Sean seemed to be lying in a firewood pile, having an eternal nightmare.
The hot flames ignited his skin from head to toe, and penetrated into the gaps between muscles and bones, burning him to ashes piece by piece.
He couldn't open his mouth, couldn't cry out, and couldn't faint. He could only feel the extreme pain clearly.
Painful enough to hallucinate.
Many vague faces appeared in the darkness before his eyes, and they had basic human shapes.
But some have green-faced fangs, some have buffalo horns, some are covered with hedgehog-like spikes, some have hair like squirming leeches, some have skin covered with toad pimples, and some have faces inlaid with weird tattoos. .
They are like a group of humanoid demons transformed from animals.
One of the strange men with one horn walked up to him, lowered his head and looked at him, his liquid mercury-like eyes full of recognition, and slowly read a short poem towards him.
"God is in heaven, Oz is at the end of the rainbow, Midian is a paradise for monsters, our home..."
This voice is very familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere.
"You have proven your courage by going through a battle in which you risked your own life."
"Eternal Baphoth is here to mark you and give you the key to Midian, the kingdom of night."
"Come on, North Athabasca, East Peace River, North Dwyer...face your fate."
So much for the mysterious poetry.
Sean's whole body was enveloped by a cool air current, which soothed every pain and heat in his limbs.
He blinked his eyelids and opened his eyes with a soft groan.
The breeze caressed my cheeks.
There was a chill in the soft snow beneath him.
The night sky in front of us is clear and the vast stars are shining brightly.
And the weird horned man reciting poetry overlapped with a human figure.
This man stood in front of him, with a beard and short brown hair. His face was unfamiliar and his eyes were familiar.
"Sean, congratulations on surviving death."
The man stretched out his hand and pulled him up.
Sean shook his head and came back from the bizarre hallucination, "Who are you?"
"Kenny, he is also the tall and thin passenger with dark blond hair and short hair on the train before. But that was just a disguise. I restored my original appearance."
"Kenny, aren't you dead?" Sean remembered. Wasn't this guy the first passenger killed by a werewolf?
At that time, he blamed himself so much that he almost cried.
He looked carefully at Dean's face again, and suddenly smelled an extremely dangerous smell in his nose. It was so dangerous that he couldn't help but tremble all over and took a step back.
Kenny, who was Dean, shrugged and said in as gentle a tone as possible, "Relax, man, I have no ill intentions towards you, otherwise I would have killed you a dozen times while you were unconscious."
A trace of thought and confusion flashed across Sean's yellow vertical pupils, "Then I, why am I still alive? Am I not dead? I was bitten to death by a werewolf?"
He clearly remembered being disemboweled by minions and being eaten alive.
That kind of injury is incurable, even if sent to the best hospital in the country.
But when he lowered his head, he saw that the skin between the chest and abdomen had no wounds or scars. Instead, it was covered with a layer of fine and smooth scales, like a layer of scale armor, which glowed with a dark brown luster under the starlight.
"Scales?!"
Sean nervously checked his hands, cheeks, and various parts, and immediately discovered a shocking fact. His whole body, including his cheeks, was covered with dark brown scales, and two small, thin bone horns protruded in the middle of his forehead.
A head of short black hair seemed to have suddenly grown for several months and turned into shawl-long hair. Each strand felt thick, tough and prickly, like the hair of a wild animal.
The human legs also turned into triple-jointed, werewolf-like legs, and black tapered nails were drilled out from the fingers of both hands.
The flat teeth in the mouth have turned into sharp fangs. The two canine teeth on the upper gums are the most exaggerated. They feel light and hollow, hiding some kind of venom. There is a slender snake letter with a forked top lying between the teeth.
He is a combination of wolf, snake and human, ferocious and deformed...
A good human being suddenly became a monster, and the huge sense of subversion instantly destroyed Sean's psychological defense.
"No!" He held his head and bent over, screaming in pain, "Why did I look like this? Why!"
Hiss…
Roar...
Anger and unwillingness filled his chest, and a snake-like hissing sound and a wolf's low growl came out of his throat.
His eyes began to become bloodshot, saliva leaked from his mouth,
A crazy desire for destruction and bloodlust arose uncontrollably.
"Calm down, Sean," Dean put his hands on the shoulders of the man in front of him, stared into his eyes, and gave a telepathic suggestion.
Under a terrifying threat.
Sean's anger disappeared, and he huddled his shoulders in fear,
Dean nodded, "You were bitten by a werewolf before, and if you were poisoned by their poison, you would lose your mind and memory and transform into a new werewolf."
"To avoid this...well...I injected you with the snake demon's venom to neutralize it."
"What is the snake demon's venom? Who are you?"
"A supernatural explorer." Dean said, looking at Sean who was so surprised that he lost his temper. "Is this hard to accept? Since there are terrible werewolves in the world, why can't we study their existence?"
Sean was lost in thought.
Dean then roughly explained the principle of snake demon transformation, and a strange color flashed in his eyes. Under the perspective of life, Sean's light of life reached level 3, surpassing that of a werewolf.
"Now it seems we succeeded... You have inherited the advantages of the werewolf and the snake demon. You should be able to feel the powerful vitality in your body. This is fascinating, isn't it?"
There was a hint of joy in Dean's tone. This success was beyond his expectation.
He is equivalent to creating a brand new supernatural species by mistake, and this is a miracle that the relevant departments of the Stargate Jedi Project failed to create in the past despite spending huge financial and material resources.
But he is not sure whether the snake-wolf transformation can be mass-produced. It is more likely that Sean is a unique individual, a mutant survivor with a probability of one in ten thousand or one in one hundred thousand.
Sean clenched his fist suddenly, and the muscles under his scales bulged like hills.
The joints of his arched legs bent, accumulating force - brushing and pulling.
The body rushed into the dark snow forest next to it like the wind, and the speed was so fast that it made a whirring sound through the air.
Swish--
A sharp cold light flashed.
Several fir trees were broken and collapsed, their cuts flat as mirrors.
Sean rushed into the forest and stood in front of Dean, looking at his terrifying body in disbelief. "With this kind of strength and speed, no wonder I couldn't defeat the werewolf... But I don't want to be a monster, I want to become a human again. I’d rather not have that power.”
"The situation has reached this point and there is no way to reverse it." Dean said, "But according to common sense, even if you are a monster, you can still return to your human form. Give it a try and try to recall all the wonderful experiences you have had in human society."
Sean closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and the few rays of light in his life flashed through his mind.
Hululu——
Dean raised his eyebrows, and a strange scene appeared in front of him - wisps of white gas dispersed from Sean's deformed body and flew into his mouth and nose.
He absorbed the white smoke with all his strength, and at the same time, he also absorbed the mysterious power outside his body.
The scales, fangs and claws fade away, and the bowed legs return to straightness.
As Sean inhaled the last bit of white air into his mouth and nose.
He was the ticket collector again.
"God, I'm back!" Sean inspected this familiar human body. Oh no, it is much healthier and more handsome than before. In the past thirty years, a flat abdomen has actually appeared. The outline of the abdominal muscles is clear, and the thighs and arms are also covered with streamlined muscles. The body shape becomes well-proportioned and toned, similar to that of a fitness enthusiast who often goes to the gym.
The dark circles under my eyes that were caused by frequent night shifts are gone, and the slightly swollen cheek skin has become firmer and smoother.
It was as if he had undergone a transformation for the first time.
He tensed his limbs.
The strength is not as good as the snake and wolf state, but there is no pressure to deal with five or six previous selves.
After noticing these changes, Sean's expression became extremely wonderful, as if he had suddenly ascended from hell to heaven.
A wimp suddenly possessing monster powers is a gift from God.
But it's not perfect yet.
"Kenny..." Sean suddenly asked anxiously, "Is it Elena, are there other passengers? I'm going to save them!"
"Don't worry, Elena, the blond brother, and the mother and daughter have successfully returned to the station and are out of danger." Dean had already asked Qian Tan to personally escort a few people back, and they are almost there now.
Sean breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "Where are the others?"
"All dead."
"..."
Huhu...
The cold night wind blew across Sean's neck, causing a large number of goose bumps.
"All dead?"
He clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth,
"Those beasts that killed them?"
"I killed them all, now the Elk Forest is safe."
Sean opened his mouth slightly, and the anger in his heart turned into shock. One person killed so many werewolves?
Is this still human?
Then he tilted his head and looked at Dean incomprehensibly, as if looking up to a superior god.
"Mr. Kenny, since you can kill all the werewolves and transform me into a powerful half-man, half-beast monster, you should also be able to save those passengers. Why..."
"I gave them a chance and advised them not to leave the carriage." Dean's tone was still calm, as if he was describing a history that had nothing to do with him. "If they had followed my advice, they should still be alive and well now, but they Choose another path.
"I am not related to them, nor are they bodyguards or servants. I can only respect their decision."
"And you, Sean, and the remaining survivors relied on your own hard work to gain a chance to survive. Of course, the mother relied on his daughter."
Sean lowered his head and looked at the bloody leather boots.
My mind couldn't help but review the entire incident.
After a long while, he was speechless. What right did he have to criticize a lifesaver?
It is also because of becoming a monster that Sean has undergone subtle changes in his heart. He is no longer as indecisive as before and is entangled in the past.
"Sir Kenny, I'm sorry for questioning you." Sean asked, "But I still have some questions. I had a strange dream during the transformation process. I dreamed of many terrifying humanoid monsters reading poems to me?"
Sean described a series of messages about Midian in his dream.
As Dean listened, he found that the progress of "Bloodline" had jumped to 85%, and his eyes shone with surprise.
Sean actually connected with Midian!
What an unexpected surprise.
The only addresses Dean heard in his auditory hallucinations were North Athabasca, East Peace River, and now there was North Dwyer!
Take one step towards the ultimate destination!
Sean asked, "Where is Midian and why is it calling me?"
Dean rubbed his temples, thinking of Sean's wild snake-wolf form before.
Part of the form comes from the snake demon, and the snake demon belongs to the genus of illusory snakes. It has nothing to do with Baphomet and should not be summoned by Midian.
But the other half of the form comes from werewolves.
He immediately came up with a guess - that group of bloodthirsty werewolves were related to nocturnal species, or were they transformed by a certain nocturnal species?
Moreover, Sean's fearless performance before his death and his fighting spirit to challenge the strong satisfied some hidden conditions, making Baphomet accept it?
After all, according to Dean's previous experience, nocturnal species are proud of fighting.
After dying in battle, their souls can all return to Midian.
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Since Sean is related to Midian, he may even be one of the seven in the divine prophecy of Midian.
In the future, he may be able to help him rescue Lu Guangming from Midian, but he must take him away with him!
"This matter is very complicated and cannot be explained in a short time." Dean looked at Sean and said without doubt, "Next, you will set off with me to Midian to find the answer."
"Can I stay?" Sean spun around twice, wrapped his right hand around his left fist, and said bravely, "I'll explain everything to the station so that I can return to a normal life... By the way, Ai Lena, I want to send Elena’s daughter Fanny to a good school.”
Sean thought of the parting kiss not long ago, and for the first time he admired his courage!
Now that he returns alive, he might be able to be accepted by Elena and start a beautiful relationship.
Dean grinned, as if he had heard a big joke.
"Are you dreaming? With so many people killed in this case, it must have alerted the special operations department behind it. Well, this is a department that specializes in handling supernatural cases."
"You must return as a survivor and send it to your door. The Special Operations Department has hundreds of ways to interrogate you and make you confess honestly." Dean said coldly, "Then they will send you to the operating table. , repeatedly dissect and use you as a model to create more powerful biological weapons."
This terrifying picture appeared in Sean's mind, and a wild instinct he had never felt before told him that the other party was not lying.
"Sean, accept the reality. From today on, you are no longer human. You are not only human, but also have animal nature planted in your heart."
Sean's eyelids twitched, "What kind of animality?"
Dean randomly took out a piece of flesh and blood from the space.
Sean's eyes suddenly widened and he licked the corners of his mouth, like a wolf that had been hungry for ten days and a half and saw fresh, fragrant meat. The longing in his heart burst out, rushing straight into his brain and destroying his reason.
His body re-transformed into the form of a snake and wolf, and he leaped forward, rushing towards Dean with red eyes.
boom!
Dean knocked him to the ground with a flash of memory, suppressed him, and watched him struggle like a maggot, breathing heavily and grinning angrily.
After a while, the flesh and blood was recovered.
But Sean couldn't smell the smell of blood in his nose, and suddenly became quiet, lying on the snow, his face turned tragically back to a human being.
"I, what happened to me just now? I don't want to hurt you."
Dean shook his head, "You inherit the power of the werewolf and the snake demon, and also inherit their bloodthirsty desire. If you get close to Elena without training, there is a high probability that you will tear her into pieces. But you are lucky, I have rich With my experience in training werewolves and snake demons, I will help you stay sane."
"What should I do?" Sean looked up, his eyes full of motivation and desire.
Dean reached out and pulled him up, throwing him a brand new hooded jacket and mask, "Put it on, let's get a car, and set off to Maine together. I will give you some basic science along the way to guide you in adapting." .”
"By the way, if you insist on helping your dream goddess Elena's daughter go to a good school, I will be happy to give you a little help."
"What's the meaning?"
Dean took out a few stacks of knives from his arms and patted them in his palms.
"I'm not short of money."
…
Next, bathe in the night.
Sean, who was completely covered up, followed Dean and walked along the railway track to the next stop seven or eight kilometers away.
And Dean analyzed and recalled what Sean said about Midian - and gradually put his mental power into the system.
Shadow lv4 (500/500).
promote!
Shadow lv4→lv5(0/700).
Gain 1 spirit point.
Spirit: 26.8→27.8.
Enhanced energy manipulation,
Domain enhancement: range from two kilometers → four kilometers, all attributes of the enemy are reduced by 15% → 20%, domain level and below cannot be exempted.
In addition, the field will continue to extract the mental power of the enemy within it to make up for the consumption of "shadow". The extraction speed depends on the enemy's will attribute.
…
With a little spiritual improvement, the gap between spirit and will widens to 1.8.
Dean immediately felt like his mind was running wild, and countless weird fantasies came one after another.
Midian…
Baphomet...
Killing…
mating…
After a long time, the bloodshot eyes faded and he regained consciousness from the extremely excited state.
"Well, a 20% attribute weakening is enough to reverse the outcome of a battle."
In the past, the field only weakened the enemy's attributes, but now it has a continuous effect of extracting the enemy's spiritual power, which is equivalent to giving the enemy a double negative effect.
Anyone who dares to fight Di Dian within a four-kilometer radius will be doubly suppressed.
…
In addition, Dean looked at the "Shadow of the Past" floating around him, a group of colorful and twisting objects like an aurora.
He now looks like a solid human form, and is surrounded by rings of light like planetary rings.
Sparkle with dazzling colors anytime, anywhere.
Of course, only Dean can see this.
"How do you feel, buddy?" Dean glanced at Sean, who was bowing his head in thought beside him, and secretly threw a chocolate candy to Ying.
"Great." Ying peeled it off, swallowed it, and chewed happily. "With increased strength, I am closer to saving Lu Guangming and reuniting his family."
"Well, how is the strength of your telekinesis increasing?"
"No experiment is needed, I can calculate the parameters now." A large amount of data flashed in Yingliquid's eyes, "The maximum power of the telekinesis burst has been increased from 70 tons to 100 tons."
Dean nodded.
If you add 45 tons of physical power, 70 tons of life energy explosion, and 70 tons of life sublimation.
Now the ultimate power of his triple burst has reached: 100+45+140=285 tons, compared with 255 tons before.
A small step closer to the target of a nuclear explosion of one thousand tons of TNT.
Ying continued to analyze, "The flight speed of telekinesis has increased from 210 meters/s to 280 meters/s, 888 kilometers/hour."
Dean's eyes shone. If he were to apply zero gravity to himself, his speed would probably reach 290 meters/second, which was no less than the speed of a civilian aircraft. It also meant that he was moving towards becoming a real superman!
Shadow continued, "The increased proficiency in manipulating heat can create frost as low as minus 170 degrees and flames as high as 2,500 degrees, which is enough to freeze or melt most enemies."
Current manipulation boost…
Ying's strength has skyrocketed, and he is no longer inferior to Dean in a one-on-one duel. Of course, under the multiple star arrows, he can still only suffer.
In addition to surprises, Ying also brought some not-so-good news to Dean.
"It will be more difficult to jump from level 5 to level 6. The soul essence provided by low-level supernatural creatures to me will be reduced. But once you step into level 6, there will be a qualitative change and new characteristics will be awakened."
"When I reach level 7, I will correspond to the level 6 strength set by the special operations department, natural disaster level. I will have the power to destroy cities."
Dean nodded.
Therefore, if the Shadow of the Past on the panel reaches level 6, it still belongs to the domain level.
Entering level 7 is the official natural disaster level.
…
"Go and experience it."
Dean watched as Ying flew into the clouds and galloped freely within a four-kilometer radius, whipping up a gust of wind.
Spiritual turning event——
Emergency incident "Train at night":
You killed all the werewolves and saved Sean from their clutches, keeping him sane.
One hundred and ten percent completion.
Withdraw rewards.
Experience value +120, personal level lv7 (500→620/1100),
You can choose one of the following special rewards:
A. Specialty - Transformation into a werewolf, an inferior werewolf transformed from the mother's bite. After the transformation, the strength, agility, and physical fitness are increased by 15%.
But the will attribute is reduced by 30%.
It has the abilities of bite transformation, rapid self-healing, super sense of smell, beast intuition, etc.
Note: After transformation, the memory of being a human will be lost.
B. Specialty - Snake and wolf form, one in 10,000 possibility, Lady Luck glanced at you, and you created a special supernatural species. Combining the advantages of werewolves and snake monsters, the strength, physique, and agility are increased by 25% after transformation.
It has special abilities such as beast intuition, super sense of smell, scale armor, licking memory, hibernation, venom spitting, super-fast self-healing, etc.
Elevate creature levels by eating the flesh of powerful creatures and engaging in fierce battles.
Note: This form is no longer restricted by the snake demon's need to suck blood, and retains the memory of the human being.
Note: This form also loses the ability of werewolves and snake monsters to transform into the same kind, as well as the ability to reproduce.
C. One free attribute point.
…
"The event is too simple, and the reward is naturally not high."
Dean mused.
The snake-wolf transformation is quite unique. It is a mutated species similar to a mule. It extracts the advantages of both sides and becomes more powerful, but loses the ability to reproduce.
Unfortunately, it's not suitable for him.
"I choose C."
Gained 1 point of free attributes and currently holds 2.5 free attributes (the Master of Suffering draws 1.5).
"The effect of the Master of Suffering is medium. The strength of the level 2 werewolf is too low. No matter how tortured it is, it cannot extract many attributes."
Dean glanced at the attribute list, aimed at the lowest attribute, sensitivity, and added 2 points of free attributes.
Sensitivity: 21.5→22.5 (exceeding the second level 2 points of free attributes plus 1 point)
Sizzling——
Dean's steps slowed down and he narrowed his eyes in contentment.
It feels like there are hundreds of millions of mosquito bites under the skin, making it itchy and numb.
The muscles quietly contract and become tighter.
Balance and power control are greatly improved.
Ligaments and tendons slowly lengthen and become stronger, receiving silent nourishment.
At the same time, beside the railway track, the cold wind blowing against his face suddenly weakened, and the air resistance on Di'an's body was reduced by a mysterious effect.
…
He suddenly looked up and looked ahead, and bright light penetrated the darkness.
The station has arrived.
(End of chapter)
