was collected, first part of ‘Mimic Protocol’ Complete. Waiting opportunity to tart ‘Second Part’ of four.*
“What’s that, explain kumpel.” i ask in curiosity.
*OP: ‘Mimic Protocol’ is not complete, and to complete it i need data and on site research, ‘part one’ was the companion or ally you will make every time you use ‘Mimic Protocol’, ‘Second part’ is the research of how ‘Alpha candidates’ will react at being able to be bred by you and place eggs, ‘Third part’ is research about the nanite usage, optimization and reaction into being molded into living organisms with a functional brain, no life will be lost in the process, ‘Fourth part’ is you knocking up the ‘alpha candidate’, waiting for the placing of the egg and hatching it, if it’s a success then the Protocol is ready for action and now can be infused with your changed genome, don’t worry, the first batch will not be lost or underpowered, they will just pass by a upgrade that will last some hours at best before being placed to work. They also have a child phase that last a day before growing, just saying.*
“....... Okay....” Not much to say about all the monologue...
Getting up i place a hand in one of the nanite slimes bouncing around all this time and it latch to my pulse with a tentacle that looks like a chain, the nanite slime becomes solid and shrinks to not get in the way.
Changing the hand holding the Forest wine i use my other hand to grab the last nanite slime, the same thing happen to my hand.
Testing the new semi sentient weapon slash equipment i wave my free hand at the wall, the slime becomes a chain scythe and cuts open the wall with ease unlike my old chain scythes.
Done with the swing the chain scythe becomes a black orb again like nothing happened.
I wave my hand again with the intention to shoot a gun, and the black orb becomes a Railgun Revolver, the ammo created with nanites, 50u, the nanite slime can’t go down bellow 50u or it will break.
Taking aim i shoot it with precision, the shot giving a sound so small that even i have difficulty to hear it, the bullet so fast i did not have the eye to see it but the damage almost rivals ‘anti kaijuu’ weapons, but the kickback is hard.
All that done i just release the handle and the Railgun revolver becomes a black orb again.
Taking a sip from my Forest wine i finally abandon my safehouse.
Walking on the corridor to the staircase i see that the area is a little more silent than normal, strange.
Getting to the staircase i start climbing up but the moment i get in the 5th floor i see the cranky girl in front of me!
“Not again...” my Threatening and cold voice resounds making the Original hostile instantly.
Want to curse...
I’m faster on the uptake and take distance from her and show no hostility.
She don’t relax at my presence but becomes dazed, this evolved ‘Trait’ works wonder i see.
I don’t move from my spot, only looking at her as her eyes regain focus.
This time she looks even angrier and she don’t become dazed again, celebrated too soon...
She tries to get the start but I'm faster and distance myself again as she tries to get closer, i show no hostility again.
This time she relax, and becomes dazed at the same time, so i take the opportunity to get back to the staircase and climb up again forgetting her existence.
Now on the 6th floor i head south where the intact staircase to the 7th floor is.
The walk to the staircase on the south side was very quiet, too quiet, something is wrong.
Activating ‘Nightmare Form’ and melting into the darkness i continue walking to the staircase.
As i get closer to the staircase to the 7th floor i start hearing sounds of combat.
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The sounds of flesh being ripped is as clear as seeing in the darkness to me.
When i do get to the place where the staircase is i see carnage, but it’s not a invasion.
The infected that defended the staircase with so much fervor are just ripping each other apart, the blood flying in all directions as organs spill on the floor.
I continue my way to the staircase undetected by the frenzied and beserk infected.
After climbing to the 7th floor where the light shines the brightest i continue walking my way ignoring the light as i sip my Forest wine.
As i walk my way to the other side of the 7th floor i suddenly feel a chunk of my neck flesh being torn out of me, the black blood spewing everywhere as i cry in pain before opening my eyes and looking at the assailant.
“Your kind again!” i say in rage, red jets of smoke leaving my mask as the black blood on the ground starts moving and returning to me.
I take another sip of my Forest wine before facing the shadowless.
Because of that and my heavy injury it manages to move first.
The shadowless lunges at me but even with a heavy injury i simple step aside and it falls face first on the ground.
The shadowless doe manage to get up but it lunge did not help it at getting another attack on me.
‘Wrath overdrive’ is active as I'm very upset by not even detecting it’s ambush even having ‘Enhanced Instincts’, so i just rush it’s way and try to pin the shadowless down.
And i easily pin it down and even get the chance to kill it with my ‘Toe Talon’, but i don’t do that.
Extending my hand to it’s face the black orb covers my hand becoming a giant mouth full of sharp black teeth, the shadowless tries to resist but my power and it being pinned down make the shadowless totally vulnerable.
With a crunch the shadowless head is gone, so i take my leg off it’s body, and with a wave of my hand the monster hand flings the dead shadowless up before eating it whole with a crunch.
“So that’s how ‘Assimilate’ works using a nanite slime...” i say as i feel my heavy injury disappearing like it never existed and getting a plus of 1000u of nanites in the process.
*Nanite storage: 3000u/8000u*
*External Storage: 950u/5000u*
Taking another sip of my Forest wine i go my way to the other staircase in the 7th floor.
Going my merry way with no further incidents i get in the staircase and go down to the 6th floor again.
Looking around i don’t see infected guarding the place so i continue to the central staircase of this side.
In my way i do find a new strain, by it’s profile I'll call it ‘Brute Strain’.
Bugger looks like a heavy trooper compared to the normal infected, walking around it i see that it does not have sight so I'm free to do what i want with it.
Having shadowless ability is like a cheat to the ones that don’t have eyes or psionic capacity.
Another sip of forest wine later i extend my hand to the Brute, the monster hand appears, bites it’s head, fling it up, and gulp it with a crunch, and the Brute can’t do nothing from start to end.
Returning to walking i finish my Forest wine so i toss it behind me, the sound of glass breaking and a faint yelp is heard, looking back i see... nothing? What the?
I know I'm crazy but female yelps aren’t in the list of things i hear, so i decide to scan the area with my senses.
I frown as i get no reaction at all, no breathing, no smell, nothing... Not getting crazy are i? Just in case I'll keep myself in high alert mode.
Getting to the stairs was simple as most infected don’t see and hunters can’t smell nor hear me, so I'm free to come and go as i wish, so i head all the way to the 1st floor.
Getting there i go north, i do see some gravekeepers to the south, meaning there’s another ‘Breeder Strain’ here, but i just ignore it, my goal is to get the hell out of here.
Passing by chokepoints and kill zones i do get to the end of the place but there’s a gate, and it’s closed.
Walking closer to the gate i inspect it...
No power...
But it does have not only a open switch, but also a manual crank, that’s good, i don’t need to scavenge for parts to repair this gate to get out.
Getting on the crank i start moving, and the door starts to slowly open, but it looks it’s so corroded that’s the noise it’s making is so high it hurts...
And infected alerting too, can’t forget that.
The cranking is slow as heck and the place is starting to swarm with normal infected, and some brutes, things are not looking cool but ‘Nightmare Form’ keeps me hidden from eyeless infected.
As i keep cranking the gate barely open wider but the infected swarming this place now have hunters looking around too...
Finally the gate get’s unstuck and open wider than before and the infected is too packed looking around as the Strains here don’t have eyes... Yet.
My luck ends when the gate get stuck again, worse, screamer strains start looking around here too, and they do have eyes.
Because of that I'm forced to stop as they look my way so i don’t lose my stealth.
The screamers looks away for some time so i get back to cranking this... god bless this door cause i want to curse it!
I continue cranking even with the screamers looking my way and approaching closer, the gate is about to be wide enough for me to pass, but I'm not giving luck a chance as things are bad...
Finally! With a good power cranking it’s wide enough for me to pass, and all that before the screamers get close enough to give my ears hell, so i dash to the gate and not slowing down i slide under the gap to the bright outside.
I continue running as i don’t like the soundless place, I'm almost sure there’s shadowless here so i sprint my way deeper into the city.
Looking over to the sky i can feel the clouds, acid clouds, they are circling something but the thickness does not let me know what.
With my speed i manage to arrive into another shaded area, the entrance gate is open and i know it leads deeper into the city, so i rush inside before my luck catch me.
The 1st floor looks identical in my opinion, but god knows how many floors and dangers this place have, so after getting into a more dark choke point i stop to sense my surroundings...
This area have 2 floors, this one and a upper one, deeper into the area close to the second gate there’s anomaly, something big and strong with the smell of blood.
There is a mostly non covered room, maybe used by a commander as the place is for one person and is close to the stairs.
I start running my way to the room as i suddenly hear sound of rain, i stop for a second to hear it, but then i continue my way
I do get out of luck as slam into a screamer that just rounded the corner head first.
My grunt and the sudden impact was loud enough to alarm the screamer and three infected close by.
With my stealth bust i try to take out the screamer but I'm a little dazed by the shock and the screamer manages to get away and start coordinating the normal infected!
I growl in frustration as i get ready to fight.
Using my speed i quick draw the Railgun Revolver and take aim at one of the infected.
The bullet leaves and hit’s the lung of the infected, the sound of air leaving the hole as it breaths bring back bad memories of my old life.
The time it stood to heavy injure that infected let the two others close in on me, that’s why i created only one Revolver.
The first infected lunges at me but fail.
The second infected tries to get a chunk of me but i counter it with a bitch slap to the face and a serrated claw to the neck.
As the head of the infected flies, i hear the screamer shriek my way, the high pitch make me howl in pain as i get disoriented and my hearing disabled forcing me to open my eyes to see.
While i was disoriented the two infected do a pinch attack on me
The first try to bite me, but i manage to bitch slap it’s face away
The second one lunge at me, it got a good angle, but the heavy injury i gave it make the lunge fail by a inch as it drops before me because of low air to finish the lunge.
The first infected tries to bite me again, but get another bitch slap to the face.
This time i finally get a chance to hit back so i target the screamer that is coordinating the normal infected.
Jumping back i make two Revolvers and take aim
Shooting both Revolvers i manage to hit it’s lung with a bullet and blow it’s brain with the other bullet.
With the screamer out the last two infected lose sight of me because they don’t have eyes.
So i do what i think is best here, devour.
Both Revolvers become monster hands as i approach the infected, and with a wave both infected get it’s head crunched as they are flung into the air then consumed.
The monster hands extend to the last normal infected and the screamer and throw both into the air before eating it too.
*Nanite storage: 5000iu/8000iu| 2800eu/5000eu (iu-> Internal unit/eu-> External unit)*
As i run out of the fight zone more infected flood the area, i get nervous for a second because i shoulder slam one of the infected but i pass the small group of infected, luckly they don’t have a screamer in their midst.
After running as fast as i can i reach the saferoom i wanted, checking the door it’s locked...
I change the orbs into a lockpick and screwdriver, this... blessed old lock!
The lock was so bad it did not want to budge! But some good old dexterity and ‘click’.
With the door now open i get inside and take a look after closing the door.
Very military looking spartan room, a bed, a table with chair, no oven, no toilet.
But extra green in this room... need to fix that.
“Poglotit'” I say.
The black orbs in my hand extend and become liquid when they reach the ground, washing and devouring all the fungal growth in less than 10 seconds before returning back into orbs again.
With a sigh i sit on the bed.
“Finally i got some time to wind down.” i sigh again.
I remember that i drank the Forest wine so i don’t need to drink water for now, so that’s good.
Leaning into the bed i close my eyes and go to sleep, the soft sound of s slithering comes to my ears but with the locked door i don’t need to care as i black out into sleep.
*Nanite storage: 5000iu/8000iu|3000eu/5000eu*
Status:
Health: Ok.
Will: 100%.
Day: ? (Brightdawn) Month: ?
Age: 16 (Legal adult)
Credits: 10050 (No change.)
Nanite storage: 4950 units/Max 8000 units, 50u Needed per day.
External Nanite storage: 3000 units/Max 5000 units
Mainframes:
Nexus Protocol: Mainframe type, Being Suppressed by O.P.
Omega Protocol: Mainframe type, Contained by N.P.
Auxiliary Protocols:
Alpha Protocol (O.P): Liberated.
Mimic Protocol (O.P): Needing 2th research.
Scavenger Protocol (O.P): Liberated.
Harvest Protocol (O.P): Liberated.