Chapter 393: Devour

The only thing that killers of this caliber could accomplish was stall for time.

Their weapons and equipment were mediocre, they didn't possess the telegnosis of adapters, and they were completely incapable of warding off psychic attacks.

Is this just a distraction?

Adam wasted no time, immediately activating his neuron transmission device to drag his assailants into the psychic world before knocking them all unconscious, and the entire process took no more than 10 seconds.

In the hands of a powerful adapter, a neuron transmitter was far more useful than a bomb.

In contrast with his normal missions, Adam had to maintain a positive public image here, so he only knocked these killers unconscious, rather than put an end to their lives.

After taking care of the small fry, he continued to venture deeper.

Finally, at the entrance of an underground vault, he spotted the psychic mutant trio, who were completely rooted to the spot.

It was as if they had fallen asleep, laying on the ground or standing motionlessly with their eyes closed, and it was clear that they were locked in battle in the psychic world.

However, Shae was nowhere to be found, and Adam couldn't see the opponents of the psychic mutant trio, either.

"Over here!"

Shae's voice rang out from behind a corridor, and Adam rushed over to her as he asked, "What happened here?"

"We were attacked from above, and I suspect that those adapter killers are still on the surface, but they've infiltrated this place using their neuron transmitters. Rabbit and I had only just arrived at a producer's office when we ran into the killers, and we were no match for them, so we couldn't stop them. After that, they invaded the producer's psychic world, presumably to secure a password, and they left immediately thereafter."

"Why didn't they kill you?"

"They were in a real hurry, and killing us would've taken time."

It seemed that the looming threat of the Mechguard units' imminent arrival had saved Shae and Rabbit.

In order to commit a crime in Sandrise City, the first thing that had to be done was to disable the surveillance cameras or the electricity system in the area, then finish the job as quickly as possible before Mechguard units arrived on the scene.

This was common knowledge for all criminals, so even if those killers had been significantly more powerful than Shae and Rabbit, it made sense that they didn't want to waste any time dealing with the two.

While Adam was speaking to Shae, he suddenly received a message on his communicator.

"We've discovered another group of killers in another database, and there seems to be an enemy of Diana's among them. She immediately went after them as soon as she saw them."

"Is it Hebi no Miko? You have to be careful, that woman is not someone you can deal with."

"It's a man, not a woman," Thunderbird replied, then ended the call.

After considering the situation for a moment, Adam decided to resolve the situation at hand first.

"Stay here and don't let those non-adapter killers get near the database, I'll go help Diana and the others."

Adam rushed toward a warehouse area as he spoke, and as soon as he entered the area, he was immediately drawn into the psychic world.

The place that he appeared in the psychic world was still the entrance of the warehouse, but it was clear that a fierce battle had just taken place, as evidenced by the severe destruction present in the psychic module.

Adam fused with Sludge before rushing into the warehouse, and he could hear the sounds of a battle ringing out in the distance.

Aside from that, Adam could also see flames erupting up ahead intermittently.

Adam hurried onto the scene to find the psychic mutant trio locked in battle against a pair of anomalies, and the trio was being comprehensively dominated, to the point that they had almost perished in battle.

"Holy shit, you're finally here, Adam!"

Due to Adam's enormous stature, his arrival immediately caught everyone's attention.

Adam arrived on the scene just in time to see Mole and Armadillo being incinerated within a ball of flames controlled by one of the anomalies, and Mole was already on the verge of death, while Armadillo's superior defenses meant that he was faring better, but only just slightly.

"Help!"

Adam immediately entered the fray, barreling into the flame-wielding anomaly before invoking his other anomalies to destroy the array that was supporting the fireball.

"Where's Rabbit?"

"That bastard ate her!"

Mole was panting heavily as he fell onto the ground, and at the same time, he was pointing frantically at the other anomaly present, a creature that resembled a mountain of flesh.

In real life, the host of the anomaly was most likely a sufferer of bulimia, and the anomaly's entire body was comprised of fat.

The creature was around seven to eight meters tall, but its height seemed to be outmatched by its waist circumference, and even though it was standing in a prone position, its body was sagging so much around it that it didn't appear to be standing at all.

What was most disgusting of all was that the anomaly was feasting on absolutely everything, including the surrounding rocks, dirt, the building itself... Anything that appeared around it was invariably stuffed down its gullet, and as a result, its body was expanding further and further in size.

"Target that anomaly first! Rabbit is in its stomach!" Armadillo yelled, then grabbed onto Mole before burrowing into the ground.

"I'm on it!"

Adam wasted no time, directing all of his anomalies to attack the mountain of flesh.

As always, the first to arrive on the scene was Distortion, but as soon as it dug its hooks into the enemy anomaly's body, Adam immediately realized that something wasn't right.

The anomaly's entire body was secreting some type of special oil, and thanks to the oil's lubricating properties, Distortion was unable to latch onto its body with its hooks. For the first time, Distortion had failed.

What kind of ability is this?

Right as Adam was about to rush at the mountain of flesh, a second anomaly arrived.

Generally speaking, the second one to arrive at the target after Distortion was always Hellhound, and this occasion was no exception.

With its Hyperspeed ability, it had the fastest physical movement speed out of all of the anomalies.

Hellhound pounced onto the mountain of flesh, then began to blast fire into the anomaly's body while tearing at its flesh with its fangs, but the attacks were largely ineffective, and Hellhound fell into the anomaly's grasp before being stuffed into its mouth.

Hellhound wasn't much smaller in stature compared with the enemy anomaly, but the latter was able to swallow Hellhound whole, displaying an oral cavity diameter that was no less terrifying than a snake with its jaw fully unhinged.

Furthermore, there was a combination of strange noxious gas and suction force in its oral cavity, and after being stuffed into its mouth, Hellhound's struggles quickly became more and more feeble, and it didn't take long before it was devoured whole.

These bastards are so annoying to deal with!

Adam finally arrived on the scene, and he used his huge stone hands to forcibly prise open the enemy anomaly's mouth, then reached his hand into its gullet to try and pull out Hellhound and Rabbit.

However, the anomaly's stomach was like a black hole, and Adam was unable to feel the bottom even after reaching his entire arm into its body.

Thus, he had no choice but to pull his arm out of the anomaly's body, then crushed it beneath his massive frame.

"Camera, slice open its stomach!"

In response to that instruction from Adam, Camera began to charge up power in preparation for an all-out attack.

Camera may have been mediocre in all other areas, but its offensive prowess was never to be underestimated, and its appendages were as sharp as ever.

Upon arriving at the scene, Camera sprang up into the air, then slashed its legs across the side of the anomaly's abdomen. Two seconds later, the sound of tearing flesh rang out.

Having had its belly sliced open, a huge volume of fat and oil began to gush out of the anomaly's body.

However, its fat was providing so much cushioning that Camera was unable to slice through to its stomach with one slash, and right as Adam was about to instruct Camera to go again, a fireball flew over from the distance and knocked Camera down onto the ground.