Chapter 122: I Must Still Be Half Asleep

"Whew! Whew!"

The incredibly heavy powered exoskeleton, coupled with the assistance system that Angelia could barely feel, made her gasp for air as if she were in a bellows just by taking two steps.

Of course, the assistance system must have been working, or else she wouldn't even be able to stand up, let alone lift her arms.

"Come on, keep going! Since you're working so hard, I won't charge you per the hour when using it. You've already taken two steps! Keep pushing, and you'll be at the front of the freighter soon!"

Facing Renault in the powered exoskeleton, who was mocking her while clapping his hands, Angelia had no choice but to endure.

"What exactly do you want before you agree to help!?" Rubbing her eyes soaked with sweat, Angelia was at her wit's end.

She had just taken off the helmet of her protective suit, and now that it had been lying in the radiation environment for a while, it was clearly not a good idea to pick it up and put it back on.

She was now completely trapped by this shoddy power armor! In this state, let alone rescuing the two Dolls, it was questionable whether she could even leave here alive!

Once the mutated ELID infected individual inside the freighter rushed out of the narrow hatch, it would definitely charge towards her, the living person without hesitation.

Although those infected individuals had lost their noses, ears, and everything else, their sensing abilities were incredibly strong. If anyone disturbed them, they would chase people from the city center to the outskirts without hesitation.

They were relentless. But easily skim past them using obstacles.

The premise was that you couldn't shake them off before reaching the first obstruction...

And now, it was obvious that Angelia didn't have the ability to shake off those ELID infecteds.

Even if the infected couldn't damage the external armor of the powered exoskeleton, she couldn't run away!

Who knew how long the energy source of this powered exoskeleton could last! Unable to escape, wouldn't she starve to death in this steel prison?

"It's simple, I'm a security contractor." Renault spread his hands and smirked at Angelia, teeth exposed.

Security contractor...

Seeing Renault's smirk, Angelia's eyes twitched a few times, and she immediately understood...

"So, I have to pay you money?"

Renault obviously didn't respond to Angelia's implication. He had already made it clear: a security contractor, to put it nicely, was an organization that provided security measures for various regions or groups. To put it bluntly...they weren't much different from mercenaries.

It was just that they had a bit of a bottom line. Perhaps G&K was special, but for other security contractors, how many could have massive force support from the beginning like G&K?

"Fine! As long as you help me! No matter how much money it costs! I'll pay you back afterward!" Gritting her teeth, Angelia yelled at Renault fiercely.

She really made a big mistake this time! She didn't expect to resort to hiring other safety contractors so soon after joining G&K...

What was this? Outsourcing?

"If only you had said that earlier. But let me make it clear, twenty minutes have passed since those two entered the freighter. I can't guarantee how long their neural cores can hold out." Putting away the mocking smile on his face, Renault walked directly towards Angelia. The mutated infected individual was about to rush out, and if he wanted to deal with it, he needed to have something on hand.

Otherwise, what would he use to fight? His fists?

Indeed, he admitted that his combat skills were pretty good. But to fight bare-handed against a huge mutated infected individual with a body size of at least two meters?

Sorry, he wasn't stupid. It was obviously such a tedious task, and he wouldn't do it.

Creak!

Just as Renault raised his foot to step forward, a piercing noise suddenly came from behind the freighter!

The mutated infected individual! It rushed out of the freighter!

"Roar!" Just as it rushed out of the cabin, the mutated infected individual let out a deafening roar. Its massive and grotesque figure appeared in front of Renault and Angelia for the first time.

"Is... is this the mutated ELID infected individual...?" With a body that seemed to be composed of dozens of people stacked together, covered in reflective siliconized skin, and various limbs gathered together scratching everywhere as it roared, even those with the slightest timidity would faint on the spot just by looking at it.

"Don't forget, the handling fee for this thing will also be included in your reward. Think about whether you have the money to pay off your debts. Give me this." Renault glanced back at the mutated infected individual rushing towards them, raised his hand, and pulled the breaching axe hanging on the powered exoskeleton's shoulder, directly pulling it off.

Bang!

The heavy pickaxe hit the ground, creating a gap just with its own weight.

Tsk, if he had known he would have to deal with this thing, he should have left either Jaeger or BM59 behind. The machine guns mounted on their powered exoskeletons would be enough to penetrate the siliconized skin of this thing.

As long as he controlled the attack position and ensured that none of the attacks hit the bottle of collapse liquid on its chest.

Of course, that was actually quite difficult. With the accuracy of those machine guns, hitting wasn't difficult, but ensuring that a series of attacks all avoided the bottles of collapse liquid seemed impossible.

Watching Reno dragging the pickaxe and directly facing the mutated infected individual, Angelia's eyes almost popped out! You're just going in like that!? Don't you need me to do something!? Aren't you going to find support from your doll allies!?

And you're not even wearing powered armor...

Wait...This guy isn't wearing powered armor!?

Realizing belatedly, Angelia finally understood why Renault felt so out of place... because he was completely exposed to heavy radiation! He didn't even have a protective suit on!

How did he manage to survive!?

As the mutated ELID infected individual approached, the radiation readings on the powered exoskeleton's display screen were climbing to a level that was almost off the charts! If it were her, in this environment, even if she had protection on her entire body, just by taking off her helmet, she would probably faint and die in the excessive radiation in a dozen seconds!

"What... what exactly is this he!?"

Watching Renault, who swung the breaching axe weighing close to a hundred kilograms directly at the mutated infected individual's head, Angelia felt for the first time that the world in front of her was so unreal!

She... probably hadn't woken up yet, right? Perhaps, in a moment, M16 would suddenly kick her bed and tell her to get up...