dark moon

Chapter 201 Energy-type mutation

Mia's reaction was as if she was facing an enemy. You can't blame her for making such a fuss. Although the phenomenon of energy-type mutation is rare and not many people know about it, it is indeed extremely dangerous. Anyone who knows about this phenomenon dare not underestimate it. it.

This is a change that will cause headaches even to legendary level experts.

Energy-type variation is a biological variation, which refers to the biological variation that occurs from the inside to the outside of the body when organisms live in areas with extremely high energy concentrations for a long time and are stimulated by environmental energy.

High concentrations of energy are very dangerous to living things. The higher the energy concentration, the more destructive it is.

In an area with high energy concentration, if it is an ordinary animal or a low-level monster, it is difficult to resist the high concentration of energy around it, and will be killed by the environment within a few minutes. Even a high-level monster can stay continuously in that environment. Within a day or two, one's own energy will be exhausted, and the body will be directly exposed to a high-concentration energy environment, resulting in many unknown adverse effects, and in severe cases, it may even cause death.

Therefore, in places like the mage tower, ordinary people are strictly prohibited from entering energy facilities. Even the mages themselves must protect themselves very carefully when entering and leaving the magic pool for maintenance. Usually, there are three people in a group, one person and two people outside. It is included to avoid accidents causing casualties.

However, there are always exceptions to everything, and that is energy-type mutation.

When living things are placed in a high-concentration energy environment, under some special conditions and subject to long-term stimulation by the environment, there is a small chance that special changes will occur.Their bodies will gradually adapt to the energy concentration in the environment, and even in turn devour the surrounding energy, resulting in a dramatic change in both energy intensity and physical strength.

This is a biological mutation with a small probability that only powerful high-level monsters will occur.Weak creatures die before they mutate, and mutation cannot proceed. Only by sustaining for a period of time can they have a chance to mutate.

Some scholars have studied energy-type mutations, and they have even considered using energy-type mutations to artificially create high-level powerful people.With the support of some powerful people, these people conducted large-scale experiments. The experimental subjects not only included thousands of magical beasts of different strengths and weaknesses, but also persuaded some gold-level experts to participate, allowing all the experimental products to be exposed to high concentrations in a closed environment. Living in an energy environment for some time.

However, the results were disappointing. All the monsters below the gold level died, while the people and monsters above the gold level did not experience any changes. Facts have proved that the energy concentration and physical fitness in their bodies are enough to resist the energy stimulation from the outside world. Without an ultra-long-term stay, the current energy concentration is not enough to induce mutations, and a higher-concentration environment cannot be constructed with existing technology. As for an ultra-long stay, which golden level Strong people have no interest in staying in a closed environment for decades, so the experiment can only come to nothing in the end.

Therefore, people can only study energy-type mutations from occasional special cases. In the records, every case of Warcraft that produces energy-type mutations will become more powerful, and its strength will increase by at least one level, and the damage caused will be greater than Ordinary monsters are much bigger.

No one present was stupid. After hearing Mirity mention the energy-type mutation, combined with the abnormal phenomena in the magic tower, there was only one conclusion that could be drawn.

A monster devoured the energy in the magic pool of the magic tower, causing an energy mutation. The energy fluctuations everyone felt and the energy phenomena they saw were actually emitted by the mutated monster. Only in this way can we explain why after 4000 After many years, the energy in the magic pool has not been completely lost.

"Wait a minute, something is wrong." Barnett, an orc with a tiger head and a human body, habitually twitched a few beards on the side of his face and asked in a muffled voice, "Even among Warcraft, few can live for thousands of years. "

"There is an ability called dormancy." Before Meridi could answer, Mia had already explained for her, "Warcraft are more powerful than intelligent creatures in many ways. Under special circumstances, they can use dormancy to spend a long time. There was once someone A dormant silk tapeworm was found in the ruins of the barbaric era. When placed in an environment with abundant food, it quickly regained its vitality. It was a creature tens of thousands of years ago, and it is only 4000 years old now. It is not surprising. .”

Everyone has no doubts, and since Mility said it, it means that she has used the undead under her control to see the mutant monster in the magic pool with her own eyes. The only problem now is...

"Exhibitionist, what's inside?"

"You won't like it." Mility glanced at Shuer's face with her arrogant eyes, and said with a half-smile, "Your Excellency, I can answer your question just now. Facts have proved that spiders can't dig holes, at least they can live in caves. The spider couldn't, so it was locked in the room of the energy pool and buried in the soil for more than 4000 years without being able to escape."

"Damn it." The faces of several high-level mercenaries turned livid. Even Yuri, the Wing Man who had always been graceful, elegant and full of aristocratic temperament, but always claimed to be an ordinary mercenary, could not remain calm. "It's actually a cave-dwelling spider. .”

Some scholars have studied that most intelligent creatures have an innate fear of lower reptiles. The objects of fear vary, but they can basically be attributed to four types of reptiles: spiders, centipedes, worms and snakes.As a representative of one type, there are by no means a few intelligent creatures who feel uncomfortable when facing spiders, at least those mercenaries with livid faces are included.

"What about strength?" Xiu'er and Safu didn't care. "The cave-dwelling spiders are social creatures, and their general strength is only at the black iron level, but this nest nearby is..."

"Bronze level." Dak added tacitly, "My scouts have counted them."

"Yeah, it's the Bronze Rank." Xiuer nodded. "If nothing else, the mutated one is the missing person from the nest thousands of years ago. Ordinarily, there shouldn't be much difference in strength. However, the Bronze Rank is not It may have mutated. Since there has been a mutation, what we are facing is at least a gold level, and it is also a gold level with extremely destructive power."

"Unfortunately, you guessed wrong." The smile on Milidi's face was a little bitter. "In the future, everyone will have the capital to show off to others. Look, I have had close contact with legendary monsters, and they are also energy-type mutations. The legendary level monster formed."

"Are you sure?" Mia asked with a straight face.

"You can use your barren chest to verify it, and you will know if I am sure." It is a magical verification method, but at this time, everyone has no time to imagine, the legendary level monster is not a pleasant creature, Especially the legendary monster that has been hungry for 4000 years, it will definitely not mind enjoying a sumptuous meal delivered to your door.

"How big is it?" Xiu Er's question hit the point. If it was only about [-] to [-] centimeters like an ordinary cave spider, then the degree of danger would be acceptable, at least its appetite would not be too big.However, this is just an extravagant hope. Energy-type mutations are often accompanied by an increase in body size, and it depends on how much it increases.

"Five or six meters."

It's okay. At least more than half of a five- to six-meter spider is the length of its legs. The body is not too big, that is, it is about the size of an adult. Although this is already an exaggeration, it is not unacceptable.

"You misunderstood. I was only talking about the length of the body. It is still sleeping in a ball. I can't tell the length of its legs yet."

Very good, what a delightful answer. Everyone can already imagine a small mountain-like spider patrolling among more than 100 human-shaped spider sacs to select the food for that night.

"Understood, everyone, prepare to fight." Mia was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Miridi, monitor the target and notify me immediately if there are signs of waking up. Others, give you 3 minutes to do it. Get ready, enter the Magic Tower in 3 minutes." "I object."

Very strange voice, so unfamiliar to every high-ranking mercenary, so that everyone thought for a long time before recalling that it belonged to the one who always gave people a nervous feeling, exuding a cold atmosphere anytime, anywhere The sound of a thief.Since joining the team, in the past seven days, he has only said one word in self-introduction, that is, his name - Fleissen, and he has not said a word since then, and has never communicated with other people.

"We are guards, not hunters. The task you gave us is to protect the excavation team, not to destroy the legendary monsters."

It must be admitted that what Thief Friesen said makes sense. The difficulty of protecting the excavation team and destroying the legendary monsters are very different, the risks are different, and the prices are also completely different. His objection is normal.In fact, it wasn't just him, everyone's expressions were somewhat reluctant, and they were obviously not satisfied with Mia's decision.

"Now we are protecting the excavation team." Mia's voice was colder than his. "If we don't deal with this spider, the excavation team will definitely be seriously threatened, so my request does not go beyond the scope of the mission."

"The Lord said that you must maintain enough respect when dealing with the unknown. You must not be arrogant and do foolish things beyond your abilities. The Lord's words are the truth in the world." Shuer coughed dryly and made circles with his fingers, "Treat unknown mutant monsters. , it’s better to bury the Magic Tower back again. Since it has been sleeping for 4000 years, let it continue to sleep.”

"Unfortunately, the magic tower has opened, and the energy balance within a few kilometers of the surrounding area has been broken. Although we can't feel it, it will definitely have an impact on it, and it will wake up soon."

"Before, it would be obedient because the protection of the magic tower was stopping it. Now that it has lost its protection, more than ten meters of soil may not be able to stop it. Once it breaks out of the ground, let's not say whether we will come or not. If we have time to escape, even if we are lucky enough to escape, the Gravel City [-] kilometers away will become its best hunting ground. This small border town does not have so many strong people to protect it. Before a legendary strong person is hired to solve it, you How many people do you think will be hunted in Gravel City?"

Xiure spread his hands. Although he didn't say it directly, the meaning was already obvious - how many people died had anything to do with me?
Behind her, Saff bit her lip and gently pulled the corner of Rasul's clothes.The shy female swordsman was very considerate and did not openly oppose Xiure's idea. She only expressed her dissatisfaction in a subtle way with small movements that only the two of them could detect.

"The reward will be doubled, and the corpse of the monster will be returned to the Green Tower." Mia stared at Shuer with a cold face for a long time before saying, "Everyone is the same."

"The Lord said that you must love others with the same heart you love yourself, and protect every weak person in need just like you protect your loved ones. The Lord's will is my will, and I praise the lightless moon, it is holy." Shuer shook his head. The holy robe, with a holy look on his face, pulled Safu a few steps forward and stood next to Mia, "In the name of the saint, in order to protect the civilians of Gravel City, I am not afraid even of legendary monsters."

Where is your face?The high-level mercenaries couldn't help but look at Shuer with admiration. He was indeed a senior priest, and he could find excuses for his behavior no matter what.I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen you so shameless.

"Everyone, it's better not to take chances." Within a few seconds, Xiu Er had completely changed his position, "Do you really think that you can stay out of it?"

No, we don't think so, it's all your own words.

"Yes, before it wakes up, you can indeed choose to abandon the excavation team and escape from here. There is ready food here, and it doesn't care about chasing you. You have a high chance of escaping. But you seem to have forgotten to take refuge underground. The existence of the shelter, if you choose to escape, in order to protect ordinary people, we can only order the mercenaries to enter the shelter to take refuge. Although it will be extremely crowded with more than 100 people packed in, it can still be done for a few hours. With Qing The mages of the tower have reinforced the interior, and I think it will be difficult for it to break through the outer wall of the sanctuary in a short period of time."

Xiure's voice was calm and gentle, but the words he spoke made people feel chilling.

"What do you think a hungry mutant spider would choose between an intractable wall on one side and delicious prey escaping alone in the open wilderness?"

Do you even need to ask?Of course, you have to choose the side that is easy to deal with.

"So, I don't object to everyone evacuating. I just want to remind you in advance that before evacuating, think about whether you have a good way to avoid becoming prey. If not, then I can only wish everyone good luck. Haha, I... "

Xiuer suddenly couldn't speak any more. The corner of his mouth twitched and he looked at the target of his threat without expression. One of them flew into the sky without understanding the wings and lay comfortably on his side in the air. As for the other one, uh , would a hungry spider be interested in a tree?Probably not.

"Eh? I'm just a tree. Why are you staring at a tree like this? And it's a tree with no clothes on? Are you so hungry that you want to extend your magic hand to the plant?" The bark of the tree squirmed, Revealing Moria's appearance, "What? Evacuate? Yo, yo, oh, no, I'm a tree now, swoosh, swish, swish, swish, are you stupid? The tree won't move at all, how can it be evacuated? Have you ever seen it? A tree walking around with broken steps?"

Well, I have seen it, that is, I have seen it now.

Xiu Er suddenly felt a headache. The most difficult thing in the world to deal with is a guy with an abnormal mind, especially if there are more than one such abnormal person.

"I'm just an ordinary wingman."

Well, no one said you weren't, and everyone was too lazy to say it.

"Don't you think mutant monsters are interesting?"

I don't think so, only Yiren's hopeless desire to explore would be curious about this kind of thing, we just want it to turn into a corpse as soon as possible.

"Of course I want to stay. How can I not get to know such an interesting creature?"

Very good, I actually found the logic in her words, I am simply amazing.Shuer finally understood why Mia was always expressionless. If she often dealt with such abnormal thinking and didn't try hard to remain indifferent, she would go crazy in a short time.

But whether they are crazy or not will be discussed later. Now with the support of these two people, the ratio of the numbers of the two camps among the high-level mercenaries has been reversed.

With a calm smile, Xiuer calmly looked at the few people who had not yet expressed their opinions. It seemed that everything was a foregone conclusion.

(End of this chapter)