But the high reward for the follow-up mission has already attracted Sue. He may no longer need this rudimentary potion, but he can still trade it for what he needs, at least 5,000 yuan. For Sue, who is essentially bankrupt, such an offer has a temptation that cannot be refused.

After taking over the task, Su was also able to withdraw 100 yuan in advance as a preliminary preparation fund. The license issued by Payne was worth the amount of this advance payment.

In the evening, the 100 yuan turned into a box of 5.56 rounds, ten additional special rifle bullets, and two pots of pure water with a cleanliness level of four.

As night fell, a well-equipped Sue entered the natural cavern through an emergency exit at the rear of the base.

Before leaving the base, he accidentally learns that the girl named Liki has left the base during the day. She was not a resident of this base in the first place, and her ability to pick locks was even more useless, so she had no source of income. In less than a month, all the money she had on her had been spent on the expensive purchase of residency, and she had to leave the base today because she refused to trade her body for money like other women. This is a very sad ending, many of the men in the base are very eager for Liggie's bed and are willing to pay a very generous price. Leaving the base, Liki will certainly not end any better than in the base. At least in the base, there is enough legal force to maintain order, which means that even if it is **naked**, the person concerned has to pay her afterwards to make her behavior appear to be in line with the laws and justice of the base. Outside of the base, chaos is the eternal theme, and the wandering males have excessive violence and lust for little money.

At this moment, Su didn't have the extra mood to care about Liji, and her blue eyes were scanning the deep and bottomless cavern in front of her. Behind him, the heavy iron gates of the base were firmly closed and locked.

"Genes are everything." This is Maxim. Quote from Dr. Rothchet.

Sixty years ago, at the end of the old era, Dr. Rotschett was an expert in the field of genetics and biology, and he treated science and himself with the same zealism and madness. Unable to find enough volunteers, or test subjects, to put his genetic research into practice, he set his sights on himself.

Within ten years, countless pieces of gene had been implanted into his body. These genes work together, mix with each other, and mutate. By the later stages, Dr. Rothchet's body had become a natural genetic battlefield, with countless genes constantly fighting, mutating, trying to eliminate or dominate opponents. As a carrier of genes, the Doctor has access to hundreds of deadly viruses at any time.

As Cosie, Dr. Rothchet's daughter, put it, Dr. Rothcht was no longer a human being in his later years.

In his later years, Dr. Rothchet also considered himself no longer a human being, but an apostle to the gods. Especially when his genes undergo a series of recombinations, finally forming a mysterious, stable, and completely new genome.

At that time, the Doctor's left hand could condense unusually high temperatures, enough to ignite alcohol. This was a temperature that the human body could not tolerate at all, but the Doctor's left hand did not hurt afterwards.

"This is God's left hand!" Rothchet stared at his left hand and uttered his second famous phrase known to the world.

Over the next year, Dr. Doctor's ability to control high temperatures gradually stabilized, and the temperature at which he was able to condense continued to increase. The doctor recorded the initial stability of the genome and the experience of controlling the high temperature, and divided the data into three parts, two copies were kept, and one was ready for publication to announce his results to the world.

On the day of the Doctor's press conference, war broke out without warning.

Instantaneous heat-and-flame streams and shockwaves destroyed everything, including the Doctor, who thought he had the body of a god. However, the Doctor's brief but powerful speech has been sent over the airwaves to all corners of the world.

The brief war ended as abruptly as it came.

The survivors began to emerge from various shelters and ruins, looking in horror at the world that had changed beyond recognition. Some interested people remember Dr. Rothchet's statement and find the safe he left behind. The safe, which had crystallized pre-war technology, was unharmed, and the data inside was intact.

This information is the prototype of the first-order ability of the quasi-spell domain: flame.

All human abilities begin here.

Ten years later, in these turbulent times, abilities are pouring out like mutant insects. Some of these abilities are very stable, some are very short-lived, and some are fatal. And it has been found that people who survive in the wild and in ruins, who are exposed to radiation all the time, do not need to undergo physical genetic recombination, and all kinds of abilities are beginning to emerge.

After categorizing, summarizing, systematizing, and a series of arguments, the various well-defined and stable abilities were finally boiled down to five domains: Spell-like, Combat, Perception, Psionics, and the Occult.

Quasi-spell is a general term for various energy manipulation abilities, and in honor of the doctor who was once a magical paranoid doctor in his lifetime, this earliest discovered ability domain was named quasi-spell. The Combat Domain is a general term for various types of combat offensive and defensive and movement abilities. The Perception Domain, as the name suggests, is all the ability to detect the known or unknown world. The psionic domain summarizes various control abilities, the most common of which is the operation of various weapons, from the most basic cold weapon operation, ordinary gun control, sniper specialization, etc., to the advanced command of complex weapon systems.

Ultimately, there's the occult, a chicken-like domain of abilities that can be thrown into almost any vague ability that can't be classified. And in the occult, the core ability is luck, all kinds of luck. However, those who cast a large number of evolution points in the occult are often not as fortunate as they imagined. They have not discovered rare mineral deposits, nor have they acquired great wealth or superhuman abilities out of thin air, and no fewer have died in the end than those who majored in other abilities. There was a man who did find a vein of gems, only to be cut into meat sauce by a greedy mob. Over time, fewer and fewer people practiced the occult.

Of course, the distinction between the various domains is not so clear, rigid, and insurmountable in reality, and with the passage of time, more capabilities are emerging, and there are many new capabilities that are difficult to simply classify into a specific ability domain, and some abilities require the cooperation of multiple ability domains to appear.

At this time, the once madman Dr. Roschet had been revered as the father of the Ability Domain. The Doctor used his left hand to open a door that increased the stakes for the survival and survival of the human race in the harsh world, but until now, it was not known whether the path behind this door led to heaven or hell.

When those who survived in various bases gradually woke up from the aura of ability, they were horrified to find that everything in this world was no longer stable, including genes, the genes of all living things.

All living things, including human beings themselves, are changing rapidly, and the processes of evolution and mutation that took thousands of years in the old era have been condensed in just a few years in the new era. The knowledge of the world that mankind has accumulated over thousands of years is collapsing at an alarming rate.

Look, there is a row of afterimages passing outside the barbed wire, it is a rabbit with red eyes, long ears, and a docile temperament that is evading predators by relying on speed, but no one can guarantee what will become of this animal that is faster than a leopard today.

Therefore, this new era is called the era of turmoil.

Su walked cautiously through the deep cave, his steps light and soft, like a nimble cat, moving silently. The thick hooded cloak and bandages that wrap around his body keep his scent and body temperature from leaking, making it difficult for dangerous creatures that hunt underground by their sense of smell or infrared vision to detect his presence.

He was carrying a three-edged thick steel pipe with sharp edges and corners, and the front end was sharpened so that it could be swung or stabbed, which was a very terrible murder weapon. Fitted with a rifle and pistol on his back and hidden under his cloak, his pistol is powerful but inaccurate, but in terrain such as the Cavern Pass, the pistol can be multiplied in power.

The problem is that in this deep and quiet passage, the sound of gunfire can be heard very far, which is tantamount to telling a monster within a few kilometers that I am coming.

Su's eyes emitted a faint blue light, and the light kept changing with the change of ambient light, and the scenery in the passage became clearer. This is the ability that appears in the third order of visual enhancement in the perceptual domain, low-light vision.

In this cave, several electric lights were arranged at the N11 base, illuminating more than 100 meters close to the base, which was left over from the last exploration of the base. The electric lights were destroyed even further down, and the base wisely did not send additional personnel to repair and restore them. But for Su, who has a low-light vision, he only needs a little light to see the surrounding scenery clearly.

Sue is now walking through the dark passages. The occasional glowing moss in the passages, as well as the faintly glowing sewage, were enough for his shimmering vision to work.

At a corner, Sue suddenly stopped, and the whole person shrank back into the cloak, slowly disappearing into the darkness.

There was a low rustle in the burrow, and a ferocious gopher a meter long came out, the disproportionately large nose on its head with two holes in the sky and its small eyes dim, which seemed to have almost degenerated. Ferocious gophers and their relatives, the ferocious rats that live on the ground, were almost indistinguishable from each other a decade ago, but now they are almost divided into two species.

Sue, who was quietly stinging in the dark, suddenly moved! The triangular steel pipe stabbed out like lightning, pierced against the upper end of the mouse's nose, penetrated the upper and lower jaws, and pinned it firmly to the ground.

The nose was the most important thing for the ferocious rat, and it screamed wildly, its four short, sharp claws desperately grasping the ground, and the rubble splattered, and in the blink of an eye it carved a hole in the hard rock.

Su's left hand grasped the upper end of the steel pipe tightly, but his seemingly slender arm was as unshakable as a rock. The ferocious rat, which had been severely injured, could not support it for even a minute, and its body convulsed violently, and then fell to the ground and did not move.

Su slowly pulled out the steel pipe and turned the ferocious rat over, and saw that it was a female rat. Ferocious gopher males are accustomed to acting alone, while females are always followed by a male rat if they appear.

Su quickly moved a few steps sideways, standing in the center of the passage where the ferocious gopher appeared, half-squatting on his front legs, standing on the ground with his back feet, holding the steel pipe flat, aiming at the deep and dark passage. Almost at the moment when his steel pipe was flattened, a gust of fishy wind suddenly gushed out of the passage, and an even thicker and ferocious gopher male suddenly burst out of the darkness and bit Su in the air!

The steel pipe did not move, and with the momentum of the ferocious gopher, the sharp tip of the steel pipe pierced deep into the throat of the gopher, passing through the internal organs, and almost bursting out of the anus.

Su let go of his hand and quickly took a few steps back, his posture light and swift, as if he was gliding on water.

With a click, the ferocious gopher almost used all his strength to close the huge mouth and bite the grip of the steel pipe. Its incisors can gnaw at almost any rock, but they are not as hard as this thickened steel. With a click, the steel bent and the rat's teeth shattered.

The male rat rushed too violently, and after falling from the air, he slid several meters out of the rugged ground before rushing in front of Su.

Sue lifted her right leg and stepped on the male rat's head. The male rat squeaked and struggled, but the rat's head could not be lifted from the ground at all. As soon as it exerts force, the body pierced by the steel pipe will be filled with unbearable pain. Even with the trauma, it struggled for more than a minute before it stopped breathing.

Su's eyebrows moved slightly, for him, these ferocious gophers were a little tougher than they had been a few months ago, and the speed of mutation made him feel very uncomfortable.

The steel pipe that fell into the body of the male rat, Su did not plan to use it again. He fumbled around the cave wall for a moment and pulled out a wire. This is the lighting line installed at the base, which is now abandoned. Su cut off a two-meter-long stretch of wire and peeled off the patent leather in the middle, revealing the tough alloy wire inside. He wrapped the wires around each end of his hands and continued his walk into the darkness.

Even in the dark and rugged cave, Su Youbi's eyes and rich experience could distinguish the traces of the ferocious gopher's walk, and it didn't take long for him to find the nest of the ferocious gopher. There are more than 30 fierce gophers of all sizes in the nest, the large ones are almost adults, and the small ones have not yet opened their eyes, and it can be seen that these gophers belong to different litters. Judging from the three-month adult period of the ferocious gopher, it can basically give birth to one litter a month.

"The growth period has been shortened by another ten days." Su Mo calculated, and the uncomfortable feeling in his heart became even stronger.

But the bad mood did not affect him to use the alloy wire volley to lassoate a fierce gopher that pounced, and then pulled and shaked, the gopher flew back, but the blood in the neck spurted wildly, and after hitting the cave wall and falling, it could not get up again. The sticky alloy wire swept to the ground again, and seven or eight little gophers instinctively opened their mouths and bit down. However, the alloy wires vibrated slightly, and their heads were almost cut in half.

A minute later, the nest of ferocious gophers was completely wiped out. The ferocious gopher is a creature with a very strong sense of territory in the group, and with this nest of ferocious gophers, there should be no second nest of gophers within a kilometer nearby.

Su took out a map, supplemented the topography of the passage in the blank part on it, marked the location of the rat's nest, and carefully put the map away.

A few hundred meters further down the cavern, Sue came to a halt in a cavity. Behind the mound of earth revealed a hole that could only be crossed by one person. On the other side of the cave entrance is a labyrinthine subway passage that is complex, deep, and full of unknown dangers. Coming here, it means that the 500 yuan prize has fallen into his pocket, and on the other side of the hole, a genetically modified medicine is tempting him.

Su half-knelt at the entrance of the cave and listened.

The wind blowing in the subway passage was strong and weak, and there was a faint rustling sound inside. The air is very filthy and the oxygen content is very low, which is not suitable for ordinary human life. This is one of the reasons why the N11 site cannot explore the metro access more deeply on its own.

Sue is certainly not an ordinary human. Su, who has a third-order ability in the perception domain and a second-order ability in occultism, can still be regarded as a human being, even he doesn't know. After killing the litter of ferocious rats, Su felt that the genes in his body were about to move again. He has accumulated three genetic evolution points, and maybe he can get a new one by walking around the subway passage.

The point of evolution is a common term for turbulent times. The so-called evolutionary point is actually the space left for new genes after genetic shock. More evolution points means more space, and it also means being able to withstand a more powerful infusion of new abilities. There are many ways to obtain evolution points, most of the naturally occurring evolution points are obtained for unknown reasons, and in addition, there are two main ways for humans to be controlled, genetic modification potions and combat.

Of course, after having an evolutionary point, you also need to get a specific genome to form the corresponding ability. Within each competency domain, there are a number of identified capabilities. However, many more abilities are still in the fog. Evolution points gained through combat are often accompanied by new abilities, and most of the time, these abilities are not the same as those known. As a result, many fighters consider their abilities to be their biggest secret. When two capable people meet, after killing each other, there is a very small chance of obtaining the opponent's ability.

So, ironically, in these turbulent times, killing does make people powerful.

Sue closed his eyes, and a faint rustling sound sketched a clear image of a living corpse in his mind. They wandered aimlessly, their dark red eyes scanning everything around them hungrily. Unlike the zombies that often appeared in the old era, the living corpses are thin, agile, and even faster than humans. Their strong muscles and flexibility allow them to climb and move lightly on walls and even ceilings. From a genetic point of view, living corpses can still actually be considered human, and those high-level warriors who have undergone multiple genetic modifications are even further away from pure humans.

Fifty years have passed since the war, and many of the living corpses are now of the second or even third generation. Compared to their parents, they are faster, stronger, and more adaptable to harsh environments. Many of these living corpses that survive in subway passages have evolved infrared vision to adapt to environments that often have no light.

Su made sure that there were no dangerous creatures clinging to the hole over there, then took out his pistol, jumped lightly into the subway passage, and made another long jump, stepping on the rails and bending down. He walked fast, but there was no sound under his feet, and he never lost his balance on the narrow rails.

In front of the passage, the chaotic sound gradually became louder, and the peculiar putrid smell of living corpses in the air became stronger. Turn a corner and you can see a train overturning, blocking most of the passage. The subway cars have long since rusted to the point of insignificance, the body is open, and the windows are shattered.

Through the window, you can see two living corpses in the outermost compartment, rummaging around, looking for something to eat.

Su observed the surroundings for a moment, moved quietly, picked up a few pieces of rusty iron and a thin iron wire, quietly retreated to the passage, pulled the thin iron wire horizontally in the center of the passage, and arranged the iron sheet on the ground, and then picked up a piece of iron, rolled it into a cone, and quietly dived towards the train.

Bite!

Su gently knocked on the wall of the carriage. The sound of the knock was not loud, but in the keen hearing of the living corpse, any sound that was not in harmony with its surroundings was like thunder. The two living corpses immediately stopped rummaging for food, turned around in unison, and saw a figure disappear outside the car window. In the eyes of a living corpse that is left with only animal instincts, anything that moves is a delicious prey.

With a roar, the living corpse rushed to the end of the carriage with the agility of a hound, and the living corpse fish in front of it jumped up, smashed the broken window, and squeezed half of its body out of the window. As soon as the first head poked out of the window, the living corpse couldn't wait to look left and right, trying to find the prey.

With a soft thud, the cone-shaped sharp iron sheet pierced from below, easily piercing its throat and even cutting off most of its neck bone!

Su slowly stood up, ignoring the living corpse that tried in vain to pull out the sharp iron cone, and walked straight towards the passage.

The other living corpse in the carriage that had been blocked in its path had long since lost its patience, and it roared, grabbed the leg of the living corpse in front of it, and pulled it back into the carriage. The sharp glass on the window frame cut seven or eight deep wounds into the body of the previous living corpse, and black and red blood mixed with internal organs flowed down. But neither of the two living corpses cared. The living corpse in the throat was approaching the end of its life, and another living corpse hurriedly squeezed out of the car window, just in time to see Sue's back disappear from the corner.

The living corpse straightened its neck and roared fiercely before it suddenly exerted its strength, and its hard, long-clawed feet stomped on the ground fiercely, rushing through the corner of the passage like a gust of wind!