Chapter 15 Blood Amber
After thinking about this section, Li Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.
“The biggest threat I’m facing right now is the [Gene Hunger] caused by the [Insect Lord] infection, which puts me at risk of turning into a monster. To eliminate hidden dangers, the best strategy is to contact official organizations or guilds The organization seeks help."
"They entered the killing field four and a half years ago and must have accumulated considerable resources, knowledge and experience."
"However, the problem is, There is no free lunch in the world. First of all, you must show the potential for cooperation, and at the very least, you must have the means to protect yourself. You will not be reported to the Special Affairs Bureau and destroyed by one shot. ”
Li Sheng pondered for a moment and found a statement on the forum's registration page - only players can see the registration option, and non-players cannot register to become official users of the forum.
After confirming that he was a visitor and could not browse more content on the forum and collect more information, Li Sheng closed the webpage and pulled out two plastic boxes from under the bed, containing mantises and insect pupae.
When Li Sheng absorbed genes and grew bone blades before, he felt that he had some kind of connection with this mantis.
After two days of settling, it was confirmed that it was not an illusion and that he could indeed control the movements of the mantis to a certain extent.
Concentrate on it, gather your consciousness, and consolidate the idea of "raising your left arm" in your mind. The green insect in the plastic box slowly raised its left forelimb.
Changing his mind again, Mantis raised his right arm again and acted according to Li Sheng's wishes.
“Because I absorbed its genes, it became an accessory to me? In other words, if the bee monster had not died, would I have been controlled by it?”
< br>"What is the method for this kind of control? Sound, light, pheromones or electrical signals?"
Li Sheng did further experiments. He used tape to stick the mantis in the gap of the plastic box. , not allowing air to circulate, and found that I could still control the insects, thus ruling out the possibility of control through pheromones.
Then the plastic box and the mobile phone were wrapped in an opaque bag at the same time, and the situation in the plastic box was photographed with the mobile phone. They continued to gather consciousness and found that the control effect still worked, thereby eliminating the transmission of light and sound. Possibility of control.
"If you have a lead box on hand, you can detect whether lower-level insects are controlled through electrical signals."
Li Sheng said silently in his heart: "But one thing is for sure, the control intensity is related to the distance. The closer it is, the stronger the control effect and the lower the delay.”
After thinking about it, he took out a piece of blood amber with metal tweezers from the sealed plastic bag he carried with him, and pressed it gently. On the surface of the mantis.
As soon as the two came into contact, the blood amber that was originally as hard as crystal melted quickly and penetrated into his body along the chest and abdominal vents.
With the help of the light, you can clearly see wisps of blood red, distributed throughout the body of the mantis.
Half a minute later, its forelimbs, left midfoot, and abdomen swelled. The skin on its back couldn't bear the pressure and burst open, spewing out green body fluid.
The entire insect body kept trembling, as if it couldn't bear the power given by the abominable fragments and was about to turn into something else.
Li Sheng immediately stretched out his hand to touch the mantis. As the two sides re-established the connection, the excess power of the evil fragment was transferred to Li Sheng, and the latter's distortion gradually stopped, and his body shape slowly returned to normal.
After about a quarter of an hour, the mantis stopped trembling.
Its body size has enlarged, its forelimbs and blade arms are even larger, and its overall color has changed from emerald green to brown, somewhat similar to the dead leaf mantis in Malaysia.
"The control effect has been enhanced. The precise control distance has increased from one meter to five meters, and the limit distance has increased from three meters to fifteen meters." Li Sheng felt the subtle changes and controlled the new insects to make various complex movements, such as lifting a pencil, Open drawers etc.
“Its weight and strength have been greatly enhanced, and it can almost lift a bottle of water. At the same time, its forelimbs have become stronger and sharper, and can easily cut through leather and fiber materials. The key Yes, it can still fly.”
Under Li Sheng’s instructions, the brown mantis spread its wings on its back, flapped its wings, flew around the bedroom ceiling, and then landed back in the plastic box.
Ordinary mantises can only fly a certain distance with their wings, but they can never fly so easily and freely.
"A flying insect with huge strength, forelimbs as sharp as daggers, and the ability to hide in plants is simply an assassination weapon."
Li Sheng could easily imagine the application scenarios of the new ability - he Let the mantis fly to the treetops in advance, wait for the target to pass under the tree, then suddenly land, slit the target's throat with a knife, and then fly away with its wings.
If the location, angle, and lighting are right, you can completely hide from the surveillance cameras and achieve a silent assassination.
“No wonder the Special Affairs Bureau is so vigilant. The infection effect of the Insect Lord can make organisms at the lower levels of the food chain extremely lethal. Not to mention those at the upper levels of the food chain.”< br>
He re-covered the lid of the plastic box, screwed on the wire, and put it back under the bed - the mantis feeds once every three or four days on average, and is too lazy to move when it is full, so don't worry too much.
Next, there is the pupa of the giant beetle.
Li Sheng took out the second evil fragment from the bag and gently placed it on the surface of the pupa.
Same as before, the pupa was easily penetrated by the evil fragments and gradually expanded.
Li Sheng followed the same method and absorbed the excess power of the evil fragments through touch, establishing a connection with the pupa.
He could feel that the emerging insects inside the chrysalis were undergoing profound changes.
The color of the pupa itself changed from brown to gray-yellow. Lying in the artificial pupa chamber, it was shaken occasionally and had no intention of hatching in a short period of time.
The Big Halberd Bug itself is the pinnacle of the Bug World. After being infected and strengthened by the Lord of Bugs, we don’t know what it will look like when it hatches.
There are still four blood ambers left. Under the light, the surface is flowing with a breathtaking luster, which makes people feel a strong impulse to absorb them all.
“Let’s forget it for now.”
Li Sheng took a deep breath, balled the toner, air filter cotton, deodorizing cotton, etc. into a ball, wrapped the blood amber, and then used fresh-keeping Wrap it tightly in film, tie it with a rubber band, and put it in the most secret box under the bed.
The cycle of gene hunger has not yet come, so it is not that urgent, and he also has an idea - maybe he can sell the excess fragments of the gods in exchange for information or healing potions.
After putting these away, he began to examine his second harvest of the day.
“When I picked up the blood amber, I touched the blood of the two Insect Lord infected bodies and absorbed their genes. I don’t know what abilities I can gain this time.”
< br>(End of this chapter)