End of the World: My Items Can Be Upgraded Infinitely.

Chapter 90: Transactions, Fluid, Genetic Modification Technology

“We’re here so soon!?”

"I'm at a research institute at the southernmost part of Laoshan."

"This used to be a weapons testing site. If you see a no-entry sign at the fork in the road, just turn in."

The volume of the speaker was very loud, and the three people present could hear Ding Chenghai's words clearly. Lin Feng then glanced at Han Yuxin behind him, and the other party recalled and whispered that it was only twenty minutes.

So Lin Feng replied:

"Okay, we'll be there in half an hour. Prepare what I want, and find some more people over there. It's not easy to move so many live insects."

As the phone call was hung up, everyone soon saw a fork in the road next to the main road under the dim sunset.

The rusty and old military restricted area nameplate is still hanging under the street lamp, warning passers-by.

Chen Yanyan turned right and drove in.

A wire gate blocked everyone's way. Lin Feng was too lazy to get out of the car to unlock it, so he just let Chen Yanyan drive the flying wing chariot into it. The huge spikes on the triangular front of the car instantly tore through the red-embroidered iron gate.

Entering the tree-lined path in Laoshan, the concrete road surface has been covered with dead branches and leaves over the years. It seems that this is also a path that no one has ever set foot on.

Ten minutes later, after circling the foot of the mountain several times, an old white building that looked like a long factory finally appeared in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Lin Feng asked Chen Yanyan to stop at the wider entrance, then turn around on the spot and point the trunk towards the research institute.

Honk the whistle a few times as a reminder.

Soon, several rescue trailers drove out from the side of the research institute not far away, and Ding Chenghai was sitting in the first one.

At this moment, he was just as untidy and unkempt as when I first met him on the rooftop of the Ocean University dormitory. However, he looked a little fatter, and his fat face looked even rounder.

It seems that the food in the institute is very good.

As soon as the two met, they exchanged a few pleasantries and then got down to business:

"The tiger spine worm's giant jaws are right on it, but we punched two holes in it. It shouldn't affect your use, right?"

Lin Feng walked to the trailer and saw a pair of huge jaws that were several meters longer than the back of the trailer. The length was close to ten meters and the weight was over one ton...

"LV22 Tiger Spine Giant Jaw, orange quality, precious fusion material, can upgrade red items"

As the appraisal results came out, Lin Feng showed a satisfied smile and nodded to Ding Chenghai:
"Not bad, I'll give you the goods you want."

Having said that, Lin Feng walked back to the trunk of the flying wing tank.

Because it was approaching dusk, the darkness limited the field of vision. In addition, people like Ding Chenghai were generally only low- to medium-level enhanced humans, so they couldn't see clearly.

However, the sharp-eyed Fatty Ding still noticed the unusualness of this large modified car, especially the heavy armor on the exterior and the armor-piercing front hidden on the opposite side...

Comparable to a heavy tank!

Coupled with the pitch-black muzzles sticking out everywhere, as a professional weapons researcher, Ding Chenghai can determine the firepower level of the tank with just a few glances, which can be called a small mobile fortress.

It’s a pity that although it is powerful, there are no conditions for mass production.

After the modification, the functional performance is top-notch, but considering the fuel consumption and production materials, it seems extremely wasteful.

Only a wealthy player like Lin Feng, who is "rich and powerful", would stack armor to enhance his skills at all costs.

As a researcher, cost-effectiveness is an important consideration in weapons development.

While Ding Chenghai was contemplating and admiring the chariot, Lin Feng took out the remaining five black-backed insects and the still-flagging green-winged insect with broken legs from the foldable trunk.

There are four living green-winged insects in total. After taking one out, there are three left. Lin Feng does not want to expose his true strength and the folding of the space in the trunk.

This technology is too advanced and may easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles.

After walking around the flying winged vehicle, Ding Chenghai's eyes were quickly attracted by the live insects outside the trunk. To date, they had only handled two live black-spine insects in their hospital, and they were only used for one or two days before being taken away by the bigwigs in Jincheng City to avoid accidental deaths.

A first-level living insect means a super-powered awakening that transcends levels, growing from an ordinary, simple enhanced person to a powerful awakener...

In the eyes of some people, this is more important than research.

Now that he could get five extra live black-backed insects and an even more precious green-winged insect from Lin Feng, Ding Chenghai was naturally overjoyed.

He was even more worried than Lin Feng about the news leaking out and attracting the covetousness of certain entities.

Therefore, this transaction was carried out in an extremely secretive manner, with no more than five researchers involved.

Each department in the institute can be allocated one, and the weapons research institute where he is located has extra green-winged insects.

In fact, Ding Chenghai had long been drooling over the enlarged version of the "flapping dragonfly" among the Zerg, and wanted to study its structural materials and the secret of its stable flight.

After confirming their activity, Ding Chenghai generously directed his teammates to untie the huge tiger-backed worm jaws on the trailer and knock them down.

"You want me to send a car to take it back for you?"

"Although this pair of jaws is huge and as hard as iron, it is very light. The Zerg used some kind of metal element and biomass to create this thing."

Lin Feng shook his head to reject Ding Chenghai's kindness, then walked forward and lifted the tiger-back worm's giant jaws with both hands. Without the power of its original owner to swing it, as a dead material, it was easy for Lin Feng to move.

He is now a first-level fully awakened person. Even without the blessing of physical enhancement, with a physical attribute of 150 points, he can still lift three or four tons of weight.

Witnessing the other party inserting the giant jaw into the trunk, leaving behind a three-meter-long jaw tip, Ding Chenghai realized that Lin Feng's awakening level was far beyond his imagination.

But on second thought, the other party was able to capture a large number of live insects on the front line. If they didn't have strong strength, Lin Feng, who had always been rational, would not have taken such a risk.

The transaction was completed. Before saying goodbye, Ding Chenghai reminded: "Remember to take the small road. There should be no one on the highway. The flaws of late awakening humans mentioned on the phone yesterday, and what you said about breaking the limit is also a way to make up for it, but in reality, there are only a few examples..."

"After all, not many people can awaken both mental and physical superpowers at the same time."

"Most awakened ones with enhanced physiques will still be weaker than the same-level Zerg even if they kill several tiger-spine worms."

"Only by using superpowers and entering a violent state can we defeat tiger-spine insects of the same level."

"Our physical constitution is not outstanding, but we are gifted in spirit. However, there are very few people who have awakened in this aspect, and for them, physical attributes are even more of a weakness..."

Lin Feng nodded, thinking back to Qin Hu, and asked in a low voice:

"You guys who study biotechnology, do you have any transformation plans? The Major Qin I mentioned has a broken leg, so he was invited by them to voluntarily undergo transformation..."

Ding Chenghai frowned slightly, and walked with Lin Feng to a corner on the side of the road. Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun, which dyed the sky blood red, he whispered:

"I didn't directly participate in this matter, but I learned about it and contacted them to develop supporting biological weapons..."

"This biotechnology is a top-level confidential project in the academy, and it's very confidential. I remember it was related to the 'decapitation plan' proposed by the military a few days ago, which aims to train a group of super-strong biochemical warriors to raid the Zerg's underground nest."

At this point, a ferocious and incredible look appeared on Ding Chenghai's face:
"The plan was so crazy that even the people in their biological research center had a lot of opposition. But as the Federation was defeated on the front line and tens of millions of people were killed and injured...legal ethics are no longer that important."

"They began to study the cells of the Zerg, trying to understand why they were so abnormal. Soon, they made a breakthrough through radical experiments on some death row prisoners."

"The cells that make up the Zerg have extremely strong vitality and adaptability..."

Ding Chenghai pointed at the live insects that were being loaded onto the truck. Even though all their limbs were broken, they were able to repair their wounds in a short time and were still baring their fangs and claws, wanting to attack any humans who approached them.

"Those lunatics extracted stem cell-like progenitor cells from living insects, and then combined them with human cells for cultivation..."

"I'm not too sure about this technology. It's related to cloning and gene programming, which emerged more than a decade ago. Although they have been banned by Congress, those big corporations and crazy people in the laboratories have been researching them closely."

"In short, after the prisoners were injected with the extracted liquid, they showed different degrees of mutation, similar to the appearance of the Zerg."

"Eventually it became a mutant in human-worm form."

"Even though this mutation is extremely unstable, most of the test subjects will die suddenly within a few hours or even tens of minutes..."

"But after testing and dissecting the bodies, we found that under the stimulation of the Zerg gene fluid, these prisoners were transformed from ordinary people into awakened ones with enhanced physiques!"

"Directly skipped nine levels of enhancement!"

"Later, they have been adjusting the dosage of the reagents and secretly conducting further in-depth experiments on enhanced humans and even awakened ones."

"The awakened ones have stronger physiques, higher mental attributes, and their tolerance for mutations far exceeds that of enhanced humans."

"According to the latest report, the genetic fluid extracted from the brain nerves of the only living second-level Zerg can allow a late-stage first-level awakener to directly break through to the second level!"

"This is faster and more convenient than killing a second-level Zerg to obtain a second-level awakening."

“In the current situation, it is also more cost-effective!”

"But these genetically modified humans, under the stimulation of Zerg genes, have their metabolism accelerated dozens of times, so their lifespans will be shortened accordingly."

"There have even been cases of premature aging in many experiments, with the dying cells eventually dying."

"Humans are simply no match for the Zerg. They need to maintain both super-high mental intelligence and a strong physical foundation. At the moment, we can only sacrifice our own lifespan."

Speaking of this, Ding Chenghai, who had been suppressed for a long time, was also very regretful after expressing his views and sighed deeply.

Lin Feng, who never interrupted him, quietly acted as a listener. After getting the inside information he wanted, he asked the key question:

"So at this stage, what is the probability of success of the experiment? Can it help Major Qin regenerate his severed limbs?"

Ding Chenghai shook his head and spread his hands helplessly:
"Only they themselves know the exact success rate, but they have already reported the results. Judging from the response from the higher-ups, they are willing to increase their support for them and even transfer the research resources that should have been given to us to them."

"So the success rate should be quite high. At least we can produce a large number of second-level genetically modified humans."

"As for the regeneration of severed limbs you asked about, it must be easy for the highly active Zerg cells."

"But I heard that Major Qin has completed the second-level awakening and has the strongest physique at present. Perhaps he can increase the success rate of the transformation..."

"It's impossible for that group of lunatics to abuse such a precious experimental subject and expect to rely on him to resolve certain concerns that still exist in our society."

Lin Feng nodded and took a deep breath:

"Thank you, this is very important information."

A trace of disgust flashed across Ding Chenghai's eyes:
"It's not my project. Besides, I don't like those lunatics who do live experiments. And such an unstable genetic mutation is likely to cause even more trouble."

"If you only seek temporary pleasure, you will suffer the consequences sooner or later and be destroyed by the monster you created with your own hands..."

Lin Feng shrugged:

"before this……"

"Let's win this war first."

Ding Chenghai frowned slightly, but still nodded in agreement:
"You are right. If we don't defeat the Zerg, the future of mankind will still be dark."

Lin Feng hummed and looked at the live insects loaded onto the car:

"By the way, the red armor can fuse with the giant jaws of the black-backed worm, or the pair of membrane wings of the green-winged worm."

Finally, after providing Ding Chenghai with some ideas, Lin Feng immediately boarded his flying wing chariot and left Laoshan in the afterglow of the setting sun...

(End of this chapter)