Chapter XXVI: Degradation
Local officials arrived at the scene more than three hours later. When people saw this "dragon", they all felt that there was something wrong with Wang Yequan's head.
Because it was indeed a strange-looking creature, but no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with the "dragon".
For example, its head is not as Wang Yequan said, it has a pair of sharp horns, but just two sarcomas. There is no "lion-like mane" underneath the sarcoma - just a few thin black hairs - a feature that can be seen in many sea creatures.
As for the huge eyes, thick nostrils, sparkling scales...... No matter how you look at it, it's not as magical as he says.
All people saw was a strange sea snake with a body length of more than six meters, with bucket-thick buckets and dark green scales, wounded in many places, and highly corrupted.
Here's the facts. Although he was extremely reluctant, Wang Yequan, who had regained his senses, could only say that maybe he was hallucinating.
So people thought that he was indeed hallucinating.
But that's not all. Because after people transported this unknown creature to a local scientific research institute, it was found that it had changed again.
When I opened the freezer, I found that the sea snake was no longer what people saw when they were at the scene - the sarcoma on the head was gone, and the sparse hair was gone. The sharp teeth in the mouth retracted into dense, soybean-like tiny teeth. As for the scales on its body, they are now almost invisible. No matter how you look at it, it is the most ordinary sea snake - about four meters long.
So the researchers there concluded that the scientific name of the thing was the scleropine viper. It is a relatively rare deep-sea creature. But it has nothing to do with "dragons" or "new species" and the like.
It was considered Wang Yequan's own "hallucination" before, but the people who transported this sea snake to the research institute would not admit that they were collectively "hallucinating". Realizing that something might be out of the ordinary, they recounted what Wang had seen and heard before, only to make a few researchers laugh.
Because the kind of creature that Wang Yequan saw obviously shouldn't appear in reality. It's not that myths are not myths, legends are not legends, or anything like that, but simply because the creatures he describes are not adapted to life at all.
But after a few hours, they couldn't laugh anymore.
Because that thing has changed again.
Its body length has shrunk to three meters, all the small teeth in its mouth have disappeared, and the surface of its body has become soft skin, and there is not even the slightest trace of scales.
At this point, the researcher will not admit that he is also "hallucinating". They finally realized that this thing was very strange, so they brought Wang Yequan and the previous people over, and after some discussion of different words, they came to the conclusion -
What Wang Ye saw all night may be true.
This "sea serpent". It is degrading at an incredible rate.
Something almost "supernatural" happened. Taiwan's local secret service departments intervened as soon as possible, blocked the news, and quickly reported it. In the end, a team of researchers from the two bases in the north and south conducted a detailed study of this "sea snake".
This thing was found in Taiwan and should have belonged to the Southern Base. However, the researchers of the Secret Service came to an astonishing conclusion after conducting a series of tests-
Some of the genetic remnants of this thing are similar to those of Adam.
This is, of course, a truly significant discovery. So around the belonging of this sea serpent. An argument arose. But the end result was that it should be shipped to the northern base - because Adam was there. Even if the two sides have been fighting openly and secretly. But the stakes are high. It is impossible for the northern base to transport Adam at great risk, so the southern base can only transport the sea serpent over.
So now this guy is soaking in the biological pod of a laboratory in the northern base, waiting for people to uncover its secrets.
These are what Anjosu told Kosone. It stands to reason that this kind of thing should be kept secret from students like Kosong. But after all, Li Zhen had already revealed the news about Chiyou to her before, and in fact, she was also a special person in a sense. What's more, the relationship between the two people is already quite close at the moment.
However, some of the words are still unclear whether to ask or not. So she hesitated slightly, observing An Ruosu's face: "Sister Ruosu, what stage have you studied now?" ”
"Guess what." An Ruosu smiled and said, "I'll tell you if I guess right." ”
To others this may seem like a shirk, but to Kosson it sounds......
She frowned sadly: "Huh? Guess again......"
An Ruosu proudly raised his index finger and shook it: "Can't relax, this is just a method I figured out, I can't guarantee whether you will degenerate." ”
"At least you'll have to give me a range. Like yes or no, otherwise I can't stand the headache. ”
An Ruosu thought for a while: "Hmm...... So that's the question you just asked – is it a dragon, or is it not a dragon? ”
Ke Song sighed slightly, sat up straight on the sofa, and closed his eyes.
But after a second, she opened her eyes, as if she had just blinked: "It's not." ”
The expression on Ke Song's face was a little confused, and after hesitating for a while, he added, "But...... Matter. It has a lot to do with it. ”
Before An Ruosu could say anything, Kesong himself was surprised: "Huh? Matter? That's not to say...... Is there such a thing as a dragon? ”
At this time, the look on An Ruosu's face was also surprised. But what surprised her was not "whether that thing was a dragon" or not, but ......
Kosson's speed is too fast.
She's been too fast lately.
Zhang Kesong is an observer, and it is possible for someone with this ability to evolve into a prophet - although the probability of that is extremely small, but it cannot be ignored after all. She used her own methods to help Kozon develop her abilities, but she didn't have much hope before. In her vision, Zhang Kesong's limit should be to make a more accurate prediction of some events for which detailed information is available. But as the two of them gradually spent more time together, she found that the potential of this little girl was far beyond her expectations-
Now she could not only deduce the outcome of such a thing. You can even try to predict an imminent, uncertain "little thing".
This rapid progress has occurred in recent times.
However, she only kept these things in her heart, and Ke Song couldn't tell what An Ruosu was surprised for. After she finished speaking, she looked at An Ruosu, and her face showed that curious look again.
"Okay, anyway, sooner or later, it will be disclosed to the executive, and your Li Zhen may tell you too." An Ruosu smiled and sighed, "Originally, after it was transported to the base, there was nothing abnormal about that thing at all. Although there was some correlation between the same species in its genetic fragments, even the biological characteristics of this level have been degrading. A lot of the gene fragments started to be damaged and missing, and by the time we put it in the pod...... It's almost an ordinary sea serpent. ”
"So somebody came up with a pretty bold idea – put this thing near Adam."
Zhang Kesong frowned slightly, and his eyes lit up: "Hmm...... I remember you told me that there were people in Shennongjia who were controlled by Adam's power. mutated – and then found out that their genes had changed as well. But after a period of death, there was nothing out of the ordinary. Do you suspect that this sea snake is also so affected? ”
"That's right." An Ruosu nodded, "That's what we did." The results really worked. That thing...... It began to grow in size, and scales began to grow on its body. Didn't I say it had horns, and something on my head started to bulge outward. ”
"It turned into a dragon??" Kesong's eyes widened.
"Nope." An Ruosu shook her head regretfully. "At first, we were worried about it...... But just when I was about to move it away. The mutation stopped. Maybe it has something to do with it itself - it's dead after all. It is highly corrupt, and it may only be possible to do this with the remaining force. Then transport it back to another room and it's back to the same shape...... Not right either. It's more corrupt. It's like being overdrawn. So now...... There is almost only one skeleton left. ”
The two men fell silent together. The light of the fire in the fireplace danced, and their faces flickered. Maybe An Ruosu had been prepared, but Ke Song's heart gave birth to a certain uneasy emotion.
What she was thinking about might be An Ruosu thinking about it too.
This is clearly ...... Same situation, right? An ordinary person who was influenced by Adam, and a sea serpent who was affected by another unknown force.
So doesn't that mean...... Is there another class that exists?
This kind of thing...... Zhang Kesong's heart tightened slightly. It's not that it's because of the idea of peace in the world and the safety of human beings, but purely because - if another species appears, does it mean that Li Zhen is going to take risks again?
Wisely, however, she didn't ask any further. This kind of thing is already confidential. You can't just because Miss An is gentle and generous. She's done enough for herself.
The two of them chatted for a while with their own worries in their hearts, and at this moment Li Zhen and Dai Bingcheng were on their way back to the base. He still didn't know the "clue" that he had always wanted others to know, and now he was locked up in the biological pod of the northern base. It can only be said that luck is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it really haunts everyone.
But there may be something else going on in this world.
And yet people, or rather human beings...... There is no knowledge of this change.
It was about eight o'clock in the evening when Kesong said goodbye and left, and An Ruosu sent her downstairs and then went back to her room.
Usually at this time, she would take a shower, read a few pages, go through the day's research materials, and then go to bed to get a good night's sleep. But today she was a little restless, and even faintly anxious. This feeling came when she was in the same place as Kozon, but she kept pressing it deep into her heart. By this time, the feeling of anxiety had become more and more intense, and she even felt as if her chest had been stuffed with a ball of cotton, numb and swollen, and even after taking a few deep breaths, she still felt out of breath.
So she sat on the couch for a while, closed her eyes, and tried to continue to breathe deeply.
But then I smelled a scorching smell.
It turned out that the flames in the fireplace jumped up and licked the wallpaper next to it. She hurriedly grabbed the unfinished milk tea beside her and poured it, and the liquid in the cup splashed into a fan shape on the wall, extinguishing the pale blue flame.
Fortunately, the fireplace was gas, and when the flames were extinguished, she pressed the switch, and the flames in the wall jumped, fading, and finally vanished.
After all this, An Ruosu's face showed a thoughtful expression. I'm still irritable, but that irritability feels cuter now.
It's just that......
"What's going on?" She frowned slightly.
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On the same night, Hu Yanling also couldn't sleep.
Because it hurts a lot.
Maybe it's because the injury hasn't completely healed that time, or maybe it's because today's venting-like training has challenged the limits of the body. Right now, she only felt that every muscle fiber in her right arm was cramping, and even raising her hand to pick up the medicine bottle became a luxury.
So she had to turn over on the bed, reach the bottle with her left hand, unscrew the lid, pour out two aspirin tablets and eat them.
Then lying on his back on the bed staring at the ceiling, the shadow of a person appeared in front of him inexplicably.
And the words that the man said to her before he was "dying".
"I ...... It's a last resort. ”
At that time, Du Qixi was dying. Because after penetrating Hu Yanling's body, the bolt was slightly deviated due to the obstruction of her bones, and it cut diagonally into Du Qixi's body. Therefore, his body was even more terrible from the piercing wound, and his life passed much faster than his own.
So she could watch Du Qixi die, and feel some kind of deep and irresistible sadness.
And before that, she thought she would sneer at the man who endured all the calamities.
But what does that compulsion mean? After the two of them woke up again, she questioned him. But at that time, Du Qixi became silent again, only glanced at himself deeply, turned around and stepped onto the helicopter of the military region.
Bastard......
Hu Yanling scolded in her heart. If you want to die, you will die...... What do you do with those headless words?!
The pain in his arm struck again. She frowned and squeezed hard with her left hand, but she only felt herself pinched on a ball of cotton.
It seems that even my body hurts.
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That's just 4,000 words today. I'll make up for the lack tomorrow. Thank you all for your tips and monthly passes. I recommend an animated trailer - "RWBY", the battle scenes are awesome, and the soundtrack is awesome. If you don't watch it, you'll regret it. (To be continued.) )