Chapter 14 - Mutations

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The next morning, Zero came to Lea's laboratory. Lea was currently classifying and summarizing the medicinal herbs Zog and the others had brought with her, so she was not too surprised to see zero arrival. Old Jack had already told her that from today onwards, Zero will replace Holt as her bodyguard. To Lea, it didn't matter who became his bodyguard.

"Come, help me bring those things over." Lea pointed to a few potion boxes on the table at the side of the room and said. Sometimes, the job of a bodyguard was not just about simple protection, it also included letting Lea order all sorts of trivial things.

Su Yi brought out the item and made a special request.

"I want you to do another ability assessment for me."

"Huh?" Lea lifted her head. Today, she was wearing a pair of flat glasses, giving this beautiful girl a hint of intellectual beauty.

Lea thought she misheard, and asked: "What did you say just now?"

After repeating it again, Lea put down the words in her hand and circled around zero: "What, you feel that there's something wrong with your body?"

"A little." Remembering last night's madness and the sudden appearance of power, he added, "But regardless of the outcome, I hope you can keep it a secret for me."

"What if I tell you, do you... Will he kill me? " Lea asked half-jokingly.

Zero shook his head and said seriously, "I will leave."

He had his own considerations.

Previously, when Lea mentioned power users, she pointed out a rule that was publicly accepted by the world. That was, survivors who had never experienced the Cataclysm Day. Because their genes did not experience shock, they were unable to produce abilities and evolve. If Zero was able to appraise his abilities, then he would definitely be treated as a freak. Although he did not know much about the new era, he knew that even in the old era, the emergence of new species meant capture and research.

He didn't like being a prey, nor did he want to be a white rat. That was why Lea kept her words a secret.

Lea nodded sher head as she carefully locked the door. Even if someone suddenly arrived, they wouldn't immediately notice the abnormality of zero. As for Lea, he did not believe that a change would happen to Zero's body at all.

Because it was impossible.

Just like last time, Zero laid down on the appraisal machine's platform. He closed his eyes and felt the platform sliding towards the machine. His heart was in turmoil.

In this chaotic era, of course, zero wanted to acquire a stronger ability. However, at the same time, the ability to mutate was contrary to the rule that the world recognized. This could only mean that the origin of Zero was even more mysterious and complicated. Otherwise, how could he, who had not experienced the catastrophe, have undergone such a change?

Lea's ten fingers nimbly moved on the operating table s, following the input of a group of orders, various types of lights started to flicker within the appraising device. With every flash of light, a set of data would be sent to the data center, and the data would gather there, then gather together and display on the operating table.

When the number zero appeared on the screen, Lea had to cover her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from shouting out loud.

However, the computer used its inorganic voice to report the data. The overall stats for his body had increased by 3 to 5 percentage points compared to before, which was almost negligible. What surprised Lea the most was the numbers at the end: "... Target ability: Strength + 1, Defense + 1. Evolutionary point data: 1. "

When Zero came down from the platform, Lea suddenly reached out to hold his face, and then, with a joyous cry, she hugged him. Zero's head was buried by two piles of software, and its nose was filled with the healthy body fragrance of a young girl.

"Great, zero. The first stage of strength strengthening and defense strengthening, this was the Fighting Domain's ability. "There is also an extra point of evolution, you can naturally evolve a certain ability, or buy mature formulas from a large company to catalyze the direction of the ability." Lea let go of Zero, excited to the point that tears welled up in his eyes. "Great, our base finally produced a special ability user, I will immediately tell Grandfather."

Letting go of Ling Yun, Lea turned around and was about to leave, but she was stopped by Ling Er.

Zero looked at her and slowly shook his head. Only then did Lea remember the words she had promised Zero. She asked softly, "I promise I will only tell Grandfather, there won't be a third person who will know."

"Only you and I know." Zero stressed.

"Why?" Lea did not understand.

Zero concisely replied, "I'm afraid of trouble."

Lea was also a smart person, what was the trouble of thinking of Zero Point? Indeed, if the truth of zero were to be revealed, the rule that the world regarded as an iron law would be overthrown. Who knew how many large companies and organizations would want to capture and research Zero as a mutated species? This was something Zero was concerned about.

"Then aren't you afraid that I'll tell others?" Lea asked again.

"I don't know." In Zero's mind, the beautiful figure in the dream overlapped with the young girl in front of him. He then said, "But I believe in you."

It was as if electric currents had passed through Lea's entire body. She trembled slightly, lowered her head, and said: "Then … This is a secret between us. "

"Yes."

"A tick?" Lea reached out her pinky and made a childish gesture.

Su Yun hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she still linked her pinky with Lea. Lea let out a satisfied laugh, and then said worriedly: "But if you didn't tell Grandfather, he wouldn't have asked the Parkland's valve for a ripe formula and medicine. I don't know how long it will take for the evolution to take, and I don't know if the newly formed ability will be stable or if it will be dangerous. "

In turbulent times, Adepts were immeasurably valuable. Even normal Adepts were recruited by small companies. For the sake of safety, many Adepts chose to use potions that were well-developed and sold by major companies. The ability to do so was both stable and not dangerous. Only a small number of battle maniacs, or other Adepts with no power to rely on, would take the risk of letting the point of evolution evolve to produce new abilities.

An ability that wasn't targeted could transform, it could produce a powerful combat ability, or it could also be a type of support ability that left people at a loss of whether to laugh or cry. Thus, if it wasn't necessary, no one would choose to evolve the point of evolution.

After Lea told Su Ling about the power, the latter stubbornly shook her head. Compared to transforming the first evolution point into a directional ability, Zero was more willing to let it transform naturally. After all, his ability to expose himself was too risky. As for the formula, he believed that as long as he could raise his strength, he would be able to find a way to get it from a large company in the future. As for now, he didn't need to take the risk for the sake of an evolution point.

Seeing that Zero always disagreed, Lea did not persist. After the two of them reached an agreement, Zero began to help Lea with the division of labor and medicine. When it was almost noon, the radio in the base suddenly started to chime.

Old Jack's voice came from the broadcast, "Everyone come to Workspace, I have something important to announce."

The broadcast repeated three times, and even Lea did not know what Old Jack was going to announce. But she still went along with the task at hand, leaving the laboratory with Zero and heading towards Workspace. As they walked along the path to the Workspace, from time to time, there were people passing by. From their soft chatter, the two of them heard some words being exchanged. The content of the words seemed to be related to a woman, and for some reason, Zero suddenly thought of Rita.

When he arrived in front of the entrance of the Workspace, it was already filled with people. There was an open space in the middle, and Old Jack was standing in the center with his usual clothes that never changed even after ten thousand years. To Zero's surprise, Zog was there too. He was leading seven soldiers to maintain order. Beside Old Jack, there were two people kneeling.

It was a man in his thirties with a wretched appearance. It was the white Hans who wanted to mess with him when he had just woken up. The man seemed to have been beaten up. His face was swollen, and there were many bruises on his body. There was blood at the corner of his mouth. It seemed that he had been beaten up a lot.

There was a woman standing beside Hans. She was tall and wore a white robe and black skirt.

Walking to the outer circle of the crowd, Zero saw Zog. The latter also saw him and walked towards him.

"What's going on?" Zero asked softly.

Zog looked at him, and revealed a bitter smile: "Rita went to look for you last night, right?"

Hearing that, Lea couldn't help but look over at the zero point. Rita's beautiful name had already spread throughout the Whole Base, so she thought that her men could line up into a long line. But Rita had never heard of anyone getting lucky, let alone sending themselves to their doorstep. And in Lea's gaze as she looked at Zero, something unknowingly appeared.

That stuff is called jealousy.

Zero did not notice and just nodded his head.

"And you sent her out of the house untouched?" Zog asked again.

Zero nodded again.

Seeing this, Lea's mood started to lighten.

Unexpectedly, Zog laughed bitterly and said: "But you have troubled her."

Su Ming raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Zog indicated towards Hans with his mouth: "Last night, that b * tch killed Rita …"

He finally understood what had happened. He secretly clenched his fists. A cold light shot out from his cold eyes.

He was angry.

"If Rita had only tainted him, it would have been fine. But that damned fellow is not clean, he has already been infected by the virus …" As he finished speaking, Zog finally let out a heavy sigh.

Su Yun might not know what this means, but Lea knew very well. She could not help but let out an "Ah" sound, and at the same time, understood what kind of fate Rita would have. Just a moment ago, she was subconsciously jealous of this woman. But at this moment, Lea felt deep sympathy for her.