Chapter 22: Evolution (II)
"Anyway...... Don't we really want to help him? This was the first question Zhang San asked after Shi Sanwen hung up the video communication.
At this moment, the two of them were standing in an open field, surrounded by corpses lying on the ground, and more than a dozen cars were parked.
The double-layer net alloy self-explosion house that trapped them in it not long ago had also been moved away from its original position by Shi Sanwen at this time.
"There's no need." Two seconds later, Shi Sanwen replied with confidence, "Wait a little longer, and the hunter will be teleported here by the other party just like us." ”
Hearing this, Zhang San raised his eyebrows and said, "How can you see it?" ”
Shi Sanwen shrugged and continued, "The guy who teleported us here has the effect of 'reverting the state and position of a certain target to a day ago,' like that...... It can't kill the 'current hunter'. ”
"Oh?" Zhang San said again, "How do you know that his ability is to make people 'go back by a day', not 'teleport people to a distance'?" ”
Shi San asked, "First of all, you must have noticed it too...... We were here yesterday, but now it's unrecognizable; Second, if the other party's ability is really to 'teleport people to distant places', then why doesn't he teleport us to outer space or the center of the earth to kill us, instead of making such a big battle here? ”
Zhang Sandao: "Maybe his ability is limited, such as 'he can only move the target to the place he has been', and besides, teleporting the capable person to outer space or the center of the earth can neither ensure that the other party will die, nor can it confirm the other party's body." ”
"Alright, don't lift the bar." Shi San asked, "You know that's impossible...... According to your assumption, that guy can just teleport the person he wants to arrest into the prison, as long as he walks around the various special cells beforehand. ”
"Huh...... I'm just trying to see how far you've guessed. Zhang San smiled, it was obvious that he was knowingly asking just now, "Actually, when that person appeared, I already recognized him, he is the deputy director of EF, Jacside Newman, and his ability is indeed as you said...... It's to make people 'go back to the day before', but his ability is often mistaken for long-distance teleportation, and most people don't think about 'time'. ”
"I can't do that if I don't think about it." Shi San replied, "Because I can clearly feel that my physical state has returned to the day before." ”
"Huh?" Zhang San really didn't understand now, "Could it be that you are ...... by the amount of feces in your body?"
"That's not right." Before Shi San could finish speaking, he denied this speculation, "How could I remember that kind of thing?" ”
"Then you are ......," Zhang San said suspiciously.
"Don't forget...... Shi San asked, "I'm an omega-level mutant, and I've been alive for ......years."
"Oh~" After he reminded him like this, Zhang San understood.
Omega-level mutants, even if they don't do any cultivation or hone any skills, their abilities will naturally grow over time, and the rate of this growth is usually proportional to their age.
For example, let's say there is an Omega-level mutant who has never done any cultivation, and his combat power is 1 when he is born, and every five years after that, his combat power will naturally grow to twice that of five years ago; Well, in the first five years, his combat effectiveness will only grow by 0.2 per year, but in the second five years, he will grow by 0.4 per year, and so on...... From the time he was fifty years old, his combat power increased by 102.4 every year, that is, at the age of fifty, his combat strength increased every day close to the amount he had grown in the whole year before he was five years old.
While this is just one example, and it's unlikely that the growth rate of omega-level mutants will increase at this rate of "doubling", in general, "the longer you live, the faster you grow" is certain.
For a three-digit existence like Shi Sanwen, his ability has reached the point where he can feel that he is a little stronger than yesterday every day, so he can immediately find out after being teleported - not only the geographical location, but even his physical condition has returned to a day ago.
"But......" After a few seconds, Zhang San's words changed, "This thing still doesn't make sense...... he paused, and then continued, "First, you said that Newman's ability can't kill the hunt, which is true, but the current huntmaster has been tortured by you to the point that he doesn't even have half a life left, and you want to kill him...... You don't think you need any skills, do you? Second, the video communication between you and Newman is tantamount to telling him that 'using the ability to hunt the hunt will only send him to a safe place', so what reason does the other party have to 'teleport the hunt over' as you said...... ”
"Heh......" Shi San asked, and smiled confidently, "For the sake of survival." ”
"What?" Zhang San asked with a little surprise, "You're not mistaken, are you?" You're saying that the Hunter can push Newman to the point where he has to teleport him away to save his life? ”
"Of course." Shi Sanwen replied in a natural tone.
"It's impossible......" Zhang San still didn't believe it, "I've read Newman's information more than once, he is a super transformer who combines EF's strongest technology, and in the more than 200 years of history of the development of transformer technology, he has undergone 'mixed surgery of whole body mechanical transformation and biochemical transformation', and survived the operation...... There are only twenty of them that have been documented, and of them twelve have become plants (machines?). People, five of them have become severely disabled and unable to take care of themselves, and two have become irrational monsters (the creature in the Nine Prisons is one of them, at least the person who created him thinks he is no longer rational), and Newman is the only 'success story', even if abilities aside, he has the power to fight at the peak of the fierce level, and with the current state of the hunter, even if he lets his DNA-devouring ability run wild again...... I'm afraid it's not the opponent of the other side. ”
Unexpectedly, before his words fell, Shi Sanwen suddenly said: "Who told you that the ability of the hunter is 'DNA devouring ability'?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhang San's expression immediately changed: "What do you mean by this?" ”
“FCPS、EAS、EF…… There are so many so-called professional institutions, but none of them have discovered the 'truth'. Shi San asked, "Everyone...... Even Levine himself was deceived by appearances, taking it for granted that his ability was to 'devour the DNA of living beings and strengthen himself with it', and then gave him the code name 'Hunter'......"
Shi Sanwen paused for a few seconds, looked at Zhang San with a smiling expression, and asked, "You have seen so many confidential materials of the Federation, you must also know how Levin 'gained the ability' and became a hunter, right?" ”
Zhang San nodded: "I know a rough idea." ”
"Then tell me, I'll hear if it's the same as what I know." Shi Sanwen also read the information given by Tianyi, but he still wanted to check the information of the two sides with Zhang San.
Zhang San thought for a moment and said, "Levine was originally a cleaner in an experimental institution...... One day, the Federation sent a batch of dangerous molecules to the laboratory to study the 'molecular delivery technology', and officially put the live experiments of this technology on the agenda.
"In addition to all kinds of animals, the 'test subjects' they need include living people, men, women, the elderly, children...... Samples of all genders and ages are required.
"It's easy for adults to use prisoners from the nine prisons, but it's not easy to find children, so they use innocent family members, street children, and even children abducted and trafficked by traffickers.
"Levine couldn't see it, and wanted to use his position to rescue those children, but the laboratory was heavily guarded and monitored everywhere, and he couldn't do it alone, so he released those adult 'test subjects' and tried to break through by violence.
As a result, the escape turned into chaos and carnage, and the fugitives were chased and intercepted by heavily armed security personnel, and the dozen or so people who survived escaped to the room where the molecular teleportation experiment was conducted, and tried to use the machine to escape, but due to improper operation, the device overloaded and exploded...... Involve all the fugitives and most of the security personnel.
"After the explosion, Levine was the only one who survived, and he suddenly had an ability.
"Surviving, he used DNA obtained from nearby animal carcasses to strengthen himself, destroying the entire laboratory and killing everyone who was left inside......
"And at the same time as these things happened, the Federation, which learned about these things through the monitoring in the laboratory, wanted to cover up the matter as soon as possible; They urgently summoned a purge team to kill people, but ...... When the team arrived, the hunter was nowhere to be found. ”
When Zhang San said this, he stopped, and later he didn't continue to talk about things such as being positioned as a "madman" in a short period of time, being hunted down, and being imprisoned in nine prisons.
"Hmm...... That's pretty much what I know. Shi Sanwen also quickly continued, "In this whole matter, there is a very important issue that has been completely ignored by the Federation, I don't know if you have noticed it?" ”
"I didn't pay attention to it at first, but now that you say so......," Zhang San said thoughtfully, "Among the people who were caught up in the molecular teleporter, only Levin survived, so that's the problem." ”
"That's right." Shi San asked, "What are the people now...... When I see something like 'a person who didn't die in an accident in the laboratory and gained superpowers', the first reaction that comes to my mind is 'this is a very unlikely accident', and 'this accident turned an ordinary person into a supernatural person'. "All I can say is that the subtle influence of comics and movies on the human mind is truly remarkable...... But sorry, there aren't that many Flashes and Sentinels in this world, you should get rid of that habitual thinking and think about it...... Is it possible that Levine survived the accident is actually an 'inevitable'. ”
"So......" Zhang San had fully understood what Shi San meant, "your inference is...... Levine didn't become a capable person because he survived the accident, but because he was originally a capable person, so he was able to survive the accident? ”
"Isn't it more reasonable to think like that?" Shi San asked.
"Then ......," Zhang San said again, "what is his ability?" ”
"'Death suitability'" Shi Sanwen said these four words without thinking, and continued, "In Levin's past life, he has not discovered his ability because his ability is very special; 'Death Fit' is an ability that is born awakened, but to be truly activated, the owner must be subjected to damage that is enough to cause death. ”
"Like that accident?" Zhang San continued.
"Yes." Shi San replied, "In that accident, ordinary people were obviously certain to die, and Levin was not an ordinary person, and when death was imminent, he adapted to the 'lethal meme' at that time, so as to gain the ability to 'reassemble molecules'.
"The effect you see of 'devouring the DNA of living beings and incorporating their qualities into themselves' is just a very ugly use of this ability, because Levin's knowledge and imagination are very limited, so he uses it in this form, and if you use it, you can easily master the manipulation of turning stones into gold, turning water into wine, and so on...... When the ability level is higher, you can turn the entire earth into marshmallows if you want. ”
"Hmm......" Zhang San immediately followed the other party's train of thought, "You mean...... The effect of Levin's ability is that when a person is about to die, according to the 'factors that cause his own death', he immediately derives a power that is enough to fight and even control the cause of death? ”
"Basically correct." Shi San asked.
"I'll ......" Zhang San also exclaimed rarely, "Then won't he never die?" "For example, if he is burned to death by fire, then he will gain the power to resist the heat and even manipulate the flames at the moment before he dies; If he is drowned, he will be given the ability to breathe in water before he dies...... Belch...... Wait, if he hadn't discovered the ability and lived until the day he died, wouldn't he have gained the power of immortality when he lost his breath? ”
Shi San looked at Zhang San and chuckled: "What about your analysis, right...... Not right either. ”
"How?" Zhang San asked.
"'Death Fit' is true that you can function as you say, but it's not unlimited." Shi Sanwen continued, "For example, if a person is burned to death by fire and gains the power to control fire with the 'Death Suitability', then his ability will be to control the fire in the future, and the next time he encounters death, the 'Death Suitability' will no longer react. ”
"Hey, hey......" Zhang San said, "Isn't that going back?" He pursed his lips, "Since Death Fit can only be used once, and Levin has already used it, isn't his ability equal to the ability to devour DNA?" With his current body, he would still be killed by Newman. ”
"It's not accurate to say 'can only be used once'," Shi San continued......, "It's true that under normal circumstances, once the 'Death Suitability' is 'adapted' into another form of ability, it can't be changed back, but I'm the 'Ability Mentor'...... He knows the way to reversal. ”
At this time, Zhang San showed a look of sudden realization: "These days, you let Levin cut off water and food and not sleep, just for this?" ”
Shi Sanwen nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "When I first met him, I found that this guy's whole person was already a mess from both physical and energy levels...... Arbitrarily using the 'molecular recombination ability' as the 'DNA phagocytosis ability' will inevitably lead to a lot of sequelae, and his previous 'rampage' is because of human ...... Especially the molecules of the capable...... It was so complicated that it was difficult to control when he reorganized.
"In fact, if you think about it carefully, you should understand that the ability of mutants and modified people is easy to say, but the ability of the 'capable person' is derived from 'sin' and has little to do with DNA, so how can it be obtained through the 'DNA devouring ability'?
"Some of the special powers he thought he had obtained through 'devouring' were essentially just 'imitation' by him in the form of molecular recombination, and their principles were fundamentally different from the original, and he himself was not aware of them.
In short, this ability is too complicated, and it is a burden on him.
"So, I started a 'reverse transformation' with him......
"I asked Levine to run all night without eating, drinking, sleeping, or running, which is a physiological transformation; Almost all of his abilities have a certain 'instinct', and in recent days, this consumption far beyond the limit has caused his abilities to begin to 'self-eat', and as of noon today, his body has almost exhausted itself, and only physiologically speaking, he has returned to a state that ordinary people are inferior.
"And on the energy level, a fool like him who barely knows how to use energy, I have already quietly helped him comb it without him noticing......
"Now that everything is ready, Levin's ability has been reset by me, and I only owe that Mr. Newman a gust of wind to make his 'Death Suitable' react and change again......"
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At the same time, the Orient Express, parking compartment.
The hunter who was beaten into an inhuman shape and fell on his back actually staggered up from the ground after a short breath.
Newman, who had already approached the distance, was surprised when he saw this, but he also quickly paused.
Since Newman's position was relatively close to the hunter at the moment, the group of agents who were fanning out behind him were not able to shoot again for the time being.
"Why didn't I die?" After the hunter stood still, he muttered to himself very puzzled.
Although Newman didn't speak on the surface, he was also secretly muttering to himself: "Yes, I also want to ask, why aren't you dead yet?" ”
"Not only is he not dead, but he feels ......" Hunter said, his body was also healing and recovering, and the speed of recovery was extremely fast, at least ten times faster than those common "self-healing abilities", "hunger, thirst, tiredness, pain...... It's all gone. He tried to clench his fist, "And this constant gushing of power...... What's going on? ”