This Game is Too Real

Chapter 463: It's actually a nurturing game

Accompanied by bursts of piercing sounds, dark red tentacles pierced through the creeper's body like lightning.

The black-blooded mouth let out a hoarse roar, trying to break free from the shackles of the tentacles. However, soon another tentacle galloped through its forehead.

Black blood splatters.

The forehead that was hard enough to hold a 7mm bullet was actually pierced by this seemingly soft tentacle.

Luo Yu stared at Xiao Yu, who was covered in black blood, and the crawler who was stabbed into a bathroom nozzle by his tentacles. His eyes gradually changed from surprise and surprise to fiery.

This way of fighting is somewhat curious.

But it doesn't matter!

Niubi is over!

"Hahaha! My eldest son! You've finally grown up!" Luo Yu stepped forward overjoyed, reached out and touched Xiao Yu's head.

Being touched on the forehead by someone close by blood, Xiao Yu made a cute "hiuu" sound from his mouth, and rubbed his hand.

looks like a coquettish cat.

This slippery touch does feel a bit like a hairless cat.

Although Luo Yu couldn't accept the avant-garde look of this "SSSR-level pet" at first, he got used to it after a long time.

can kill a creeper with his bare hands!

is already very strong!

Next time you can try "Tyrant"!

Just when Luo Yu was happy that she had found the trick to bring a baby, Xiao Yu had already rushed to the side of the crawler she had just hunted and started to feast on it.

And before that, it had eaten a full three!

"This guy's appetite seems to have increased again."

Remember that the first two crawlers were enough to feed it.

Now I have to eat four to five a day.

Luoyu rubbed his chin with interest, took out his notebook, turned a few pages back, and wrote down this clue.

【On the 11th day, the amount of meals doubled, but the volume did not change significantly. 】

And at this moment, he suddenly made an even more surprising discovery.

I saw the scarlet fungus on the skirt-shaped surface of Xiaoyu's lower limbs, and at some point, pieces of gray-brown hardened cuticles grew.

The largest piece is about half the size of a palm, and the small one is only the size of a thumb, like a knight's armor.

Since the area where the stratum corneum grows is not very large, it is impossible to even find it without looking carefully.

Luoyu curiously stretched out his hand and touched it, and then used the dagger to try to swipe it.

Xiaoyu, who was only looking at his food, didn't respond, and obviously didn't feel any pain. No matter how hard he tried, there were still no scratches on the surface of the cuticle.

Feeling the strength of this "organic armor", Luo Yu's eyes quickly filled with surprise, and excitedly recorded the discovery in his notebook.

【On the 11th day, grow organic armor! The armor area is suspected to increase with development! 】

closed the note in his hand, Luo Yu looked at Xiao Yu, like a very pleased old father.

"Xiaoyu...let's grow up!"

"It's up to you to become a T0 strong man!"

…

B4 floor browsing room.

Someone also had a father-like smile on his face.

But it wasn't because of the changes in Xiao Yu, but because of the books organized by the trade union.

With the help of the little princess from the Honey Badger Kingdom, the trade union's recent work in sorting out books has sped up significantly.

These books, written in the prosperous era and even before, not only brought a lot of help to his work, but also greatly helped other managers of the league.

With the increasing size of the alliance, the issues that need to be considered are also increasing exponentially. Although many things can be covered in one sentence, the specific process of solving the problem is very difficult even if the length of the previous book is used. Difficult to describe in detail.

And the content of these books on the shelf is the experience of predecessors on "what to do" and what may happen after that.

The era of prosperity has come to an end.

But these treasures more precious than gold should not be buried there.

Standing beside the bookshelf, he was flipping through the books just delivered by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, when Chu Guang suddenly found a sticky note inside.

has a line of graceful handwriting on it.

should be left by Afne.

[It is written in the book that people distribute materials through the market, and the market makes people slaves of money. Why don't we take a more efficient way of coordinating and distributing the resources everyone needs? 】

I never thought that the little girl holding the picture book would be interested in such boring academic issues.

Chu Guang couldn't help but smile when he was surprised. He picked up a pen and wrote his own notes on the blank space of the sticky note.

【People may become slaves to anything because of wealth, not just money, but also beauty, health, faith, honor or power... But this does not mean absolute wrong. If we were only satisfied with satiety and reproduction, no one would go over the mountains in search of fire, and no one would discover how to make fire with flint and sticks, and our civilization would not appear. 】

[The distribution of resources through religious power and kingship is no more noble than the distribution of money, and of course the reverse is the same. In essence, they are all tools for allocating resources, and people will always find better ones on the road to explore the future, and then throw away the ones that are no longer useful. 】

【But your vigilance is right, I'm surprised you can think like this at your age. Even if Yuwang is not necessarily a bad thing, people should always be vigilant not to indulge in it, or even forget the original intention, in order to continue the hard-won fire to ignite the whole forest. 】

【Especially when you hold fire or power. 】

If Summer asked himself this sentence, Chu Guang thought that he probably would not tell him all his thoughts without reservation.

I'm not worried about being learned from him.

If he can really reform himself, what kind of reformation in the honey badger kingdom, it will be a good thing for the survivors there.

I am afraid that this guy is like a chameleon. He has figured out the way of doing things in the alliance but still uses the same old way of playing with himself. It is really hard to prevent.

As for Aphne, it's different.

She is only eighteen, and she is a girl. She may be hired in the Alliance, but after returning to the Honey Badger Kingdom, it is most likely her destiny as a vase.

Even if she has learned something, Chu Guang is not worried about any negative impact, but may affect the next generation of the royal family through her.

Completing the changes to Luoxia Province with economy and education is also a part of the alliance's post-war reconstruction plan.

Several kingdoms in the desert did not decline to the point of hopeless decline, and even experienced a period of prosperity due to post-war reconstruction, so mild reforms were more suitable for them than radical changes.

clipped the sticky note back into the book.

Chu Guang was about to put the book back on the shelf when he suddenly thought that this is not a place to borrow books, so he patted his head and reached out and clicked on the VM.

Soon, footsteps came from the door of the browsing room, and then a crisp bell rang.

"Please come in."

When Chu Guang opened his mouth, the alloy door opened.

Lu Bei, the captain of his personal guard, came in from outside, pressed his right fist to his left chest, and gave a neat military salute.

"Master Manager, what is your order?"

Chu Guang walked over and handed the book in his hand to him.

"Send it to the Honey Badger Kingdom's office on Embassy Row for me, and hand it over to Miss Afne Honey Badger there."

When Lu Bei heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, his back was straight, as if he was holding a treasure, and he took the book with both hands.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Chu Guang was sure that his feelings were not wrong. This guy must have wanted to go to his grandmother's house, so he asked with a light cough.

"I don't want to hear strange rumors."

Lu Bei stood up straight with a serious look on his face.

"I swear to you with my life! If there are any rumors about you and Miss Aphne, you will kill me!"

"It doesn't have to be that way."

Chu Guang looked at Lu Bei with bright eyes.

This young man hasn't even grown his own hair, but he cares about other people's gossip.

Perhaps, he should change to a more mature and stable captain of the guard.

The number of survivors and players in the alliance has grown a lot recently, and he is considering setting up the third corps of the alliance to accommodate those lone wolf players who do not want to join the player corps and prefer to mix with NPCs.

Chu Guang planned to transfer Lu Bei to the 3rd Corps.

Although he is a little younger, his loyalty is obvious to everyone in the alliance.

Watching his personal guard captain go out, Chu Guang was about to return to the bookshelf when Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from his ear.

"Master, there seems to be a new change in the parent body that you let player Luo Yu cultivate."

"Little Feather?"

"OK!"

Hearing the affirmative answer, Chu Guang's heart moved slightly, and he returned to the computer and sat down.

Almost as soon as he was sitting on the sofa, the light blue holographic screen had opened above the computer pen.

The picture captured by the hummingbird drone was also presented in front of him at the same time.

Looking at the ferocious mother on the screen, Chu Guang had a surprised expression on his face, thought for two seconds and then said.

"Speak to Heya and arrange a medical examination immediately! Prepare to examine Xiaoyu's evolutionary stage!"

To solve the slime mold on the B6 layer, Xiaoyu needs to devour the mother nest there, and the prerequisite is to let Xiaoyu understand the concept of hunting and master the ability of hunting.

Now it clearly meets this condition.

But whether other conditions are met, further research is needed.

Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the coffee table, dangled his calf, imitating the captain of the guard who had just come in, and gave the alliance military salute playfully.

"receive!"

…

The office of the Honey Badger Kingdom is located at the corner of Embassy Street. Since it is far from the core area, the area here is larger than the office in Boulder City.

Its main building is a three-storey bungalow with two common oasis palm trees planted in the yard - a gift donated to the royal family by traders from the Honey Badger Kingdom.

Although Oasis 3 has been reduced to occupation and the royal family of Honey Badgers has gone into exile, it is still home to those who once lived there.

As a result, there are often survivors who have fled from there to the southern valley of the province, donating money or materials to the royal family of the honey badger.

Although most of them are worthless things, the acting King Summer still ordered the staff here to accept them.

After all, that's what everyone wants.

What's more, they are now relying on others, and those who can still think of them at this time are all loyal and good guys.

heard the sound of knocking on the window, the old doorman in the guard booth yawned and raised his sleepy face from his elbow.

glanced at the book in the arms of the visitor, he thought he was here to donate something, and it didn't look like it was valuable.

But thinking of Lord Summer's order, as a servant of the royal family, he still vaguely replied.

"name?"

"Leader of the Union Guards Corps, Lu Bei!"

Although he lowered his voice, the old guard still heard the words Guards Corps and Corps Commander clearly.

Drowsiness was swept away from his face in an instant, and the old head looked like he was a dozen years younger. He got up from the chair with a bang, his eyes widened.

"You, you are from the Guards—"

Seeing him speak so loudly, Lu Bei quickly stopped him.

"Shh! Why are you yelling so loudly, keep your voice down!"

Suddenly aware of his abruptness, the old servant hurriedly said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I was offended by my stupidity. Excuse me... What's the matter with you coming here?"

The Guard Regiment is the personal guard of the manager, and it is the shadow of the manager. This is a well-known thing in the alliance.

The corps commander of the Guards Corps appeared here, no matter what it was for, he was sure that it was not a trivial matter.

"It's not an offense, it's the manager who explained to me that my coming here must be kept secret, otherwise why should I change my clothes and come here!"

Tightening the brim of his hood, Lu Bei corrected him with a serious look on his face, and then flashed the book in his arms.

"...In addition, the lord entrusted me to hand this book to Miss Avne Honey Badger."

The old servant seemed to understand something, and his face suddenly showed a very excited expression, and he quickly reached out to pick it up, but Lu Bei took a step back.

"Where's Miss Avni?" he asked solemnly, "The manager asked me to give it to her, she'd better come down and get it."

The old servant said quickly.

"Miss, she hasn't come back from the trade union. It's the task that the manager taught her. Don't worry, when she comes back, I will immediately hand over the things of the adults to her!"

Lu Bei hesitated, but thought that it was not appropriate for him to stand here all the time, so he was afraid that he would miss it by going directly to the Trade Union, so he nodded.

"Then you can remember it, be sure to hand it over to her!"

As soon as he finished this sentence, Lu Bei suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly added another sentence after.

"Also, don't tell anyone I've been here today!"

"Yes! Don't worry! If I dare to say another word, even if you don't blame me, His Majesty the King will not spare me."

Looking at Lu Bei, who had a serious face, the old servant was even more convinced of the guess in his heart, nodding his head, the corners of his mouth couldn't be closed with joy.

If it’s serious business, do you need to be so secretive?

It must be because of immorality!

That's why I'm embarrassed to let others know!

didn't dare to touch the book. The old servant didn't even dare to look at the cover. He carefully put it in the drawer to protect it, and planned to give it to the lady as soon as she came back.

Watching Lu Bei leave, he clenched his fists excitedly, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

Kingdom!

Saved!

…

Vault 404, infirmary on the B3 floor.

The anesthetized Xiao Yu was carried to the scanning bed, Luo Yu stood beside him looking at him worriedly, and then looked at Chu Guang nervously.

"Will it be okay?"

The gang of dogs on the forum shouted and slashed every day, and his heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and he didn't dare to bubble up during this time.

Although he complained that he couldn't go where he was stuck by this little guy, if Gou Planning really listened to the advice of those guys and balanced it out, he would certainly be reluctant to bear it.

"Don't worry, the inhibitor only has anesthesia effect and will not affect its health." Chu Guang comforted him and patted him on the shoulder, "It will take a while for the experiment to end, so go back first."

Luo Yu asked in a low voice.

"Can I wait outside?"

Chu Guang thought for a while, then nodded.

"Can."

The alloy door opens.

As Luo Yu left, it slowly closed again.

Xiaoyu, who was lying on the scanning bed, let out an unconscious "hum", just like the purring of a sleeping cat.

That voice sounded like coquettish.

However, Chu Guang could sense that the emotions flowing in the sound waves clearly had a trace of anxiety.

It doesn't like that feeling.

Chu Guang looked at Heya who was busy in front of the console and asked.

"Can the test be performed without anesthesia?"

Without taking his eyes off the screen, Heya replied casually.

"Of course...but can you guarantee it won't suddenly go berserk and attack the two of us?"

"I can protect you."

Heya curved the corners of her lips and said teasingly.

"Oh, it sounds very safe, but why bet on that probability?"

Chu Guang shrugged.

"...well, how did the analysis turn out?"

"You're really asking, the scan data just came out..."

stretched out her index finger and tapped a few times on the holographic screen. Heya raised her arms, stared at the chart in front of her for a long time, and said in a sure tone.

"The current progress has reached 51%. If this trend continues, it should not be long before we can enter the next stage."

Chu Guang suddenly asked curiously.

"What if we go directly to the next stage?"

Heya said without hesitation.

"It will be swallowed by the mother nest on the B6 floor. After all, it is like a child now. Even if we give it a lot of resources, it cannot be the opponent of the old guy who slaughtered the entire floor of the shelter... It's like putting a kid with a shotgun in the same room with a ruthless murderer, what do you think."

Chu Guang frowned.

"What if this murderer is rendered incapacitated? Like—"

"Injecting a lot of inhibitors?" Seeing through his thoughts, Heya said teasingly, "If possible, I would like to do it. But devouring is a long-term and continuous process, and it is difficult for you to ensure that it only affects certain people. The slime mold works... it seems like it's about to wake up, you can call that lad back."

Chu Guang nodded, gave up the sudden brain hole, nodded to the camera in the corner, and let Xiao Qi open the door of the infirmary.

At the door of the infirmary, Luo Yu was pacing back and forth anxiously.

Just then, the door suddenly opened.

Hearing the movement, he immediately looked towards the door of the infirmary, but before he could see anything clearly, he was hit by a scarlet figure and fell directly into the corner of the corridor.

Almost didn't come up in one breath, Luo Yu stared at the culprit lying on top of her.

"What are you doing, are you trying to kill me—"

"Hey!"

A pitiful expression appeared on the face that looked more and more like a human.

Looking at the "pathetic" appearance, he was about to reprimand its Luoyu when he suddenly thought that he had sent it to the laboratory for so long to be studied for so long.

Inexplicably felt a trace of guilt in his heart, he sighed softly, reached out and touched its head.

"Okay, I don't want to either, but the mission...it's impossible to do, not to mention it's for your own good. It's been hard work being in there for so long!"

"Let's go, take you to eat candy!"

"Ugh!!!"

Maybe it was because he understood his comfort, or maybe it was because he heard Candy, a happy expression suddenly appeared on Xiaoyu's face, and the tentacles on the back of his head were even more undulating like seaweed.

However, it did not come down from his body, but got closer, and the skirt-shaped fungus was pressed up like a crawler.

Luoyu's face turned blue under the pressure, his eyes turned white, and his round eyes couldn't wait to fall out, and he almost died on the spot.

Good guy!

You can't tell just by looking outside!

This weight is less than 200 kilograms!

Looking at Xiao Yu and Luo Yu who were "sticking together" outside the door, Heya, who was holding her arms, frowned slightly, and a word suddenly popped out of her mouth.

"Isn't he supposed to... develop feelings?"

Chu Guang's expression was subtle.

"It's not good to say."

Normally speaking, after getting along for a long time, even a fishing rod will develop feelings, let alone a living thing.

Heya sighed and scratched her silver-white hair.

"Better not like that, Mutant slime molds... At least from what I've seen, the minds of these creatures are as unstable as their DNA. They don't have the complex concepts of parents, relatives, friends, etc. , the so-called closeness is probably just an illusion. You should have noticed that it is not even taboo to prey on the same kind."

"Well," Chu Guang nodded, "but the closeness in blood is also a fact, and so far, it has not shown strong aggression towards people."

Hya glanced at him.

"But what about after it devours the B6-layer brood? It will always absorb some of the things that originally belonged to that brood... You know what I'm talking about."

It is not just fragments of genetic material that are absorbed.

also includes parts of the memory, knowledge, experience, instincts of the devoured...or something abstractly called "soul" by the organism.

In fact, the reason why Xiao Yu can learn to hunt is not what Luo Yu thought, he taught it by constantly hunting creepers.

is a more primitive and direct approach -

That is, through its digestive system, it digests the flesh and blood of those prey.

In fact, Koba's attack method is to imitate rifle bullets with tentacles, inflicting piercing damage on creepers.

Even the aiming position, Luo Yu's shooting habits are almost the same.

And this part of the knowledge comes from the memory fragment of the "devoured" about death. Those "armor" that evolved also came from those memories——

‘Those prey died because they were unable to defend against penetrating damage. ’

‘So it needs armor that can resist bullets. ’

This is also the scariest place for those slime molds.

They learn from the corpse of their prey, and they learn the experience of life and death at the same time.

They can survive in a vacuum for as long as they need to, and can even withstand metal shards hitting at multiples the speed of sound!

And as long as a part of the organization survives, no matter how serious the injury, no matter how it is used, there is always a way for them to come back to life.

It is no exaggeration to say that they have taken control of evolution and soared to a field that human civilization does not understand for the time being.

Chu Guang pondered for a moment.

"What is your suggestion?"

Hya shook her head.

"I don't know... the plan to clean up the B6 floor will of course go ahead, I need the research equipment there, and no matter what method is used, the slime mold there must be cleaned up. However, I suggest that it is best to abandon the domestication of them. idea."

Chu Guang asked immediately.

"Is there any scientific evidence?"

Hya shook her head again.

"There is no proof that it is impossible, but the probability of success is very low."

This time, Chu Guang pondered for a little longer.

Looking at the two figures outside the corridor, he thought for a long time, and finally spoke slowly.

"I trust my residents."

"Like they trusted me."

Heya couldn't help asking.

"But what if something goes wrong?"

Suddenly, as if he had figured it out, Chu Guang smiled lightly.

"Just solve the problem."