Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

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The branch was broken by something. Jean looked over. Tang Rao yawned next to him. They had left the grassland for nearly a week. According to the map, they had arrived in the middle of Continent Y. According to the current speed, they only needed a few seconds. You can reach the beach in a day.

Along the way, the two of them were collecting various data, and now there was no detectable radiation in the air.

The two of them are now going to a nuclear power plant to see if they can find anything useful. If they are sure to find something useful, they can come over and take it back bit by bit in the future.

In particular, some core components are difficult to manufacture in their current situation. The location of this nuclear power plant can be seen more than ten kilometers away.

"What was that just now?"

Tang Rao asked, Jean shook his head, and Tang Rao began to walk towards a dry bush next to him. This place was a city, and this was a park. Looking at the scale and construction, it should have been very beautiful at the time.

Tang Rao touched the bushes and saw some shriveled animal carcasses and human bodies on the ground. She looked around and didn't see anything, but she looked suspicious, as if she wanted to find out the origin of the voice just now. source.

Gene was standing on a path in the park, smoking a cigarette. There were two large bags beside him, which contained cigarettes, alcohol, some snacks, and several small testing equipment.

They still found some food along the way, but now it was meaningless to them whether to eat or not.

"Let's go, it's okay. The sun has disappeared for so many years, and no living things can survive in these places."

The temperature in the air now is 2 degrees. Because of the city, the temperature will be higher. Many places in the wild have frozen, and there is snow everywhere.

It is basically impossible for anyone to survive in such a harsh situation. At this moment, Tang Rao noticed some movement in some dead leaves. She jumped over instantly. After peeling away the dead leaves, Tang Rao looked a little strange. She was holding a black object, and just as she was about to take it, the stone suddenly started to move.

Tang Rao exclaimed, and Jean immediately stood up. Soon the two of them saw this thing that looked like some kind of beetle, which was slowly squirming. Tang Rao felt goosebumps, and Jean grabbed it with his bare hands.

"It's disgusting."

Tang Rao looked at the appearance of the creature, but he immediately took out the equipment. Soon Tang Rao was stunned, and so was Jean, because this thing was not a creature, but it could move, which made the two of them quite confused. Shock.

"Pretend it first and study it slowly when you get back."

"Forget it, I'm really a bit fussy about these things."

Gene looked around and found a bag that could still be used. He put the things in it and hung them on the big bag. Gene held a lot of things, and Tang Rao climbed directly onto Gene's back. Light blue particles emitted from the surface of Jean's body, and he was ejected instantly.

Soon he jumped to the roof of a building. Jean looked around. After Tang Rao determined the location, Jean carried her on his back and jumped up on the tall building.

"This is really fast."

Jean tried several times before, but due to the problem of distance, the two of them fell down. However, Jean is much better now. Tang Rao also tried it, but he was not as fast as Jean.

Soon the two of them left the city and came to a road crowded with vehicles. Gene quickly shuttled on the roofs of the cars, accompanied by bursts of banging sounds. After a while, Gene and the others saw a nuclear power plant. This latest nuclear power plant uses the most advanced technology of this era.

The nuclear power plant was indeed damaged. There was a beeping sound. Tang Rao took out the radiation detector and soon felt the very high amount of radiation in the air. After entering, the nuclear power plant was full of damage and there were a lot of corpses. And some weapons.

It seemed that a large-scale battle had taken place here, and most importantly, the nuclear power plant had been looted. The two of them walked all the way to the control room of the nuclear power plant, which had been turned into ruins.

"Looks like all the work was in vain."

"Let's go take a look at the reactor below. Maybe we can find the components."

Jean said, and the two began to look for the entrance. Soon they discovered that an explosion had occurred in one place. The nuclear energy had been leaked long ago, and the impact was very wide. If they wanted to get in, they would have to dig through some landslides.

But no matter how strong they are, it will take a lot of time to dig out.

"What are you going to do?"

Tang Rao asked, and Gene scratched his head, but he still picked up the tools and used telekinesis to start moving some things. Tang Rao could only participate.

Five hours later, the two finally found the entrance. There was water inside, and the concentration of radiation was very high. As soon as they stepped into the water, they felt warm and their skin began to turn red.

The two could only continue walking along the wastewater in the pipeline, and finally arrived at the core of the nuclear power plant, but everything in front of them was very chaotic. After searching a full circle, everything here was damaged because of the high-energy radiation. for the sake of things.

"It's a busy schedule, and take a look at our bodies."

Tang Rao held up his hands that were full of red spots, and Gene smiled helplessly. Soon the two of them returned to the ground. After searching around again, they were sure that they couldn't find anything useful, so they had no choice but to leave. .

They don't know how the war broke out in this place. After all, this place was relatively stable before the end of the world.

"Let's go. It's true. I finally came out and ended up like this."

Gene looked at Tang Rao with an unhappy look on his face, and then said.

"It will recover after a while."

Sure enough, after walking a few kilometers, their bodies were back to normal. Tang Rao grinned slightly, and the pain finally disappeared.

At this time, the weird thing that Jean had just obtained had no impact at all. Now it was more certain that it was not a living thing, but why it could move made the two of them a little confused.

It was just 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a time of day when the light was relatively sufficient, and many things could be seen clearly. After looking at the map for a while, the two decided to cross through a withered forest.

Jean jumped to a high place again. At this time, the two of them saw a place in the distance, a large black area, like a bird's nest, and something was moving.

"Go over and have a look."

Jean moved forward with Tang Rao on his back. After a while, the two of them were stunned. They looked at a large black tentacle in front of them, which was continuously wrapped layer by layer. There were also scarlet spots on the tentacles. These tentacles were slowly squirming. , and judging from the cracks on the ground, these tentacles are rooted in the ground.

"What on earth is this?"

Tang Rao swallowed, and Jean didn't know it, but at this time Tang Rao tried to walk over, getting closer to the tentacles little by little. Suddenly, these tentacles suddenly covered a large area towards Tang Rao. Jean's eyes were quick and his hands were quick and he moved forward instantly. Grabbing Tang Rao, these tentacles flew away.

With a frightening rustling sound, these tentacles flew directly towards the two of them, and cyan particles appeared in Tang Rao's eyes.

Buzz

Accompanied by a violent sound, a green light lit up, and then the two of them found that the tentacles had retracted, and the tentacles that were stretched out were burning without fire. This situation made the two of them completely confused.

"What are these things?"

Gene asked, and Tang Rao immediately took out the equipment and planned to continue trying. However, as soon as he got closer, the tentacles surged crazily. Tang Rao immediately used telekinesis, and cyan particles flew out, and these tentacles began to lose fire. Burn it.

"Gene bring the bright light."

Tang Rao immediately realized something. Gene took out a flashlight for lighting from his backpack, and then Tang Rao turned it on directly. The moment the light was illuminated, the tentacles began to twist wildly, and a large area burned without fire. .

Red sparks were in the air. Tang Rao continued to hold the light and shine it step by step. The black and red tentacles began to spread out in all directions. Soon Jean and Tang Rao saw nothing in the center. , all deserted, and there is a big hole.

These tentacles all came up from the big hole, Tang Rao muttered.

"Maybe an alien creature."

Gene snorted, and then Tang Rao tried it. These things would attack as long as he held them in his hands. These fine tentacles seemed to have small mouths on them. As long as they touched them, they would pierce the skin and attack crazily, but These tentacles are vulnerable to light.

"It seems that it is impossible to capture and study it, so we have to leave first."

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Tang Rao gave up because no matter what method he used, he could not catch this tentacle, because it could even swallow metal.

Although they know that the planet must have undergone changes, they currently do not have the conditions to study it, so they can only go to the center of the Pacific Ocean to see the situation for the time being.

In fact, they want to confirm some special materials on the fallen asteroids, which include materials that may extend human lifespan, as well as a new material with something wrong with the structure of the asteroids.

The eight people discussed for a long time. If the new materials on the asteroid can be used in research, they may be able to realize a lot of technology. This is the purpose of their coming here.

After the two of them walked a little farther, they looked back. There was a deeper black in the darkness, and those tentacles were still squirming.

"Do you think that thing is conscious?"

Tang Rao asked, and Gene lit a cigarette and shook his head.

"Let's speed up. It won't take long to get to the beach from here."

A route has been reached that leads to the seaside city. Now they only need to go to the seaside city, find a usable bed, and then go directly to the sea center to check the situation.

And now that the temperature is so low, the sea surface is most likely frozen, and they just need to walk over.

Jean carried Tang Rao on his back again, and kept moving forward in the biting cold wind. Everything around him was flying by, and Jean was moving faster along this straight road.

The two of them just felt the cold and were not injured by the cold. As long as they used the light particles formed by the alienated cells produced by the alienated genes in their bodies, their bodies would no longer be ordinary people.

three days later

Jean and Tang Rao stood on the completely frozen sea. The sea now looked more like uneven ground. They cut through the ice, which was more than two meters thick.

In order to confirm the underwater situation, Jean jumped directly into the sea, and then it was dark below, and no high-energy radiation was detected.

Under the illumination of the light source, Jean saw something swimming in the sea. He was a little surprised and could only continue swimming. Soon Jean saw something that looked like a fish, but when he got close, the thing fled quickly. Once it was opened, it could no longer go down. The pressure of the water was very high, and Gene did not have any protective equipment.

"how's it going?"

After Jean came out of the water, he told Tang Rao about the situation.

"Let's go to the crash site of the asteroid first, and then we'll slowly investigate the situation in the sea."

Then the two of them continued on the road. Jean jumped quickly on the ice. Many abandoned ships and some corpses could be seen around them.

A large amount of debris was frozen by the ice, and now the speed was much faster. After just a few hours, Jean and the others stopped. What they saw in front of them was extremely shocking.

There are colorful crystal stones everywhere, and there are so many that you can’t even see them at a glance.

"Let's look for that worm first."

The two began to search around. The worms they had seen on the asteroid that could extend human lifespan could not be seen now. Those worms at that time were all crawling in the crystal, but they are now invisible.

Nothing can be seen in the crystals of different colors. It is not clear what these crystal stones are, but it is certain that this material has high energy.

"what is going on?"

Tang Rao asked, and Gene was puzzled. He was holding a blue crystal stone in his hand. He always felt that there was something strange about this thing in his hand. Then the two of them were among these colorful stones. After searching for a long time, I found nothing.

"Probably that kind of worm was extinct when the asteroid fell."

There is no suitable research equipment at hand now, so the two of them plan to go back and directly collect some of these extremely heavy crystal stones of each color. They plan to study it slowly after returning to the base. If it doesn't work, they can only make another trip. Yes, it should be faster next time.

"Let's go back, I've had enough."

Tang Rao looked at the dark world and sighed helplessly.

“Can humans really continue to survive on this planet in the future?”

Tang Rao said and saw Jean. He looked across the sea, the country that was once the most powerful country on earth.

"Don't think about it, that country must be finished."

Gene smiled and said.

"maybe!"