Last Totem Novel - Chapter 227

Chapter 227 Fate

After Tie Zha put away the harmonica, Old Blind took a deep breath and sighed, “It’s been eighty years. This is the second time I’ve seen the War Song harmonica. I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect …”

“Southern City? Northern Desolate Southern City?” Tie Zha asked.

‘”Yes, that’s where I was born and grew up …” The old blind man slowly said. A deep longing seemed to flow out from the empty sockets of his eyes. “Sigh … It’s been many years since I went back. I wonder if that place is still the same as before …”

Hearing the old man’s emotions, Tie Zha didn’t know what to say, so he chose to remain silent.

About half an hour later, Old Blind woke up from his memories of the past. He smiled embarrassedly at Tie Zha and said, “I’m sorry, I’ve always thought of something from the past when I’m old. I’ve kept you waiting.”

“It’s fine.” Tie Zha waved his hand and asked, “Then, can I go now?”

“Young man, as the owner of the War Song Harmonica, you can come and go at any time. The door to the cold storage is always open for you.” After saying that, Old Blind pondered for a moment before asking, “How many people have seen your harmonica?”

“Very few.” Tie Zha answered truthfully. Indeed, he had only taken it out twice so far.

“Don’t let anyone see you outside so easily. This is a taboo of the Temple. Once they discover it, they will chase after you recklessly.” Old Blind said sincerely in a serious tone.

“Yes.” Tie Zha nodded seriously.

“Young man, please choose any ability you want.” Old Blind said.

“I have no money.” Tie Zha grinned and said.

“This is a gift from a lowly corpse carrier to the Sacred Wolf Guardian. Please accept it.” Old Blind said solemnly. Hearing the old man’s words, Tie Zha did not hesitate. He directly picked up the brochure and pointed at the item numbered 8795, saying, “I want this.”

“Why don’t you consider the’cicada-shaped flying wing ‘behind you?” Old Blind asked. Actually, there were also two corpses that had worm-shaped wings behind them, and they were the fastest flying “cicada-shaped wings”. However, the spectra of the cicada-shaped wings and butterfly-shaped wings were similar, each with a probability of 50%. Tie Zha did not dare to bet.

“I have a corpse here. I’m 100% sure it’s a cicada-shaped flying wing. Are you interested?” Old Blind added.

Tie Zha hesitated for a moment before replying, “Forget it, let’s just do this.” Just now, he had seen the introduction of the cicada-shaped flying wing. The growth cycle of the membrane wing was half a year. It was simply too long. Even though his flying speed was much faster, no matter how fast he flew, he was still no faster than a psionic power armor. Therefore, this ability was still more useful than fighting.

“By the way, do you have any basic abilities?” Old Blind suddenly asked.

“I don’t need it. Basic abilities are useless.” Tie Zha replied.

“Do you want to hear my opinion?” The old blind man smiled faintly and made a fuss. Tie Zha nodded. Then, Old Blind slowly analyzed.

First of all, the lower the level of ability, the greater the change in body structure, and the greater the improvement. Because Tie Zha was a compound evolutionary, he felt that basic abilities were useless. Suppose two insecticides with a single insecticidal ability fought. In most cases, the winner would be the one with the basic ability.

Comparatively speaking, the higher the level of insecticidal ability, the higher the degree of binding between human genes. However, both Legendary and Epic abilities were mainly supplementary and amplified, so they could not directly participate in battles. Therefore, in terms of refighting, basic and rare abilities were particularly important.

Secondly, in terms of the stability of gene chains, diamond arrays can accommodate six abilities, while higher-level Absolute Barriers can accommodate seven abilities, and the highest-level Eternal Immortality can accommodate eight abilities. Although it had not been tested by a gene chain stability detector, it could be preliminarily determined that Tie Zha could accommodate at least six insecticidal abilities.

Old Blind suggested that if he didn’t have a basic ability, he should absorb one. This would greatly help increase his overall combat strength.

“I can only absorb two more abilities.” Said Tie Zha. His inclination was to fly wings and venom, preferably the captain’s “ant-eating arachnid venom”. This way, his legion of soldiers would have the ability to fly and the poison glands, greatly increasing the efficiency of detection and the success rate of sneak attacks.

“En” The old blind man pondered for a while and nodded. “Absorb the flying wings first. We’ll make our next plan according to the specific situation.” After saying that, Old Man Blindly walked up to the wall and fumbled for the nameplate on the metal drawer. Not long after, Old Blind touched the nameplate numbered “8795”. Then, he fumbled down to the pull tab and pulled out the metal drawer on the wall.

There was a frozen male corpse lying in the drawer. He was about twenty years old. Afterwards, the old man blindly summoned Tie Zha to help him and took out the corpse. Then, the two of them walked to the other end of the tunnel. Old Blind felt around the metal wall for a while and opened a small door.

After entering, there was a small room with a metal disc in the middle. The old blind man gestured for Tie Zha to put the corpse on the disk and then activated the heating switch. As the lightning switches descended, hundreds of red lights fell from the ceiling, shining on the ice-cold corpse, and the room began to heat up rapidly. The two then left the small room, closed the door and waited outside.

About half an hour later, the two of them returned to the small room. At this time, the corpse on the metal disc had already been thawed, and the blood flowed down the cracks in the disc to the ground. Old Blind went up to check, then turned off the heater and left the small room. After the old man walked blindly, Tie Zha walked onto the disk and half knelt down. Then, he stretched out his left hand and placed it on the corpse.

Not long after, countless small blood vessels stretched out from his wrist like living creatures, rushing into the flesh and blood of the corpse …

Ten minutes later, Tie Zha’s lips turned pale and his face was dark green. Cold sweat oozed out from his forehead, and his entire body trembled slightly, as if he was so weak that he could collapse at any moment. After a few minutes, the small blood vessels retracted into his wrist one after another. As they returned, the iron slag’s face gradually turned red.

After all the small blood vessels were retracted into his body, Tie Zha stood up. At this moment, he felt a slight itch coming from his two shoulder blades, just like he had felt before when he had activated his saber knuckles. He quickly took off his coat and exposed his back. Immediately afterwards, he tightened his back muscles and clenched his fists, suddenly exerting strength!

With a loud shout, four slender cylinders rushed out from the shoulder blades behind him. The cylindrical object was two long and two short, appearing translucent, covered in bloodshot and transparent mucus. After rushing out of his body, the cylindrical object split into countless tiny wings and gradually spread out. From the looks of it, there was a translucent membrane between the wings. A few seconds later, the cylinders spread out in a fan shape, forming a pair of membrane wings, one long and one short.

Then, the two pairs of membrane wings vibrated at an extremely high frequency. In an instant, a huge gust of wind swept across the entire room. At the same time, Tie Zha slowly left the ground and floated half a meter in the air. Because this place was too narrow, he quickly gave up trying and landed on the ground.

After walking out of the small room, the old man greeted him blindly and gave him a thumbs up, saying, “Young man, your luck is not bad.”

“What kind of ability is this?” Tie Zha looked at the membrane wings behind him and asked.

“Ant-like flying wings.” Old Blind replied.

“That’s indeed not bad.” Tie Zha stretched out his hand to follow the thin membrane wings and said. Then, he tightened his back muscles and contracted them forcefully. The two pairs of membrane wings immediately left his body and fell off. He had already tried. The membrane wings were not like his saber’s knuckles. Once they were unfolded, they would no longer be able to be retracted from his body. At present, concealment is the first, so the shorter growth cycle of ant-like wings best suits his needs.

After the membrane wings fell off, Tie Zha picked them up and examined them carefully. The membranous wings were covered with crisscrossed wings. These wings are like skeletons. It plays a supporting and reinforcing role on the wing surface, and is also related to the twisting motion of the wing in flight. The tougher the membrane wings, the denser the veins. Ants have fewer wings than cicadas or bees, but they are more dense than mosquitoes. In addition, Tie Zha noticed that the edges of the membrane wings were covered with tiny spikes. It was estimated that this was a change brought about by his blade and knuckles. It was unknown if his life of the lacewing had also had an impact.

Ten minutes later, Tie Zha and Old Blind returned to the hut on the ground and agreed to come again next time. Because gene plundering consumed a large amount of physical strength, and the fusion of new abilities required a period of stability, he was unable to continuously absorb the ability. At the same time, this was also his common sense as an insecticide. Continuous absorption ability could easily cause the sequence of mutated genes and human genes to be disordered, resulting in the complete collapse of the gene chain.

Walking out of the hut, he saw Xiao Yue standing with her hands behind her back, gently shaking her body in the dawn.

“Let’s go.” Tie Zha waved his hand, then brought her into the old street and returned to her original location. Two hours later, the two of them returned to the shop street in the east of the city. Before they parted ways, Tie Zha patted Xiao Yue’s shoulder and said seriously, “Thank you for today.”

“Thank you for what?” Xiao Yue smiled sweetly and asked.

“Without your trust, we would most likely fight.” After saying that, Tie Zha took out his money bag and handed it over. “Friend, here are fifty gold coins. Take it to live. Perhaps … you should change your job.”

Little Yue did not take the money bag. Instead, she took a step back. She turned to look at the pedestrians coming and going on the streets and said faintly, “I can’t take your money. I can’t change jobs. The old streets never raise useless people. This has been the rule for hundreds of years.”

“Why can’t I change jobs?” Tie Zha pointed at the gun not far away and said, “Isn’t it good to be a shopping guide?”

Xiao Yue turned around and quietly looked at him …

Suddenly, she smiled and said, “As long as you can afford it, she will also sleep with you. Do you know that Sand Wind Castle has never had a priceless woman?”

“Why?” Tie Zha asked in confusion.

After saying that, Xiao Yue bowed to him and turned around to leave. “In order to survive …”

Seeing the girl’s slender figure disappear into the bustling crowd, Tie Zha took a deep breath and felt his chest jam. Perhaps, this is the so-called fate …