Chapter 169: Scarlet Scrimson! The Four Evolutionary Ancestors!

Steve's team explores the city along the road.

"Be careful!"

"There's a zombie up ahead!"

The five slowed down and watched vigilantly.

There are about twenty zombies in this group, and they are gnawing at the hard bacteria on the side of the road.

They look very different from the living zombies in the White Eagle Laboratory, because the zombies in the laboratory are all newly infected by the White Eagle natives, and the zombies in front of them are native to this world.

These zombies all appear to varying degrees of mutation.

First of all, they are very tall, each of them is more than 1.9 meters, their clothes have long been rotted, their hair has completely fallen out, there are no reproductive and excretory organs, and a large number of deformed black sarcomas, covered with gray-black skin, from which pus and blood continue to flow.

They have been roaming around for at least a few decades, with their hideous appearances and extremely sharp teeth, which can easily crush stones, and even make it difficult to distinguish between men and women.

Wade couldn't help but say, "Why are they eating mushrooms?" Didn't you say that zombies don't need to eat? ”

"Although zombies can theoretically survive for decades without eating or drinking, it doesn't mean that their digestive system is an ornament, otherwise they wouldn't have attacked humans for no reason," Steve said. ”

"That's right!"

Professor Newman in the team said: "The zombie eating behavior is not only for food, but also for evolution. ”

"These fungi and plants are all grown by extraordinary microorganisms absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and perhaps the trace amount of energy contained in them can be absorbed by zombies and used to evolve."

He paused and added, "Of course, it's the same with attacking humans!" ”

Wade: "I have a doubt, they don't have a dick, they don't have ass eyes, can they just eat and not pull?" ”

"According to the results of our lab's analysis, zombies can melt unabsorbable useless impurities into pus and blood, and then excrete them through sarcomas on the skin," Professor Newman said. ”

"Uh, well, I shouldn't have asked...... Now I think they're even more disgusting! Wade said, "I think I might have a cleanliness fetish, and I'm not very good at dealing with this kind of monster with ass and eyes all over my body." ”

Steve said, "That's enough, don't waste time, get rid of them!" ”

These dozen or twenty zombies are in the way, and there are mushroom mountains or mushroom trees everywhere nearby, and the terrain formed is quite complicated, so it is better to hide more monsters, so it is better to kill them directly.

"Professor Newman stays behind, Captain Kyle is in charge of the left flank, Pladon central defender is in charge of the right flank, and the two of us are attacking head-on!" Steve quickly made tactical arrangements.

Wade: "Do you have to do it?" Do you have to face these ass eyes? ”

Steve's face darkened: "Carry out the mission!" ”

Five people attacked.

They were all Mortal Realm cultivators.

Except for Steve and Wade.

Professor Newman is a non-combat ability from the White Eagle Intelligence Agency, whose ability can quickly restore the true element, in addition to the healing and detoxification effect, and he is a researcher himself, so he participated in this operation.

As for Captain Kyle and Lieutenant Pleton.

These two are the top masters that the White Eagle military has cultivated with all their might.

The two of them passed the Xuantian Breathing Method, which is globally recognized as applicable to all physiques and has the fastest cultivation speed, first cultivated to the Innate Great Perfection, and then practiced the Spartan Body Forging Technique, and had just broken through to the Mortal Realm in the past two days.

Ten seconds or so.

The zombies at the scene were all cleaned up.

Steve looked at the corpse on the ground that had been shot in the head and said, "Although they are just ordinary zombies, their strength is not weak, at least they have the level of three or four innate levels." ”

Professor Newman nodded: "This kind of strength is nothing to us, but it is difficult for the vast majority of ordinary people to compete with at this stage. ”

"After all, they have no weakness, they can only be killed by a complete headshot, even if they are difficult to kill, they must be careful not to be scratched, bitten, infected."

"Even if it's a high-level innate seven-fold innate cultivator, it can only deal with three or five heads at most at a time."

"Otherwise, there is a great danger."

Captain Kyle and Lieutenant Pleden had already cleaned up the battlefield, and they used daggers to find the brain crystals from the zombie's shattered skull, wiped them down briefly, and put them in a jar to deliver to their eyes.

"This is the Zombie Brain Crystal?"

Steve and Wade watched the shiny material spirits perk.

Great stuff!

This is a high-purity biological spirit crystal.

Not only can it be directly absorbed and cultivated, but it can also be used for alchemy and medicine.

Professor Newman said: "From the current situation, brain crystals will be formed in each zombie, and there are differences in the quality of different zombie brain crystals. ”

"Although the world is dangerous!"

"But on the other hand, it's also a bonanza of immeasurable value, which can produce a steady stream of valuable resources."

This time

There was a cacophony of voices all around.

Lieutenant Pleden looked at the footage transmitted by the drone: "We are in trouble, a large number of zombies are gathering here, and there are many varieties that have not been seen before!" ”

Steve takes a look at the footage and discovers that in addition to human zombies, there are also zombie animals that look like wild dogs or wild boars.

There are quite a few of them.

At least hundreds.

I guess I was attracted by the sound.

The five of them didn't use guns in the battle, and their movements were very sharp, but they didn't expect to attract a group of zombies, and if they were besieged by hundreds at the same time, even they would feel very jealous.

"We haven't been found yet!"

"Get out of here now!"

Steve decisively chooses to give up the battle, and the task of the team is not to clean up the zombies or collect brain crystals, but to gather intelligence as soon as possible, map the neighborhood and find the exit back.

Twenty minutes later.

The five of them successfully shook off the group of zombies.

At this moment, the big city is just around the corner.

This post-apocalyptic city is even more spectacular up close, as the entire city is covered in large and small fungus solitary buildings, which resemble abscesses or corpse spots on top of these sturdy mushroom solitary buildings that resemble decaying giants.

Wade couldn't help but complain: "Oh, this is really bad, this scene can simply make people feel dense phobia." ”

The city has been abandoned for decades.

The silhouettes of skyscrapers are lined up one after another.

It used to be a place full of lights, and its prosperity was not inferior to that of any metropolis on the Blue Star, indicating that the local civilization level was not below the Blue Star, and even higher.

However.

Everything is gone.

Now here is the Red Rotten Zone.

Each building is covered in red fungus, which is dense and rock-hard, maintaining most of its appearance even if the load-bearing structure is destroyed.

As for roads or empty parks.

All of them are covered with mushroom mountains or giant fungus trees.

On the top of some mushroom mountains, a huge, extremely bright flower blooms, from which a large amount of spores-like material wafts out, making the air cloudy and foul-smelling, making it almost impossible to breathe.

Besides.

Zombies are everywhere.

Some wander aimlessly.

Others are gnawing at the red fungus.

All kinds of terrifying howls and roars came and went.

"Unbelievable!"

"Is this really a city?"

"I'm afraid hell is nothing more than that!"

The White Eagle team was stunned by the strange painting style of the different world in front of them, if it weren't for what they saw, they wouldn't have believed that there would be such a world.

This scene cannot be described in any words.

Not even the craziest and darkest artist can paint such a post-apocalyptic city that is both grand and decadent, full of life and decay.

"There are too many zombies!"

"The strength of zombies is fundamentally different!"

"The weakest ones have three or four innate levels, and the strongest ones have even discovered the aura of the Mortal Realm!"

The five of them walked on thin ice and explored carefully, but thanks to the advanced micro-drone equipment, they avoided many dangers in advance.

They found out after reconnaissance.

There are many varieties of zombies and zombie monsters.

Although ordinary zombies make up the vast majority, the city is still full of all kinds of unique zombies.

There are giant zombies with a height of 30 meters!

There are zombies with fleshy wings that can fly in the sky!

There are also zombies with three heads and six arms that can control fire and even lightning!

These are just xenomorph zombies, they are all human transformations, and there are many more bizarre zombie monsters, and it is completely impossible to distinguish the species or abilities from their appearance.

"The city is too big."

"In its heyday, it was estimated to accommodate tens of millions of people."

"This scale is enough to benchmark any modern international metropolis in Blue Star, and at our current pace, I'm afraid we won't be able to explore one-tenth of this place in ten days and ten nights."

"We suggest finding an exit out of this world first!"

Steve's proposal was unanimously supported by the team, the apocalyptic metropolis was too big and too dangerous, and it was too inefficient to rely on only five people.

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It's better to go back first.

There is enough information gathered so far.

These images and photos are enough to shock the world!

And the threat of this world is enough to attract the attention of all people and all countries!

"The question is."

"We don't know where the exit is."

"Judging from the intelligence flowing out of Great Xia, it is entirely possible that the export of the sub-world is hundreds or thousands of miles away."

"If that's the case, then our situation is not good, after all, even with our strength, it is very difficult and dangerous to travel thousands of miles in such a world."

“……”

A few people were at a loss.

Captain Kyle exclaimed, "Look here! ”

Everyone immediately looked at the tablet in the captain's hand, which was a picture taken from the air by a miniature drone, and saw a group of zombies besieging a human team.

"Indigenous?"

"Looks like so!"

"Great, we're in luck!"

"They are being chased by a group of zombies, and it seems that there is a xenomorph zombie!"

"I can't do it so much."

"Get them out first!"

"It's about two kilometers away, and we're going to have to hurry!"

This world is obviously a world after the complete collapse, and even if there are survivors, it is quite rare, and these natives are crucial for the White Eagle to understand this world and for the five people to find the exit to the world.

Soon after.

The team came to the vicinity of the incident.

Locked several indigenous locations.

Steve didn't immediately give the order to strike recklessly.

He decided to make some observations, on the one hand, to understand the way the natives were fighting, and on the other hand, to see the situation on the ground, and if the conditions allowed, it would not be too late to take the lives of the team members.

The indigenous squad originally consisted of twelve.

At the moment, only six people remained.

Five of them were dressed in high-grade composite combat uniforms and armed with a strangely shaped firearm, although the firearm was not large, but the bullets fired were extremely powerful, and they were not inferior to the heavy sniper rifles of the Blue Star.

When this weapon fires.

There was no fire, and even the sound was very quiet.

Seeing this, Professor Newman said: "This should be a Gaussian gun, which uses an electromagnetic coil to generate strong kinetic energy to eject ferromagnetic bullets, which is why it is so powerful." ”

"This thing Blue Star is still in the laboratory stage, and the level of science and technology in this world may be slightly higher than ours!"

"Before the collapse, of course."

“……”

Five warriors use Gauss guns to deal with approaching zombies, and each shot can blow up the body of a normal zombie.

But there are too many zombies.

More zombies are coming.

At this moment, a man who was not wearing a combat uniform stood up, and a large number of black filaments poured out of his hands, instantly transforming his arms into two black giant blades longer than his height.

Flashing cold!

The power of the two armblades is amazing!

Remove several zombies that are close to each other.

He was extremely agile, wielding his twin blades to slash out sharp blades, slashing zombies like slicing tofu, ignoring the wounds caused by zombies.

Steve and the others were stunned.

"What is this?"

"This man's arm has become a sharp blade!"

"Judging from his aura, he is obviously an extraordinary being, at least at the level of the innate eight or nine heavens!"

"Are you like us?"

"No, it doesn't look like it, this should be a cultivation system unique to this world!"

“……”

When the double-edged man slashed ten zombies in a row.

It's too late.

That's fast.

A fierce and terrifying roar sounded.

A huge black figure rushed out of the zombie crowd.

It was a xenomorph zombie that had just been discovered in advance through a drone.

The zombie was nearly five meters tall, with knotted muscles, arms thicker than a human waist, and fists bigger than a basin.

Not only that, but it's covered from head to toe with a layer of jet-black stuff that has a metallic sheen that gives people a feeling of invulnerability, and there's red energy flowing through it.

Judging by the breath.

At least it's the double pinnacle of metamorphosis!

Although it was huge, its speed was not slow at all, and it stomped on more than a dozen of its kind, killing the double-edged man in an instant.

"Not good!"

"It's the Armor Coverer!"

"At least level 11!"

"Charlie, get out of the way!"

Several gun-wielding warriors hurriedly opened fire, and even the Gauss gun, which was as powerful as a heavy sniper, could not stop the monster.

Charlie, the double-knife man, also changed his face greatly, his arms changed again, and the black double blades decomposed into thousands of mycelium, and then quickly reconstituted and solidified into a black shield.

Bang!

The xenomorph zombie directly punched up.

The black shield formed by Charlie's hands was directly shattered, and he flew upside down for more than ten meters and fell to the ground with a muffled snort, and at least eight ribs on his body were shattered.

As a monster in the mortal realm, the xenomorph zombie obviously has more than just pure brute force, and the energy contained in this punch is not inferior to a rocket.

"Roar!"

The armor-covered zombie roared, gathered red energy in his arms, jumped above Charlie, and hammered it down with both fists.

This punch is solid, and there is no chance of survival.

At this desperate moment, a blonde man rushed out, blocked him with extreme speed, raised his shield and made a defensive posture.

"Who?!"

Charlie and the five gunmen were stunned.

They obviously didn't expect someone to come out and help.

But is this man crazy? He actually wanted to resist the raging attack of the armor-coverer!

Next second!

A muffled sound of winter!

The xenomorph zombie punched the shield with both fists, instantly cracking the surrounding ground, but the damage effect was not as great as imagined.

The armor-covered zombie was obviously stunned for a moment.

It let out an even more furious roar, as if it had been seriously provoked, and continued to hammer with a huge fist.

Bang bang!

There was a huge amount of power under each punch, and Steve was forced to withstand five or six heavy blows in a row, like a nail that had been hammered continuously, and the small half of his body had been embedded in the ground.

He was not injured.

After the continuous heavy blows, the muscles in the body obviously swelled a lot, and every inch of skin became red and hot, and even a trace of white steam came out.

The zombies are unknown, so they continue to vent their berserk power!

"Almost!"

"It's my turn, too!"

Steve burst into a shout, half of his body rose from the ground, instantly soared several feet into the air, and then landed a quick punch.

Rumble!

The zombie's head bursts open.

It was directly smashed in half!

Steve landed smoothly, panting slightly, while the zombie in front of him shook a few times and finally collapsed.

The winner is decided!

Steve is an Ability cultivator.

His ability is simply "energy absorption".

Steve can absorb a portion of his energy in the process of defending against attacks, which can not only greatly increase his defense, but also temporarily strengthen his body and gradually gain strong explosive power.

He frantically withstood the attack.

It seems to be a passive defense.

In fact, it is secretly accumulating strength.

After a round of output of the xenomorph zombie armorer, it will inevitably dry up and reveal flaws, and Steve just finished charging up and fought back, and finally killed this terrifying monster with one blow!

Meanwhile.

Wade wields his twin knives and slashes into the zombie horde.

I saw that where the silver knife light passed, the zombie's head flew up like mowing grass and rolled all over the ground.

Soon after.

The battle was over.

Charlie and the five warriors were shocked.

These five people have never been seen before, where did they come from? Judging from their skills, almost all of them are evolutionaries who are not lower than level 11!

Oddly enough.

The way they fight.

But it's very different from the evolutionary.

However, no matter what, it was because of their actions that they were lucky enough to pick up a life.

"Thank you!"

"I Charlie owe you my life!"

The man looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old.

His arms had been broken in the battle.

The strange thing is that at this moment, a lot of black hyphae are emerging from the wound, and they are constantly wriggling, repairing their arms at a slow speed, which is really amazing.

Steve asked, "Where are you from?" Why operate in such a dangerous place. ”

The natives were stunned for a moment.

"We are all warriors from the Blackwater camp, and we were ordered to come out to collect brain crystals and supplies." Charlie replied, "You've never seen it before, could it be a pioneer from another camp?" ”

Camp Blackwater?

Indigenous settlements?

Steve and the others were immediately intrigued.

If you can go to this Blackwater camp, you will definitely be able to learn more about this world, and at the same time, you will be able to inquire about the Void Mist that has returned to the Blue Star.

Steve then tentatively replied, "We are travelers from afar, we are here for the first time, and we are worried that we can't find a place to stay, can we enter the Blackwater camp?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Unexpectedly, Charlie did not exclude.

"Camp Blackwater welcomes masters like you!"

Steve was quite surprised by this reaction, and immediately inquired about the situation in Blackwater Camp.

Originally.

Blackwater Camp is not far away.

It was a settlement built deep in the city's sewers, with a combined population of more than 100,000, essentially the largest surviving settlement in the vicinity for hundreds or thousands of miles.

That's great!

For Blue Star!

This discovery is extremely important!

100,000 people is nothing to Blue Star.

But in this zombie world, the camp composed of more than 100,000 people is already a super-large-scale settlement, and I heard that there are only a dozen camps of this level in the world.

After some exchanges.

Charlie and others are willing to lead the way.

Several people then began to act in groups.

Team Steve takes the opportunity to take a look at the history of this world, and they are very curious about why this world has become the way it is.

Charlie and the others thought it was strange.

These obviously seem quite powerful.

Why don't you even know a lot of basic common sense?

Although this world civilization has completely collapsed, after all, it was once a place with highly developed technology and extremely efficient information transmission and storage, and there are always many ways to preserve some information and knowledge.

Strange though.

But Charlie didn't think much of it.

It's not sensitive knowledge either.

Steve's team quickly understood the cause and process of the world's collapse, and at the same time, they also had some preliminary understanding of the world's cultivator system.

The planet is called Tai'an Star.

In its heyday, there were nearly seven billion people.

This planet is not inferior to Blue Star in terms of civilization, and the level of technology and productivity is about twenty or thirty years ahead of Blue Star, and it is originally a vibrant and relatively peaceful world.

However.

Because of a disaster.

Revolutionized all that.

The disaster.

It first happened sixty-five years ago.

Later generations called it the "Scarlet Scrimge".

The cause of the Crimson Scourge remains a mystery to this day.

It is said that scientists discovered an ancient meteorite containing supernatural energy deep underground in a certain area of the Southern Hemisphere, but the excavation process led to the leakage of a mysterious pathogen.

This pathogen is unheard of.

Not only is it extremely fast to reproduce and survive, but it can also spread through the air, and patients usually die violently within three to ten days, and Tai'an's medical technology will not help.

This incident caused great panic.

The countries of Tai'an joined forces to blockade the affected countries by force.

Fifteen small and medium-sized countries in the region, with a population of nearly one billion, have almost all been wiped out in just one month, which shows how terrible the transmissibility and lethality of this pathogen is.

But

There is no end.

It can even be said that it has just begun.

Of the abandoned billion, there are four survivors.

After countless multiplications, the mysterious pathogen finally underwent a crucial mutation in them, and instead of killing them, it led to some incredibly powerful evolution.

From now on.

These four people became new pathogens.

They are the Evolutionary Progenitors and the greater source of calamity.

The source of the transcendent pathogens that are now spreading all over the world can be traced back to these four people, and the new strains released by them can infect any kind of life in the world.

Although it is no longer fatal.

But once infected, there are two outcomes.

First, there is a 99.99% chance of turning into a zombie.

The second is to form a symbiotic relationship with transcendent germs with a very small probability, and eventually become an evolutionary similar to the four ancestor evolutionaries.

Above.

It's the story of this world.

Pathogens are no longer airborne.

But if you are bitten and scratched by a zombie, there is still a high probability of infection.

Now.

There is a very popular saying.

Because all strains were originally transmitted from the Four Ancestors, and there is some connection between these transcendent strains, it is likely that the symbiotic connection can be severed if the mother host can be eliminated.

In other words, just kill the Four Ancestor Evolutionaries!

You can purify the world!

Save all mankind!