Chapter 6: The Black Illusion

On the third day after waking up, Leon couldn't help but run to Chinese Lane, this time, he had a black forehead.

China Lane was still filled with smoke and the strange smell of food, which reminded Leon of the black fruit he had eaten, which seemed to be a spice that he could still faintly smell when he hiccuped to this day. As he walked inside, Leon pondered how to negotiate with Lao Jiao, who had 100 metal coins in his pocket, but he wasn't sure if Lao Jiao would have to have the white box.

The thing had been shattered into slag in the struggle.

"Hey, boy, you're really good!" Lao Jiao was still wearing his goggles, and his old face was peaceful,

"Where's the money?" he stretched out his crumpled hand, but directly, Leon secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Lao Jiao didn't mention the box.

Lao Jiao took the money and entered the room to prepare, Leon took down the green squid on his head and handed it to the black forehead, and he would install a nerve connector on the back of his head for a while, he couldn't keep holding this thing, in the human and insect war that day, this squid was also injured, if it wasn't on the head, it was estimated that Leon would be a scar at the moment, fortunately, the skin of this thing is as elastic as glue, and the recovery is really fast. So Leon is starting to like the squid now.

Looking at the squid slowly writhing in mid-air, the black forehead hesitated obviously, and then pinched one of the squid's tentacles like pinching a poisonous tarantula, and carefully lifted it in mid-air.

"What's wrong with you, why are you afraid of this slug?" Leon was amused by Blackfront's actions, there was something in the world that Blackforehead was afraid of!

"It, read," the black forehead pointed to his skull with the other hand, his face full of caution.

Leon suddenly remembered that when he first came to Lao Jiao's shop, something strange seemed to have happened, and when the old man was pinching the squid in his hand, he seemed to "hear" the squid say to him:

This stupid boy has this treasure, and he has to be deceived no matter what......

"You mean this thing can read minds?" Leon asked Black Forehead in disbelief, although he had already accepted this a little, among those mutant beasts, many things can do this, not to mention that their intelligence is getting higher and higher, and there are beyond human perception, but they haven't heard of the existence that can communicate with other species, what is this?

"Brainwave, launch" Black Forehead pointed at Leon, "Big worm, warning, you are stupid, I listen" and pointed at himself again.

Black Forehead said the most words ever, and Leon figured it out.

This thing will only read other people's thoughts, and then tell him about this master, and before the mother worm appeared that day, this little squid actually issued a warning, but he is not as sensitive as the black forehead's brain, and he didn't hear anything!

"You're stupid!" Leon rolled his eyes, pinched the squid and looked again, maybe...... Seem...... Probably...... This stuff is useful?

Leon finally walked into Lao Jiao's "operating room". Looking around, I couldn't find Lao Jiao's figure.

This is a very crowded space, every corner of the container is full of messy lines and unknown equipment, there are ticking small indicator lights flashing in the dim space, the glass tubes covering the roof of the shed reflect the light strangely, and there are more than a dozen screens of different shapes hanging on the wall.

Leon was in a daze at the door, a mechanical arm hanging on the roof stretched out, gently pinched the corner of his clothes and took Leon inward, Leon was surprised, what is this? Is there such a high-level thing in this world?

Skirting a large piece of iron with a ceiling, Leon was shoved into a chair by the robot, which was hard and cool like metal.

Suddenly a steel ring stretched out behind him, quickly closed, and made a crisp sound, and at the same time, a large hood slowly sank on top of his head, turning Leon's eyes into complete darkness, he was a little panicked in his heart, knowing that he had been locked here, but then he heard the old man's voice,

"Boy, don't panic, it always hurts a little the first time, hehehe......" The old man smiled obscenely, Leon nodded confusedly, he had heard of this, the nerve connection had to be opened in the back of the head, it was strange if it didn't hurt.

There was a gurgling sound of running water, and Lao Jiao's voice came again,

"Lake that guy paid for the nerve anesthetic for you, and that will make you less guilty, boy, you're blessed......"

Leon heard this, but before he could react, he only felt like a stinging bat bite on the back of his head, and a numb and painful feeling immediately spread,

"Ryker? he doesn't care about me......" Thoughts froze here, Leon felt a mess in his mind, and then, his whole body flew to the clouds.

The clouds were black, and Leon, who was soft, tried his best to open his eyes wide, staring at the black distance, and then, from time to time, colorful lights flew in front of him, and those lights had their own trajectories, entwining and rotating and stretching, and gradually, the black clouds of the whole world were expelled clean, and there were colored lights everywhere,

"What a beautiful ......," Leon thought, spinning his body at will, wandering in the world of colored light, but this wandering did not last long, and an even more intense blue quickly surrounded him,

"Ding...... No. 556, Genetic Modification Program Crystal Card, Third Use, Test Program Initiation...... Ding ......" A lot of characters appeared in Leon's eyes, but unfortunately, he was very unfamiliar with these characters, and he couldn't help but curse in his head:

"What the hell is the method that the bullshit people think, just say it directly, where does Lao Tzu know these ghost drawing talismans......"

"Ding...... The level of intellectual development is 10, and the automatic stimulation program is used instead...... Ding......"

Then, Leon only felt that the blood in his body seemed to burn, and began to burn, and the back of his head was gradually inserted by some sharp object, and he wondered if Lao Jiao was angry that he had broken his box and found a cutlery to stir his own...... The pain continued, and Leon felt that he wanted to scream, but his limp limbs had no strength at all, and he didn't even have the strength to breathe in pain.

"Ding...... sounded again, and the test procedure was finally over, "15,000 musculoskeletal and muscular transformation potential, and 12,000 brain stimulation potential...... 15000...... 18000...... 21000......”

Leon listened to the voice in his head, and it rose to 28,000, and the number rose again, and he was secretly anxious in his heart, feeling that there was something wrong with this crystal card!

Could it be that his own brain will also be baked? He remembered that several aliens in Nancheng seemed to be mercenaries with brain problems, who were blown into monsters in the nuclear storm.

"Ding...... The choice is yours...... Ding......"

Leon was stunned, he didn't even hear the last number, he was completely captured by the strange ideas in his head, and he really had a choice? I heard that many people were automatically activated by the crystal card, and there was no chance to choose at all.

So, how do you choose?

He remembered MGM's words, whether to be a strong man or to be a thief? The road of a strong man must strengthen the bones, and without a weapon that can stretch freely, and cannot turn the body into a fortress, how can he be a strong man? And to be a thief, he must strengthen his brain, a light body, a pulsating mind, and absolute control of long-range weapons, all of which are a thief's housekeeping skills.

Immediately, Leon's mind came up with the giant beetle, the green jaws, the blade-like claws, and most importantly, the black forehead splashing in the air......

He suddenly figured out that in the face of the blood of his companions, if he couldn't stand up to protect them, then what was the point of getting more treasures?

Well, just choose the strengthening of skeletal muscles, that is the basis for becoming a strong man, no matter how powerful the brain, no matter how flexible the body, if you face a clever sniper, you still have to die!

"Ding...... The Gene Intensification Program was activated...... "Crystal Card seemed to have been waiting impatiently, Leon's thought had just flashed, and the Intensification Program had begun.

It hurts, it really hurts, it's just getting started.

It was a pain that seemed to pull the soul out of the body, the blood boiled all over the body, and all the particles in the bones and muscles were broken up in an instant, and then began to be reassembled bit by bit, in a more rational way, the fiber density was more solid, and the reflexes of the various nerves were more sensitive.

Unbeknownst to Leon, the blood from the black forehead was also broken up and fused more perfectly into his genes. The black cells are happily wandering around, the barriers that were impenetrable a few days ago have been loosened, they easily drill into those gene fragments, and the gene tower built by the black cells gradually grows, and the scattered waste is unceremoniously expelled outside the thin tower.

Bursts of strange pain caused Leon to hallucinate.

Garden...... White ...... What are flowers? Leon looked at those beautiful and delicate things, and wondered in his heart, but the hallucinations continued, a girl...... No, this girl has blue hair, looks like a porcelain doll, but what is a porcelain doll? Also, does it have blue hair? Her name is Dorothy? Why is it so familiar......

And then there'...... Glasses, Daddy...... Daddy? Leon's nerves tensed suddenly, how could I never have thought that I had a father? But he wasn't a father...... Leon was confused again, the man looked exactly like himself, just standing in front of him, as if looking in a mirror...... Suddenly, the self in that mirror began to become hideous, and Leon never thought that he could become so terrifying.......

At the last moment, he was thrown out of the hallucination by the pain again, it was a black world, Leon was surprised to find that he had once again come to the dead realm of his dream, an endless spiral building, gathered like a spider's web, there was a mountain pass with black flames in the distance, the heat distorted the air flow in mid-air, forming some huge whirlpools in the darkness, under the whirlpool, the dense locust-like flying machine was no longer stationary, but shuttling rapidly, and the huge circular castle in the middle of the spider web, which seemed to have something calling him......

"Hey, wake up, it's not burnt, are you?" it was Lao Jiao's voice, "Look at you making such a dirty mess!

Leon opened his eyes with difficulty, only to feel that his eyelids were extremely heavy, there were bursts of pain in the back of his head, and a cold feeling ran through his skull, and then, Lao Jiao's face gradually became clear in Leon's eyes, and the old eyes behind the goggles were looking at his crotch angrily.

Leon was embarrassed to find that he had peed his pants.