Chapter 465 Immortal Life (please vote for the big chapter)
The lights from the corridor and the safe shone on Red at the same time, casting a long shadow.
Rhett looked inside the safe. The neat light shone on the hard metal inner wall, illuminating the empty interior of the safe.
His originally worried heart relaxed a little.
Then, he slowly walked up and walked into the safe.
The thick metal door closed little by little under the pull of the motor.
He first walked to the refrigerator, reached out and opened the refrigerator door.
The test tubes in the refrigerator are arranged neatly, with each tube in its original position and in the exact same direction.
Seven strengthening potions were missing, and it was the officer Zaidi who took them away.
When Zaidi left, he also showed Red the potions he took, which were indeed seven C-VII strengthening potions.
Everything was as usual, and a quiet atmosphere filled the air.
Rhett took out an outermost strengthening potion and looked at it carefully. There was nothing wrong with it.
This safe is indestructible, and theoretically no one should be able to sneak in.
Moreover, 'Pate' should still be at his home at this moment, and should not appear here.
In theory, everything should be fine, but for some reason, Rhett still felt a little uneasy.
He put down the test tube in his hand, closed the refrigerator door, then turned around and walked towards the supercomputer on the other side.
The power port of the entire computer flashed with a faint light.
He reached out and turned on the power button.
The startup screen is displayed on the screen as usual.
This is the startup screen for cold boot. Rhett has the habit of shutting down the computer every time he uses it.
It seems that no one has touched this computer.
Everything is business as usual, no problems.
Rhett walked back to the metal door, verified his identity, and opened the metal door.
As the metal door opened, he turned around and glanced inside the safe again.
Bright lights shine on every corner of the safe, leaving almost no shadow.
At this moment, he suddenly drew his gun and shot at the shadow under his feet.
The hot bullet passed through the still air, hit the shadow under him, then bounced off the hard metal ground, hit the wall not far away, and continued to reflect.
After several reflections, the bullet finally exhausted its kinetic energy and fell to the ground.
No.
Rhett knew about the ability of 'shadows'. The reason why the institute's security doors were set up so that even shadows could not pass through was to guard against this ability.
And this ability was the only way that Red could think of to successfully sneak into the safe without attracting attention.
"guessed wrong?"
He muttered to himself, then put his other hand that wasn't holding the gun into his trouser pocket.
At this moment, the metal door was fully open. He turned around and walked towards the door.
And at the moment when his body crossed the door, he suddenly raised the gun, pointed it at the corner of the refrigerator and pulled the trigger.
Bright flames spurted out from the muzzle.
The scorching bullet passed through the void.
Rhett has no way of judging the location of the 'shadow', but his long-term dealings with shadows have taught him a pattern.
The most unlikely places are often where the enemy hides.
And that position has always been 'firmly' considered by him as 'unavailable'.
He didn't know if there was anyone standing there, but he could try.
The bullets of this gun are equipped with special micro-machines. As long as they hit the target, they can mark the target and continue to emit signals to nearby areas.
Rhett's bracelet has built-in hardware that can receive this kind of signal. Even if he encounters the shadow's ability to 'hide' himself, Rhett believes that he can rely on mechanical reminders to find the target.
This design itself is used to deal with shadows.
The moment the bullet was fired, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, and the sharp sword slid towards his neck.
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He Ao actually didn't want to take action against Rhett. After all, he was a good and law-abiding person. When Rhett didn't take action against him, he had no reason to take action against Rhett.
And when he is in the 'stealth' state, Red can't see him and is unlikely to take action against him.
But what he didn't expect was that Red's mind was a little too flexible.
Of course, He Ao could also predict that since Rhett could control the 'shadow', he would probably have prepared ways to defend against the 'shadow'.
He just didn't expect that this guy would dare to shoot directly.
Relying on the D-level combat effectiveness, even if the opponent determines He Ao's location, theoretically they will not take action rashly.
Unless Rhett has some trump card that makes him confident that he is the 'hunter' and He Ao is the 'prey'.
He Ao's movements were so fast that in the blink of an eye, Red didn't even see clearly that the sword edge was already close to his neck.
At this moment, it was too late for Rhett to retreat. The sharp dagger directly cut off his neck, and the look on his face still remained at that last moment of surprise.
The huge force brought by the sword made Red's body take a few steps back and retreated into the safe again.
However, He Ao's hand movements did not stop at this moment. Instead, he took a few steps forward and slashed at Red's body with his sword.
The 'mark' he left on Red was not recovered because of Red's 'death'.
This time, his sword edge stopped in mid-air.
A pair of sharp claws covered with bones clasped together in the air and caught his sword forcefully.
He Ao drew his sword and backed away, walking to the metal door.
At the same time, the piercing siren broke the silence of the corridor outside the door, and a red glow shone in the deserted corridor.
As the alarm sounded, the opened metal door closed completely, blocking out the last bit of light.
He Ao leaned in front of the door and stared at Rhett in front of him.
Rhett's head had already flown out, fell on the inner wall, and rolled down in a circle.
However, the sharp cut that cut off his neck did not spill a trace of blood, only the thin strands of flesh squirming.
The hand of Rhett's headless body that was stuffed into the pocket slowly took out, revealing the red alarm in his hand. This alarm was the alarm that triggered the alarm in the corridor. At this moment, this alarm was also activated throughout the entire research.
sounded.
He casually crushed the alarm in his hand, and the sharp claws that originally caught He Ao's dagger stretched back at a twisted angle, grabbed the head that fell on the ground, and pulled it back.
These two sharp claws are not Red's arms, but long 'claws' that extend from the shoulder blades on his back, glowing gray and white, like extended bones.
"Pate? It seems I guessed wrong."
The severed head was once again connected to the neck by sharp claws, and the fine tendrils of flesh were intertwined, once again 'fixing' Red's head on the neck.
It's just that the hideous wound along the neck has not been repaired, and it looks terrible and abnormal.
Rhett tilted his head, a crackling sound came from his body, and he arched his back slightly, bending his body like a shrimp.
Two claws made of sharp bones pierced his clothes, stretched out from behind his ribs.
Including his original hands, he now has six 'hands'.
At this moment, Rhett looked more like a humanoid beast than a human being.
He Ao mobilized his consciousness and stared at the 'Red' in front of him.
Huge power is flowing freely from the mutated body, as if the steam that has been suppressed in a pressure cooker has finally broken through the blockade.
Before this, He Ao sensed that Red's body energy was only at D level. But at this moment, these jumping energies quickly crossed the threshold between D and C, and rapidly increased to the peak of C level.
Terrible pressure spread from Red's body.
"Should I call you 'human' or 'animal' now?"
He Ao held up the dagger and stared at Rhett in front of him calmly.
"Don't confuse me with the humble life of an alien beast," Rhett smiled, "Have you ever seen an alien beast with such high intelligence? Those alien beasts are just failures in the evolutionary process."
His voice was a little hoarse, with some hazy, crazy undertones.
He Ao opened his super memory and looked at his soul.
Unlike Coles' soul, which was covered in milky white spots, Red's pale soul had almost completely turned milky white at this moment, clinging tightly to his twisted body.
He has already gone crazy.
"You must think I'm crazy now,"
Rhett looked at He Ao and seemed to understand something. He smiled softly and said,
"I'm not crazy. I'm in good condition now. You have hidden your power for so long. You should know what it feels like to keep suppressing your power.
"It's like you can walk on the street with your head held high, but you have to curl up, shrink your limbs little by little, and move like a duck. This depressing and aggrieved feeling has been haunting me all these years.
,finally,"
He grinned,
“Relief today”
A new pair of sharp claws stretched out from the back of his waist and grabbed He Ao fiercely, "I should thank you, Pate, for giving me a short opportunity to stretch my body."
"You're welcome," He Ao rolled sideways and dodged the two claws, "You bypassed the ritual and gained power beyond D level. So, what's the price?"
"The price is no price,"
A ferocious smile appeared on Rhett's face,
"I have treated many people and have studied in the medical field for many years. Pat, you have to understand that humans are smart but weak animals. Even if we can use the power of the innate sequence, we are still weak."
Pieces of twisted bones pierced his clothes and covered his body like a pair of ferocious armor.
"There are only a handful of people who can be promoted to powerful transcendent beings. The vast majority of people in this world are born to live a short and weak life. We are like insects that live and die in spring and autumn and do not know the tranquility of eternal time and the human destiny.
The body is born with limits."
His three pairs of sharp claws were flying in the air, like an octopus walking on land, but these sharp claws were obviously more dangerous than the octopus's tentacles. They grabbed He Ao with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
"And now, a powerful path that will never get sick or die is right in front of me. This is the future of mankind. You will not understand the greatness of this cause."
Looking at the flying claws, He Ao suddenly thought of those people with 'dotted lines' on their backs in the murals of the Andavi family.
These claws can be extended and contracted at will, and can even be retracted from the body. They are like dotted lines, limbs that seem to exist but not exist.
He dodged the claws with difficulty and looked up at Red, "Did you drink the fountain of youth?"
This question made Rhett stunned. Obviously the question He Ao asked was beyond his understanding of He Ao, "How do you know the Fountain of Youth?"
He Ao didn't say anything, he just held up his dagger and took advantage of his daze to strike at the base of one of Red's sharp claws.
The sharp dagger collided with the hard bone, causing a scratch on the bone and a gap on He Ao's dagger.
The hardness of these bones has exceeded the limit that a dagger can destroy.
He Ao took a few steps back and distanced himself from Rhett.
Although the space inside this safe is extremely small, there is not much room for him to move around.
Ho was not interested in the great things that Red said. All devout cultists firmly believed that they were doing great things.
Their spirits have been completely contaminated by evil gods, and their way of recognizing and defining beauty is also different from ordinary people.
Believers of the God of Death believe that death is the most eternal beauty, while followers of the Witch of Desire believe that indulgence is the ultimate integrity.
If a believer in the God of Death wants to invite a normal person to "experience" the beauty of death, he will most likely be rejected.
What they think is good does not mean that ordinary people are willing to accept it.
If a beautiful follower of the Desire Witch invites a man to experience the feeling of 'integrity', well... this may not necessarily be rejected.
However, this is only a minority.
He Ao didn't know what Red's current mental state was, but judging from his disregard for life and his attitude of wantonly taking the lives of others, he was already a qualified cultist.
"This is your purpose of hiding in Limen City," Rhett looked at He Ao, who seemed to have figured something out, "You are not here to live in seclusion, you are here to find the Fountain of Youth?"
He suddenly laughed out loud, "Pate, we can cooperate. If your goal is the fountain of youth, I can introduce you to the 'Doctor'. With your intelligence and strength, the 'Doctor' will definitely take you seriously."
'PhD',
This is the first time He Ao has heard this title.
This seems to be the 'code name' of the leader of the Mars Project.
And just when He Ao was briefly distracted from his thoughts by the code name "Doctor", one of Rhett's sharp claws quickly grabbed at his heart.
Rhett never thought about 'inviting' He Ao, he just wanted to use this news to distract He Ao.
This move was so fast that He Ao barely missed it. The sharp claws passed by his shoulders, tearing his clothes and leaving a trail of blood.
"Pate, how about you seriously consider joining us?"
Following Rhett's slightly smiling 'invitation', sharp claws came like a torrential rain.
He Ao's figure flashed and retreated into the shadows under these sharp claws.
His eyes were fixed on Rhett. The hard bones almost covered Rhett's entire body, including most of his head, leaving only a pair of eyes.
He Ao had just tried attacking the head, and it was not his key point.
Under the vision of his spiritual consciousness, the energy in Red's body flows horribly evenly, and there is no key point where energy gathers.
This is the first time He Ao has encountered this situation.
As long as an object is capable of energy operation, it is impossible for it not to have an energy collection point.
After observing for so long, he has also figured out some of the principles of energy gathering points.
The energy collection point is the dispatch center of the energy of the entire system. All the energy in the system must pass through here. After gathering here, it flows to the whole body again, which is the core of the entire energy cycle.
Its status is somewhat like the function of the heart.
Without this gathering point, the energy in the entire system cannot operate.
He Ao stared at Red's body, and he remembered that Red had also hidden his true power from the sight of his spiritual consciousness before.
Perhaps after drinking the Fountain of Youth, some structural changes will occur in the body's energy circuits.
While thinking, his figure suddenly flickered and appeared in front of Red following the shadow.
I'm getting ready to finish, but I'm a little stuck and need to sort it out.
