But it was too late. Soon, a bloated and ugly white body rushed out from the basement, its mouth emitting constant sharp roars.
The entire body was two meters tall, bloated and hideous all over, standing with a massive belly like a pregnant woman. It had a pointed head, no eyes, but a mouth filled with sharp teeth.
Its face looked like a skinned rabbit.
The lower body was even more hair-raising; it was covered in dense clusters of white mammary tumors, piled up in clumps that were incredibly nauseating.
And this chimera-like monster...
...was the primary spreader of the c-virus, the Beauty Beast—named with a twisted sense of humor!
This monster could spray blue-purple c-virus gas from the dense white mammary tumors on its body.
Once inhaled, a person would be immediately infected and turn into a C-Virus Zombie. A single Beauty Beast was enough to infect every living creature within a three-kilometer radius.
Inside the cramped space of the cathedral,
the sudden appearance of a Beauty Beast was undoubtedly a terrifying assault.
Simmons had anticipated that Helena would open the cathedral basement to rescue her sister Deborah, so he had specially prepared this surprise for Helena, intending to silence her forever.
"M-M-Monster...?!"
"Run...!"
The moment they saw the Beauty Beast,
the survivors in the cathedral were stunned, but a wave of sharp screams soon erupted.
Without any hesitation,
over a dozen survivors retreated toward the cathedral's main doors, while some braver men grabbed chairs from the pews or weapons they carried, preparing to fight.
After all, for them to have reached the cathedral for refuge,
some had relied on their weapons to fight their way through. Naturally, they didn't have much fear of zombie monsters, having already killed quite a few themselves.
However,
they misunderstood the true horror of the Beauty Beast before them.
The monster's strongest trait wasn't its defense or aggression, but its infectivity.
Simply approaching or attacking it would cause the Beauty Beast to spray toxic gas. At that point, everyone in the cathedral would likely be infected instantly.
"Die, monster!!!"
It all happened in a flash.
Before Leon could even react, the burly men at the front launched an attack on the Beauty Beast, hurling heavy chairs with great force.
One chair slammed hard against the Beauty Beast's body.
Simultaneously, a companion seized the chance to thrust a sharp steel pipe forward, stabbing it deep into one of the Beauty Beast's white mammary tumors.
*Pshhh... Hiss hiss hiss...!!!!*
In the next second,
something horrific happened.
The moment the chair and steel pipe struck the Beauty Beast, it let out a piercing scream. The men thought their attack was effective,
but soon the dense white mammary tumors suddenly swelled up, and like a deflating ball,
blue c-virus gas immediately sprayed out from within, rapidly spreading toward the men.
*Cough, cough...*
"What the hell is this...?!"
The blue c-virus gas suddenly hit their faces. Caught off guard, the men inhaled it instantly, and a sharp pain soon radiated from their throats.
Their lungs were in agony. Soon, the men's eyes began to bloodshot rapidly, bloody tears flowed, and their skin began to rot.
In less than half a minute, three or four of the burly men underwent a mutational infection, quickly transforming into C-Virus Zombies.
*Heh, heh, heh...*
After turning into C-Virus Zombies, low rasps came from the men's throats as they immediately fixed their gazes on the remaining survivors.
Then, before the survivors could react,
these men lunged forward like wild bulls. One pinned down an unlucky woman, opening a foul-smelling mouth to bite savagely into her fair neck.
"AAAAAHHHHHH————!!!!!"
All at once,
the entire cathedral fell into utter chaos. Screams of terror and pain rose and fell; everything was a mess.
Some survivors, fearing for their lives, even threw open the cathedral doors, completely forgetting that C-Virus Zombies were wandering outside as well, and fled heedlessly.
*Hiss hiss hiss...!!!*
The culprit, the Beauty Beast, let out an eerie laugh. It caught an unlucky survivor and pulled them into a hug,
like a bloated old woman ruthlessly ravaging a young man in her embrace. Along with the spray of toxic gas, another survivor was infected and turned into a zombie.
But the Beauty Beast didn't only infect.
When it was hungry, it would also grab a survivor,
regardless of whether they were infected or not, and stuff them directly into its mouth of sharp teeth. Soon, blood sprayed everywhere, creating an exceptionally bloody and gruesome scene.
"Cover your nose and mouth! You must not inhale that gas!"
"Ashley, stay behind me! Use a tissue or a handkerchief to cover your nose and mouth. Don't breathe in the gas from that monster, or you'll be infected and turn into a hideous zombie!"
Seeing this,
Leon immediately realized the horror of the Beauty Beast and quickly warned Ashley behind him to keep herself safe.
After speaking, Leon swiftly unslung the sniper rifle from his back.
He immediately chambered a round, aimed the muzzle and scope at the Beauty Beast's head, and tentatively pulled the trigger for a headshot—!!!
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*BANG——————!!!*
A gunshot rang out.
The sniper rifle bullet successfully blasted forth, a perfect shot. The bullet struck the Beauty Beast's head precisely, splashing a burst of blood.
But was the Beauty Beast dead?
No. The monster's defense was incredible.
It wasn't something that could be killed by a single sniper headshot. The attacked Beauty Beast immediately let out a furious roar,
*Hiss hiss hiss—!!!*
The white mammary tumors on its body writhed frantically, and plumes of blue c-virus gas began to spray and spread continuously.
"AAAAHHH...!!!"
A moment later,
as the gas diffused, more survivors in the cathedral were infected, their mouths letting out constant screams of agony.
In just a few seconds, they were directly infected into c-virus monsters. Within a short time,
the dozen or so survivors originally in the cathedral had either fled, died, or been infected. In the blink of an eye, hardly any living humans remained.
Only Leon and his group were still alive.
This couldn't help but make one marvel at the 'cannon fodder teammate' debuff; it wasn't just Chris—Leon also seemed to bring misfortune to his teammates.
These survivors had been seeking refuge quite well,
but because the three of them arrived, wanting to find Helena's sister Deborah,
they had opened the mechanism and released the Beauty Beast. Consequently, all the survivors in the cathedral suffered.
Not a single one survived. In a sense, Leon's group also possessed a powerful debuff that caused their teammates to die.
"Still not dead...?"
"Ashley, get back! Keep your distance from it. You must not let it get close! Shoot its knees with your handgun, break its legs, and then we'll concentrate our fire!"
Seeing that a single sniper bullet couldn't kill the Beauty Beast, Leon raised an eyebrow in surprise,
but he quickly found a countermeasure.
That was to shoot the legs. The Beauty Beast's body was quite bloated and obese, with limbs as abstract as chopsticks stuck into a winter melon.
As long as those thin, stick-like legs were broken,
then this leaking toxic gas cylinder would only be able to spray poison in place. The gas would never be able to drift in front of Leon and Ashley again.
"That's a good plan!"
*Bang bang bang...!!!*
Hearing Leon's words,
Ashley's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but praise Leon.
She then quickly raised her handgun and pulled the trigger at the Beauty Beast. After a few shots, she emptied the entire magazine.
The bullets all hit the Beauty Beast's knees. Accompanied by sprays of blood mist, the Beauty Beast's lower body quickly lost its support.
Its entire bloated body collapsed to the ground, unable to crawl back up.
It could only hiss in impotent rage where it lay, while the purple toxic mist it sprayed could no longer advance, only releasing in place.
"Good, let's finish it while it's down."
"Ashley, no need to hold back now. Feed all your bullets into its mouth!"
Seeing that the Beauty Beast was immobilized, a look of joy appeared on Leon's face. Without hesitation, he immediately directed Ashley to open fire with everything she had.
Chambering his sniper rifle,
Leon began to fire frantically at the Beauty Beast. Ashley was no exception; she quickly pulled out the Glock Handgun she had taken from the weapon shop earlier and pulled the trigger repeatedly.
The two handguns fired continuously, sparks flying. Even Helena, who was hiding in the confessional, realized the Beauty Beast was immobilized.
She quickly covered her nose and mouth,
unslung the shotgun from her back, and loaded a shell into the scattergun.
A dense swarm of steel pellets sprayed from the shotgun's muzzle. At close range, the shotgun was the most powerful weapon.
After these few shots,
the originally bloated Beauty Beast was blasted like a deflated ball, falling to the ground lifeless and riddled with holes, blood pooling everywhere.
*Hiss hiss hiss...*
As the breath of life faded,
the Beauty Beast could only emit faint, thin whimpers on the ground, but it didn't last long before it died.
Looking at the massive, bloated corpse on the ground,
Leon's group didn't lower their guard. They fired several more insurance shots and only dared to approach slowly once they were certain the Beauty Beast was truly dead.
Because the cathedral doors had long been opened by the fleeing survivors, the toxic gas inside had dissipated, leaving Leon and the others uninfected.
"Let's go in and look. Your sister might be inside..."
Looking at the Beauty Beast before him and the corpses of survivors scattered around, Leon let out a helpless sigh.
He felt some regret over the deaths of these survivors; they had suffered an undeserved calamity. After all, if they hadn't opened the secret passage mechanism just now,
these survivors probably wouldn't have died.
But there was nothing they could do now; the people were already dead.
It was impossible to give up exploring the basement secret passage, so Leon spoke to Helena, who was holding the shotgun behind him.
Seeing this,
Leon had gradually begun to believe what Helena had said before.
After all, in a perfectly normal cathedral, if no one were researching bio-viruses inside, how could a Beauty Beast suddenly escape?