Chapter 1 A Spicy Man Called Wesnoth
"When the shackles of genes begin to loosen, Pandora's cartridge opens to the world!"
The barren land, the heat wave swept in, thousands of miles of desert, the sand and dust rolling, and there was no breath of life.
Only the rotting crows stood on the dead branches, staring at the dead silence with blood-red eyes, not sparing a little carrion, and making a hungry quack, hoarse and unpleasant.
Suddenly, thick smoke and dust were lifted on the ground, and a group of mottled and old convoys were speeding across the desert, shaped like a huge triangular arrow, breaking through the wind and sand, and driving from far and near, leaving only a long series of exhaust fumes behind the car and the roaring noise of the engine.
The convoy is in an internal and external formation, with guns on the jeeps on the outside, and the crosshairs are already aimed around, and once there is a mutation, the scorching artillery fire will pour out from the cold barrels, shattering any hidden enemies, humans, giant insects, monsters... Even... Zombie!
In the middle is a pair of elongated off-road vehicles, like a small room being clustered in it, moving quickly and smoothly, the sealed cabin firmly blocks the desert heat from the outside, comfortable and cool, and a young man with glasses sits in the back row, patiently teaching two sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers and girls.
"Human beings, as once unique advanced life forms on the earth, are incomparably huge treasures in themselves, and they cannot be explored with the most advanced intelligent brains of the old era, and their almost unlimited potential.
But the door of this treasure has been locked by an unsolvable lock at some point, from the ancient primitive era to the old era of advanced science and technology, it has not been unlocked, this is... Gene locks.
The existence of genetic locks has firmly locked the potential of human beings, reduced to mediocrity, and in the old era of peace and ease, there is almost no hope to open. But that all changed in the first year of the change!
The apocalypse has struck, the earth has been reduced to a wasteland, zombies are everywhere, monsters are rampant, and giant insects are devouring people...... The world is full of despair.
And in this extreme fear, the will of a few human beings finally broke through the shackles on the edge of life and death, burst out with unprecedented potential, broke the genetic lock, and awakened an unprecedented transcendent power, which is different from the ability of ordinary people, this is ...... Abilities! ”
"Professor, this is all knowledge that has been learned in school textbooks! The ability you're talking about is just a genetic mutation of the human body, and I've seen a lot of it in the city, and it's not that great! Although there are benign mutations in genetic mutations, most of them are useless or even inferior mutations, and many people have become monsters in the eyes of others, and the so-called abilities have little effect. A handsome young man with blond hair sat next to him, looking disapproving.
"Levi, abilities and genetic mutations are different!" The young man, who was known as "The Professor" at a young age, stretched out his hand and pushed his glasses, shook his head, and said: "The opening of the gene lock is the subjective opening of one's own potential by human will, which is different from random genetic mutations. Any ability is essentially a manifestation of the evolution of human life.
So there are only waste people, no waste abilities!
It's all about how people use it!
For example, for apes, standing upright is a kind of ability, not only slow movement, walking upright for a long time will also damage the spine, but long-term persistence, but also free hands, can use tools, in turn to accelerate the evolution of IQ, this is the ancestor of human Homo erectus.
In ancient times, a simple 'upright' ability directly or indirectly derived human civilization, not to mention that now every ability has extraordinary power, which must not be underestimated, as long as the right development method is found, each has almost infinite possibilities, and even theoretically comparable to the legendary gods! ”
"How terrifying is a small ability?" The boy and girl were stunned by what the professor said.
"Professor, such a person, no, does the transcendent really exist? Developed the ability to such a terrible degree. The round-faced girl who hadn't spoken for a long time on the side opened her eyes wide, flashing with a smart light, and asked curiously like a baby.
"Fang Yuanyuan, of course this is true! What we're looking for now is likely to be such a special being! The ability is so powerful that it is said that you can walk freely in the zombie lair at will, and if we want to go deep into the Valley of the Zombies, we must first find this person! The professor smiled and nodded.
"What is this man's power? Let the professor be so highly regarded by you! We have mercenary protection, artillery bombardment, and a zombie valley that can't be pushed sideways! Levi, the blonde boy, was unimpressed.
"It's different! The mercenary's artillery fire is naturally enough to deal with ordinary zombies! But if you encounter a mutant zombie with special abilities, it can be dangerous! The professor shook his head and said in a deep voice, "So to be safe, before entering the Valley of the Zombies, we must first find him, convince him, and hire him ......."
"What's his awakened ability?"
"What's his name?"
"It's a man, it's a woman!"
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Levi and Fang Yuanyuan asked in unison.
"It's all a mystery!" The professor looked thoughtful, "I only know that people outside the city call him ...... Despot! Yes, that's what the King of Zombies is called, but it's pressed on his head. It is said that this person can haunt the Valley of the Zombies at will, comparable to a zombie tyrant in human form. The man known as the Tyrant was the embodiment of Shura, and when he appeared, he was accompanied by thunder, flames wrapped around his body, and a blinding radiation like the sun emanated from his body......"
"The countrymen outside the city are really good at bragging!"
"Is this ability still human? It's a god! ”
"There is no such awesome person in this world!"
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Levi screamed again and again, not believing it at all.
In this age of infinite terror, the genetic lock has been broken, and the potential of humanity has certainly been greatly developed.
But people are people!
How can a mortal child in the flesh become a god!
"Huh!" The professor smiled slightly, "There is an old saying in China in the old era, which is groundless, and it may not be without a cause!" Although such rumors are exaggerated, they do not necessarily contain information about the true abilities of the tyrant. ”
"Professor, who is he?" The round-faced girl Fang Yuanyuan tilted her head, becoming more and more curious.
"Ahem......" At this time, the professor rolled down the window to observe the outside, and was about to speak, when suddenly a mouthful of wind and sand poured in, coughing again and again, and his mouth was slurred.
"Spicy... Spicy man called... Called... Wesnoth! ”
Wesnoth!
Promises?
The boy and the girl glanced at each other with strange eyes.
This... Can... What a wonderful name.
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The convoy drove non-stop, all the way through the smoke and dust, through hundreds of kilometers of uninhabited desert, and in the distance many towering canyons appeared in front of you.
"According to the latest data, there are at least hundreds of thousands of zombies alive in the Valley of the Zombies, forming a group. If it weren't for the hundreds of kilometers of desert blocking the spread of zombies, all the major human survival bases would have suffered a huge impact......" The professor told the information of the Valley of the Zombies.
Suddenly......
Whoa, whoa......
Bursts of terrible howls rang out one after another.
"Look!"
Following the prestige, blood-red hideous figures rushed across the ground, roaring into groups, the skin of the whole body was collapsing, the scarlet muscles were exposed to Bai Sensen's bones, half of the head was rotten, and the poisonous saliva between the black sharp teeth fell down.
"This is a corpse wolf infected with a biochemical virus, everyone be careful!" The professor whispered to the surrounding convoys.
"Roger!" A response came from the communication channel.
Levi and Fang Yuanyuan lay on the window of the car and watched in horror at these rushing monsters, surging from all sides like a tidal wave, as if they wanted to devour all life.
Although it is the age of the wasteland, they are the lucky ones who have lived in the city since childhood.
These terrifying monsters had only been seen in books before, and it was the first time they had seen them in person, and they found that they were ten or a hundred times more terrifying than the pale pictures in books...... One by one, they were like walking plagues, and they reeked of pestilence.
Under the gaze of the people, the corpse wolves, whether for life or death, ran tirelessly, roaring in groups, and surrounded them from all sides, as if there was something wonderful that attracted them.
"Look, there's someone there!" The round-faced girl had sharp eyes and pointed forward.
There was also an exclamation from the mercenaries in the surrounding convoy.
In the distance, a figure stood on a small sand dune, confronting many corpse wolves, and it was completely surrounded.
Fishy saliva, falling on the ground, corroded to the ground......
The corpse wolf hunched its back, staring at the man, ready to attack.
The atmosphere is dangerously delicate.
Once broken, the wolves will pounce on the man, tearing him to pieces and devouring him into his stomach, leaving no bones left.
But for some reason, the remnants of the wild instinct seemed to sense some kind of terrifying danger, and even though they had surrounded the seemingly weak food, they never dared to move.
The man had his back to the crowd and could not see it, except for his slender and muscular body, and his muscles were streamlined, like a humanoid cheetah.
Wearing no protective clothing, no guns, and confronting hundreds of corpse wolves alone!
What kind of fierce man is this?
There was a momentary silence in the convoy's communication channel.
"Closer to the past!" The professor seemed to have discovered something.
The convoy immediately turned around and quickly approached the past.
Knock knock knock......
There was a dull sound in the air, like a muffled thunderbolt hitting everyone's hearts.
The scorching sun is in the sky, and there are not even clouds in the daytime, where is the drought and thunder!
It's not an illusion.
The closer you go, the clearer the thunder becomes, wave after wave, like the roar of an aircraft engine, dull, stormy, without giving people the slightest relief.
The man's figure became clearer and clearer.
"Is this ......? Thunder Engine! A light flickered under the professor's glasses, and he suddenly cried out, "I see! He's the tyrant we're looking for, Wesnoth! This is the Thunder Engine that is unique to his appearance! ”
Whoop......
Roaring one after another, as if smelling the breath of the living, the corpse wolf became ferocious, raised its head and roared, and spread throughout the desert.
The man had his back to the crowd, turned sideways slightly, glanced at him faintly, and his body trembled suddenly.
Die!
Die!
Die!
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