Volume 1: The Choice of Fate Chapter 12. Amazing news
In the empty plastic field, several old buildings with only six floors are scattered on the site, and the trees called the green belt have begun to wither because of the autumn, and even the security check in the distance is extremely simple and confusing.
"Can this also be called a Devourer base? It's not as pleasing to the eye as an ordinary community! Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang He shook his head speechlessly in his heart, at least this first sight is really not good!
seemed to feel Zhang He's disdain, but the corners of Chi Jiufeng's mouth pulled out a shallow smile: "I can arrange you here for special training, of course it can't be so simple, haven't you, a scholar, heard of the big hidden in the city?" ”
Hearing Chi Jiufeng's words, Zhang He set his eyes on the green belt, behind those plants that looked a little withered, there was an existence like a moat.
On the other side of the moat is an extremely prosperous commercial street, and most of the buildings surrounding the commercial street are not high, but obviously luxuriously decorated apartments and hotels, with bright and green billboards, even in the blue sky and white clouds, sunny afternoon, can be clearly seen.
"If that's what you say, there's a cave here, right?" At this moment, Zhang He was wearing a half-faced black mask on his head, although he couldn't see his eyes clearly, he stared at Chi Jiufeng sideways, obviously having a lot of questions in his heart.
It's just that Chi Jiufeng smiled and didn't answer, but drove the off-road vehicle into a small garage, and with the door of the garage behind them closing automatically, the two of them were also surrounded by a black curtain in the car.
Suddenly, Zhang He, who was sitting in the car, felt a slow-descending vibration under him, and through the car window, Zhang He could clearly see that a ray of light was breaking through the shackles of darkness and gradually revealing itself in his field of vision.
"Welcome to the Devourer Base!" Chi Jiufeng smiled and said softly.
With Chi Jiufeng's words, the vehicle finally landed smoothly underground, but what caught Zhang He's eyes was only a passage that meandered downward, and the rest was a cold metal wall.
Subsequently, Chi Jiufeng started the off-road vehicle again, but this time he folded the soft roof of the off-road vehicle, revealing himself and Zhang He in the cabin.
"Relax your whole body, and later we will face all sorts of invisible checks! Just be calm! Chi Jiufeng shrugged his shoulders and said with a pretended relaxation.
As soon as the words fell, the off-road vehicle drove towards the passage, but Zhang He scanned various warning prompts through the mask on his face, and through these prompts, Zhang He also clearly saw that a large number of mechanical equipment were hidden in these seemingly smooth metal walls.
"There are a total of nine tests in this passage, which are a comprehensive inspection of vehicles, identities, logos, and even the last bones and genes, because none of the humans who can enter here are ordinary people, and the worst ones are also strengthened soldiers who have been injected with strong base elements at least twice!"
"I knew that the Devourer was the last power of the human race, and I thought there would only be Devourers here, and I never thought that there would be reinforced soldiers?" After Zhang He heard Chi Jiufeng's introduction, he asked suspiciously.
But Chi Jiufeng smiled: "Devourer has always been the most hidden force in every underworld fortress, that's true, but obviously your understanding of Devourer is only at the level of Azure Academy!" ”
Hearing Chi Jiufeng's words, Zhang He's eyebrows hidden under the mask wrinkled slightly unnaturally, Chi Jiufeng obviously had something to say, but Chi Jiufeng was also right, that is, Zhang He's cognition and understanding of the devourer.
Don't look at Zhang He's ambition to become a devourer since he was a child, but all the information related to his devourers is obtained from channels that can be publicized externally, and if you really want to talk about the knowledge of secret points, it is only learned in the Azure Academy.
Seeing Zhang He fall into silence, Chi Jiufeng seemed to feel an indescribable pleasure in his heart, "Maybe it's a cool thing to see this kid deflated!" ”
Then Chi Jiufeng spoke again: "The Devourer Base is an independent living area created by gathering the resources in the Underworld Fort, if the Underworld Fort is the last barrier for ordinary humans to resist the Abyss Beast, then this is the place where the human fire of the Underworld Fort remains." ”
"Can I understand those reinforced soldiers as beings who serve the Devourers? After all, according to you, this is a fortress within a fortress, and it is impossible for ordinary people to live! Zhang He asked suspiciously.
However, Chi Jiufeng fell into a short silence after hearing Zhang He's words, and then said softly: "You weren't wrong before, but where do you think the Devourer came from?" ”
Hearing Chi Jiufeng's question, Zhang He subconsciously replied: "Of course, he is a genetically qualified graduate of Azure Academy!" Wait, isn't it...... Is it to strengthen the military? But after thinking about it, Zhang He immediately overturned his answer.
After all, if Chi Jiufeng can ask himself this, then the answer will naturally not be known to the general public, and Azure Academy is called the cradle of elites to the outside world, and it is the highest institution for all human beings to contribute.
But according to what Chi Jiufeng asked, it is obvious that there is still some information in this that cannot be released to the public, that is to say, he Zhang He has no access to the secret information of the channel at all.
"It's true that the Devourer is the last power of the human race, but the Abyssal Beast began to reduce its offensive against the human race about ten years ago, which I think all humans know, but this cannot be said to be the truth, only a part of the truth."
Speaking of this, Chi Jiufeng fell silent again, but Zhang He didn't dare to interrupt him, so he could only look at him silently.
Because Zhang He has a feeling deep in his heart that what Chi Jiufeng is going to say next is likely to be a kind of information that subverts his worldview or cognition.
"It should be said that up to now, the answer you said can't be wrong, it was all right ten years ago, but today, ten years later, it can only be part of the answer, because the real Devourer sacrifice rate is very high, and the Abyssal Beast has never stopped hunting humans!"
Hearing Chi Jiufeng's words, Zhang He's heart suddenly tightened, he suddenly thought of something, and then there was a trace of seriousness in his voice, and even a faint horror in the seriousness: "Don't tell me, the strength that has resisted the predation of the Abyss Beast in the past ten years is the strengthened soldiers who have injected strong base elements, and you have taken the risk of mutation to create Devourers in batches to resist the attack of the Abyss Beast?" ”
It's just that when Chi Jiufeng faced Zhang He's question, he smiled miserably: "You think of the Tario Council and humans too unscrupulous, right?" Is your dark mind affected by a mutation? Or is it meant to be? Certainly not what you say! ”
"To be precise, the reason why humans can resist the attack of the Abyss Beast now is indeed because Devourers can be born in batches, but among the sources of Devourers, only 1 percent are natural people from the Azure Academy, 2 percent are strengthened people who have been injected with strong base elements, and the remaining 7 percent are new humans created through test tubes."
Chi Jiufeng sighed heavily after saying this, as if he had vented a heavy burden in his heart, Zhang He could see that the true face of the unknown devourer and the attack of the abyssal beast on the hunt of humans had made Chi Jiufeng's heart crush a boulder.
"Natural persons? Fortify people? New humans? Zhang He successfully grasped the three key titles in Chi Jiufeng's words and repeated softly.
"Yes, natural people, just like you and me, remove the level of alienation of the devourer, we are all born naturally by our mothers, and the strengthened people are like Mu Xiaoxiao, born natural people, and become strengthened people after injecting strong base elements, as for new humans, they have been living in the cultivation warehouse from birth to adulthood, and even the knowledge in their brains is implanted into the brain through the writing of biological genes."
After listening to Chi Jiufeng's words, Zhang He pondered slightly, and then said softly: "Your amount of information is a bit large......"
It seemed that it was rare to see Zhang He also say some jokes, and Chi Jiufeng's face showed a wry smile: "The amount of information is indeed a bit large, but this is also a matter of no way, you must know that the human beings on the whole earth only have a population of more than 300 million, and expecting natural people to become devourers to fight against the abyssal beast is just to prolong the time for the human race to perish." ”
"If, as you said, the enhancer is not as told to the outside world, it can only inject a maximum of 3 strong base elements, and it will never be able to become a devourer who can control the ability, but there is a possibility, even higher than the probability of a natural person becoming a devourer?"
Chi Jiufeng seemed to know the meaning of Zhang He's words, so he explained: "Qiang Jisu, the real explanation is just like the literal meaning, strengthening the elements of genes, and the 1% gene defect rate that you have been brushed down is actually very much in line with the route of strengthening the human to the devourer, this news should be notified to you by the school after everyone graduates, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen to you!" ”
Hearing Chi Jiufeng's words, Zhang He punched the cushion in front of the co-pilot, although it did not cause any damage, Zhang He's fist trembled slightly......
Seeing Zhang He's reaction, Chi Jiufeng knew what Zhang He was thinking in his heart, maybe if Zhang He had known about this earlier, he might not have been depressed on the rooftop, and his adoptive mother would not have comforted him, and he would not have been kidnapped by the Yaksha to kidnap their mother and son.
Even if Lin Haotian wants to take revenge on Zhang He, he will eventually be kidnapped, but there may be a slight possibility that he will only kidnap Zhang He himself, and will not affect his adoptive mother.
"Why?" Zhang He asked with a trembling fist and a slightly low voice.
Chi Jiufeng knew what Zhang He was asking, but he was slightly silent for a moment: "The reason why this news can't be made public may be because of political factors, after all, human beings have been complex creatures since ancient times, if natural people know that there is a way to gain the power to fight against the Abyss Beast, then I believe that the vast majority of human beings will give up the current situation of unity and choose to evolve into Devourers!" ”
And just as Chi Jiufeng's words fell, Zhang He suddenly took over the conversation: "According to what you said, if these ways to become devourers are made public, then the number of human beings who become devourers will increase significantly, but the human race will also become a mass of scattered sand, and if you want to fight against the abyssal beast, scattered sand like humans can undoubtedly only end up extinct!" ”。
But Zhang He's words instantly made Chi Jiufeng silent again, and it was in this silence that Chi Jiufeng and Zhang He also came to the end of the metal passage, and with the rise of the metal iron door, a new world that subverted Zhang He's past worldview slowly opened to him......