Recently, the weather seemed to be getting hotter and hotter, and it rained every few days.
According to the normal season, it should be spring now. In the blink of an eye, the entire winter had passed since the apocalypse.
"This is Beijing People's Radio Station, this is Beijing People's Radio Station! We are now broadcasting to all the survivors around the world. As of today, all the signals in Africa and Australia have been completely cut off. We have completely lost contact. Most of South America, some of Europe, and Asia and Southeast Asia have also been cut off. The situation is worrying … "
"This is a war between humans and nature. The survival of mankind is facing a huge challenge, and the situation is getting worse. Under the correct leadership of the Party and the government, China has established a large-scale defense base in Beijing, Tibet, Qinghai, Urumqi, and Taklamakan. This is a strategic relocation across the country. If any survivors hear this news, please relay it to each other and broadcast it again … "
"Now broadcasting international news, the United States and the Canadian interim government have officially reached a strategic agreement to jointly develop the ice field in northern Canada. This agreement means that apart from a few important military bases in the mainland, most of the population in the United States will continue to migrate."
"This morning, Moscow, the capital of Russia, has discovered a continuous high heat energy source on the satellite map. The energy source lasted for a total of six minutes and fifteen seconds, then mysteriously disappeared. We have temporarily lost contact with Moscow …"
"According to the news from Japan, the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Yamamoto Ichiro, who was visiting China on the 27th of February, met with an accident on the sea when he was returning to China yesterday. His plane was destroyed and he was killed …"
Luo Yuan looked serious as he heard the noise of the mobile phone radio in his earpiece.
In just a short period of winter, humans had been forced to retreat. They had now begun to migrate to the highlands, deserts, and ice fields, which were previously forbidden areas for humans and most of the creatures. Obviously, the situation was more serious than Luo Yuan had imagined.
After an unknown period of time, a dull tremor suddenly came from outside.
"I was worried about not being able to find you. I didn't expect you to come to me!" Luo Yuan raised his eyebrows and unplugged the radio earpiece. He put the mobile phone on the table, picked up his Zhanmadao, and quickly walked out of the villa under everyone's uneasy gaze.
He walked quickly, each step covering a distance of three to four meters. In just a few minutes, Luo Yuan had arrived at the source of the tremor.
It was a giant lizard-like beast that was three meters tall. If the tail was included, it would be six to seven meters long. Its entire body was emerald green, and its head was huge and ferocious. There was a black spiral horn on the top of its head. However, this horn was obviously not fully developed, and only a small part of it was revealed. It was about half a foot long, and compared to its huge body, it seemed a little out of place.
The giant beast had been wandering around the neighborhood for two days now. Every time it did so, it seemed hesitant. However, compared to the day before, it was clearly closer today.
Its nostrils moved, and from time to time, it breathed out a white mist. Its huge, ferocious claws stomped on the ground impatiently, and it let out a provocative roar.
The day before, Luo Yuan had felt strange about the giant beast's reaction, but now he understood. The area was originally occupied by the Haunted Locust Tree. Most of the mutated beasts in the area were of similar strength, so there was a subtle balance between the two beasts.
However, ever since Luo Yuan had killed the tree, the smell had become weaker and weaker, and the mutated beasts nearby had started to move.
This was the first mutated beast that had come to test the waters.
An empty territory without an owner was a rare opportunity for a blue level mutated beast, which was neither weak nor strong in this city. Moreover, this one had been chased out of its territory recently and was wandering around without a fixed home.
Looking at the dense scars all over its body, the scales in many places had fallen off, and the tears looked mottled. It was extremely miserable. A few of the scars had obviously happened recently, and there was still blood flowing on its body. It was obvious that this Rogue's life was not easy.
However, the giant beast was very vigilant and cautious. It would retreat as soon as it sensed any movement. Luo Yuan had planned to kill it the day before, but he did not know why the beast had run away before he could do anything.
Perhaps this was the reason it had been able to survive after wandering around the mutated beasts' territories for a long time.
Luo Yuan had been worried that he would fail his mission, but he had not expected it to come looking for him again.
To avoid scaring the beast away again, Luo Yuan was even more careful this time. He crawled on the ground and slowly moved his body, approaching the beast step by step.
It growled a few times and stopped. It seemed to be listening for some movement. A few seconds later, it relaxed a little and swaggered into the residential area.
It roared at the sky, looking very proud of itself. Suddenly, it felt danger. Its body shook, and the diamond-shaped scales on its tail opened slightly to form a sawtooth shape. At the same time, it lowered its body and exposed its fangs. It growled as if it was warning Luo Yuan, but its limbs began to retreat.
Suddenly, it seemed to feel something. It turned its head and saw a small creature approaching it quickly. Its eyes flashed with doubt and confusion. It could not believe that the fragile creature it had been treating as its food for the past few days could give it a sense of danger.
It seemed to feel offended and became angry. It even forgot about the danger it had sensed just now.
It roared and moved its four limbs crazily towards the small creature, causing the ground to rumble with great momentum.
When it rushed over, it even had the leisure to think that this creature would definitely be like the ones it had encountered before, paralyzed by fear. It'd be best if it didn't pee and poop. Although it wasn't a picky eater, it still didn't taste good.
But the creature was fast!
With its limited intelligence, the creature had already entered its most comfortable attack range as soon as it thought of something. It stretched out its neck and bit down on the little creature. Even a rock beside it was bitten into pieces.
At this moment, it instinctively felt that something was wrong. It seemed that its mouth didn't have the sweet taste of blood pouring into its throat when flesh was crushed. Before it could react, it felt something cold in its front paws. In a daze, it seemed to see a creature slip past under its eyes.
"Roar!"
The intense pain from its broken claw made it roar loudly.
One of its front claws fell off and a large amount of blood spurted out of the wound like a fountain.
Luo Yuan's eyes were cold. With the help of the heart of the haunted locust tree and his strong 14-point Will, he did not need to rely on anger to protect his body. A layer of invisible light film was tightly attached to the surface of his skin. Even the air on the surface of the film was slightly distorted, making him look blurry and unreal from afar.
The light on the Zhanmadao had extended to more than an inch and was even tougher and sharper.
After Luo Yuan chopped off the beast's front claw, he did not stop moving. He quickly drilled into its abdomen and swung his Zhanmadao upwards. He took a few quick steps and pulled the blade along with his body. The beast's tough skin was no stronger than a piece of paper under the sharp blade. With a tearing sound, a wound that extended from its chest to its abdomen suddenly appeared on its body.
Unfortunately, this giant beast was too tall. In addition, when he was running, he lowered his center of gravity in order to increase his speed and body stability. As a result, the blade only scratched the surface of his skin and did not hurt his internal organs at all. Otherwise, this blade would have killed most of the giant beast.
Before the beast could howl again, Luo Yuan had already drilled out of its abdomen.
Luo Yuan's series of movements were dazzling. In just one round, the beast had been severely injured.
But it was not over yet. He then tiptoed on its legs, which were as thick as a bucket, and flipped over to stand on the beast's back. His control of his strength had reached a very precise level. Coupled with his high-speed reflexes, Luo Yuan could even step on a smooth wall and walk up to a height of three to four meters. Needless to say, the beast was badly injured and had a rough surface like sandpaper.
The beast finally felt that something was wrong. It roared angrily and shook its body violently, trying to shake Luo Yuan off.
It felt like an earthquake with a magnitude of seven or eight. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been thrown off.
But Luo Yuan's expression did not change. He kept his body very low and his center of gravity was fluctuating. He felt the strong force of the shaking and kept adjusting his strength. His body was like a root that was rooted to the ground.
Suddenly, an ear-piercing shriek came from behind. Luo Yuan seemed to have expected it. He quickly took a step back and moved his body slightly to the side. At the same time, he swung his long saber upwards and cut the serrated tail of the giant beast in half.
The sudden loss of balance caused him to sway a few more times. Immediately after, he took a deep breath and slowly took the first step. Then, his speed gradually increased. At first, he was still a little shaky, but as he walked, his body became more and more stable.
In just a few seconds, Luo Yuan had already stepped on its head. No matter how hard the beast tried to shake him off, it could not shake him off.
He raised his Zhanmadao at the beast's head, the tip of the Zhanmadao emitting a blade aura. With the complete release of his killing intent, a strong aura emanated from his body, and actually suppressed the almost terrified beast completely.
He could feel its body trembling slightly. Just as Luo Yuan was about to kill it and pick some meat to bring back to the villa, the beast made a strange move.
It suddenly crouched down and pressed its head against the ground. It whimpered and begged for mercy. Under the pressure of the fear of death, it completely gave up resisting. It was like a weak creature at the top of the food chain looking down on it. The weak placed its fate on the luck of the other party's full stomach.
Luo Yuan was stunned. He had never thought that a mutated beast would have such a reaction. He had never encountered such a situation before.
He hesitated for a moment and jumped down from its head. At the same time, he watched its reaction vigilantly, thinking of a dozen ways to deal with it.
Luo Yuan was not worried about its reaction. He had already cut off half of its leg, half of its tail, and there was a serious injury on its abdomen. Even if it could run, it would not be able to run very fast.
The beast did not move. It seemed to feel Luo Yuan's gaze, and its body trembled even more violently.
"This should be surrender, right?" Luo Yuan thought to himself as he touched his chin.
"It seems like it has completely given up resisting. Should I just kill it?" Luo Yuan was hesitant. If the mutated beast had continued to resist, Luo Yuan could have easily killed it. However, if it had completely surrendered to its fate, it would not be right to kill it.
However, he was not willing to let it go. This was a lot of experience points, and if he failed the mission, his experience points would be doubled. If he was lucky, he would have to complete at least two E-level missions. If he was unlucky, he would have to complete three.
"Forget it, I'll just kill it. There is no morality between humans and mutated beasts. Killing a mutated beast is equivalent to saving hundreds or even thousands of people in this city. At least there will be one less mutated beast that will eat humans. "Luo Yuan thought for a while and decided not to hesitate anymore.
The Zhanmadao in his hand glowed again as he walked towards the beast step by step.
It seemed to feel that death was coming. The beast trembled even more violently and curled its body into a ball. Once it lost the courage to fight, it would be difficult to find it again. It was the same for humans and mutated beasts.
It had completely given up resisting and was just waiting for death to come.
At this moment, a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
"The blue level creature 'Forest Monitor Lizard' has completely surrendered to you. Do you want to keep it as a battle beast? Cancel confirmation?"
Luo Yuan's body froze. He thought he had seen it wrong. After a while, he quickly confirmed the confirmation. The Forest Monitor Lizard's body seemed to shake and it shook its head.
He quickly opened the properties panel. Indeed, there was a battle beast option at the bottom of the panel. There was also a special properties panel in the drop-down box.
"Battle Beast: Forest Monitor Lizard"
"Level: Level 0 (Blue)"
Attributes:
"Strength: 18 (10)"
"Agility: 12 (10)"
"Physique: 17 (10)"
"Intelligence: 3 (10)"
"Sensory Perception: 4 (10)"
"Will: 11 (10)"
"Experience: 02400"
"Skills: Pounce and Bite 14, Tail Strike 15, Survival in the Wild: 18"
"Natural Ability: Danger Instinct"
"Status: Weak"
"Loyalty: 55 (Any lower than 50 will betray or run away at any time. Maximum Value: 100)"
"Unassigned Attribute Points: 0"
"Unassigned Skill Points: 0"
… …
Its attributes were too strong. 18 points of Strength was almost 7.5 times his own and 16 times that of a normal person. Its Physique was 3.3 times that of Luo Yuan and 10 times that of a normal person. Only its Agility was a little lower, but it was still very strong compared to a normal person. Of course, that was if he did not look at its secondary attributes.
Looking at its attributes panel, it seemed like it could level up just like Luo Yuan. However, Luo Yuan was a little confused. The experience it needed to level up to level one was much more than Luo Yuan's, but it was understandable considering its huge size.
To be honest, he was not sure what formula the system used to determine the experience needed to level up. Was it based on its body size, or its individual attributes? Or was it based on its overall attributes? Luo Yuan's overall attributes had reached an astounding 76 points. Although the Forest Monitor Lizard's individual attributes were strong, its overall attributes were only 65 points, which was only 5 points higher than a normal beast. Of course, Luo Yuan guessed that the system most likely used a combination of factors to determine its overall attributes, which involved a complicated formula.
However, Luo Yuan's happiness did not last long. The mission failed.
"Level E Mission: Failed to kill the Forest Monitor Lizard. Double basic experience points deducted, a total of 3200 points."
Fortunately, Luo Yuan still had some extra experience points in his pool, so he did not have to worry about being demoted.
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