Chapter 9: Wilderness Mutations
California's Highway 32 is like a dividing line in the boundless wilderness, showing the power of human beings to the barren land.
One of the key connections between several state-side cities and California's capital, Sacramento, the highway was a little over a decade old but was so desolate that many of the places he traversed were so remote and inhospitable that people sometimes preferred to take more prosperous routes than to be in the company of the sand and sun.
But today, this silent line ushered in a rare bit of hustle.
A huge convoy of more than 20 different vehicles rumbled forward with smoke and dust, including super trucks loaded with huge containers, large heavily armed road police cars, and even a few vehicles with huge radars similar to base cars.
Obviously, to be able to show off the armed forces so openly and brightly, this is undoubtedly an official convoy.
"I've been there many times, but every time I can't help but want to say, it's disgusting that I can't even see a tavern for hundreds of kilometers here."
In one of the police cars driving ahead, a young special forces soldier complained to an old SWAT officer next to him, but the old SWAT officer who was driving just smiled and ignored him.
Because he's really not in the mood.
As a SWAT officer, the 35-year-old Dusen is also a seasoned old man, he has seen crowds of demonstrators, armed robbers, and even some strange things such as cat-sized mice, thigh-thick pythons, and so on.
But this time, Dusen swears that the contents of the car behind him are definitely not just explained by rhetoric such as nuclear radiation mutation, but more like a legacy of the mythical magical age.
Look at the giant truck in the third column behind him, the lizard-like monster in the fully enclosed container is at least ten meters long, more than three meters high, and even more terrifying is that it still has a pair of wings that splash Mars from time to time!
"Isn't this really a legendary dragon?"
Du Sen was deeply suspicious in his heart, because according to the grapevine, more than a dozen special police officers were killed and injured in order to catch this guy who almost destroyed half of the town, if it weren't for why this guy suddenly weakened, the commander who was about to go on a rampage at that time almost got on heavy weapons and even rockets!
"That's not bad, the thing in the middle of the convoy is even more outrageous..."
Although it was only a glimpse, the guy who was said to be able to turn red and burn flames in the place he walked by, and who was said to be a former Navy Special Combat Corps, had to think of people's descriptions of the devil...
"O God, bless the world, and may this journey be safe..."
As a Christian, Dusen couldn't help but pray silently in his heart.
However, it is clear that if prayer is useful, why does the world need these SWAT officers?
Rumble!!!
Extremely abruptly, accompanied by a violent explosion and roar, Du Sen saw that the police car in front of him seemed to be shot by an invisible missile, and after a sudden shock, it instantly deformed and disintegrated, flying out of the sky with deadly steel fragments!
"Oh my God!"
Faced with a broken car door flying straight ahead, almost subconsciously, he directly stepped on the brakes, but before the car with huge inertia stopped, a violent impact suddenly came, completely knocking the entire police car into the air!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
With the splash of metal shards and blood, the high-speed vehicles suddenly began to collide wildly, mixed with the giant trucks, and the tragic series of car accidents caused at least seven or eight cars to billowing smoke!
"Is it a terrorist attack?!"
After Dusen, whose face was covered in blood, climbed out of the scrapped car, he immediately did a good job of tactical cover, but then the elite soldier with a weapon in his hand felt very dazed, because he didn't find the enemy at all!
"Where did the attack come from, was it a meteorite in the sky or a plane falling object in that situation just now?"
Looking up at the cloudless blue sky, there was almost nothing except for the faint black dots of a few flying birds
Soon, however, he was left with no time to care about the matter, because some other terrible enemy had appeared...
"Ahh
With an incomparably terrible scream, I saw that the huge container was broken by the car accident, and at the huge gap between the billowing cold gas and the narcotic gas, a huge head full of spikes and folds suddenly stretched out, directly biting off the lower half of the body of a wounded soldier next to him!
The internal organs flowed wantonly with blood, and the terrifying tragic situation of the soldier who could not breathe for a while suddenly made everyone shudder, especially the driver who had just climbed out of the deformed cab on the truck, and his legs were weak in the face of such a terrifying scene in front of him.
"Help... Save me, for God's sake... Help, ah!!"
He just turned his head and tried to call for help from the others, but the next moment he followed in the footsteps of the former, and the giant beast with its claws and brute force tore a large piece of the iron sheet of the carriage almost instantly, and then suddenly stretched out its head and bit it down!
Click!
With an abrupt scream, there was only a pair of twitching legs left on the ground...
Of course, it is not only this Komodo dragon that has escaped from the past, which is said to be a pet, but now it is suspected to be an atavistic monster.
Other things like a basin-sized turtle that spews high-pressure water, a poisonous snake with a body as elastic as rubber, a hamster that emits a weak electric current, and a rabbit with red laser ears with eyes have all escaped from the broken cage.
These mutated pets are the first and most easily detected anomalous creatures by humans, and most of them may be due to their innate limitations and size, and they are basically not really harmful, so they are easy to capture.
Of course, an alternative pet like the Komodo dragon, which is extremely terrifying in itself, has to be counted separately.
At least, now these special operators who need to confront this "former pet" only want to greet the mother of the keeper.
"Ordinary bullets are useless?!"
Looking at the bullets that bounced off the dark and spiky skin, the police officers who still maintained their mobility after the car accident suddenly felt their throats tighten, and now they finally knew that with the per capita firearms penetration rate in the United States and the level of police equipment, why the special police and residents who gathered the entire town had nothing to do with this guy in the first place.
This monster that is smart enough to close its eyes to avoid bullet damage, its crocodile-like skin has such an exaggerated defensive power, even if it is half-closed in the carriage and let the bullets attack, there is still no response, obviously it will not break the defense at all without heavy weapons, and with the human body, once it is close to this kind of guy like a train carriage, it will be a death!
Faced with this situation, the attacks of the policemen, who had only time to draw their pistols, suddenly became sparse, and this gave the mutant lizard, which was in a state of rage after waking up, a chance.
"Shhhhh
Unlike the terrifying roar of the dragon in the science fiction movie, the mutated monitor lizard made a very low voice, more similar to the gloomy and faint sound of snakes, but his next move was very domineering.
Squeak!
With the harsh sound of metal twisting and deformation, the mutant monitor lizard suddenly exerted its strength, directly tearing the gap that had been enlarged before, and crawling out of its entire body!
However, compared to the giant fangs and claws, an organ that should not have appeared in the giant species brought even more terrifying danger, it was a pair of purple-red flesh wings that were only more than a meter long, but suddenly burned with flames!
"Get out of the way!"
The special police who had heard some information from some of their colleagues who had suffered heavy losses were shocked when they saw the monitor lizard's flesh wings beginning to flapp, and before those confused colleagues could react, a heat wave suddenly roared!
It is definitely more than Baidu's scorching airflow instantly burned the skin and alveoli of the three people in front of them, making the death of the three people unbearable...
"Damn, get the sniper rifle and submachine gun out!"
Dusen shouted at several young SWAT officers beside him while turning over to dodge the metal fragments that the mutant monitor lizard swatted off, his previous experience made him still calm enough even in the face of such an unbelievable battle, and even pulled out a huge sniper rifle from the overturned car on the side as soon as he turned around, and aimed and shot directly!
Boom!
The huge gunshot sound was like a signal, and many experienced old special police officers began to use more powerful weapons to launch an offensive, this time, the mutant monitor lizard that relied on ** hard resistance in the face of damage was finally unable to bear it.
The bullet with huge kinetic energy finally tore through its skin, sinking deep into its flesh, and it couldn't help but keep retreating, and the flowing blood soon accumulated on the ground.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the attack was effective, although from time to time a few unlucky eggs were injured by other rabbits, turtles, poisonous snakes, etc., but on the whole, the situation was completely under control.
However, the commander of the team and the really experienced veterans know very well that compared to the situation in front of them, which is not too important "goods", it is actually not the biggest trouble.
Because in the convoy, there are still a few very heavyweight, and it is also extremely prone to accidents of precious "materials" - five mutant humans!
Among them, there is the guy who is rumored to be able to transform into a demonic creature and has an extremely destructive power
"I hope those guys have enough anesthetics."
However, just like Murphy's Law, often the worst you can think of will always happen.
"I think you need help..."
A low groan sounded in his ears, and Du Sen turned his head suddenly, his pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly.
Behind him, a strong man with a body full of various data cables and needles, **** upper body stretched as if he had just gotten up, but the discordant thing was that his outstretched arm was grasping a man in a white dissecting suit whose neck had been choked, and he swayed gently from side to side like a white dead dog...