"They were too excited during the fight and died suddenly?"
It was very common for humans to die suddenly because they could not withstand the rampaging spirit energy impact.
But it wasn't "common" to such an extent where everyone died of exhaustion?
Besides, Meng Chao noticed something strange.
Manager Jiang said that there were only three superhumans in the developing land. The other dozens of pathfinders were normal people.
But Meng Chao noticed that before they died of exhaustion, they had killed hundreds of normal monsters and dozens of Nightmarish Beasts.
Their fighting strength was too ridiculous.
It has to be known that normal people were helpless against Nightmarish Beasts. Once they ran into them, they were usually one-sided massacres. That was how they got the name Nightmarish Beasts!
On average, two normal people killed one Nightmarish Beast and five normal monsters. Were they really that strong?
Meng Chao did not think that the pathfinders would hide their strength.
If they had the strength to kill so many monsters when they left Dragon City, they could have gone to the related departments to get an approval and obtained a legal permit to develop the land.
So, did their fighting strength suddenly become stronger after they came to the wild?
Impossible!
Meng Chao continued exploring and finally found a blood-stained gap on one side of the developing land.
There were more than one hundred corpses piled up there. By the looks of it, this was where the monsters had mainly attacked. Once they broke the gap, they were attacked by the humans and chased out. Both sides fought fiercely, and countless people died.
Meng Chao stepped into the pool of blood and examined each human corpse.
He noticed that while they were dehydrated to varying degrees, some of the corpses were still incredibly hot. Their organs were also showing signs of carbonization.
It was as if they had spontaneously combusted and their blood had evaporated, which was why they died of dehydration and exhaustion.
Once he stepped into the developing land, a new human corpse caught his attention.
This human had also died of dehydration. He looked like a piece of black, dead wood.
But his right arm was deformed and swollen. It was covered in sharp scales that rose up high, as if there were dozens of daggers stuck in it. No matter how Meng Chao looked at it, it did not look like a human arm.
'What's going on?'
Meng Chao knew that once superhumans entered two-star Spirit Transformation Realm, some of their limbs and organs would change slightly due to spirit energy stimulation, and they would show signs of crystallization.
But this change was similar to the phenomenon of atavism. No matter how Meng Chao looked at it, it was not a normal change for superhumans.
Besides, there should not be so many two-star Spirit Transformation Realm superhumans in the developing land.
At that moment, Meng Chao heard moans.
With his eyebrows raised high, he charged forward like an arrow leaving the bow.
Behind a heavy machine gun, he found a pioneer sprawled on the ground.
Although his limbs were withered and his face was as haggard as a skull-covered skull, his heart was still beating weakly in his bony chest. He was still alive!
Meng Chao sighed in relief. He made a gesture and had the Dragon Fang Commandos who caught up later check the survivors' conditions. They also injected him with medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid.
Later, they found three dying pioneers one after another.
All of them looked haggard and haggard, unable to utter a single word.
One of them had his right arm burnt to a crisp.
The other person's entire right arm, on the other hand, showed signs of keratinization. It seemed to have turned into a broad, sharp bone blade that looked like the scythe of the God of Death.
However, after the Dragon Fang Commandos injected high-calorie nutrition drugs into him and stabilized his condition, the bone blades slowly softened and regained the elasticity that flesh and blood should have.
"What happened in the developing land? How did you end up like this?" Meng Chao asked with a frown.
He searched through his memories. At the very least, he had never seen anything like this in his previous life during this period of time.
The survivors' physiological parameters might have been stable, but their minds had been greatly stimulated. It was as if they were still immersed in a terrifying nightmare. They ignored Meng Chao's question and just kept mumbling, "Deified … transformation …"
Meng Chao and Manager Jiang looked at each other. They did not understand what the survivors were saying.
At that moment, the Dragon Fang Commandos found a female survivor in a file cabinet in the deepest part of the developing land.
Her hair was a mess, her face was stark pale, and there was only fear in her eyes.
Even if she was saved by her fellow humans, she could only scream and even scratch around. She could not tell them the entire process of the fight, the secret behind her spontaneous combustion, and the humans turning into monsters.
However, she kept hugging a metal tube tightly in her arms, as if it was a secret weapon that could bring her endless security.
For her safety, the Dragon Fang Commandos could only inject sedatives into her so that she would fall asleep.
Once they did a headcount, they found a total of seventy-two human corpses.
There were also five survivors. Oh, if they added the superhuman who had turned into an ape, they would have six survivors.
The survivors were either too exhausted or panicked. They could not tell them anything.
Fortunately, the surveillance cameras and computer system in the developing land were not damaged.
Manager Jiang used the female survivor's iris and fingerprint information to turn on the computer and bring up the surveillance footage from a moment ago.
Dozens of surveillance footage from different positions and angles were put together, and they could clearly see that the monsters had launched their attack two hours ago.
It was about the time when the Tyrant Mammoth led the monster horde to ambush the forward operating base of Soaring Dragon Constructions.
By the looks of it, the Demonic Bloody Moon Wolves and Ghost Leopards had also evolved and gained cunning intelligence. They knew how to use the moment when the humans were busy defending themselves and could not provide reinforcements.
The pathfinders in the developing land naturally panicked.
Many of them were running around like ants on a hot pan.
Some of them thumped their chests and wondered why their luck was so bad. They had just set up camp in the depths of the wild, and they were already ambushed by monsters.
Of course, once they realized that panicking and wailing would not solve the problem, the tough Dragon Citizens soon summoned up their courage and armed themselves to the teeth.
Unfortunately, during the monster ambush, all the Demonic Bloody Moon Wolves and Ghost Leopards who had been chased into the forest by the Tyrant Mammoth were gathered together.
The automatic machine gun turrets and electric nets at the periphery of the developing land were soon torn to pieces by the monsters.
Heavy banging sounds came from the metal shell of the developing land. The door shuddered and looked like it was about to be rammed open by the monsters at any moment.
The faces of the people in the developing land turned stark pale, and they were scared out of their wits.
"W-Why don't we use that?" someone suggested while stuttering.
"You're mad!"
Someone else retorted. "That thing doesn't have a production license, and the side effects are really strong. If you really eat it, even if you don't die, you'll be half-dead!"
Bang!
Another deafening crash came from outside. Through the surveillance cameras on the walls, they could see a Bloody Moon Wolf King the size of a rhinoceros ramming into the door like a battering ram.
The lights in the developing land instantly flickered.
For a total of three seconds, all the pathfinders sank into darkness.
Once the emergency lights shone with a red light, they immediately made their decision. "Hurry up and take the Deification Capsules!"
Then, Meng Chao saw the girl he had found in the cabinet walk out through the screen. She carefully opened the metal tube and brought out green, crystalline pearls the size of grapes that shone with a bewitching light.
"One for normal people, two for one-star superhumans. Big Brother Liao, you have three. Bite them and swallow them."
A young man who had shaved off the sides of his head and only had a tuft of hair at the center helped the girl distribute the pearls.
Aside from the girl, everyone else swallowed a small pearl. Three of the superhumans with ridiculously shaped weapons swallowed two or three pearls each.
The girl sealed the remaining pearls and tightened the lid of the metal tube. She was just about to eat the pearls that belonged to her.
The pathfinders who bit the pearls and drank the medicinal liquid inside had already gone through a shocking change.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Their eyes suddenly went wide, and their eyeballs looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets. Dozens of thick blood vessels popped up around their eye sockets, making them look even more mysterious and monstrous.
Everyone was drenched in sweat, and their muscles were twitching, as if they had completed a five-kilometer sprint in just ten seconds. Their sweat turned into white smoke at a visible speed and lingered around them, making them look extremely mysterious and hideous.
Many people's muscles swelled up madly, and the seams of their fighting suits cracked. Their skin could not keep up with the speed of their flesh and blood growth, and red wounds appeared on their bodies.
Sharp spikes grew out of some people's limbs and backs, making them look like monsters wearing armor made of thorns.
Some people's arms turned into bone blades that looked like the scythes of the God of Death or osteoma that looked like morningstars. Some people also grew sturdy scales and thick hair, making them look like human-shaped monsters.
"Whoosh! The Deification Capsules are indeed effective! I feel like my strength has increased by more than ten times!"
"Monsters are attacking? Heh, we're the real monsters! "
"Kill them! I'm going to kill all these monsters and tear them to shreds! Don't leave a single one alive!"
The unrecognizable survivors laughed savagely and roared.
If normal people who took one Deification Capsule had become so bloodthirsty, then the three superhumans were even more so.
One of them was surrounded by dazzling flames. There were also two small fireballs that spun around him like satellites.
The other person's skin shone with a black, metallic light, and he looked like a statue made of steel.
Big Brother Liao, who took three Deification Capsules, turned into the ape-type monster that Meng Chao and the others had noticed earlier. He was nearly two meters tall.
"I feel like my strength …"
Big Brother Liao, who had turned into an ape-man, opened his mouth so wide that it reached his ears. He said hoarsely, "I'm about to reach Earth Realm!"
Whoosh!
He casually threw a punch, and his arm left behind an afterimage. It released an explosive sound that sounded like a sonic boom, and it shocked the girl holding the metal tube. The Deification Capsule in her hands fell to the ground and rolled to the bottom of a cabinet in a corner.
The girl crawled to the corner and was about to crouch down to pick it up when a loud boom rang out. The door to the developing land was broken by the monsters.
"Kill them!"
The pathfinders who had turned into human-shaped beasts were incredibly excited. They howled and pounced on the monster horde.
The two waves of monsters instantly crashed into each other.
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