The upgrade path of "Icarus", at the depth 1 stage, neither develops new perceptions for the transformer, nor adds new functions, nor even equips it with accompanying weapons.
It only greatly enhances the original performance of the human body structure on the original basis in all aspects.
More strength, faster reactions, stronger endurance, better balance, sharper vision...
Moreover, all of this is encapsulated in the adjuster's body, which looks no different from ordinary people - there are no appendages growing on the back, nor guns stored in the arms, everything Adjustments and transformations are highly concealed.
According to the introduction Jiang Zhou had seen before, ordinary security inspection measures could not even detect signs of modification of the Icarus adjuster at depth 1. Therefore, they would be very suitable for carrying out assassination missions that require infiltration.
They can easily disguise themselves as unmodified natives, sneak into the venue, and then find the right opportunity to kill with one blow to complete the assassination.
But on the other hand, in the face of those prosthetic transformations that go beyond the biological level, adjusters of the depth 1 Icarus path will be at a functional disadvantage, and their combat capabilities rely more on the convolution of combat experience.
But coincidentally, Jiang Zhou, who had absorbed four pieces of tactical memory, was most lacking in combat experience at the moment.
After discovering that there was no one in the study room, Jiang Zhou searched all the way up. It wasn't until he heard a guy on the teaching floor talking to himself like an idiot that he rushed straight up the stairs.
During this period, in order to shorten the time to rush over, he even used the rapidity of running to climb the wall at the corner of the stairs as if on flat ground, and made a turn with almost no slowdown.
Moreover, he also pulled out the titanium alloy crowbar that Winston had given him before.
Using a gun in a narrow place can easily cause accidental injuries.
At the moment when Xia Hu's scream came, he just rushed into the room.
The crowbar, which had been preparing for a long time, broke through the air that was already as dense as liquid under the high-speed movement. It let out a low howl of "wuwu" and slapped the opponent's chest hard directly.
All of this happened so suddenly that Xia Hu didn't even have time to finish the second half of his scream. The "bad guy uncle" who caused him to scream was directly photographed on the locker like a hanging painting. .
For a moment, Xia Hu even thought that the other party was embedded in the locker door and could not fall down due to gravity.
"Get behind me, little shrimp."
A big hand was put on his shoulder, and the man who saved him at the last moment said in a normal tone.
The moment he heard this familiar voice, Xia Hu felt so incomparable that he wanted to sit down on the ground. He slowly turned around...
Human beings' perception of the size of living creatures is often affected by intense emotions such as fear and reverence. Therefore, when Xia Hu looked back and saw Liao Qi, his brain stem told him - and when he recalled this incident again in the future, he would feel so firmly - that he was holding the crowbar at this moment. Liao Qi, whose eyes were full of cold and murderous intent, seemed to be more than three meters tall.
Jiang Zhou did not look at Xia Hu, but kept staring at the twitching guy lying under the humanoid indentation of the locker. The muscles in his arms were accumulating power for the next round of attacks.
"Brother Liao, this person..."
Xia Hu seemed to want to say something more, but Jiang Zhou used a little force to pull him behind him.
"Stay back, but don't get too far away from me."
he said.
Because he didn't know if the other party was the only one around, Jiang Zhou didn't dare to let Xia Hu leave the range of his own support.
"Also, it may be bloody later, so it's best to close your eyes."
Jiang Zhou said as he changed the crowbar to be held with both hands.
Walking up to the guy who was twitching non-stop, before planning to break the opponent's spine with a stick, he raised the corners of his mouth and said:
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't close it."
There was another "wuwu" sound in the air, and the crowbar hit the opponent's medulla oblongata.
It was also at this time that the guy who was twitching suddenly stopped.
In an instant, the opponent's hands covered with silver scales covered his neck at an extremely weird angle, blocking Jiang Zhou's roaring attack in the air.
"clang!"
The titanium alloy crowbar collided with the silver scales on the opponent's hand, causing sparks to fly.
Didn't you knock him unconscious before?
Seeing that he was blocked this time, Jiang Zhou was secretly confused.
He could clearly feel the feel of the previous stick. He had broken at least four of the opponent's ribs and dented the opponent's entire chest.
A normal person would die on the spot if he did this.
Even if it was an adjuster with a depth of 1, if the adjustment direction was not for defensive specialization, or if he installed subcutaneous armor, he would at least be unconscious after receiving this blow.
Why is this guy...
Without giving Jiang Zhou much time to be confused, the silver scales covering the opponent's hands suddenly stood up.
As the scales stood up, their edges easily embedded themselves into the crowbar in Jiang Zhou's hand, as if these strong titanium alloys were just soft sponges.
Danger……
Due to the intuition brought by the "edge enhancement system", Jiang Zhou realized the danger in an instant, and he immediately released his grip on the crowbar.
The next moment, the scales bitten into the crowbar began to tremble at an extremely high frequency, and countless fine cracks instantly clung to the entire stick.
After that, as the opponent held it with his backhand, the entire titanium alloy crowbar shattered like glass.
What's this? High frequency vibrating blade?
He immediately jumped back with Xia Hu and pulled away. Jiang Zhou looked at the guy who stood up unsteadily with a wary expression.
"Ahem...ah..."
The broken ribs probably penetrated into the lungs. The man in front of him could only open his mouth wide and make an unexplained air leaking sound.
He was out of breath and looked like he might die at any moment.
However, this guy who looked like he would fall down at any time, after his blood-red prosthetic eye caught Xia Hu who was being protected by Jiang Zhou, he suddenly seemed to go crazy and rushed towards the child. coming.
"Ahem, haha!"
There was also an unexplained laughter coming from his mouth.
are you crazy? This guy?
He was already injured like this, but if he still had the strength not to take advantage of this opportunity and run away, he actually rushed forward to deliver it to him?
Jiang Zhou thought.
It was indeed a gift. Even though the opponent had the extremely destructive "snake scales" on his hand, Jiang Zhou could clearly feel that the opponent's strength and speed were far lower than his own.
Not to mention, the other party still had enough fatal injuries.
The opponent's movement toward them seemed to Jiang Zhou like a slow-motion movie.
Although the opponent's prosthetic body is very deadly, it means nothing if it can't be hit.
He pushed Xia Hu back a little with his backhand, and Jiang Zhou stepped forward to meet him.
Turning sideways to avoid the opponent's scratching, Jiang Zhou felt the trembling air passing by the tip of his nose.
After standing on the opponent's side, he struck an elbow from top to bottom, directly breaking the opponent's joints that were not protected by the "silver scales".
At the same time, his raised knee also hit the opponent's patella. Thanks to the strength of the reinforced ligaments, his knee strike directly cracked the opponent's patella and the knee pad on his knee.
Finally, Jiang Zhou adjusted his posture, took a deep breath and started exerting force from the waist, transmitting the torque all the way along the spine. After amplification of the strengthened muscle fibers, the last old punch hit the opponent's face.
The man flew upside down again and hit the previous locker door again, leaving a brand new human-shaped dent.
The inferior prosthetic eye fell out of the opponent's eye socket. After rolling on the ground for a few times, it flickered a few times and went out.
"Want to come again?"
Jiang Zhou asked mockingly.
At this moment, after throwing that punch, Jiang Zhou felt that his fist bone was directly broken. He wanted to shake his hand regardless of the image, and then blow hard on his fist. But considering that Xia Hu behind him was still watching, he finally grinned and held back.
With his back turned to the child, he had to pretend that he was cracking his knuckles, but in fact he was constantly rubbing his fists.
But no matter what, after this round of testing, Jiang Zhou himself was surprised by his own strength.
Because of the existence of the adrenaline pump, I can enter a full combat state at any time with just a thought. In this state, his perception of time can be slowed down to about twice that of an ordinary person.
And the strengthened muscle fibers can fully support your movements and keep up with your reactions.
In other words, unless he is stuck in the air and unable to use force, he can move at twice the speed of a normal person.
The punching power is about two tons...
After a little estimation of the power of his previous punch, Jiang Zhou clenched his fist.
In fact, he feels that the limits of carbon nanomuscle fibers are far beyond that. But relying solely on the conversion of bioelectric energy and the native body's heat dissipation system cannot support higher output.
And his unstrengthened bones cannot bear it.
Jiang Zhou thought as he touched his cracked and shattered fist bones with bared teeth.
I don’t know why the upgrade path of “Icarus” did not carry out some bone strengthening modifications at depth 1.
In addition to the above enhancements, plus the enhancement of balance enough to allow him to do a backflip on the tightrope, and the instinct for danger like a beast.
If I were to travel back in time like this now, I would probably be at the average level of those special forces kings in urban legends in the past, right?
Jiang Zhou finally concluded with a bit of self-mockery.
"Ahem...haha..."
At this time, the guy who had his spine crooked and his eyeballs popped out stumbled up again under Jiang Zhou's confused gaze.
Then, he continued to walk towards Xia Hu's position ghostly, limping over.
No, brother, it’s already like this and why don’t you lie down obediently...
Jiang Zhou was dumbfounded.
And is there something wrong with this guy's brain? Shouldn't a normal person give in when faced with this situation, or kneel down and beg for mercy or something?
Even if you have a stronger bone, you should still be fighting for yourself...
Why is this person still thinking about that child when he is only half-breathed?
It's like a zombie with a resentful spirit.
crazy?
Not only that, given the opponent's physical condition, he should have been unable to move for a long time. After all, Jiang Zhou's previous punch even broke the opponent's spine.
But I don’t know whether it’s an obsession or a residual nerve signal. The other party dragged his dilapidated body towards this side, and his speed became faster and faster, and his movements became smoother and smoother.
It's as if there is some invisible existence that is holding the thread to control the other party's movements.
The man reopened his hands covered with silver scales, and the scales on them stood up again and began to tremble slightly.
Jiang Zhou, who really couldn't stand it, took out the Scorpio from the holster, adjusted the maximum output, and then blasted the opponent's head with one shot.
Seeing that the other party's headless and breathless body shook for a moment, it leaned back and fell to the ground. Jiang Zhou was just about to turn around and leave. But he thought for a moment, and after the barrel of the gun cooled down, he shot another shot into the opponent's heart.
"Let's go, little shrimp tiger, I'll take you there..."
Jiang Zhou turned to look at Xia Hu. At this moment, the other party looked at him with a look that Jiang Zhou had only seen in the children who were watching Ultraman for the first time.
"I understand, this is what you said before, remember to last the last hit, right?"
Xia Hu pointed at the dead body of the man. He was not afraid at all, but said very excitedly.
Ah... Jiang Zhou remembered. This was something Liao Qi had told the children here in the past when he told the stories of the lower class streets.
Most of them are stories that Liao Qi heard from hearsay and then told them with added detail. But after all, he couldn't really teach those children how to go to the bottom to do illegal business. Naturally, he would romanticize those so-called street legends.
But it seems that this kid may really believe everything in the future.
Including in the past, Liao Qi boasted that he was the king of singles on the tenth floor of the resettlement area...
Looking at the innocent and passionate look in the other person's eyes, Jiang Zhou felt a headache.
The impact on minors is simply immeasurable...
"Let's go first. There was a lot of movement here just now, maybe..."
Jiang Zhou felt that he would always be interrupted when he spoke today.
With a loud "swish" sound, something flew past in the corridor outside the door, carrying countless wall dust behind, and finally made a loud "bang" sound at the end of the corridor.
All this happened so quickly that Jiang Zhou could only see a blur of black shadows.
"You hide here for now, I'll go out and take a look."
Jiang Zhou patted Xia Hu's head, and then replaced the Scorpio in his hand with an energy magazine.
In addition to smoke and dust, the corridor was also filled with the smell of burning steel and... the smell of roasted protein.
The eye-tracking cornea helped Jiang Zhou zoom in, allowing him to see clearly the two people who caused the mess outside.
One is Booker. At this moment, there are several scratches on the metal carapace on his body, as if they were scratched by wild beasts.
The other one was a man who was stepped on the ground by Booker. Extending behind him were turbine iron wings that were emitting thick black smoke, and his entire lower body seemed to be roasted, with oil sizzling out.
For some reason, Jiang Zhou felt that this person looked somewhat similar to Black Falcon-136.
"Hey, Liao Qi, are you done with your work over there?"
Probably hearing the footsteps behind him, Booker turned his head. After seeing that the visitor was Liao Qi, he said in a dull and reverberated voice.
At this time, the man he stepped on the ground wanted to take this opportunity to swing his claws at Booker, but he was caught by the latter.
"My side is also fast."
As he spoke, Booker broke it off with his bare hands, then bent down and pressed the broken claw blade against the opponent's throat like a knife.
"Tell me, who gave you the confidence to come here to challenge Icarus?"
