Volume 2 The Return of the Stars Chapter 66 Old Man
"Shh
In the dark confinement room, Jiang Luo could vaguely see that it was an old man with a disheveled head. Just when he was locked by that terrifying aura, it was this person who pulled himself in, and the only strange thing was that it seemed to be a blind spot, and he managed to avoid the terrifying tracking.
Jiang Luo didn't know what the terror came from, but this intuition was even more terrifying than a series of monsters such as the burrowing worm that he had encountered at the beginning, if this terrifying lock came from a person or a mutant, what level of existence should it be? A grade or above? Jiang Luo felt that the other party might only need one thought to kill him, it was as simple as that.
It's a pity that Jiang Luo still doesn't know much about the mutation, this weird prison, and the bad old man in front of him.
He was sneakily sticking to the iron door to observe, and his face was full of nervousness and put his ear to the door, as if he was listening to something, and after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a very haggard voice: "You are so lucky, you just came here, otherwise no one can save you." β
Jiang Luo was always wary of this kind of well-wisher, and after staring at him for a long time, there was no way, after all, he didn't know anything here.
"What's that...... Something chasing me? β
"Ahem, it seems that you are also a spiritual mutant, so you can perceive him." The old man coughed lightly, and continued, "I don't know who he is, but he's been there since the first day I've been here, and his eyes are everywhere hereβexcept here, of course. If it weren't for it, it would be worse than a regular prison...... Wait, you ......"
The old man looked at Jiang Luo's neck incredulously: "You weren't even wearing a restraining ring?" β
Jiang Luo realized that the old man was wearing an iron ring like a dog ring around his neck.
"What is this?" He remembered the inhibitor he had been injected with before, as if it was something that could inhibit a special mutation.
"Every person who is sent in will be put on a restraint ring, and when the ability is suppressed, we are not even as good as normal people."
Everyone who is sent in has to wear a suppression ring, which means that this prison is all mutants? Jiang Luo thought about it, it seemed that it was an institution called anomalous suppression that captured him? And this prison can hold thousands of people, to say the least, which means that at least four digits of mutants have been locked up? Isn't it said that there are only a few thousand mutants in the entire Jinling?
"Why are there so many mutants being held here?"
The old man turned around and paced with his hands behind his back, and after a while he spoke, "When we were studying mutants, I had a disagreement with them, and later, I was imprisoned here by them. β
"You are?"
"Well, we've been studying variants for a long time. You must know that mutation did not appear after the end of the world, it has always existed since the emergence of human beings, but it has become less and less due to some reasons in modern times. But now that the celestial phenomena have changed again, the possibility of mutation will become higher and higher. Actually, don't you think it's strange that if humans evolved from apes, why can't they find half-man, half-ape fossils? Or a half-man, half-fish fossil? There is a problem with the theory of evolution itself, there are many unknown things hidden in our genes, and once cracked, infinite energy can burst out, but at the same time, if it is opened in the wrong way, it can cause terrible disasters. β
The wrong way to open the genetic code? Jiang Luo thought of those corpse monsters in the Demon Capital, were those considered products of evolutionary failure? Anyone who has watched Resident Evil knows that the zombie virus actually helps humans evolve, and the reason for the zombies is because of the failure of those human experiments.
"But they're going in the wrong direction, and they're opening a Pandora's box."
The old man became agitated: "If you don't wear a restraint ring, you have a chance to escape." β
According to the old man, everyone who is caught in will be put on an ability suppression ring, and as long as that thing is put on, the reaction chain of the mutant will be interrupted, thus invalidating the mutant's ability. And Jiang Luo happened to run away before being put on the inhibition ring and broke free.
"Why here, it won't be felt."
"That man is one of the guardians of this prison, he monitors the entire prison with his powers, and he is the man closest to God. Unfortunately, he will never be able to get out of this place. There was a hint of mockery in the old man's tone.
"Mutants basically only produce one special ability, but there are exceptions, such as dual-ability. And I happened to cultivate the second ability here. β
"Cultivation?" Jiang Luo was particularly interested in this word because he was talking about cultivation, which meant the controllability and replicability of this ability.
"That's right, don't you think these special abilities are created out of thin air? I want to tell you, those strange people and strange people in ancient times, cultivating immortals are all true! It's just a myth made by later generations, in fact, they are ancient mutants! Most of the mutants' abilities come from their brains, and the reason why you think they are created immediately is because you don't know enough about your own brains and consciousness! A superpower is like a program stored in the brain, and the generation of another ability is just an adaptation of that program. β
The old man's words shocked Jiang Luo's senses, if what he said was true, then where was the source of his ability? Brain or heart?
"Today's Jinling City is mixed, and something is about to appear, and those forces that have been entrenched for a long time will not be able to sit still, so they will take risks to open the magic box. I can get you out, but you have to do something for me. β
"What?"
"I didn't think of it for a while, but you have to promise me, or you'll never get out. You can't avoid that guy except me. He was referring to the terrifying thought.
"Your ability is induction?" Jiang Luo had a faint guess, because Li Qiang was a mutant of the sensing system before, and only sensing could avoid the other party's spiritual probe in advance.
"Induction? Oh, you're underestimating me. But it can also be considered, induction is just the beginning, if this ability is ...... by the end Forget it, you're not anyway, and it's useless to say it. β
"They would never have imagined that I had bypassed the main hub and generated a new ability, Stealth! Haha, specifically for that guy's abilities! β
"How can I escape, you just say." Looking at this old man, Jiang Luo even wondered if he was not mentally normal.
"I'll teach you how to avoid the main hub, hey, no, your main hub isn't blocked, okay, listen up."
It turned out that the old man's series of introductions before were just to pave the way for Jiang Luo, and the so-called concealment was not a superpower, but a technique to disguise himself as an ordinary person.
There will be a trace of elemental qi in the body of the mutant more or less, and ordinary people will not have any elements in their body because the "meridians" (Jiang Luo doesn't know what the elements are absorbed, so they are referred to as the meridians) are closed. The Prison Guardian's induction is derived from the induction of the elements in the mutant's body, and even if it is affected by the inhibition ring, there will be a negligible residue in the mutant's body. Inhibition does not prevent you from absorbing the elements, but rather interrupts the reaction chain of the elements, so that you cannot generate abilities, and those elements that are inhaled into the body cannot be used for ability synthesis, but become a burden, which is why the suppressed mutants are weaker than the average person. The vast majority of suppressed mutants will stop absorbing the elements in order to alleviate the pain, but after the "meridians" are opened, it is as natural as breathing, even if you don't take the initiative to absorb it, there will be free elements adsorbed up, so the mutants who wear the inhibition ring will also have residual elemental qi in their bodies, which is also the reason why they are locked by the minds of the monitors, the more powerful the mutants, the more delicate the elements in the body, and they are almost all imprinted.
According to the old man, in the depths of this prison, there are even near-god-level mutants, that is, super-S-level existences, if they are not suppressed, they can definitely be on a par with the monitors, but after being suppressed, there is only one god in this prison.
The so-called camouflage technology is actually to empty the elements in the body, when the elements are not in the body, the monitor will not be able to sense you, this prison was originally designed for mutants, and there is no ordinary person.
"It's really talented, and I learned it so quickly."
Jiang Luo carried out some control in his body according to the old man's thoughts, and soon emptied the residual elements in his body, and when he closed those meridians according to the old man's method, he looked like an ordinary person completely.
In fact, this is also related to his mutation ability, whether it is due to the influence of the flesh cone in the heart, his mind is much stronger, and the control of the body is also very subtle, although it cannot be described in detail, but it can indeed be done.
In fact, in his opinion, this is the opposite of inhaling the elements, although in essence, although this is the case, but he does not know that it is impossible to do it if he were someone else, and the way he originally absorbed the elements is very strange.
If others absorb it a little bit, he is more like blowing up a balloon, and now he is letting go of the balloon. Normal mutants absorb elements that are limited by meridian valves, and he doesn't seem to have them.
"Don't perceive with your mind, just think of yourself as a blind fool, look for it along the wall, and you can get out, this is a prison that is straight, everything you sense is fake." The old man said.
"Then you, why don't you run away on your own." Jiang Luo was shocked that he seemed to be able to hide his own element, since he knew how to escape, why didn't he go out by himself?
The old man pointed to the inhibition ring around his neck: "It's no longer the old man's world outside, what's the use of going out." What's more, those who are as strong as me have been branded by them. β
For example, like a bowl of beans, a mung bean can run around in a group of red beans, and no one cares, but if the mung bean is taken out, it will be particularly eye-catching. And a person of the old man's level is like a mung bean in this prison, and the watchdog doesn't care where he is in the prison, as long as he is still there.
And Jiang Luo's scum is like an inconspicuous one in a group of red beans, and no one will find out if you take it.
Although it feels a little uncomfortable, it can save your life.
Jiang Luo followed the old man's guidance, almost closed his five senses, and only relied on his intuition to grope forward, sticking to the wall, and kept moving forward......
With a bang, he hit the iron, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was an iron ladder, covered with a circular wellhead, which was the secret entrance that the old man said!
In the previous confinement room, the old man with a disheveled hair showed a strange smile, and then the terrifying thing was that his body was gradually fading until it disappeared!
In the watchman's room, the bald tattooed man sneezed, and a slight bad feeling came over him, and he searched for the imprints with his mind, and found that there was no one missing, so he sat down and continued to pick up the magazine and drink coffee.