Chapter 042: The Colosseum on
Alan and Lucy had a rare rest, and after the wolves had retreated, they slept for a few hours until three o'clock in the afternoon. When she woke up, Alan saw Lucy on her lap. The girl slept soundly, curled up like a lion cub. It's a fitting adjective for Lucy, especially when it comes to her usual teeth and claws.
A few rays of sunlight fell softly on her body and crept up her face over time. She frowned slightly, rubbed her little face vigorously, moved to a place where the light could not shine, and continued to sleep. I don't know what I dreamed about, but occasionally a smile appeared on my face, but the smile was fleeting, and soon it returned to calm.
It was a rare moment of silence, and Alan moved his arms to check his body. The bleeding had long since stopped, and the smaller wounds had a bloody scab, and the larger ones could not be moved vigorously. They make Lucy sew tight, but if they move too much, the wound will open a second time. Fortunately, these injuries fall on less important parts and therefore have a relatively small impact, which is one of the benefits of selective injuries.
In terms of physical fitness, it has recovered six or seven percent, and even the source power has recovered a lot. To Allen's surprise, the Source Force Vortex has quietly increased by one, and now it has reached eight!
When instructing Alan, Hughton had popularized some simple cognition of the source force system to him. Before the formation of a genetic circuit, the human body is like a sponge, and the vortex of the source force will be generated relatively quickly. And for a talented person like Allen, the speed can only be described as coming in by leaps and bounds. However, once a genetic circuit is formed, the growth rate of source power will slow down.
That's because the source force equivalent required for the first gene circuit has basically reached the upper limit of the human body's capacity at this stage. If it grows as rapidly as before, the source power will blow up the body. As a result, the growth rate of the source force will slow down. At this time, the source power that is tempered will naturally be absorbed by the body, and will be used to strengthen physical fitness, enhance the adaptability of organs, and increase the upper limit of the body's capacity to source power.
So now, Alan is not too happy, not to mention that the life-and-death battle with the wolves earlier will stimulate the growth of the source power. He still needed to add another source force vortex before he could hope to hit the first layer of barrier. This constructs a loop and forms an engraving. Only when promoted to become a marker can it be regarded as opening the door to power, so as to be able to become the so-called talent of the Federation.
At that time, even in the military sequence of the Federation, he could be a second lieutenant. Otherwise, before forming his own mark, the source power is at most a first-class soldier, which is only a little more advanced than cannon fodder.
"Ah, you're awake? Why don't you wake me up? Lucy spun around and finally woke up. She yawned and said sleepily.
Alan shrugged his shoulders and said nothing. Lucy asked, "How are your injuries?" ”
"Better than I expected, thanks to you." Alan pointed to a wound on his body and said, "Your suturing skills are very professional. ”
"Of course, Miss Ben has systematically learned battlefield first aid techniques!" Lucy regained her spirits and put on a smug expression.
Alan became more and more interested in Lucy's identity, and as far as he knew, a child growing up on the surface rarely had access to such a thing as field first aid. That's a real discipline of war, how can an ordinary surface boy have the opportunity to learn this technique? A girl with excellent shooting skills, and proficient in strategy and battlefield first aid. The background of such a person will definitely not be simple.
Shooting skills can be trained, but the other two things are not something that can be learned if you want to.
Of course, Lucy doesn't say, and Alan won't ask. Everyone has their own secrets, and Eren wasn't stupid enough to break the casserole and ask for the end.
Grunt......
A strange sound rang out from Lucy's stomach, and Alan glanced at her, who blushed and said, "Why, I haven't eaten since last night." It's running and fighting, it's normal to be hungry! ”
"I didn't say anything." Alan couldn't help but laugh, and he said, "We don't have anything else now, but there is a lot of wolf meat, so let's roast a few hind legs and eat it." ”
At the thought of Allen's barbecue technique, Lucy immediately scolded, nodding her head like a chicken pecking rice. Alan stood up against the wall and picked up the slaughter to tear a few hind legs off the wolf's corpse to serve as food. A small sound suddenly caught in his ears, and he looked up. Sunlight shines through the cracks in the Guò Mountains above, leaving dappled shadows on the rock walls on both sides.
In one of the shadows, something emerged from the rock wall. It crawled down, leaving the shadows in a blink of an eye, exposing its black, shiny shell to the sunlight. It was a scorpion, gently paddling with two big claws as if it were proud. After the flattened body, the tail needle is raised high, which is what the scorpion looks like when fighting. More and more scorpions are coming out of the cracks in the rocks, which is unconventional.
Scorpions love shade and should have been hiding in a shady place during the day, and rarely burrowed out of their nests to move under the sun as they do now. But since last night, nothing has been normal. Alan was almost certain that these scorpions, like those wolves, were driven by something.
"Looks like we're not going to have dinner." Alan said.
When Lucy looked up, her face immediately turned ugly. This girl has a great sense of not changing her face even if she is facing a violent wolf, but now when she sees the dense scorpions, her face has changed greatly. It seems that girls are by nature, even a single wolf can easily kill hundreds of such scorpions.
"Run, run, run." Lucy screamed, picked up her things and ran out. There were still a few corpses of violent wolves in the cracks of the mountain, and it took a lot of effort for the two of them to get out of it, but fortunately they didn't catch up with the scorpions.
As soon as he came out of the cave, Alan felt a chill in his back. Looking back, on a boulder behind him, a wolf was basking in the sun. Seeing them come out, he was looking at the two of them with faint eyes that seemed to be flickering blue fire. The wolf stood up, shook his whole body, and then led his neck to howl, and the wolf howl immediately echoed in the mountains.
Alan let out a low curse and pulled Lucy up to continue another round of escape.
This time, he ran from the afternoon to the evening, resting for a while near a stream and finding the body of a teenager. Four or five magazines were pulled out of his bag, all of which cost Lucy, whose bullets had been drained in the battle in the cave. After that, the two crossed the river and were driven to a valley by wolves. After leaving the valley, Lucy saw a large lake in the distance.
The lake glowed like fish scales in the moonlight, and what was even more concerning was that there was a purple-blue energy shield in the center of the lake, and I didn't know what it was protecting.
At this time, the wolves approached behind him. Although the two knew that they didn't have tools, even if they ran to the lake, it would be useless, but they had to do it. But just as they were approaching the lake, the earth suddenly shook. The lake churned, making a big splash. Right in front of the two Elns, a chain bridge rose from the lake, connecting the shore of the lake with the location of the energy shield in the center.
"What's going on?" Lucy was surprised.
"It won't be a good thing anyway, but now it's up to us to choose!" Alan yelled and pulled her to run to the chain bridge.
The rope bridge was already wobbly, and the deck was wet from the water just after it had just risen from the lake. Rao is two of them reacted quickly, and they almost slipped several times when they ran. As for the wolves, their sense of balance was even worse, they rushed up to the bridge, either slipped or could not maintain their balance and fell into the lake. Once you fall into the lake, you will see a large shadow in the lake, and then the lake will boil. The fallen wolf struggled desperately in the water, but a large amount of blood still came out.
Occasionally, a dark shadow or two jumped on the surface of the lake, and in the moonlight, Alan could see clearly. What is that huge fish head and mouth full of sharp teeth, not a bloodthirsty piranha?
The iron rope is difficult, and there are piranhas in the lake. But even so, more and more wolves ran onto the rope bridge. After Allen broke off, Lucy covered, the two cooperated with each other, and finally came to the floating island in the middle of the lake after fighting and retreating. As soon as he jumped on the land, Alan broke off, the lines of the body of the Wild Butcher Knife lit up, and the ability of energy sharpness activated, and a buzzing energy blade popped out from the end of the blade.
He swung the slaughter, instantly severing the iron rope of the bridge. Then cut over the bridge plate, and immediately cut off the entire rope bridge. With a bang, the rope bridge was thrown into the lake, throwing hundreds of violent wolves on the bridge into the lake at the same time. The lake immediately exploded, and the ferocious piranhas in the water immediately went on a killing spree, making the entire lake glow with a layer of blood!
It was only then that Alan took a breath and looked around. The floating islands in the lake are empty, with only a few coconut trees planted in the right place, and there are not even shrubs. In the center is an energy shield, looking through the blue-purple wall, you can see a square silver metal body inside, I don't know what it is for. At this moment, the sound of water sounded again, but a group of ropes floated in several directions on the floating island.
"Isn't that Mike?" Lucy pointed towards the south shore of the lake.
Alan looked far away, and sure enough, on the other side of the rope bridge, Mike and a teenager ran onto the rope bridge. Behind them is a swarm of vicious tarantulas! The tarantula is also a dangerous species of the third order, and they chase the two teenagers and begin to climb the rope bridge. It's also a rough story on the other rope bridges, where they are all about the death rings and the various dangerous species chasing them.
"It looks like this is our last gladiatorial arena." Alan said calmly.
The situation has become quite apparent, and the Commission has resorted to some special means to bring all the juveniles scattered throughout the country to this location. Next, naturally, they want to kill each other. However, it has only been a week since entering Yellowstone, and it seems that the death ring has not yet come to an end, so it is not clear what the committee's purpose is for this arrangement.