"Thinking of running? Not on my damn watch!"
Hearing these words, Zeus felt a bad premonition in his heart.
He instantly understood the opponent intended to flee, and his figure transformed into a bolt of lightning, teleporting in front of Steve in an instant.
Thunderous fists, condensed with enough power to destroy mountains, were poised to blast all these intruders to death on the spot.
However...
At the very moment his fist was about to touch Steve.
Far to the east, at the Outpost Base.
Inside a heavily protected obsidian secret room, a Villager who had been waiting for a long time suddenly had eyes that became lively.
A wisp of consciousness separated by Steve descended instantly.
Without any hesitation, the Villager raised his hand and gently placed a pre-prepared wooden plank over that special soul sand bubble column device.
As the plank fell, the ender pearl that had been suspended for a long time instantly touched a solid entity.
On the outskirts of Thunder Base.
Just as the wind from Zeus' fist brushed against the fine hairs on Steve's face.
Steve's massive body, along with the Enderman, the Bat he held in his hands, and all the spoils of war, in this single instant...
...vanished into thin air.
No afterimage, no trajectory; he had completely and utterly disappeared from this spatial node.
Zeus' lethal punch slammed violently into empty air.
Losing its point of release, the terrifying power instantly turned into a violent shockwave, pouring down toward the earth below.
The ground split apart, and earth and stone were overturned.
The ground for several kilometers around collapsed instantly under this strike, completely swept away by the violent thunderstorm and turned into a scorched wasteland.
The smoke and dust dissipated.
Zeus hovered above the giant crater, his expression grim as he looked at the empty space ahead.
But he was not angry; instead, a flicker of deep lingering fear flashed through his eyes.
"He escaped..."
"That kind of spatial teleportation ability, and that kind of undying body that can't be killed no matter what..."
Zeus took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the churning blood in his chest.
He wasn't afraid of the monster's attack power; although the monster was strong, its means of attack were still within the Fourth Order range and couldn't hurt him.
What he feared was that completely unreasonable immortality.
This ability was too strong; it didn't belong to the category of Awakened Ones at all, but was a rule-based power from an entirely different level.
Zeus turned to look east, his gaze deep and solemn.
"This time, only three types of monsters came."
"One is that black teleporting monster Tahlako mentioned before, one is that scout who can turn into a Bat and has no combat ability, and the last is this extremely powerful green giant with an undying body and Ice-based Ability..."
"But when did this Ice-based Ability appear?"
Just then, the other Fourth Order powerhouses of Thunder Base finally arrived one after another upon hearing the news.
Looking at the terrifying scene before them, which looked as if it had been leveled by a meteorite, and then at Zeus hovering in the air, everyone gasped.
"My Lord! That... where is that monster?"
A trusted subordinate asked cautiously.
"It escaped."
Zeus' voice was cold.
"Es... escaped?!"
Everyone was stunned, expressions of disbelief appearing on their faces.
In their hearts, Zeus was an invincible god.
That monster clearly only had a Fourth Order aura, yet it managed to escape under the full-strength strike of the Fifth Order Zeus?
"Then my lord, what should we do now?"
Someone asked in a panic.
Zeus was silent for a moment, then a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
"Take the initiative to attack. We can't delay any longer."
He knew very well that the reason the opponent fled just now was likely because that rebirth ability had reached its limit.
He didn't believe there was truly a monster in this world that could resurrect infinitely.
Otherwise, this world wouldn't be ruled by zombies, but by these monsters.
"Things have been getting increasingly strange on the zombie side lately; high-level zombies are emerging one after another, and we're starting to lose our grip on suppressing them..."
Zeus felt deep anxiety in his heart.
"Now, at this critical juncture, this group of mysterious monster forces has suddenly popped up, and they even possess such terrifying technology and combat power."
"One side must be dealt with as soon as possible."
"The zombies are too numerous to be killed off in a short time, so we can only point our spearhead at these uninvited guests first."
On the other side, at the Outpost Base.
Purple light flickered, and the massive Super zombie appeared out of thin air inside the secret room.
"Phew."
Controlling the zombie, Steve let out a long breath of turbid air. Looking at the familiar obsidian walls around him, a smile curled at the corners of his mouth.
"Is this the joy of an instant recall?"
He didn't release control; instead, he directly grabbed the box containing the base's secrets, flapped his wings, and flew toward the Biological Research Institute.
"Take this to the Analysis Room and crack it immediately."
Steve threw the box to the staff officers who were already waiting outside, then turned and landed directly on the square of the Biological Research Institute.
George Cooper, who was busy, heard the commotion and hurried out.
When he saw Steve returning so soon, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Steve? Why are you back again? Wasn't the data for this zombie just tested? Is it damaged?"
"No, Cooper."
Steve shook the zombie's head, his tone carrying a hint of irrepressible excitement.
"Quick, prepare the testing equipment for me. I've made a major discovery."
"Just now during the battle, I discovered that because my main body awakened an Ice-based Ability, when I control this zombie through a soul link, this zombie can actually use my Ice-based Ability as well."
As he spoke, Steve raised the massive right hand.
Crack, crack, crack.
Cold air surged, and a giant ice sword, crystal clear and emitting a terrifyingly low temperature, condensed out of thin air in the zombie's hand.
"What?"
"How did your main body awaken an ability?"
"Could it be from drinking that Enhancement Agent? But that shouldn't be right; so many of us drank it and none of us awakened anything?"
Hearing this, Steve immediately explained.
"Cooper, I drank something else, but there was only one bottle of the raw material."
After thinking for a bit, Steve added.
"However, it shouldn't be long before I can provide all the data for that serum."
Steve thought to himself: Painting a cake? Having 'eaten' so many empty promises over two lifetimes, he knew how to make them himself.
Hearing this, Cooper didn't doubt him. After all, regarding the previous Enhancement Agent, he had originally wanted to ask George Jianguo for the data on subsequent, stronger potions, and George Jianguo had mentioned the source of the potion at that time.
Seeing this scene, a brilliant light suddenly erupted in Cooper's cloudy old eyes.
"The ability awakened by your main body can actually be synchronized to the creature you control?"
What did this mean?
It meant that as long as the soldiers of America awakened supernatural abilities in reality, they could bring those abilities into the Overworld when controlling MC NPCs for combat, achieving a double stacking effect.