Of course, Sue would not have known about the dramatic scene that had taken place in the Oban Palace Hill Manor, and even if she did, she would not have taken it to heart. For him, the whole world is full of turbulent undercurrents, but the vast majority of them have nothing to do with him. Even those that intersect with his trajectory will turn from dangerous undercurrents into innocuous streams as he grows up quickly. Of course, with the growth and improvement of ability, Su will also be like a growing fish, no longer able to be in the stream, and must continue to trace the flow to find his own rivers and seas.

At least for the moment, for Su, a small fish, the Dark Dragoon is still a vast and boundless river. But after looking at the world map left behind by the old era, Su realized that the unknown region was still the main part of the world.

Su had gathered all his equipment and began to march towards the northwest border of Dragon City. In addition to the necessary supplies, Su also brought an electronic template, which contained all the recipes and non-standard abilities that Su's authority could know. Su is going to spend some time on this mission, carefully studying these known abilities, and then choosing the appropriate ability and evolution direction. After all, he now has resources of 18 standard evolution points, and he can choose from a large number of first-order enhancements. The 27 evolution points he originally possessed were examined by Helen during the process, and his body generated a second-order defensive ability and a flexible first-order ability in the combat domain on its own, and a new second-order ability was generated in the occult with reduced damage.

This ability is very similar to the damage reduction of the Dark Dragoon Occult, but as a non-standard ability, its effect is very volatile, and according to the description of the number of dragons, it varies from person to person. People with this ability are able to create sensations in the moments leading up to the injury, causing the body tissues to change accordingly. Most of the time, this change will lessen the damage, but it will be very limited and unstable. In terms of effect, it is far less than the defensive enhancement of the combat domain. Of course, damage reduction and defense enhancement are also abilities that can be strengthened multiple times, but as a second-order ability, damage reduction costs more than 2 evolution points for the first enhancement, and the actual loss of the second enhancement is equivalent to generating a new third-order ability, which makes it even more incomparable to defense enhancement. What made Su quite depressed was that his body seemed to be overstimulated, not only generating the ability to reduce damage on its own, but also strengthening it again.

Su's speed was not fast, maintaining a constant speed of about 10 kilometers and walking quickly, and at this speed, it would take half an hour to get out of the core area of Dragon City. However, what Sue has is patience.

The roar of the engine was heard in the distance behind him, and it quickly approached. Sue's speed and route remained the same, and he was walking on the side of the road, which did not affect the movement of the car. In Dragon City, the people who can drive are big shots, and Sue doesn't want to provoke them. He didn't like it, but he wasn't afraid of trouble, but he didn't want to bring it to Persephone.

The car sped at wild speed, slowing down rapidly, and finally walking side by side with Sue.

"Hey! Pretty and lucky boy, get in the car, I'll give you a ride. "It was Ricardo who was driving. Cesc Fabregas.

Ricciardo's car was an off-road jeep painted in gray-green camouflage, much in the same style as him. Sue looked at Ricardo and then at his car and said, "I can go by myself." ”

"What? I won't take your money! Ricardo said with a big grin, his face suddenly full of surprise, his eyes widened, and even the cigarette in his mouth fell down, and a wisp of white smoke burned out from the front of his well-made coat. But he didn't care about it anymore, and cried out, "Hey, boy, what do you want to do?" Put that thing away, Sgera isn't just a fun guy! Damn, it's still a firepower booster! I just want to give you a ride, what are you doing with this thing? ”

Sue continued to move at a constant pace, but apparently didn't mean to take Sgera back. With his reaction speed, and considering the distance between the two of them of less than three meters, it can be said that Su has taken the lead. Even if Ricardo is a major of unknown ability, it is very likely that he will fall under Sue's gun. After all, even a major with full defensive capabilities couldn't stop a bombardment from Sgera's front.

Su said calmly: "According to my understanding, I am still at war with the Fabregas family. This war is far from over. ”

Ricardo threw his cigarette butt out of the car, shrugged his shoulders and said, "This war is not over. But don't forget that the cause of the war was that you killed our clan's Raikna. He's the fourth in line to the family, so that's not an inconsequential figure. ”

Su responded briefly: "The reason I killed him was that he wanted to capture me and come back for specimens." ”

"Okay, okay, the hateful thing is supposed to be very simple, but the convention is going to get more and more complicated, and it's not something that the two of us can decide and solve. Anyway, let's get in the car first, like a man! Ricardo urged.

Truth be told, Sue doesn't have much ill towards Ricardo. He didn't have much contact with this man, and they were supposed to be hostile before they officially met. But in Sally's case, the two men felt a tacit understanding. Su also knew very well in his heart that in the death battle of the training base, if Ricardo appeared among the opponents, then Su would not be able to escape death, and he would not be able to hold on to the arrival of Persephone at all. Although Sue's hatred with the Fabregas family has reached the point where it is simply irresolvable, the relationship with Ricardo seems to have taken a strange and subtle turn.

However, Su has seen too many betrayals and deceptions in the wilderness with realistic acting, and the reason why their deception is difficult to distinguish is because they did not intend to deceive Su at first, but when enough benefits and temptations appeared, they all changed.

So Sue won't get into Ricardo's car.

"There's a funny little mechanism under the dashboard of your car." After the training, Sue became more knowledgeable about mechanics and electronics. Under his ultra-tactile sensing, the gas hidden in that small mechanism made Su instinctively feel vigilant.

"Ah, is that what you're talking about?" Ricardo seemed to come to his senses, scratched his head, laughed for a while, and pressed a button hidden under the steering wheel. In front of the passenger seat, a cloud of mist was silently sprayed, and the smell of the mist was very light, and there was no color at all, which was difficult to prevent.

Su's distance was not far, and when he smelled the mist coming with the wind, he only felt a slight dizziness in his head, and then there was no difference. It looks like it's an anesthetic, but the effect is surprisingly small.

"It's not for you, it's for my women. I've had drinks with them, and when I drive them back, I occasionally use this little thing. If you drink alcohol and inhale the spray, you will become drunk. I won't wake up until I'm done. Ricardo said.

Sue really couldn't understand what Ricardo was doing, although he had also had ** nights after getting drunk. However, after trying it once, Sue didn't get the relaxation he wanted most, but emptiness and exhaustion, so he didn't have anything to do with the women who spent his days in the tavern. When there is a real physical need, such as after a fierce battle, Sue will choose women who are gentle and considerate, who know what they are doing, and who will provide the same quality of service according to the payment received. And he never stayed until dawn, always leaving in the middle of nowhere, disappearing into the dangerous wilderness.

"Aren't they willing to go back with you, why do they still use this?" Sue asked. Of course, many people have their own hobbies, and hobbies that go too far are also called quirks, and maybe Ricardo likes women who don't move at all.

Ricardo laughed and said, "You must think I like to play with women who don't move at all, right?" In fact, who would like a woman like a dead man? The reason is very simple, they went back with me, and that was their initiative. When I suffocated them, it became that they couldn't help it. ”

Su couldn't help but have a headache, and he really couldn't agree with Ricardo's completely obscene approach. However, women seem to be one of the best topics for men to get closer together, and after discussing this, the tension between Ricardo and Sue has relaxed a lot. However, Sgera was still in Sue's hands. Su believed that with Ricardo's current appearance, even if he suddenly attacked and gave himself a fatal blow, he would be able to use Sgra to smash Ricciardo's body in an instant before he died.

Seeing that Sue had no intention of getting into the car at all, Ricardo stopped insisting. As soon as he pressed on the console, the jeep's windshield instantly turned into a translucent display with countless images appearing on it.

Ricardo put away his cynicism, his expression became calm and solemn, and said, "Alright, let's get down to business!" I've heard that you've lived in the wilderness for more than a decade and you're a very good hunter, and you've demonstrated the skills of a top hunter and killer in that battle at the training base. The question I want to ask you is, in your past life as a hunter, have you ever seen a mutated creature with significant abnormal intelligence, such as a wolf that can use a rifle? ”

I don't know why, when I heard this question, Su suddenly felt a layer of coldness!

He immediately remembered the rotten wolf king he had sniped outside Base 101. Its intelligence was obviously beyond the possession of a rotting wolf, and Su was a little skeptical at the time that its intelligence was about to catch up with the level of humans. The later encounter with the Queen of the Living Corpses is also an example, she even knows how to read and learn the habits of human life in the old times, and organizes the living corpses that have never been chaotic into the rudiments of an orderly society. However, this example is not typical, many living corpses are actually formed by the degradation of humans in the old era, and it is not surprising that they have intelligence.

But listening to the meaning of Ricardo's words, did he meet a rotten wolf who could use a rifle?! If it is true, then this is a step further than the wolf king of the day. But how long has it been? Has the rotting wolf evolved to this point?

Sue shuddered.

"Over the years, the evolution of our human beings has been mainly in body and strength, and the evolution of intelligence has not actually been significant. But mutated creatures are different, and what we fear is not that they become faster, more ferocious, or more venomous, but that they gradually become intelligent. Come and see, for example, the ferocious rats..."

Ricara dotted on the windshield that had been turned into a screen, and the images on it kept changing, all of which were cutaways of ferocious rats. The corners of the map indicate the time and location of the tiling. The earliest cut is 40 years ago, and the latest one is from last week. As you can see from the charts, the rat is visibly getting bigger, with sharper claws and teeth, but most notably, its brain size has almost doubled.

"There's no doubt that these ferocious rats, which we thought had only biological instincts, are getting smarter, even in terms of brain size, but we haven't paid enough attention to it yet." Ricardo continued.

Su carefully looked at the jumping pictures, and there seemed to be a big mouse that was originally very docile in front of him, and then began to grow rapidly in size, and at the same time as the claws and teeth were sharp, the small eyes that flashed blood-red light began to transmit a cunning light.

"What do you mean?" Sue didn't understand why Ricardo was saying this to him.

"It's simple. I'm interested in these mutated creatures that may have sapient intelligence, so I'm willing to buy samples of them at a high price. If you find a mutated creature with obvious intelligence in the middle of your quest, you can sell them to me. I am willing to buy it with three times the purchase price of the headquarters, of course, this price is conditional. Even the samples you sell me cannot be sold to third parties, with the exception of Persephone's private real room. ”

"With the current situation between us, I shouldn't trust you." Su said lightly.

Ricardo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Pretty boy, don't be so serious!" Hatred is hatred, and tasks are tasks, which are two different things. If you're not willing to sell to me, that's not a big deal. Besides, I won't give up my plan to break your legs just because you sold me a few specimens. Sooner or later, there will be a fight between us. Of course, I'll still build yì you sell things to me, I'm afraid that other people won't pay such a high price, you took this money, didn't you just go to pay off Persephone's debt? ”

"You're helping me? But I won't appreciate it. And you're not afraid of family blame? Sue smiled and replied.

Ricardo's expression became rare serious and he said, "I'm not just helping you, I'm helping myself." I want to build a team, a force dedicated to clearing out mutated creatures that may be sapient. It may not be long before the hatred between us becomes a child's play in the face of a real crisis. ”

"A real crisis?" Su's face was calm, but a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, a real crisis. But it doesn't seem like this is the time to talk about this yet, let's talk about it when we make the first order. Ricardo braked the car. Before they knew it, the two of them had reached the edge of Dragon City.

Sue glanced at Ricardo, didn't ask any further questions, and walked alone towards the desolate ruins. Ricardo muttered, "This winter will probably not be peaceful, good luck, pretty boy...... Alas, it would be nice if the cool girl was willing to kill all sides for me! ”

Ricardo glanced at Sue's lonely back, slammed the jeep, and roared away.

The ruins are very familiar to Su, but the wind blowing in today's face is not only a little cold, but also has some inexplicable smell inside. In front of Sue was an abandoned but straight road that stretched to the end of the city, and at the other end of the road were mobs, greedy hunters, bloodthirsty mutant creatures, and perhaps something unusual. http:///