Gene? Humanity?
This thing actually has some human genes? !
Chen Xiao only felt that the person who created such a monster must be crazy! !
White Glove's tone was a little excited: "Have you seen its body? It looks like it was pieced together, right? That's right! It was indeed pieced together! And it pieced it together by itself! This kind of biochemical beast has An extremely special ability. This ability is caused by the mutation that occurs after integrating the genes of multiple organisms! Its ability is to fuse cells! It can fuse cells of any different species! You also saw it, it Many parts of its body are pieced together. Well... it made them all by itself! It seems that it is having a lot of fun in this zoo... Look, it knows how to choose the hind limbs of wolves and deer as its legs. Because the hind limbs of these two animals are strong and powerful, and the shape and proportion are the most suitable! It chose crocodile skin as its skin, because such skin is hard enough and elastic at the same time, and will not block the agility of movement. Oh, my God!! "
White Glove suddenly laughed in surprise: "Have you noticed its head? Haha! What a smart guy, it got itself a pair of gills! Haha, it must have hunted some large underwater animal. , and then transplanted it into his own body! Turning himself into amphibious!"
White Gloves laughed excitedly. Chen Xiao looked at the mantis-like monster in the distance and didn't know what it was like.
He felt as if he had entered a science fiction movie world...
Although they are also biological beasts, the owlbear last time was more like an animal after all... And the giant mantis walking like a human in front of me... is really scary!
Hmm...can I reassemble my body freely? Have the ability to fuse cells from other species
Chen Xiao immediately remembered the day when Officer Xu took him to the autopsy room and saw the carcasses of dead animals. Indeed, it was said that many of the dead animal carcasses had partially disappeared... Now that I think about it, they were probably taken away by this monster." Let’s put it together...
This giant mantis didn't seem to care about the car in front of it at all. Instead, it looked for the smell of urine in the distance. It seemed a little restless and slowly approached the lion in the distance.
Its walking posture is slightly awkward, but it is walking upright after all! Under the moonlit night, it looked like a butcher with a butcher's knife, slowly approaching.
When it was less than ten meters away from the lion, it was obvious that the lion couldn't hold it any longer. Although the driver Druid kept chanting some kind of mantra, as if trying to calm the lion's anxious mood, the lion had already arched its body and kept roaring at the giant mantis in the distance, its claws deep Digging the ground deeply.
What suddenly made Chen Xiao's heart move was... From the roar of this lion, it seemed that in addition to vigilance and anger... there was also a bit of... fear
Yes! That's right! Chen Xiao confidently listened attentively. Although this feeling was strange, he was sure that he heard some kind of fear in the lion's roar.
What a hell! The lion, the king of beasts, is actually afraid of a mantis? !
The lion had already stood up, opened its mouth, and exposed its fangs, but it still did not dare to pounce directly, and even retreated step by step.
The driver Druid chanted the spell faster and faster, and strings of difficult and strange notes burst out from his mouth.
Finally, he suddenly took out a handful of strange black powder from his arms, and then quickly sprinkled it on the lion...
boom!
A ball of green flame suddenly burst out from the lion's body! The green flame-like thing didn't seem to be burning, but some kind of light powder. But it was quite scary to suddenly see a lion with a green light all over its body in the dark.
The lion seemed to be enchanted by the green light excited by the powder, and suddenly all its ferocity and fighting spirit were aroused! It was no longer timid and fearful, and suddenly raised its head and roared, bared its fangs, opened its mouth and spouted blood, and jumped forward with its body!
The lion's pounce was extremely fast, but the mantis walked staggeringly step by step, but seemed so clumsy. Seeing the lion pounce in front of him, Chen Xiao thought that the mantis would be pounced by the lion, but he did not expect that, At this moment, Mantis made a move that stunned Chen Xiao!
The two long bone knives on the two upper limbs of the mantis suddenly crossed in front of it, like a cross, and then the mantis immediately bent a bit...
This... this is clearly a gesture of resistance! !
boom!
The lion's pounce directly knocked down the mantis's forelimbs, but to Chen Xiao's surprise, the mantis was not knocked down. Its pair of upper limbs struggled to move forward, and then the lion was directly lifted by the huge force. go out!
It was as if what was thrown out was not a lion but a kitten! !
What a great power!
Chen Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up!
Then he looked at the pair of sharp bone knives of the mantis monster, and immediately remembered the sharp and neat cuts he saw on those animal carcasses... At that time, he guessed that the "person" who cut them must be extremely powerful. !
Now it seems that although this mantis is not a human, its power is really terrifying! !
Faced with a frontal attack by an adult male lion, he could actually knock him away? !
The lion's body rolled in mid-air. After landing, it rolled on the ground and quickly stood up. However, it did not dare to step forward. It let out an intimidating roar in a low voice, and then moved sideways, slowly looking for the opponent's weaknesses.
And the mantis... With two clicks, it had already raised its two long knives.
The friction of the bone knife actually made a clanging sound like metal.
Then, the giant mantis suddenly made a lunge-like gesture...
It's about to sprint!
Such a thought immediately flashed through Chen Xiao's mind. And the next moment, his guess was confirmed!
The mantis suddenly took a step forward, his body changed from the clumsiness he had when walking just now, and he rushed forward quickly! At this moment, its movements were as fast as the wind!
Although the lion tried his best to dodge, Chen Xiao watched with his own eyes as the giant mantis flew past the lion's body quickly and raised the knife in his hand!
Crack! !
Poof! !
I saw a stream of smelly blood spurting out crazily! A lion's head rises into the sky! !
What a quick move!
What a powerful force! !
How could a praying mantis possess such powerful upper body strength? !
Chen Xiao's eyes widened!
"This biochemical beast has a large proportion of metal elements in its bone structure, making its bones very hard and extremely supportive. And its strength is naturally not small." White Gloves saw it. Scarlet blood, although he couldn't smell the blood at all while sitting in the car, he still subconsciously took out a handkerchief and covered his nose.
After Mantis killed a male lion with one blow, he immediately turned around and faced the driver Druid in front of him.
The druid's spell to control creatures didn't seem to have much effect on the giant mantis. The driver also changed his previous leisurely attitude and cautiously stepped back step by step, repeating it quickly, repeating it over and over again. Same mantra.
Soon, something unusual happened!
The green light on the killed lion seemed to be contagious. When Mantis chopped off the lion's head with one strike, the green dust quickly stained Mantis' knife. Soon, it was like wildfire. Like a prairie fire, it spreads like crazy!
After watching the mantis being completely enveloped by the green light, the driver Druid seemed to be relieved. His tone suddenly changed. The original rapid incantation turned into a low and slow tone, which seemed to be some kind of...
Hypnosis
Sure enough, Mantis's body swayed, as if he was a little weak, and he took two steps forward with great effort. The driver Druid quickly backed away, chanting a spell in his mouth a little louder.
The mantis seemed to be struggling. He raised and put down the knife in his hand. After struggling for a while, he suddenly jumped up and pounced in the air!
This last struggle seemed to be beyond the driver's expectation. When the blade of the bone knife came in front of him, it was too late for the driver to dodge. He could only quickly turn his body sideways and let his vital part pass!
Click! !
An arm soars into the sky! The driver screamed, rolled away on the spot, rolled several times quickly, and finally stood up despite the pain. His head was sweating profusely, and half of his body was stained red with blood, but he still spoke with a trembling voice. Keep chanting the mantra!
"It's a pity..." White Gloves sitting in the car seemed not to care about the serious injury of his hand, and sighed: "It's a pity... Although the druid's power is useful, I don't have a higher-level druid under my command. Alas, It's not that easy to recruit high-level druids..."
"Druid... Could it be..." Chen Xiao frowned.
"Druids are an ancient group. There is an ancient supernatural organization in Europe that has a history of thousands of years. It is one of the oldest supernatural organizations in the world... the Druid Association." White Glove smiled slightly: "Humph. , Those high-level druids in the association are the real strong ones. I worked hard to recruit such a low-level druid. His abilities are indeed very useful, but the level is too low."
Finally, after a vigorous blow, the mantis seemed to have exhausted all its ferocity, and its huge body fell down, and soon curled up into a ball - just like a watermelon insect, curled up into an oval dark Like big rocks.
White Gloves then pushed open the car door and snapped his fingers into the darkness. Several guys in black suits immediately ran out of the darkness. These people quickly spread out a fishing net. Things quickly wrapped up the giant mantis in layers.
The druid with a broken arm struggled, endured the pain, and came to the mantis. He grabbed a handful of strange powder from his arms and sprinkled it on the mantis.
"Okay... it will sleep for at least forty-eight hours." The driver's face was as pale as paper.
White Gloves walked up to Mantis in person. He took out a collar like the one Chen Xiao had seen from a box that was held by his hands. He stretched it in his hands and the collar automatically adjusted its width.
Click.
After the men opened the crouched mantis' body, White Gloves put the collar around the mantis' neck with his own hands. The row of metal mesh on the collar soon appeared a circle of sharp and thin thorns as dense as wheat awns, which penetrated deeply into the body of the mantis...
At the same time, the several metal light display lights above also flickered.
"That's enough." White Glove looked at the injured driver and pondered for a moment: "You did a good job. When you go back, I will repair a new arm for you. Can you still support it?"
"Thank you." The driver nodded. He almost fainted from the pain, but gritted his teeth and said, "I can still hold on."
Several men in black suits quickly carried the net wrapped around the giant mantis away and onto an oncoming off-road vehicle.
Chen Xiao looked at the dead lion on the ground in the distance... and then at the driver, who was said to be a Druid.
"Druids should be those with the ability to control nature. Although I have never dealt with druids, I have heard that druids should be the ones who love natural creatures the most." Chen Xiao said with a sullen face.
The driver glanced at Chen Xiao, his face pale: "I... am a Druid who has fallen into darkness!"
snort.
Chen Xiao was a little disdainful.
Fall is fall! What excuses are you giving yourself
dark? It's nothing more than abandoning faith to satisfy selfish desires. Why do you say it so beautifully
"Then... the matter can be considered 'suspended'."
I got into the white-glove car again, and the driver in front of me was also changed.
Bai Gong looked at Chen Xiao beside him: "Are you relieved?"
Chen Xiao frowned.
But I still felt a little strange in my heart.
Although this giant mantis is a bit amazing...but it is not so powerful. With Gonggong's strength, there should be no problem in dealing with such a biological beast.
But why does Gonggong behave as if he is facing a formidable enemy? Are you refusing to tell everyone about such a commission? And what about repeatedly asking Chen Xiao to conceal it? !
"It's considered aborted." Chen Xiao suppressed the doubts in his heart and looked at the white gloves: "Then, I will start my mission immediately."
"Very well, in that case, I will give you one night to prepare. Early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to pick you up at the coffee shop. I will arrange an identity for you and get close to your protection target. Then, in the next Within the month, you must ensure the absolute safety of the target." White Gloves suddenly changed his tone: "If the mission fails, then the conditions I fulfilled before will no longer be valid! Moreover, there will be some other Bad consequences!”
"You don't need to threaten me." Chen Xiao said calmly: "Tomorrow morning? That's settled!"
…
In the evening, Chen Xiao went back to the coffee shop to pack some things, and then went home to pick up some clothes.
When he returned to the coffee shop, three old guys were already waiting there.
"Have you decided to accept the commission?" Lao Tian sighed.
"Why?" Zhu Rong was puzzled and warned Chen Xiao: "Boy! Those guys in the club are not easy to deal with! Those guys are like ghosts. Once they get involved, they will never be able to get rid of them!"
"Can I get rid of it now?" Chen Xiao suddenly asked with a smile.
Zhu Rong was speechless.
"The time for escape is over." Chen Xiao adjusted his glasses. His expression was more solemn than ever before. He looked at Zhu Rong and then at Lao Tian: "Actually... I have always been too cowardly. Really too cowardly. . I thought I could continue to live a normal life, and I was even afraid that I would become a monster. But... "
He smiled: "After I went to Home Island that time, I was sure that I had been a superpower for a long time! It's just that my parents didn't know how to suppress my mutation, making me one of the top ten For eight years, I was just like a normal person. But... I feel more and more that things are far from being as simple as I thought before."
He suddenly lowered his voice and looked at Zhu Rong and Lao Tian: "Sometimes, I even have a suspicion. This suspicion makes me very scared."
"What suspicion?" Lao Tian frowned.
"My parents... they were all real ordinary people." Chen Xiao's voice was very soft, and he whispered: "Just before I was born, their research field was not bioengineering, let alone genetics. Engineering... But why, a few years after I was born, did they quickly change the subject of their research, and then be recruited by the club with their outstanding research results? I even occasionally think back: Could it be that, back then, my parents, They... did it for me! To 'cure' me! That's why they turned to research genetic engineering!"
As Chen Xiao spoke, tears gently flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Live in the free blue sky…
These are the last words left to them by their parents, and it is also their last wish!
What does it mean
Chen Xiao never understood it before.
But now, he understands!
Parents don’t want them to be involved in the world of special abilities! Especially after entering the club and seeing too many "guinea pigs" like Yaya who were raised like guinea pigs, their parents didn't want to get involved in that world!
So, heal yourself! Letting yourself become an ordinary person again is the biggest goal of parents!
Finally, they succeeded!
The purification potion was successful! !
But... it brought death to them!
Chen Xiao raised his head again and looked at Lao Tian and Zhu Rong: "I didn't understand these principles before, so I could escape with peace of mind, but now, I understand... Can I continue to escape like this?"
He suddenly smiled softly: "A girl said something to me."
After a pause, he read out softly:
"You, me - us! Our blood, our lives, are originally different from most individuals in this world. This is our destiny. Since fate has chosen us, there is no way to escape. Don't risk yourself. , and don’t think about whether this is fair or not. Because there has never been fairness in this world, it has never been fair before and it will never be fair in the future.”
"But what do you want to do?" Zhu Rong frowned.
"I have no idea."
When Chen Xiao said "I don't know", his expression was very calm, and his expression was even more relaxed. He smiled lightly: "I don't know what I should do, I don't even know what I can do, what I can do. But I At least I know one thing: I can't escape! I have to stand up instead of continuing to hide behind others!"
Lao Tian and Zhu Rong were both indifferent.
But Gonggong finally spoke.
At this moment, although he was beside Zhu Rong, Gonggong still had a serious face. He no longer deliberately pretended to be cowardly, but stared at Chen Xiao seriously for a while...
"Take care of yourself!"
Chen Xiao smiled softly: "Yes! Oh, by the way... the commission has been 'suspended'." Chen Xiao looked at Gonggong: "I think this should be good news for you."
"What commission? What suspension?" Zhu Rong immediately shouted dissatisfied.
Chen Xiao and Gonggong looked at each other: "A man's secret."
…
Early the next morning, Chen Xiao left the coffee shop. Because he was going away for a month, he temporarily handed over the agency power of the coffee shop to Champagne.
And Yaya was handed over to Lao Tian and the others to take care of her temporarily.
Watching Chen Xiao walking away on the street carrying a travel backpack...
"Old Tian, I have a bad premonition." Zhu Rong took a puff of the cigarette, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with his foot.
"What's the premonition?" Lao Tian said leisurely, holding his arms.
"I always feel that... Chen Xiao may really leave us if he leaves! And..."
"And what?"
"I always feel...him, will he join the club?!"