Alexis quickly pulled out a large gun and began blasting the creatures. Her precision and accuracy were top class and the creatures started exploding one by one. There wasn't much Matt could do except throw out a mind blast occasionally. However, these things seed to be resistant to ntal attacks. It was likely due to their nature or lack of consciousness. They were creatures that simply acted on instinct.
Many of the fallen foes continued approaching and had to be shot multiple tis. The weapon Alexis was using was similar to the PL81 in that it used electromagnetic technology, however, the sheer size of the weapon was five tis as large. The large caliber ensured that the target would be obliterated. Unfortunately, due to the living tal composition of their bodies, it only fragnted or disabled them shortly.
"There's too many of them, I won't be able to protect you once they surround us. I'll make a path for you to go after Willard."
Alexis put away the gun and grabbed for another weapon hidden in the back compartnt. The weapon extended and revealed a large power hamr. The boosters in the suit initiated and she charged forward with high velocity. After slamming three creatures in a single swing, they flew to the edge of the room and seed to be unable to move. Matt quickly followed behind Alexis as she mowed down the enemies, sending them flying.
Normally, this level of acrobatics and exertion would quickly tire out the person operating the suit, but due to her innate abilities and passive strengthening from her parasite, Alexis was able to execute all of it with ease. However, since she was doing her best not to move too aggressively and protect herself from even the slightest injury, she was at a disadvantage with Matt around. Once they reached the end of the room, there was yet another door.
The door was very complex and had an intricate locking chanism. It was more durable than a safe door. In fact, the wall adjacent to the door was likely weaker than the door itself. The panel on the door required three-step verification with two biotric locks and one password lock. However, when Matt reached the door, the screen of the lock was black with green lines of code scrolling rapidly. This was due to the direct breach from the universal drive Matt used earlier.
Matt pulled the tal handle down and the sound of the locks disengaging was heard. The door creaked open on its own, giving him room to slip through before closing it again behind him. He had faith in Alexis's ability to take down the living tal creatures. The room he entered looked to be so sort of loft. It had very nice furnishings with sofa, table, and monitor in the main space.
It did not take Matt long to notice the door with a biohazard symbol on it. It had thick leaded glass, so Matt could only make out that the room inside was very brightly lit and white. He opened the door with ease since it wasn't locked, and entered what looked to be a decontamination room. Streams of air shot out at him to kill bacteria and slough off any particulates. There were a set of scrubs folded on a rack next to him but he ignored them.
With his Detect Life on, he was able to sense the swarm being taken out a few at a ti. Their life force was very tenacious. Ahead of him in the next room, he could sense two distinct life forces that he recognized. One was Martha's and the other was Alexandria's. Originally her life force had the telltale signs of infection, but after Matt manipulated the living tal, it instead multiplied her vigor by several folds. Compared to Alexis, she was slightly better in that departnt.
Once the decontamination finished, he moved right into the next room. The last life force was certainly Willard's. However, sothing was strange about it. It seed that he artificially increased his health. This was most likely due to so sort of drug, as there were many auxiliary items in the ga. Beyond the stim pack, there were drugs that increased your strength, agility, and even intelligence.
Inside the room, there was a large glass chamber that held Martha. There was so sort of vapor inside the chamber and Martha was asleep. She was emitting a lot of energy, so Matt deduced that the vapor was similar to the mixture he created. Whatever Willard was doing required a large amount of energy and he seed to have figured out a way to tap into Martha's power source. anwhile, on a dical table strapped down with tal braces lied Alexandria.
She had various implents around her that didn't seem to be attached to her yet. This included the very familiar headpiece that contained various inputs. Willard sat on a chair between the two with a transparent liquid slowly infusing into his arm. He was not surprised to see Matt, and stared at him with a knowing expression. His mind was so absolutely twisted, it seed as if he was greeting a friend he hadn't seen in a long ti.
"You are here. I knew you are the only person that could understand . Our ga has to end here though. Activate the third sequence." Willard said excitedly. He truly considered Matt to be a friend. However, due to the way he grew up, his idea of friendship was completely warped. As his voice sounded out, various machinery ca out of the ceiling, walls, and floor. It began to play a very specific frequency. Willard had already put on a set of headphones as this noise pierced Matt's head.
His ntal energy beca turbulent. In Willard's eyes, this was checkmate. However, he underestimated how much Matt had grown. His ntal resistance and all of his abilities made his ntal capacity much larger. He ran forward toward Willard and their eyes locked. Their relationship began with a simple hypnosis, and it would end in one as well. Matt didn't think he could command anything complex against Willard in his current state, so he fell back on one of the scenarios he expected.
[Hypnosis Activated]
{Sleep!} Matt directly transmitted into Willard's mind. He even activated his Phantom Voices to repeat the sleep command over and over and decrease his resistance to hypnosis. Willard tried to resist, but the compelling force was too powerful. His eyes drooped and his head tilted downward. Matt's ears began bleeding, so he imdiately left his body and entered the dark world. Without delay, he invaded Willard's dream and began to seize control.
Inside the empty space, Matt applied the ntal energy that he was able to salvage into shaping a dream. A scene straight out of a video ga appeared. Matt stood in a vast open plain with a dark cloudy sky. It had just rained, so there were small puddles of water everywhere. Soon, his ntal energy began to drag Willard's consciousness into the dream. When it arrived, he looked around confused for a mont, before seemingly coming to a conclusion.
"You've improved. However, bringing your consciousness into mine was a big mistake. This isn't my first dream battle." Willard said in a very cocky voice while covering his face with his hand. Soon the ground began to rumble and hundreds of tal containers fell out of the sky. They landed on the open plain and transford into giant chs. Matt narrowed his eyes and seed to recognize these chs were from an animated show in his last life.
"So that's where your behavior cos from. I'm surprised you didn't change your appearance to black with tall collars and a helt to cover your whole head. However, if you think that is enough to beat , then you're mistaken."
The only important factor in the dream world was ntal strength. Anything created through your imagination required a level of strength, and the higher the magnitude the more resilient it beca. Unknown to Willard, Matt didn't need to win in this confrontation. His real goal to get close to Willard. The limitations on Sundering Strike were touch range. However, he had long discovered that his powers worked in a dream as if it were reality.
Matt began to create an appropriate enemy to distract Willard. Flaming balls of fire fell from the sky, lighting up the dreary atmosphere. Willard sent so of his chs to intercept the teors, but vastly underestimated their origin. So were blasted apart by the advanced technology on the chs, while other chs were unable to stop the descent. However, whatever happened to the teors, the result was the sa.
Greenish flas burned continuously on the scattered stones as they slowly approached each other. The sticky flas connected to another rock or boulder and began to from a golem which was significantly taller than the chs. Although they were slow and received a barrage from the cannons, missiles, and energy attacks, they were extrely tenacious and would occasionally catch one, crushing it.
Matt used the remainder of his ntal energy to give himself super speed. As he accelerated near instantaneously, the world around him froze in ti. He arrived in front of Willard as if teleporting, and grabbed his face. As his speed returned to normal, and the world began to start again, Willard's eyes widened. Matt canceled all of his dream manipulation, returning the unused ntal energy to him.
"It's already over."
Sundering Strike!
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