Starting from Prototype to Immortality

Chapter 37: Alien Outbreak

The aliens launched suicidal attacks, but before they could get close, they were blown into fragments, with their flesh scattered amidst the twisted metal remains.

As for their corrosive liquid attacks, snipers were assigned to neutralize them. The military took extreme measures, deploying dozens of snipers armed with anti-materiel rifles, with orders to kill any aliens on sight. After all, the sight of the corrosive liquid melting steel instantly was enough to send chills down anyone's spine.

Researchers collecting samples discovered that this corrosive liquid could even dissolve test tubes. They experimented with dozens of materials for containment but failed every time.

With such a dangerous substance in play, the military was on high alert.

From the daytime battles to the nighttime clashes, the waves of alien assaults never ceased. They even devised a new strategy: crippling one of their own and hurling it forward.

Each corrosive-liquid alien bomb was intercepted mid-air by the anti-aircraft systems, causing the liquid to scatter everywhere. However, none of the alien bombs managed to breach the firepower net or the anti-aircraft defenses.

Despite this, the alien offensive pushed the front lines forward considerably. Although the corrosive liquid couldn't penetrate, it still destroyed military positions and equipment. Without a material capable of resisting the corrosive liquid, the military had no choice but to retreat and tighten their defensive lines.

The air force found it challenging to provide support. In an urban battlefield, a single heavy bomb could take out both aliens and friendly forces.

For now, the army could only rely on tanks for artillery fire and large-scale bombardment with grenade launchers. The frontline soldiers were already suffering from ringing in their ears, unable to understand each other even with the best noise-canceling headsets money could buy. No matter how advanced the technology, it couldn't fully protect their ears in such intense bombardments.

The sheer number of aliens led the military to consider deploying airstrikes further behind the front lines to alleviate the pressure on ground forces.

While the blockade in this area seemed effective, Chang Wei had already noticed that the situation in Antarctica was spiraling out of control.

Aside from research stations operated by major powers, Antarctica also harbored some illegal activities.

It wasn't drug traffickers conducting secret trades but poachers hunting penguins for their unique resources.

Penguin fat products had been rare luxury items for over a century. However, due to conservation efforts, they were now classified as illegal luxury goods. This led to a surge in market demand, attracting those unwilling to smuggle drugs or weapons but willing to endure Antarctica's harsh conditions to poach penguins.

After all, market demand meant more money.

At that moment, a group of poachers was hiding in a secret Antarctic base.

Several poachers were resting and rendering penguin fat. The number of penguins they had hunted was horrifying, with the animals hanging upside down from railings. Their leader, a burly African man, was arguing over a satellite phone.

"F**k! Btch! Sht! I'm telling you, we absolutely won't settle for less money this time, or we're quitting!"

"Yeah, keep cutting the price, and we'll just dump all this penguin fat!"

"This godforsaken place has the worst climate on Earth. We're risking freezing to death to make money, not to be exploited like laborers, you b*tch!"

The others shouted in agreement, trying to convey their dissatisfaction to the person on the other end of the call.

Having nearly driven African elephants to extinction for ivory, they had shifted to this desolate land for penguins. Spending years in such an uninhabitable place with no entertainment, they were here solely for big profits.

Amid their heated discussion, they failed to notice a shadow slipping into their base. The poacher closest to the entrance was silently taken out before he could even scream.

The others remained oblivious, still voicing their grievances, until the aliens invaded, plunging the scene into chaos.

Although the poachers didn't care about keeping the penguins intact, they were armed. However, when the leader fired his rifle at the alien to no effect, he broke down.

"Monsters!"

Monsters like this in Antarctica alongside penguins?

He regretted leaving Africa for this cursed place.

The next moment, as the alien pounced, his thoughts ceased.

It wasn't just this group of poachers that fell victim. A whaling ship near Antarctica also met a grim fate. The crew, having captured over a hundred minke whales, was celebrating their haul when aliens swarmed the vessel.

"Ahhh!"

"Monsters!!"

"Kaiju?!"

"Where are Ultraman and our tokusatsu heroes? Save us!!"

The alien queen boarded the largest ship in the fleet and began laying eggs. Soon, countless alien eggs covered the ship.