Chapter 116 "Hunter"

The wind from unknown sources blew through the lush forest, taking away a lot of water vapor and a lot of heat accumulated in the forest.

The rustling sound of leaves was mixed with the sound of fallen leaves being stepped on. These tiny sounds did not seem cumbersome, but instead made the forest more peaceful and quiet.

If you ignore the almost collapsed expression on Chen Fan's face.

The three of them are currently 10 kilometers away from Varela City.

The destination of this journey is 150 kilometers away.

Looking at the rugged mountain road in front of him, Chen Fan raised his head and sighed deeply.

He never expected that such a big city of Varela would not have a usable means of transportation - in order to limit the range of activities of believers, the entire city of Varela, let alone mechanical means of transportation, even biological means of transportation similar to horses cannot be seen!

In addition, he never thought that on the journey to the destination, he would become a drag on the team!

Needless to say, Isa has the best endurance with her mechanical prosthesis - she hardly consumes any physical energy before the power of her mechanical prosthesis runs out.

With the existence of Yi, and the fact that the energy supply unit inside is a fusion battery, it is almost impossible for the power to run out.

As for Gao Yuan...

those strong muscles are definitely not decorations.

Although they are not as good as Isa's mechanical body, they are still quite easy to compare with Chen Fan's slightly thin body.

Strictly speaking, this is not Chen Fan's fault - the body left by the original owner can be said to be full of holes. Not to mention the poor muscles due to lack of exercise, the organ damage caused by the sleeping pills alone is enough to make him drink a pot.

The medical nanorobots provided by Yi, plus some exercises done by Chen Fan himself, have barely restored his physical fitness to the level of a normal person.

But... this is obviously not good enough in front of Isa and Gao Yuan.

"It would be great if there was something that could quickly enhance physical fitness..."

Chen Fan gently patted his extremely sore thigh, and looked at Isa's graceful mechanical prosthesis with envy: "If it doesn't work, I'll also modify a set of mechanical prostheses, right?"

"One, with the technological level of the Human Union, there should be a way to solve the damage of these mechanical prostheses to the human body, right?"

"Of course."

One quickly gave an affirmative answer: "But mechanized transformation technology is an abandoned and obsolete technology. Normally, no one would choose to transform themselves into a cyborg."

"The last mechanically transformed person was tens of thousands of years ago."

"The Pan-Universe Film and Television Production Company also produced a documentary for this, and the title of the film is called The Last Cyborg. The database shows that the film also won the Pan-Universe Golden Man Award that year."

"In addition, since this technology has been eliminated for a long time, the inventory of mechanical prostheses in the Human Union may have long been reduced to zero." "

But this machine can help you send a customization application to the Administration. It only takes some credit points, and the Administration can tailor a set of exquisite mechanical prostheses for you."

Credit points?

Chen Fan knew that it was the universal currency in the Human Union.

For investigators, the basic way to obtain credit points is to complete various investigation tasks.

Chen Fan asked, "How many credit points do you need?"

"Usually, the credit points for equipment customization range from 10,000 to 100,000 credit points. Of course, there is no upper limit. It all depends on personal needs."

"So expensive?!"

Although he didn't know the specific purchasing power of credit points, Chen Fan couldn't help but exclaimed, "What are the advantages of this thing?"

Yi explained simply, "On the one hand, the shape of the standard equipment of the People's Union is relatively simple, and the shape of customized equipment is more in line with personal aesthetics."

"On the other hand, customized equipment can usually be freely matched with various weapons, and even some over-standard weapons can be installed."

"Because its appearance and internal circuits must be designed separately, the price of customized products is basically high, and usually only some investigators with more experience have this need."

"In general, you get what you pay for."

"As long as the price is right, the People's Union can even make you a spear that can create space rifts."

Hearing this, Chen Fan frowned.

I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell the specific problem...

After thinking hard for a few seconds, he suddenly realized it!

Damn, isn't this the routine of krypton gold skins and krypton gold equipment!

Having said that, when Chen Fan saw the cool shapes of several customized equipment appearing on the holographic panel in front of him, he couldn't help but ask: "How many credit points do I have now?"

"250 points."

"...Ah???" Hearing this answer, Chen Fan was stunned, "Didn't I complete an investigation task, why is it only this?"

"To be precise, it's a small task in an investigation task." Yi rigorously corrected the mistakes in Chen Fan's words, "This is already a lot. If this investigation task did not involve artificial intelligence, you would get even fewer credit points."

Perhaps because he was afraid that Chen Fan would not be able to accept it, Yi added again: "Usually, most trainee investigators only have an annual salary of 500 credit points."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched.

He now knows the purchasing power of credit points.

With an annual salary of 500 credit points, even if you want to buy the worst custom equipment, you need to save up for 20 years without eating or drinking! !

No wonder only some experienced investigators have this demand...

Which newcomer can afford such a price! ! !

Chen Fan didn't say anything, but silently gave up the idea of ​​changing himself to a set of custom mechanical prostheses.

"Is there any other way to quickly enhance your physical fitness?"

Fearing that Yi would give another shocking offer, he hurriedly added: "It should be cheaper, so that newcomers can afford it."

"Of course there is."

Yi's electronic synthesized voice brought some hope to Chen Fan: "Carbon-based biological gene optimization cabin, this technology can implement gene optimization on most carbon-based organisms, thereby strengthening the relatively weak bodies of most carbon-based organisms to a certain extent."

"Although gene optimization is a strictly controlled technology, in order to allow investigators to better adapt to high-intensity investigation work and to increase the survival rate of investigators, investigators of the Dangerous Technology Administration have several free enhancement opportunities."

Free? !

Chen Fan's eyes, which had just been dim, brightened up instantly!

If you say that, he will be excited!

It's not that he can't afford customized equipment, but genetic optimization is more cost-effective! ! !

"Normally, the first genetic optimization is often carried out when he is a Level III trainee investigator."

Hearing this, Chen Fan felt a pang in his heart.

Level III trainee investigator?

If he remembered correctly, he was a Level III trainee investigator!

Why didn't he receive any relevant messages and prompts? !

He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

As expected.

After a short wait, Yi's voice came again, and brought him a bad news: "For safety reasons, this machine does not carry a genetic optimization cabin."

"Normally, only the inside of the investigator starship and the headquarters of the Dangerous Technology Administration will have genetic optimization cabins installed."

The bad premonition came true.

Another fucking empty pie!

Not to mention going to the headquarters of the Administration, he hasn't even seen the shadow of his own starship yet!

Chen Fan silently waved his hand to close the holographic projection in front of him, and then followed the holographic navigation provided by Yi with dull eyes and continued to walk towards his destination.

...

The holographic navigation route is not a straight line.

On the contrary, this route is quite complicated, and the direction of advance needs to be adjusted every few hundred meters.

At first, Chen Fan didn't know what the crooked navigation was for - the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, which is a principle that even elementary school students know. Since he knew the destination, he just needed to keep walking forward.

After all, there are no traffic lights in this place, and there are no traffic controls such as license plate restrictions.

But just after leaving Varela City and walking one or two kilometers deep into the forest, Chen Fan realized the real problem.

This forest is far from as peaceful as he imagined.

Although the radiation brought by nuclear fusion has dissipated, its impact on organisms continues to exist.

The plants that have mutated for generations are quite strange.

There are towering trees with huge wood tumors on the surface, and there are also fungal organisms that look like mushrooms with a faint fluorescent light.

There are more crooked and unknown plants with an abstract style.

Although the navigation route provided by Yi is a bit cumbersome, it tries to avoid various areas that are not easy to walk.

Looking at a small hill not far away and the giant vines crawling on the ground above it, with a diameter even larger than an adult's waist, Chen Fan did not hesitate and followed Yi's guidance directly, turning his head from the heart to the side of the path.

It is called a path, but in fact it is a gully formed by two or three small hills.

The gully is covered with fallen leaves, and a large number of fluorescent saprophytes thrive in the fallen leaves.

Chen Fan carefully avoided these plants that were full of radiation at first glance, and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

After walking for more than ten kilometers, he did not see any relics left by civilization.

If he had not just come out of Varela City, he would even suspect that he was walking on a wild alien planet.

"What the hell..."

Along with the rustling footsteps, Gao Yuan's complaint came from the side: "Why is this forest the same as the Forest of Sighs in the city, both are so quiet..."

Gao Yuan's casual complaint made Chen Fan's eyes widen suddenly.

Ever since he left Varela City and entered this forest, he had a vague, indescribable feeling of abnormality.

When he saw the mutated vines, he once thought that the uneasiness in his heart was just because of the strange mutant plants around him.

Until now, when he heard Gao Yuan's complaint, Chen Fan finally realized the source of his uneasiness - this forest is too quiet!

Except for the sound of the wind blowing the leaves and the three people walking, Chen Fan hardly heard any other sounds!

This is obviously abnormal!

If the Forest of Sighs is so quiet because of the guards, then is it possible that this forest is so quiet because of some kind of "hunter"?

(End of this chapter)