Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 508 - 463: The Vigor from the Source of Fear

After being nourished by the rotten bear condensed liquid, the Thunder Tiger Bracelet evolved into a titanium alloy steel claw, turning Wu Hen instantly into a Wolverine, granting him a tremendously powerful close-combat capability.

Since his equipment was enhanced, Wu Hen also unlocked his physique, elevating himself to a Fifth Rank Physique to better control the newly acquired gear.

Stretching his limbs, Wu Hen's body suddenly burst with sounds like thousands of firecrackers.

Lu Xian, who was cleaning up the battlefield nearby and organizing valuable items, was suddenly startled by Wu Hen's "mutation" and her eyes glazed over in shock.

Guo Hong also came closer to observe and quickly noticed that Wu Hen's life signs had become much stronger.

The evolution process of life releases a faint energy, similar to heat energy. When a life form becomes stronger, getting close to it, one can feel the overwhelming scorching breath.

Guo Hong couldn't help but repeatedly express his admiration.

He had seen many human life evolutions before, the process of which was often celebrated like a grand ceremony, with the person putting on a yellow robe and radiance spreading out like heavenly light. However, this big shot before him merely stretched lazily on the spot, and then his life state underwent a significant transformation. Guo Hong couldn't help but wonder what level of existence he was, and whether, if the equipment continued to upgrade limitlessly, could he also continuously unshackle himself?

"How are your enhancements?" Wu Hen asked his two temporary teammates.

"The equipment has evolved, but…" Guo Hong gave an awkward smile. They had been consuming contaminated food for a long time, which clearly hindered their evolution. Using Life Liquid for evolution seemed too extravagant, even big shots lacked it, and they were reluctant to use it.

"Blood Lake Base used to be a life science research group, they have plenty of Life Liquid that can help you evolve," Lu Xian mentioned.

"Oh? There's such a thing?" Wu Hen expressed his surprise.

"It's rumored to exist, but now that place has been invaded by terrifying alien species. The life science experiment base also contains a large amount of biochemical and mutated materials, and the evolution level of alien species inside is very high. We ordinary Gold Seekers dare not even approach the outskirts, and we don't really know what exactly is inside," Guo Hong said with an embarrassed face.

"Let's explore step by step, scrape together the good stuff too." Wu Hen had already begun to enjoy the pleasure of evolving weapons.

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Crossing the rotten forest, upon reaching an open area, they saw a vast blood-red lake.

The lake was extensive and at the end, the hills sank into the horizon significantly. Without super sense, Wu Hen couldn't analyze the terrain or know what monsters might be in Blood Lake.

There were two steel bridges over the lake, each with ten lanes, one-way traffic, with no bridge piers designed; although clearly very heavy, they floated above the blood-colored lake's surface.

The three had abandoned their vehicle upon passing through the rotten forest and could only proceed on foot now.

They stepped onto the giant steel bridge which was filled with abandoned vehicles, whether the roads toward the base or the bridges leading out, all vehicles faced outwards from the base, indicating that prior to being abandoned, everyone was trying to drive away from here, resulting in a jam on the bridge.

Passing through the crowd of cars, Wu Hen noticed that many vehicles still had people sitting in the driver's seats, some were already dried out while others looked lifelike. As Wu Hen, Guo Hong, and Lu Xian passed by, these individuals would lift their heads and gaze blankly at the three unexpected visitors.

"It might be due to some kind of biochemical gas, their mutation level isn't high," Guo Hong analyzed.

"Could this place be the source of the entire post-apocalyptic wasteland?" Wu Hen asked.

"The rumor says so. In the early days, it also thrived as a gathering place for various alien species of the Human Clan, where various cultures merged and goods exchanged... They introduced some kind of life technology here, trying to research some life forms that evolve very quickly, attempting to master the evolutionary code. Clearly, they failed in the end. Despite being a technology-praising nation, the public ended up blaming the rulers for angering the gods. The gods cursed this country to forever sink into decay and mutation, all life born here lacks intelligence, knowing only slaughter," Guo Hong explained.

The level of legend stands, it's hard to discern which parts are true.

Wu Hen just listened; to understand the truth here, he must venture deep into the nest of the Ultimate Mutant, groping for answers from what remains.

"This place resembles the origin my companions described, but unfortunately, they couldn't find a way to break in, and even lost a few elites during their attempt," Wu Hen remarked.

Compared to the information obtained from the navigator, this Blood Lake Base matched extremely well.

It seems that digging deeper layer by layer, and climbing towards the pinnacle of the pyramid of mutated life, one would eventually trace Cangling's presence in the Mortal World.

"Tatatatat~~~~~~~~"

Suddenly, the twin steel bridges began to shake violently, and the abandoned vehicles on the bridge's road eerily set off alarms simultaneously.

At first, Wu Hen thought the dead people in the cars were going to rush at him violently, but he soon realized that those mummified corpses actually crawled under the seats, holding their heads!

If they are already dead, leaving behind only broken shells, what could they possibly be afraid of?

"Ah!!"

A tremendous roar erupted, followed by the waters of Blood Lake bursting open as an enormous alien creature leaped from the lake onto the steel bridge!

Wu Hen, Guo Hong, and Lu Xian involuntarily looked up only to see an Emperor Horror Crocodile gliding overhead, its body shedding copious amounts of blood like a waterfall.

The underside of the Emperor Horror Crocodile covered the steel bridge, its rough skin was teeming with hot weapons.

The densely packed weapons, akin to piles of firearms and gun barrels from a military warehouse, hung from the skin of this Emperor Horror Crocodile, forming festering armament tumors all over its body!

Wu Hen was completely mesmerized.

It felt as if a gigantic Magnetic Crocodile had sucked up all the weapons from a military base onto its skin, and these modern weapons formed a layer of external armor. Even more outrageous was the fact that all these weapons were activated. As the Weapon Emperor Crocodile leaped over the bridge, the dazzling array of gun barrels all targeted Wu Hen and his companions.

"Run!"

Triggered by his Super Sense, Wu Hen grabbed Guo Hong and Lu Xian with each hand, and dashed forward at the maximum speed of a Fourth-Rank Life towards the front of the bridge.

Beams of light shone on this flying Emperor Horror Crocodile, then converged into a massive energy body. As the Emperor Horror Crocodile glided to its highest point before descending to the other end of the bridge, hundreds of weapons unleashed a barrage of gunfire!

Machine guns, automatic rifles, small cannons, large-caliber rocket launchers... all fired simultaneously!

The entire steel bridge was instantly riddled with holes, cars on the bridge exploded frequently, various ammunition poured down as if an air combat squadron was carpet-bombing the bridge with relentless firepower!

Wu Hen, Guo Hong, and Lu Xian ducked and scurried for their lives, thinking that the giant crocodile in the lake would either bite them or break the bridge. They never expected the Emperor Giant Crocodile to bombard them with fire...

"No way, we always believed that all fear comes from insufficient firepower, but now even fear is fully armed, and it's got more firepower than us!" Wu Hen couldn't help but curse.

What a mess.

In movies, it was always a group of fully armed elite firing at giant beasts with numerous modern weapons. Who could have imagined a fully armed giant beast firing back at humans!

This Emperor Horror Crocodile has evolved in a uniquely remarkable direction, how much did it resent the human gunfire it endured before to be delivering such retaliatory firepower upon seeing humans??

Fortunately, the Emperor Horror Crocodile fell back into the lake, and the steel bridge, made of some unknown material, though punctured, did not break.

The trio reached the other side of the bridge, escaping the perilous Blood Lake.

However, as Wu Hen looked back, he saw that uniquely evolved Emperor Horror Crocodile opening its mouth in the lake water...

Sure enough, there wasn't a single normal tooth inside its mouth; instead, it was filled with thick cannon barrels!

What kind of Energy Cannon it was, Wu Hen wasn't sure, but he didn't look back and pulled the others towards the base gate, feeling numerous scorching beams erupting behind him, melting everything they had just passed, except for the special material of the steel bridge!

Entering the base gate, the three of them felt like swifts who had escaped a storm into the crevice of a cliff, utterly terrified.

Suppressing his own power, Wu Hen hadn't expected life to become this thrilling.

Had he been a bit slower just now, he would have had to lift all the Seals.

Once the Seals were lifted, that Black Angel would definitely have smelled his scent, making it almost impossible for him to capture her.

Deserving of being called the origin base of apocalyptic wasteland, even a small crocodile in the lake nearly broke his disguise; indeed, he had been too reckless and should have farmed some more monsters around to level up before taking on this challenge.

But now that he was here, Wu Hen couldn't just retreat. If he did, who knows if he would receive another barrage of gunfire.

"Wait!"

"Once I capture the Black Angel, I'll definitely twist that brainless crocodile into a merry-go-round!"

"How ridiculous!"

Wu Hen was somewhat irate, but thinking of the rich rewards for capturing the Black Angel and his actual mission, he reluctantly swallowed his anger.

"This gate is impressive," Lu Xian's attention had now fully shifted to the structure of the Blood Lake Base.

The towering alloy gate, as large as a small hill, seemed indestructible not only to those alien giants but likely even to missile attacks.

Yet this alloy gate was slightly ajar, like the entrance to hell, opened for those greedy Gold Seekers.

It is strange how people work—if there were no small gap, they might find a way to break in, but with this small door gap, they instead hesitate to step in!