hotmtlnovel Chapter 1604: Gift from the Sea
Chapter 1604: Gift from the Sea
Chapter 1604: Gift from the Sea
"It's a bit exciting how this changed from a home game to an away game."
Carefully sliding through the ditch, Lu Ping'an avoided a team of patrolling fishmen.
Here, there were murloc hunters everywhere. Lu Ping'an saw the familiar cave houses. These murlocs had planned to live here permanently.
Within the range of Lu Ping'an's true eye, the fishmen with their families are big and small, and often one big one leads a dozen small ones.
This doesn't seem to be a good thing, it means they are still settling here.
Why? Aren't they more suited to the water? Even if they are amphibious creatures, murlocs would prefer to live underwater, right? As far as Lu Ping'an knew, murlocs could not live on the ground for a long time, as overly dry skin would kill them.
Lu Pingan was a little curious, so.
"I see. They were quite ruthless."
In a small hut, in front of Lu Ping'an was a cleanly dissected fishman.
The brain was placed on one side, the skin on one side, and the flesh on one side. The stench and fishy smell filled the entire room. The ground was covered with disgusting pieces of meat, but Lu Ping'an showed a weird smile.
"There are three known types of parasites, namely the brain, subcutaneous fat, and internal organs. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, no wonder he's so skinny."
There are all kinds of disgusting parasites, some in the form of mites, some in stripes, and some in the form of moth larvae. A normal ocean probably won't evolve such things. Alien species often have short-term exemptions in the "food chain". It is obviously unrealistic for parasitic species to evolve naturally against them so quickly.
"Diseases, eh, too many to distinguish. I'm afraid this fishman's natural life span will be less than one-tenth of what it was before. He can only live for two more years at most."
Lu Ping'an's medical knowledge is not sufficient, but Big Cat's is sufficient.
"Hemangiomas, killer respiratory viruses, skin shedding, digestive blockages, and keratin (skin, nail) decay are all new viruses that I have never seen before. They target fish-men, or in other words, they mainly target amphibian-like creatures. These viruses require fish-men as receptors to be cultivated, and the technology is quite mature. They will not be harmful to humans in the short term. This should be their technical reserve."
At this moment, looking at the victim on the ground, Lu Ping'an himself felt a little sympathy.
If you are sick like this, living might be more painful than death. At this time, parasites will continue to absorb nutrients and reduce your resistance.
".Chris, if they do this, aren't they afraid that the Earth's oceans will become completely poisonous and the entire ecosystem will be destroyed?"
These viruses and parasites are now clearly targeting outsiders, but Lu Ping'an also knows that these things can mutate, and God knows what they will eventually mutate into when they gather together.
As long as time is long enough, it is entirely possible for aliens to evolve that are targeted at humans and can cross the ocean limits. Lu Ping'an once again felt that those people were a bit too extreme. Don't let this end up like the classic ending of science fiction novels, where the aliens don't destroy you, but humans kill themselves.
"Don't underestimate these foreign invaders. You probably fought too many favorable battles in foreign lands. In foreign lands, it's always the locals filling in the gaps. Do you really think humans are better than them? To be honest, Earth is weaker. Modern people who are accustomed to a peaceful and comfortable life are the mainstream, and the basic hardware to become a professional is also relatively weak."
If the strength of a race can be vaguely indicated by a numerical value, humans are set at 1, while the Salamanders who are born with "divine blood" and "dragon blood" are 3 to 4, and the Long-Handed Tribe is only 0.6 on the water but at least 5 in the sea.
As mentioned before, the strength of a professional who has just advanced to Level Zero is no different from that of an ordinary person. He or she only has one or two extra professional abilities with subtle effects, and the number of times they can be used is extremely limited.
For an ordinary level 0, it may take at least half a year to reach the level 1. Those who can complete the accumulative training within a year are already elite (university general students). Only at this point can they be considered to have started.
At this time, a first-level combat professional, equipped with a series of equipment, can fight against foreign races. But in fact, foreign races also have their own extraordinary systems.
Humans are not natural beasts, which is why the East Kingdom secretly implements the "Xuanwu Project (evolution of the human species)".
In Lu Ping'an's memory, he and his group killed many people in one world after another and rarely suffered any losses. When he was at his weakest, he was just a professional at level three or above. Most of his members were elites selected from thousands (special departments of key universities), and their growth potential and talents were maximized.
Compared with those ordinary local residents, it is no problem to say that they are all war machines. With the addition of Lu Ping'an as an accelerator, their actual progress in the past few years has reached the level of other professionals who have made more than 30 or 40 years. They also have various "specialties", and their weapons and consumables are fully equipped. The speed of upgrading their combat power is basically at the cheating level.
".Lu Ping'an, you are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. Just imagine, a group of ordinary fishmen came ashore, and one or two of them were extraordinary. Even if a small border town could defend itself, the loss would be heavy, and the surrounding villages and towns might be slaughtered by them."
This is the most terrifying thing. When teams of fishmen emerge from the long coastline, rivers and even underground water holes, they repeat in the East everything they did in Sakurajima, and the center continues to bloom. Maybe it will not fall, but the losses will be very terrible, and will cause serious social panic and insecurity.
Once the social order collapses, it will probably not be a short-term thing to rebuild it. Without a stable rear base, the East’s dispatch and industrial advantages will be greatly reduced.
"Perhaps, this is not the time to consider the long term."
To be honest, the speed at which the island chain and the South Pacific collapsed far exceeded Lu Ping'an's expectations. Lu Ping'an originally thought that it could hold out for at least three years, but it turned out like this in less than three months.
Lu Ping'an was silent. Perhaps, those senior bosses saw things more deeply and were more desperate about the current situation, so they became more extreme.
"Look at the bright side. Look at these things. Master Shuichi's plan has indeed worked."
Hearing this, Lu Ping'an also laughed, although this smile was a little hellish.
Perhaps, the direct cause of Sakurajima’s current situation may be the current state of the ocean, which comes from the malicious curse of those extraordinary bosses.
".Collect more samples so I can see their resistance."
Lu Ping'an saw countless mermen trying to occupy the island as their new habitat. This proved that they no longer dared to go down to the sea to build nests.
Then, the most troublesome thing, its extremely strong reproductive ability, will be greatly restricted.
They can indeed reproduce on land, but do they have enough food and resources? Do they need to learn how to grow crops on the ground? They should just eat the fish in the sea and then die of illness.
This not only limits the expansion of the enemy, but these lives carry their own alien rules. Their numbers and power are equivalent to constantly invading this world, narrowing the distance between the two worlds.
"If they have to go to land to reproduce and get a lot of food supplies on land, it's no wonder they attacked Sakurajima like crazy. They must get more resources to continue this war, and Australia is too far away."
Now, Lu Ping'an opened the map again and looked at the skulls on it, but the feeling was completely different.
I used to think that those high-level combat forces really obeyed orders and dispersed to various places to attack. Now looking back, isn’t this their old habit?
"These areas are their territories, they are the kings of the mountains."
Now, maybe some things can be reconsidered.
This means that many of them may not be so "loyal" anymore. The warlords who have occupied the territory may not necessarily attack the powerful enemy without any benefits.
"Although this island nation is beyond saving, maybe our border can still be saved. Perhaps, we can make it impossible for this island nation to unite forever."