Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 404 This isn't the Cthulhu Mythos, right?

Although the world of Joy of Life has been wiped out by modern civilization, the basic structure of the continental plates has not changed much.

Both Nanqing and Beiqi were located in the original land of Shenzhou. The people of the temple descended to earth with "modern weapons," annihilated the giant beasts of heaven and earth, and then gradually opened up a new home for humans.

Over time, through thousands of years of development, the ancient dynasties we know today were formed.

However, on another continent, in the land where Amelia once stood, traces of those colossal beasts still remain, roaming freely.

It's like a wild, untamed land, a prehistoric civilization.

Meng Fan stood atop the clouds, his robes fluttering in the wind. He looked down at the forgotten continent beneath his feet, his eyes reflecting a wild and desolate landscape.

There are no blessings from temples here, no traces of humankind, only colossal beasts of heaven and earth that have survived since ancient times, roaming freely across the wasteland behind the nuclear core.

They struggled in dire straits until they found a way to survive.

As we all know, nuclear radiation can cause biological collapse, genetic mutations, and other problems, so the giant beasts on this continent...

It does look a bit abnormal.

Simply put, the sanity value is dropping drastically!
Meng Fan couldn't bear to watch anymore.

The hills slowly rising from the swamp below are not soil at all, but a swamp dragon lizard awakening.

This monster was over thirty feet long, and its skin was like iron armor corroded by strong acid, covered with pus-filled, tumor-like protrusions.

Whenever it breathes, the six pairs of gill-like organs on its neck open, spraying out a poisonous breath with a fluorescent green mist. Most terrifying of all is its forked tail, at the end of which grow three skull-shaped bone tumors.

As it swayed, it continuously dripped corrosive slime, turning the bubbling swamp within a radius of hundreds of feet into an eerie blue-purple color.

Then, what came into view was a six-legged giant rhinoceros, its size comparable to a small mountain. Its skin was an abnormal bluish-gray, and its surface was covered with uneven keratinous tumors, like wax that had been scalded by boiling water and then solidified.

But it looks more like skin covered in countless sores, pitted and overripe.

What's most terrifying is its head, which is split into three parts where the nose should be, with barbed teeth growing on the inside of each part. It opens and closes with each breath, spewing out fluorescent green mist.

With the power of the Heavenly Dao enhancing his eyes, all the information and abilities of the creature were instantly analyzed.

Meng Fan stroked his chin and murmured, "Lizard and rhinoceros mutants that survived the nuclear explosion? The crystal clusters on the rhinoceros's back... can even release lightning?"

As if to confirm his words, the purplish-black crystal clusters on the back of the giant beast suddenly lit up with a dazzling blue light, and then a bolt of lightning struck a group of deer-like creatures not far away.

Those "deer" were by no means benevolent. Their necks were unusually long, more than three zhang (approximately 10 meters) long, and at the top were not heads but five whip-like tentacles, each with a bloodshot eyeball at the end.

Lightning struck one of the "giraffes," instantly carbonizing it.

The six-legged thunder rhinoceros strode heavily toward its prey, each step of its six legs, as thick as palace pillars, causing the ground to tremble.

Just as it was about to enjoy its meal, the ground suddenly collapsed, and a huge mouth covered with spiraling teeth burst out from the ground, biting off one of the Thunder Rhinoceros's forelegs at the root.

It was a giant earthworm with a diameter of over two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), its body covered with metallic scales, and its head had only one round mouthpart with seven concentric circles of constantly rotating serrations inside.

The broken-legged Thunder Rhinoceros let out a deafening roar, and the crystal clusters on its back released dozens of lightning bolts in succession, scorching the skin of this giant earthworm black.

The shockwaves generated by their battle destroyed all the trees within a radius of a hundred feet.

Meng Fan shifted his gaze to a distant metal ruin, a remnant of modern civilization nestled in a dense, lush forest.

Three "bats" hovered above the ruins. Their wingspans exceeded twenty feet, and their membranous wings were covered with a network of blood vessels that emitted a blue light, forming eerie runic patterns.

The most peculiar thing about them is their heads. They have no eyes, only a large mouth that takes up half of their bodies and is filled with constantly wriggling tactile organs.

"Is nuclear radiation the result of DNA strand collapse and recombination...?" Meng Fan sighed softly.

Then he noticed something moving in the shadows of the ruins.

Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be thousands upon thousands of ants, each the size of a calf!
Their outer shells and armor were an unnatural silvery-white color, layered upon layered, yet they stood on two feet, like armored warriors, reflecting a metallic luster in the sunlight, with jagged, sharp bone spurs protruding from their joints.

These mutated ants can devour almost anything, and the formic acid secreted from their mouths can turn even steel into dust wherever they go.

At this moment, they are lined up in neat rows, carrying pieces of cut iron ore back to their nest.

The leading soldier ants were exceptionally large, with their heads evolved into different shapes, resembling impact devices, clearly designed to shatter harder metals.

Just as Meng Fan was observing the ant colony, the ruins in the distance suddenly began to shake violently.

With a deafening roar, a giant python raised its head from the ruins.

No, it's nine!
It was a giant python with nine heads, each head having a unique shape.

Some were covered with bony plates, some were covered with sharp spikes, and some constantly dripped corrosive mucus. Its body diameter exceeded five zhang, and fluorescent blue liquid constantly seeped from between the scales on its body, leaving a glowing trail behind it.

Each of its heads corresponds to a radioactive element. Simultaneously, all nine heads rose, spewing different colored mists at the bats in the sky: purple corrosive mist, green neurotoxic mist, red high-temperature flames…

Two of the three bats were shot down instantly, and the remaining one fled in panic.

The nine-headed python did not pursue. After swallowing the two bats whole, it slowly swam towards the ant colony. The ant colony immediately formed a defensive formation, with soldier ants in front and worker ants behind.

But the python's head opened its mouth wide and spewed out a blue liquid. The moment the liquid touched the ants, their metallic shells melted like wax.

Then, the python extended purplish-black, siphon-like tongues from its nine heads, sucking the melted liquid into its belly, before letting out a satisfied hiss.

As they continued flying deeper into the mainland, Meng Fan witnessed even more incredible sights.

Several-headed aquatic fish swim in the lake; dog-like creatures that cry like babies inhabit the forest…

Most disturbing of all was a vast plain where dozens of enormous cocoons stood, each ten feet tall, their surfaces covered with pulsating purplish-black veins.

The deep heartbeat emanating from inside the cocoon suggests that some terrifying creature is being conceived within.

Just then, the clouds several kilometers away were suddenly stirred by some force, and a tentacle with a diameter of more than three zhang (approximately 10 meters) burst out of the clouds.

A mountain-like silhouette appeared faintly in the sea of ​​clouds; it was a giant jellyfish-like creature suspended in the air.

Its canopy is translucent, like a float, with flowing colored liquid visible inside. Hundreds of tentacles hang from below, each ending in a miniature human face that is emitting a silent scream.

"A variant of the Portuguese man-of-war?"

Meng Fan's lips twitched, and he suddenly felt like he was scratching his head. Although he knew that creatures exposed to nuclear radiation would be very strange, these... well! If this place was like a wilderness, then the Divine Continent where Nanqing and Beiqi were located was like a greenhouse.

The concentration of nuclear radiation here is far beyond what can be compared to that in China.

As for the specific reasons for these differences, they may be due to the differences in national conditions between China and America in the modern era!
In China, only one mountain, Dongshan, has a relatively high concentration of nuclear radiation, while in America, there are at least several hundred!
"Did they dump all the mushroom bombs here?" Meng Fan couldn't help but complain.

No wonder the pioneers of the temple chose to clear out Shenzhou, the newbie village; it turns out this place is a complete hellish start!
Fortunately, this continent is separated from Shenzhou by the sea; otherwise, given the current balance of power between the two regions, it would be a fatal blow to both Qing Kingdom and Northern Qi.

"The Red Queen!"

Meng Fan snapped his fingers, and the Red Queen, who was in charge of maintaining the laws of the Netherworld, immediately appeared before him. She stood quietly on the cloud, her figure like a shadow cutting through the void, her eyes lowered, and she respectfully bowed to Meng Fan.

"I'm here, please give me your orders!"

Then, she slowly raised her exquisitely sculpted face, her skin as cold as porcelain, and golden data flowing deep within her emerald pupils, as if the laws of the entire world were being dismantled and reassembled in her eyes.

Her long, golden-red hair was bound together by an invisible force of rules, with the ends scattering into tiny particles of light. Three rule runes, constantly collapsing and reforming, floated above her collarbone.

Genes, technology, evolution!
"Scan all the colossal beasts of heaven and earth on this continent, summarize and organize their genetic information, then load the Beast Gathering and Bird Controlling Divine Power Module, and plan the direction of mutation according to the gene regulation database I backed up earlier, so that it fits the image of the mountain and sea behemoths in myths and legends."

"Try to make these filthy-eyed behemoths as handsome and majestic as possible. If they can't be changed, at least make them more normal and develop them into ferocious beasts."

"Yes, my lord!"

Then, a golden pattern resembling an electronic circuit appeared under the left corner of Hong's eye.

"Scanning..."

"Scan complete!"

At that moment, she raised her right hand, and a holographic sand table of the entire continent of Amelia was immediately projected above her palm. It was covered with dense red dots, and those moving red dots were the raging behemoths of heaven and earth.

The Red Queen lightly tapped her fingertips in the void, and the red dots on the sand table were quickly categorized and marked, with countless data streams flashing in her emerald pupils.

"A total of 12847 mutant species were detected, of which mammals accounted for 37%, reptiles for 29%, arthropods for 21%, and the rest were hybrid mutants." Her voice was like a cold, mechanical synthesized tone, yet it carried a strange sense of rhythm.

As she manipulated the screen, a dense projection of gene chains appeared on the sand table, and those distorted DNA structures began to recombine under the power of the rules.

"Activate the 'Gathering Beasts and Taming Birds' supernatural module, link the gene regulation database, and load the template from the mythology of the mountains and seas."

In an instant, a semi-transparent golden grid appeared in the sky above the entire continent, like a net covering the whole land.

The Red Queen crossed her arms in front of her chest, and three rule runes suddenly swelled, transforming into a halo of light a hundred feet in diameter that spun behind her.

"Gene reconstruction begins."

The earth suddenly shook violently.

The nine-headed python that was devouring the ant colony suddenly writhed in agony, and the fluorescent mucus on its body surface quickly solidified, forming bluish-black keratinous scales.

The nine ferocious heads began to merge and recombine, eventually transforming into a majestic dragon head with crimson mane growing from its neck and a row of sharp bone spurs protruding from its back.

"The Nine Infants template has been loaded," the Red Queen announced calmly.

At the same time, the six-legged thunder rhinoceros let out a deafening roar. The ugly crystal clusters on its back began to rearrange, transforming into crystal-clear purple crystals. The tumors on its skin faded away, replaced by thick gray skin with a metallic sheen.

The three lobes on the forehead merged to form a spiral unicorn, with an electric arc wrapped around it.

"The template compatibility is 92%, and minor adjustments are needed."

The giant jellyfish in the sky also began to metamorphose.

Its translucent canopy gradually solidified, transforming into a thin film like a rainbow. Hundreds of tentacles merged into nine flowing cloud-like ribbons, and the human face at the end disappeared, replaced by mysterious runes.

The entire body shrank to one-tenth of its original size, yet it appeared even more exquisite and magnificent.

"Tengshe variant, adaptation complete."

The swamp lizard convulsed violently, its oozing tumor-like protrusions melting like wax. Newly formed scales emerged from beneath its skin, jet black as ink, each gleaming with a metallic sheen.

The six pairs of gill-like organs merged into two pairs of dragon gills, and what they spewed was no longer poisonous mist but misty water vapor. The forked tail regrew, and the bony tumor at the end transformed into a meteor hammer-like spike.

"Dragon mutation complete!"

The colossal beast, thirty feet long, soared into the sky, weaving through the clouds. Its slender body cleaved through the air, its former nauseating, rotting appearance completely gone.

At the edge of the swamp, the group of giraffes with tentacles and eyeballs are undergoing an even more astonishing transformation.

Five whip-like tentacles intertwine and merge, transforming into an elegant deer neck, with eyeballs bursting at the ends to grow into a true deer head. Their fur gleams with a moon-white sheen, and their antlers sprout crystal-clear branches, as if sculpted from ice and jade, shimmering with iridescent colors in the sunlight.

"Bai Ze subspecies, compatibility 89%." Data streams flickered in the Red Queen's eyes. "It is recommended that future development lean towards the areas of life and intelligence!"

The blood vessels on the surface of those ten-zhang-tall purplish-black cocoons broke one after another, and a sickening sound of bones reassembling came from inside the cocoons.

The first creature to emerge from its cocoon resembled a fierce tiger, but had six wings and a tail like a scorpion's hook. It roared to the sky, and the sound waves shattered rocks within a radius of a hundred feet.

But unfortunately, the last one to hatch had an accident.

Its head resembles a wolf's head, but it has a pair of huge, ancient gray horns on its head, and a vertical eye between its eyebrows, making it extremely ferocious.

Its body is covered with black scales, hard and cold, shimmering like black gold, and long hairs, as red as blood, grow from the gaps between the scales, reaching half a foot in length.

Behind it grew nine tails, each ending in a small, ferocious beast head, resembling a dragon's head, which was terrifying and menacing.

"Qiongqi variants, and...Qiongqi advanced version Nine Nether Hound, adaptation complete!"

"The following characters have been successfully adapted: Ran Yi Fish, Hua She, Huo Dou, Gong Fu, Ya Yu, Xu Hao, Pi Xiu, Hu Jiao, Da Peng, Fei Yi... all adapted!"

Meng Fan watched all of this with satisfaction.

"My lord, the basic reconstruction is complete."

The Red Queen withdrew the three rule runes and said, "The remaining 17% of the mutants are not worth changing due to severe genetic collapse. It is recommended that they be eliminated directly."

(End of this chapter)