Chapter 42: Mutant Populations (14)

Out of task? Or is it a hidden mission?

Su Ming hurriedly took the time to glance at the task panel.

【Hidden Quest Triggered】

【Mutant Population】

[Description: Originally a mutant population that was temporarily derived to purify human beings, but now one of their makers can't bear to let them die, he found you, intending to use the name of the future savior to let this population and humans coexist on this planet, at this moment, their fate is in your hands]

[Objective: Prepare the survivors to accept them as an independent population before the next vote on what to do with the mutants in the survivor camp ends.]

【Reward: [Destiny Shard]]

【Attention! You have triggered a non-main quest! When exploring the scene, in addition to the main quest, players have a low probability of triggering side quests and a very low probability of triggering hidden quests. 】

[The difficulty of side quests is lower than that of other quests, and its completion often helps to reduce the final difficulty of the main quest, and the completion of side quests counts towards the final completed quest number and gives a corresponding number of bubbles, but the quest itself does not come with additional rewards. 】

[The difficulty of the hidden mission is high, and the completion of the main mission will not affect the main mission, and the completion of the hidden mission will also be counted in the final number of completed tasks and give the corresponding number of bubbles, in addition, the completion of the hidden mission will also come with a corresponding item reward.] 】

"Is this a hidden quest, and even a quest reward? Destiny Shards ......"

After reading the mission information, Su Ming couldn't believe that with the swishing appearance of the deep-sea game, he would actually give a reward in the task.

And the thing given, although he can't see the specific information for the time being, but when he looks at the name, he feels that the quality is not low.

But obviously, this hidden mission is absolutely difficult to complete.

The survivors probably have two ideas, either to destroy all the mutants, or to make a reversal potion to restore the mutants, and absolutely no one wants to continue to live in a small camp.

"I know it's hard, but I can cooperate with you fully, and I can command these mutants." Dr. Kang's voice pulled Su Ming's divergent thoughts back.

"If you want mutants to coexist with humans, you're actually pushing them as another species against the human side. And the competition between species has always been a matter of life and death. He looked at the sincere Dr. Kang in front of him, frowned and asked:

"Don't you really think about restoring them to humans? You know, what you're asking for, it's almost impossible to accomplish, and no one wants to give up land to mutants and huddle in a tiny camp. ”

Dr. Kang smiled wryly: "It's impossible for them to recover ......"

"What do you mean?" Su Ming's brows furrowed even deeper, "But I heard that the simplest reversal potion has been made, but the efficiency is not high......"

"They will never recover, at the beginning of the production of this photosynthetic gene drug, there was no intention to restore mutants at all, even if they were to recover their appearance, their intelligence could not be restored, their brains are like many systems, in order to save energy, brain function has deteriorated." Dr. Kang said helplessly.

"Is it possible to recover? So what's the matter with you? Su Ming stared at the other party's body again.

He is markedly different from other mutants, as he is grayish white rather than black above his shoulders, and has noticeably retained his eyesight and intelligence.

"Me? I need to take resistance pills every day to barely stay where I am now, and once I stop taking them, I will soon become like them, and I will never go back. Dr. Kang looked down at his body and continued:

"Besides, even so, I can't hold on for long, my body can't hold it anymore, and in another half a year at most, my eyesight and intelligence will decline significantly, until I completely become a mutant."

Su Ming had nothing to say, it turned out that at the beginning of the setting of the genetic medicine, it was just to transform these people who "should have been eliminated" into an excessive state, and he didn't think about letting them recover at all.

But he thought of the problem of mutant fertility that he had discussed with Dr. Li before, so he asked again, "Can mutants have children?" ”

"I can't." Dr. Kang replied simply, "It is also set that in order to reduce energy consumption, unnecessary systems and organs will gradually degenerate, and at first they will also be in heat, but the organs that have atrophied cannot complete mating, and now they will not even be in heat." ”

"Hiss~ It's really ruthless, it turns out that the so-called mutant is a one-time species?"

Hearing the atrophy of the organs, Su Ming had already thought of the picture, he gasped and shook his head again and again.

In order for them to survive only by photosynthesis, the behaviors and functions of various animals are degraded, what is the difference between this and a vegetative person, even zombies......

However, if they do not live longer, have no intelligence, are infertile and do not like to move...... It might be possible to get the survivors to agree to set aside some areas for them to "borrow".

After all, such a mutant is not a normal species at all, except for land, it almost does not occupy other resources, and it cannot reproduce offspring, so it is naturally impossible to compete with humans.

Leaning against the car window, Su Ming turned his head to look at the statues of the nearest mutants, thinking secretly in his heart.

After all, this was the first hidden mission he had triggered, and he still wanted to complete it.

Seeing that he was thinking, Dr. Kang also kept quiet and did not disturb.

"Alright, I agreed to help you." After thinking about it, Su Ming looked at Dr. Kang again and beckoned to him, "Get in the car, now we have to go back, I want you to order those mutants who are attacking the city to stop attacking the city." ”

It was less than half an hour before they came out, and even if the mutants would use ladders to attack the city, it would be impossible to break through the camp so quickly, so Su Ming was not too worried about the safety of the camp for the time being.

"No problem!" Dr. Kang was so excited that even the mutant statues around him fluctuated.

He let out a whimper, and the mutants dispersed on their own, returning to stand on either side of the road, continuing to stay still and absorb the light.

Then, Su Ming motioned for Zhang Hai, who was in a stunned state, to sit next to him, and the two of them squeezed to make room for Dr. Kang.

When Dr. Kang got into the car, he turned his head to look at the other party again, "You said before that even if you are regarded as the biggest executioner and sinner of all time, and you are nailed to the pillar of shame in history, do you?" ”

"Yes." Dr. Kang's tone was firm and did not hesitate, "I am willing to give everything I have in order to achieve my goals. ”

"Okay." Su Ming nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile in the tone of the other party's previous words: "But don't worry, the one who goes up the pillar is probably 'someone else'." ”

The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his gaze seemed to penetrate a long distance, looking at the mysterious figure of conceit.

"Now I ask you...... Who exactly is it that released the extinction virus? ”