National Survival: I Supported the Dragon Nation by Hunting Dinosaurs

Under the all-seeing eye, a red warning label was affixed to Cang Yu's body...

[WARNING! High-energy reaction!]

[Target vital signs detected are reversing!]

Zhang Li's movements froze instantly.

Before he could react, a line of dark red text appeared in his field of vision.

[Target cell activity breaks through carbon-based biological threshold! A mysterious genome is being activated!]

What the hell is that?

Zhang Li almost instinctively retreated five meters, instantly retracting his entrenching tool into his spatial storage, replacing it with a crossbow.

He stared intently at the lump of charcoal.

What exactly is going on?

"Thump."

A dull thud came from deep within the charred, rotting flesh.

The sound was very soft, like someone beating a war drum under a thick quilt.

But to Zhang Li, it was extremely horrifying.

"Thump!"

The second sound came, twice as loud as the first.

Then, the sound became rapid and violent, like a diesel engine gradually starting up.

Fine cracks began to appear on the already carbonized skin of the Azure Feather.

Logically, what should be exposed beneath the crack should be dark red dead flesh or grayish-white bones.

But at this moment, what shone through those cracks was an eerie, dark blue light.

Tiny arcs of electricity leaped between the cracks, emitting a "buzzing" sound.

The all-seeing eye finally pieced together a core message from the chaos:

[The 40th pair of chromosomes has been detected gradually activating...]

The 40th pair of chromosomes.

Zhang Li's pupils suddenly contracted.

If he remembers correctly, modern chickens on Earth only have 39 chromosomes, and dinosaurs likely also only had 39 chromosomes...

Meanwhile, Blue Star

In the studio, Wang Bingbing covered her mouth in horror, her big eyes filled with disbelief.

"What...what is that sound?"

Academician Ma practically collapsed in front of the huge display screen, his face pressed against it, his whole body trembling.

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"

The old man's voice was incoherent.

"That's a lightning strike of hundreds of millions of volts! Proteins would denature instantly at that temperature, and cell structures would be completely carbonized!"

"On Earth, only creatures like the giant sequoias of the plant kingdom would actively attract lightning, using this method to create massive fires and eliminate potential competitors!"

Professor Li, standing nearby, tried to explain the scene before him with all the knowledge he had accumulated throughout his life.

"Perhaps...perhaps some kind of extreme bioelectric stimulation hypothesis?"

Just like defibrillation, does lightning activate its nervous system?

"Old Chen, you've gone senile!" Academician Ma said, shaking his head.

"Defibrillation uses a few hundred joules of energy, but what we just saw used hundreds of millions of joules! That's like throwing an ant into a nuclear reactor; it not only doesn't die, it turns into Godzilla!"

While the experts were still debating...

The images on the screen completely shattered humanity's understanding of the word "living thing".

A crisp sound.

The largest, charred, hard shell on Cang Yu's back peeled off like porcelain.

There was no blood and gore.

What was revealed was a completely new layer of skin.

The skin had an extremely dull and oppressive color, unlike the skin of a living organism, but rather like a special alloy that had undergone a matte finish.

Beneath this layer of skin, one can vaguely see coiled blood vessels, through which flows blue blood.

Zhang Li stood five meters away, his crossbow already cocked.

There was no joy in his eyes at the "resurrection of his comrades".

Only vigilance against the unknown...

The All-Knowing Eye swiftly scanned the back of Cang Yu's head.

The brain-computer interface control chip was still intact, which gave him a slight sense of relief.

The chip is still there.

But is this monster still the same Azure Feather?

Then large swaths of carbonized tissue peeled off from Cang Yu's body, revealing the newly formed body.

Its size did not increase; in fact, it appeared to shrink.

The originally wide wing membrane contracted and became thicker, with extremely sharp edges.

The muscle lines are no longer smooth and soft, but instead present an explosive, blocky bulge.

"Crack... Crack..."

A series of cracking sounds rang out.

Cang Yu—or rather, the creature that had taken over Cang Yu's body—slowly stood up.

The rocks beneath its feet, under the weight of its own weight, groaned under the strain and cracked with several fine lines.

Zhang Li could even feel the ground beneath his feet sinking slightly.

Is this really a living organism?

"Cang Yu?"

He called out tentatively.

The massive black shadow paused for a moment.

Then, it slowly turned its head.

Those eyes.

Originally, Cang Yu's eyes were cloudy brown, but now they have turned a deep blue!

There was no meekness, not even reason, in it.

Only tyranny and destruction.

It looked at Zhang Li as if he were a stone on the side of the road.

Zhang Li immediately became wary!

He could tell! Cang Yu's condition was very wrong; he was extremely violent!

However, Cang Yu moved without any warning.

It waved its left wing very casually, as if trying to shoo away the annoying "fly" next to it.

"boom!"

The wings flapped faster than the speed of sound, creating an airburst sound!

A blast of air crashed directly into Zhang Li.

Zhang Li had no time to dodge and was instantly sent flying backward!

He twisted his waist forcefully in mid-air in an attempt to regain his balance, which slammed him onto a rock face more than ten meters away.

"cough!"

After landing, Zhang Li rolled around to dissipate the force until his back hit a rock and he stopped.

A metallic sweetness welled up in his throat, which he swallowed back forcefully.

Does the airflow it generates have such power?

If it gets hit head-on...

Ignoring the excruciating pain in his chest, Zhang Li slammed his left hand down on the controller.

"Sizzle—!"

The current release indicator light illuminates.

The blue-blooded monster in the distance suddenly raised its head and let out a painful roar.

Its movements froze for a moment, and its huge wings twitched spasmodically.

However, the next second.

The monster suddenly shook its head.

The blue light in its eyes did not dim; instead, it became even more violent and intense due to the stimulation of pain.

It withstood the control of the brain-computer interface chip!

In the studio, Wang Bingbing's voice was trembling:

"Academician Ma... this... how is this possible? Can living organisms really resist the intrusion of brain-computer interfaces?"

Academician Ma composed himself and began to explain from a professional perspective.

"Brain-computer interfaces use weak electrical currents to simulate brain waves in order to deceive the brain."

But now, the monster's neural signal strength seems to have been enhanced!

"Cang Yu has entered a berserk state! The effects of the brain-computer interface chip intrusion may be quite limited!"

It seemed to confirm what Academician Ma had said.

Cang Yu slowly lowered his head, locking onto Zhang Li's position.

The pain did not subdue it; instead, it completely enraged the prehistoric behemoth.

It opened its long beak, which resembled a guillotine and was filled with barbed teeth; blue light surged deep within its throat.

It no longer used its wings.

Instead, it pecked Zhang Li hard!

This attack was so fast that even the afterimage was not visible.

It was a pure combination of speed and power, without any fancy techniques.