5 Chapter 5 : The Distorted Statue and the Headless Man: A PG13 Game Gone Wrong
To be honest, even though it was a game, Chu Cheng was a little startled when he saw such a scene. He remembered when the game was advertised as PG13, but the so-called PG13 is actually a classification for game, film, and television works. It means that there may be content in the works that children under the age of 13 need to watch with their parents, but generally speaking, it is an ordinary level without any exciting plots.
However, seeing the headless man in the conference room below holding his own severed head in his hands, Chu Cheng couldn't help but feel disturbed. He now seriously doubts whether the people in the production team have some strange misunderstandings about PG13. Just imagine a kid excitedly opening a newly bought game during a weekend vacation, fantasizing about turning into a superhero to save the world. But instead, the first level opens with Thunderbolt and an explosive scene like this. Chu Cheng fears that it may not be suitable for young hearts and may foreshadow burying the future as a warrior of love.
What kind of children's insole is this Nima?{1}
But that's not even the end of it. I saw that the man named edge not only stood firm after chopping off his head, but also walked forward step by step with his head in his hands. The head he held in his hand dripped out its contents, leaving a horrible bloodstain on the floor.
However, everyone in the conference room turned a blind eye, acting as if it was normal for someone to walk around with their head in their hands. The crew-cut man stepped aside.
At this time, the cabinet next to the wall in the conference room actually moved, and the two cabinets separated to both sides as if they were equipped with automatic pulleys, revealing a secret door. Behind the door was a black statue.
The statue was exquisitely made, but its shape was distorted. It had some sort of inhuman shape, with countless arms extending from its bony body, and the twisted arms were contorted like twisted tree trunks.
Chu Cheng couldn't recall seeing anything with such a similar shape before. However, the thing that appeared in the picture made him feel extremely uneasy.
Its grotesque shape was imprinted deeply in people's minds at a glance, and it took root in the deepest nightmares, making people linger.
Edge walked up to the statue and held his head in his hands. What was even more frightening was that the severed head seemed to still be conscious. It even showed a pious and almost intoxicated expression, which looked particularly eerie and strange.
The headless body held up its head, which quickly disintegrated into a mist of flesh and blood. It was then absorbed into the grotesque and twisted statue like an invisible gravitational force.
The head disappeared from the palm, and Edge's headless body suddenly softened and fell to the ground, like a puppet whose strings were abruptly cut off in the background.
The eyes of the distorted sculpture flashed a scarlet light.
The crew-cut man took the lead, and everyone in the conference room bowed reverently, paying the most devout respect to the sculpture.
A sound of something breaking through the air flew over the heads of all of them.
A pitch-black dart in the shape of a bat nailed into the black sculpture with a snap.
The man with crew-cut hair was the first to look up in astonishment. He saw a dart stuck in the chest and abdomen of the statue. It had a red indicator light on it, and the dangerous light flickered on and off.
Suddenly, there was a loud boom! The super-concentrated explosives filled in the small dart exploded, and the power blasted the entire black statue to pieces. Countless fragments splashed all over the place.
"Who did this!?" The man with the flat head was furious.
Then there was a sound like an engine dying, and the meeting room and the lights in the aisle outside were all turned off. It was a tiny electromagnetic pulse, one of Batman's signature pretentious weapons. Darkness was Batman's best partner, and he often used electromagnetic pulses to disable all electronic equipment, including surveillance and lights, before invading operations.
The advantage of this is that he gains the initiative to act in the dark, spreading fear of the unknown among enemies. However, the disadvantage is that his arrival will be exposed in advance of the action.
Everyone in the conference room stood up, but before they could see the intruder, a small spherical flare rolled into the middle of the floor like a marble.
*BOOM!*
Bright lights exploded from the flashbang. Before everyone in the conference room could adapt to the sudden darkness, their retinas were hit hard by the bright light, as bright as day.
Taking advantage of the brief moment when everyone was blinded, Batman jumped out of the ventilation duct and landed on the conference room floor.
This operation was not about sneaking in secretly, but rather about trying to bring everyone down in the shortest possible time. Chu Cheng was finally able to let go of his hands and feet, operating the mouse and keyboard like a storm. He saw Batman move like a rabbit, knocking out one person and fracturing two people in an instant.
However, soon Chu Cheng realized that something was wrong with these people.
For example, one of the chubby bald men: Batman twisted his arm with a joint technique. According to past experience, this little soldier should have been taken down. After a series of moves, he should have been rolling all over the ground with his arms in agony, unable to fight again.
But at this moment, this guy seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, dragging his broken arm and continuing to rush forward fearlessly, as if he didn't feel any pain at all.
And there's something even more outrageous.
Take the flat-headed man, for example. Chu Cheng used the "quick-fire bat dart" skill in the middle of the combo and tapped the number key 1 twice to control Batman to automatically throw a bat dart out.
There was a danger mark on the head of the crew-cut man who was ready to attack. Batman, who accepted the input command, threw a backhand dart. Without even looking, it hit the left hand raised by the crew-haired man, nailing his palm to the wall behind him.
The flat-headed man tried to pull out the bat dart, but found that he couldn't. So, he took out a dagger with his free right hand, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped off his entire left hand without changing his expression. He remained expressionless throughout the operation, as if he couldn't feel the slightest pain, like a Terminator, waving the knife and ignoring the severed hand that was spurting blood, and continued to rush forward.
There was also a guy who was kicked by Batman so hard that his leg joints were deformed and dislocated, but he got up immediately as if nothing happened and continued to hop on one foot to join the siege...
Brain matter and other contents were sprayed all over the carpet, turning the whole meeting room into a devil's paradise. Chu Cheng could almost smell the disgusting stench of evil through the screen.
This was a flavorful game indeed.
The group of lunatics who were not afraid of death made Chu Cheng's sanity value go crazy. For a moment, he even felt that the way he played the game was not quite right. It felt more like he was playing a Cthulhu game rather than a superhero one. The Batman he played felt more like a classic investigator...
Fortunately, even though they were crazy, they were still no match for Batman who was a fighting master with extreme physical strength and a bunch of black technology props.
From another angle, Batman still had a special way of dealing with madmen, which was a professional counterpart, and he may not be as handy as other heroes to deal with them.
In just a few minutes, all of the lunatics in the conference room had fallen to the ground, leaving only one left: the flat-headed man. He struggled to get up from leaning against the wall, despite having a broken left hand, a comminuted fracture of his right arm, and a dislocated left leg. Three of his limbs were lost, leaving only two that could still stand up. To be honest, Chu Cheng admired his resilience.
The man's fierce eyes stared at Batman, as if he wanted to devour him. He hopped forward on one foot, dragging his arms limply. Blood still bubbled from his severed arm, making the scene quite horrifying.
Chu Cheng didn't let his guard down because of the opponent's disability; he still faced him cautiously and prepared to manipulate Batman to continue the combo. But before he could make a move, the other party stopped.
*BOOM*
Suddenly, the crew cut man's head exploded into a cloud of blood.
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Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I wanted to check in and see what you thought about the latest chapter. As always, I appreciate any feedback or thoughts you have.
Regarding the title, I came up with it myself since the machine translation didn't have one for Chapter 5. I hope you all liked it, but please let me know if you have any suggestions for future chapter titles.
On another note, I apologize if there were any errors or inconsistencies in this chapter. I did my best to proofread it, but if you noticed anything off, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Lastly, I'm feeling quite drained mentally and haven't eaten since lunch. Thankfully, my food delivery just arrived, so I'll be taking a break to refuel. Thank you all for your continued support and I look forward to sharing the next chapter with you soon.
