Chapter 66
Everyone knows that there is a dense swamp forest covering an area of 1 million square kilometers in the eastern region.
There are many obstacles in the swampy areas. Ordinary trees cannot take root in the soft mud. Only emergent plants such as red maple and metasequoia can survive here. Most of them look the same and cannot be used as landmarks to determine the direction.
Recently, whether due to climate change or some unknown factor, thick fog has spread from the dense forest and enveloped the entire swamp.
As a result, even the locals living in the surrounding areas dare not easily set foot in the swamp forest.
As the bus started moving, the road became foggy as if forewarned.
The sky was gloomy, with thick dark clouds almost falling, and not a single ray of sunlight could be seen.
Further away, the endless and silent fir forest seemed like a ferocious beast lurking in the darkness, quietly opening its bloody mouth, waiting for the lost lamb.
In such a gloomy and eerie atmosphere, the people in the car were also affected and felt uneasy.
Until they turned around and saw Wen Xin.
The nervous expression instantly turned into dead fish eyes.
I saw that the seat in front of the person was forcibly removed before driving, leaving a large space just for Wen Xin to stretch his sprained foot.
There is also a fruit basket on the side, filled with colorful fresh fruits.
The people around were jealous.
That's winter! Fresh! Fruit!
The person in charge, who had never been nice to anyone, now surrounded the young man with great enthusiasm and handed him a wet towel.
"You can't use open flames in a car, so you can't heat water. Please make do with it for now."
Not all the people in the car were pretending to be someone else, some of them were hired help.
But these people have never seen the smiling face of the person in charge.
For a moment, they just wanted to bang the table.
Is this differential treatment?
What does the lame man rely on? !
If the person in charge heard what they were saying, he would have sneered on the spot.
He can make the Red Falcon bow its head, who among you can do the same?
Can you show me!
Wen Xin looked at the wet towel handed to him, paused for a moment, took it and said with a smile: "No, thank you for your help."
The person in charge put on a proper smile and said, "You're welcome."
He did not look away, his eyes sparkling, as if waiting for Wen Xin to take it back after he had finished using it.
Wen Xin knew, however, that the person in charge wanted to see what he looked like after wiping his face.
After all, there is a standard in the missing person notice: good looks.
After two seconds of silence, Wen Xin did not waste any time and naturally spread out the towel to wipe his face.
He had mentioned earlier that she was good-looking. If he hesitated at this moment, people would find fault with her even if there was nothing wrong with her.
Moreover, Wen Xin had seen what he looked like.
Most people have mirrors in their homes.
He lost his memory some time ago and didn't know what to do. While looking for resources, he took the opportunity to observe his face, hoping to remember something.
Even though I didn't think of anything useful in the end, at least I knew what I looked like.
According to Wen Xin's aesthetic point of view, it is not ugly.
Due to malnutrition in the short period of time and the exhaustion of working, both sides of his face became thinner, and his hair was not well taken care of, making him look a little haggard.
Wen Xin thought that it should be above average, so he wouldn't be called ugly and thrown out of the car.
This is like looking at yourself in the mirror. The more you look, the stranger it becomes.
When Wen Xin finally wiped his painted face carefully, a smooth and white face was revealed.
Although the person himself may not realize it, others can easily appreciate the excellence in his appearance.
This excellence is not limited to exquisite facial features, but also to temperament.
When Wen Xin turned his head to look over, the gray light outside the window seemed to brighten a bit, and as his long eyelashes drooped, it outlined a hazy and gentle beauty.
In an instant, all the other people who had some complaints fell into silence, and you could hear a pin drop.
If you want to use good looks as a criterion for finding someone.
Obviously, the other people in the car felt guilty about arguing with him.
There was also a hint of surprise in the eyes of the person in charge.
He didn't expect that those nonsense words uttered by the leader of another team would actually come true.
The person in charge at this time was more and more certain that Wen Xin was the person they were looking for, and the word "excitement" was almost written on his face.
Nonsense! After searching for so many times, I finally found the real owner. How can I not be excited?
"Are your feet comfortable? I'd like to help you lift them up. Also, are you uncomfortable wearing this? I don't know where to find a clean piece of clothing. How about you wear mine first?"
Wen Xin felt the growing enthusiasm of the person in charge.
He was a little worried at first, but now that he was being stared at, he felt a bit stressed.
Wen Xin refused the help of the person in charge and asked another question: "After we get there, should we all follow you?"
The person in charge nodded and said, "Yes, it's pitch dark in the misty swamp. Even with professional equipment, it's difficult to find the right direction. We have to take a special path."
"This route is secret, so when we get there, someone will cover your eyes with black cloth. Don't worry, we will tie a rope around you at the same time. As long as the rope is tied and nothing unexpected happens, you won't get lost."
Wen Xin: “…”
Judging from the way the person in charge was giving instructions, it seemed that quite a few people had gone missing before.
But Wen Xin was not worried. To him, it was better if he could get lost easily so that he could leave later.
The person in charge now looked at Wen Xin as if he were a great treasure that he had long admired, and even wanted to sit next to him, but the latter dismissed him by saying that he wanted a quiet resting environment.
He heaved a sigh of relief only when the man reluctantly returned to the front of the car.
The little panda, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly spoke, in a low voice so as not to be heard by others.
"Look, you are looking for snakes, and the snakes are also looking for people. Could it be that you are the legendary Wen Xin?"
Didn't Wen Xin have any doubts?
But the gossip he heard while waiting in line told him that the one looking for Wen Xin was the leader of the eastern region, an S-class that was about to evolve into a complete form.
How could ordinary people have ever seen what an S-class mutant looks like?
Those with more knowledge may be able to judge that it is a single snake from the snakes' unusual group behavior.
As for other people, some said they were tigers, some said they were wolves, some said they were lizards, and so on.
If Wen Xin didn't have a memory about a documentary in his mind, he wouldn't have known that the S-class was a ferocious and terrifying black-scaled python.
Wait, Black Scale?
Wen Xin turned his head and asked the little panda: "Is number one also a snake?"
The little panda was stunned, thought hard for a while, and shook his head affirmatively.
"I have never seen No. 1, but I heard from them that No. 1 should be a primitive dinosaur that has integrated multiple genes."
Wen Xin couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or something else, so he sighed softly.
The little panda looked at him doubtfully: "You really can't remember your name?"
Wen Xin had felt an inexplicable sense of crisis about revealing his name, so when the little panda asked him for the first time, he subconsciously chose to keep it secret.
Nowadays, there are so many people pretending to be Wen Xin, and some even changed their names on the spot.
There seemed no point in him hiding it any further.
Wen Xin pondered and said, "Actually, I vaguely remembered later that my name should be Wen Xin."
The little panda was surprised and said, "That's really a coincidence."
It's more than just a coincidence.
Wen Xin suspected that he was the person the mutants wanted to find.
Not just because his name is Wen Xin.
Just when he was asking someone to dismantle a chair and move it to another place for Wen Xin's injured foot, the person in charge seemed to casually ask about his previous residence.
That's the way it should be.
If we simply use good looks as the criterion for judgment, it would be too frivolous.
Coincidentally, that was one of the few things Wen Xin could remember.
When he answered without hesitation that he lived in City G, Wen Xin saw the person in charge's eyes light up again.
Soon, the surprise turned into hesitation and uncertainty.
The person in front of him teased, and then he said, "Your name is Wen Xin, you are 24 years old, and you lived in City G before the apocalypse. You were a cake maker. A few days after the apocalypse, you went to City A to look for your relatives. You also raised several cats, right?"
His words were questions, but his tone was declarative.
These are all familiar information.
Every time a missing person clue is updated above, someone below will change their life history overnight.
Fake name, fake date of birth, fake place of birth.
Even identity cards can be forged.
So the person in charge didn't ask before, and no one else mentioned it either.
When he suddenly heard these clues about his identity, a large number of memory fragments flashed through Wen Xin's mind.
He was completely focused on the green ball he was going to find, and it took him a while to sort out his memories.
But he couldn't deny that when he heard those contents, he felt a strong sense of familiarity.
When several coincidences collide with each other, everything that happens is no longer a pure coincidence; there must be some close connection between them.
Wen Xin is a person who dares to imagine.
He kept pondering and thinking, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.
Is there a possibility that...
The leader of the eastern region is actually not the black python that people photographed in the documentary?
Wen Xin's heart was pounding.
Following this possibility, the doubts that he had previously considered strange suddenly appeared before his eyes like a cocoon being unraveled.
——People only photographed a large number of snakes gathering towards the location where the black python was, and it cannot be proved that there were no other snake mutants with the black python at the time.
——There is no clear evidence to indicate that the black python is definitely the S-class mutant.
Just like a person walking in a maze suddenly seeing the sunlight shining into the exit, Wen Xin's heartbeat became faster and faster.
He looked at the little panda suddenly: "Have you never seen mutant number seven?"
小熊貓點了點頭，它出生得比較晚，很多強大的變異體都沒有見過。
解答那些變異體是什麽品種，對小熊貓來說太困難了。
溫辛直接問：“那你有沒有聽說過，七號變異體是什麽顏色？”
這個問題也有點為難小熊貓。
研究人員罵蛇的時候，只會罵：“那條該死的蛇，早晚一定炖了它！”
或者說：“七號又發狂了，快來人按住它，注射鎮定劑！”
他們不會提起蛇是什麽顏色。
見小熊貓一臉茫然，溫辛并沒有就此氣餒或放棄。
他從衣服裏層拿出布袋子，取出綠色鱗片。
“既然你能嗅出黑色鱗片上有一號的氣息，能不能分辨出這枚鱗片上的氣息屬于幾號變異體？”
小熊貓在綠色鱗片上感到了一股似曾相識的熟悉感，試探着将鼻子湊近。
沒多久，它皺出苦瓜臉。
一號的氣息太強勢了，有點分辨不出來。
可一擡頭，看見青年充滿期頤的目光，小熊貓快到嘴邊的“不知道”，又咕嚕一下，吞了回去。
小熊貓低下腦袋，再去嗅，再去聞。
它迷迷糊糊地産生了點印象。
似乎某位變異體前輩曾經教過它們，如何依靠氣息分辨出誰是誰。
這在基地裏也是一種必要的生存手段，防止像它這樣膽小的變異體，不小心沖撞了那些排名前列的大人。
小熊貓總是很快地學會。
或許就像前輩所說的那樣，它有着強于其他變異體的天賦。
如今它在黑色鱗片強大的氣息覆蓋中，努力辨認着綠色鱗片的歸屬。
當距離近到一定程度的時候，鱗片本身被壓制住的氣息，終于逐漸清晰了起來。
小熊貓遲疑地說道：“好像，就是七號？”
它的語氣裏充滿了不确定。
但哪怕只是這樣不确定的肯定，就足以讓溫辛的心情變得激動無比。
可還沒等他表現出自己的喜悅。
呲啦——
大巴車的司機突然一腳踩上了剎車。
慣性作用下，車內所有人猝不及防，嘭的一下，腦門撞在前座上。
溫辛的前座被拆了，沒有遮擋物。
還好他的身體已經習慣于應付這種突發性情況，自然而然地攀住了車窗的邊沿。
比起前仰後合的其他人，他的姿态還算得上輕松。
溫辛快速地将兩枚鱗片都收回了布袋子，再妥善地放回衣服裏層，聽到其他人怨聲載道。
“停車之前能不能提前說一聲？”
“哎喲我的鼻子，我的臉，這該死的車玻璃！”
“到底發生什麽事情了……卧槽，卧槽！前面是在打仗嗎？！”
最後發聲的人倏然瞪大了眼珠子，指着車窗外的景象，手臂顫抖個不停。
不用他強調，其他人也看到了遠處冒起的濃煙。
濃煙之間，還有炮火聲，并不密集，像是單純的挑釁。
但是普通人哪見過這麽猛烈的火力，一發炮彈接着一發炮彈，每一聲都陣仗翻天。
從位置和方向上判斷，就是他們正要去往的迷霧沼澤。
看見這一幕，溫辛顧不上自己的腳踝，唰一下就按着椅背站了起來，瞳孔不穩顫抖。
旁邊的人不敢置信地說。
“他們瘋了吧，沼澤裏面可充滿了瘴氣，不怕整片森林全炸了？”
好像應召着他的烏鴉嘴。
話音未落，就見那橘紅色的火光更盛了一分，小半邊天空都好像在被熊熊的烈火舔舐。
“我的天啊——”
車裏那麽多人，唯獨司機和負責人相對比較淡定，仿佛已經将這場面看過了許多次，習以為常。
負責人嘆了口氣。
一句頗為無語和厭煩的“第一基地怎麽又來了”還沒來得及說出口，就被不知道什麽時候走到了車頭的青年抓住了手腕。
溫辛急切地問：“他們是什麽人，為什麽要發動襲擊？”
負責人怔愣一瞬，無奈地說：“除了沒事找事的第一基地，又有什麽人？”
他努了努嘴：“他們想要拿下那位S級也不是一天兩天了。”
作為在變異體手中謀生的人類，負責人他們的處境其實有點小尴尬。
無論幫襯着哪一邊，都會被外界說是牆頭草，裏外不是人。
索性，負責人他們只管做好自己的本職工作，其他輪不到他們考慮的事情，只當沒看到。
他遺憾地說：“反正看現在的情況，今天這一趟應該是去不了了，等幾天後我再帶你們過來吧。”
車內的其他人當然是連聲應好，恨不得司機馬上掉頭原路返回。
開什麽玩笑，就算想要榮華富貴，那也得有命享受才行。
更何況他們心裏清楚自己是冒牌貨，去只是為了碰碰運氣。
還有一些接了私活的雇傭兵，被人派來調查情況的探子，見狀也只能作罷。
安全起見，小命要緊。
可溫辛的眼睛還徑直朝外，死死地盯着那戰火濃煙升起的地方不放。
他啞聲說道：“我得過去。”
一聽這話，其他人全都回頭，怪異地看着他。
就像在看一個迫不及待要去找死的人。
負責人也很詫異，畢竟明眼人一看，那就不是普通人能承受住的場面。
何況溫辛還行動不便。
如果青年真的那位S級變異體想要尋找的人，那麽負責人能理解這種迫不及待。
換在平常，千難萬險他都會把溫辛給送過去。
一旦找對了人，對他而言可是頭功，除了天價的賞金，還能得到S級的青睐！
可是現在……
負責人承認，他慫了。
他并不覺得這樣的退縮可恥，畢竟那些炮彈打不死變異體，卻能讓被波及的人類瞬間喪命。
于是負責人也為難地看向溫辛，語氣頗為不贊同地勸說：“我能理解你的心情，但很抱歉，大巴車會引起巡邏機的注意，我們沒法将車開過去。”
其他乘客也幫腔：“我們這麽多人，肯定要坐車回去的。”
“是啊，要去的話你一個人下車走過去，別帶着大家一起死。”
這話就是句拐彎抹角的譏諷。
畢竟溫辛杵着拐杖的模樣，一看就知道走不遠。
可能從這裏下車，走半天都到不了迷霧沼澤的邊緣，更別提躲過那些威力範圍大的炮火了。
溫辛并沒有被乘客的話給激怒。
他知道以自己的狀況沖過去只會添亂。
所以他需要跟着衆人折返，去想辦法找一輛新的交通工具。
在溫辛開口和負責人商量之前，他陡然看到了右側車窗外成片飛翔的紅隼。
是先前杵在電線杆子上的那幾只，它們全來了！
紅隼落在地上，豎瞳變為了無害的圓瞳，翅膀微微壓低，似乎是某種無聲的懇求。
見狀，溫辛再沒有任何猶豫，讓司機放他下車。
司機的視線朝左，正準備打方向盤掉頭，沒看見右邊的紅隼。
聽到溫辛的話，他以為青年還在固執鬧別扭，不耐煩地說：“年輕人，好好的活着不行嗎，非要去找死幹什麽？”
溫辛不想耽誤時間。
他快速在方向盤下那一排花花綠綠的按鈕上瞥了一眼，發現這輛大巴車經過了改裝，一時間也分不清楚哪一個是開門鍵。
溫辛又看向和半個人等高的車窗，窗子并沒有鎖死。
他第一時間做出了選擇，杵着拐杖一步接近車窗邊。
就近的乘客在此時爆出驚呼：“你要幹什麽？”
其他人感受到的驚訝不比他少。
只見在他們看來行動有礙的青年毫不猶豫地打開了車窗，側頭對肩膀上的小熊貓叮囑了一句。
旋即雙手撐着窗沿，半個身體探出窗外，整個人如同靈活的游魚一樣滑了下去。
負責人快吓傻了，跑來制止：“你瘋了嗎！”
這輛改裝後的大巴車，車窗離地面最低都有一米五高，平常人這個高度跳下去都要小心摔折了腿！
可是讓他沒想到的事情發生了。
青年并沒有如負責人意料中那樣摔個狗啃泥。
前者屈膝擡臂，在落地的同時就勢一翻滾，輕輕巧巧地卸掉了墜落的力道！
“阿阿！”
聽到小熊貓的催促聲，負責人下意識一讓開，一根被落在座位上的拐杖，從他的眼前被丢出了窗外。
随後葡萄紫色的小家夥往上一跳，被青年眼疾手快地接在了懷裏。
不顧身後全車人震驚到呆滞的眼神，溫辛一瘸一拐地來到紅隼們的身前。
“我走不快，需要麻煩你們捎帶我一路了。”
“呷！”
紅隼們當然樂意效勞。
它們一鳥一邊用尖銳的爪子抓住了青年的拐杖，拍打翅膀，緩慢騰空。
而溫辛用雙手握住了拐杖的中間，就這樣被紅隼帶上了天，朝着戰火蔓延的地方飛去。
好半天，車裏的人才勉強把他們快要掉在地上的下巴合了起來。
死一般的靜谧中，有人撓着後腦勺，狼狽開口。
“他……到底是什麽人？”
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鱗樹蝰正處于進化的關鍵時期。
就像古代練武的人在閉關時被打斷會走火入魔一樣，接連受到第一基地的騷擾，已經給鱗樹蝰的進化，造成了一定程度的影響。
并且讓它煩不勝煩。
鱗樹蝰都記不清這是第幾次襲擊了。
之前那一次炮火洗禮，直接把它的窩給炸毀了半邊。
天知道為了搭建一個和溫辛家床相似的“小窩”，并且能穩定支撐起它龐大的身軀，鱗樹蝰讓手底下的小蛇們搬了多久的建材。
結果說炸就給炸了！
鱗樹蝰差點跟着氣炸。
它那時連進化都顧不上，當即沖了出去，把那些參與襲擊的人，全收拾了丢進蛇群裏當飼料。
這只是其一。
第一基地意圖阻止它成功進化的，伎倆簡直層出不窮。
知道它在找溫辛，就派來了許多人假扮對方。
見了面，用毒，用槍，用美人計的都有！
天知道在包裝過的禮品盒子裏，看到全身赤/裸的陌生男人時，鱗樹蝰的心靈受到了多麽大的重創。
變異體沒有人類的羞恥心，人的身體對蛇來說只是一塊肉。
但它總感覺自己的眼睛要瞎了。
——被人類毫無下限的三觀給辣瞎的。
鱗樹蝰生怕下一次見面，見到的就是渾身不沾片縷的溫辛。
那後果就不止是一年吃不到小零食那麽簡單了。
溫辛高低得咬它好幾口，氣得半年不理它。
一想到這種可能，鱗樹蝰就覺得蛇鱗發麻。
它發了好一通脾氣，終于叫手底下的人知道，不要什麽垃圾冒名者都往它的面前丢。
倒是相安無事了一段時間。
結果安分了沒多久，第一基地的人又雙叒叕來了！
鱗樹蝰眼含陰狠。
它還沒來得及去找這些渣滓算賬，渣滓倒是知道上趕着來垃圾分類。
可鱗樹蝰不能出去，出去就中了第一基地的奸計。
它先前也想過挪地方，只是沒有進化成完全體之前，它就只能像一號那樣，用虛弱自己的辦法，來控制特意生物氣息的釋放。
在突破進化的緊要關頭，那無異于自尋死路。
鱗樹蝰控制不了自己的氣息，換什麽地方都會被找到。
除非一號突然天神降臨，願意當這個除味劑。
它忍不住翻了個白眼。
第一基地全體成員突然暴斃，可能性都要比一號現身要大一點。
外面炮聲連天，鱗樹蝰昏昏欲睡。
那些沒有能力抵抗炮火的小蛇，還有其他投奔來的變異體手下，早就被它趕去沼澤密林更深處。
中間有片剛分割出來的隔離帶，炮火波及不了它們。
況且第一基地想對付的只有它，沒必要把那些脆弱無能的下屬留下來。
終究是自己抗下了一切（x）。
炮火聲在逐漸接近，灼熱感也似浪潮不斷地湧來，舔舐上巨大蝰蛇冰冷美麗的鱗片。
鱗樹蝰百無聊賴地想。
以往轟不了半天，這些人就會乖乖離開了，這一次倒是支撐了蠻久。
能看出來，這次第一基地下了決心要搞死它。
明明危險就在眼前，鱗樹蝰感覺到的困意卻越來越濃郁了。
奇怪……
它平時會有這麽困嗎？
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迷霧沼澤外圍，第一基地臨時指揮處。
屬下按照長官的吩咐，将幾種特殊藥劑混合在即将發/射的炮彈中。
最後一次發射完，他轉過頭去複命，聽到自己的長官在和一名研究人員低聲交談。
“如果這一次失敗，我們相當于提前催化了它的進化，後果不堪設想……”
“不不不，将軍，請不要這麽瞻前顧後，畢竟你就算這一次什麽都不做，幾天之後它照樣會完成進化，後果一樣不堪設想。”
“……我想這不是能夠開玩笑的事情，安齊博士！”
“哈哈哈，你将自己繃得太緊了，一點幽默感都沒有，沒意思，沒意思。”
屬下聞言，忍不住看了一眼遠處被集火的沼澤林。
在炮火的接連轟/炸下，即便是抗造的水杉也變得慘不忍睹。
斷了半截的樹根上全是焦炭般的痕跡，大片的泥水也在高溫下被烤幹，露出污黑的地面，如同開裂的龜殼。
死氣沉沉，硝煙彌漫。
這難道是什麽有趣的場景？
被稱為将軍的男人滿臉肅容，神情已經稱得上難看。
在他的死亡凝視下，研究人員終于收斂了自己臉上的笑意，不以為意地搖了下頭。
“知道我為什麽前幾次都讓你們點到即止嗎？因為那種程度的火力，根本沒法對七號造成傷害，用再多也是白費資源。”
他嘆着氣，眼鏡鏡面反射出一陣冰涼的光：“剛逃出基地才是它最虛弱的時候，一個蠢貨為了保命，動用了我嚴令禁止使用的秘密武器，差點就弄死了七號變異體。”
“它的身體受到影響，在那時候，就算是最普通的子彈，都能給它造成損傷。可惜的是，你們已經錯過了殺死它的最佳時期。”
将軍想忍。
忍不住了。
他憋着怒火喝問：“既然你們有秘密武器，為什麽早點不拿出來用？你知不知道為了圍剿這頭變異體，我們損失了多少人！”
“那是秘密武器，将軍。”研究人員似笑非笑地說，“要是在對抗最終boss的時候用了，還叫什麽秘密武器？”
将軍一點點地皺緊了眉頭：“最終boss？”
“一號。”
提到自己心目中最完美的作品，說出這兩個字的時候，研究人員的眼中滿是驕傲。
但這種驕傲是陰冷的，絲毫沒有人情味的。
就像在贊美一件非常好用的工具，充滿了令人膽寒的味道。
将軍嘴唇翕動，似乎是理智讓他吞下了那些會讓雙方都不愉快的話。
研究人員繼續說：“一號擁有最堅硬的身軀，最可怖的力量，這種強悍在進化之後也會呈指數倍增！和一號比起來，其他變異體就像是它的殘次品，我們再也制造不出像它那樣完美的人造生物！”
聽到這裏，将軍只覺得不寒而栗，咬牙切齒地說：“對，它是很強大，但你有沒有想過，進化成完全體之後的一號只會比七號更難對付，到時候我們要怎麽抵抗住它的報複？！”
研究人員笑了一下，在這個時候突然變得守口如瓶。
“那就是我們需要煩惱的事情了，将軍，你還是專心這次的任務為好。”
将軍不斷按捏額角，猜測研究人員這麽有恃無恐，估計和剛才提到的秘密武器有關。
他深深地吐了一口氣，決定等這次回去之後，死也不接和研究人員一起外派的任務。
和這種毫無下限的科學家呆在一起，真的能時刻刷新自己的三觀。
将軍耐着性子詢問：“還有多久藥劑才生效？”
“從它落地的時候起。”
似乎提到了自己感興趣的事情，研究人員終于再一次開了口。
“這種迷/幻藥劑是我們研發的一種新型藥劑，正愁找不到可以抗下威力的實驗品。順便一提它的原材料迷幻草也是實驗基地新培育出來的品種，靈感源于之前跑掉的一只迷幻狐，不知道還有沒有機會把它抓回來。”
“我們只是将那些制作藥劑剩下來的邊角料研制成了迷香，就被現實教的人奉為至寶，想起來還真有點好笑。不過這是好事，也算貼補了一些實驗經費。”
研究人員興致勃勃地說道：“這種迷幻劑最可怕的是不會被高溫所降解，一般人很難在炮火中對其提高警惕。”
“迷幻劑生效的第一時間，其中的麥/角酸二乙/胺和合成物就會瞬間作用于生物體內的多巴胺和腎上腺素……說簡單一點，噩夢做過吧？”
“七號變異體會短時間出現幻覺，看到它這輩子最害怕的事情——在它即将進化為完全體，一點也不能松懈的關鍵時刻。”
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鱗樹蝰的身體越來越熱。
它遠離了瘴氣密集的沼澤，來到了泥潭邊，地上的泥水都被它高度發熱的身體烤得冒起了白煙。
本能告訴鱗樹蝰，這種情況很正常，意味着它即将步入成為完全體的最後階段。
可是難受是擋不住的。
鱗樹蝰自認不是一條矯情的蛇，它經歷過許多殘忍的事情，除了死亡，什麽疼痛都能忍。
但不知道為什麽，現在它變得格外脆弱，連連抵抗，腦子裏還是接連冒出了一陣陣軟弱的情緒。
脆弱得就像是那個僅僅為了分別，都能紅了眼眶的人類青年一樣。
溫辛……
鱗樹蝰已經很克制地讓自己不去想他了。
結果鑄起的心防一旦出現了缺口，立馬就像是風幹千年的水泥一樣，稍微碰一下，就從中間裂開一條縫，繼而全面潰散。
最後，和自己的軟弱掙紮了一會兒的鱗樹蝰放棄了。
如果只是想一想青年的樣子，就能緩解一些進化帶來的痛苦，那麽何樂而不為？
可只是想溫辛的臉，又讓鱗樹蝰覺得不夠。
蛇類向來貪婪，它還想要更多。
于是鱗樹蝰又往深處想，去搜刮記憶中那些能被稱之為安心的景象。
有很多。
和人類青年呆在一起的時光，幾乎每時每刻，它都不再需要去操心自己的未來，操心要躲在什麽地方才不會被第一基地的人給發現。
當溫辛的手掌摸在它的腦袋上，溫柔的嗓音在頭頂上響起的時候。
When Wen Xin discovered its stealing behavior, he was angry but couldn't bear to hit it. He then showed a smile of helpless pampering.
When Wen Xin noticed its sensitivity and uneasiness curled up in the darkness, he picked it up without hesitation and confidently handed its fragile neck to its fangs.
The scale viper almost forgot all the harm it had suffered in the research base in the past. It only remembered the warmth of the young man's palm, so warm.
It will be soon. It will be soon.
The scaled tree viper curled up its body, raised the tip of its tail, and thought lazily.
When it evolves into its complete form this time, it will be able to go out and look for Wen Xin's whereabouts.
Wen Xin is such a big living person, but his brother actually lost him. He is so useless.
The scale viper had a lot of random thoughts.
It always feels that something is not right. Does it usually think so much?
But it is difficult to control those wild thoughts.
To find warmth and sweetness, it must first evolve successfully.
But evolution failed?
Tsk, it's not one of those weak mutants, how could it be possible...
【How is it impossible? 】
A cold sneer suddenly emerged from the scale viper's mind, like an icy spike piercing its heart.
The scales of the scaled viper explode.
Its pupils shrank into a vertical line, and it suddenly stood up like a mountain, shouting at the surroundings: "Who?!"
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In the distance, the general who saw this scene through a telescope secretly clenched his fist and breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, the medicine is working!"
As a result, the researcher standing next to him immediately put down his telescope, turned around and entered the armored vehicle without looking back.
The members of the scientific research team who came with the researchers also began to clean up the instruments on the ground and move them into the car.
The general was stunned, walked over a few steps, and asked in surprise: "Dr. Anqi, are you planning to leave at this time?"
"Number Seven is about to go into a berserk state."
Dr. Anzi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The moment its emotions collapse, it will release its natural desire for killing and frantically attack all living things within its sight."
"When there is no living thing left for No. 7 to vent his anger on, he will turn his anger on himself and eventually bite himself to death."
After Dr. Anzi finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair calmly: "I advise you to let some of your men stay and wait for the results. Regardless of success or failure, you are not suitable to stay here. The spies of other forces will find out."
"The research is about to enter the final testing phase. Before we find the ladder for human evolution, it is better not to confront everyone so quickly. After all, most people in this world are ordinary people trapped by emotions and cannot withstand the darkness before dawn."
"But it doesn't matter. One day, everyone will know that we are right."
Dr. Anzi glanced at the speechless man and smiled: "Is that what you said, General?"
The armored vehicle carried Dr. Anzi and his group away without any regrets.
The general stood there, holding the telescope in his hand, his fingertips turning white from the force.
After a long pause, he pressed his throbbing forehead and said to his subordinates who came to ask for instructions in a hoarse voice: "Leave a small team here to observe the situation and report the news to the base in time."
"Everyone else, evacuate 20 kilometers away now and prepare to kill the mutant No. 7 that failed to evolve!"
"Yes, sir!"
The scale viper is still fighting off hallucinations.
But it was doomed to fail.
Because this is not an illusion at all, but the fear that the subconscious mind resists accepting.
The more you resist, the less you think about it, the clearer it becomes.
The scale viper was in a trance, immersed in an imaginary scene.
It failed in evolution, and the murderous nature took over the brain's will.
The hatred for having its scales plucked out, its bones broken and its blood drained in the past at the base surged up, causing it to retaliate against humans wantonly and madly.
It killed a lot of people, a lot of mutants.
The blood splashed all over the sky like a brutal rainstorm, dripping on its scales.
The magnificent green color that it was proud of was also dyed into an ominous blood red by the rain.
But the killing still did not stop, it was still killing, killing non-stop.
There was no discomfort at all, instead it was an extreme enjoyment.
Perhaps that is what it really is, a venomous snake that has retained its original ferocity and takes pleasure in killing.
But just when the scale viper was enjoying the taste, someone suddenly called out to it.
The man asked in a trembling voice: Ah Lu?
——Alu...did you do all this?
The scale viper turned its head suddenly.
It saw the young man with eyes full of disbelief.
The young man knelt on the ground among the corpses, staring up at the huge thing, as if it were a tiny speck of dust.
The scale viper finally saw the familiar fear in those eyes that were as warm as water.
A fear that makes it feel very dissatisfied and angry.
So the scale viper bared its fangs at the young man, intending to teach this ignorant human a lesson.
It was this action, the uncontrollable desire to hurt the young man, that made its heart beat wildly at this moment.
The blood in the whole body seemed to surge up, like magma burning the blood vessels, and the whole snake's sanity was on the verge of collapse.
One step deeper and there is the abyss below.
The scale viper's true self-consciousness was floating in this madness that was about to solidify into substance, and it thought vaguely.
It turns out that this is what it is really afraid of.
At this moment.
"Alu!!!"
The young man's roar was like a bolt of lightning, piercing through the thick fog and suddenly piercing into the Scaled Viper's chaotic mind.
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Wen Xin really didn't expect that even the Metasequoia trees were almost blown away, and the thick fog actually became a thorn in his side.
In just a short while, they gathered together again.
Fortunately, he had seen a tall shadow before and could vaguely determine the direction.
On the way from getting off the bus to here, Wen Xin was carried by the red keals.
But at this moment, he no longer cared about his sore arm.
"Fly down a little, yes, right here!"
It fell to the ground, and Wen Xin used his crutches to search for it.
But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find any trace of the snake.
The fog is too thick.
Wen Xin was almost going crazy. The way the Scaled Viper pounded the ground crazily just now clearly showed that something was not right.
Fortunately, before he set out to look elsewhere, a cat meowed.
"Meow~"
Wen Xin turned around subconsciously.
A small green ball jumped out from the side and went straight into his arms.
There was a lot of blood on Tuanzi's body, but he didn't care. He looked up and called him happily.
In an instant, Wen Xin saw the excitement and fear in Tuanzi's eyes.
Those fragile emotions solidified into something solid, almost threatening to flow out of her red eye sockets.
But the green dumplings didn't show any.
Wen Xin, Wen Xin, it’s really you.
It rubbed its head against the young man's shoulder, as if to confirm that he was real and not an illusion, and it couldn't wait to proudly puff out its chest.
“Meow!”
I have good news for you. I have evolved successfully!
Finally, Green Dumpling carefully looked at Wen Xin's current appearance.
Its happy expression froze, and even the corners of its mouth slowly tightened, with shock and anger.
The green group looked at the young man's tattered and dirty clothes, then at the crutch in his hand and his injured foot, and then at his thin and haggard face.
...How could this happen?
Green Dumpling felt so distressed when he looked at Wen Xin that his teeth were about to break.
Its tail, which was flying high in the air, also wilted and it cried in a low voice, like a sob of pain.
“Meow… meow?”
How did you get yourself into this state? How much suffering have you endured during this period of time?
Green Ball slowly approached Wen Xin's face, his eyes full of sadness.
Just now it almost failed in its evolution, but it was the warm cry that woke it up suddenly, grabbed the last bit of its rationality, and sounded a wake-up call in its mind.
How could it have the idea of being lost?
How could it forget that it had made a promise?
The green ball stuck out his tongue and licked Wen Xin's forehead, again and again.
"Meow."
It doesn't matter. As I promised you, no one will be able to bully you anymore.
From this moment on, you are the safest person in the world.
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