Tokyo Area, the boundary area around the Monolith.
As an area influenced by the Monolith constructed of Varanium metal, it naturally separated humans and Gastrea from each other. The remaining humans who had retreated into the Tokyo Area, except for occasional reconnaissance teams and Civil Security officers exploring the area outside the Monolith, ordinary people dared not and had no ability to come here at all.
Because this was already the terrifying paradise of the Gastrea!
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About ten kilometers away from the Monolith, sunlight faintly shone on a vast area that looked like a primeval forest.
Perhaps due to the influence of the Gastrea Virus, these areas that human civilization had to abandon after the great war ten years ago were mostly covered by dense trees and plants. Those slightly strangely shaped trees and plants had even begun to occupy the abandoned human towns. Climbing plants and some mixed weeds directly covered the former highways, and clumps of weeds, vines, and tree roots directly tore the asphalt roads into pieces. The former buildings, factories, and farmland were mostly abandoned and destroyed, giving a first impression that resembled the ruins of the Mayan cities that had once disappeared into the rainforest.
In just over ten years, the Tokyo metropolitan area, which was once the most prosperous area in Japan, excluding the people who remained within the Monolith, had seen its once bustling towns and various facilities turn into ruins, gradually swallowed by the frantically spreading jungles and vines. In the densely vegetated areas originally protected by Japan, it was even more like the Amazon rainforest environment.
What was unsettling was that in the vast majority of the wooded areas, it was eerily silent, with no chirping of insects or birds to be heard. Occasionally, one could only hear the terrifying roars of Gastrea!
"Hiss hiss"
Beside the ruins of what should have been a highway gas station, a ferocious-looking Gastrea was entrenched inside, occasionally raising its head and letting out a low roar.
Looking closely, the Gastrea, whose appearance seemed somewhat similar to a rat, was fully two meters long. Its size, which was a circle larger than a Tibetan mastiff, had only four short legs and a tail. However, anyone who saw its row of sharp teeth and black claws would not want to test the power of those clearly sharp fangs and claws, let alone its whip-like scaled tail, which easily whipped away several large pieces of reinforced concrete.
"Brother..."
Morin, who was lurking several hundred meters away from the gas station, observing the rat-type Gastrea, heard Kohina's soft voice in his miniature earpiece.
"Kohina, it's just a type [I] rat-type Gastrea. You don't need to take action for now!"
Hearing Kohina's eager intention, Morin, who had carefully walked out of the Monolith's range, didn't allow Kohina to act. Instead, he directly raised the SCAR-type automatic rifle he had exchanged for, adjusted the red dot sight on the firearm, and said while pulling the trigger, "Let's first see the effect of this batch of Varanium metal bullets provided by Sima Heavy Industries!"
Poof!!!
Accompanied by the faint sound of the special silencer, a 5.56mm Varanium metal bullet flew directly over a distance of nearly three hundred meters and instantly hit the body of the rat-type Gastrea, which hadn't sensed any danger at all.
The rat-type Gastrea, after being hit by a bullet, suddenly let out a miserable cry and tried to leap away. However, before it could find a place to hide, several more 5.56mm caliber Varanium metal bullets simultaneously hit its back, abdomen, and head, instantly tearing through the rat-type Gastrea's defenses.
Although it used the 5.56 caliber NATO standard rifle bullet, with the combat reports and tests accumulated over more than ten years of facing Gastrea, Sima Heavy Industries had significantly improved the Varanium metal bullets, increasing the mass of some parts and using new propellants. The Varanium metal bullet easily penetrated the fur and bone defenses of the rat-type Gastrea. The rat-type Gastrea, which was only in [I] form, didn't even react. The small, peanut-sized Varanium metal bullet directly pierced through its defenses, and the tumbling bullet ravaged its body and organs. The Varanium metal bullet aimed at its head even pierced through its skull, giving this rat-type Gastrea the most fatal blow.
The rat-type Gastrea, its head half-shattered, its tattered body collapsing heavily on the ground, accompanied by a gush of almost black blood, its corpse seemed to twitch slightly a few times!
"Squeak squeak!!!"
The rat-type Gastrea had barely fallen for a few seconds when a shrill sound came from the gas station ruins. Then, a slightly smaller rat-type Gastrea scurried out, hissing incessantly around the fallen corpse.
Clearly, the rat-type Gastrea whose head had been blown to pieces couldn't possibly respond in any way!
"Tsk! Sure enough, rats come in litters, even Gastrea are no exception!"
Morin, who had scouted the area with a small mechanical insect beforehand, was calm about the reappearance of another rat-type Gastrea. The combat helmet he wore relayed the information from inside the gas station ruins in real-time.
Inside the gas station ruins, a half-destroyed building had even been turned into a nest for the rat-type Gastrea. Several "small" rat-type Gastrea, only about half a meter long, also ran out following the larger one. In that obvious nest of these rat-type Gastrea, broken bone fragments symbolizing human remains could still be seen piled up in the corner. A mechanical insect no larger than a fly directly transmitted the intelligence signal to Morin!
"Let's clean you all up together!"
Seeing a whole litter of rat-type Gastrea come out, Morin calmly raised the firearm in his hand and continued to pull the trigger without hesitation.
With a series of soft gunshots, the several rat-type Gastrea in the gas station were successively killed. Even the last few small rat-type Gastrea that tried to flee frantically were directly killed by the immediately following Varanium metal bullets!
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A few minutes later, the ruins of the gas station.
In the newly cleared ruins of the gas station, the corpses of several rat-type Gastrea of different sizes lay sprawled on the ground. Morin casually used an ordinary Varanium metal military dagger to cut open the heads and bodies of the Gastrea in front of him, and then retrieved the Varanium metal bullets from inside this wasn't stinginess, purely because ordinary Varanium metal bullet heads were expensive. Morin, whose wallet was already looking somewhat thin, had no habit of pretending to be a tycoon!
Kohina stood aside, somewhat boredly watching Morin recover the Varanium metal bullet heads, while also being responsible for keeping watch on the surrounding situation.
"Seven Type [I] Gastrea. The recovery prices offered by those organizations are very low..."
After recovering more than a dozen Varanium metal bullets, Morin looked at the corpses of the several rat-type Gastrea, but he wasn't very interested in these Gastrea corpses.
In the past few days, with the help of his own "memory" and inquiries, Morin had gained a considerable understanding of the situation in the Tokyo Area.
Within the Tokyo Area, the government departments and various research institutions had slightly different handling and reward schemes for Gastrea. When Gastrea were found to have infiltrated the settlement area, or when there was a crisis of humans being transformed by Gastrea, the rewards offered were very substantial, requiring nearby Civil Security officers to deal with the appearing Gastrea as soon as possible to prevent the terrifying scenario of Gastrea spreading the Gastrea Virus.
In comparison, scientific research institutions, out of the need to study the Gastrea Virus and the Gastrea, also had a great demand for Gastrea. The prices they offered for Gastrea corpses were not low, but they mostly required Gastrea of at least Stage [II] or even Stage [III]!
As for the corpses of these Type [I] Gastrea?
How to put it? If it were within the Tokyo Area, the reward for a Civil Security officer's mission would definitely be considerable. But since they were outside the Monolith, Morin shouldn't even think about any mission rewards. Selling them back to the research department wouldn't fetch a very high price either.
After hesitating slightly, considering that this was only their first outing, Morin only took the sharpest teeth and claws from the several Gastrea and put them away. Then, he ignored the few low-value rat-type Gastrea and directly signaled Kohina to continue moving: "We'll continue forward now! Let's see if there are any other prey before we rest tonight..."
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