Chapter 1 Becomes Strange
In 2048, the No. 11 district of the East Asian Federation, the post-disaster reconstruction of Tokyo.

Late at night, drizzling.

Phantom 16 Research Center.

The lights in the biological laboratory are bright, and Orihara Kaede disassembles the corpse in the sterile isolation room.

Mutant corpses.

His job is to separate the usable parts from the corpse, put some organ samples into the instrument, and colleagues outside will conduct professional analysis.

Different from ordinary scientific research laboratories.

It's more like a corpse recycling bin for mutants.

[Energy +0.2%]

[Current progress: 100%]

The sharp blade cut around the mutant's joints, and the two severely alienated forearms fell on the shelf, and a percentage value appeared in front of Orihara Feng's eyes.

After working in the laboratory for more than half a year, the progress bar is finally full.

Orihara Maple's reaction was mediocre.

It seemed that nothing could cause a ripple in his heart, and he put the human-like organs and muscles into the active substance recovery device without pausing.

After he finished handling the work at hand, Ryo Akasaka's voice sounded from the helmet of the isolation suit:

"Mina-san... Let's deal with the rest tomorrow, Orihara-kun come over here..."

Ryo Akasaka is the head of the second research department, with gold-rimmed glasses, a middle parted head, and an elegant appearance.

He was standing outside the sterile room, looking at him through the glass.

Orihara Feng nodded lightly at him as a response.

After putting the knives into the cleaning cabinet, he entered the buffer room for disinfection, ultraviolet light, and drying, then changed back to the original white coat, and left the isolated sterile area.

"Orihara-kun, it's like this..."

Ryo Akasaka held the terminal tablet.

"Tomorrow there will be an outbound mission. Some people will follow the response team to collect biological samples from the ghost-faced spider's lair. One will be sent to each of the first and second departments."

In the second research department, apart from the minister himself, only Orihara Feng will collect the mutant corpses.

Naturally, this task belongs to him.

Even if you need to bear a certain risk.

In today's world, mutation analysts are very scarce talents.

Forensic doctors who deal with normal corpses are extremely scarce, let alone face mutants that are both weird and lose their San value. Not many people are willing to do this.

And if you want to do it, the threshold is also very high.

Orihara Kaede is very talented. In just half a year of employment, his experience and skills are already able to compete with his seniors who have been in the industry for four or five years.

It's just that he has a weird personality, which is not a shortcoming.

It has been 18 years since the disaster, and the people inside the city walls have gradually become more at ease, and there are not many people working hard like this.

"time."

Orihara Feng's voice was flat.

My mind doesn't seem to be on this.

"The response team acted at 12 noon."

Nodding, Ryo Akasaka didn't care about his indifference. Everyone in the institute was used to it, and reached out to check his name on the task assignment on the tablet.

"It's time for your VM..."

The VM (Vital Signs Detector) worn on Kaede Orihara's wrist lighted up after receiving the message.

"Also... there is news that the headquarters will set a threshold for the evolution level of the laboratory staff, no direction is the second level, and the direction is the first level..."

"..."

Orihara Feng didn't answer.

He is a first-level evolutionary in the directionless system, who happens to be an obstacle on the company's way forward.

It is difficult to improve the evolution level.

As for the direction...

It requires a lot of money.

This thing is nerve-wracking.

"If you are worried about out-of-control disease and will spend a lot of money, then choose a strengthening potion, and the future will be wider than it is now. If you are short of money, I can..."

"No need."

After being rejected cleanly, Ryo Akasaka nodded with a premonition, and left a sentence before leaving: "Okay, tell me if you need it, you've worked hard today..."

"... "

Orihara Maple did not respond.

Click on the touch screen of the VM on the wrist, and the task details will be projected in 3D.

After a general look, he was ready to go home from get off work.

Go to the entrance of the research center.

look up.

Tall buildings stand up like towering trees, and some shorter buildings surround the scale of the tall buildings. The virtual projected advertisements squeeze the remaining space between the buildings, and the aircraft and drones shuttle back and forth.

It's like a cyberpunk style.

However, a [-]-meter-high wall that encloses the entire Tokyo at the limit of the field of vision shows that——

This is a world where humanity is on the brink of doomsday.

18 years ago.

This blue planet was attacked by a swarm of meteorites, and a large number of missile interceptions were of no avail, and a large area of ​​human settlements was destroyed.

Misfortune never comes singly.

The extraterrestrial meteorite carries a special high-energy polymer in the shape of a black crystal, named by a group of scientists: black crystal.

Black crystals are radioactive, causing severe genetic mutations in animals and plants, and then transforming them into extremely dangerous mutants. In order to meet the energy demand brought by cell division, they will frantically devour living things.

For a time, mutation events swept the world.

The global population has dropped sharply to 30% of its original size.

As a matter of human survival, countries on the same plate have united into political alliances, divided into regions, unified currency, integrated resources, and confronted threats.

Now the three political alliances of East Asia, Western Europe, and North America dominate the world.

Japan is the 11th region in East Asia.

The arrival of natural disasters is not just disasters.

A small number of people have genetic mutations, and they have not lost their minds. Instead, they have more extraordinary physiques, or abilities in various directions. More importantly, their bodies can resist more powerful mutant radiation sources.

Named [Evolutionary].

There are some mental evolutions among the evolutionaries, and civilization has made rapid progress for this reason. In just 18 years, new technologies have exploded, and technological problems have been overcome. Many international metropolises have become hopeless cyberpunk worlds. .

At the same time, people built high walls on the edge of the city and deployed defensive lines to isolate the infestation of external mutants, and some even built mobile cities.

……

The streets after the rain were filled with a faint smell of earth.

Putting away the VM wristband in the research center, Orihara Kaede walked slowly back to his apartment as he walked over puddles reflecting neon lights against the night sky with severe light pollution.

This is a simple one bedroom apartment.

There is no cutting-edge high-tech smart home, except that the home appliances are slightly more advanced, and the rest are not far behind the pre-disaster.

Because this is the outer city of Tokyo, the conditions cannot be compared with the inner city.

PM, 23:11.

Picking up a handful of water and slapping it on his face, Orihara Feng raised his head, and a handsome face was reflected in the mirror. There was a signature thick dark circle under the eye frame, which seemed to be specially applied eye shadow, adding an extra touch Mystery.

He doesn't wear makeup, it's just that he stayed up too late for a while, and the dark circles under his eyes can't disappear anymore. Slowly, it has become a symbolic feature.

After washing, Orihara Feng came to the room and took off the simple pendant around his neck.

The pendant is ugly, like three ropes with their own directions intertwined, supporting each other, tight and firm, and I don't know what the meaning is.

I reached out and rubbed it.

Sudden.

The pendant melted into his skin like lard touching a hot pan... If it wasn't for the empty rope, one would even doubt that it had never appeared.

"..."

Orihara Feng paused.

Feel something inside.

Before his death in the last life, someone gave this to him, but the pendant followed him to this parallel world, and only he could see it.

At that time, I thought it would be a souvenir, and I would wear it for 20 years.

Orihara Maple has experienced a lot in these years.

From having both parents and a harmonious family, to being alone again, without care and care.

Live all day like a walking dead.

this pendant...

In the later explorations, he knew that he could gain progress by contacting dead mutants or absorbing the mutation source black crystal, but the effect has not been discovered yet.

For this reason, he finished his studies ahead of schedule and entered the Phantom No. 16 Research Center under the recommendation of his aunt.

Half a year later, the progress bar was successfully filled.

Then there is the scene where the pendant melts into the body.

Now, the pendant seems to exist in Orihara Feng's body in another form, and he can control the appearance of the cursor more freely and flexibly with his mind.

The energy of the pendant is full and can be activated once.

Although he didn't know what would happen next, the person who gave the pendant would not harm him, it was meaningless, so he activated it without hesitation.

Immediately, Orihara Feng's eyes darkened.

Consciousness is instantly transferred to another corner of the world.

However, the body followed its instinct and continued with what it had done before - eyes staring in a daze.

When the picture appeared in front of him again, he saw a curved glass, and outside the glass...

A group of giants in white coats standing far away looked like scientific researchers.

"……giant?"

Orihara Feng was slightly taken aback, and realized later that he had become smaller.

Or... this is not my body.

He lowered his head and looked around, his vision was full of bright red viscous fluid, like red slime, or a puddle of extremely viscous blood...?
Some can't understand, but...

He did become this weird thing.

(End of this chapter)

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