Chapter 69: Breaking through the reproductive barrier
In the afternoon.
The six-person team gathered again and each brought the mission intelligence clues they had collected over the past half day.
The first one to speak was Chen Mo.
He opened different bottles and released various poisonous insects inside, and everyone gathered around to watch.
"These are poisonous insects that I collected in the fog outside, and they are just small things that can be seen everywhere in the fog. Even if the fog is relatively calm during the day, it is still very dangerous for ordinary people. As for the night, it must be You need to use sulfur powder to get through it. Sulfur powder can expel these poisonous insects very well. "
"Are you out?"
It was the grizzly bear who spoke.
Relying on his high defense power and health value, he picked up one of the poisonous insects on the spot without saying a word, conducted an experiment on himself, and got the results quickly.
Obviously, his defense and vitality levels were higher than Chen Mo's, so he was naturally not afraid of these poisons.
"Are you saying that there are these poisonous insects everywhere outside?"
"Yes, and I just walked around the outside of the fog. It is said that the poisonous insects deep in the fog will be more toxic."
Hearing this, everyone looked slightly solemn.
After a pause, Chen Mo continued: "And according to my observation, the reason why this world is called a foggy world is that it is full of fog. Fog is the most basic survival law for all creatures in this world, similar to Human habitats like Schumacher Castle are just islands in the fog.”
After saying that, he carefully put away the poisonous insects.
Seeing that everyone was silent and still looking at him, seemingly thoughtful, Chen Mo added: "The creatures in this world have formed a competitive evolutionary system due to the special environment here. All living in this evolutionary system All creatures in the world, including humans, must follow the two most basic directions of evolution. One is to continuously strengthen their camouflage and toxicity, and the other is to continuously strengthen their physical fitness and anti-toxic properties. If any creature violates This law of evolution will be ruthlessly swallowed up by the ecological system of this world.”
After speaking, Chen Mo shrugged.
"So I think the dangers in the fog will be our real dangers and obstacles in addition to our mission."
In fact, Chen Mo still has several important intelligence clues that have not been made public.
One is the so-called alien beast in this world, which is probably caused by the poison masters. The other is the top creature called the dragon in this world.
The giant dragon here is a western dragon with wings, but it is definitely not the kind of cannon fodder character that Chen Mo remembered as inferior to a dog in the later stage. It is the real pinnacle creature of the food chain in this world, even if it has a trace of their genetic blood. Mutalisks and sub-dragons are also the undisputed top creatures in this world.
The reason why Chen Mo did not disclose this information.
Firstly, the clues are incomplete, and the relationship between poison masters and alien beasts is not yet understood. Secondly, given their mission level as natural disaster predators, and they seem to be in a relatively remote area where humans gather, it is impossible to It is impossible to come into contact with the so-called dragon.
Next, Maoyan opened his mouth and revealed his investigation clues.
"I investigated the class relations in Schumacher Castle. Generally speaking, it can be divided into five levels. The people and traders at the lowest level are responsible for cultivating the farmland outside the city and maintaining the basic operation of business in the city. Although they live in Schumacher, The Mach family has a sphere of influence, but they don’t have a family crest, so we shouldn’t get any rewards for killing these people of the Howell family.”
When Chen Mo heard this, he thought of the people in the castle he had come into contact with, and deeply agreed with Maoyan's analysis.
These ordinary residents are not a threat to the disaster world, but may even be a resource, and they do not encourage the killings of natural disaster victims.
"And the Schumacher family power is divided into two parts, one is the subordinate power, and the other is the core members of the family."
Maoyan paused for a moment and continued: "The forces under my command are divided into three levels: guards, captains and small bosses. They are all combatants hired and trained by the Schumacher family, and the other is a core member of the Schumacher family. They are all descendants of the Schumacher family, and they all have the power of small bosses regardless of their strength. In addition, there should be two big bosses in the castle, namely Lacy Schumacher's father, and the one who voluntarily resigned a few years ago. The grandfather of the lordship.”
Maoyan’s investigation direction is closer to humanities.
From the family power structure of the Schumacher family, it is not difficult to infer the basic system of the Howell family, which should be almost the same.
The furry bear touched the back of his head.
Compared to Chen Mo and Maoyan's investigation clues, he seemed to have made no progress for most of the day.
"Howell Family Castle is less than thirty kilometers away from here. We need to walk about twenty kilometers in the fog. According to adventurers, the fog is very dangerous, so it takes about a day's journey."
No wonder he was embarrassed.
However, the task of investigating intelligence is indeed difficult for him. This is not his strong point.
Next, Youli said: "As far as I know, after killing the monsters in the forest fog, not only do you have a certain probability of obtaining energy stones from their bodies, but through the pharmacist, you can also extract anti-toxic properties from their bodies. There are also some special plants that can also allow us to gain anti-toxic properties, but this property cannot be improved infinitely, but can only be improved by continuously acquiring higher-quality materials.”
"But we didn't bring that many mysterious stones."
Rabbit Wei Qian: "Since there are so many poisons in this world, almost everyone has some resistance to poisons and poisoning abilities. It would be great if we could obtain some resistance to poisons first."
Youli chuckled and said: "You are wrong. The anti-toxic property is a hidden property in the judgment of the optical brain data chip, so we can take it directly without identification, and there will be no adverse rejection. But in contrast, Yes, we can’t bring it back to the disaster world to sell it, after all, no one will believe this kind of potion that has no properties.”
"That's great!"
When the rabbit heard this, his eyes suddenly turned into two crescent moons, which was very cute.
After seeing that Yuli stopped talking, Rabbit said: "The direction of my investigation is based on the name of this task, why it is a shame to the Schumacher family."
Chen Mo was quite speechless when he heard this.
Even women in a disaster world are so gossipy?
However, since the other party mentioned this matter, Chen Mo couldn't help but become a little curious.
"And after many secret inquiries, I finally got the explosive news. It turned out that it was Master Lacy's fiancée, Lori Miller, who was born in the Miller family. Five days ago, she and Master Lacy had some disputes. A small matter, she left after a big quarrel in the castle, but it seemed that she did not return to the Miller family, but went to the Howell family, and Elon Howell of the Howell family was a The famous playboy.”
Well?
Everyone looked at each other, and Maoyan and Nightingale couldn't help laughing.
No wonder Lacy Schumacher looked so humiliated when he summoned them and vowed to make the Howell family pay the price. It was based on this background.
"Is that why?"
Yuli was quite disdainful of this. After all, this didn't seem to be a big deal in the disaster world.
"These different worlds always have all kinds of strange cultures."
Rabbit added: "In other words, if we can kill that Elon Howell, the natural disaster contribution points reward given to us by the optical brain data chip may only be at the normal level, but Lazi Schumacher will give us The secondary reward will definitely be greatly improved, even if it reaches the level of a big boss, it won’t be surprising, what do you think?”
After Rabbit's reminder, everyone's eyes suddenly brightened.
Mao Yan frequently hinted at Nightingale, and she was obviously becoming more and more satisfied with this telepathic medical assistant.
It is worth mentioning here.
A fixed team is established by meeting various conditions. The contract formed by the team will be randomly generated based on the compatibility judgment of the optical brain. However, generally speaking, the attributes provided will be at a contract blessing level between green, blue, and purple quality. , and for low-level natural disaster victims, this is equivalent to saving a lot of points, so it is naturally worthy of priority.
Nightingale hinted to Maoyan to stay calm and continue observing.
"Very good, the information collected by everyone is quite good."
Nightingale encouraged everyone.
Then she continued: "My information is about the Poison Master. As far as I know, in addition to many family castles, there is also a large city built by a large number of adventurers called Glory City. And in various major castles Unlike the poison master leader who generally leads many adventurers, the ruler of the city is an organization called the Adventurer's Guild."
When everyone heard this, they looked at Nightingale intently.
"We all understand the abilities of adventurers very well, but the abilities of poison masters can be divided into three categories based on intelligence."
Nightingale's tone became serious.
"One type is poison masters who control poisonous insects and make various toxins. They are often also pharmacists in major castles. The other type is a profession similar to melee elemental mages. They are capable of both magic and martial arts. Some of them can also use so-called poisons. Elements, the last category, are poison masters who master the alienation and refining formations, and can refine terrifying beasts, which are also the most bizarre and terrifying category."
Immediately afterwards, Nightingale unexpectedly brought information that Chen Mo had also heard clues about.
"It is said that the so-called monsters in the mist are the poison masters who mastered the alienation and refining formations in the ancient times of this world. They were encircled and suppressed by the Dragon Knight Alliance, the legendary ultimate combat power of the Adventurer Association. In hatred and revenge, they attacked The earth has been severely polluted, which has led to drastic changes in the ecological environment. Most of the new species that have been formed... have broken through the reproductive barrier. "
Breaking through the reproductive barrier! !
Others didn't seem to have much reaction to the information about breaking the reproductive barrier from Nightingale, but Chen Mo was keenly aware of the horror in it. Doesn't this mean that deep in the fog, all kinds of deformed and strange creatures would not be surprising? ?
Deep in the fog, there is probably a dangerous world where monsters are rampant.