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Kevin had picked up Elena’s dropped shotgun. He was firing with his one good arm, holding the heavy gun against his hip. BOOM! BOOM! Kevin was fighting bravely, shooting a rolling ball of teeth that was trying to bite his legs.Jonah gritted his teeth. “No,” Jonah thought fiercely. “I am a man. Not a monster.”Jonah fought against the System's temptation. He refused the easy power. He refused to be a slave to the pain.Jonah pulled his heavy hunting knife from his belt. He swung the thick steel blade down. CHOP! He cut the sparking cable wrapped around his ankle completely in half.The shock stopped.Jonah jumped back up to his feet. He did not glow with a 2000% power multiplier. He was just a giant, tired, bleeding man with a rifle and a knife.And the fight was incredibly hard.Without the massive energy explosions, the unstable creatures were a terrifying enemy. They moved with erratic, unpredictable speed. They did not have weak spots. They did not have brains or hearts to aim f
Chapter 371
"It is a womb," Jonah whispered. Jonah looked at the pulsing red veins on the floor."The virus is not dead," Jonah explained. "It is alive. It is a living, thinking entity. When it crashed the System here, it did not just leave an empty hole. It started to rebuild the world. It is taking the metal, the dirt, the dead bodies, and the computer code, and it is melting them all together. It is creating a brand-new ecosystem."Kevin stared at the fleshy walls. "It is a transforming world.""Yes," Jonah nodded. "And it is reacting to us."Jonah looked down at his own body.His new System, the Adaptive Reward Conversion, was a massive source of raw energy. When he had taken the hit from the giant saw blade, he had exploded with incredible power. His glowing iron scars were still radiating heat.A drop of hot, dark red blood fell from Jonah’s torn shirt. It dripped off his stomach.Plop.The drop of blood hit the spongy, fleshy floor.Instantly, the floor reacted.The ground around the drop
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The giant cavern was perfectly quiet. Jonah walked across the smooth, black metal floor. His heavy boots made a loud noise with every step. Clang. Clang. Clang.He held Lisa tightly against his chest with his left arm. Her body was so still. She looked like she was already gone, but every few seconds, she took a very slow, wet breath.Haaaaa...The air filled her crushed lungs. The cavern remained dark.Hssssss...She breathed out. The dirt walls far away flashed with a sick, corrupted red light.Jonah did not look at the walls. He kept his glowing, dark brown eyes focused straight ahead. He was looking at the raised platform in the distance. The Echo Seed was waiting there.Behind him, Kevin and Elena walked slowly.Elena held the small silver lighter. The tiny orange flame danced in the cold wind. It cast long, jumping shadows on the floor. She was shaking. She looked at the broken pieces of the metal monsters Jonah had destroyed. She could not believe what she had just seen.Kevin
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Instead of hands, the Juggernaut had two massive, spinning circular saw blades. The blades were four feet wide, covered in dry black blood and rust.WHIRRRRRRR!The giant saw blades spun faster and faster. The sound was deafening. It hurt their teeth."Oh, my God," Kevin whispered. He raised his shotgun with his one good hand. He aimed it at the giant machine."Do not shoot!" Jonah ordered loudly. He was breathing heavily. His voice sounded exhausted."Dad, you cannot fight that thing!" Kevin yelled back. "You only have one hand! You are holding Lisa! It will cut you in half!"Jonah stared at the twelve-foot-tall metal giant. He looked at his own system.[ENERGY RESERVES: 5%.]His power was almost gone. If he punched that massive machine right now, he would just break his own hand. The Juggernaut’s armor was too thick.He needed a massive burst of energy. He needed a huge amount of fuel to generate a shockwave big enough to destroy the Juggernaut and clear the rest of the army.Jonah
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In the old days, he won fights to get stronger. He killed enemies to get a reward.Now, he could not win unless he suffered first. Every single punch cost him blood. Every single shockwave required him to endure terrible, agonizing pain. The System did not reward his skill. The System rewarded his risk. It encouraged his suffering.To protect his family, he had to let the monsters hurt him.CLANK. CLANK. CLANK.More monsters marched forward. Ten of them. Twenty of them. A wall of twisting black wire and silver heads.Jonah looked back at his son."Kevin," Jonah said. His deep, echoing voice was perfectly calm. "Do not shoot. Save your bullets for the Echo Seed.""Dad, there are too many!" Kevin yelled. "You only have one hand!""I have enough," Jonah said.He turned back to face the mechanical army. He knew the fuel tank would empty quickly. He knew he had to keep the engine running.Jonah charged forward. He ran directly into the center of the enemy line.A monster swung a heavy, ru
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The cavern was freezing cold, but Jonah felt like a burning furnace. Hundreds of mechanical knights charged across the smooth, black metal floor. They were the Network Guardians. Their bodies were made of twisting black wires and sharp, rusted iron. Their heads were smooth silver domes. Inside their heads, sick yellow lights glowed like evil eyes.Their heavy metal feet hit the ground at the exact same time. It sounded like a massive, terrible heartbeat.Jonah stood perfectly still in the dark. He held Lisa tightly against his chest with his left arm. She was so light, but her life was so fragile.Lisa breathed in. A tiny, wet gasp. Lisa breathed out. The dirt walls far behind them flashed with a weak, sick red light."Stay exactly behind me," Jonah whispered to Kevin, Elena, and Marcus. His deep voice did not shake.The first wave of mechanical monsters reached him. They were incredibly fast. They raised their arms. Their hands were long, jagged swords made of sharp, rusted metal.
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