The sample of the Blacklight Virus once again fell into Lu Qiu's hands.
Since there was no novice reward this time, the exchange value was 10,000 Despair Points...
That was the lives of ten thousand people.
Lu Qiu didn't feel it was not worth it. The cost-performance ratio of this virus was really high.
The Blacklight Virus that Lu Qiu had spread had already brought him close to 100,000 Despair Points.
It would bring Lu Qiu even more Despair Points in the future.
As long as he broke through that city wall.
The crow on Lu Qiu's finger tilted its head. Its red-glowing eyes looked at its master, not knowing what he was up to.
The container in Lu Qiu's hand had an injection function. Without hesitation, he inserted the needle, which was longer than the crow's body, into the crow's body.
Nearly 400ML of pure liquid Blacklight Virus was pushed into the crow's body.
For the virus to turn a life into an infected creature, it first had to kill the life. The crow fell to the ground after the virus was injected and was declared dead.
But then something unexpected happened...
"Detected a third-level infected evolving within a ten-meter radius. Does the host want to enter the creation interface?"
"What's the creation interface?" Lu Qiu had been expecting the crow to turn into a terrifying bio-monster and overthrow the city wall, but the crow just fell to the ground, stiff, with no reaction.
"Strictly speaking, it's a gene modification interface. Among the various auxiliary functions provided by the system for the host who has chosen the path of virus-induced apocalypse, it allows the host to define the evolution direction of the infected creature evolving within a ten-meter radius."
So he could customize what kind of monster the crow would become?
Could it also modify the combat power and advantages?
This system was full of surprises for Lu Qiu and unexpectedly interesting.
Last time, the Hunter was outside Lu Qiu's ten-meter range, so it evolved randomly according to the virus and became what it was.
Now Lu Qiu could create a monster himself...
An invincible monster! Lu Qiu crouched down and looked at the twitching crow on the ground, as if it were in pain.
It'll be done soon... You'll become stronger in my hands!
"Enter the gene modification interface."
At Lu Qiu's command, a faint stream of data flashed in his scarlet pupils. In Lu Qiu's sight, everything turned scarlet, and only the crow changed before his eyes.
A holographic projection interface emerged from several of the crow's body tissues, including its wings, beak, claws, feathers, and a large number of internal organs.
In the crow's brain, a set of gene chains appeared before Lu Qiu.
These were the genes of the crow. Beside the gene chains, a large number of crimson, spider-like structures coiled. These were the genes of the Blacklight Virus. As long as Lu Qiu selected the fission method, these violent genes would completely restructure the crow's genes like a spider pouncing on its prey.
"The currently available gene options are muscle enhancement, virus parasitism, and blood infection."
"The host can endow the creature's wings, feathers, claws, and beak with four characteristics."
"Basic enhancement will increase the size of this creature a hundredfold. Calculating the result, the creature's strength will increase by thousands of times, and its speed will increase by about twice."
The most obvious sign of a Blacklight Virus-infected creature's evolution was its growth in size.
Among the high-level infected in Prototype, which one wasn't huge? Not to mention the Brawlers and the (Overlord), even the Goliath, the most threatening infected, was as tall as a building.
"Can't it become smaller?"
Lu Qiu let out a regretful sigh.
He was a vampire and didn't like things exposed to the sun. Slowly torturing people to death in the dark was what Lu Qiu enjoyed the most.
The smaller the crow's body, the easier it was to infect.
You know, as long as the virus invaded, that city wall would crumble on its own.
"So there are other characteristics? How do I obtain other characteristics? Can I exchange for them with you?"
The variability of the virus ensured that the evolution wasn't single. Infected creatures with various advantages were tasked with different missions.
"Detected that the host has no memory of gene recombination methods in his brain, so it's impossible to exchange."
"..."
Well, Lu Qiu had no knowledge of genetics, so he couldn't exchange for them.
"Then how do I obtain them?"
"Unknown."
There were things the system didn't know?
Anyway, he would first test whether an infected creature fully infected with the Blacklight Virus could break through the city wall.
"Let's have a lively night, monster."
Lu Qiu threw the twitching crow, now a corpse, to the bottom of the building.
Just as the crow's corpse was about to hit the ground... Scarlet tentacle-like muscle tissues surrounded the crow's body.
Scarlet light emanated from the blood flowing in the muscle tissues. The flesh formed by the Blacklight Virus completely transformed the crow into a monster.
Lu Qiu, standing on the hospital roof, looked at the pitch-black creature that was two stories tall below...
"Newly added: Third-level avian mutant."
"Go on, let there be a magnificent scarlet feast."
Lu Qiu's laughter echoed in the night along with the monster's shrill roar.
...
Whoosh...
In the cold night, a veteran stood on the city wall made of steel, holding an automatic rifle in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth as he looked at the city shrouded in darkness below.
He loaded the bullets one by one into the magazine, preparing to have enough ammunition for the upcoming battle.
Civilians gathered below the city wall, and the lights enveloped the flustered civilians to prevent any monsters from sneaking in.
As long as the civilians passed the inspection and were confirmed to be virus-free, they could leave this hell.
For a moment, there was some order in the scene.
Obviously, the city was normal yesterday, and everyone lived and worked in peace... But today, everything had changed.
The veteran had never been deep into the city. The order from above was to guard the city wall.
He didn't know what kind of monsters were in the city that made everyone so afraid, even driven crazy.
Zombies? He had also watched movies like Resident Evil...
He exhaled a puff of smoke.
If it were really the zombies from the movies, it wasn't a big deal. He tightened his grip on the gun and scanned around. Several turrets had been set up on the steel city wall.
Those were just moving corpses. The military firepower network around the city could definitely intercept those slow-moving corpses.
The so-called zombies were just moving targets. One bullet to their heads could end them.
Not to mention that a big shot seemed to have been sent by the higher-ups.
So he wasn't afraid at all. His love for the Resident Evil series even made him want to go deep into the city and see those zombies for himself.
But...
The next second, the area around the city wall security checkpoint, which had been bathed in light like daytime, was suddenly shrouded in darkness.
Did the lights go out?
No, the intense lights hadn't gone out.
Then... Why did it suddenly get so dark?
When the veteran looked up at the sky, the cigarette butt in his mouth dropped to the ground.
Damn it!
Were these the slow-moving zombies they were supposed to be?
When had the zombies in Resident Evil become so huge?! And they could... fly?
That creature... was indeed rushing towards the city wall in the sky.
The veteran saw the pitch-black behemoth stagger and fall to the ground.
"Ugh! Ga!"
A shrill roar resounded through the sky.
Screams from the crowd followed, and the scene immediately became chaotic.
Human fear made them lose their minds.
In the sky, a monster with a wingspan of nearly 30 meters rushed towards the top of the city wall. Its body was covered in disgusting muscle tissues, and blood vessels glowing with a scarlet light flowed on its surface. The six pairs of compound eyes on the monster's forehead emitted a violent light.
"Shoot! Shoot! Aim at the target! Now! Immediately!"
The commanding officer's voice trembled with fear at the sudden appearance of the monster, but he instinctively gave the order.
The six turrets set up on the city wall aimed at the monster in the sky. With the sound of the machinery rotating, a metal storm swept towards the monster in the sky.
This was the mutated crow!
"What the hell are these monsters?!"
"Shut up! Just pull the trigger!"
The soldiers stationed on the city wall and around it pulled the triggers of their guns. For a moment, the entire military camp was filled with the sound of guns firing their bullets!
"It's useless at all!" "It's charging! Hey... That monster is charging!" "Run quickly!"
The bullets couldn't penetrate the surface of the crow mutant's scarlet muscle tissues. When the crow mutant let out a shrill and strange roar and dived towards the top of the city wall...
Most of the soldiers didn't care about the orders anymore! Their own lives were the most important!
But... Was it useful?
"Help!" "Retreat!"
The claws of the crow mutant slammed into the city wall, and the huge claws caused the surface of the city wall to cave in.
"Ugh! Ga!"
Another shrill roar. The front of its wings, transformed by the virus, was extremely sharp. The humans on the city wall who were trying to escape were all dismembered easily when it waved its wings!
Amidst the roars of human fear... There were also voices of those who defied death but had lost their minds.
"Die!" Beside the landing point of the crow mutant, there was a turret. The soldier operating it aimed at the monster and unhesitatingly emptied all the ammunition!
Blood splattered all over the city wall. The crow mutant waved its wings again and completely cut the steel turret in half.
Human lives were so powerless in the face of these monsters!
For a moment, the arrival of this monster turned the seemingly safe edge of the city into a living hell.