Chapter 74: Chapter 74 Angel Envoy Mutation
Originally, Zhu Xiong and the others had considered having Su Han and Bai Qilan oversee the use of the injection, but they didn't want to delay Su Han's affairs, so they didn't call him.
Now that they had Su Han, it was naturally better than ever.
"I'll do it."
Zhu Xiong held the syringe, which already contained the blood extracted from the Meat Mountain Demon.
He aimed at his own zombie's heart and inserted the needle directly into it. Quickly, a full syringe of Meat Mountain Demon's blood was injected.
Where the injection took place, the zombie's bright red muscles began to wriggle as if a bug had burrowed under the skin, which looked somewhat nauseating.
But, without a doubt, the flesh and blood started to take effect quickly after entering.
Zhu Xiong's brow furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "It seems like there's a surge of strength inside it."
Through the connection they shared, Zhu Xiong focused his senses and could faintly perceive the difference.
Bai Qilan observed carefully, recording and saying, "The blood of the Meat Mountain Demon is inducing the mutation of the zombie, but since the injection liquid hasn't been purified, the energy is a bit weaker. This process shouldn't be too fast."
Just as she said, under everyone's watchful eyes, a good ten minutes passed, and the flesh continued to writhe, only now it spread from the heart area to other places.
Time ticked away, and then a drastic change suddenly occurred.
"Roar"
The zombie began to growl lowly, its spine protruding fiercely with a crackling sound as if signaling something.
Soon, the zombie's body bones began to distort, and its stature started to grow, turning into a little giant over two meters tall.
The zombie's muscles bulged, especially the left arm, which became even thicker, growing gray-white, heavy keratin. Its claws extended, five centimeters long, sharp and daunting.
Zhu Xiong sensed carefully, his eyes suddenly brightening with excitement, "It's awakened a skill!"
Everyone: ???
They thought that the mutation was over and the physical changes were the biggest gain. But were you even speaking human language?
"Old Zhu, explain clearly, don't leave anything out."
Zhu Xiong suppressed his excitement and said, "The Angel Envoy remains unchanged, not an evolution, and the strength is still at the First-level Intermediate. But I feel the improvement is not negligible, and reaching the First Order Upper Grade shouldn't be far off. As for the skill, it just burst out, Power Burst; the left arm can suddenly release two to three times its strength."
Because Su Han had previously mentioned the Divine Initiation Ritual, Zhu Xiong also knew some details about Evolution and breaking through bottlenecks.
Without a change in species, even though strength had increased, it definitely hadn't resulted in a qualitative change.
Zhu Xiong's tone carried a bit of regret as he muttered, "It would have been nice to evolve directly."
When everyone heard this, they gave the chubby man a glance; he clearly had an advantage yet acted coy.
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Gan Xinglei's faint voice came through, with both a skill and a mutation and you still want to evolve? As if such good fortune ever happened.
Now, in the entire camp, not counting Su Han, only Zhu Xiong and his wife Yan Meiyu had skills, which meant they were already well ahead.
Zhu Xiong gave a sheepish smile, "Cough cough, I couldn't help it."
With Zhu Xiong having thrown the first stone, everybody else followed suit, not waiting for their turn, but directly injecting the solution into the monster's chest or spine.
As the injection was administered, Zhao Yimin and others who used the Half-Fish Monster's injector reacted the quickest. The Giant Macrophage Dog and the rotting corpse simply turned green on the surface before quickly returning to their original state.
Their strength had increased slightly, but not significantly, just as Bai Qilan had expected. The Half-Fish Monster required multiple injections to fully induce a mutation.
After all, the blood of the Half-Fish Monster did not contain much active spiritual energy and therefore was not highly compatible.
However, Zhang Dahai and Guo Gang, who were injected with the Giant Claw Zombie serum, underwent noticeable changes. Although their physiques did not grow much larger, their Angel Envoys' arms became stronger and more elongated, their grey-white skin tougher, and especially their hands transformed with more pronounced bone claws.
Gan Xinglei and Ye Kailing were still at First-level Intermediate, but they were one step closer to advancing to First Order Upper Grade, while Zhang Dahai and Guo Gang had completed their mutation and advanced to First-level Intermediate due to it.
Yan Meiyu's Rot Skin Rat was injected with the blood of the Meat Mountain Demon. Even though compatibility couldn't be guaranteed, induced by the more active tissue, the entire Rot Skin Rat's muscles kept bulging and writhing, then swelled up like a balloon.
The Rot Skin Rat kept growing, from just over a meter in length, it turned into two and a half meters long from head to tail, about one meter tall, with a mass of black, stiff fur, red glowing eyes, and a fierce gaping mouth. Moreover, it had a new terrifying slit in its belly with crisscrossing sharp teeth.
The change in the Rot Skin Rat was unexpected, compared to Zhu Xiong's Angel Envoy rotting corpse, it was no less striking.
Yan Meiyu, paying careful attention, suddenly looked up at Su Han and said, "The Rot Poison skill has advanced to Intermediate, which can paralyze or knock out those poisoned and be controlled."
On hearing this, everyone was shocked. However, Su Han's eyes lit up.
"Test out your Rot Poison first, flip Nie Rilong over with it so he doesn't cause trouble; and recall your Blood Bone Lizard."
"...."
The crowd looked at Su Han in astonishment; he was ready to make immediate use of it.
Although not sure what to say about it, considering Nie Rilong was already so constrained, it would be difficult for him to summon his Angel Envoy back, and now with the added poison, it looks like he might never control his Angel Envoy again.
One could only say that Su Han's thinking was indeed effective, especially against enemies.
"I'll go in a minute," Yan Meiyu paused, then asked, "What about the Giant Claw Zombie and the Meat Mountain Demon? Should I control them too?"
Before Su Han could answer, Bai Qilan spoke, "It's best not to right now. The toxicity has not been tested, we don't know the effects, or if it will affect the effectiveness of the blood, spinal fluid extraction, and the injectable."
After thinking, Su Han agreed, saying, "There's no need to bother with monsters; they're not as troublesome as people."
Everyone had completed their Angel Envoy's injection-induced mutations. Although those who used the Half-Fish Monster's injection did not fully mutate, as long as they made enough contributions, they would have no problem getting more injections, even from more powerful monsters.
Without realizing it, Zhao Yimin, Cheng Xiyuan, and Xia Ning found themselves silently competing, wanting to do more.
After all, in this post-apocalyptic world, the stronger you are, the better you can survive.
As for Zhu Xiong and others, just the injection itself was enough to improve their strength, not to mention the second Angel Envoy from the Second Order, and the Divine Initiation Ritual for breaking through their Angel Envoy's limit to trigger evolution—all means for them to grow stronger.
The desire for power would also drive them to work harder and maintain the camp.
The deep intertwining of interests made them staunch defenders of the community.
Su Han, on the other hand, had gained the contract of seven First-level Intermediate individuals including Zhu Xiong and Gan Xinglei, as well as several First-level Intermediate prospective Contractors like Zhao Yimin.
With more people at his disposal, he could do more things; it was time to make some preparations and then take action against the Fish Monster tribe.