"Quick! Take some of the fuel out of each vehicle and pour it on the scavengers' motorcycles! Hurry! Move quickly!"
"Group 1 and 2, you go and drive our motorcycles outside the wall to build a defense line!"
"Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, cover Group 1 and Group 2 to build a defensive line!"
"Everyone else shoot with me and use firepower to suppress the aberrations! Don't let them chase our motorcycles!"
Conte shouted an order and took the lead in raising his gun and shooting.
Members of each group received the command and took action.
Although the appearance of the aberrant body surprised everyone, at least they were security personnel who had performed many missions, and they did not fall into a state of confusion at this time.
The on-site division of labor is clear and orderly.
Conte fired and said to Mark:
"Mark, Li Lei, you two escort Fals away first, and wait for us on the gentle slope to the north. I will detonate the scavenger motorcycle, and then take people on board to evacuate. You just wait for us on the gentle slope, don't come over. Understood. Yet?"
"Yes, head!" Mark pulled up Fals and ran out without looking back. "Come with me, Li Lei, Fals! I'll leave this to the captain!"
Li Nuo squinted his eyes and observed the aberrant body carefully, then turned around and ran away.
These seemingly humanoid creatures have heads, hands, and legs, but when they stand, they don't look human at all.
Their heads are smooth gray ellipsoids.
When attacking a target, the ellipsoid will split from the top of its head, exposing several rows of tiny fangs and a foul-smelling mouth.
A long gray tongue shoots out from this terrifying mouthpart, whipping it at the enemy like a whip.
After bending their limbs, they can leap high like grasshoppers.
Their limbs can be extended in the air to grab the edges or windows of houses ten meters away to dodge. The movement trajectory is changeable enough to avoid the slow gun line.
What's even more mind-numbing is that these aberrations have amazing defense capabilities.
After the bullet landed on their skin, it did not eject any blood, but formed a small pit at the point of impact.
In less than half a second, the warhead in the pit will be squeezed out of the body, and the gray skin will return to its original state.
The good news is that although the aberration's skin can block bullets, it cannot completely neutralize the impact of the bullet.
After being hit by a bullet, they will open their mouthparts and scream in pain, and their attack will also stop.
As long as the firepower is strong enough and the damage is poured in, such monsters can still be killed by force.
Before Li Nuo left, he didn't forget to throw out the deconstruction technique.
[System message: You are trying to deconstruct the "small body aberration". 】
[It is estimated that 10 energy points will be consumed to reach 100% completeness of deconstruction. 】
[System message: You are trying to deconstruct the "standard body aberration". 】
[It is expected to consume 20 energy points to reach 100% completeness of deconstruction. 】
"Small size, standard size..."
Li Nuo ran halfway and looked back at the battlefield.
Conte activated the alchemical weapon "Iron Guard Bull" and fired an armor-piercing bullet with the alchemical firearm, shattering the head of an aberration.
A large piece of gray ichor exploded and spilled onto the ground. Within a moment, it evaporated into gray mist and dissipated with the wind.
The aberrant body that Conte killed was a small one, about the same size as a 12-year-old boy, and no more than one and a half meters long.
A small-sized aberration can be killed instantly with just one alchemical armor-piercing bullet.
Aberrations that are one level higher than it are a bit troublesome.
The standard-sized aberration is about the same size as an adult man and is very resistant to beatings.
Li Nuo saw with his own eyes that Conte fired three armor-piercing bullets in a row, and then exploded the head of the standard-sized deformed body.
Not to mention the effectiveness of the firepower of other security team members.
They are completely unable to break through the aberrant's defenses and can only block the aberrant's actions.
If it weren't for the aberration's weak tongue swing, the security team members would have suffered casualties at this time.
Li Nuo suddenly had a whim.
“If the aberrations fell into the hands of the Tatis Empire, wouldn’t they have miraculous effects?
“Maybe the Empire’s MI3 can develop something like bulletproof skin based on this.
"Eh? Wait a minute. I remember that the 'Biochemical Soldier Experimental Plan' mentioned 'bulletproof skin'. Is it possible that this research result was inspired by aberrations?
"Otherwise, where can MI3 find mutant materials with excellent bulletproof capabilities? There are no animals or monsters in the empire that can block bullets like aberrations with their physical bodies alone."
The more Li Nuo thought about it, the more he felt that the empire had already started researching aberrations.
But since he has not drawn on the memories of MI3 researchers, he cannot be sure of this yet.
"Fars, have you alchemists systematically studied aberrations? Is there any way to kill them efficiently?"
Li Nuo looked at the panting alchemist beside him.
Fars was so focused on his alchemy experiments that he was relatively weak, so he was exhausted after just running uphill for a short distance on the sand.
"Huchi~huchi~" Fals took a few deep breaths and finally squeezed out some energy to answer the question:
"Of course there is. Basically every alchemist has studied aberrations. After all, there are a lot of them in the big rift in the center of the city.
"Huh~ There are many ways to kill aberrations. They need to breathe just like humans and will die of suffocation. Sticky flames and alchemy bombs filled with armor-piercing fragments can also kill them. Most alchemy weapons have cutting capabilities and penetration capabilities. The penetration ability is enough to kill aberrations.
"If you can hit their mouths and let the bullet pass through the soft upper jaw through the brainstem, you can kill the aberrations instantly. But... huh..."
Fals took a breath and continued:
"But, these methods are only effective for low-level aberrations. To put it simply, only aberrations that are no larger than normal humans will die from suffocation, burning, alchemy bombs, and the hands of first-level alchemists.
"Higher-level aberrations can compete with second- and third-level alchemists and are not so easy to kill. Aberrations are monsters that have been alive from ancient times to the present. The best we can do is contain them. Expansion cannot completely eliminate them.”
Fals bent down and put his arms on his knees, "Oh, I can't anymore, I can't run anymore... Huhu~"
"Fars, don't stop!"
Mark grabbed the other person's arm, pulled it up hard, and urged repeatedly:
"Go quickly, go quickly! There are aberrations coming around!"
Li Nuo heard this and looked back.
Group 1 and Group 2 were outside the fence and used motorcycles to set up a defense line.
When Conte led his people to withdraw from the wall to the back of the defense line outside the wall, two aberrations accidentally escaped.
These two aberrations used their limbs that could be long or short and their excellent jumping ability to avoid the firepower of the security team members. At this time, they were jumping towards themselves and others.
The soft sand had no obvious impact on them.
Li Nuo frowned slightly and said:
"The intelligence of these aberrations seems to be quite high. They actually know how to pick things up."
When Fars saw the aberration running towards him, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat and ran away:
"Yes, yes, aberrations not only have similar intelligence levels to humans, but they also have a clear social division of labor within them. You may not believe it, but there is a group of alchemists who specialize in studying aberrations and have come to a shocking conclusion, that is, aberrations are There is a language system in!
"We humans use written and spoken language to communicate, but aberrations rely on body fluids to transmit messages! Isn't it amazing?
"What's even more shocking is that aberrations have appeared here! It has been at least three years since the last time aberrations appeared in the wild! Wow, wow, wow, this is definitely a super big discovery. After I return to Gathering City, I must make sure Submit articles to "Alchemy Weekly" as soon as possible..."
Fals looked excited, yelling and running wildly.
Mark complained speechlessly:
"Are you going to talk about this while escaping, Fals? You might as well think of a way to kill those two aberrations! You are an alchemist! I really don't understand you alchemists who are so focused on studying alchemy experiments. Warlock. Why did you remove all the offensive runes on your alchemy stone? You didn’t even leave any alchemy weapons..."
"I don't want to demolish it either, hehe~ I can't help it, I have to pay the rent for my alchemy laboratory..."
Fals looked back and saw that the two aberrations had thrown away the security personnel who came to intercept them. They were chasing each other closer and closer. They immediately screamed in horror:
"Uh-huh! Li Lei! It's up to you! It's up to you! If you can drive away these two aberrations, I will show you the big treasure in my laboratory!"
The corners of Li Nuo's mouth twitched slightly.
He reached out to Mark and said:
"Mark, let me borrow your heavy-duty revolver."
"Here." Mark handed over his Chongzuo and took Li Nuo's wheel.
Li Nuo waved to them and turned to face the two aberrations alone:
"Don't stop, keep going and wait for the captain at the top of the slope. Let me try to see if I can kill these two aberrations."
It is very dangerous for one person to fight two aberrations.
But Li Nuo's tone was very calm, and he felt confident that he would win.
"Okay! Li Lei! It's up to you! If you find it difficult, just run towards me and I will cover you!" Mark pulled Fals and continued running.
Li Nuo held Zhong Zuo, rotated the gun body, and pointed the gun at the oncoming aberration.
One small size and one standard size.
Li Nuo raised his left hand and fiddled with the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, revealing his black right eye.
Two transparent lightning bolts shot out and landed accurately on the oval head of the aberration.
"Fear" activates!
"Chacha!"
"Chacha!"
The two aberrations did not turn around and run away, but stopped in unison.
They got down on all fours, pointed their heads at Li Nuo, opened their mouths, exposed their fangs, and roared repeatedly, but did not spray their tongues.
They neither attacked nor retreated, but moved restlessly in place, as if they wanted to attack Li Nuo but were also afraid of Li Nuo.
"Huh?" Li Nuo was surprised when he saw this situation.
The message sent by the system just relieved his confusion.
[System message: You cast "Fear" on the aberrant body. 】
【Notice! 】
[Since aberrations do not have a fear mentality, the fear effect of "Fear" does not take effect normally. 】
[The actual effect of "Fear" is changed to "Shock":]
[The enemy will keep a distance from you and will not dare to attack you. When you attack the opponent, the shock effect will end early. 】
Aberrations have mental and emotional fluctuations, but there is no thought of "fear" in their minds.
They do not suffer from the "fear spell", but they are still affected by the spell.
Li Nuo nodded slowly, feeling that this was not entirely a bad thing.
When "Fear" takes effect normally, the target will turn around and run away, becoming a moving target with a relatively fast speed.
But now, the "fear spell" has made the aberrations sluggish and become a fixed target.
This is much more convenient than shooting at a moving target.
Li Nuo grasped the handle of Zhongzuo with both hands and held the heavy firearm in front of him.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and placed the mechanical sight on the aberration's mouth.
"boom!"
The bullet flew out and entered the soul.
The mouth of the standard-sized aberrant body spurted out foul-smelling gray blood, and the back of its head was penetrated by a large-caliber pistol bullet, exploding into a mess of gray flesh.
[System message: You dealt a fatal blow to a "standard-sized aberration". 】
[Passive deconstruction activates! 】
[You have unlocked the standardized panel of "Aberration (Level 2)". 】
[You have gained 20 energy points. 】
After Li Nuo fired, the standard-sized Level 2 aberration died suddenly on the spot, while the smaller Level 1 aberration broke away from the state of shock and rushed toward him.
Li Nuo raised the right lens of his sunglasses again and cast the "Fear Technique" to freeze the level 1 aberration in place.
"boom!"
The second bullet was fired, pierced into the upper jaw of the small aberrant body, flew out from the head, and took away the life of the aberrant body.
[System message: You dealt a fatal blow to the "small-sized aberration". 】
[Passive deconstruction activates! 】
[You have unlocked the standardized panel of "Aberration (Level 1)". 】
[You have gained 10 energy points. 】
Li Nuo blew out the smoke from his gun and took away the soul fragments of the two aberrations while thinking.
[System message: Soul strength +0.1, soul strength +0.2. 】
Li Nuo's eyes lit up!
Level 1 aberrations give 0.1 points of soul strength.
Level 2 was given 0.2 points.
Soul strength = aberration level divided by 10!
Wouldn't higher-level aberrations have more soul fragments?
Harvest a level 1 aberration with one shot of "Fear", and it's not a bad deal.
If you kill a level 2 aberration, you will gain 0.1 points of soul strength.
Li Nuo instantly became very interested in hunting aberrations.
He pulled up the deconstruction results and took a quick glance at them.
To ordinary people, the origins of the aberrations are mysterious, but at this moment, the core system has been deconstructed to reveal the tip of the iceberg.
"An out-of-control alchemical creation...
"Well, the aberration is indeed the product of alchemy. To be precise, it was originally an experimental product of the alchemy school of living alchemy.
"Then why did they lose control? Oh~ I found it. They were contaminated by some extraordinary power with a curse."
Li Nuo thought to himself:
"Another pollution caused by extraordinary power? But why does this extraordinary power only contaminate aberrations and not humans? Is it the work of the wizards in the Unas Ring? Or does this pollution come from the stars and not the work of wizards? "
Li Nuo currently knows very little about alchemy, and he has only just heard of the so-called "pollution of extraordinary power".
Therefore, there is only so much information displayed on the panel.
When more knowledge reserves are obtained in the future, the panel information will be updated simultaneously.
Therefore, there is no rush to explore the mystery of the aberrations.
When Mark saw that Li Nuo had calmed down the aberration, he waved his arms and shouted to the captain:
"Well done, Li Lei! Your extraordinary abilities are so awesome! ...Head! We are safe! You should retreat quickly!"
Fals shouted from the top of the hill at the same time:
"Hey! Li Lei! Come here quickly!"
Li Nuo heard their calls and glanced at the battlefield in the distance. There were many aberrations there.
"Hey, wait until next time. Next time I will definitely kill you."
Li Nuo sighed silently, turned around and ran towards Fals and the other two.
"Fars, you just said that there are many aberrations in the great rift in Convergence City, right? What does this mean? What is the great rift?"
Li Nuo is now particularly interested in aberrations. There is very little content related to this in the memories of the scavengers.
Fals put his hands on his hips and gasped:
"That's what it means literally, Li Lei. According to legend, on the day the aberrations appeared, there was a major earthquake that swept across the country in the Midian Dynasty. After that, there were several bottomless ravines on the ground. The aberrations came out of the big cracks left by these earthquakes. Except for the big cracks in Gathering City, the cracks in other cities have been closed. Therefore, within the entire federation, only Gathering City has aberrations, and other places have no aberrations. It’s quite safe.”
Li Nuo raised his eyebrows, a little surprised:
"Then why not close all the cracks? Then the aberrants won't be eliminated?"
Fars waved his hand and said:
"It's not that simple, Li Lei. The Alchemy Temple organized three actions to close all the rifts, and finally had to accept the fact that there will always be a big rift that will be open.
"For example, if we close the big rift in Gathering City, then the big rifts in other places will inevitably be forced open by strange forces. In total, the Alchemy Temple simply keeps the big rift closest to the junction of suffering open. .”
"Ha, that's it..." Li Nuo was stunned and said:
"Isn't this too unfair to the people of Gathering City? They have to live in the shadow of aberrations all day long..."
"Actually, it's not bad. Although the aberrations are disgusting, their feces contain high-purity universal metal powder, which is still quite valuable. Moreover, the Alchemy Temple is fair and has given Convergence City a lot of compensation."
Fars shrugged slightly and said:
"I'm a typical example. The quota of new alchemists allocated to Gathering City by the Alchemy Temple every year is three to four times that of other places. The intensity of exams in other cities is beyond your imagination. People like me don't have enough academic skills. If you are high and cannot enter the Alchemy Academy, but are willing to take some risks, you will come to Gathering City to take the self-study exam. To be honest, if it were not for this compensation measure, I might not be able to become an alchemist. .”
Li Nuo blinked.
Why does this alien alchemist exam feel a bit familiar...
The entrance alchemy examination is the most formal way to enter higher education, full-time education, full-time.
The self-study alchemy exam feels like a professional master's degree, semi-part-time, part-time.
Both are extremely difficult and feel like a college entrance examination.
Once upon a time, when he was taking the college entrance examination before time traveling, his parents had the idea of transferring him to another place to study because there were more places for admission to other places and the papers were easier.
This routine actually exists in other worlds...
It’s really…
It’s really jaw-dropping…
"Ah, of course, the special treatment we enjoy is not without conditions." Fals finally calmed down.
He stood up straight and said:
"All alchemists who are promoted in the Convergence City must work here for at least five years before they can live elsewhere permanently. So you see, even if I can stay in the alchemy laboratory, I have to come out every two days to run tasks. No. The solution is that there are too many people in Gathering City but little land, and the rent for houses is too expensive. If I don’t run tasks, I won’t have anywhere to do alchemy experiments, and I won’t even be able to complete my annual research tasks..."
"Boom! Boom!"
There was an explosion from the distant castle, interrupting Fars's thoughts.
A fire lit up in the sky, and thick smoke spewed out from the first floor of the castle, turning into a black smoke column pointing towards the night sky.
Mark cheered and said:
"Oh! Captain and the others sent the scavenger's motorcycle into the castle hall. The four vehicles exploded together, which should be able to trap the aberrations underground for a while... Get ready to get on the bus, Captain and the others are coming!"
A convoy of security teams roared in.
When passing by Li Nuo and the others, Conte pulled Fals up and put him on the back seat, then pointed at the motorcycle being dragged behind him:
"Get in the car quickly, Mark, Li Lei."
Kante's eyes stayed on Li Lei for half a second, and he sighed and said:
"I saw the battle between you and the aberrations... I really didn't expect that your extraordinary abilities are also useful to the aberrations. Now I must keep you in the Iron Thorn Shield. We just lack the method to restrain the aberrations. .”
Li Nuo sat on the motorcycle and nodded slightly with a calm expression.
Mark untied the motorcycle and sat in the front seat.
He controlled the motorcycle's faucet, suddenly turned the accelerator, and drove the motorcycle to catch up with Conte's car, keeping pace with the opponent:
"Boss, what will we say when we get back? Should we report the news of the aberrations here directly to the Alchemy Temple in the upper city, or just tell the president?"
Conte touched the short hair on his head and said thoughtfully:
"The presence of aberrations outside the Convergence City...well...this kind of thing is not something we can deal with. It is too impactful. No one knows how big the aberration nest under our feet has grown. Let's let it go President, let the headache go. I will tell him personally. All of you are not allowed to mention it to outsiders, do you understand?"
Conte's last words were for his team members.
"Yes, head."
"Okay, boss, we won't talk nonsense."
"Looking back now, it's really like a dream. Aberrations actually appeared in the wild stone wasteland..."
The team members whispered.
Conte glared at Fals:
"Did you hear that? Fars. If the president doesn't let you say it, you can't say anything."
"Okay~ okay~ Then if the president approves my publication, you can't stop me, Conte." Fals responded, shaking his head.
"Head! Look behind you! Look at the castle!" The members in the back row shouted anxiously.
Everyone turned their heads and looked behind.
The team immediately burst into exclamations of surprise.
"What a hell! How long has the aberration nest under our feet been there? Why did a Sower run out of the castle!"
Li Nuo picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the castle, his eyes falling on the terrifying silhouette under the moonlight.
It was a deformed body over three meters tall.
Different from ordinary aberrations, this guy has six arms and six legs.
Although it still walks with its limbs close to the ground, it has a huge mushroom on its back.
Slender tentacles hang from the cap of the mushroom. There are so many tentacles that they float in the wind, like the tentacles of a jellyfish.
"The Sower... This is an aberration with a clear name." Li Nuo's heart sank slightly and he threw out the Deconstruction Technique.
[System message: You are trying to deconstruct the "seeder-type aberration". 】
[It is estimated that 1,200 energy points will be consumed to increase the completion of deconstruction to 100%. 】
Li Nuo frowned.
According to past experience, people or monsters whose energy value required for deconstruction reaches 1,000 have entered the queue of extraordinary people.
So...among the monster group of aberrations, there are also extraordinary people?
It's really weird.
If it weren't for the information on the panel that clearly stated that the aberration was originally the product of "living alchemy", it would be difficult for Li Nuo to believe that there would be such a difference between "ordinary" and "extraordinary" inside this man-made monster.
Perhaps the extraordinary ones among the aberrations are the elite products refined through living alchemy?
Well, it's possible.
If put in the game, this should be an elite monster.
Li Nuo nodded slowly.
Conte observed with the telescope for a while, then waved his hand and ordered:
"Everyone, don't panic. The Sower will not stay away from the nest. It will not chase us. We just need to speed up..."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Conte's tone was inexplicably heavier:
"However, to put it another way, it would be a good thing if the Sower will chase after us. This shows that the aberrant nest below us has not yet formed a large scale, and it is not worthy of it holding on to the nest."
Conte looked behind him again, his expression gradually getting darker:
"The Sower really didn't catch up. This is troublesome. The aberrant lair underground in the wild stone wasteland may be beyond imagination..."
Everyone's expressions followed Conte's tone.
The atmosphere above the entire team became oppressive, and everyone silently turned the accelerator to the bottom.
Conte didn't know what he thought of, and his brows knitted together.
"Boss, are you worried that they will resign?" Mark asked in a low voice while driving next to Conte.
"Oh, yes. Mark. You have been with me the longest, and you should know what we are most afraid of. If the upper city intends to clear out the aberrant lairs in the Wild Stone Wasteland...then we, the security companies in the lower city, will have to take the lead. Either you or I will become cannon fodder for the alchemists in the upper city. How many people are willing to do this kind of work..."
Conte looked sad.
Mark was depressed.
Li Nuo, hey, today is different from the past.
When he was working as cannon fodder in the borderland of misery, his strength was low, he did not have enough magic around him, and he had no freedom in life.
But now, he wants spells and spells, energy points and energy points, soul strength and soul strength, and freedom and freedom.
More importantly!
Due to the spiritual hub, he cannot harvest soul fragments when he kills the undead from the Dead Soul Sect in the tomb, but the aberrations can!
So are you afraid of a ball?
Just brush it hard!
Is this wild stone wasteland a dragon's pond or a tiger's den?
No no no.
Here is the brush! Strange! Holy! land!
And the great rift in the city.
It’s also a holy place to spawn monsters!
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