Although the military sent many teams into the sewer to search for the Lizard, each mission either had no results or ended with casualties. They could only passively defend and prepare to face the Lizard.
At the same time, military scientists were trying to reverse-engineer an antidote for the Lizard serum based on the Lizard's research data. However, it was practically impossible. Numerous experiments proved that once injected with the Lizard serum, the entire transformation process was irreversible. Moreover, most injectors were overwhelmed by their animal instincts, turning into bloodthirsty beasts. Connors himself was just a special case.
At this moment, the Lizard was triumphant. Unlike his initial solitary state, he now had over 60 Lizard people behind him—former soldiers who had been transformed. The Lizard didn't kill them; instead, he turned them into his kin.
For some unknown reason, once they turned into Lizard people, they all obeyed Connors' commands. Perhaps it was a biological instinct, treating the first creature they saw after rebirth as their mother.
"Go, let us change this flawed world. Lizard people will never be slaves!" The Lizard stood on a high place and spoke, but now his mutation was even more thorough. His voice was as cold and bloodthirsty as a cold-blooded animal.
"Lizard people will never be slaves!"
"Lizard people will never be slaves!"
"..."
The numerous Lizard people below responded to Connors' call. However, only a few of them could speak human language; the rest emitted beastly roars, making people's scalps tingle.
After boosting their morale, the Lizard ordered all Lizard people to disperse, then released the Lizard serum into the ventilation systems of each building.
Half an hour later, sporadic roars could be heard in the late-night New York City. Behind each roar was the birth of a Lizard person.
By the time the military noticed, it was already too late. The Lizard people had already spread out, infecting the city at an alarming rate. Moreover, the infection efficiency of the Lizard's serum was much higher than that of zombies. Each infection meant a whole building of people.
When the military established defenses, the number of Lizard people had already reached tens of thousands, and they were spreading at an astonishing speed.
At the same time, in the Maldives, the system's prompt sounded again.
[Start mission: Eliminate the Lizard Army
Mission reward: A-level skill lottery once
Failure penalty: None]
[Does the master accept the mission?]
After hearing this, Zane's face sank. He cursed SHIELD and the military in his heart and also thought of a problem.
Is the birth of the Lizard Army due to his alteration of Spider-Man Peter's life trajectory, setting off a butterfly effect? Judging from the system's reward, this Lizard Army is undoubtedly a city-destroying force.
Adding the fact that not long ago, Apocalypse invalidated all nuclear bombs on Earth, without the threat of nuclear bombs, the threat level of this Lizard Army might even rise to a level capable of hurting nations.
The last time the world-overturning Apocalypse had an S-level reward at most, this time, the reward was A-level. Although the two were worlds apart, it was enough to illustrate the difficulty of dealing with the Lizard Army.
"System, I accept this mission."
Zane called back the sand-playing Lorna on the beach. He told her that he had something to attend to in New York, and let Skynet take care of her. Then, at the fastest speed, he boarded a plane and flew back to New York.
Lorna, with worry in her eyes, watched the departing plane. A woman's intuition told her that Zane must have encountered trouble this time. However, being sensible, she didn't stop Zane, nor did she stubbornly insist on going with him. Instead, she just hugged him tightly before he boarded the plane and whispered in his ear,
"I'll be waiting here for you."
Zane's return this time was partly for the mission reward, and partly to prevent the city where he resided from turning into chaos. Almost all the members of his newly formed team were in New York. If the Lizard people destroyed them, many subsequent plans would likely be delayed. This was the real reason why he was in such a hurry.
While Zane was on his way back to New York, the battle—or more accurately, the war—between Lizard people and humans had already erupted.
Behind the military-formed defense line, all soldiers wore gas masks to prevent being assimilated into Lizard people.
Behind the military-formed defense line, all soldiers wore gas masks to prevent being assimilated into Lizard people.
Seeing the green tide formed by tens of thousands of Lizard people, they all involuntarily swallowed a mouthful of spit. The timid ones even had their legs go weak, unable to stand steadily.
War is always merciless, especially when it's not an internal human conflict but a war between different races.
The phrase "Different races have different hearts" is a universally recognized truth in the vast universe. Today, humans and Lizard people will inevitably have one side lying in a pool of blood.
With the first gunshot, the entire battlefield was instantly covered in smoke. Tactical missiles from helicopters occasionally fell on the densely packed Lizard people, blasting them into pieces. Even the strongest regenerative abilities couldn't save their lives.
However, considering the number of Lizard people, the casualties caused by the missiles were ultimately futile.
At first glance, it seemed that the humans had the advantage, but as mass destruction weapons were depleted, the Lizard people who had fallen to the ground, missing arms and legs, stood up again. The missing body parts also grew back in an instant.
As the Lizard people advanced step by step through the hail of bullets, the claws of the first Lizard person finally fell on a human soldier who couldn't retreat in time. The splattering blood signaled the collapse of the defense line.
Instantly, the screams of humans echoed throughout the battlefield, accompanied by the triumphant roars of the Lizard people.
Half an hour later, the entire defense line was in a terrible state. Hundreds and thousands of soldiers perished here, and most of them were not intact because they were eaten by the Lizard people.
Although the regenerative ability of the Lizard people was extraordinary, energy conservation still applied. Their incredible regenerative power meant massive energy consumption.
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