With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 116 "Predator"

The broken wind from an unknown source blew through the lush forest, taking away a large amount of water vapor and also taking away a large amount of heat accumulated in the forest.

The sound of rustling leaves included a bit of the sound of fallen leaves being stepped on. These small sounds did not seem cumbersome, but made the forest more peaceful and quiet.

If you ignore the almost collapsed expression on Chen Fan's face.

The current location of the three people is 10 kilometers away from Varela City.

The destination of this trip is 150 kilometers away.

Looking at the rugged mountain road in front of him, Chen Fan raised his head and let out a long sigh.

He never expected that there would be no usable means of transportation in the huge city of Varela. In order to limit the scope of activities of believers, the entire city of Varela had no mechanical means of transportation, not even vehicles similar to horses. There are no biological vehicles in sight!
In addition, he never expected that during the journey to the destination, he would become the laggard in the team!

Needless to say, Isa has the best endurance with her mechanical prosthetic limbs - she barely consumes any physical energy before the mechanical prosthetic limbs run out of power.

With the existence of Yi, and the fact that the power supply unit inside is a fusion battery, it is almost impossible to run out of power.

As for Gao Yuan...

Those strong muscles are definitely not decoration.

Although it can't compare with Isa's mechanical body, it is still quite easy compared to Chen Fan's slightly thin body.

Strictly speaking, this is not Chen Fan's fault - the body left by his original owner is riddled with holes, not to mention the poor muscles due to lack of exercise, just the organ damage caused by sleeping drugs. It was enough for him to drink a pot.

The medical nanorobots provided by Yi, coupled with some of Chen Fan's own exercises, allowed his physical fitness to barely return to the level of a normal person.

But... this is obviously not enough in front of Isha and Gao Yuan.

"It would be great if there was something that could quickly enhance physical fitness..."

Chen Fan gently patted his extremely sore thigh and looked at Isa's graceful mechanical prosthetic leg with envy: "If it doesn't work, I can also modify a mechanical prosthetic leg, right?"

"First, with the technological level of the Human Federation, there should be a way to solve the damage caused by these mechanical prostheses to the human body, right?"

"of course can."

Yi quickly gave an affirmative answer: "But mechanized transformation technology is an abandoned and obsolete technology. Normally, no one would choose to modify themselves into a cyborg."

"The last time a person was mechanically transformed was tens of thousands of years ago."

"Pan Universe Film and Television Production Company also produced a documentary for this purpose, titled The Last Cyborg. The database shows that the film also won the Pan Universe Golden Man Award that year."

"In addition, because this technology has been out of use for a long time, the People's Federation's inventory of mechanical prostheses may have already reached zero."

"But this machine can help you send a customization application to the Administration. With just some credits, the Administration can customize a set of exquisite mechanical prostheses for you."

Credit points?
Chen Fan knew that it was the common currency within the People's Union.

For investigators, the basic way to obtain credits is to complete various investigation tasks.

Chen Fan asked: "How many credits do you need?"

"Normally, the cost of credits for equipment customization ranges from 1 to 10 credits. Of course, there is no cap. It all depends on personal needs."

"So expensive?!"

Although he didn't know the specific purchasing power of credit points, Chen Fan couldn't help but exclaimed: "Does this thing have any advantages?"

Yi gave a brief explanation: "On the one hand, the shape of Renlian standard equipment is relatively simple, while the shape of customized equipment is more in line with personal aesthetics."

"On the other hand, customized equipment can usually be freely matched with various weapons, and even some super-standard weapons can be installed."

"Since their appearance and internal circuitry must be designed individually, the price of customized products is basically high. Usually only some senior investigators have the need for this."

“Overall, you get what you pay for.”

"As long as the price is right, the People's Federation can even build you a spear that can create space rifts."

Hearing this, Chen Fan frowned.

I always feel like something is wrong, but I can't pinpoint the specific problem...

After thinking hard for a few seconds, he realized it!

Damn it, isn’t this a fucking routine for krypton gold skins and krypton gold equipment!

Having said that, when Chen Fan saw several stylish shapes of customized equipment emerging on the holographic panel in front of him, he couldn't help but ask: "How many credit points do I have now?"

"250 point."

"...Huh???" Chen Fan was stunned when he heard this answer. "Didn't I already complete an investigation mission? Why is this so important?"

"To be precise, it is a small task in the investigation mission." Yi rigorously corrected the error in Chen Fan's words, "This is already a lot. If this investigation mission did not involve artificial intelligence, the credit you would have received There will be fewer points.”

Perhaps because he was afraid that Chen Fan would not be able to accept it, Yi added again: "Normally, the annual salary of most trainee investigators is only 500 credit points."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched. He now understands the purchasing power of credit points.

With an annual salary of 20 credits, even if you want to buy the crappiest customized equipment, you still need to save up for years without eating or drinking! !

No wonder only some senior investigators have this need...

Which fucking newcomer can afford such a price! ! !

Chen Fan didn't speak, but silently gave up on his plan to replace himself with a set of customized mechanical prostheses.

"Is there any other way to quickly increase your physical fitness?"

Fearing that Yi would make an astonishing offer again, he quickly added: "The price should be relatively cheap and something new people can afford."

"Of course."

Yi's electronically synthesized voice brought some hope to Chen Fan: "Carbon-based biological gene optimization cabin, this technology can genetically optimize most carbon-based organisms, thereby enhancing the relatively weak ability of most carbon-based organisms to a certain extent. Body.”

"Although genetic optimization is a strictly controlled technology, in order to better adapt to the high-intensity investigation work and to increase the investigators' chances of survival, investigators from the Dangerous Technology Administration have several free enhancement opportunities."

free? !
Chen Fan's dim eyes suddenly brightened up!
If you say that, he will get excited!
It’s not that customized equipment is unaffordable, but genetic optimization is more cost-effective! ! !
"Normally, the first gene optimization is often carried out when you are a Level III trainee investigator."

Hearing this, Chen Fan felt his heart skip a beat.

Level III trainee investigator?
If he remembers correctly, he is a Level III trainee investigator!

Why didn't he receive any relevant messages or tips? !
He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

As expected.

After a short wait, Yi's voice came again and brought him bad news: "For safety reasons, this aircraft does not carry a genetic optimization cabin."

"Normally, genetic optimization chambers are installed only inside investigator starships and the Hazardous Technology Administration headquarters."

The bad premonition came true.

Another fucking empty pie!
Forget about going to the headquarters of the Administration, he hasn't even seen the shadow of his own starship yet!
Chen Fan silently waved his hand to turn off the holographic projection in front of him, then followed the holographic navigation provided by Yi with his eyes blankly and continued walking towards the destination.

……

The route of holographic navigation is not a straight line.

On the contrary, this route is quite complicated, and you have to adjust your direction every few hundred meters on average.

At first, Chen Fan didn't know the purpose of this crooked navigation - a straight line is the shortest between two points. This is a truth that all elementary school students know. Now that he knows the destination, he just needs to keep walking forward. That's it.

After all, there are no traffic lights or traffic control such as number restrictions here.

But just after leaving Varela City and walking a kilometer or two deeper into the forest, Chen Fan realized the real problem.

The forest was far from as peaceful as he had imagined.

Although the radiation caused by nuclear fusion has dissipated, its impact on living organisms continues to exist.

The shape of the plant that has mutated for who knows how many generations is quite strange.

There are towering trees covered with huge wood knobs, and there are also fungi-like creatures that are faintly fluorescent and resemble mushrooms.

Most of them are some unknown plants that are crooked and abstract.

Although the navigation route provided by One is a bit complicated, it tries to avoid various areas that are not easy to walk.

Looking at a small hill not far away and a giant vine growing on the ground with a diameter even larger than an adult's waist, Chen Fan did not hesitate, followed Yi's guidance, and turned his head to the side road.

Although it is said to be a small road, it is actually a ravine terrain surrounded by two or three small hills.

The ravines were covered with fallen leaves, and a large number of fluorescent saprophytes thrived in the piles of fallen leaves.

Chen Fan carefully avoided these plants that were full of energy at first glance, and walked forward slowly.

After walking for more than ten kilometers, he didn't see any relics of civilization.

If he hadn't just come out of Varela City, he would have even suspected that he was walking on a wild alien planet.

"What the hell..."

Along with the rustling footsteps, Gao Yuan's complaint came from the side: "Why is this forest so different from the Forest of Sighs in the city, both are so quiet..."

Gao Yuan's casual complaint made Chen Fan's eyes widen.

Ever since he left Varela City and entered this forest, he had a vague, indescribable abnormal feeling.

When he saw the mutated vines, he once thought that the uneasiness in his heart was just because of the strange mutated plants around him.

Until now, when he heard Gao Yuan's complaint, Chen Fan finally realized the source of his uneasiness - this forest is too quiet!
Except for the sound of the wind blowing the leaves and the three people walking, Chen Fan hardly heard any other sounds!
This is obviously abnormal!

If the Forest of Sighs is so quiet because of the guards, then is it possible that this forest is so quiet because of some kind of "predator"?
(End of this chapter)