"Are you a native?" Zhang Chen asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Heh, a native? That sounds strange, as if we're some primitive tribe and you are advanced colonizers..."
"I didn't expect you guys to have such a sense of superiority."
"Actually, you should say we are humans, and you... are just anything else."
Luo Tianyu said rebelliously.
He paused when he said "you guys...".
He originally had a term for the reincarnators, but he deliberately avoided it and used "guys" instead.
This indicated that not only was the term unpleasant, but it also revealed the purpose of the progressives summoning the reincarnators.
So he avoided the more important issue.
However, when natives refer to reincarnators among themselves, they always use that term for communication, which led Luo Tianyu to develop this habit and almost slip up.
"It seems you have many secrets..." Zhang Chen said with a smile.
At the same time, he gently patted Mo Ran with his right hand from below.
The latter understood instantly!
"I am a human, a witness to the changes in the world, so of course I know a lot of information."
"But... I'm just here today to see what kind of existence the guy people place their hopes on is, that's all."
Luo Tianyu said to Zhang Chen with a smile.
"Are you humans tourists, and this apocalypse is a zoo, and we are exhibits in the zoo for you to visit?"
Zhang Chen suddenly switched to the way natives thought and said.
"Haha, that's a very vivid metaphor. I know your world has zoos, but ours doesn't."
"We are not so cruel as to cage animals. We give animals the most primitive and natural environment, and the whole world belongs to them."
"So they don't feel like animals in a cage..."
Luo Tianyu explained proudly.
However, before he could finish, Mo Ran had already appeared behind him silently.
Then her entire body transformed into a stream of black fluid and surged towards Luo Tianyu!
[Primary Possession Parasitism]!
Zhang Chen was familiar with this scene.
It was how the Spider Queen had possessed him in his previous life.
If it weren't for the Meteorite Core, he would have been gone by now.
As long as he possessed Luo Tianyu, all the natives' secrets would be revealed to Zhang Chen without reservation.
Finding the Lighthouse would be a piece of cake!
However, the moment the black fluid was about to enter Luo Tianyu's body, its shape suddenly changed.
It seemed to have hit an invisible layer of glass.
The black liquid spread out into a large patch but couldn't advance any further!
Mo Ran had no choice but to leap back and revert to her human form.
"Oh? Little Spider is also on your team?"
"No wonder I found you a bit familiar. So she's been reborn, no wonder she's so naive, she even forgot our protective barrier."
"If it were the previous Spider Queen, she definitely wouldn't make such a low-level mistake!"
Luo Tianyu sneered, saying without even turning his head.
Zhang Chen smiled, neither confirming nor denying.
He was thinking of countermeasures internally.
He didn't know Luo Tianyu's personal strength.
He didn't know what technology he possessed.
Furthermore, there was no doubt that the technology possessed by the progressives now was even more powerful than the technology recorded earlier in the walled city.
He had always been accompanied by prompts, and no matter how strong the enemy was, as long as he knew their skills and weaknesses, he had confidence in fighting them.
Now, facing a native full of question marks, the danger and combat difficulty had instantly increased significantly.
At this moment, Zhang Chen also understood how difficult it was for those survivors without prompts to survive in the apocalypse.
"Luo Tianyu..."
Suddenly, a voice, calm but laced with a hint of resentment, rang out.
It was Xu Ruina!
"Why is it you?"
The moment Luo Tianyu saw Xu Ruina, his expression instantly became extremely distorted.
This expression merged surprise, delight, fear, confusion, and other emotions, looking exceptionally bizarre.
"You still remember me?"
Xu Ruina slowly jumped down from the branch, gently waving the pair of claws that should have been hands, and asked indignantly.
"Don't come any closer, attack, attack, attack!"
Luo Tianyu retreated in panic and then shouted nervously.
"Roar~"
Boom!
Suddenly, the two giant trees behind Luo Tianyu began to shake violently.
Then, a black bear the size of a five-story building rushed out of the dense forest.
Its massive shadow, as if covering the sky, charged towards Xu Ruina.
Rumble!
With just one pounce, it directly knocked down the giant tree behind Xu Ruina.
The trunk, more than five meters in diameter, snapped with a crack, startling a flock of strange birds and insects.
Xu Ruina instantly flashed to the side and quickly slashed at its body with her sharp claws.
Her claws were incredibly sharp, capable of piercing any fur or cuticle.
However, the moment her claws pierced the giant bear's fur and were about to cut into flesh, Xu Ruina's expression changed drastically, and she retreated dozens of steps in succession, maintaining a safe distance from the giant bear.
"How... how could this happen?"
Xu Ruina was full of confusion.
"Heh, even our own creatures are unreliable. As long as they have their own consciousness, there will never be absolute obedience."
"So we've improved a batch of mechanical biomimetic creatures. They look like living creatures but are actually mechanical. They are 1:1 replicas of biological forms, and their combat behaviors have also been integrated through motion capture technology."
"Such machines have 100% loyalty, are not infected, and are immune to toxins!"
"Specially designed for enemies like you!"
Luo Tianyu said with a proud smile.
"Roar~"
The black bear swung its paw fiercely again.
Xu Ruina dodged lightly again, but the plants behind her were unlucky, falling in a mess.
"Of course, I have a gift for you too!"
Luo Tianyu said to Zhang Chen, feeling a slight sense of relief as he watched Xu Ruina's busy movements.
"Of course, I have a gift for you too!"
A man slowly walked over from beside Luo Tianyu, repeating Luo Tianyu's words.
The man tilted his head, one shoe missing and his bare foot on the ground, the other shoe with a hole revealing two toes, and slowly walked over with a shuffle.
"Singer? Or a mutant of level VII?"
Zhang Chen's pupils contracted.
He still remembered his last battle with a level VI mutant Singer.
This guy could directly manifest energy into physical form and imitate some skills, which was incredibly troublesome.
Now that the level had increased by one, he had become even more difficult to deal with.
Gulp!
Little Soft also felt the appearance of an old adversary and slowly crawled out of Zhang Chen's pocket.
However, the moment it appeared, it was locked in a small containment jar that materialized out of thin air!
"I'm very curious, without Gromos, can you still defeat the Singer?"
Luo Tianyu said sinisterly.