52. The road ahead, freedom
This time, however, the sensation of leaf marks was far less intense than it once was.
For the current Ye Scar, the xenomorph quality of the 2-star is still too poor to improve and strengthen his current powerful body.
The painful sensation in the body is also relatively mild, which is the reason why the strengthening effect of the 2-star virus source fluid is weakening.
In the cells in Leaf Scar's body, a certain genetic sequence is being strengthened by the diffused energy, but this time the strengthening is very reluctant, and the reptilian virus source liquid is not enough to make Leaf Scar's body change too much.
28.5 percent
28.6 percent
28.7 percent
Having worked hard until 29 percent, the evolution of Ye Scar's physical strength had reached its limit and could no longer be carried out.
The feeling of breaking through right away was even stronger, and he was only one line away from evolving to a 3-star evolutionary.
In a moment, Ye Zhen's body had cooled down.
"The virus-derived fluid produced in the body of the reptilian beast can no longer satisfy me now, and hunting this kind of xenomorph can only get a very small improvement."
"Looks like I'm going to have to hunt down the higher xenomorphs, like the butcher."
Ye Zhen's judgment was not wrong, although he didn't know what kind of changes had happened in his body, but this time's strengthening effect was far less than before.
The first time he ate the reptilian virus-derived liquid, Ye Scar's body was directly excavated to the limit of the human body, and all the old injuries were restored.
The second time he ate the reptilian virus stock solution, Ye Scar's body evolved from 20 percent of the two-star evolutionary to 23 percent.
This time, after eating the virus-derived liquid of the reptilian beast, Ye Scar's body only grew by one percentage point.
What does this mean?
The effect of the virus source fluid is gradually waning.
Now Leaf Scar's body is much stronger than that of the Creeping Beast, and Leaf Scar can even kill this huge and terrifying monster in one blow in the dark.
If you want to continue to evolve, you must find stronger monsters to strengthen Ye Scar's body, and you must find a higher quality virus source liquid.
And the virus source liquid of this reptilian beast is about to gradually become a "supplement" to replenish physical strength.
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Ye Zhen glanced at the woman's corpse, and at this time she was only half of her body left, lying on the ground with a blur of flesh and blood.
She is the unlucky kind, most people will be safe and sound when they hide in their rooms, and only a few rooms will be "spot-checked" by xenos. ”
In the last days, the lives of ordinary people are fragile in the face of xenos, and their lives are like mustard.
At this moment, another movement in the room caught Ye Scar's attention.
In this house, there are other people around!
Beneath Ye Zhen's cold face was his cautious heart, carefully following the direction of the voice.
The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind, who knows if there will be a vulture behind the yellow finch in this monster-ridden post-apocalyptic world.
Has there been any xenomorph intrusion?
Ye Scar moved slightly, his whole body tensed, ready for the next battle.
Next to the master bedroom, a door with various fairy tale paintings was closed, and the strange sound that had just come from it came from.
Turning the handle slightly, Ye Zhen gently opened the door, but what greeted him was ......
The lovely wall colors of the puff puff make the whole room warm, and the walls are also pasted with pictures of various cartoon cute characters, and the cartoon characters in Disneyland are vividly displayed, those Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, ...... Decorate the room as a children's playground.
This is a toddler room.
It is the room of the children of this family.
The kind of sound Ye Zhen heard came from a crib not far from him.
There is also a rotating lantern on the crib, and the lanterns are hung with some fairy-tale rag dolls, little princesses, little princes.
When the wind blows, the lanterns begin to spin and the wind chimes hanging on them tinkle and attract the screams of children in children's beds.
It's just that the cry is a little weird.
When the lights rotated, the stroller would tremble violently, and the crib would almost fall apart.
The baby's voice was full of mournful screams, and he took a few steps ahead to take a closer look.
The toddler, who was about a year old, had turned into a zombie!
The crib is located close to the window to allow the child to enjoy the mild daylight and the awning can be lowered when the sun is at its hottest.
But on that day, when the black light of the end of the world came, the baby's parents obviously did not foresee this terrible disaster in advance, and the black light shone on the baby's body and finally mutated it!
The baby's baby teeth had not yet grown together, but now they had completely mutated into sharp saber teeth, crooked and closed together, looking eerie.
Its pink body began to rot, and it tried hard to crawl off the crib, but its hands and feet were tied to the bed, and it used all its strength to keep struggling, shaking the crib, as if to shake it apart and get out of the trap.
What bound the soles of its arms and feet were several soft gauze towels.
How can a gentle mother bear to hurt her own child, even if it turns into a zombie......
The mother wept night after night, and at first tied her child to the crib with twine.
But in the violent struggle, the rope wore through the baby's rotten skin, and the rotten scratches made the young mother feel distressed.
Eventually, the mother replaced the hemp rope, found a lot of silk scarves and bedcloths to wrap the baby, and fixed the baby zombie on the bed, which has been trapped until now.
One can imagine the despair of the mother.
If the husband goes out and doesn't return, I'm afraid it's more than lucky.
And the only hope for this young mother, her child, has become such a monster, screaming in the room every day, listening to the sound of the crib shaking against the floor every night......
It's all over, though.
Young mom gets eaten by reptilian xenos.
The despair, the fear, the collapse, all vanished with death.
When the wind blows, the cute little doll, the little princess, turns.
The crisp and melodious sound of the wind chimes contrasts sharply with the screams of babies.
Ye Zhen looked at the "screaming" toddler zombie, stretched out his hand and patted its head gently.
The toddler zombies who are constantly struggling to get out of their predicament become calm and serene, like a nap after the sun on a warm afternoon.
Ordinary people, in the last days, are so desperate and powerless.
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The wind is slightly cool.
Ye Zhen Gujing Wubo's heart became even colder, he was like a spectator from beginning to end, except for giving the zombie baby the last "mercy", which was completely in line with the behavior of a cold machine.
This zombie baby should have nothing to do with him, if it was an absolutely ruthless and indifferent killing machine, he wouldn't even care about this weak zombie baby, and let it struggle in bed for the rest of his life.
Because such a weak enemy poses no threat to himself, and it is not even worth the effort, even if it is just a few more steps and a light tap.
But Ye Zhen still gave mercy.
Death is given away from torment.
Ye Zhen couldn't help but shake his head and laughed at himself: "Hehe, I've done too many meaningless things recently, is it because there is no master to order me?" ”
"A mad dog like mine has lost its owner and has to forage for food on its own."
This is self-deprecation, and it is also true.
Once upon a time, he was a killer ace who had hollowed out his potential.
The former Ye Scar, absolutely indifferent and ruthless, is a cold killing machine, even if he shows any emotion, it is also his disguise to complete the task.
But it began when he fell into the Evil Rite.
From the time when he was completely abandoned by his own organization.
It seems that the leaf marks have gradually developed something called "feeling".
It has nothing to do with right and wrong, good or evil, and it has nothing to do with the bottom line of morality.
It's like seeing the sun and feeling warm, and grilled meat is better than raw.
That's all.
Ye Zhen used to be just a machine that obeyed orders, trained when he was trained, injected with strengthening potions, and killed whoever he was asked to kill, except for the incomparable madness shown in the brink of death, it was no different from a robot that obeyed orders.
But now, he has been abandoned by the organization, and there is no one left to give him orders.
No one will tell him what your training subjects are in the near future, what drugs you need to inject, who you need to approach, and kill a certain chief or drug lord.
In the rest of his life, he must act according to his heart and rely on his own consciousness to survive.
It's like a mad dog that loses its owner and has to forage for food on its own.
Ye Zhen looked at the baby's sleeping face, listened to the crisp and pleasant ringtone, and then glanced at the palm of his hand that had killed countless people.
The fingers of the five fingers clenched suddenly, and the clenched palms made a "creaking" sound.
"Free?"
"Interesting."
A cruel smile appeared on Ye Zhen's cold face, and he saw the road ahead more clearly.
Turning around, Ye Zhen's heart was no longer confused.
He was no longer a murderous tool belonging to that organization.
From now on, Ye Scar will live for himself.
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It's getting late.
A bright moon hangs in the sky, the silver moonlight sprinkles all over the earth, the once brilliant appearance of thousands of lights no longer exists, although the power system is still running, but no one dares to turn on the lights in the dark night.
Because that's almost telling the xenos that there's people in this house, there's food.
Approaching midnight, it is the time when young people are most excited, and there will always be young people laughing and scolding in the streets and alleys before the end of the world, and they will come out of various bars and nightclubs with a full body of alcohol, and the real carnival has only just begun.
But today, it's only zombies and monsters who are partying in the middle of the night.
A scalp-tinging roar came from the streets, and the zombies and xenos went crazy after midnight, clumping together on the main roads, surging back and forth like a tidal current.
From time to time, many more terrifying xenos appeared, some of them were extremely large and powerful, some of them were extremely twisted and weird, and some of them seemed to be still fighting during the most active time of the midnight carnival.
Xenos who have grown into their second form gradually begin to have a sense of "territory", and do not allow other predators to appear within a certain range, and do not allow other xenomorphs to compete with themselves for blood food.
It's not just leaf marks that grow.
Even this xenomorph has gradually developed a beast-like mind.
Just like the overlord lion of the grassland, each male lion will carve out his own sphere of influence, and if another male lion steps in, he will immediately be regarded as an enemy.
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