Chapter 18: Poison or Spice?
Abilities and technology are the two pillars that support humanity's survival in this cruel apocalypse.
Just as technology is subdivided into various fields such as biology, chemistry, and physics, with the gradual improvement and strength of the ability system, the ability is also subdivided into two major systems.
Strong systems and elemental systems.
Or to put it more simply, to paraphrase the in-game class classification, it's warriors and mages.
Among them, the strong system generally refers to the ability that can strengthen the melee ability of the ability, so that its strength, defense, and speed are greatly improved, and melee is the main means of attack. It is subdivided into various branches such as mimicry, intensification, and alienation.
Whether it is Chu Xun's insect body ability, Chu Jie's rock armor, or Chu Qing's King Kong body, they all actually belong to the big ability system of the strong system, but they belong to different branches.
There are even more branching out of the elemental system, and almost any non-melee ability related to elemental power is planned for the elemental system.
For example, the princess-like girl's fire-based ability, or Nangong Yan's light-based ability, or the summon-type ability like Chu Xiong's own, are actually a type of elemental ability.
With systematic branching, there is naturally systematic training.
Abilities are innate, but how to use them can be learned. Because of this, there are institutions in almost every city that specialize in training these two types of supernatural beings. By decision of the Supreme Council, both bodies have a unified name.
Hall of Tactics and Hall of Tactics.
The name is vulgar, but the content of the teaching is not vulgar. In addition to the standard training materials issued by the Supreme Council, each city will also send experienced Abilities to serve as directors and instructors of the two training institutions, and then they will pass on their combat experience to the students who come to learn from it.
Under this systematic teaching, the ability can master his ability in a very short period of time, and can further exert the actual combat power of the ability.
Therefore, after a few hours of rest, Chu Xuntian left the house early before dawn, preparing to go to the Battle Skill Hall for special training. Because only this place can make it possible for him to further improve his strength in just half a month.
However, after leaving the house, Chu Xun did not go directly to the Battle Skill Hall, but walked towards the family canteen not far away.
After fusing the alien gene and the ant gene, Chu Xun's physical fitness has been greatly improved, but at the same time, the amount of food has also become extremely terrifying. In just a few hours at home, he had swept away everything he could eat, and his stomach was still hungry.
Well, this is also the reason why Chu Xun went out before dawn - he was really hungry and couldn't stand it!
Fortunately, the family canteen is free and open for the Chu family's descendants, although the taste is not necessarily good, but it is definitely enough, and you don't eat it for nothing.
"It's finally out!" Seeing Chu Xun leave the room, the ghost blade that had been waiting in front of Chu Xun's room for several hours also lit up, and then quietly followed.
Ghostblade isn't an Adept, but he's somehow more terrifying than many ordinary Adepts, as he's a killer who is proficient in killing skills.
The so-called snake has a snake path, and rats have a rat path, in this cruel world, although the ability can be proud of the world with its ability, but ordinary people also have their own way to become stronger. Just like a person like Ghost Blade, although he has no special abilities, he is proficient in guns, hidden weapons, poisoning and other killing techniques. From his debut to the present, more than 100 people have died under his hands, and there are even three supernatural ones.
It was precisely because of this unique killing technique that the Ghost Blade was also valued by Chu Han after he took refuge under Chu Han, and even sent him to his beloved youngest son. And in the same way, Chu Jie didn't dare to treat the ghost blade as an ordinary house slave, he respected him quite well, even if he wanted the ghost blade to help him kill Chu Xun, in the end, he could only drive him with interests.
"Family cafeteria? Looks like God help me! Seeing Chu Xun enter the family cafeteria, Ghost Blade's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he took out some small medicine bottles from his arms and smiled slightly.
The best way to kill people is to use poison!
Due to the uncertain cultivation time and meal time of the supernatural, the Chu family's canteen is open twenty-four hours a day. All the food inside is already sealed in a lunch box, and it can be eaten as long as it is hot.
"I'm so hungry...... Looking at the neatly arranged lunch boxes in the cafeteria, Chu Xun's eyes suddenly lit up, and then quickly picked up a few lunch boxes, heated them slightly through the heater, and began to eat a lot.
The food in the lunch box is relatively simple, all of which are vegetables and meat cultivated with genetic technology, although the nutritional value is very high, but the taste is really average.
However, for the hungry Chu Xun, it was enough to be able to eat enough. And I don't know if it's an illusion, he always feels that the more he eats these foods, the better they taste, and there are even many condiments and spices in them that he has never tasted, which makes him appetite.
"Hey, when did the canteen food become so good, could it be that Chu Han's miser was finally willing to allocate funds to improve the canteen food?" While eating a lot, Chu Xun also felt a slight doubt in his heart.
You must know that food in the last days is often very poor, although genetic cultivation technology can barely provide the food that people need, but it is limited to that. There are only two ways to add spices that make your food even more delicious.
The first is to venture out of the city to search and harvest, and the second is to spend time cultivating yourself. However, after the cataclysm, the natural environment and the composition of the land have changed to a certain extent, so it takes a long time and effort to cultivate these spices.
Because of this, the price of spices is far higher than that of ordinary ingredients. This is also why Chu Xun was surprised and curious after tasting the delicious food in the cafeteria......
However, Chu Xun didn't know that his act of eating too much had scared the ghost blade hidden in the dark into a cold sweat.
"Grass, what kind of monster is this kid......" Looking at Chu Xun, who was eating a lot, Ghost Blade's face became extremely ugly.
What surprised him was not Chu Xun's appetite, but the things that Chu Xun ate. You must know that he has quietly put no less than ten kinds of poisons in the food that Chu Xun eats, even if these poisons are the weakest ones, they can poison an adult strong man in a few seconds, and the most powerful "Rotten Blood Flower" among them can't even be carried by ordinary supernatural people, and after eating it, the blood will rot and die soon.
But this kid, after eating so much highly poisonous food, is not only fine, but his appetite seems to have gotten better......
Where did this monster come from!
"I'm finally full!" Chu Xun didn't know that the "spices" in his food were actually highly poisonous that could break people's liver and intestines and disperse their souls. After eating nearly ten servings of food, he finally had his fill, then wiped his mouth, stood up, and walked out of the cafeteria.
At this moment, his face was ruddy, with a hint of satisfaction on his face, and he even hummed a small tune, showing no signs of poisoning at all.
But it's normal to have nothing to do, after fusing the alien gene, Chu Xun's blood has been transformed into acidic blood similar to the alien, and the internal organs of the body have also been greatly strengthened, plus the powerful medicinal power of the "Dragon's Grace" potion in his body has not been completely dissipated, not to mention this "rotten blood flower" at this moment, even the legendary "Soul Breaking Grass" that can poison high-level abilities may not be able to hurt him.
"Damn, there's a mistake!" Looking at Chu Xun's ruddy and refreshed appearance, Ghost Blade finally couldn't help but curse.
A person who can use poison as a spice and eat it so coldly will definitely not be a waste of wood as Chu Jie said.
Truth be told, for a killer, when there is a significant deviation between the actual situation and the intelligence of the target, the wisest decision should be to stop the business immediately.
But when he thought of the huge profits he could get from killing Chu Xun, Ghost Blade hesitated a little again. He is just an ordinary person, and he is already in his thirties, and if this continues, it will not be long before his physical functions begin to gradually deteriorate, and people will get older and older.
He didn't want to grow old like that, let alone become a waste, and the only way to change that was to buy genetically boosting potions to strengthen his genes. In that case, not only will his physical fitness become stronger, but his lifespan will also be greatly improved.
However, the price of the genetic enhancement potion was extremely high, and his current net worth was not enough, so these twenty standard crystal nuclei were extremely important to him.
"According to the intelligence, this kid was definitely a waste before, and even if he awakened his ability, he should have only awakened for a long time. Damn, it's done, it's not the first time I've done it to a stranger anyway! Li Lingzhi was stunned, and after hesitating for a moment, the ghost blade finally convinced himself, then gritted his teeth and followed Chu Xun again.
He believed that with his own ability, there would be absolutely no problem in dealing with a newly awakened supernatural being!