Gate of Apocalypse

"Deacon, as you predicted, the coordinates have reappeared, and they are not in Griffith Park!"

On a cruising tidal fighter, Tomoyo walked quickly to the rear cabin and gazed at the stiff dragon with an adoring face.

"Is it hard for you ...... to trust my judgment until now?" The Stiff Dragon looked at the Thong You with a smile rather than a laugh.

In the cabin sat a dozen heavily armed Awakened, each with a fierce look on their faces, the elite members of Starfall's Greater China Region.

"Of course not." Tongyou wiped his sweat, busy shaking his head: "It's just that ...... at that time, many other teams were concentrated in Griffith Park, but you insisted on leaving immediately, we actually ......"

He looked back at the rest of the team in the cabin, smiled and continued, "We were all a little strange. At that time, we all thought that the final boss would be in that position."

"If you guys can all make an accurate judgment, then what do you need me as a deacon for?" The stiff dragon smiled faintly, "Now, where are we?"

"Five minutes to destination. The one you mentioned ......" Tomoyo looked at it and immediately said, "Wickenburg."

"Very well." The stiff dragon nodded.

"So where do we land at ......?"

"No, we're not landing." The stiff dragon, however, unexpectedly shook his head, "We'll just wait in the sky."

"Waiting for ......?" You are surprised: "Wait for what?"

"Of course wait ......" Stalin smiled enigmatically, "Land War One."

"The special helicopter seat of the President of the United States? Will he come here? Deacon, do you want me to go ...... possessed again?" Tongyou grimaced, "But my skills have a range of action of only 50 meters and require concentration for at least five minutes without any interruptions. A cold weapon replica like the one that occupied Cao Cao's body before is quite convenient, but the President of the United States ......".

"Don't worry, I will create opportunities for you." The Stiff Dragon did not even look at the Thong You, his expression was calm and relaxed.

"Okay ......" Tong You thought about it hesitantly, and continued to ask: "What is your battle plan this time? Can you tell me about it first? Also, I still don't understand why you secretly brought us into this copy without communicating with the Meteorite Squad."

"Of course it is-" the stiff dragon fondled a chip in his hand, a mysterious smile on his face, "to kill them in advance."

The chip was flowing with a colorful, multicolored light.

The light of the star sand.

......

Dodoro gasped and sat down on the ground.

In front of him lay the corpses of over a hundred monsters, each covered with knife wounds, either burning or covered in frost.

And Dodoro's body was covered with scars as well.

"This time it's fifty." Adric nodded in satisfaction, "How many more do you want to try?"

"Forget it ...... I said the head ...... at the beginning of the promised five heads, after killing it becomes ten, twenty heads ...... you do not want to kill me, right? " Dodoro shook his head wearily and took out two parts of healing beast blood, "It's just a test, there's no need to fight to the limit. I might have to deal with the other players and awakened ones in this replica later, so let me save some stamina."

"No need." Adric shook his head, "And put away the healing beast blood."

Dodoro looked up in dismay to see another mutant monster walking up to him.

This creature was over three meters tall, but had no head, and most of its huge body was on a huge belly that wobbled as it walked, looking a bit like a penguin, excluding the rough, uneven skin.

On the front of its huge belly was a large, vertical beak.

"Get in."

When the creature reached Dodoro, Adric pointed to the mouth on the creature's stomach, then the creature stood still, straightened up, and opened its giant mouth.

"This is ...... "Dodoro looked at the mouth on the monster's stomach, there were no teeth in it, only yellowish slime flowing downwards.

It looked disgusting.

"Healing. Faster and more complete than animal blood." Adric faded.

Dodoro gritted his teeth, nodded, and got into the monster's giant mouth. When the entire body was inside the monster, the maw immediately closed up and more mucus was secreted, like a sink with a rising water level.

"Rest well, don't worry." Despite entering the mutated monster's body, Adric's voice still penetrated clearly and reached Duo Duo's ears, "Just get some sleep."

The liquid looked disgusting, but when his body was fully immersed in it, Duo Duo felt a warmth envelop his entire body and an itching sensation from the wound he had just inflicted. Although the liquid spread through his nose and mouth, Dodoro was surprised to find that his breathing was not affected at all.

In the midst of this warmth, his consciousness began to fade.

......

As if awakening from the most wonderful dream, Dodoro slowly opened his eyes.

The monster's body had opened, and Adric was still standing in front of him.

"Did I ...... just fall asleep?" Dodoro bobbed his head and crawled out of the monster's body.

"His bodily fluids have anesthetic properties." Adric patted Dodoro's shoulder, and behind it stood a dense mass of mutated monsters, "Come, try again. A hundred this time."

"What?!" Dodoro was bitter: "Captain, those fifty head just now, I've ......"

"Here we go." Adric didn't wait for him to finish, already backing away.

And the mutated monster behind him was already surging towards Dodoro like a tidal wave.

With a bite of his teeth, Dodoro could only pull out the double blades from his waist.

Cut!

With one slash, the first three monsters were actually cut into six halves by his one slash.

"This ......"

Dodoro's heart was shocked.

The strength of these enhanced mutants that came out of the chrysalis was not at all comparable to that of an ordinary person directly mutated into an individual. The last time he had faced off against fifty of them and killed them all, he had already reached his limit.

But now, Dodorow found himself killing these monsters with a sudden ease!

In just two minutes, the hundred monsters had all fallen to the ground, and there wasn't even a single wound on Dodoro's body.

"I ......" Dodoro lowered his head and looked at his hands, "I got stronger?"

"I have genetically enhanced you, and in addition to healing, I can also give you some improvement in your physical qualities." A smile appeared on Adric's face, "Of course, limited to basic qualities like speed strength reaction, it can't affect the skills given by the system. But for a melee guy like you, the effect of this increase can be maximized."

"I ...... I've been transformed?!" Dodoro was shocked and looked down at his body quickly, "Have I become this disgusting monster too?"

"Don't worry, of course not." Adric shook his head, "It's just some tweaking of your original genes to increase them, not injecting alien genes into your body. Although if that had happened, the increase given to you would have been far from what it is now, but ......"

Dodoro has now confirmed that he is still in his original form and is relieved, but when he looks up he is a little lost: "Can I get stronger ......? So why don't you do it? I ...... no, it's us ...... we need power!"

"If you inject alien genes, it means you'll lose your own consciousness and really become like those things. Don't forget, I'm the master of this species." Adric looked deeply at Dodoro, "They are just tools, and you, on the other hand, are my teammate."

"Don't worry!" Seeing Dodoro open his mouth to say something else, Adric walked up to him and patted his shoulder: "We've already won this copy. We don't even need the two of us to do anything. These mutants alone will be able to take care of all the other teams in this copy. Even later ......"

Dodoro looked around at the remains of the monsters and hesitated, "But I just ...... killed a lot of them."

Adric laughed uproariously, "Dodoro, do you still not have a clear enough concept of the current situation?"

Dodoro shook his head blankly.

Adric put his hands on Dodoro's shoulders and stared intently into Dodoro's eyes: "Listen, Dodoro, let me tell you what kind of power I have now.

This time, the replica area is the entire greater Los Angeles area, with a population of over 17 million people. Ninety-nine percent of these people have been infected with my spores, infused with alien genes! Listen up, it's over 17 million!

Although not all of them have mutated yet due to individual differences in their constitution, and many of them have been killed by individuals who have already mutated, whether it's ten million or a million, it's an astronomical amount of money for the Awakened!

These primary variants have no special abilities, but their number for a copy can be considered - infinite! They can be cannon fodder to block the siege of other teams, or they can be nutrients for me to cultivate higher-level mutants!"

Adric released his hand and turned to face the valley below. Numerous primary variants were making their way into the heart, and further down, a steady stream of higher level variants were being nurtured in the chrysalis as the heart delivered past nutrients.

"The other Awakened and player teams have been integrated and are following the coordinates given by the system, heading towards us, but they will never reach here! Don't forget that I am able to connect to the transformed high level mutants through a spiritual connection and see what is happening on the battlefield. According to the situation on the battlefield, I am constantly adjusting the genes of the mutants, and in the process of exploring, I find the most suitable genetic fragments to implant, creating the most suitable species for battle. Soon, they will be overwhelmed by a tidal wave of mutants until there is no one left!"

It was then that Dodoro realized that the new monsters in the chrysalis were indeed unlike anything he had ever seen before in appearance, and had a more distinct character differentiation.

"Adjustments are essentially complete, fixing the five most appropriate combinations." Adric held out his hand and pointed to the mutated monsters below: "The assault species, the assassination species, the direct fire species, the long-range shooting species, and the flying species. They ...... will take our place and sweep out all the other teams in this copy. And that includes all of our enemies from ...... onward!"

"Dodoro, from now on, everything has changed." Dodoro heard Adric's voice like a hammer hitting his heart, "Every copy we experienced before was just a battle. And from today on, it will be upgraded to - war!"

"Head ......" Dodoro looked at the foot of the mountain, the mutants were produced like a factory assembly line, arranged in a whole formation towards the front, the blood in his body seemed to be boiling.

But his surging mood quickly turned into a mixture of regret, reluctance and anger, and punched the ground with a heavy fist: "If ...... If on that day ......"

"If I had been able to acquire this ability on that day ...... Zero City would not have perished?" Adric interrupted Dodoro, "You're wrong, Dodoro, it's not possible."

"Why?!" Dodoro looked up sharply, "With this number of mutant troops, how can we possibly still be afraid of the Thornblower Corps! What's there to fear from an electronic guard!"

"Don't forget, the gates of Zero City were already blocked." Adric sighed softly, "The premise of building a mutant army was that we had a sufficient number of NPCs to infect. At that time, we didn't have that opportunity."

Dodoro nodded listlessly. Overly excited, he had indeed overlooked this problem.

"But that's okay." Adric said softly, "The destruction of Zero City did deal us a big blow. But now, we have a new chance. We may not be able to regain City Zero again, but at least-"

His voice was as cold as ice: "At the very least, we need to get back in front of all the Awakened and the players and tell them that the people of City Zero are not dead, and will never die! And before our will for vengeance, both the Thorn Flower Crew and Tatsu ...... will be completely destroyed!"