Mechanical Flesh

The cavern was dark, with the dim light of the sky filtering in through the tops of the twisted logs.

In the dark cave, there are intertwined roots everywhere. At the bottom of the cave, a huge ice python with a length of more than ten meters is lying on a pile of intertwined roots, like a prey caught by a fishing net. .

It's dead!

Under the ice python's corpse, the roots were intertwined and densely clustered, intertwined into a messy mass of frosty cocoons, occupying most of the cave.

The roots are extremely hard, stronger than the twisted wood trunk outside.

There is a faint chill seeping out of the giant frost cocoon, as if a huge ice cube is wrapped inside.

Qi Yuan sat on the crystal clear head of the ice python, looked at the huge body of the ice python over ten meters, and shook his head slightly.

The strength of the ice python is indeed very powerful. The frosty breath that contains the power of freezing can freeze a person into an ice sculpture in just a few seconds. Even a second-order transcendent can hardly resist this kind of chill. invasion.

However, its defense was a bit weak, and the few seconds it took for a person to freeze was enough for Qi Yuan to give it a fatal shot.

Armor-piercing projectiles with annihilating warheads can penetrate even second-tier defenses, let alone an ice python.

With just one shot, Qi Yuan sent the bullet from the ice python's open fangs mouth into its cavity, hitting the heart and ending its life.

The ice python is dead!

Qi Yuan's body was still covered with a faint frost, and even his breathing was piercingly chilled, which was the price of bearing half of the frosty breath.

The temperature in the cave was close to zero, and Qi Yuan waited for a few minutes before his almost frozen body slowly regained some warmth.

In the center wrapped by layers of roots, the beam of light at the sign-in point is clearly visible.

Qi Yuan jumped down from the ice python's body, calculated the distance of the sign-in beam, and then stretched his right hand in along the gap between the roots, until he stuffed his entire shoulder, and finally touched the sign-in beam .

"Sign in successfully, reward a talent point!"

Hearing the familiar feedback, the corners of Qi Yuan's mouth rose slightly, and another extraordinary ability was acquired!

"What is this thing wrapped inside?"

Qi Yuan, who signed in successfully, squinted his eyes at the core wrapped in layers of roots. When signing in, he accidentally touched it, and felt a chill more piercing than the breath of frost.

"I don't know if this thing in it can integrate talent points and light up new talents!"

Qi Yuan tentatively stretched his hand in again, a ray of chill penetrated his body, but Qi Yuan didn't let go of his hand, a strange look appeared in his eyes.

It can be merged!

Qi Yuan suddenly thought of the alien metal that was trying to get into the secret room underground. The two refresh locations seemed to be a guide to his awakening ability.

A mysterious power is guiding me to merge, to light up certain abilities selected by it!

Qi Yuan only hesitated for two seconds before making a choice.

The talent point and the core wrapped in layers of giant cocoons of roots fused instantly, turning into a strange energy that poured into the talent tree, lighting up a brand new ability.

With the emergence of new talent abilities, the powerful energy fed back from the talent tree scattered into the limbs and bones again, transforming Qi Yuan's body.

In a trance, Qi Yuan felt as if his body had been thrown into a huge energy furnace.

Endless energy poured in from every pore, gathered in his chest, and finally formed a brand new heart on the right side of his heart.

Feeling the completely different heartbeat in his body, Qi Yuan suddenly came to his senses!

The heart of condensed energy!

This is energy mastery!

Qi Yuan withdrew his right hand from the gap between the roots and vines, and the core wrapped by layers of roots still existed.

It's just that the piercing chill no longer exudes, as if it has become an ordinary stone.

The refresh point appears here, is it really because of this core full of frost power, as I guessed?

Qi Yuan felt the energy heart in his body, and suddenly found that the heart was filled with a powerful force of frost.

This is the energy I absorb?

Qi Yuan's face changed slightly. Compared with steel defense and steel power, the ability of energy control does not directly improve the body's melee strength, nor is it like annihilating warheads and gun control, which can improve long-range strike capabilities.

Its biggest function is that it can improve the control over energy, which is a bit like the ability of the element domain.

The heart in the body is like an energy control center, it can not only control energy, but also store and absorb energy.

A small part of the frost power of the wrapped core just now has been stored in the energy heart.

The first level of energy control, the energy that can be stored is limited, only a small amount of frost energy makes the energy heart in a state of fullness, unable to absorb more energy.

"There is an extra energy heart, am I still a human being?" Qi Yuan suddenly had a strange thought in his heart.

At this moment, Nie Xiu and the others outside seemed to be unable to wait any longer. The snake ghost entered through the entrance on the top of the twisted wood. Its head and feet, like a four-legged snake, followed the intertwined vine roots all the way down and entered the dark room. In the cave.

The snake ghost carefully walked through the entangled roots of the mountains. It seemed that it did not expect that there would be a cave in this tree hole, and it was occupied by dense plant roots. Most of the space.

As it slowly went deeper, the snake ghost's eyes slowly began to adapt to the darkness in the cave, and slowly, he saw the figure of an ice python entwined in the center of the vine.

The snake ghost's eyes became excited.

The flesh and blood of ice pythons are valuable goods, and the reputation of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce has always been good. There has never been a vicious incident of gangsters eating gangsters. Such a big python can be exchanged for at least two second-level potions, plus the one full of frost It is even possible to exchange for a real mechanical weapon with the exotic metal of the power.

As long as we have digested the harvest of this mission, the three of us join forces, and we can gain a firm foothold in the steel chariot, and we can try to compete for those missions with more lucrative rewards, instead of just picking up some leftovers from others like now. The leftovers are cold.

The ice python exuded a faint chill, and lay motionless among the vines, as if asleep. The snake ghost hesitated for a while, but continued to move closer. The existence of the ice python has been confirmed, and only need to confirm the frost The existence of the exotic metal of the power, this news can sell a big price.

Under the premise of ensuring the preciousness of the things, the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce is even willing to send its own people to deal with the ice python and the ore inside. This is a shortcut for many weak wilderness hunters to make a fortune.

There is another prerequisite for doing so, that is, the authenticity of the news.

After finally connecting with the blind man from the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, if he dared to use fake news to fool the other party, the result would definitely not be acceptable to a few of his second ranks.

When the cooperation is happy, the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce is a reputable partner, but when you deceive it, the powerful strength of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce will also make those who deceive it pay the price!

It only took a few short years for the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce to gain a firm foothold in the Iron Battle Station, and even suppressed the old Futu Chamber of Commerce.

Relying on not only good reputation, but also strong strength!

Ordinary wilderness hunters don't care about their own feathers in the face of interests, but the more powerful the chamber of commerce, the more they pay attention to their reputation. No one wants to trade with a chamber of commerce that is far stronger than themselves, and will deal with black hands. This is the key to the chamber of commerce attracting wild hunters to trade.

Little by little, the snake ghost approached cautiously. It was not worried that the ice python would explode and hurt people. Ever since its body mutated and had the characteristics of a snake, the snake ghost knew that he was no longer an ordinary person. In addition to the strange power brought by the gene, the biggest change brought to me is that I can simply communicate with snakes and let snakes and insects treat themselves as their own kind. As long as they are not too aggressive snakes and insects, basically They will not actively attack themselves.

The snake ghost kept sticking out its forked tongue, sensing the remaining breath in the air.

The serpentine tongue brings extraordinary abilities similar to the perception domain. In addition to sensing the smell of the target remaining in the air, it can also perceive the existence of the target through heat.

The air in the cave was extremely cold, apart from the ice python's breath, Qi Yuan's residual breath also existed, but his tongue did not feel the heat of the two.

The body temperature of the ice python is already cold, so it cannot be sensed, so where did Qi Yuan go?

Was swallowed by the ice python, so couldn't perceive his existence?

The snake ghost vaguely found the answer. This underground cave is not too big. Although it is impossible to clearly see the scene inside because of the intertwined roots and dim light, the perception of the tongue is unmistakable.

Qi Yuan's heat source disappeared, there is only one possibility, that is, he was eaten by the ice python!

The snake ghost slowly approached the ice python. He knew the habits of the ice python very well, and knew that it would not be too far away from the alien ice ore, so the alien ice ore must be not far from the ice python.

The snake ghost's movements became more and more careful, lest it disturb the sleeping ice python.

Although the ice python is not very aggressive and will not take the initiative to attack its own kind, once it is considered an invading enemy, it will put itself in danger.

Although the speed enhancement of the second level can escape the pursuit of the ice python, the frost breath of the ice python is very dangerous, as long as it is spit out, there is a possibility of being frozen into an ice sculpture.

Slowly, the snake ghost approached the ice python, and when the distance between the two sides was shortened to about five meters, most of the ice python's body came into view.

The snake ghost suddenly realized that something was wrong. The ice python lying on the vines in front of him didn't seem to be sleeping, but it seemed to be dead.

The ice python is dead?

The snake ghost was taken aback by his sudden thought, then he shook his head, trying to suppress the thought.

It is impossible for the ice python to die, otherwise who would have eaten Qi Yuan?

In this cave, there is no breath of any other insects and beasts!

But as the distance got closer, that strange idea became more and more intense, and the ice python in front of him became more and more like a dead thing.

Is the ice python really dead?

The snake ghost swallowed, and he stared at the huge body of the ice python, but he didn't find any trace of a wound, but he didn't find a trace of survival either.

The snake ghost felt his heart beating violently, he stuck out his tongue subconsciously, and felt the surrounding air again, it was still just icy cold, without any heat source.

The snake ghost's hanging heart was slightly relaxed, and he didn't notice at all that behind the roots not far from the ice python, a figure holding a saber was staring at him faintly.

The frosty chill spread all over the body, and in the temperature perception that the snake ghost relied heavily on, Qi Yuan was like a piece of ice without any heat.

The snake ghost cautiously narrowed the distance to the ice python, completely oblivious to the fact that he was getting closer and closer to Qi Yuan, and was about to get close to the distance that Zhan Saber could directly attack.

The ice python lay silently on the root vines, with a faint layer of frost spreading on its body surface, and suddenly the snake ghost smelled a faint smell of blood.

Only now did the snake ghost realize that strands of chilly red blood overflowed from the corner of the ice python's mouth, and dripped onto the roots under it bit by bit!

The ice python is really dead!

Who killed it!

The blood hasn't dried up yet, the slayer is near!

The snake ghost's hair stood on end immediately, and the condensed frosty aura came from all directions, instantly condensing into a cold killing intent!

Walk!

The Ghost Snake tensed up, and was about to leave the ice python's body, when suddenly a sound of breaking through the air came from close behind.

The enemy is right behind, why didn't I perceive his existence?

Before the Ghost Snake opened the distance, the Zhan Saber wrapped in a lingering chill directly pierced the Ghost Snake's back. The first-level defense and snake scales were displayed under the full-scale explosion of the first-level steel power. It has a strong side, which greatly hinders the piercing of the blade and avoids the bad luck of being completely pierced.

The icy blade was blocked by a third of its penetration. This kind of injury was not too serious for a first-order strengthened Transcendent, but the next second, Ghost Snake fell into deep despair.

A chill comparable to the breath of frost erupted along the edge of the blade in the body!

The snake ghost clearly felt his own flesh and blood, which quickly stiffened under the erosion of the cold. The frozen blood pierced the blood vessels, pierced the internal organs, and even the heart turned into a frozen stone.

Ghost Snake opened his mouth, trying to warn Nie Xiu and Sun Ye outside, but a cold palm directly covered his mouth, blocking his last sliver of life.

This cold palm let Ghost Snake know the murderer's identity.

It was Qi Yuan who should have been swallowed by the ice python!

He had concealed it from his own perception, so he was able to hand out the knife from behind!

It was he who killed himself!

He was the one who killed the ice python!

But - he is only a first order!

The insect detector will not lie!

How did he do that?

Qi Yuan drew back the saber indifferently, under the freezing cold, there was not even a trace of blood overflowing from the wound on the snake ghost.

With deep puzzlement and doubts, the snake ghost turned into a frozen corpse and lay down with the ice python.