Chapter 546: Profit
One of the most powerful features of a prototype flask is replication.
Su Hao couldn't determine whether Haig's way of life was superior to himself? But it is clear that Haig's environmental, material, and nutritional needs are certainly more lenient and broader than human choices. Su Hao never thought of turning into a monster like Haig, he just used it as a preparatory means to select a part of Haig's blood and seal it in his body. The diaphragm space is used so that this particular cell does not affect itself.
The energy potions that were previously used on Earth should have the same effect in the Third Phase World. However, here, Su Hao does not have enough "Lavonin" to obtain the putrid hormone as easily as he did when he was on Earth.
There are too many downsides. There are only three hole cards that Su Hao can use: Mind Consciousness, Hagrid's blood, and the dark red slurry block obtained in the central mountain range of the Red Dragon Planet, that is, the mysterious substance that has a strong stimulating effect on all mutants, including Saka the Ripper.
Su Ziming's strength surpassed Su Hao by much, and the high-level dark knight was not at all a powerful being that Su Hao could deal with. The neurotoxin applied to the dagger completely paralyzed Su Hao. His perception was extremely keen, and the toxin had just begun to spread in the shoulder position, and Su Hao had already forcefully squeezed through the diaphragm cavity of the hidden abdomen. Haig's blood cells must take about five minutes to be fully absorbed. For this kind of outsider, which is completely different from its own structure, but has significant its own characteristics, the black particles in Su Hao's body also need to be repulsed, contacted, recognized, and finally absorbed and transformed in the whole process. Out of showing weakness at that time and using various topics to gain time, Su Hao had no second way.
It's a gamble.
The dark red slurry block of the central mountain range could indeed produce a strong stimulating effect, causing Su Hao's combat power to increase in an all-round way in a short period of time. However, this substance can cause damage to the nervous system. Su Hao has been trying to neutralize it, and has created a third and fourth diaphragm cavities in his body to store more similar substances that have been successfully replicated by his own humoral system. But even so, Su Hao still did not choose this hole card at the critical moment.
Su Ziming is too powerful. Even if the combat effectiveness skyrocketed in a state of stimulation, Su Hao was not absolutely sure that he could win.
Haig's blood was different. In Wuzhou City, Su Hao had seen with his own eyes the shocking scene of Haig devouring an entire city. Yes, the biggest feature of this mutated black particle is "devouring". It is not only the process of eating and digestion in the ordinary sense, but more importantly, it is the comprehensive decomposition of the phagocytosis target and making it a part of the body, which is called "transformation".
Su Hao swallowed Su Ziming.
At that time, Su Hao felt that he was dissolving, just like what Haig did to it before his death. The original cellular structure completely collapsed, and the internal circulatory system became disordered, unable to see, and even difficult to maintain the ability to speak. Although the whole person does not seem to make much difference, it is just a drastic change under the skin covering. If Su Ziming used a dagger to break any part of Su Hao's body at that time, he would immediately find that countless activated muscles swarmed out of the wound, engulfing Su Hao, and turning every qiē into the energy needed for the muscles.
Without the protection of the skin, this internal transformation lasts only thirty minutes at most, and then completely decomposes into a puddle of meaningless pus.
Even Su Hao himself didn't expect that Su Ziming would suddenly think of taking pictures of himself at that time. He must thank the dark world for keeping the habit of "recipes". Otherwise, there simply simply isn't enough time to maintain the stage of cell transformation to the cutaneous level.
After all, Su Ziming has a fourth-order evolutionary physique. When devouring it, Su Hao also felt extremely difficult. It is not a contrast between the strength and weakness of combat effectiveness, but the offense and defense between cells. Evolution is comprehensive, including bones, muscles, skin, and, to put it bluntly, the cells themselves. Su Ziming is like a piece of half-cooked meat, which is very difficult to chew, and Su Hao has been "eating" it for a long time before slowly digesting it. The difficulty is equivalent to someone eating a whole cow alone, and it is the kind that has no condiment, including belt bones.
It's a fluke.
Su Hao knew that it would be difficult for this kind of thing to be replicated again. Although he has now successfully absorbed Haig's blood, he has truly turned "devouring" into a skill. But in essence, he is still a beta-level evolutionary. If you turn back the clock to dozens of hours ago, Su Ziming could still cut off his head with a knife, and he was still not his opponent.
To digest Su Ziming, Su Hao spent nearly thirty hours.
Luckily, this is an inaccessible wilderness, and the corpses and wolves have been wandering around the periphery due to the hierarchy of dark creatures. If he changed places, such as Redstone City, or an area frequented by dark creatures, Su Hao simply wouldn't have enough time to even reunite his flesh and blood and turn into his original form.
If Su Ziming's strength was as high as the fifth level of evolution, Su Hao's "Devouring" skill would have no effect at all. Maybe, it will be backfired. The reason is simple: tigers and lions, as strong as they are, can still be killed, chopped up and thrown into a pot to be cooked and become human food. However, metal is different, humans cannot swallow iron or steel bars, and if they are forced to do so, they will only be supported to death.
However, at this moment, Su Hao's mood was still relaxed and bright. Struggling to be freed from the death crisis is an incomparably strong sense of rebirth for anyone. He had never been sure if Haig's blood would actually be absorbed by himself. It wasn't until the last moment that Su Hao was forced to make a choice.
The harvest was very rich.
As a high-level killer in the dark world, Su Ziming's requirements for armor are extremely demanding. It is also a soft armor worn close to the body, the set of the multiples dark knight Deweis, which is completely different from the loot that Su Hao obtained from Su Ziming. The former has a variety of intricate patterns, as well as a variety of delicate inlay jewelry. Although these practices really turn the armor into a work of art, and do not affect the protective performance of the armor, it is so beautiful that it is impossible to wear it on the body without being eye-catching.
The surface of Su Ziming's armor is gray-brown, very soft, and extremely tough, this thing can withstand the impact of powerful bullets, and can also block the destruction effect of sharp weapons at close range. The Dark Killer places great emphasis on the comfort of the armor in terms of wearing, with padded interiors and additional weapon pylons on the back and sides of the legs. It's very close-fitting and covered with a coat, so no one can see what's inside. The protective layer of vital parts such as the heart has also been specially treated to make it thicker and safer.
It's like the difference between high heels and regular flats. The former is able to make a woman look more sexy, while the latter is not unable to create such a strong visual effect. But in terms of specific usage features, the latter is definitely more practical.
Su Hao unceremoniously took this set of armor for his own use. This type of armor actually doesn't sell much in the human market. The only people who are really willing to bid for it are the dark hunters who have been on the verge of life and death for many years, or the Imperial officers. The aristocracy only considered beauty and artistry, and usually neglected the protective effect. The latter is a financier who can afford a large price, hunters and officers are very practical, they both like to bargain, what can be bought with one copper plate, will never throw you two copper plates.
Because of Gao Mo's permission, Su Hao obtained a specially modified sniper rifle and a short-barreled shotgun from the arsenal of the Dark Hunter Guild in Red Rock City.
Both weapons are excellent. The sniper rifle is the standard equipment of the Imperial Army forty years ago, with excellent craftsmanship and excellent materials, although it has been eliminated by the army, it still has about 80% of the power of similar weapons at present. Its only drawback is in its weight, as well as in the magazine.
Shotguns are very different from their counterparts on Earth. Although they were all single shots, the loading time was cut in half, and the effective range was increased to 60 meters. Note that the "effective range" of the world of the third stage, which is completely different from the concept of Earth weapons. What we are referring to here is actually the optimal range of Earth weapons. Within this range, even a fourth-order evolutionary killer as strong as Su Ziming would also be killed on the spot. The problem is that the person who wields the weapon must have a speed that exceeds or approximates the speed of the opponent. Otherwise, without waiting for you to pull the trigger, the opponent is already rushing in front of you, or dodging the attack with high-speed movement, and you can't even aim and judge the specific direction.
Su Ziming's sniper rifle is very special. The body of the gun is one-half longer than Su Hao's similar weapons, and the length of the bullet even reaches fifteen centimeters. This determines that it has a great advantage in terms of range, and the stability of the bullet is by no means comparable to Su Hao's current weapons. However, its drawbacks are just as obvious: the bullets are not the specifications that a normal assembly line can supply, and each one must be made by hand. There was no reserve magazine, and the chamber had to be opened for reloading with each shot. It only focuses on accuracy and range, and under these two absolute premises, any flaws can be ignored.
In a money bag made of human skin, Su Hao found more than thirty gold coins, as well as about the same amount of silver coins. There was also a similar bag containing more than sixty hedrons of different colors. But in general, it is yellow and white. The difference lies in the level of purity, as well as the size of the block.
The dark world also needs hedrons. Su Ziming's carry-on backpack contains all kinds of necessities for survival in the wild. Small energy stoves, crystal energy marching pots, heat-generating waterproof sleeping bags, electronic insect repellents, and so on...... These flexible and ingenious devices are all powered by hedrons.
When Su Hao put a piece of white spar into the crystal energy marching cauldron and turned the knob, it only took less than two minutes to boil a pot of boiling water.
The only thing that is unacceptable is Su Ziming's food bag. It weighed about two kilograms, and it was filled with dark creatures' favorite foods: high-quality salted human flesh pieces, salty sausages that had been dehydrated and extruded into chunks, chunks of human fat canned in tin boxes, and blackened jerky.
Phagocytosis also has the effect of sucking the memory of the target cell. Su Ziming has been transformed into a part of Su Hao's body, and all its original secrets are presented in Su Hao's mind in the clearest state.
Su Ziming likes to eat snacks very much, which is a special hobby that has continued since the youth training class. On the outside of the backpack, Su Hao found two plastic bags printed with the logo of "XX Food Factory". The packaging logo is a cute little black devil that, like the Earth product, is also printed with the production date and expiration date. As for the contents, they are an inch long, charred in color, coated in egg flour and salt grains, and curved in shape, like fried shrimp crackers and other foods.
On the list of materials for the outer assembly of the plastic bag, the name of this thing is clearly written: "Crispy Letaotao".
It is indeed very brittle, and when you break it with a little force, it immediately disconnects, making a clear crackling sound.
This is actually a food made by drying human fingers, specially pickling, and frying them at high temperatures. In Su Ziming's memory, it is a very good appetizer.
Regarding the photo recipe, it was not made up by Su Ziming casually. The dark world does have such rules. Handsome and beautiful human men and women, they can arouse the strong appetite of dark creatures. Of course, the meaning of a recipe is not just a photo in the ordinary sense. It must include three aspects: a picture of normalcy, a picture of joy, and a picture of fear.
Literally, normalcy is what the ordinary looks like. Joy means smiling, and fear means being afraid.
Dark eaters are usually picky. They require the most detailed recipe information. With the normal picture as a reference, you can see if the picture of joy is fake? In this strong contrast, it is easy to whet the appetite of dark creatures with images of fear. Although the flesh and blood served on the table are not so fresh, and they cannot see the true faces of the humans they have eaten, they can easily imagine a handsome man or a beautiful girl being eaten alive, with a face full of despair and pain.
Recipes are divided into two categories: dead recipes and live recipes.
Dead recipes, referring to those humans who have already been eaten.
Living recipes, of course, refer specifically to those who are still alive. A large part of this is from within the empire. All of them are popular stars in the empire, or famous ladies. There are also traitors among humans, but more of them are driven by profits, secretly taking similar pictures and selling them to the "paparazzi" of the dark world at a high price. Every year, a considerable number of young human men and women go missing, and they are basically captured by the Dark World as expensive delicacies based on pictures and materials sold by humans. For the dark world, this is equivalent to the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the human world.
For the third stage world, Su Hao is completely unfamiliar.
In Redstone City, Su Hao also used to cut people's fingers with a knife, and then chew to get information from them. At that time, he was still a cousin in the "Silver Arrow" bar, and there were often customers who were so drunk that the owner Ares asked to close, and Su Hao threw these drunks out of the tavern one by one. The lack of a pinky finger will only make people feel uncomfortable for a short period of time, and it is not a real disability. It was through the bloody and violent method that Su Hao collected a lot of information about the third stage world. He had always been curious to know what the Dark World thought of this place, including basic logical concepts. Fortunately, Su Ziming gave him a chance.
The world is fair, and neither the dark nor the light has an absolute advantage. They each get half of it, but they always want more, and this is the root of war and mutual hostility.
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When he returned to Redstone City, Su Hao didn't seem to have anything unusual. He still had a human appearance, not an extra head or fangs for devouring dark creatures. Of course, all the horrific shapes of the "special" foods made from human raw materials in the marching bags have been thrown away.
According to imperial law, these things were strictly forbidden to appear in the human realm. Regardless of the means of obtaining it, and whether you have killed the dark creatures or picked them up by chance on the road, they must be discarded on the spot, and must not be brought into the country for any reason or under any pretext.
It is a sin to eat the same kind. Who can guarantee that crispy fried fingers won't be liked by some big guy? Human beings and the dark world are hostile to each other, and he probably won't think of buying from the dark world, but directly from his own people, and imitate them to satisfy his appetite.
Only the strictest control at the source can completely strangle the germ of danger.
Su Hao walked directly into the weapons trading area of Redstone City.
This is actually a subordinate area of the Dark Hunter Guild, but in terms of interests, it belongs to the major factions in the city. The Dark Hunters' Guild appears to be in a detached position here, belonging to the Administrators. It is precisely because of this restrictive power that the arms trade in Redstone City is not monopolized by a certain force, and the price is quite fair.
In addition to guns and ammunition, you can also buy some electronic equipment for combat use, including medical components and various military rations. They are all under the banner of "Imperial Army Standard Equipment", and the outer packaging and lettering are not flawed. But everyone knew very well that with such a low price in Redstone, it was impossible to get real military equipment. The city is full of scammers, and there are countless counterfeit products. Of course, you can buy the real thing here, but it definitely won't be at this price. Take the most common "A30014" modified assault rifle as an example, which can be bought here for as little as twenty silver coins. If you're good at haggling, it's not impossible to complete a deal with four or five credits. However, on the equipment list of the Imperial Ordnance Headquarters, the cost of the "A-30014" modified assault rifle is as high as fifty Imperial Silver Coins.
Here, the Dark Hunter Emblem is the equivalent of a pass. Unless there is a deep grudge that is difficult to resolve, no guy who is not long-eyed will take the initiative to come to the hunter for trouble. Counterfeiters will not solicit business from hunters, otherwise, even if they do not retaliate, the guild will ban their business qualifications.