Last Totem Novel - Chapter 73
Chapter 73 Similar
After coffee, Tie Zha returned to his cabin room. This guest room was only about six square meters, and its walls were made of steel plates with rows of willow nails nailed to it. On the left side of the door, there was an iron rack bed. At the head of the bed, there was a single-door iron wardrobe. On the right was a narrow aisle, and at the end of the aisle was the hull of the ship, with a round glass window. Through this window, one could see the undulating sea surface. Beneath the glass window was a small desk. On the desk was a small lamp whose paint was about to fall off.
The red comet stopped in the aisle, occupying almost all of the space. After Tie Zha entered the room, he could only sit on the bed. He didn’t even have a place to turn around. In this regard, he had made some suggestions. This room was simply too small. So the captain took him round and found that his room was already the largest in the ship, and the rest of the rooms were two shelf beds, squeezing four foot-picking men. His room is already a luxury VIP room. Helplessly, he had no choice but to make do. Although he was the most powerful person on this ship, there was no reason to fight with Zhao Linglong for the captain’s room. If the current captain was Xia Yihan, he would have moved in long ago.
“Alice, analyze the meanings of ‘Stinger Gene Cultivation’, ‘Variant Gram/Body Enlargement Test’, and ‘Regenerative Hormone Study’.”
The screen of the red comet lit up, and the mechanical synthesis of the young girl sounded.
[Yes, my captain]
[Thorn worms, from the Alpha plane, Conjoined vertebrae, The lower half of the body resembles the tail of a snake and moves by snaking through its muscles. The upper half has four sickle-shaped knuckles, a pair of large sickles and a pair of small sickles. The small sickles are used for attack and for feeding and precision cutting. The creature has an extremely complex mouthpiece and can eject sharp spikes with acid mucus. Its attack is penetrating and corrosive. Thorn insects are egg-laying organisms that reproduce very quickly when there is plenty of food. Once spread throughout the central continent, it was thoroughly cleaned by humans three years ago, and the number has been controlled.]
[Gene Cultivation, Cultivation by Tissue Slices of Organisms, Interception of Gene Fragments, Grafting on the Bodies of Other Organisms]
[Variant gram/carina, fully known as insecticidal variant human gram/carina. The Universal Convention explicitly prohibits human gram/carina research. In the past ten years, some scientists, according to the doctrine of the Temple, have determined that the insect-like mutants do not belong to the category of human beings, so they have begun to study the gram/dragon body of the insect-like mutants. Subsequently, the World Parliament reaffirmed its ban on all gram/augmentation studies containing human genes.]
[Regenerative hormone, unknown noun, unexplainable]
“Explain the place name ‘Iceland’.” Tie Zha ordered.
[Iceland, small island in the central Black Sea, approximately 110 square kilometres]
“Solution to seasickness.” Iron Slag asked.
[Beep …] The captain suddenly changed the subject, and Alice’s three on-board computers did not react.
[Captain … Du … needs to take antihistamine or anticholinergic drugs. In accordance with seafaring practice, such drugs will be available in the captain’s cabin]
“What about the plan of not taking medicine?” This was Tie Zha’s first time sailing on a ship. He had already felt uncomfortable on the deck, but he had persisted without saying a word. Going to the captain’s room to get the medicine now would expose him to seasickness, and he would never allow others to discover him when he was weak.
[Lie flat, secure body, reduce shaking]
“Stay alert. I’ll sleep for a while.” After saying that, Tie Zha turned off the lights and closed his eyes to cultivate. After a long period of time, his perception became clearer and clearer. He only felt the shaking of the river and the sea, and his dizziness became even more severe.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
In the darkness, his entire body instinctively tightened, accompanied by the sound of continuous air-piercing, six blade joints suddenly rushed out! His sharp toes pierced into the surrounding walls and metal sheets, firmly fixing him in mid-air.
“I feel much better.” Said Tie Zha to Alice.
[Captain, your insecticidal ability is very practical. The cuticle covering your entire body can greatly reduce the impact force, joints can increase your body’s flexibility, and can also be used as a cold weapon.]
“Yes.” Tie Zha replied, pulled one of them back, and slowly stretched it out in front of his eyes to carefully examine it. The tips of the knuckles were dark black, shining with crystalline luster. The sides were as smooth as mirrors, appearing exceptionally sharp. Below the tip was a beige yellow, wrapped in layers of fine cuticle, looking very tough. His knot was more than two meters long, one of the shortest pairs in the middle, and the two pairs at the top and bottom were more than three meters long.
These six sharp knuckles were the “awakening ability” of the iron slag.
Under normal circumstances, every insecticide had an innate ability that was called “innate ability.” And Tie Zha’s innate ability was the “protective shell.” Whenever he encountered fatal danger, the shell would instantly grow out and cover his entire body.
At the age of fifteen, he suddenly awakened his second ability, the Saber Knuckle. With the awakening of this ability, sharp spikes grew out of his originally smooth shell, so it was renamed the Sharp Blade Shell.
When they arrived at Ta Xia’s laboratory, the iron slag used gene plundering to duplicate the gene fragment of an insect-like mutant, obtaining the third ability-Lurking Parasite. Not long after, the iron slag discovered that his third ability had been affected by the first and second abilities, and some changes had taken place. Compared to the protozoa, the ant-like adults produced by the iron slag using the latent parasite had a hard shell and sharp knuckles, which was much more powerful than the adults from before. From this, it could be seen that the insecticidal abilities interacted with each other.
Thinking of this, the iron slag summarized the current situation.
His sharp-edged carapace gave the blade a tough cuticle; His saber’s knuckles gave the sharp blade carapace sharp spikes; His sharp-edged carapace and blade knuckles endowed him with a parasitic shell and slender knuckles.
In that case, could the other two abilities be affected by the lurking parasite? However, so far, he had not sensed any change.
“Alice, do you have any information in your database about the interaction between insecticidal abilities?”
[Captain, the information is incomplete, the source is unreliable and the credibility is relatively low. It may mislead your judgement.]
“It’s fine. Tell me about it. I can analyze it myself.”
[Yes, my captain]
[The Temple’s guide book, Demon Hunting Notes, records that insecticized mutants experience the ability to kill and plunder their fellow humans. The target of their plundering was often their rare ability. In insecticidal mutant populations, some of the basic abilities are counteracted/restrained by each other. For example, there is a contradiction between the anthelmintic muscle which secrets ATP to improve combat ability and the pump loop which increases the number of blood vessels and shrinks the volume of blood vessels to improve the control of the body. Assuming that the insecticidal variant possesses both abilities, blood pressure rises sharply and blood flows faster when ATP is secreted. At this point, the shrunken blood vessel is unable to withstand pressure and blood flow, causing the vessel wall to burst, causing injury or direct death.]
[The stability of rare ability is high, it is the predator-predator relationship between insecticide mutants …]
“It’s an insecticide, don’t let me hear this disgusting word again!” Iron Slag shouted in a deep voice.
[Yes, my captain]
[High stability of rare ability, main target of predator-predator interaction]
[According to remnants of heterogeneous organizations, some of the rare capabilities do not affect each other, some are compatible and some are mutually exclusive.]
[These are the records of the Temple]
[There are no official records of Bug Transformers’ epic and legendary abilities. There are only a few unofficial rumors. It is said that all epic abilities have the meaning of “cocooning” and all legendary abilities have the meaning of “life.”]
Hearing this, Tie Zha felt his chest was stuffy to the point of panic. The cleansing of the insecticides by the Temple was simply unspeakable. However, the Temple was the largest organization in the world, and no power could contend against it. As an insecticide, he felt deeply helpless. The world was very big, but there was no place for them.
Tie Zha sighed, put away his knuckles, and then went out to the deck to get some air.
It was late at night, and the moon was hanging high in the sky. The pale moonlight shone on the deck, and the cold sea breeze whistled past, making the windbreaker sound like hunting.
Tie Zha arrive at that edge of the boat, his hands on the fence and his gaze on the calm sea. The sound of waves echoed in his ears, smashing into the side of the boat one after another. As time passed, his mood gradually calmed down. So many years had passed, but it was still for the sake of survival. As for what the people of the Temple think of the Bug Transformers, what they think of him, what does it matter? Just stay alive …
“Brother Tie, are you still awake?”
Tie Zha turned around and saw Feng Yun swaying over with a big wooden bucket in his arms. At the edge of the boat, Feng Yun struggled to lift the big wooden bucket, seemingly wanting to pour the kitchen leftovers into the sea. Tie Zha casually helped the wooden bucket down. Feng Yun had some help and immediately lifted the wooden bucket over the fence. With a “whoosh” sound, all the wooden buckets fell down.
“Thank you.” Feng Yun wiped the sweat off his forehead and said.
“It’s a small matter.” Tie Zha grinned. Perhaps it was because he was also an insecticide that he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity with this short and fat middle-aged man.
“You haven’t eaten dinner yet, have you? I didn’t see you come over just now. Do you want to go to the restaurant? I’ll cook two dishes for you.”
Tie Zha nodded and left the restaurant with Feng Yun. On the other side of the cabin, the dining room was connected to the kitchen. In the middle was a wooden table that was more than twenty meters long. On both sides of the wooden table were fixed low stools.
“What would you like to eat? Sea fish or beef, potatoes or tomatoes. Would you like some cabbage?” Feng Yun asked.
“Whatever. You can eat whatever you want.” Tie Zha replied.
“Alright, you sit and wait. I’ll go prepare.” As he finished speaking, Feng Yun walked into the kitchen. As he cooked, he muttered, “I personally made this table for you. The wood was shipped back from the ice field on a snowy night.” That was really exciting. Halfway back, guess what we encountered? Snow Bear! It was still two snow bears, one male and one female, extremely fierce, standing as tall as a small mountain. Oh, it’s not a small hill. It’s not that big, but it’s quite tall anyway. It’s several meters tall. I thought, no, I’m going to die here. However, there was nothing he could do, so he could only fight! I raised my heart and picked up the big wooden stake. It was the table you made right now, and then let out a loud roar! “Guess what?”
“You ran away.” The iron slag replied indifferently.
“No, the snow bear ran away.” Feng Yun lifted the kitchen curtain and poked his head out.
“Impossible.” Tie Zha spread out his hands and said.
“Because … an avalanche.”