Chapter 400: Chapter 342: Autistic Variant
"Still no news from Ma Long’s side?" Liu Qi paced back and forth and asked his deputy.
"Reporting, still no news!"
"How could this be?" Liu Qi stopped in his tracks with a heavy expression. "The challenge against the number thirty mutant entity has been going on for half a day. Not only have they not succeeded, they haven’t even come out, and there’s not a single private message."
After pondering for a moment, he asked, "What do the other warriors who went in to subdue say? Did they all come out safely?"
The deputy checked the messages from various sources, standing straight: "They all returned safely! According to them, the number thirty mutant entity has an incredibly high defense, looks like a flower hanging from the ceiling, and regular bombs find it hard to cause any damage."
"That’s strange. Even if they can’t break its defense and are in a stalemate, Ma Long and his team should contact us for tool support. How could there be no messages at all?" Liu Qi couldn’t fathom the key issue, fretting on the spot.
"Sir, should we send another team in, at least to clarify the real strength of the number thirty mutant entity?" the deputy suggested.
He believed Ma Long’s team was unable to exit because the number thirty mutant entity might have some bizarre means to control Ma Long and his team.
Sending people back in to understand their tactics would help with arranging personnel to launch a rescue.
Rescue = exterminating the number thirty mutant entity to free Ma Long and his team from control. They’re just not responding, not offline.
Although this would surely dilute the points gained from killing among others, it’s already the best method, otherwise Ma Long and the others might go offline, resulting in greater losses.
After carefully considering, Liu Qi nodded: "Have the warriors prepare again, bring the Fire God Model Bombs, and give it a few hard hits!"
"Understood!"
The deputy immediately began arrangements, contacting members from various groups to relay the orders.
The Fire God Model Bomb is currently the most powerful weapon Kunlun can deploy, grade Diamond, with limited supply, originally intended for use against mutant entities above number twenty-nine. Now, to rescue Ma Long’s team, it must be brought out ahead of time.
Liu Qi added: "Tell the warriors to prioritize their safety at all times; if the situation doesn’t look right, return immediately, no lingering in battle!"
"Understood!"
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"Whoa! Hey, Old Li, are you addicted to being bald?" Phoenix Mountain exclaimed exaggeratedly as he saw Li Zheng.
Zhan Zhouzhou scrutinized him closely and stifled a laugh: "I was wondering why you looked strange; turns out your eyebrows and eyelashes are gone too, looks really... clean."
Lin Fengjiao stood behind the crowd, trying to suppress her laughter. She always felt her abilities weren’t on the same level as Li Zheng and the others, so she rarely participated in their exchanges.
Li Zheng rolled his eyes: "Get lost, do you think I want to look like this? Let me tell you, it’s the price of becoming strong!"
At this moment, he suddenly felt something was off, glanced not far away and saw Yan Guang alone, lost in thought about something.
"What’s up with her?" Li Zheng asked Phoenix Mountain.
Phoenix Mountain didn’t even glance at her, waving it off: "Don’t mind her, let’s focus on our fight. Let me tell you, I’ve successfully developed a new ability, it’s amazing! Watch me shine soon!"
Are they arguing?
Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou exchanged a glance, neither speaking up.
As outsiders, it’s not appropriate to get involved in such matters; sometimes trying to mediate only makes things worse.
"So should we give you a stage then?"
"Watch and see!"
Li Zheng carried a light, expanded the illumination to the maximum, and looked around, searching for the number thirty mutant entity.
Lin Fengjiao thought for a moment behind the group, then quietly stepped back a few paces to stand beside Yan Guang, whispering something.
Li Zheng searched the area with the light, unable to find the mutant entity that should have been present: "Strange, was it killed?"
He checked the world channel to confirm, but didn’t see any announcement of the number thirty mutant entity being defeated.
Zhan Zhouzhou followed behind him, suddenly spoke: "Look up."
Li Zheng lifted his gaze and saw, at the edge of the light, a giant flower hanging upside down on the ceiling.
"It’s up here, gave me a scare." Li Zheng relaxed a bit, but still found it odd, "The state of this mutant entity is not right, is it? We’ve been here for quite a while, yet it just sits quietly without ambushing?"
Indeed, they had been here two minutes now, during which there had been at least ten opportunities to ambush them, but the number thirty mutant entity remained completely motionless.
As if it hadn’t even noticed them.
[Fujita Daigo, before being contaminated by nuclear radiation, was a severe autistic patient, always desiring solitude wherever he was.
Even his mutated abilities developed towards self-isolation.
Self-closure, extremely high defense, nutrient cycle, hypnotic gas.
Weakness: Cowardice.
Note: Noisy sounds can trigger his rampage.]
"This..." Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou both received the tip from Lao Pu, and exchanged glances, unsure what to say.
They never expected that among the Fudao Island mutant entities there would be such an oddball, who developed a "nutrient cycle" ability just for his autism.
"Quite a pitiful guy..." Li Zheng sighed. Fujita Daigo was obviously different from the other mutant entities, having no special prejudice or hatred towards normal people, just disliking those who disturbed his solitude.
In some ways, he’s rather simple-minded.
"Pity my ass!" Phoenix Mountain took a step forward, his flying device unleashed a strong airflow, propelling him skyward, "Watch me obliterate it!"
"Burning Abyssal Bloodline!"
"Burst·Tenfold Amplification!"
"Pig Demon·Salty Pig Hand!"
The triple abilities instantly enhanced his body, and Phoenix Mountain transformed into a short, stout, and ugly figure during his ascent; his right arm became unusually bulkier than his left, with his hand resembling a pig’s, sporting just three triangular fingers, two long and one short.
"This new ability of his... really has something to it." Li Zheng squinted as Phoenix Mountain’s developed abilities were laid bare before him, all details exposed.
"Enhances part of the body’s defense and strength, and when contacting a target, it can even steal the opponent’s power to bolster oneself." Zhan Zhouzhou could see it too and quietly commented: "Indeed quite good, this guy’s luck is great, the three abilities all complement each other, even though the ability tier is not high, his combat capability is not to be underestimated."
Their evaluation hadn’t finished when Phoenix Mountain was already in front of Fujita Daigo, seeing the flower clearly.
This was a flower bud with a diameter of at least five meters, composed of more than ten huge petals, layered upon layers, forming a bulge at the back.
The petals were a dark green, very peculiar, with two larger leaves behind the bud, colored bright red, emitting a faint bloody scent.
"Eat my fist!" Phoenix Mountain roared, the fully charged Salty Pig Hand glinted black as he fiercely struck towards the flower bud.
The next moment.
Thud!
Phoenix Mountain was flung back at a faster speed, had it not been for his practiced control of the flying device, stabilizing his posture in time, he might have been crashing into the ground hard, breaking several bones for sure.
"Not injured."
Li Zheng squinted again, Fujita Daigo’s defense was truly exaggerated, withstanding Phoenix Mountain’s full-force attack completely unscathed.