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Chapter 37 The Ugly Duckling Phenomenon

It is very difficult to find a duck in such a huge country.

But this strange duck is really blatant.

It began to massacre on farms everywhere, killing only the ducks and the farmers.

At the beginning, every time the strange duck saw a farm, it would rush directly in, kill all the ducks if there were any, and then kill the farmers who resisted.

If there are none, it will walk away without looking back.

It even became more and more familiar with it later on, and it discovered that the farmer would always come out to interfere with it when it attacked ducks.

So it learned strategy.

Every time it came to a farm, it started making noises behind the door of the farm house, and would sneak up on the farmer when he came out to check after noticing strange noises.

After killing all the farm owners, it attacks the ducks on the farm without restraint.

It's learning.

And hunters have discovered that it will ignore people who are not farmers unless that person tries to stop it.

Because on a certain farm, a hunter dressed in the farmer's clothes stayed in the house to fish, but after one night, all the ducks died, but the strange duck ignored the hunter.

At the same time, the hunters also discovered that the strange duck did not attack the family living with the farmer, and turned a blind eye to the witnesses who spotted it on the road.

After many tests, researchers found that this duck has some kind of forced determination ability and can determine a person's identity as a "farmer" or a "duck farmer."

Only a person who possesses both of these attributes will be listed as a duck's target.

After understanding the characteristics of duck attacks, the hunters finally found the strange duck that attacked on a farm that met the conditions.

At the new crime scene, the hunter discovered that the strange duck's appearance and characteristics belonging to a duck had undergone strange changes.

A graceful white feather grew out of its head, and the feathers on its wings were hard at the base. The snow-white feathers reflected light spots like stars, like glittering gemstone sand.

The down on the body is swaying slowly in the breeze, and one can even imagine its softness. The muscles on the body are no longer obtrusive against the graceful curves.

His eyes were dark and bright, and the way he looked at the hunters was somewhat sacred and noble. His features were too high-profile.

When it discovered that the hunter was ambush, it did not attack forcefully. Instead, it dodged and moved around, dodged the attack, and left the ambush circle.

Extremely smart.

When the hunter chased him, he was led into a swamp and trapped. The hunter then shot back and slaughtered all the ducks on the farm.

The hunters finally got so angry that they applied for a bunch of high-precision sniper rifles and traps from the research department, and found a new farm to set traps.

Finally, the strange duck was unable to survive alone and was killed by hunters, and the body was sent to the dissection table of the research department.

But the autopsy results and DNA identification left all researchers scratching their heads.

The strange duck is not an abyssal creature.

But a white swan...

If you want to record the creatures of the abyss, you must at least have a name. If this fact is made public, the hunters and farmers and the families of the victims will definitely not accept it.

What? You said that a white swan can strategize, attack with magic, and judge people's "characteristics"?
  Thus a relic phenomenon called the “ugly duckling phenomenon” was born.

What kind of relics should be asked, the researchers don’t know.

Question means "unknown" and "undefined". This kind of relic phenomenon is not the only one during the cataclysm.

The record does not end there.

Mo Ling then looked down.

The "praying mantis" that wiped out a village's locust population.

The "bald eagle" that decimated an island's gull population.

And the "silverback gorilla" who wiped out an entire mountain range of monkeys.    …

These events are classified into the "ugly duckling phenomenon" collection because of their similar characteristics.

"Born from the descendants of a certain species, it has strong hostility towards the source species. It will transform into similar creatures, evolve various abilities, and massacre the source species."

“The source species has various definitions and refers to the parent species, or its perceived parent species.”

This is the definition and explanation of the "ugly duckling phenomenon" by researchers in the record.

They also concluded that the ugly duckling massacred the farmer, thinking that it might have recognized the farmer as its mother after birth.

But why are there such persistent determinations about the identities of "farmers" and "duck farmers"? Because there are too few examples, researchers have not argued for a reason.

This phenomenon still occurs frequently today, and research is ongoing.

The record ends here.

After reading the record, Mo Ling felt that this was very consistent with the behavior of the little lamb.

The special attack ability, especially the purpose of going back and forth, should be to prepare to find other broken tree sheep.

His eyes lit up and he quickly asked Li Luo to inform Captain Su and others about this matter.

After Li Luo told Captain Su about the "ugly duckling phenomenon", Captain Su couldn't believe it at first, and then nodded repeatedly after checking the information.

"Yes, yes, it fits."

After reading the record, Captain Su also asked Li Luo: "Which one should be used to judge the red string worm or the ugly duckling phenomenon?"

Li Luo couldn't answer this question. No one had ever seen such an example.

But what is certain is that the little lamb has not only obtained the immortal healing ability conferred by the red string worm, but also obtained the unreasonable evolutionary ability of the ugly duckling phenomenon.

"It's difficult to handle. There are basically no lessons learned from this kind of incident involving many relics and mixed creatures. We can only take it one step at a time." Captain Su said in a deep voice, realizing the seriousness.

"And this kind of creature is too dangerous, so we must find a way to deal with it as soon as possible." Captain Su sighed. "I'm going to go take a look."

Captain Su handled matters very skillfully and quickly arranged the on-site affairs.

Some people stayed to guard and clean up the scene, and notified the outpost to send people to support.

After the riots subsided, the passage in the blocked area became smoother. Soon, the entrance to the cave was surrounded by soldiers who arrived.

Several detectors were put into the cave in succession. Although the images would blur and disappear in the end, the three-dimensional image of the entire passage had been detected.

"Captain Su, the exit is about 1,500 meters deep and is still within the blocked area."

"Okay, how is the damage to the detector?" Captain Su asked.

"No loss, 100% integrity."

"Have you finished detecting the composition of the cave? Are there any harmful substances?"

"Common fungi, similar to shiitake mushrooms, can even be eaten." The soldier walked to the cave, cut off a piece of meat, and gave it to the captain.

After taking it and sniffing it, Captain Su loudly said to the soldiers around him: "If you are willing to go down, get ready. In ten minutes, if the detector is still intact, we will set off."

"I will take the lead myself." Captain Su's voice was full of authority.

The soldiers who had just witnessed their companions being cut into two didn't speak and silently packed their equipment and luggage.

Li Luo looked at Cube.

Mo Ling also controlled the cube and shook as if nodding.

The two of them already had a tacit understanding in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)