I am the former civilized hero.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, the invaders have broken through the third defense gate." The guard reminded in a low voice.

"Attack immediately, but don't notify the Fire Moth's troops. We will handle it ourselves. Also, I want to contact His Holiness the Pope at all costs!"

Can this be solved?

Looking at the bishop's serious expression, the guard could only nod reluctantly.

"As ordered!"

boom--

A storm of icy fog swept through the underground, freezing the metal and turning a group of soldiers into ice sculptures.

"The defense is much weaker than I thought. And why haven't the Fire Moths arrived yet?"

Ryan paused for a moment, leaning on his hands and looking forward.

He used the power of thunder to interfere with the communication system, but the city could not be isolated. Whoever escaped from the emergency exit could report to the local branch.

Rome is an important strategic location, and is garrisoned by high-level fusion warriors, but this reaction is very interesting.

I had to resist, but I didn't dare to resist with all my strength...

With Ryan's keen sense, these doubts could not escape his eyes at all. It seems that the Herrscher's Cosplay has worked.

"Never mind, let me do my thing first."

He continued to walk through the underground at a leisurely pace, looking around as if he were touring the church during the day.

There are many crusader emblems, and the guards have little to do with the Fire Moths. It is definitely a church-like industry, but the experimental equipment is very complete, and the surgical equipment is no less than that of the Fifth Institute.

Ryan entered a laboratory and saw several humanoid objects floating in a huge glass jar. When he looked closely, his eyes began to tremble.

The exposed muscles were very strong, and there was a layer of Houquen energy crystals on the surface of the body, which was a sign of excessive mutation. Normally, such a failed product would not have any life reactions, but what caught his attention most was the octopus head.

"Isn't this the monster from Aponia's sketch? I see, if I hadn't intervened, it would have destroyed the city."

Ryan took a look at the alien in the glass jar and felt it was a little strange. It should be borrowed from the technology of the fusion warriors, but it was completely different in essence.

So what kind of carrier did this group of charlatans integrate? Could it be that they really have some holy relics?

Ryan casually picked up the experimental report next to him. There was no need to do his own research on a fusion warrior. Didn’t the parliament have Dr. Damian?

His mind was full of question marks as he carefully checked the report, reading ten lines at a glance with his eyes moving very quickly. As one of the leaders of the Fusion Warrior Program, Ryan quickly discovered the problem.

"That's it, sample zero. They didn't even do any adjustment experiments before going straight to clinical trials. That's unscientific."

Ryan still remembers how much time and effort he and Mebius spent on making the first stable gene. Subsequently, they made continuous adjustments based on the vector before they made the first generation of super-mutable factors. These people, on the other hand, went straight to the clinic.

Could there really be a holy relic? Never mind, I can either find it myself or send a piece of body tissue to Mebius.

Thinking of this, he turned his head slightly and saw that the surface of the glass jar was suddenly covered with cracks. As the bubbles surged, the aliens inside opened their eyes at the same time.

Dozens of eyes looked at Ryan without any emotion.

Chapter 257: Uprooted within a month!

Click click click.

The sound of glass breaking was continuous, and light green nutrient solution emerged from inside and spread along the floor.

Not only in this laboratory, but also in all the rooms where the glass jars were placed, there were sounds, as if hundreds of wild beasts were waking up.

Ryan's eyes widened, looking only frightened and fearless. The report just now said that these were unfinished products, like they were suffering from sleeping sickness, and no one could wake them up. The church tried various methods, but the number of failed products kept increasing.

So how did they wake up? Because of Honkai energy? Didn't the church conduct several experiments using Honkai energy? What other methods did they not use?

Ryan let the green liquid flow over his leather shoes. He caught a glimpse of the frozen corridor from the corner of his eye and understood immediately.

Authority? They were awakened by authority? Isn't this...

boom!

The glass jar finally broke, and more than a dozen monsters rushed up in an instant, and then the next moment, the sudden piercing ice cones nailed them all to the ceiling.

"This is related to the Herrscher. Sample Zero is more powerful than I thought."

Ryan talked to himself, looking at the monsters struggling on the ceiling. The blood had dyed the ice cones red, but it seemed like the blood would never stop flowing, and they were still struggling frantically.

Tearing muscles and smashing bones, his eyes were filled with madness and greed, forcibly tearing himself off, wanting to devour Ryan completely, leaving nothing but a bone.

Ryan raised his cane and swung it, cutting off several heads like a sword. Then the headless corpses continued to pounce on him and were eventually frozen into ice sculptures.

"What a strong vitality and recovery ability, but the physical fitness is just that of a stronger dead soldier." He looked at the head that was still biting, and saw that the headless body nailed to the ice spike gradually grew a neck.

I take back what I said. Unlike the dead soldiers, their recovery speed is too fast.

The ice spread and climbed up the bodies of several monsters, and then their growth rate slowed down, which made Ryan, an expert in the field of biology, immediately understand.

This growth is in the cellular realm, and the cells of this thing multiply extremely quickly, just like... a virus?

boom--

The explosion-proof glass of the laboratory was broken, and more monsters rushed in using their hands and feet, and horrific screams could be heard.

Not only did it attack me, it couldn't tell friend from foe?

Ryan waved his cane and a crescent-shaped ice ring emerged, crushing anyone who came into contact with it. The remaining limbs were then frozen into a ball with the floor. Ryan stepped on the gap and peeked out, and saw several soldiers running away while shooting.

They were quickly pinned to the ground, and accompanied by screams, there was an extremely bloody scene of being eaten.

eat human?

Ryan's brows jumped when he saw the bloody scene. This is normal. Ultra-fast cell proliferation consumes a lot of energy and will disintegrate on its own if not replenished. But what happened next made him swear.

Grass.

The monsters that rushed in were easily turned into ice chips, but the soldiers who were left with half of their bodies were convulsing violently on the ground. They were shaking all over, and then their bodies were covered with a layer of Honkai energy crystals, and their heads were swollen like octopuses.

Then, it stood up in a strange posture, and its eaten body was repairing itself quickly.

It's also contagious. Are you really playing Resident Evil on me?

Ryan suddenly remembered what was going on with the layer of Honkai energy crystals on the body surface. Isn't this the characteristic of Honkai patients? As a researcher, he quickly connected the clues.

It must be that some characteristics of Honkai disease were used, and the core sample No. 0 is characterized by rapid cell proliferation and the fact that these cells are also contagious.

They were dormant, but were awakened by my authority. The cells multiplied, the authority of the Ruler—

"The Ruler of Death!"

Ryan found the answer. He was the only one who knew what authority the Sixth Ruler who had never appeared possessed. It was no exaggeration to say that the Ruler of Death was the 'God' of biology.

According to their origin as law-breakers, generally speaking, these illiterate people can't do anything fancy. At most, they can act on themselves or use it as a means of attack. But if she provides the materials and a group of little geniuses develop it, it will be a different story.

Without saying too much, if Mobius and the Herrscher of Death join forces, what they develop will definitely be ten thousand times more terrifying than this.

Without any intervention by himself, he can rely on these idiots to create a virus that destroys civilization, right? In a sense, this is much more terrifying than the Herrscher of Ice, at least it does not have this kind of scalability.

Ryan was instantly filled with murderous intent and discovered that the Herrscher had new characteristics: combat power and destructive power could not be equated.

I haven't even seen their faces. If these things run to the ground, the damage they cause will be unimaginable. The key is that even if they are all killed, they can't hurt the Herrscher at all.

"No, a monster has already escaped from the laboratory."

The turbulent wind brought the scene to the ground. These monsters were eating people, spreading, and multiplying, bringing disaster like an uncontrollable deadly virus.

Ryan did not rush to intercept them, because after he took action, the Southern European branch was not deaf and blind. They sent elite troops to investigate and they happened to run into these monsters.

Leave the surface to the Fire Moth, and I'll deal with the underground. Damn, I'm wearing the appearance of the Ice Ruler now.

Ryan felt a sense of irony and stepped into the depths of the laboratory with a cold face. These monsters were not strong except for their infectiousness. At least to him, they were not even minions.

The raging collapse could turn an entire corridor into a meat grinder, reducing dozens of monsters into finger-sized pieces of meat. Ryan stepped on these pieces of meat that were still trembling like earthworms, and his face became increasingly gloomy.

Not only is it contagious, it can also evolve. He has seen several monsters expand to more than three meters tall. However, even if they are allowed to evolve for a few more months, they will still be no match for Ryan.

"But for ordinary soldiers and civilians, it is a nightmare. It is impossible that human civilization is left with only a few strong people."

After using the power of wind to detect and freeze it with ice, he arrived at the central control room in just half an hour and tapped the heavy alloy door with his cane.

The steel froze quickly, and with just a slight tap, a big hole was created. Ryan picked up a frozen monster in one hand and crawled in.

He saw a man in a red robe. Only high-ranking Christians would wear robes of this color. The man's expression was very interesting.

There was some fear, but more of confusion and anger. Ryan understood just from this expression.

"Do you feel that you were deceived by the Herrscher? You listened to His words and achieved considerable results, but in the end, you were wiped out?"

From Astu's perspective, this really seemed like killing the donkey after it had done its work, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he found that he had lost the ability to speak, and his eyes became even more terrified.

Ryan was not interested in listening to his excuses. After realizing that this was an ordinary person, he directly used mental shock to destroy his consciousness and gave him a gift.

The ice melted, and the monster's octopus-like head appeared. It was chewing the air frantically, and then a piece of fat meat was delivered to it.

"Ah-"

Screams echoed in the room. The monster was gnawing at the bishop's thigh, but because its body was frozen, it was gnawing very slowly.

Ryan acted as if he hadn't heard anything as he turned on the central computer, his fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard, his pupils reflecting the flashing data.

"Let me ask you, are you Senator Chaser of Fire? Where did you meet the Herrscher?"

"I am only completing the task assigned by His Majesty. I have never come into contact with the Herrscher, nor have I met any Fire Chaser!"

There was an answer mixed in with his screams. Astu certainly didn't want to say it. He was almost fainted from the pain, but his mind was controlled, so he had to say it.

"So he's a confidant. No wonder. If he's a real core figure, he wouldn't be fooled by me so easily." Ryan listened to the 'accompaniment' and continued to search for information. The information that allowed him to 'take away' the authority of the Herrscher must be a core secret.

"Your master is very lucky. He actually managed to dodge this. By the way, where did he go?"

"New...York!"

"Oh, no wonder. They must have set a trap and waited for me to take the bait. I didn't expect that my luck would get better after meeting Pado." Ryan shrugged, his eyes scanned the core information, and he roughly understood what was going on.

As he expected, these bastards actually came into contact with the Ruler of Death and received the "blessing", and then secretly summoned experts to begin research.

The Crusaders had explored the use of Honkai energy before, and with the precious raw materials, they quickly achieved results on this basis. Of course, their purpose was not to create any killing weapons.

If one wants to replicate authority and gain complete control over cells, this is a way out if one is unable to become a fusion warrior.

Ryan had asked the Takeuchi brothers in Neon and knew that the "faithists" had no faith. Most of them just wanted to gain power and achieve immortality. Authority, a "magic" that transcends science, was obviously a good breakthrough.

As far as the target is concerned, the authority of the Herrscher of Death is the most suitable, after all, it is the 'magic' in the field of biology, and then these idiots were deceived.

He looked at the still gasping broken body with disgust. The Herrscher was completely different from the demons in fantasy novels. They had never thought of ruling the world and gaining servants or minions. For the sake of the end, they could even sacrifice themselves at will.