Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 216 Collecting cells of origin? Tool man goes first!

Another half day passed.

The cell man is holding a spear and continues the cycle of running the map.

He shuttled through the old sewers, avoiding the swarms of monsters, avoiding traps, crawling through narrow passages, and running forward.

It's not that he doesn't want to kill all these monsters, but for some reason, in the sewer... no, there are suddenly many enemies that he has never seen before on the entire island. They all have unique skills, which makes it difficult for even today's cell people. To deal with it, we can only choose a strategic retreat first.

But even so, some bats and flying insects came along the passage, chasing him and biting him.

The cell man couldn't bear it any longer, so he took out a long whip from his waist and swung it around, smashing all the flying insects into pieces.

But more enemies rushed over immediately.

Cell Man could only quickly parry, roll, and run towards the exit of the old sewer.

Behind him, there were the furnace knights with double axes, the mutant giant rats with abscesses on their backs, and a bunch of enemies that were not there before, chasing him.

In the end, although Cell Man ran out of the sewer, he was still in a mess and was covered in injuries.

Even when he planned to take a rest at the Collector's place to replenish his recovery potion, he found that the alchemy potion bottles here were gone, and it seemed that they had been moved away entirely.

Cell Man: "!?"

But fortunately, there is a nausea cellar ahead, and the big-eyed monster in there is very easy to fight.

So, the cell man sighed and walked into the cellar.

……

Half an hour later, a group of green algae emerged from the prison pipe of the prisoner again.

After the Cell Man possessed the body, he stood up, a little crazy.

Why is that big-eyed monster so much stronger than before?

--at the same time.

Next door to the clock room of the Time Guardian, Li You is refining medicine.

There were several large containers in front of him, but now only two were intact, and the others were blown to pieces.

Li You added raw materials to one of the containers and immediately lit the flame.

He stared at the flask for a long time and found that nothing was wrong. He couldn't help but excitedly said: "It's done!"

"boom--!"

The flask shattered with the sound, and black smoke covered Li You's face.

Li You: "..."

Sister Tokimori pushed in the door: "...failed again?"

Li You: "...please don't say it again."

"Come again!"

……

Cell Man sets out again.

This time he took the high road of the guilty and entered the ossuary along the way.

Then he felt the love of the Three Sword Master Slayers of the Ossuary Hall under high cell difficulty, and died suddenly again.

And Li You is still refining medicine.

Sister Tokimori, who was watching Cellman's live broadcast next to him, said: "...Did I adjust the difficulty too high all at once?"

Li You was busy tinkering with the materials at hand and said without looking back: "It's okay. Anyway, those guys can keep regenerating. If you get familiar with them a few times, you can defeat them. By then, there will be a lot of cells. This is how I came here. "

Sister Tokimori: "?"

Previously, the Time Guardian mentioned to Li You that she planned to increase the number of mutants. This was actually saying that the "cell difficulty" in the game was completely under her control in this world.

Li You also inquired in detail, and then understood that she actually brought enemies and mutated creatures from different time periods.

In the early stages of the mutation, there were fewer mutated creatures and not many types of monsters. Even the BOSS was not that strong because he had not experienced so many battles.

And if she captures future enemies and BOSS, there is no doubt that they will be much stronger than they were when the mutation first occurred.

The principle is as simple as that.

After hearing this, Li You's eyes lit up, and he immediately suggested that she increase the difficulty level directly.

The Guardian of Time was actually a little hesitant about this, but Li You still convinced her. Cell Man couldn't die anyway, so there was no need to think about step-by-step, just increase the intensity!

Either speed it up or get your money back!

The Guardian of Time was lobbied hard by Li, and finally agreed in a confused way.

Then there was the suffering of Cell Man.

At this moment, seeing that she was a little shaken, Li You put the materials into the container and said, "It's okay. Didn't you notice that he was much stronger the second time than he was at the beginning? No problem, this guy will soon Can adapt. After all, he is that person."

These words convinced the Time Guardian again, so she said no more and continued watching.

……

Cell Man moves on.

This time he used the teleportation rune he had found before to open the way to the abandoned botanical garden.

The Abandoned Botanical Garden is one of the DLC maps. There is a complete route that leads directly to the BOSS Scarecrow.

However, the Scarecrow is the equivalent of the released version of the Guardian of Time BOSS in terms of plot level design. The Cell Man has not gone that far, but is at the first BOSS of this route, which is equivalent to the Mother of Ticks in the Guardian. collapsed.

He also returned to prison again.

And Li You is still refining medicine.

……

Another exploration.

This time Cellman chose the most basic route, that is, from the prison, to the Avenue of Sinners, to the barrier, and then crossed the black bridge.

Fortunately, even if it is equivalent to the five-cell difficulty of the game, the free giver is still a free giver. The cell man still crossed the bridge relatively smoothly when he was mentally prepared.

He didn't drift away either, and walked honestly to the most familiar foggy harbor.

In the end, he was sent back to prison under siege from the giant lizard-like ragers, Frankenstein-like failed experimental subjects, and the strengthened natives that appeared in the foggy harbor.

Cell Man: "..."

What the hell is going on on this island! ?

And Li You... Li You was not refining medicine this time. He and Yuzi Aiji went out to collect raw materials.

Because he was consuming materials and alchemy containers too quickly and squeezing his employees too much, Aggie went on strike in anger, so he had no choice but to go with them.

Along the way, Li You also saw some enemies with high cell difficulty.

But the problem is not big. Together, they are still capable of dealing with these guys.

However, Ye Ge finally realized it in hindsight: "This island seems to be different from what I remember?"

After collecting enough raw materials, Li You returned to the clock room, and Cell Man began another reincarnation of his life.

Cell people just keep trying and fighting.

Although the initial conditions for each reincarnation are basically the same, as you gain more experience, you will become more proficient in combat skills and understand more and more about various enemies.

After experiencing several more deaths, the Cell Man successfully reached the bell tower.

Then he was sent back again by Sister Tokimori who had used some of her true strength.

Li You watched the show next door throughout the whole process and said: I had a lot of fun watching it, so I will give the host a heart-warming gift.

He was not kidding. After the Cell Man was killed, he asked the Time Guardian to use the portal to send him outside the prison.

After Cell Man was reborn again, he opened the door and saw Li You, and of course Yuzi and Aiji.

The cell man immediately came up and asked: "Last time... No, what happened that time before!? Why did I die without any reason again?"

Li You read the manuscript he had prepared to him: "As soon as your body touched the king's body, it exploded. I don't know what happened."

Of course, the cell people didn't believe his suspicious statement.

Li You said, "Don't look at me like that. I just knew you would be suspicious, so I came here to find you."

"This island has become very strange now. Let's act together this time so that we can take care of each other."

Cell Man thought about it for a while and agreed. After all, he also knew that he was immortal.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that his memory could be adjusted.

And this time, because we acted together with Li You and others, the journey was indeed very smooth. The enemy is still difficult to deal with, but if a group of capable people act together, it will be much easier to deal with it than if they are alone.

Even if he encounters a situation where monsters are gathered together and he is in trouble from all sides, Li You can always find a way to successfully break through.

Although Cell Man always only considers his own character, he has to admit that Li You is indeed a reliable teammate.

Finally, with constant and steady progress, everyone arrived at the clock room without any danger.

The Guardian of Time appeared in front of them again, but this time he used his own abilities to separate everyone and fight against Cell Man alone.

Cell Man is in a tough fight.

But in the end, he caught a "flaw" in the Guardian of Time and defeated her.

As usual, the Time Guardian said "This will not have good results", opened the portal and ran away.

As soon as she left, Li You, who was hiding and drinking tea, had to appear again and play the role of his teammate.

He gratefully said to the cell man: "I was sealed in the gap of time by her. Fortunately, you defeated her so I could escape! As a thank you, I leave this to you."

Li You said and handed him a bunch of large and small bottles of potions.

Although the Cell Man has no face, there is a puzzled expression in his eyes: "What on earth is this..."

Li You coughed and said, "This is the recovery potion I refined myself. I think your potion seems to have been used up. I'll replenish it for you."

"But I'm just learning alchemy, and experiments often go wrong. If there are any side effects, don't mind."

Cellman looked at the suspicious potions, hesitated, and took a sip.

Then he immediately developed symptoms of his hands and feet doing their own thing, and fell to the ground with a "snap".

Li You quickly helped him to rest. The effects of the medicine finally wore off, and he finally regained his mobility.

Facing his angry eyes, Li You smiled awkwardly and said, "But at least... your injury has recovered, right?"

Cellman's response was to slam the remaining potion onto the ground.

Li You: "...Sigh."

After the short interlude, the group headed to the mountaintop castle again.

Of course, before that, the Cell Man also exchanged all his cells and money for ability enhancements and weapons and equipment from the Collector.

The cell people who have advanced all the way from the five-cell route are extremely wealthy. Even if half of them are still in Li You's hands, their number is more than double that of before.

Anyway, if nothing else, the collector's alchemy doll almost burst into laughter and almost held Li You's hand in celebration.

Fortunately, the cell man was busy letting the little caster adjust his equipment, so he didn't notice any abnormalities.

Li You and Cell Man continued to move forward, passing through the castle on the top of the mountain, and came to the throne room again.

This is the third time facing the Hand of the King.

As for the Hand of the King in its current state, nothing else has changed. The fighting method is still the same as before, but the speed, strength, and durability are much stronger than before.

That is to say, with Yuzu in front and others attacking from the side, the group of people successfully suppressed him.

If Li You and Cell Man were still here, they might be driven around by the King's Hand in this state.

But if his "stats" are only improved and his fighting methods remain unchanged, he will definitely not be a match for Li You and Cell Man in the end.

After a scuffle, the Cell Man delivered the final blow to the Kingdom Hand by piercing his head with a spike.

The group also rested for a while, and then Li You asked: "What are you going to do next? Do you still want to see what is behind that door?"

The Cell Man looked at the empty stone throne and the ordinary-looking door, and hesitated.

The king's body was removed by Li You after the last time, so if the Cell Man doesn't want to reincarnate again, he has only one choice.

And sure enough, he finally decided: "I'm going to take a look behind that door again. I always feel that there is something crucial behind it."

Li You nodded: "Then go."

Cellman cautiously came to the door, touched it, and immediately retracted his hand.

Nothing happened.

"…what happened?"

He was about to open the door, then looked back at Li You and found that all of them were standing far away from him and almost ran to the entrance between the thrones.

Cell Man: "..."

There is no need to hide so far away to avoid suspicion.

After thinking about it, he opened the door.

"Boom--!!"

A dazzling fire flashed, the explosion was deafening, and there was also a blue light gun flying out!

It was a miniature portal that Li You asked the Time Guardian to help build, just big enough for his soul gun to pass through. This is the real killing move, and the explosion is just a cover.

Under the double blow, Cellman's body once again became tattered, and the green algae separated from his body and got into the pipe.

Li You then asked the Time Guardian to tell the collector that he only needed to delete a small part of the soul gun's memory.

And sure enough, when Li You appeared in front of Cell Man again, he had temporarily given up his doubts about Li You.

Cell Man: "It turns out that there is such a powerful mechanism behind that door. I only saw flames and was killed immediately. And the mechanism this time was different from before? It's rare that the defense measures are so complicated. of."

"...I still think there is a secret behind that door. Would you like to explore it again with me? This time we will think about whether there are other ways to disable the mechanism."

But Li You said to him: "Not now... I still have things to do."

"However, I have a suggestion for you."

Li You pointed to a corner of the prison and said, "Have you walked through the road to the abandoned botanical garden before? There are more things worth exploring behind that, and I believe it will help you retrieve your memory. "

"Now since we can't find a way to enter the building behind the throne room for the time being, why don't you go over there and take a look?"

Cellman thought thoughtfully: "...The way to the Botanical Garden? It's not impossible."

Li You nodded: "It's just a suggestion. It's up to you whether you want to listen to it or not. I have other things to investigate, which may also intersect with this route. Anyway, let's see you later."

After Li Yuan finished speaking, he left the cell man behind and left with his companions.

The Cell Man thought for a while and decided to follow the clues provided by Li You and take the route to the Botanical Garden to see what was at the end.

……

Clock interior.

The Time Guardian and Li You were discussing while looking at the Cell Man who was having a heated fight with the Big Mushroom and the Little Mushroom in the abandoned botanical garden.

The Time Keeper asked: "...So why did you take him with you?"

Li You smiled: "Our goal is the origin cells in the queen's hands, not the queen herself, right?"

Tokimori nodded, this was something they had communicated before.

Because of Sister Tokimori's ability to manually adjust the difficulty, Li You originally thought that there would be no such thing as BOSS origin cells in this world. Unexpectedly, today the collector told him that there were indeed some. But the purpose is different from what Li You knew.

The origin cells of this world only exist in the bodies of strong people who have reached the peak of their strength, and are unique in a certain sense, bearing that person's unique imprint.

After repeated experiments, the collector discovered that in order to refine a real panacea, enough origin cells are needed for intermediate blending.

After calculation, he came to the conclusion that at least four are needed, and they must be cells of origin in the bodies of different powerful people.

There are only five strong people with origin cells on the island. The Hand of the King, the Guardian Giant, the Keeper of Time, and the King and Queen.

Among them, the king's one is already in the hands of the collector. Li You also collected one of the origin cells of the king's hand with a cell collector before.

However, the Time Guardian must always pay attention to controlling the reincarnation of time and not lose the origin cells, which will affect her abilities.

So in other words, the only option left is to obtain the Origin Cells from the Giant and the Queen.

Therefore, Li You also began to prepare for this.

Seeing that the guardian of time was still a little confused, Li You elaborated: "You also said that in order to obtain the origin cell, either the holder must willingly give the cell away, or he must be killed, right?"

Tokimori nodded again.

So Li You gave the answer: "So it's very simple. I don't want to kill the queen, but I want to gain her support."

"However, the queen was determined to fulfill her duty and wanted to prevent the disease on the island from spreading to the outside world. So she sealed the lighthouse, extinguished the flames, and isolated the island. If something is not done, , it is very difficult for her to give up her insistence and support us instead.”

The Guardian of Time understood now: "You said before that the outside world has been infected by the epidemic, but the queen does not know this. The lighthouse needs to be lit with a blood sacrifice, so you want to..."

Li You smiled: "That's right. So now, let our cell people continue to help and explore the route to the lighthouse."

"As for me... I'll just go and visit the giant. I'm quite interested in him too."

(End of this chapter)