Chapter 38: Stand-ins

In fact, just like Ma Le's feelings, this evolutionary No. 21 has extremely high intelligence, which is beyond the scope of beasts, and although it is still a little far behind humans, it can already imitate some human behavior and thinking patterns. And this is exactly the goal of the old academician of the scientific research center: to create a perfect life form that is incomparably strong and incomparably smart!

The vast majority of the beast's behavior is instinctive, encountering food, encountering danger, fleeing, and taking survival as the highest priority. However, when living beings have evolved their intelligence and begin to have the ability to think and be self-aware, these animals may develop emotions similar to those of humans, such as pride and conceit!

21 is the highest research result of the scientific research center, and its indicators are far beyond the natural creatures of the same level, so if there are no humans, it can be said to be a transcendent creature above the food chain! There are no natural predators in nature that can threaten it, all prey cannot escape its pursuit, food and survival are no longer troubles, but such creatures have also developed intelligence close to human beings, and have a strong sense of self! So, how will it feel?

Bored...... That's right, it's just boring. In the Institute, 21 is not always kept in the basement, and it is often put into a simulated environment to fight against other mutated creatures. In the eyes of the 21st, all creatures except itself are weak and have a very good brain, and even the white coats that created it and raised it have an unconcealable fear in their eyes when they look at it. These creatures are too weak, hunting these weak creatures all day long, showing these white coats, this kind of life, it's too boring!

This boring life ended because of Ma Le's big trouble, and the institute was under full martial law, and all the mutated monsters were released. The freed 21st can't wait to find some challenges, but then it discovers that the outside world is not so interesting. The mutant monsters wandering around are still just as weak, and as for those white coats who once controlled their own destiny, their bodies are even more fragile, and they can be shattered at the slightest touch, and they still have hope for them! Number 21 is in a very bad mood and is very irritable.

Soon, however, he spotted a special group of humans, wearing steel helmets, white armor, and strange weapons in their hands, which could attack him from a great distance, and although they were also indestructible, they were much more powerful than the claws of other monsters! Interested on the 21st, it rushed into the midst of this special group of humans and began to fight. These humans are brave and strong, advance and retreat in moderation, and there are many powerful weapons, which are really very difficult to deal with, and No. 21 finally felt the fun in the battle with them!

However, the vigilantes were no match for this ultimate monster after all, and soon, the 21st killed everyone, and boredom and emptiness struck again. In order to have more fun, to make life more exciting, No. 21 walked out of the scientific research center and onto the streets, continuing to search for such humans. Finally, on the periphery of a huge building, it was found.

This is the reason why No. 21 attacked the public security police force, of course, Ma Le didn't know, and he was not interested in knowing. After a short period of astonishment, Ma Le put that cheap curiosity behind him, took advantage of the inextricable fight between the security police and No. 21, saw the opportunity to blend in with the security police force, and entered the presidential palace through the dark cover.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Ma Le flashed and hid behind the bushes, and looked at his hands that were trembling slightly. The barbed wire was connected to high-voltage electricity, and Ma Le survived with his extraordinary physique, but still lost nearly 100 lives.

"It's here just now, the monitoring room said that it seems that something seems to be over the wall......" "It's their mistake, this barbed wire class is connected to high-voltage electricity, even mutant creatures can't bear it......" Suddenly, there was such a conversation from not far away, Ma Le was startled, and swept back, only to see that there were surveillance cameras installed on the wall every ten meters. Negligently, how could there be no monitoring in the presidential palace! Ma Le frowned, took a closer look at the position of the camera, and found that he happened to be in the dead end, secretly relieved, and squeezed his body into the depths of the bushes.

From the corner of the building came two patrolling police officers, who performed their duties with the combat troops outside, and did not care about the battle outside at all, but only single-mindedly investigated the danger factors in the courtyard. Perhaps, they felt that there was no strength to break through such a heavily armed force. However, this also happened to be Ma Le, he hid in the dead corner of the surveillance camera, and when the two security policemen passed by, he suddenly jumped out and absorbed the one that was slightly behind!

The security officer in front heard what seemed to be movement behind him, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" Ma Le finished mimicking at the same time as absorbing it, smiled and replied: "It's okay, it's okay, let's keep walking......" The two continued to move forward and entered the next monitoring range, looking in the monitoring room, the two only stayed off-screen for a few seconds, but they wouldn't have thought that in such a short period of time, the person had been replaced.

Having obtained the identity and memories of the security guard, Ma Leshun slipped into the presidential building and soon arrived at President Snow's residence. It was a spacious bedroom facing the garden, and President Snow lay on the lavish bed, and the slight snoring indicated that the old man with white hair had slept soundly.

Ma Le came to the bed, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as long as he absorbed this old guy, and then held a press conference in his capacity, transformed in front of the whole country and announced his death, then Capit's troops would inevitably fall into chaos, and his mission could be completed perfectly. With a beautiful idea, Ma Le reached out and grabbed Snow's head, but suddenly, a warning omen came to his heart, the quilt was suddenly lifted, and a long knife with black gas stabbed straight into Ma Le's choked throat!

This knife stabbed quickly and accurately, and the angle was tricky and weird, if it was an ordinary person, it would never be able to escape! But what kind of person is Ma Le, his agility is more than ten times that of ordinary people, although he was sneak attacked, he still flashed easily, jumped out of the attack range of the long knife, and fixed his eyes to see who the other party was.

It was President Snow who had been asleep before...... No, Ma Le noticed that although this man looked very similar to Snow, with the same gray hair and white beard, looking at his face, he was noticeably younger, and his figure was not as bloated as President Snow, but more muscular and strong...... Scapegoat! These two words flashed in Ma Le's mind, how could such a cunning person as Snow not have a stand-in? In some dangerous situations, important people need such shadows to protect themselves from disasters! Alas, it was put on the table.

"What about Snow?" Ma Le asked. The stand-in slashed the knife and sneered: "You are not qualified to know!" ”

"Huh...... You look like you're using my knife! Only then did Ma Le notice that the knife in the hand of the merchant was his own ghost blade, which was put down by the anesthetic, and when he woke up again, the ghost blade was gone. However, the lost equipment will automatically return to its place when leaving the world, so Ma Le didn't care, he didn't expect to run into it here!

"Not now, the famous knife will choose its own master, today, let me use my ability to prove who is its real master!" As he spoke, the stand-in rushed forward with a knife. Ma Le sighed secretly, this guy seems to have a crush on the ghost blade, but unfortunately, after being identified by the system, the equipment is not what you want to buy, and you can buy it if you want to......

The stand-in rushed to Ma Le, suddenly changed direction, and then the momentum of turning swept a knife, Ma Le jumped backwards to dodge, the stand-in reflexively stabbed again, Ma Le flashed again, and the stand-in praised "Good skill!" Raise the knife and stab straight at it!

Looking at the fierce momentum of these knives, Ma Le estimates that this stand-in has at least 300 points of proficiency in sword weapons, and he is a master who can force back dozens of people as long as he has a three-foot white blade in his hand! But alas, no matter how strong this guy is, he is also an ordinary person, and the limitations of his basic attributes make his sharp moves turn into a slow dance in Ma Le's eyes. In the last stab, Ma Le did not dodge anymore, did not retreat but advanced, grabbed the wrist of the stand-in, and used force in his palm, only to hear the click, the wrist bone of the stand-in was pinched off, and the ghost blade also fell to the ground.

"Sue me, where did Snow go?" Ma Le pressed the stand-in against the wall and asked sharply. This stand-in is also tough, he doesn't snort when his wrist is broken, and in the face of Ma Le's interrogation, he tilts his head and does not give in!

Ma Le sighed: "It's a man, if it weren't for the mission, I wouldn't want to kill you, but since you don't say whether you live or die, I can't ...... it" As he spoke, Ma Le grabbed the man's hair and absorbed it instantly......

For a while, countless memory fragments flashed through Ma Le's mind, including the true identity of this stand-in, the whereabouts of President Snow, and so on. However, what Ma Le paid the most attention to, and was most shocked, was a message that he read by accident.

The Hunger Games were canceled halfway, and President Snow issued a kill order to all tributers!

This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, making Ma Le stunned on the spot. He didn't expect that such a change would happen in the few hours he was in a coma. So, Katniss, Peeta and Gnosis are all ...... And this qiē is all caused by his insistence on assassinating Snow?!

No, Ma Le smiled and comforted himself, he had absorbed so many people before, and he had never received this kind of information, this guy may not know the truth...... Thinking of this, Ma Le's smile froze, who is this person? He is President Snow's stand-in, a personal bodyguard for 24 hours! Who knows more about Snow's movements and decisions than he does?

"Ahhh......h If the death of the civilians on the street made Ma Le uncomfortable, then the death of the three of them made him feel real pain. Unlike those guys who don't know each other, the three of them are companions who have been together for more than ten days day and night, and Ma Le also swore that he would let them all survive, but now?

"I'm sorry, Gnostic, Katniss, Peta...... I broke my promise. So, Snow, wash your neck and wait for me! Ma Le muttered, his eyes full of hatred and rage.