Doomsday Totem

Chapter 73 Similar
After drinking the coffee, Iron Slag returned to the guest room of the cabin.This room is only about six square meters, and the walls are made of steel plates with rows of rivets nailed on it.An iron canopy bed is welded to the left of the entrance, and a single-door iron wardrobe is fixed at the head of the bed.On the right is a narrow passage, which ends in the hull of the ship with a round glass window.Through this window, you can see the undulating sea.There is a small desk under the glass window, and on the desk is a small desk lamp whose paint is about to fade.

The red comet was parked right in the aisle, taking up nearly all of the space.After Tie Slag entered the room, he could only sit on the bed, without even a place to turn around.He had commented on this, this room is really too small.So the captain took him around, and found that his room was already the largest in the whole ship, and the rest of the rooms were filled with two bunk beds, crammed with four burly men.His room was considered a luxurious VIP room.In desperation, he had to make do with it.Although he is the most powerful person on this ship, it makes no sense to compete with Zhao Linglong for the captain's room.If the current captain was Xia Yihan, he would have moved in a long time ago.

"Alice, analyze the meaning of 'stinger gene cultivation', 'variant clone test', and 'regenerate hormone research'."

The screen of the red comet lit up, and then a girl's mechanical voice came out.

[Yes, my captain]
[Stinger, from the Alpha plane, is a conjoined vertebrate creature. The lower part of the body is similar to the tail of a snake. It relies on the retraction and retraction of muscles to move in a meandering manner. The upper body has four sickle-shaped arthropods, a pair of scythes, and a For the scythe, the large scythe is used for attacking, and the small scythe is used for feeding and precision cutting. The creature has extremely complex mouthparts, which can eject spikes with acidic mucus, and its attacks are penetrating and corrosive.Prickly worms are oviparous and reproduce very rapidly when food is plentiful.It used to be all over the central continent, and it was completely cleaned up by humans three years ago, and the number has been controlled]
[Gene cultivation, use biological tissue slices to cultivate, intercept gene fragments, and graft them into the bodies of other organisms]
[Mutated clones, the full name is insectified mutant clones.The universal convention explicitly prohibits human cloning research.In the past ten years, some scientists, based on the teachings of the temple, determined that the insectoid mutants did not belong to the category of human beings, and began research on the clones of the insectoid mutants.Subsequently, the World Parliament once again stated that all research on clones containing human genes is prohibited]
[regenerator hormone, unknown name, unexplainable]
"Explain the place name 'Iceland'." Iron Slag ordered.

[Iceland, a small island in the middle of the Black Sea with an area of ​​about 110 square kilometers]
"The solution to seasickness." Iron Slag asked.

[Beep...] The captain suddenly changed the subject, and none of Alice's three on-board computers responded.

[Captain... beep... need to take antihistamine or anticholinergic medication.According to nautical practice, the captain's cabin will have such drugs]
"What about the plan of not taking medicine?" It was the first time for Iron Slag to go out to sea by boat. He already felt uncomfortable when he was on the deck just now, but he persisted without saying a word.Going to the captain's room to get the medicine now would expose his seasickness, and he would never allow others to find out when he was weak.

[Lie flat, fix the body, reduce shaking]
"Stay vigilant, I'll sleep for a while." After finishing speaking, Tie Slag turned off the light and closed his eyes to recuperate.After a long time, his perception became clearer and clearer, only to feel the shaking of the river and the sea, and his dizziness became worse.

"Boss! Boss! Boss! Boss! Boss! Boss!"

In the darkness, his whole body tensed up instinctively, and with the continuous sound of piercing through the air, six blades rushed out!The sharp toes pierced into the surrounding walls and iron sheets, firmly fixing him in midair.

"I feel much better." Iron Slag said to Alice.

[Captain, your insectification ability is very practical. The cuticle covering the whole body can greatly reduce the impact force, the joints can increase the flexibility of the body, and it can also be used as a cold weapon]
"En." Tie Slag responded, pulled back one of them, and slowly stretched it out to his eyes for a closer look.The tips of the arthropods are dark black, revealing the luster of crystals, and the sides are as smooth as a mirror, appearing extremely sharp.It is beige below the tip, surrounded by layers of fine cuticles, which look very tough.His joint is more than two meters long, and it is one of the shortest pairs in the middle, while the top and bottom two pairs are both more than three meters long.

These six sharp joints are Iron Slag's "awakening ability".

Under normal circumstances, each wormer has an innate ability, which is called "natural ability".And Iron Slag's innate ability is the "body protection carapace". Whenever he encounters fatal danger, the carapace will instantly grow out and cover his whole body.

When he was 15 years old, he suddenly awakened the second ability of the blade. With the awakening of this ability, sharp spikes grew on his originally smooth carapace, so he changed his name to the sharp blade carapace.

When he went to Nataxia's laboratory, Iron Slag used genetic plunder to copy the gene fragment of an insect-like mutant, and obtained the third ability, latent parasitism.Not long after, Iron Slag discovered that his third ability was affected by the first and second abilities, and some changes occurred.Compared with the protozoa, the ant-like adults produced by iron slag using latent parasitism have hard carapaces and sharp joint legs, which are much stronger than the previous adults.It can be seen that the insectification abilities will affect each other.

Thinking of this, Iron Slag summed up the current situation.

His sharp-edged carapace endows the blade with a tough cuticle; his blade-like carapace endows the sharp-edged carapace with sharp thorns; foot.

Then, looking at it the other way around, will latent parasitism also have an impact on the other two abilities?However, so far, he hasn't felt any changes.

"Alice, in your database, is there any information about the mutual influence between insectification abilities?"

[Captain, the information is not complete, and the source is unreliable, and the credibility is relatively low, which may mislead your judgment]
"It's okay, let's talk about it, I will analyze it myself."

[Yes, my captain]
[It is recorded in the guide book "Hunting Notes" of the temple that the insectoid mutants will kill and plunder the ability of the same kind.The targets of its plunder are often rare abilities.In the worm-like mutant group, some basic abilities will resist each other.For example, there is a contradiction between the antified muscle and the pump circuit. The antified muscle secretes ATP to improve combat capability, and the pump circuit increases the number of blood vessels and reduces the volume of blood vessels to improve the control of the body.Assuming that the worm variant possesses these two abilities at the same time, when ATP is secreted, the blood pressure will rise rapidly, and the blood flow will be faster.At this time, the narrowed blood vessel cannot bear the pressure and blood flow, and the vessel wall will burst, causing damage or outright death]
[The stability of rare abilities is high, and it is the plundering of insect mutants...]
"It's a worm, don't let me hear this disgusting word again!" Tie Slag shouted in a deep voice.

[Yes, my captain]
[The stability of rare abilities is high, and it is the main target of plundering among insectoids]
[According to the surviving data of heretical organizations, some of the rare abilities do not affect each other, some are mutually compatible, and some are mutually exclusive]
[The above is the information recorded in the temple]
[There is no official record of the epic ability and legendary ability of the worm, only a few unofficial rumors. It is said that all epic abilities have the meaning of "cocooning", and all legendary abilities have the meaning of "life"]
Hearing this, Tie Slag felt a tightness in his chest.The sanctuary's cleansing of the vermin is simply outrageous.However, the temple is the largest organization in the world, and no force can compete with it.As a worm, he only felt deeply helpless.The world is big, but there is no place for them.

Iron Slag sighed, put away the joint feet, and then went out to get some air on the deck.

It was late at night, the moon hung high in the sky, the pale moonlight sprinkled on the deck, and the cold sea breeze whizzed past, making the windbreaker rattle.

Iron Slag came to the edge of the boat, leaning on the fence with both hands, and staring at the calm sea.The sound of waves came from my ears, wave after wave, smashing against the side of the ship.As time went by, his mood gradually calmed down.So many years have passed, and it is not for living.As for how those people in the temple think of the worm, it doesn't matter how they think of him, as long as they live...

"Brother Tie, haven't you slept yet?"

Tie Slag turned his head and saw Feng Yun was holding a big wooden bucket, moving it staggeringly.When they got to the side of the boat, Feng Yun lifted the big wooden bucket with difficulty, apparently wanting to dump the food waste into the sea.Iron Slag casually supported the wooden barrel, and with Feng Yun's help, he lifted the wooden barrel over the fence at once, and it fell down with a "wow".

"Thank you." Feng Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"Small matter." Tie Slag grinned, perhaps because he was also a worm, he suddenly developed a sense of intimacy with this short and fat middle-aged man.

"Haven't you had dinner yet? I didn't see you coming over just now. Do you want to go to the restaurant? I'll cook two dishes for you."

Tie Slag nodded and left the restaurant with Feng Yun.The dining room is on the other side of the cabin and is connected with the kitchen. There is a wooden table more than 20 meters long in the middle, and there are fixed low stools on both sides of the wooden table.

"What do you want to eat? Sea fish or beef, potatoes or tomatoes, do you want Chinese cabbage?" Feng Yun asked.

"Whatever you want, you can eat whatever you want," Tie Slag replied.

"Okay, you sit and wait, I'll prepare." After finishing speaking, Feng Yun walked into the kitchen, muttering while making things, "I made the table you're sitting on with my own hands. It was transported back. It was really exciting. On the way back, guess what we encountered? Snow bears! There were still two snow bears, one male and one female, extremely fierce, standing as high as a hill. Oh, It’s not a hill, and it’s not that big, but it’s quite high anyway, several meters high. I thought at the time, it’s broken, and I’m going to die here. But there’s no other way, I can only fight! Big wooden stake, which is the table you are making now, and then a big roar! Guess what happened?"

"You ran away." Tie Slag replied flatly.

"No, the snow bear has run away." Feng Yun raised the kitchen curtain, poked his head out and said.

"Impossible." Tie Slag spread his hands and said.

"Because... an avalanche."

(End of this chapter)