Chapter 63
The soldiers who knew the inside story calmly aimed at new targets: "Now you know why the military wants to poach us, right?"
I didn't pay attention to it before, and now I regret it and want to make up for it, but unfortunately people no longer value those resources.
The giant panda war beast shuttled through the smoke-filled battlefield, sweeping it fiercely like a fortress. Its bear paws made a sharp sound of breaking wind. When the opponent tried to attack Jiang Zihan, it slapped him with its backhand, and a figure flew backwards in an instant.
Jiang Zihan's ears were filled with deafening explosions, but he was not disturbed at all in the chaotic scene.
She crouched down and shouted into Yuanyuan's ear: "Don't fight any longer! Let's retreat after we rescue them!"
The panda war beast smashed the beast's head with one palm, squeezed into the crowd with all its might, picked up the person lying on the ground in the dust, and ran away.
Jiang Zihan gestured for him to throw the man onto his back, but he decisively refused. He clamped the man in his armpits and ran away with his remaining three legs, soon leaving the pursuers far behind.
The border troops immediately returned to defend, blocked the pursuit and confirmed that it was safe. Only then did the Panda War Beast let the man go.
The man remained silent the entire time, covering his mouth and running to the side as he landed on his feet. He then began to vomit uncontrollably. The Panda War Beast wrinkled his nose in disgust and turned away without a second thought, as if the stink wouldn't bother him if he couldn't see it.
The researcher vomited until his face turned blue. It took him a long time to recover. Finally, he sat down on the ground and said thank you in a trembling voice.
At this moment, Lu Chenyuan strode over carrying a man and casually threw him to the ground. Jiang Zihan looked over and found that the man's clothes looked very familiar. He asked suspiciously, "Rebels?"
Lu Chenyuan nodded: "Let's go and investigate carefully. We must find out what they are trying to do."
The border is too close to here. The rebels have clearly begun a full retreat, so why would they send people back just to intercept a researcher?
A hand trembled as he stood there. "I know what they're up to." The researcher pulled a stack of documents from his pocket. "They're here to steal this."
Jiang Zihan and Lu Chenyuan exchanged a glance, then carefully flipped through the documents, their faces darkening. These were all experimental data from the island's research institute back then, and they contained a large amount of data related to distortion.
Lu Chenyuan said coldly, "You guys have been researching a drug to curb the distortion a long time ago? But the distortion hadn't spread yet at that time, right?"
The early symptoms of the deformity are not serious, just a low fever. Even doctors are used to it and can solve it by prescribing antipyretics or lying down in the medical cabin.
But as the number of illnesses increased, and even human-to-human transmission began to appear, fear began to spread. It was at that time that the Federal Central Research Institute issued a red alert.
However, the time originally recorded in those materials was a full year earlier than the alarm.
The researcher lowered his head. "Actually, we launched this project when the aberration first appeared, but the early symptoms were mild, so we didn't invest much manpower. Then, one researcher who frequently came into contact with aberrant cells developed a strange growth of tissue that eventually grew into the shape of a hand."
Jiang Zihan immediately frowned: "A complete hand?"
"It's more than complete," the researcher said with a wry smile, "it's even more flexible than a normal hand."
The institute was in a panic at the time, but the deformity did not worsen his condition. The three hands could control more instruments, work efficiency doubled, and brought a lot of convenience.
Gradually, fear turned into curiosity.
What controls this proliferative distortion?
"We conducted further research, and after countless experiments, we discovered that the special energy contained in the mutated viruses can actually strengthen the human body." The researcher sighed. "This enhancement is elusive, but it does improve physical data. A few people have even awakened unique skills, which are called 'superpowers'. The institute's top management reported these findings, and we soon received orders to fully research how to control the distortion and guide the awakening of superpowers."
Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this experimental direction, but the distortion energy is very unstable and difficult to control. When the experiment got out of control, it was clearly just a minor operational error, but it allowed the mutated distortion virus to spread.
The researcher's shoulders slumped. "It was during the remedial process that we discovered that someone was actually driving the spread of distortion."
More and more people died in this frenzy of distortion.
Lu Chenyuan's eyebrows were almost twisted into a knot. The clues from the military had reached the border planet. The secret department had just discovered that something was unusual, but before they had time to report it, their comrades died "accidentally" one after another.
Soon after, the isolated island became a "land of exile" and was completely blocked, the Anbu was disbanded, and behind a series of unexpected events, it seemed as if an invisible big hand wiped out all traces.
Later he continued to investigate, but a person's power is limited after all, and his deformity became more serious, so he could only lie dormant helplessly.
"Was that experimental accident truly an accident?" Jiang Zihan sensed danger. "Isn't the timing a bit too coincidental?"
The researcher shook his head. "No one knows, because an evacuation notice was quickly sent from above, ordering everyone to leave as quickly as possible. Suddenly, a group of people broke into the institute and stole almost all the research data. All I could do was hide the few remaining files in my luggage."
As a result, they were kidnapped by another group of people before they could get far.
There are actually two groups of people?
Jiang Zihan frowned: "After you were captured, you were kept on the island?"
"All the kidnapped individuals were locked up in the basement. Some were assigned to embryo cultivation, but something wasn't right with that special agent," the researcher said with a serious expression. "I've had extensive exposure to distorted cells, so I might have developed a resistance. The distorted reaction was milder than others, so I was the only one who followed the entire surgical procedure."
He pulled a test tube from his pocket. "I suspect this solvent was extracted from the body of a mutant."
Initially, the solvent's effectiveness was relatively mild, and the researchers were primarily responsible for cleaning up any excess deformed tissue and identifying the most suitable evolutionary pathway. However, the injection reactions gradually became increasingly severe, and the drug's effects were already severely damaging the embryos. Despite their best efforts, large numbers of embryos still perished.
During that time, the basement was littered with broken, empty shells. After countless failed experiments, only a small batch of embryos managed to survive and advance to the next stage. With more careful research and cultivation, perhaps they could have overcome the problem of abnormalities. But the higher-ups couldn't wait any longer and ordered them to increase the injections, and soon, all the embryos were wiped out.
"Have you ever seen a zebra with three heads and six legs?" The researcher laughed bitterly. "That was the first severely deformed war beast I delivered. It started deforming in its mother's womb."
Its limbs began to fester as soon as they were born, but its eyes were full of desire for survival, so he stopped his hand when he was about to deal with it.
It just wants to live.
Many people began to feel confused. They originally chose to become researchers and maintained a passion for life, but now they were forced to create things that violated the laws of nature.
These creatures before them could no longer be called beasts; they were practically devoid of consciousness, acting purely on instinct. Later, when the guards stopped providing food for the test subjects, they began cannibalizing each other. Such bloody scenes were transmitted to the upper levels, and the administrators were surprisingly pleased, urging them to speed up the experiments.
Large numbers of deformed experimental subjects were bred, and the basement was filled with terrifying roars every day.
The researchers were distraught; they had created a batch of monsters.
The limited underground space cannot accommodate those deformed alien war beasts, so they can only be released. Without inhibitors, it is only a matter of time before they turn into evil beasts.
They silently blended into the live broadcast of the Exiled Land, leaving viewers with the impression that the island was extremely dangerous.
He raised his head. "This time the movement was so noisy that I barely managed to escape by exploiting a loophole in the defenses. Furthermore, the rebels are planning to attack the wild animals in the mountains!"
Jiang Zihan's gaze suddenly cooled. "Could there still be war beasts on the mountain?"
A few local soldiers scratched their heads: "We used to see them, but we haven't seen them since the rebels burned the mountain."
After thinking about it, she summoned a few war beasts that had recovered their combat power and followed the locals up the mountain.
Halfway through the journey, everyone became increasingly cautious. The mountain environment was extremely harsh. Although all the vegetation had been burned clean, many traces remained. The rebels might have come secretly.
Jiang Zihan squatted on the ground, contemplating his surroundings, and began to use his mental power to explore in all directions. The scene in his vision was desolate, and he explored deeper into the depths with almost no cover.
Suddenly, her mental power stagnated for a moment, and Jiang Zihan's eyes moved. She seemed to have bumped into something.
She pushed forward harder, but the thing was quite tough and even bounced her mental power back.
Her eyes lit up. Deep in the forest in that direction, there must be a high-level war beast! And it was a war beast with powerful mental power!
Suddenly, the researcher raised his hand in surprise and pointed upwards: "Look! What's that white thing?"
Jiang Zihan looked in the direction of his finger and saw a white figure quickly shuttling through the stone forest and jumping down from the top.
It moved very quickly, spreading its arms and gliding like a bird for a distance, then falling under the force of gravity. However, when it was about to hit the stone wall, it quickly grabbed another branch and changed direction. Its movements were very smooth.
Jiang Zihan narrowed his eyes, and it turned out to be a white monkey with a golden touch!
The monkey leaped quickly and came to a place not far from them. Its long arms clung tightly to the mountain wall. Its eyes flashed with cold light as it looked at the uninvited guests warily from a distance.
She quickly ordered everyone to retreat. "The Golden White Monkey is known for its speed and high intelligence. It usually lives deep in the mountains and isn't very friendly to humans. Everyone, be careful and don't provoke it."
But she was also feeling a bit nervous. After all, the mountain was on fire, and the fact that the monkey didn't come up to scratch anyone already showed that it had a good temper...
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