Last Totem Novel - Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Ability
When the shooting started outside, Tie Zha tightly clasped the cabinet door and closed his eyes to listen carefully to the sounds outside. If both parties threw grenades at each other in the room, he would be able to react in time. At this moment, a shuttle of bullets struck the cabinet door, producing a crisp “dang dang dang dang” sound. A row of bulges appeared on the inside of the cabinet door. Tie Zha looked at the bulge caused by the shooting and secretly pinched his sweat. Fortunately, the 9mm round bullet of the submachine gun could not pierce through the metal door, otherwise it would be terrible.

The fierce battles in the laboratory became more and more intense, and people would die every few seconds. Seeing that the number of companions around him was decreasing, the mercenary captain shouted loudly, “Brothers, fight them!” As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled open the grenade’s safety bolt and smashed it out. Just as he stood up and threw out his hand grenade, dozens of bullets were shot in his chest.

The mercenary captain stared at his chest with wide eyes and spat out blood as he fell backwards.

“Boom!” The two Red Scorpions hiding in the corridor were shattered by the grenades, and blood and minced meat hung all over the walls.

“Fuck! Blow them up!” Accompanied by an unknown roar, both sides took off their grenades one after another!

Tie Zha heard the sound of several hand grenades pulling on the ring and immediately fell into the file cabinet with You Ge in his arms. In the next second, an earth-shattering explosion erupted from this spacious room. This was the result of several hand grenades exploding in succession. In that instant, it was as if the entire laboratory was shaking. All the glassware on the test bench exploded, shattering into countless pieces of glass that flew everywhere. At the same time, half of the lamp tubes were shattered under high pressure, and the documents originally placed on the test bench were torn into pieces and danced in mid-air. In the aftershock, the fine sand on the ceiling slowly fell …

The powerful explosive force overturned countless objects, including the iron slag and the file cabinet You Ge was hiding in. Dozens of seconds later, the iron slag struggled to kick open the door of the cabinet that had already been severely deformed and pulled You Ge out.

In front of him was a human purgatory. The ground was filled with broken torso, broken limbs and arms scattered everywhere. Flesh and organs were sprinkled on all sorts of objects …

You Ge covers her mouth, and the strong smell of blood makes her retch endlessly.

“Check carefully. If you’re not dead, make up for it.” Tie Zha said indifferently. He didn’t feel the slightest bit affected by the smell of blood. He directly pulled out his machete and began to examine the bloody corpses. Not long after, he confirmed that everyone in the lab was dead.

“They’re so stupid, using shard grenades in a sealed space …” You Ge immediately sighed as soon as he adapted to the environment.

“Mm” The iron slag replied casually.

At this time, You Ge sees Tie Zha looking at a corpse in a daze. That corpse was the man whose palm had been crushed by the iron slag in the bar last night. It was also the bug-like mutant who had just been hanging out with women here.

“What’s the matter?” You Ge finds that Tie Zha’s expression is very serious, as if he is struggling in his thoughts. This was the first time she had seen such an expression from Iron Slag. Her heart tightened immediately. What exactly was going on? To make this cold-blooded human trafficker so conflicted.

“It’s fine.” Iron Cinder came back to his senses and said, “One person is missing. I didn’t see the woman’s corpse.”

You Ge looks around the lab, then pulls out a pistol and points at a cabinet door under the test bench, shouting, “Beauty, come out quickly. We won’t hurt you.”

After a while, there was not a single movement from where You Ge was aiming. Tie Zha grinned. You Ge’s reaction just now was beyond his expectations. With his extraordinary reaction and hearing, he didn’t even notice that there was someone in the cabinet under the test platform, let alone this little rookie.

“Come out!” You Ge shouts harshly, then kicks the cabinet door.

“Don’t … don’t shoot …” A weak voice came from the cabinet.

Tie Zha was instantly shocked and turned to look at You Ge, as if he wanted to see something on her face. However, apart from his fair face, he could not see anything.

Ye Xinling climbed out of the cabinet trembling with fear. She raised her hands and said, “I… I’m not a bad person.”

Tie Zha narrowed his eyes and winked at You Ge, the meaning of which was very clear-“Kill!”

The corner of Ye Xinling’s eyes caught Tie Zha’s hint. Her feet softened and she lowered her head and knelt down to the girl. She knew very well that the youth in front of her was a true devil and would never care about the weight of his life. The girl in front of him was obviously still a little immature. ‘”Please, don’t kill me. I’m not a bad person. I won’t do anything to you. I know a lot of things. I know what they’re doing here …” she pleaded bitterly, ignoring the fact that the girl’s muzzle was still aimed at her.

“Tie Zha, she … she seems to be the victim as well.” You Ge can’t help but be moved by the woman’s plea.

“Tell her to go back and report?” Iron slag asked.

‘”No, I won’t tell anyone. I won’t tell anyone. Please, I won’t …” Ye Xinling sobbed softly.

“You believe her?” Tie Zha stared into You Ge’s eyes and asked.

You Ge looks down at the woman who is crying silently. She thought for a while, then her frowned brows suddenly relaxed. She put away her pistol and said to Tie Zha with a smile, “You can do it.”

Tie Zha looked at the woman, then turned around to look at the corpse of the worm-like mutant. He sighed and said, “Look at her.” After saying that, Iron Slag picked up the corpse of the mutated insect and walked towards the entrance to the safe in the laboratory. Before closing the door, Iron Cinder turned around and threatened, “Wait outside. Whoever comes in, including you, will die. Do you understand?”

The two women nodded at the same time. The cold and serious expression on Tie Zha’s face was truly frightening.

After closing the metal door, Tie Zha put down the corpse of the mutant. The corpse had been riddled with bullets and exploded by shattered grenades. Its entire body was bloody and fleshy, and its limbs were attached to its body. Tie Zha raised his head. At the end of the passage was the round steel door of the safe. It was already open. There were two corpses lying beside the iron door. One of them was the man called Lin Tianhua that he had seen in the bar.

Tie Zha pulled out his machete and sliced open the heads of the two corpses. He checked again and again, and after confirming that there were no living creatures in the passageway and safe, he returned to the corpse of the mutant. He stretched out his left hand and pressed it. After a while, many bright red, root-like blood vessels suddenly extended from his left wrist. These tiny blood vessels burrowed out of his skin and dived into the corpse like living creatures. A few minutes later, hundreds of tiny blood vessels filled every part of the corpse. If someone were to stand by and watch, they would definitely feel their hair stand on end.

Every tiny blood vessel was like a living worm that drilled into the flesh and blood of the corpse. Tie Zha’s face was pale without a trace of blood, and his entire lips were pale. Cold sweat kept dripping from his forehead. His body was slightly shaking, as if he was so weak that he could collapse at any moment.

This was the other identity of the iron slag besides the traditional evolver-an insect-like mutant that possessed the ability to devour genes.

Iron slag is a rare compound evolutionist. It also possesses the ability to strengthen the body as well as the ability to insectivate mutants. People like him are called B1B2 complex evolvers.

In general, evolvers in humans fall into three broad categories.

The first group, called B (body) body evolvers, is subdivided into traditional evolutionaries (B1) and insecticidal mutants (B2). The main changes for such evolvers compared to ordinary humans are in body strength and body structure.

The second type, known as E (energy) psionic evolvers, possesses a special type of biological ability. This kind of energy can be materialized to form energies like impulse, heat, electricity, and so on. This evolver’s ability was of little use in battles. Compared to an attack like the Spirit Shock Wave, it was inferior to firing a single shot. Therefore, when psionic beings first appeared, they were like a group of vases with special abilities. Apart from participating in scientific experiments and performing magic, they were not of much value. More than a hundred years later, with the development of mechanical technology and the unremitting efforts of scientists, they finally developed a kind of equipment that could unleash the psionic innate talent-Psionic Power Armor.

The psionic armor was powered directly by psionic energy. Compared to traditional mechanical armor, it was lighter, faster, more dynamic, and had a variety of abilities. As a result, with the application of the psionic power armor, the psionic practitioners stepped onto the stage of history and became the main force of the army. In the next hundred years, psionic beings with extraordinary combat power became the rulers of this world.

The Silver Cities that covered the entire planet were dominated by Psionic Adepts and humans with Psionic bloodlines.

The third category is called S (soul) Soul Evolution, also known as Fate Summoner, Material Perceiver, Luck Star, Prophet, Diviner …

This was the most mysterious evolver among humans. Their abilities were almost invisible and intangible. It was said that they possessed Origin Energy. It was said that they could sense the connection between everything. It was said that they possessed the ability to sense the future. This was the most mysterious power. According to rumors, those who possessed Origin Energy would always be able to avoid danger and achieve ultimate victory in an unimaginable manner.

People with two or even three evolutionary abilities are collectively referred to as compound evolutionaries.

Iron slag is a rare compound evolutionist, possessing both B1 and B2 evolutionary abilities.

Like all insecticized mutants, he possessed the most basic ability-gene devouring.

This ability allows insecticide variants to replicate and learn from other insecticide variants. It is used by fusing the other party’s mutated gene fragment into his own chromosome to obtain a portion of the other party’s ability. Of course, this part of the ability must be incomplete, because the human gene chain is extremely complex. In order to avoid a fatal conflict between a new gene fragment and one’s own gene chain, one would normally only duplicate that mutated piece of genetic information. At the same time, such gene duplication is extremely dangerous.

The Water Narcissus Doctor accidentally discovered this secret when he was dealing with the iron slag wound. He told Tie Zha that according to current academic research, insect-transformed mutants can only use their genetic devouring ability two to three times at most, otherwise, too complex gene chains can cause the body to collapse or the brain to lose consciousness.

Iron Slag didn’t encounter many bug-like mutants, and he didn’t care about the other party’s abilities. Therefore, he had never used’gene devouring ‘before. He overheard the mutant’s ability in the filing cabinet just now. This was the ability to lay eggs in the target’s body and then control the target. This was a rare ability for an iron slag that didn’t trust anyone.