Chapter 15 Weak?

Apparently, the other party was very dissatisfied with Li Ang's ridicule. The half-man stuck to the moth's back began to scream incessantly.

The moth beneath him buzzed, flapping its wings rapidly, swaying slightly in place, and after adjusting its posture,

extended its tubular proboscis, like a long spear, and charged towards Li Ang like a motorcycle at full throttle.

Bang, bang, bang,

three rifle bullets accurately struck the moth's hemispherical head, blasting the head of this large lepidopteran insect straight into its chest cavity.

Its body trembled, nosediving and crashing onto the corridor floor, tumbling forward several times due to inertia.

"Aaaah..."

With the death of the moth, the half-man's screams also became weak and feeble.

Li Ang casually shot him in the forehead, then added a few more shots to the spine and neck, finally silencing him completely.

"So weak?"

Wanlifengdao frowned. "This isn't good..."

Logically speaking, monsters that jump out as soon as you enter a scenario,

are usually newbie monsters meant to help players adapt to the mission's intensity and understand the scenario's world background.

Their strength is generally kept at a level that is "a bit troublesome but can be resolved quickly."

This oversized moth in front of them was just ugly and terrifying in appearance. Its actual combat power was such that, let alone players, even ordinary people could easily deal with it with a metal spear after some training.

Li Ang stood in place and watched for a while, confirming that the moth was no longer moving,

before walking over and using his steel rod to lift the moth, examining it briefly.

"This is an American white moth, Hyphantria cunea, originally with a body length of around 9-12mm. Now it's grown this big..."

Li Ang said with a serious face, "It must have eaten my favorite Growth Joy."

Should I sing you a song, "The taste of Growth Joy, the moth wants to understand"?

Wanlifengdao thought to himself, but didn't show any expression on his face.

He took a ordinary metal spear from his backpack, grasped the rubber grip,

and, keeping a distance, gently cut open the connection between the half-man and the moth with the spear tip.

Tss—

As the spear tip sliced through, colorful, viscous pus splashed everywhere, painting the wall with a bizarre mural.

Despite wearing a gas mask, Wanlifengdao could still imagine that terrifying rotten stench in his mind...

The half-man's internal organs gurgled and flowed onto the floor,

revealing that his abdominal cavity was "grown" together with the moth through a pile of bizarre blood and flesh organs.

"What the hell is this..."

Wanlifengdao muttered, watching the tall and mighty Twilight Knight take out a T-shaped handheld radiation detector,

and scan it back and forth over the mothman.

"There's slight radiation in the air."

The Twilight Knight glanced at the moth. "Its radiation level is higher than the air; it's a Level 4 radiation source.

However, it's not a mutated species caused by natural radiation."

Wanlifengdao frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Because natural nuclear radiation couldn't create such a 'perfect' creation."

Li Ang explained indifferently, "Unlike what's depicted in movies and animations, the 'genetic mutations' caused by nuclear radiation refer to crudely and violently breaking DNA chains,

rather than precisely and stably reconstructing gene sequences like an engineer.

Most mutations are harmful and disordered, leading to rapid collapse of the irradiated individual's physiological functions.

Even in a high-tech laboratory, using a large number of experimental organisms and undergoing lengthy experiments,

it's difficult to induce and breed such a beautiful creature."

Wanlifengdao was stunned, looking at the ugly mothman lying in the corridor. "You call it beautiful?!"

Li Ang didn't bother arguing with him, but directly took the spear from Wanlifengdao and used the tip to pry open the moth's abdomen on both sides.

"Insects are heartless creatures; they rely on spiracles on the sides of their bodies to breathe.

Look, this moth's spiracles and internal network system are just enlarged proportionally.

Given that the oxygen content in the air remains the same, this system cannot provide enough oxygen.

It relies on the half-human body on its back to breathe."

This design of using another living individual as an external breathing apparatus was ingenious, crazy, and morbid.

Moreover, Li Ang suspected that the person on the white moth's back wasn't just used for breathing but could also attract humans by calling for help loudly...

Anglerfish vibes.

Li Ang paused for a moment and continued, "Even if the desolation here is caused by nuclear war,

the radioactive element half-life of the nuclear explosion, whether it's 8 days or 30 years,

cannot meet the requirements for a long mutation period,

allowing this creature to quickly evolve a complete external breathing system."

In short, the mutation induction period caused by nuclear explosions is too short, while the white moth's external breathing system is ridiculously complete.

The Twilight Knight also added in a timely manner, "If it were a three-phase bomb explosion, it could cause long-term, large-scale radiation pollution, which could provide a long mutation induction period.

However, this hypothesis is inconsistent with the lush vegetation on the streets."

Wanlifengdao thought for a while and summarized, "So, the city beneath our feet most likely experienced a not-so-severe nuclear explosion,

and this mutated creature is not a product of radiation but a man-made object that has been precisely adjusted and modified?"

"That's right."

Li Ang nodded, a clear expression of "As expected, one should look at a person with new eyes after three days, kid" in his eyes.

Wanlifengdao pouted unhappily, feeling that Li Ang was mocking him.

The Twilight Knight said in a deep voice, "Considering the three mission objectives, we can assume that this mutated creature is the work of the Balance Corporation.

If that's the case, the Balance Corporation's life engineering technology level has exceeded our real world."

This sentence was the most important.

Compared to weapons and equipment,

complete technologies and systematic cutting-edge knowledge in the scenario world are undoubtedly more valuable.

Knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth. The potential value of the Balance Corporation, which they had yet to meet, had obviously exceeded the expectations of the three players.

But opportunity is also accompanied by danger. If the Balance Corporation can create such exquisitely mutated monsters, will they create more and stronger monsters...

Wanlifengdao stared at the half-human, half-moth corpse, his face quite unpleasant.

"Don't worry. This creature could also have mutated on its own."

Li Ang comforted him, "Our world still has ghosts and zombies, so maybe this world has a setting of 'rapid biological gene mutation'.

For example, a white couple having a black child or something..."