Epoch of Twilight

Chapter 38: consciousness

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Except for the layer of white rice on the surface, which was still clean, most of the parts that were in contact with the ground were stained with the liquid left after the green beetles exploded. There were also some fragments of carapace mixed in, which looked very disgusting. Luo Yuan originally wanted to throw it away, but was stopped by Huang Jiahui's heartache.

Santana's trunk was not big enough, so in the end Luo Yuan had to remove the back seat to free up space and stuff all the supplies in, filling a full car.

"Okay, let's go!" Luo Yuan walked to the cab.

Huang Jiahui sat in the passenger seat and held Wang Shishi on her lap. Luo Yuanyuan started the car after the two sat down. When he drove to the gate of the community, he looked back at the community that was almost in ruins. He suddenly thought that maybe he would never return to this place again.

There were more and more people walking on the street. People who had just experienced the baptism of gunfire walked onto the street one by one, looking at the road with the remains of green beetles and the ruined city everywhere. Some cheered, some cried.

This scene was both strange and familiar to Luo Yuan, but he couldn't get into it. With a silent expression on his face, he slowly drove forward along the road. Not long after driving, he saw a guard-level green beetle in a dilapidated cafe on the side of the road.

A huge hole was opened in its abdomen, which was covered in blood and flesh. Disgusting body fluids continued to flow from the table-sized wound, forming a large swath of mucus on the ground. But the powerful life of the insect prevents it from dying for a while. Only one wing was left to flap desperately, and several coffee seats were blown away by its powerful force. It tried to stand up, but such efforts were doomed to be in vain for one that was missing several limbs and one wing.

Luo Yuan only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and continued to drive forward.

Such a vicious creature, even if it has been severely injured, is still capable of killing him, even if he has killed one before.

But he knew that that success was largely due to luck, but luck would not favor him every time. He must not make mistakes when fighting such a vicious creature. Once he missed, there would be no second chance. His body His defense is too weak. The guard-level green beetle can withstand bullet attacks, but it only takes one bullet to kill him.

At this time, the road surface vibrated slightly, and the roar of the engine could be heard in the distance.

At the intersection, five armored vehicles and three large military heavy trucks rumbled towards this direction. Luo Yuan quickly turned the steering wheel and stepped aside.

The seven or eight heavy machine gunners standing on the heavy truck glanced at Luo Yuan, their expressions solemn and cold, with an aura of iron blood.

This group of convoys was obviously working as scavengers. Luo Yuan saw that the behemoth vehicles, which were more than ten meters long, were equipped with green beetles, and they were all guard-level green beetles.

Seeing this scene, he thought thoughtfully. The military worked so hard to collect guard-level green beetles. In addition to being used for experimental research, the most likely possibility is to create evolved humans. No matter how small the probability of this kind of evolution is, even only one in a thousand, as long as there is a base of 100,000, then there can be 100 evolved people in the military. If it is one million, then there are 1,000 people.

But in fact, the probability is probably much higher.

The psychological barriers that ordinary people have towards eating raw green beetles do not exist for these soldiers. Discipline and obedience have penetrated into the bones of the soldiers. He had no doubt that as long as the superiors ordered, these soldiers could stuff those disgusting things into their mouths and swallow them without hesitation.

A trace of panic suddenly appeared in his heart, and he found that he had not really adapted to the advent of troubled times. He knew that these things could bring opportunities for evolution, but he resolutely refused to touch them because of emotional disgust!

"Why don't you drive?" Huang Jiahui originally wanted to ignore him, but seeing Luo Yuan not driving for a long time, she couldn't help but remind him.

"Finally figured out something." Luo Yuan came back to his senses and smiled.

"What are you thinking about?" Huang Jiahui was curious and couldn't help asking.

"If there is something that has a certain chance of making humans evolve, would you eat it?" Luo Yuan took a look and asked, then started the car and drove towards the intersection.

"Evolution? Are you kidding?" Huang Jiahui snorted and said disdainfully. She doesn't usually go online and has no access to confidential things. She obviously doesn't know about the existence of evolved humans.

"I know about Evolved Man, it's all said on the Internet." Master Wang said.

"There are really evolved people, not movies." Huang Jiahui said a little doubtfully this time.

"Am I joking?" Luo Yuan said while driving.

"Of course I'll eat it. Only idiots won't eat this kind of thing?" Huang Jiahui said without any pressure, but she didn't quite believe what Luo Yuan said. After all, the idea of evolving humans is too fantasy and not reliable at all.

"Brother Luo, I want to eat too!" Master Wang whispered.

"Eat everything when the time comes. Eat as much as you want until you can't eat anymore." Luo Yuan had a mysterious smile on his face.

Several more mobile medical vehicles drove on the road ahead, followed by government relief vehicles one after another.

Ten minutes later, Luo Yuan stopped at the door of a hotel. This four-story hotel was considered the best-preserved building in the neighborhood.

He opened the door and got out of the car. The glass door in front had been shattered into pieces of glass, and the ground was covered with thick dust. It had obviously been out of business for a long time.

"This is it. You can choose a room when the time comes." Luo Yuan walked into the hotel and took a look and said.

Huang Jiahui also walked in and said with an unnatural expression: "It always feels weird. What will happen when the boss here comes?"

"This is a hotel after all. Even if the boss comes, the most important thing is to pay for the room. Now in this situation, the other party won't say much." Luo Yuan said with a smile.

Huang Jiahui said no more.

The two found a luxuriously decorated suite on the third floor and started moving things. By the time everything was placed, it was almost noon. Huang Jiahui walked into the bathroom, and not long after, Huang Jiahui's anxious voice came from inside.

"There's no water here?"

"There is no water. I remember there was still water in the morning!" Luo Yuan's expression changed, but he didn't have much surprise in his heart: "I'm going to look for the main valve below to see if it's closed there?"

With that, Luo Yuan quickly went downstairs, and after searching for ten minutes, he found it in a storage room with sundries on the first floor. But he was soon disappointed because the main valve was not open at all. He walked out of the hotel and walked towards the closed restaurant opposite the hotel.

Walking into the kitchen inside, I quickly turned on the faucet. The water pipe made a rattling sound, as if it was being strangled, but there was no water flowing down.

Luo Yuan walked back with an ugly expression.

"There is no water, and there is no water elsewhere!" Luo Yuan sat down on the sofa, his face slumped. "Today's bombing was so intense that it may have even affected the water plant. Fortunately, there are still more than a dozen bottles of mineral water. Let's use them first. We can no longer live in Donghu City, so we have to go elsewhere."

Huang Jiahui sighed and sat down as well, with a sad look on her face: "Where are you going?"

Luo Yuan thought for a while: "Go to Hedong City, which is the provincial capital. There is at least one army group stationed nearby, so it should be relatively stable."

When Luo Yuan was calm, he felt very convincing. Huang Jiahui's face also calmed down: "Just make your decision?"

"Then go to Hedong City tomorrow morning!" Luo Yuan said decisively: "Your car must have enough gasoline. Don't break down in the middle."

“As long as the car doesn’t fall apart, it’ll be fine!”

Luo Yuan frowned.

Huang Jiahui panicked for no reason and said quickly: "Donghe City is only more than a hundred kilometers away from East Lake. This Santana 2000 has been well maintained. This distance should be no problem."

"That's good, otherwise we have to change a car. It's such a mess now, and I don't know who to buy it from. Let's eat first, take out the bag of steamed buns, and just eat a little today." Luo Yuan touched it. Touch your belly. Because he was nervous before, even though he brought a bag of steamed buns, he was not in the mood to eat them. By now I was feeling hungry.

Huang Jiahui got up and was about to go to the living room to get something, but she was stopped by Luo Yuan: "Wait, it's better not to eat yet. I'm worried that you will vomit them all. Shall I go downstairs to get something?"

Luo Yuan said and walked outside.

Only Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi were left confused, with a vague feeling of something bad.

"Sister Huang, what did Brother Luo do?" Master Wang asked curiously.

"I don't know either, but I feel like something is up." Huang Jiahui said calmly.

The two waited for half an hour, and Luo Yuan finally came back. He was holding a piece of green beetle carapace in his hand. Judging from the color of the carapace, this carapace obviously came from a guard-level green beetle. Luo Yuan searched all around. Only in this place did we find such a piece of fish that had slipped through the net.

Although the probability of evolution of ordinary green beetles and guard-level green beetles is the same as described in the identification, this vague text description itself has differences. To give a very vivid example, the probability is three thousandths and The probability of 7/1000 compared to the probability of 10% can be described as extremely small, but the magnitude of the two is definitely different, even very different.

Luo Yuan believed that the evolution probability of the guard-level green beetle would definitely be higher than that of the ordinary green beetle. Even if it was the same, there would be no loss.

Luo Yuan put the carapace on the table and made a snapping sound.

Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi suddenly remembered what Luo Yuan said in the car, their faces turned green, and they shook their heads.

Luo Yuan saw that the two of them were somewhat retreating. This was not okay. Since they had agreed before, it would not be okay if they didn't want to eat now. He also needs to eat. The pain of one person is not as painful as that of everyone. Otherwise, how can he balance his mind

Luo Yuan's voice was full of deception like a pyramid scheme: "I have removed the internal organs and body fluids, leaving only the muscles of the back. This part is rich in nutrients and is definitely more nutritious than any supplement in the world. You have a small The probability of evolution will improve your physique even if it is not good enough.

Huang Jiahui, do you want to have such powerful power that you can survive even if humanity perishes

Master Wang, I know you have always felt insecure. Do you want to change yourself and no longer be afraid

Nowadays, human life is worthless. Think about how many people died today. I think it’s more than hundreds of thousands. If we hadn’t happened to be hiding under the underground parking lot today, we would be among the dead. But this is not the end. Maybe we will survive. If you live today and tomorrow you will never be able to open your eyes again. In order to gain the power to protect yourself, what does it matter if you suffer so little? "

Wang Shishi clenched his fists when he was told that, his blood was boiling, and his eyes gradually brightened: "I think, I... I want to become stronger, Brother Luo, I will take it."

Huang Jiahui was also told that her heart was surging and she couldn't help herself. She said with excitement: "I'll eat it too. I'm going to find a pot now!"

A weird smile appeared on Luo Yuan's lips, and he said lightly: "Why are you looking for a pot? How troublesome, and this thing can only be eaten raw, otherwise it will have no effect."

As if she was greatly frightened, Huang Jiahui took a few steps back, her eyes bulging out. She looked at the milky white muscles inside the green beetle's shell, then looked at Luo Yuan, swallowed involuntarily, and said with difficulty: " Eat it raw... eat it raw!”

Master Wang's face also turned pale, and she felt her stomach churn. She suddenly covered her mouth and rushed to the bathroom quickly.