Chapter 446 "Infectious Diseases" (17)

Chapter 446 "Infectious Diseases" (17)

Deep in the botanical garden.

Xin was hiding on the branch of a tree she had never seen before, observing the area not far ahead through the gaps in the lush leaves. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but the place she was observing was very dark and there was no light source, but she could see the situation there clearly. After rubbing her eyes to make sure she was not hallucinating, Xin roughly guessed that this sudden ability to see at night was probably related to evolution, but she couldn't confirm whether this evolution was a good thing.

The direction she was observing was the edge of a pool with a giant aquatic plant. Han Zu, whom she had been following, was standing at the edge of the pool. Although he did nothing, Xin always felt that his purpose seemed a little abnormal.

Now in the entire space station, according to Xin's understanding, Han Zu should either look for Gloria or look for the storage device. The former is normal, and the latter is also reasonable if it is related to the secret transaction between Han Zu and the traitor. But so far, Han Zu does not seem to have any intention of doing these two things.

"What is he looking for? Is it related to the Hypnos Protocol?"

According to what Xin witnessed, the secret meeting between Han Zu and the traitor, this idea gradually deepened in Xin's mind. At this time, Xin was no longer following Han Zu for safety reasons, but more out of curiosity about the secret between him and the traitor. Xin believed that what Han Zu was doing now was definitely not out of boredom, and he might be helping the traitor to carry out some conspiracy.

However, based on his previous conversation with the traitor, Xin was able to roughly confirm that the situation in Sector 4 seemed to have nothing to do with the traitor, but this made her even more curious and even a little scared. After all, as a Tig person, she had been educated since childhood to describe the traitors as heinous guys. Although Xin did not completely believe it at first, this feeling was slowly growing.

Tracking is tracking, and Xin is not stupid. She knows that Han Zu has a power that can detect energy and vital signs. After spending some time together, Xin has explored the range of this power. She is now at the boundary of this range, keeping such a distance that she will not be discovered by him. At the same time, if she is attacked by a monster, she can also enter Han Zu's detection range as soon as possible and seek shelter.

Since Han Zu allowed him to survive, he would not easily attack him. If the situation was urgent, Xin was prepared to pretend to obey and secretly ensure his own safety first.

As for why Han Zu appeared deep in this botanical garden, there was actually no conspiracy, nor was it that Γ4 had conveyed any message to him before. He simply couldn't find the way.

Although Han Zu regained the contractor's equipment and cracking modules with the help of Γ4, it takes time to crack the space station's system. In addition, due to the lack of energy, the space station's online system is not complete, so Han Zu is completely unclear about the structural diagrams of some areas and can only explore them physically, such as the botanical garden area now. The reason why Han Zu has been moving towards the depths of the botanical garden is because he sensed a life form with powerful energy. He has just undergone a new transformation and is looking for an opponent to practice with. Those low-level mutants that can be seen everywhere are not good sandbags.

Xin continued to observe Han Zu. He still stood there without moving, but after another minute or two, he suddenly moved. He approached the pool, his steps casual. But after only a few steps, he stopped at the edge of the pool, facing the giant aquatic plant in the center of the pool. But judging by the angle of his head, his attention did not seem to be on the giant aquatic plant, but on the water below.

As Xin was observing Han Zu's movements, some strange noises suddenly came from the pool, the sound of bubbles churning, mixed with some weird movements. Xin, who was observing in the dark, was also attracted by these noises.

“Crash~~!!”

Huge ripples suddenly appeared in the pool, and a huge, glowing mutant monster broke out of the water. The outline of this monster was very strange, like dozens of people forced together. From the outline, it can be seen that the center of this thing is a huge tumor with honeycomb-like holes. On the edge of this tumor, there are dozens of twisted limbs of different sizes and shapes. Through the light emitted by the monster, Xin can clearly see in the dark that the tumor-shaped torso of this mutant monster is covered with things like parasitic spores. These things keep breaking, revealing strange gaps inside, and these gaps are constantly spewing water and releasing some strange gas.

Xin could clearly see that the giant mutant monster that emerged from the water sprayed a large amount of strange gas towards Han Zu, but Han Zu did not seem to be affected. However, starting from the position at his feet, he was suddenly wrapped up by some rapidly growing fungal webs that he had seen on the "High Wall" before.

But apart from that, the giant twisted mutant floating in the pool did not make any other movements. Although it looked quite scary and chilling, it did not seem to have any other unnecessary means of attack. Moreover, this mutant was also very quiet. Apart from the sound of water when it emerged from the water, it only made some jetting sounds.

Xin didn't think that Han Zu had been tricked. Soon, the light emitted by the cocoon formed by the fungus net confirmed that she was right. Xin could see that the originally dark cocoon suddenly flashed a few times, and then the cocoon quickly calcified. Han Zu, who was wrapped in it, broke the calcified cocoon without much effort and walked out.

However, Han Zu's subsequent behavior made Xin a little confused, because he still did nothing and still stood in front of the pool.

However, from the vibration of the mutant's body in the pool, it can be seen that the fact that Han Zu was unharmed seemed to have angered this ugly mutant monster. The honeycomb-like gaps on its torso suddenly squirmed, as if something was drilling out from the inside of the mutant. This appearance took a relatively long time, only more than ten seconds, and what emerged were some other small mutant monsters that could barely be seen to have some Tig appearance.

"Buzz~~!!"

“Sizzle~~!!”

“Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!!”

After these monsters appeared, they immediately began to attack Han Zu. Their mutated bodies had some twisted limbs that could spray out some unstable energy wrapped in strange spores. Some were beam-shaped, some were spherical, and some mutated monsters seemed to be fused with some weapons. For some unknown reason, these weapons were still able to fire.

The dense attacks hit Han Zu hard. Although the mutants had little accuracy, Han Zu was close enough to them and he did not dodge at all. So if we only count this attack, the mutants' hit rate was still acceptable.

From the damaged walls and plants nearby, it can be seen that these random attacks, although completely inaccurate, are no joke. The surrounding plants were not only broken, but also showed a lot of signs of virus damage and spore parasitism. Although the surrounding metal fences were not affected by the virus and spores, they were dented or even completely broken, indicating that these inaccurate attacks were not only no joke, but dangerous enough to be fatal. And the power of this attack alone is almost the same as the standard weapons of the Xin team. You know, this level of attack could have hurt Han Zu.

However, now, except for the pair of pants that had been torn off from somewhere and were completely torn again, Han Zu was completely unharmed. He even had time to push away the plant debris that had flown up and hung on his body due to the attack of the mutants.

The mutants' attacks paused after two minutes of continuous attacks. It seemed that their twisted bodies did not have much sustained combat capability, and their recovery time should not be short. Logically, this should be the best opportunity for a counterattack.

"Why is he still not doing anything?"

However, in front of Xin, Han Zu still did not make any move to fight back. He just scratched his arm twice.

However, the mutant monster in the pool did not stop, and continued to produce more mutant monsters. These monsters seemed to be the Tigr people who were cut in half, but the heads of the remaining half of their bodies had turned into twisted tumors, and several limbs had grown on their arms and backs. Some of these limbs looked like the sickles on the forearms of a mantis, and some looked like some weird bone spurs. These sharp limbs of different sizes and strange shapes, in addition to being able to carry out threatening slashing and stabbing attacks, can also allow these mutants with only half a body to move quickly and unimpeded, like giant spiders in horror movies. Through observation, Xin discovered that this type of mutant can actually move quickly on the water without sinking.

These newly emerged strange mutants rushed towards Han Zu quickly at an extremely fast speed. Xin clenched his fists in the dark and shuddered, not because he was worried that Han Zu would be in danger, but because these mutants looked so creepy. However, unlike Xin, who was physically disgusted by these mutants, Han Zu remained calm. He did not move until these mutants crawled all over his body and began to attack crazily. Except for occasionally lowering his center of gravity to avoid falling into the pool because of the mutants on his body, he would take a few steps, and the rest of the time he had no intention of fighting back.

The giant mutant monster in the pool seemed to sense something was wrong. The holes on its tumor squirmed wildly, spewing out more strange gases and spores, trying to use this behavior to disturb Han Zu. But Han Zu was completely unmoved, as if he was just standing there, and the mutant that was attacking him wildly did not exist at all. However, the surrounding ground with gullies and the plants that were cut in half proved that all this was not an illusion, but a real situation that was happening.

Han Zu's unmoved look seemed to make the giant mutant's wriggling even more frantic. Its entire body began to shake violently, as if it was about to launch some incredible attack. Xin watched all this nervously from a distance, wondering if Han Zu could handle this unknown attack.

“Kala…Kala…”

Suddenly, the giant mutant, which was originally restless, suddenly became quiet. There were some cracking sounds on the edge of its body, but Han Zu did not launch an attack. The appearance of these sounds seemed to have nothing to do with him. Under Xin's gaze, the body of the giant mutant shook a few times, and then the cracking sounds increased sharply. For a while, the sound was not very loud, but it was very quiet here, so it could be heard very clearly.

"Wow~!"

About two or three minutes later, the shell of the giant mutant suddenly shattered, and an even more horrifying monster emerged from it. It seemed that the giant mutant had completed its transformation and become a complete form.

To be honest, the current appearance of this giant mutant is worse than before. It now looks like a twisted centaur with its upper body clamped by a giant clam shell. The several twisted limbs in the lower body, which are composed of dozens of parts, have become the legs of this giant mutant. The limbs of different sizes make it limp when it walks, but its speed is not slow at all.

As for the upper body, there is an extra clam-shell-shaped shell, but this shell is not made of chitin or bone, but is formed by some twisted pieces of solid flesh combined into one. On this shell, there are twisted limbs and holes that spray gas everywhere. In the lower middle part of the torso of this giant mutant, there is a huge crack that looks like a gnawed tooth, and twisted monsters of various sizes are constantly drilling out of it.

Just as those newly emerged twisted mutants attacked Han Zu again, but still had no effect, a giant hollow limb suddenly stretched out from the trunk of the giant mutant, and Han Zu felt a huge energy reaction from it. Although Xin in the distance could not feel the surge of energy, he could probably guess from the hollow part that began to emit light that this should be the most powerful attack that the giant mutant could use. According to the normal thinking of people, they would definitely dodge if they could, but Han Zu not only stood still, but also took the initiative to stretch out his arms, ready to take the attack head-on.

"Get out of the way, idiot!!"

As the space nearby began to fluctuate, Xin realized that this attack was not simple at all. She could not keep her balance this time and immediately shouted at Han Zu, but the buzzing sound of energy was so loud that Han Zu could not hear it at all.

“Buzz~~!!!!!!”

The energy flow emitting strange light instantly engulfed Han Zu's body and the mutants that were frantically attacking him, illuminating the originally dark environment around them into daylight. The light was so dazzling that Xin, who was hiding relatively far away, had to bury her head in her arms to reduce the impact of the dazzling energy light on her vision.

After a long time, the light dissipated, Xin raised his head and slowly opened his eyes. Surprisingly, even though the place where he stood had been melted by the energy, a deep pit had been ablated, some unlucky plants had turned into torches and burned, and the small mutants around had become nutrients for other plants. But the back figure in the center of the deep pit was still intact.

"He can actually fly?!!"

When Han Zu flew up steadily from the deep pit and hovered in the air in front of the giant mutant, Xin's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief. This time, Han Zu seemed to be aware of Xin's presence. He turned his head and looked at the place where Xin was hiding, pointed at the giant mutant, and then his eyes lit up with a scarlet light.

"Buzz~~~!!!"

As he turned his head back, a ray of light, which was not as dazzling as the giant mutant's, directly cut off the giant mutant's entire body. In the area of ​​the pool where the ray passed, the water surface immediately boiled due to the extremely high temperature, generating a large amount of water vapor.

The thick water vapor quickly enveloped Han Zu and the giant mutant, blocking Xin's sight. She could only hear the hum of energy and see the red light flashing in the mist. These sounds and scenes did not last long before they became quiet again. As the temperature dropped and the mist dissipated, Han Zu was still suspended in the air, but the giant mutant in front of him had disappeared.