At this moment, the streets of Manhattan were empty, with only a few cars parked on the roadside. AYA drove the police car at lightning speed, heading towards the Natural History Museum.
"I really don't understand why that woman went to the Natural History Museum. It seems that there are only antiques and cultural relics in that place. Could she be in the mood to visit it?"
Fang Zheng shook his head. If it was a magic case, he could still imagine whether there was an antique with mysterious power that could only work in the hands of a specific person - like in The Mummy, right? But if this was correct, it should be just a simple mitochondrial cell rebellion... Could this person have a humanistic sentiment?
Of course, there are actually quite a few such villain bosses, such as those who like to appreciate music, paintings, and antiques, all of whom pretend to be "very elegant and classy". Of course, basically, their fate is to be beaten to death by the protagonist. So what is the name of this mitochondria?
"I don't know either. I'll know when I get there."
Holding the steering wheel tightly, AYA drove the car. Then she was silent for a moment and suddenly spoke.
"I...used to have a sister named Maya."
"oh……"
"I don't remember much about her. I only know that she had an accident when I was a child, and then she and my mother left me... But I don't know what happened at that time. But after meeting that woman, I suddenly felt like I remembered something... And several times, I saw Maya's illusion. She was still a child. I think she might want to convey something to me..."
"Maybe she felt that she shouldn't have given her organs to Melissa in the first place, who knows."
Fang Zheng shrugged.
"Anyway, let's deal with the current trouble first, and then ask your sister what she wants to tell you... Well, based on my experience, usually after the culprit is dealt with, in most cases the bound soul will come out to say some last words."
"According to your experience?"
Hearing this, AYA looked at Fang Zheng curiously.
"From your tone, it seems that you have encountered similar things more than once?"
"That's about right, but this is the first time I've seen cells mutate and rebel... Tsk, tsk, tsk, people say that these days it's better to trust yourself than anyone else. Now, you can't even trust the cells in your own body."
At this point, Fang Zheng shook his head, and AYA chuckled. The originally solemn atmosphere became much more relaxed.
"By the way, how come you are not affected by her ability? I saw it before. Those special forces soldiers couldn't get close to where she was. They caught fire right away..."
"Maybe it's because we've seen similar things so often that we have antibodies against them."
Fang Zheng casually changed the subject.
"You may not be able to imagine it, but if I hadn't been prepared for this kind of situation, I would have died in some corner."
Hearing this, AYA did not say anything else, but nodded, apparently agreeing with Fang Zheng's statement. At this moment, the Natural History Museum was already in sight. AYA suddenly stepped on the brakes, and then the police car spun around and stopped steadily at the bottom of the museum's stairs.
Then the two men got out of the car. AYA was still holding his small pistol, but it seemed to have been modified. At least from the added parts such as the sight on it, it was far from the original small water gun. As for Fang Zheng, he also gave up using the Magnum and directly took out the M-9 heavy pistol from the Mass Effect world. Although this thing is not large in size, its firepower is much stronger than the Magnum. It is no problem to penetrate the armor of an active tank with one shot.
After all, it was used in the interstellar era to deal with enemies with shields and armor, so the weapons could not be as shabby as those of modern times. With the power of this gun, if it hit an ordinary person, it would probably leave a bloody hole as big as a basin, and it would not be much better if it was hit by a shell. The impact force was amazing.
The Natural History Museum was empty, which was understandable. Who would dare to run around in this situation? Everyone locked themselves in their homes and left everything to fate. Therefore, Fang Zheng and AYA broke into the empty door without hesitation and walked into the depths of the museum.
However, just as the two entered the museum, AYA suddenly looked to the side not far away, and then pulled Fang Zheng.
"Look, there's someone over there!"
"I see."
Fang Zheng turned his head and saw a man in a white coat standing in front of the window in another passage not far from the glass. When he saw them looking at him, the man in the white coat was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and left.
"Let's chase them!"
Seeing the man in the white coat turn around and run away, Fang Zheng and AYA hurriedly chased after him. He ran away as soon as he saw them, which meant he must be hiding something!
“Ka-la!!”
However, just as the two were about to rush to the other side of the corridor, the glass on both sides suddenly shattered, and then three dinosaurs rushed in from outside and surrounded the two.
"Dinosaurs? Why are there dinosaurs here?"
AYA was also stunned at the sight of these dinosaurs, while Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows. Of course, he could tell that they were dinosaurs, and even that they were velociraptors. However, they were different from the living dinosaurs Fang Zheng had seen in Jurassic Park. These dinosaurs looked more like a layer of skin covering their skeletons, and even their heads were still skulls... From this, it can be seen that no matter how these dinosaurs thought, they didn't use their brains.
"hiss--!!"
At this moment, these half-bone and half-flesh guys who didn't know what was going on also screamed, and then rushed towards Fang Zheng and AYA. Fang Zheng directly picked up the M-9 in his hand and fired three shots. He saw the two dinosaurs in front of him exploded as if grenades were stuffed in their bodies, and then scattered into pieces on the ground.
On the other side, AYA was holding a pistol and dodging the attacks of the dinosaurs while fighting back. Although she was not as good as Fang Zheng, she ended the battle in less than ten seconds. With the last dinosaur's head completely exploding, the encounter ended.
"Your water gun has improved."
Looking at the pistol in AYA's hand, Fang Zheng whistled, and AYA smiled.
"I asked someone in the bureau to modify it for me. He's pretty good at it... and it seems to be working well now."
As he spoke, AYA lowered his head and looked at the dinosaur corpse at his feet.
"But... where did the dinosaurs come from?"
"I think they might not be real dinosaurs..."
Fang Zheng curled his lips. At this moment, the flesh and skin covering the dinosaur skeletons suddenly began to melt, and then turned into a sticky pool that quickly went into the sewer like slime.
"What...what is that?"
"Is this what Ling was talking about before?"
Fang Zheng used his personal terminal to scan the mucus and was surprised to find... they were actually alive?
In other words, the mitochondria use their abilities to melt the human body into liquid and then manipulate it?
Is this a plan to turn all of humanity into orange juice and carry out a human instrumentality program?
Shit, I didn’t succeed in the EVA world, but I met him here…
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Fang Zheng distracted, AYA couldn't help but ask, and Fang Zheng shook his head.
"Nothing, let's go, we need to find EVE first!"
Soon, the two set off again, running towards the depths of the museum.
They also encountered many enemies along the way, in addition to these weird dinosaurs, there were also mutant frogs and spiders. Of course, these were not a threat to Fang Zheng and the protagonist AYA, and they were killed in a few moves. However, AYA was quite jealous of Fang Zheng's pistol. After all, although the gun looked weird, it was very powerful. Although his own pistol had been modified by the experts in the bureau, it was really a squishy gun compared to Fang Zheng's.
"Is this gun used by FBI agents?"
Finally, AYA couldn't help but stare at Fang Zheng's gun and asked, while Fang Zheng chuckled.
"Why, you want it?"
"Somewhat interested."
AYA also nodded, and Fang Zheng chuckled, then took out another pistol and handed it over.
"Come on, give it a try. Be careful, this thing is very powerful."
"Oh well……"
AYA took the M-9 handed to him by Fang Zheng, gestured a few times, then aimed at a vase not far away and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!!!"
It happened so quickly that when AYA pulled the trigger, she flew up from the ground, flew backwards three or four meters, and then fell heavily to the ground.
"What the hell is this?!"
AYA looked at her hands in surprise. The feeling she had just now was as if her hands were hit by a bull. They were still numb and even shaking. Such recoil... was simply unimaginable!
"It's still too early for you."
Fang Zheng walked to the side and picked up the M-9 that was thrown aside. Just kidding, the weapons in the Mass Effect world are used in conjunction with armor, especially this kind of military standard weapon. In addition, the humans of that era were injected with enhanced gene repairs, and their strength, speed and endurance were much stronger than ordinary people. AYA was just an ordinary person who had not undergone genetic modification and was not wearing N7 armor. Naturally, he could not withstand this level of power.
"I never thought you could use this kind of weapon..."
AYA also sighed. She had seen Fang Zheng holding the gun with one hand before, and thought the recoil of this gun wouldn't be too great...but she didn't expect it to be to this extent.
"After all, I use it myself."
Fang Zheng waved his hand and pulled AYA up.
"Okay, let's keep moving forward."
After this little episode, the two continued to move forward, and it didn't take them long to reach a room deep in the museum, where they even saw a person.
"Dr. Crumb? Why are you here?!"
Looking at the man in a white coat in front of him, AYA was also shocked and quickly raised his gun and aimed at him.
"Are you the mastermind behind this?"
"It's too harsh to say that there is someone behind this, Miss Officer."
The man in the white coat in front of him didn't react at all to the black muzzle of the gun pointed at him. Instead, he showed a playful smile.
"Unfortunately, you are already a step too late. Human evolution has already begun!"
“What have you done!”
"You don't need to know that."
Facing AYA's roar, Bai Da Gua sneered.
"No matter what, you'll all be... woooooo!"
However, before the man in the white coat could finish his words, Fang Zheng appeared behind him and pressed his head down, forcing him onto the table.
"Okay, don't move, let me see what you did..."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng flipped through the documents in front of him and the information on the computer.
"…Artificial sperm? What are you doing with this? Wait, you're not trying to artificially inseminate that EVE, are you?"
"I never thought you could understand my research..."
Perhaps because Fang Zheng had revealed what had happened, the man in the white coat who was pinned down on the table also burst into laughter.
"That's right. I have cultivated an energy particle without mitochondria! A new, pure energy particle with only nuclear genetic material! It will combine with EVE to create a new, ultimate life form! You still can't get rid of the narrow-minded thinking of humans, but the facts prove that human laws are meaningless, and the laws of nature are greater! The days when humans did whatever they wanted in this world are over, and you can't stop this..."
"Bang!!"
However, before the man in the white coat could finish his words, Fang Zheng pulled the trigger and completely blew his head off.
"You...you actually killed him?"
"This guy killed so many people, he should have died long ago."
Fang Zheng glanced at the headless corpse twitching on the ground and snorted coldly.
"Another Ultimate Life Form, the end of humanity and the future of nature... these are all extremely boring things."
"…What should we do now, Mr. Fang Zheng?"
AYA glanced at the body and quickly looked away. Although as a police officer, she wanted to bring this man to justice, Fang Zheng was right. This man had killed so many people and should have died long ago. The most important thing now was EVE. Although she still didn't understand what the other party wanted to do, she was sure that it was definitely not a good thing.
"It's simple. This guy artificially inseminated EVE, making her pregnant so she could give birth to an ultimate life form... If that's the case..."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng reached out and pulled the bolt of the gun.
"Then let's help her get rid of the baby."