Chapter 34: Replicas
"Dada", "Dada", "Dadada", "Dadada! ”
When she saw Chen Xin's third shot forcing the little zombie to retreat, Su Wan's eyes were already full of shock!
"Shooting genius?" If Chen Xin is only a research talent, his value in the wasteland troubled times is very limited, because only the big forces can afford to support the research institute, and since it is a buyer's market, the value of the talent is much lower.
In addition to being able to protect oneself in the wild, there is no need for protection by big forces, and it will not become a zombie in the research process inexplicably, and it can go deep into many dangerous front-line research points, and the efficiency of research will also be improved a lot.
But if this talent is still a combat genius, then the value is greater, and with so many talents, at least they can support a settlement, and may even have the ability to develop into a small force.
Therefore, the combat-type awakened person with research ability is definitely a scarce talent that various forces are vying for, and the price offered is not low. In fact, Su Wan herself can be said to be this kind of talent, super research ability, keen combat instinct, the only thing she lacks is awakening, but the last thing she lacks is the evolution potion, and the genes have been sequenced to confirm that she has the potential to awaken. It's just that she has her own plans and doesn't want to be an awakened person now.
Seeing that Chen Xin's firing was getting smoother and smoother, and even a shot directly hit a small zombie, even Zhang Baixin looked sideways, and instantly grabbed an opportunity, and together with the firepower of the entire 3 groups, the little zombie who was shot was beaten into a sieve.
For the first time, a small zombie was killed with a small weapon, so that everyone present saw the dawn of victory, the ammunition was quite sufficient, and the entire battle line began to slowly push back for a distance.
Just when everyone's morale was high and the originally silent battle began to cheer, Chen Xin and Zhang Baixin stopped shooting and turned around one after another.
The mercenaries' combat qualities were not bad, only one of the soldiers turned his head to look at it curiously, and a cold sweat flowed in an instant.
In the darkness behind, a team of little zombies popped up again!
"Concentrate on the enemy in front of you! 4 sets of firepower backwards! Zhang Baixin saw that there was some confusion in the team, and commanded in a deep voice.
"Xiao Chen, don't be more than one meter away from Director Su!" Zhang Baixin told Chen Xin again, but his voice was extremely low, and he said in Chen Xin's ear, "After you saw me using doping, you immediately rushed with the supervisor behind your back!" ”
Chen Xin nodded, it seemed that Zhang Baixin was already planning to give up the remaining mercenaries, or to let them fend for themselves.
The 4th group also helped the 3rd group block the little zombies in front of them for a while, so they immediately entered the state at this moment.
"Do you think these zombies are hunting?" Chen Xin said next to Su Wan now.
Su Wan groaned and said, "It is indeed very similar, driving, ambushing, and surrounding, just like the lions!" ”
"If it's really the same as the lions, then there must be a lion king!" Chen Xin hesitated, but still led the topic to the side of the corpse.
"What do you seem to know?!" Su Wan no longer observed the little zombie, but turned her head to stare at Chen Xin.
"I think these little evolutionary zombies are like a tribe, acting in groups, hunting in groups!"
"Well, you can see it. And then? ”
"I don't know if you have seen that these little zombies have almost the same speed, almost the same muscle density, and almost the same appearance, and even the bone shape is almost the same!" Chen Xin pointed to the little zombie that was killed.
As soon as Chen Xin pointed it out, Su Wan thought of the little zombie that Zhang Baixin was carrying before, "The traits are so similar!" ”
"More similar than a brother!"
Su Wan's expression moved, "Asexual reproduction?!" ”
"Possibly, but I prefer the 'replicator' statement! In the case of asexual reproduction, it is still necessary to start growing from the larvae, even if it is catalytic growth, the musculoskeletal traits are not necessarily so similar! So, it can only be said that copying! Fortunately, Chen Xin's biology skills are good, with the "answer", and then push the "question" in turn, it will be much simpler, and he should be able to fool Su Wan.
"Makes sense. So, the 'Lion King' is the source of replication?! ”
"This can only be done, otherwise, it can't explain the social behavior of this group of evolved little zombies. The prey that comes from the hunt is finally handed over to the 'Lion King', and then new little zombies are copied to join the hunting team. ”
Chen Xin drew a circle on the ground and demonstrated their social structure. "From the perspective of the social division of labor, although there are only two kinds of division of labor, one is the replicator, and the other is the 'lion king', and the characteristics are obvious, this 'lion king' is a kind of corpse queen."
“…… Truly. Su Wan immediately understood Chen Xin's theory and nodded in agreement.
"Do you think there will be clones?" Chen Xin stared at Zhang Baixin tightly to see when he would use doping.
"Whether we have it or not, we're not in a good situation right now!" Su Wan looked around, and several of the three groups of mercenaries had run out of bullets.
"Chen Xin!" Zhang Baixin in the distance roared loudly.
Su Wan and Chen Xin both knew that this was telling them to get ready, so the two glanced at each other and walked towards Zhang Baixin.
Zhang Bai's novice hand didn't stop, the sniper rifle "bang" and "bang" kept ringing, and the little zombie in front of him actually had half of his head blown out.
The opportunity must not be missed, Zhang Baixin threw away the gun in his hand and pricked himself with a needle.
In Chen Xin's perception, Zhang Baixin's eyes instantly turned red, and the sound of his heart beating could almost be heard with his ears.
"It's a big move!!" Chen Xin muttered in his heart, but he didn't stop, and picked up Su Wan from the right. His left shoulder was still injured, and it hurt when he touched it, so he didn't learn Zhang Baixin to resist from the left.
In the 4 groups behind the hall at the back of the team, a soldier at the back seemed to be looking at Chen Xin, or had been observing Chen Xin all along. Seeing Chen Xin carrying Su Wan, he actually left his defensive position and walked towards Chen Xin and them.
Zhang Baixin's eyes were red, and he had already rushed forward, and the gunshots that had been scattered stopped in an instant.
Several soldiers with pistols took out their hands and held them in their hands like Zhang Baixin and rushed towards the little zombie.
In fact, there were only four clones left in front of them, but there were 6 fighters in the 3rd group, plus Chen Xin and Zhang Baixin, it had more than doubled, but the three fighters had run out of bullets and surrounded Chen Xin.
Looking at the three soldiers without guns, all carrying daggers in their hands, it seemed that they were planning to protect Su Wan and Chen Xin with cold weapons, but Chen Xin still carefully carried Su Wan forward.
The range of the pistol is much shorter, but the distance is much closer, and after only a few seconds of contact, the torso of several clones has already been shot, but after all, the power is not enough, even if the clones are hit, they do not fall to the ground and wail, but their movements are slightly deformed.
The clones and the warriors finally met head-on, and the claws were the first to stick into the guns in the warriors' hands, apparently knowing that the guns in their hands were the biggest threat.
The three mercenaries who were attacked took a step back in unison, avoiding the attack of the clones, but exposing Zhang Baixin to the forefront.
Zhang Baixin didn't dodge, after being injected with the stimulant given by Su Wan, his speed was obviously a lot faster, and when he saw the sharp claws handed over, he actually turned his head sideways and avoided the stabbing attack. The pistol in his hand did not stop, and he took advantage of the clone on his right hand to attack the leader of the 3 group, and directly attached the pistol to its ribs.
"Bang", Zhang Baixin pulled the trigger, and the clone of the leader of the attack group 3 was directly tilted to the side, and the whole body began to twist unnaturally from the middle.
The clone in front of him was obviously surprised, and although it was still expressionless, its pupils were noticeably larger.
The warrior on Zhang Baixin's other side stepped back, and the clone on the opposite side did not catch up and attack, but turned sideways, waving the sharp claws in his hand and scraping towards Zhang Baixin.
Zhang Baixin turned his head sideways to dodge the attack of the clone in front of him, but he couldn't dodge the claws on the side, and a piece of flesh was directly grabbed from his shoulder.
There was a piece of meat missing, but Zhang Baixin didn't even snort, lowered his body, and came out from between the two sharp claws.
But the remaining mercenary warriors standing on the edge were not so lucky, although they also took a step back, but without Zhang Baixin's force, the second blow of the claw then stabbed to the chest.
Retreat! It's just that the backwards are not as fast as the clone moving forward, and the claws have already pierced into the warrior's chest, like a sharp blade cutting into tofu, without encountering a single obstacle, and the hot blood sprays directly onto the clone's face.
But the wounded warrior did not immediately go limp, but hugged the clone in front of him with both hands.
Seeing this, the soldier guarding Chen Xin's left side rushed forward directly to pick up the pistol that had fallen to the ground. The claws of the clone were inserted in the chest, and they were clamped by the hands of the warrior, and they didn't pull it out for a while, and when they saw another warrior rushing over, they suddenly became a little anxious, and the other claw was also inserted into the warrior in front of him.
The mercenary who picked up the gun aimed at the clone as fast as he could, and at such a close distance, he didn't even need to aim to pull the trigger.
"Bang bang", both shots hit the little zombie's head, and two pillars of blood spurted out from the back of the head, falling backwards.
But the mercenary who fired the gun actually fell forward with the clone, Chen Xin took a look, and the claws of the clone directly pierced the heads of the two warriors one after another, "Die together...... Ay. ”
On the other side, the clone that was shot by Zhang Baixin was not dead, and half of his body pounced on the mercenary in front of him, his claws still waving wildly.
The retreating mercenary didn't check for a while, and the left calf was directly pierced by the claws.
Two losses on each side of the battle, it became 2vs5!
But Zhang Baixin has been injured, one of the two mercenaries with guns has also been injured, and the remaining two mercenaries have no guns, and in Chen Xin's opinion, the situation is still critical.
"Kuroko, what about people?" The leader of the 4 group at the back of the palace shouted loudly, he found that there was one person missing on the very edge, and a corner was directly missing from the firepower net.
The clones' sense of smell on the battlefield was extremely sensitive, and they all circled around to the breach, and rushed over with a sudden acceleration.