Lupine looked down at his lap...
There, the scales were pierced.
A black hole appeared on the skin, and there were even burnt marks on the edges.
However, Lu Ping gritted his teeth, and his deep muscles slowly squirmed. Within a moment, a yellow warhead fell out of the small hole and made a crisp "ding-dong" sound when it hit the ground.
"Herring scales really can't stop the gun at all! Fortunately, the thigh muscles are thick enough and the bullets didn't penetrate directly..." Lu Ping's heart was beating wildly, and he didn't dare to stop. He limped forward and continued running forward, while secretly thinking in his heart. I thought, "But I can't withstand a few shots, especially in areas with thin muscle layers."
"But how dare the Blade Gang shoot in broad daylight?!"
Lupine couldn't believe it.
Dream Weaver City has extremely strict management of firearms. Perhaps because guns are one of the few ways that the poor who have nothing can pose a slight threat to the upper class, the Dreamweaver City police have always cracked down on illegal gun possession.
Especially since this is a bustling area! There are many high-end shops, and even decent people from the foggy area come here to hang out occasionally.
Shooting here is equivalent to a serious provocation to urban order. Although gangsters have guns, few dare to use them so unscrupulously in broad daylight...
But the other party still shot.
This also proves from the side that the Blade Gang is determined to catch themselves today!
boom!
There was another gunshot, this time the bullet hit Lupine's shoulder, causing him to stumble forward, and severe pain shot through his shoulder blade.
Lu Ping's pupils shrank wildly, and he suddenly changed direction and ran towards the dock not far away.
Dreamweaver City is a port city, with several rivers running through the city, so there are many large and small docks. The thrift store where Luping bought canned herrings was in a dock market.
Taking three steps and two steps at a time, Lu Ping ran to the pier, jumped up, and jumped directly into the river!
There were many people on the pier, and when they saw this scene, they all exclaimed.
"Someone jumped into the river!"
"You dare to go into the water and risk your life?"
People pointed at the water, but soon, members of the Blade Gang came over and cleared the area near the dock.
The members of the Blood Ax Gang in the distance have obviously not yet finished gathering. There are only thirty or forty people, but there are hundreds of Blade Gang here, so they are still watching from a distance.
The one-eyed gang leader soon arrived at the pier, looking at the choppy water with a strange expression on his face.
"How long has he been down there?" One Eye asked.
"Three minutes!" one of the minions replied, "Boss, this guy can't think straight. The water is poisonous! And no matter how good the water is, it's impossible to escape from the water. Although there is no 'devil's vine' near the dock, A little further away, they are everywhere, and no life of flesh and blood can swim across their territory alive..."
"He's not trying to wander away." One Eye glanced at the Blood Ax Gang in the distance, his face a little irritated, "He's stalling for time..."
This is the territory of an old enemy...
Although the One-Eyed Gang leader verbally promised Dr. Ge that he would do his best to capture the "experimental subject", if the Blood Ax Gang was assembled, he would have to leave, and he could not really risk his own life.
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Lupine plunged into the water.
A normal person can hold his breath underwater for at least one or two minutes, or as long as four or five minutes, before surfacing for air.
But the moment Lupine entered the water, the skin on both sides of his neck began to squirm, and several cracks slowly grew, symmetrical on the left and right.
Those are gills!
Lupine had unlocked 100% of the herring's genes, and naturally also had the genes to form gills. In the past few days, in addition to making silver-scaled cows and horses, he also made several other gadgets.
The current recombinant form, which he calls "fish-man", is currently focused on underwater combat and is weaker than the cow-horse form. Because muscles are large consumers of oxygen, in order to extend the diving time, the proportion of cow-horse genes has to be reduced... No. The remaining muscles are more streamlined and have gills!
However, these gills are still too small compared to Lupine's size... Genetic recombination is not omnipotent. Some traits can be perfectly transplanted from other organisms to another organism, while others cannot.
Lupine can grow enough herring scales to cover his body, but his gills can only form a few finger-length pieces. Its oxygen supply capacity in the water can only allow Lupine to stay underwater several times longer than ordinary people, but it does not allow him to truly stay active in the water forever like a fish.
Unless one day, he can find a more powerful underwater oxygen exchange organ gene to perfect the "fish man".
But that's enough.
Lu Ping's original purpose of diving was to avoid the gun. No matter whether the Blade Gang dared to chase him into the water or not, at least the gun posed no threat to him... And if the opponent really dared to go into the water, he would be playing into Lu Ping's hands. The water resistance of ordinary people is far worse than that of fishmen, and weapons such as machetes are more severely resisted by water. This is your home court!
Not to mention, this is the territory of the Blood Ax Gang after all. Luping doesn't believe that the Blade Gang dares to keep messing with him at the dock?
In the water, with nothing to do, Lupine couldn't help but look into the distance.
His eyes were covered with a transparent membrane at some point, which was a fish-eye structure, slightly improving his vision underwater.
Lupine vaguely learned from the memory of his original body that the world is now polluted by hell, and there are hell creatures in the water. It is similar to the devil's grass that can be seen everywhere on land. It is a thing called "devil's vine".
Now at a glance, it turns out that there are many purple sea anemone-like plants on the river bed, swaying leisurely under the water.
Lupine didn't dare to get close and just stayed near the dock.
Silently calculating the time in his mind, Lu Ping planned to wait at least 20 minutes before going up quietly. As long as he did not engage in strenuous activities underwater and the herring gills provided oxygen, holding his breath for 20 minutes would not be a problem.
But gradually, Lu Ping felt a hint of coldness.
His body seemed a little numb. This numbness started from the ends of his limbs and spread to the torso little by little. However, it moistened and made no sound...
By the time Lupine reacted, his whole body was almost numb and he couldn't even lift 10% of his strength!
"What's going on?!" Lu Ping was frightened.
At this time, only about 10 minutes had passed, but Lu Ping did not dare to wait any longer. He switched to the strongest cow-horse state, paddled with all his strength, and slowly floated upward.
Relying on inhuman strength, Lu Ping barely swam to the shore.
Fortunately, the Blade Gang seemed to have left, and given their clearing out, there didn't seem to be anyone near the dock.
There were roars coming one after another in the distance, as well as sporadic gunshots.
Lupine swam to the shore with difficulty, grabbed the wooden rafters of the pier with his hands, and tried to climb out of the river.
But my body was so paralyzed that I almost lost control of it. I tried several times but failed!
Just then, a voice sounded above the head.
"Do you need my help?"
Lupine was startled and looked up.
A gentle middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was looking down at him with a smile.
And behind him... several tough young men with bloody axes tattooed on their bodies were pointing guns at him.
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An hour later, in a luxurious private suite, Lupine was tied to a sturdy metal bed with thick steel bars, a needle inserted into his wrist, and a hanging bottle hanging high, delivering light pink liquid into his body.
The middle-aged man with glasses looked at him with a smile, as if he was looking at a treasure.
"You can hold your breath quite well...but don't you know that the hell toxins in the water are several times more than those on the shore?"
"And when there are wounds on the body, it is more easily corroded by hell's toxins..."
"I admire you for how dare you jump into the water after being shot twice."
Lupine was silent.
The original person did not have this knowledge in his memory, so he didn't know.
However, the original body of the pink liquid he was injecting had related memories - it was "divine water". It was said that only the god masters could produce it, and its function was to remove hell toxins from the human body.
The residents of Dreamweaver City must receive a portion of the divine water made by the god "Arachne" every month and drink it.
Gradually, Lupine could feel that the numbness in his body disappeared.
"Who are you?" Lu Ping felt that his body's strength had basically recovered and asked the question he had always wondered.
"You can call me 'Dr. Ning'," the middle-aged man with glasses adjusted the collar of his suit and leather shoes. "Currently, I am temporarily living in the Blood Ax Gang and doing some research on gene-enhancing potions."
