America: I'm really not crazy

Chapter 96 The Holy Body III

Li Wei can also use precise suppression, but he can't do it as precisely as Eli. However, the Precise Suppression (Intermediate) skill provided by the system has allowed him to take this technique to the next level.

While it's not yet possible to control the point of impact within a palm-sized area like Eli did, it has proven sufficient for the current situation.

Li Wei, standing still, flicked and tossed the hot grenade casing out.

Li Wei didn't rush to load the second grenade; instead, he turned to look at the DB12 that had crashed to the ground.

At this moment, this luxury sports car, just like the one in "James Bond," has become a flip-top turtle, lying upside down on the road on the bridge.

Thick smoke and flames completely engulfed the car body.

Humans... could not possibly survive under such circumstances.

Li Wei, who possesses at least the ability to create and regenerate (intermediate level), believes that it is impossible for him to survive under such extreme circumstances.

But looking at this scene, Li Wei suddenly realized that he did not feel much joy after the victory.

Instead, I felt a kind of... indescribable emptiness.

He had expected Lawrence Chambers to be a tougher opponent, but this formidable adversary was dealt with so easily...

He felt it wasn't as enjoyable as when he faced Samuel.

"Alright, it's a good thing after all."

As Li Wei spoke, he put down the gun in his hand and looked around.

There wasn't a single car in sight on the bridge, which left him speechless, as he had hoped to hitch a ride.

"Are we going to have to walk back...?"

As soon as Li Wei finished speaking, a corny "ring-ring" sound suddenly came from his chest.

Li Wei reached into his tactical vest and pulled out his phone.

I glanced at the caller ID.

It's Thomas.

Li Wei pressed the answer button and spoke directly.

"Daniel has been hypnotized. She snapped her fingers three times, one second apart. This is the method Alex told me to break the hypnosis. Find someone knowledgeable to verify it and see if it works."

Li Wei's words caused Thomas to fall silent for a moment.

However, he quickly gave a reply.

"I will arrange a consultation with specialists as soon as possible, but Li Wei, your situation is more urgent."

"Have you already been in contact with Lawrence?"

Li Wei turned around and glanced again at the still-burning DB12.

"It's not just about getting to know each other; he's at least three-tenths done with it now."

There was another moment of silence on Thomas's end, but then his somewhat anxious voice came through the receiver.

"Levi! I don't know the specifics of your situation! But you must be careful! Lawrence isn't that easy to kill. I've already contacted backup for you; they'll arrive within ten minutes. But remember, they're the 'Third Party' 'Ouroboros'! They're only temporarily cooperating with us because of our common enemy, the 'Revival Society,' so don't trust them blindly!"

Li Wei blinked.

Ouroboros... He remembered Thomas telling him that it was a secret club that revered "mysticism." Although it was quite powerful, its organization was rather loose, with many factions and rampant internal strife.

What's most bizarre is that the majority of "Ouroboros" researchers are scientists, but many of them specialize in "occultism."

This is precisely why their aims and revival will have fundamental and irreconcilable conflicts of position.

However, for most of the years, ouroboros has been in a state of "passive defense".

To put it bluntly, it's like being beaten up by the Revival Society while holding your head up.

However, because he was also quite large, although he suffered some injuries, he was not beaten to death.

Thinking this, Li Wei couldn't help but look back at the DB12 again.

"Wait a minute."

Instead of hanging up, he took a picture of the scene with his phone, intending to send it to Thomas and tell him that "support" was probably unnecessary.

He believed that Thomas couldn't have gotten Ouroboros for free; he must have paid a price.

But in this situation, what can the Ouroboros do if they come? Clean up the mess?

In that case, let's end this "support" here.

However, just as he finished taking the photo, the system's voice rang in his mind.

[Mission: Hold out until Ouroboros reinforcements arrive (ten minutes).]

[Reward: Isaac Newton's Alchemy Notebook.]

Li Wei's finger hovered over the send button, and he suddenly looked up at the blazing DB12.

"Creak!"

The DB12 emitted a strange, unsettling noise.

The next moment, the twisted and deformed car door flew up with a "bang!" and slashed straight at Li Wei like a scythe.

At the critical moment, Li Wei suddenly ducked to avoid it. The flaming car door grazed his head, and Li Wei felt a heat on his head, followed by the smell of burning hair.

He quickly raised his hand and patted the top of his head.

At the same time, a figure appeared and disappeared from the thick smoke.

Li Wei raised his gun and fired without hesitation.

"Rat-a-tat-tat!"

Three tentative short bursts were fired, but the figure remained motionless.

"Clang! Clang!"

Amidst the flashes of sparks, three crisp sounds echoed across the bridge.

It wasn't the dull thud of hitting a bulletproof vest or other protective gear, but a crisp metallic clang.

The figure slowly emerged from the thick black smoke, revealing its true form.

"Lawrence Chambers?"

When Li Wei called out the name, his tone was filled with disbelief.

Even more unbelievable is... Lawrence's current state.

His clothes were tattered and charred from the flames, making him look like a homeless man who had been wandering the streets for at least three years.

However, beneath the tattered clothes gleamed a silvery-gray metallic sheen.

At this moment, Lawrence looked like Colossus from the movie, his whole body enveloped in a flowing, silvery-gray metallic layer.

The explosion, apart from burning his clothes, seemed to have no effect on him whatsoever.

"Knock knock knock—"

Lawrence walked with heavy steps, casually extinguishing the flame on his shoulder with his metallic hand, and smiled as he approached Levi.

"What? Surprised? Didn't Thomas tell you that the 'Holy Corpse' project was led by me?"

As Lawrence spoke, he stretched his neck, making a cracking sound.

"The Sacred Body III, my latest research result."

"Nanobots are autonomously defended, attached to neural units, and controlled by the brain."

"And most importantly..."

Lawrence raised his hands slightly, and the flowing metallic luster around him began to spread along the bridge surface like mercury spilling onto the ground.

"Quantity and Restructuring"

Wherever it passed, it surged like a flooded river, turning everything in sight into the same metal.

"The 'Holy Body I' involves injecting 170 million nanorobots into human muscle tissue to achieve 'autonomous cell division.' However, the price of frequent use is a shortened lifespan."

"The 'Holy Body II' uses nanoscale precision surgery to accurately implant nanorobots into 160 million motor nerves, thereby hijacking nerve signals to remove the body's limitations. However, the cost is that the activation process generates a large amount of heat and metabolic waste, the duration cannot be too long, and it requires high maintenance costs."

"And the 'Holy Body III' within me... is attached to every nerve cell."

"That means I have 860 billion nanorobots in my body."

"And these little guys will continuously break down matter and reconstruct it into new nanorobots."

"As long as the overall number is not less than 5%..."

"I won't get hurt, and I certainly won't die."

As they spoke, most of the bay bridge had already been "stained" silver-gray.