"Your father, he … is no longer in this world …"
Hearing this, Chen Heng fell silent, and his entire body seemed to pause.
Hearing these words, Chen Heng fell silent, and his entire body seemed to freeze.
Of course, this was just a subconscious reaction and did not mean anything.
However, the girl in front of him seemed to have misunderstood something.
"My condolences."
In front of him, the girl nodded and stood up before deeply bowing, "He died for me."
If it wasn't for my mistake, he would not have died there, and he would not have been able to come back … "
She began to speak with a deeply apologetic and guilty expression on her face.
Chen Heng's previous body's father had died in an accident.
Back then, in order to obtain a precious material and some data, he and this girl had taken the risk to go to an incredibly dangerous place.
At the start, because they had made preparations, things had gone quite smoothly.
They had gotten close to the target and had even observed it for a while.
It was just that in the end, because of a small mistake, they had been infected by the mutant beast's aura.
At the crucial moment, the previous body's father had pushed the girl out and told her to come to this base to find his child.
As for him, he had been devoured by the mutant beast and disappeared.
Then, the series of events that unfolded before his eyes and the situation before his eyes happened.
Sitting there and listening to the girl's words, Chen Heng frowned as if he was thinking to himself.
Only after a while did he raise his head and speak.
"You're talking about mutant beasts?"
Chen Heng's voice was incredibly calm and clear, and it sounded out in the girl's ears.
"That's right."
Meeting Chen Heng's gaze, the girl nodded seriously and gave a deep sigh, "We wanted to observe the mutant beasts' changes and find out what the source of their existence was.
"Originally, we were quite close to the answer, but at the crucial moment, we still failed …"
She opened her mouth softly and let out a deep sigh.
Chen Heng fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"Take me to have a look."
He stood up and pondered for a moment before saying, "Actually, I also want to know what these mutated beasts look like."
Hearing this, the girl paused for a while before looking up and nodding.
The scene from before was still lingering in the girl's mind.
That strange holy light, that unique warm power, seemed to still be lingering in his body.
This made the girl feel a bit more trust in Chen Heng, and she subconsciously listened to his orders.
After a period of time, they set off on their journey.
Soon, half a month had passed.
"Is it here?"
Looking at the vast land, Chen Heng felt quite surprised.
At this moment, they were already standing on a cliff.
In front of them was a vast forest.
The forest was extremely large, and there seemed to be an indescribable strange power entrenched in this area, causing people to frown involuntarily upon seeing it.
"The aura here … is very thick …"
Chen Heng said softly as he looked at the forest ahead.
"Indeed."
Hearing Chen Heng's words, the girl nodded in agreement, "Compared to other places, the aura of mutated beasts in this region is very thick, as is the unknown power that comes with mutated beasts.
"If the influence of the unknown power in the outside world is one, then the influence here is at least ten."
The further we look, the more it is like this … "
Looking at Chen Heng, she cautiously said, "After coming here, we need to be careful. If possible, we need to wear special protective clothes to avoid being affected by that unknown power.
"Otherwise, it's very likely that there will be some changes …"
As she spoke, she snuck a glance at Chen Heng.
Before, it was because she had stayed in this region for too long that her body had been affected, resulting in abnormalities.
If it wasn't for Chen Heng, she would have long since become a puddle of blood.
Even though she had been saved once, the girl swore that she would never want to experience it again after experiencing that kind of feeling.
Even if Chen Heng could save her, the intense pain would make one feel as if their minds were going to be twisted.
She was not sure if Chen Heng would be able to save her if she was infected again.
As such, she had to take appropriate protective measures.
However, facing her gaze, Chen Heng shook his head and slowly raised his hand.
A faint light flashed as traces of divine power spread out. However, it did not cause too much of an effect and only covered Chen Heng and the little girl's bodies and circled around them.
It formed a layer of protection around their bodies.
Following this, Chen Heng once again stretched out his hand.
Hazy light appeared in the surroundings, and in the air, it was possible to see layers of black qi appearing, stacking on top of each other and covering this region.
However, when Chen Heng's hand came into contact with these things, the black qi seemed to melt and dissipate, not leaving behind any traces.
Looking at this scene, the little girl was stunned for a moment before she immediately took out all sorts of equipment and started a detailed examination.
"Unbelievable, unbelievable …"
She took out a large number of instruments, and on them, numbers began to jump, appearing just like that.
After a while, she confirmed the situation in front of her, and a look of surprise appeared on her face. "When that unknown power came into contact with you, the power in your body defeated that unknown power and completely dispersed it."
"This is truly inconceivable!"
After a while, she raised her head and looked at Chen Heng, her eyes shining, "I can guarantee that if you had appeared five years ago, perhaps not so many people would have died.
I wonder what that power of yours is to be able to do such a thing. "
Her face was filled with amazement, and she did not know what to say.
In actuality, it was not just her; even the underground world's experts all cried out in amazement.
During this period of time, the nature of that power in Chen Heng's body had become clear.
From what they could see, this power was like a panacea; no matter if it was healing, destruction, or other aspects, it was extremely powerful.
None of the powers that humans had discovered could compare to this unknown power in Chen Heng's body.
Even the unknown power that had troubled humans for ten or so years and forced them into the underground world seemed to be able to be nullified by this power.
This kind of performance was really amazing.
"Don't just be amazed …"
Chen Heng said softly as he looked ahead, "Let's keep going."
"Alright."
Hearing Chen Heng's words, the girl earnestly nodded and followed behind Chen Heng.
They continued onwards and slowly passed through the black forest.
The Black Forest looked quite special; all of the trees were black, making it look quite eerie.
It was still daytime, and there was a faint glimmer of light in the sky, illuminating the view in front of them.
Normally, it should be quite bright.
However, the Black Forest in front of them was not like that. Not only was it not bright, but it also gave off a special dark feeling.
It was as if they were walking through a dark space, making it seem quite special.
Chen Heng and the girl silently walked through this forest.
"There's so many of them …"
As they walked, Chen Heng raised his head and looked around as he spoke softly.
His voice was quite soft and not many people heard him. As for the girl behind him, she could not help but feel curious and looked at him.
"There are many things hiding here."
Chen Heng did not hide anything and nodded as he said, "They're almost everywhere.
It's most likely those mutant beasts … "
Hearing Chen Heng's words, the girl felt a bit nervous and asked, "Is there a problem?"
"There's no problem."
Chen Heng shook his head as he said, "It's not too difficult to deal with them, just a bit troublesome."
"That's good."
Hearing Chen Heng say this, the girl felt at ease.
After interacting with him for a while, she had great confidence in Chen Heng's battle prowess.
From how she saw it, this person was so powerful that he did not seem like a human.
His appearance was clearly that of an ordinary human, but he possessed that kind of terrifying strength that could scare people to death.
Before, there had been mutant beasts that had attacked them, and there had been many mutant beasts like the zombies with powerful lifeforce.
However, in front of Chen Heng, they were like vegetables, and they were not able to do anything at all. They were quickly dealt with, and the entire process was incredibly easy.
After walking with Chen Heng for so long, she had become used to Chen Heng's actions.
As such, she felt incredibly confident in Chen Heng.
The black forest in front of them was very big.
It took Chen Heng and the girl a long time before they slowly walked out and came to another place.
Soon, they passed through this region and came to another side.
Standing there, Chen Heng paused and turned to look ahead.
Under his gaze, there was a huge building complex in front of him.
It seemed that before the disaster, this place had been an industrial park.
However, it was no longer as prosperous as before, and this place had become completely different.
There were traces of blood and dried corpses everywhere.
From the looks of it, this place had also suffered a disaster in the past and suffered huge losses.
"This is the Kelong Mountain Industrial Park. Before the disaster, it was a very important place."
Looking at the buildings in front of them, the girl said softly, "When the disaster first started, this place was one of the main areas of the disaster.
"The first Cataclysm Beasts appeared from a total of five places. This place is one of them."
She then continued to explain, "Of course, after so many years, the mutant beasts here most likely have long since disappeared.
"Otherwise, we wouldn't have come here to investigate something."
"Just what are you here to investigate?"
Standing there, Chen Heng turned and looked at the girl as he asked.
He was actually quite curious about this question.
The world had become like this, and the disaster had long since descended.
Back when the disaster had first descended, the entire world had done their best to research, but they had not been able to find anything.
If that was the case, why did they insist on coming here to investigate so many years after the Cataclysm, when humans had already left the Surface World?
Back then, this body's father had not told him why they were investigating, so Chen Heng did not know the specifics of this matter.
"We came here to investigate because of an unexpected discovery …"
Hearing Chen Heng's words, the girl sighed and said, "About half a year ago, some of our researchers found some images.
"In the images, we've captured some unique life forms," said Gao Peng.
They have a human-like appearance and unlike the zombies, they have very clear intellect.
"From the images, we found that these lifeforms seemed to be related to the unknown power in this world, so we came to investigate."
The girl sighed and continued, "Even though so many years have passed, the reason for the appearance of the mutant beasts has yet to be understood."
"That's why we want to take advantage of the last bit of time we have to investigate this matter."
"This is also the last bit of use we can play."
The reason why the mutant beasts appeared … "
Chen Heng frowned.
Indeed.
Even though so many years had passed, even now, no one knew why the mutant beasts had appeared.
However, there was no doubt that the appearance of this disaster was unlikely to have occurred naturally.
The unique structure of those mutant beasts, as well as that kind of terrifying evolution ability, were clearly not something natural species possessed.
At the start, it was not that no one wanted to find out the reason.
However, even now, no one had been able to find out the truth.
Was the reason why his previous body's father and the others had come here to investigate the truth?
As for the so-called truth, what exactly was it?
"Actually …"
Standing in front of Chen Heng, the girl seemed to sense the changes in Chen Heng's emotions. She stood there and thought for a moment before speaking.
"During the previous investigation, we found some things."
She turned around and looked at the huge buildings in front of her, then said, "In here, we found something special. There are traces of intelligent life."
It's just that before we could see clearly, we were found by a group of mutant beasts and fell into danger. "
She sighed as she spoke.
To a certain extent, this was one of the reasons why she was willing to come with Chen Heng to this place.
Since she had finally seen the truth, no matter what angle she looked at it from, she was not willing to give up halfway.
In the past, in order to find out the truth, too many people had sacrificed their lives.
Now that she had this opportunity, she naturally wanted to come here and see just what this place was like.
In order to find out the truth, even if she died here, it did not matter.
It was because of this that she did not refuse and followed Chen Heng to this place.
"Is that so …"
Hearing the girl's words, Chen Heng nodded, understanding what she was feeling.
Then, he turned around. Without saying anything else, he strode forward and silently walked forward.
He walked forward, and after walking for a while, he stopped and looked at the situation around him.
From his point of view, there didn't seem to be anything special about this place.
In the surrounding areas, there were many buildings standing there. They didn't seem to be anything special.
If there was anything special about them, it would be that they were all quite old and looked as if they had been abandoned for many years.
However, under the current circumstances, this was actually not a strange thing.
After all, disaster had descended and there were not many survivors in this world.
After the original owners had disappeared, it was normal for these buildings to be in such a dilapidated state.
It was not worth feeling surprised at all.
What made Chen Heng feel quite surprised was the aura in the surroundings.
After entering this area, he could sense that there seemed to be invisible gazes watching him from all directions.
However, when he tried to find the source of those gazes, they had all disappeared.
"As expected … it's a bit strange …"
Standing where he was, he muttered to himself before silently walking forward.
Apart from the faintly discernible line of sight, the density of the unknown power in the surroundings had also greatly increased.
By the side, the girl could clearly sense these changes.
She picked up the instrument in her hand and started to seriously measure it. Following this, she obtained a result that caused her expression to become quite grim.
"A thousand times …"
Standing by Chen Heng's side and looking at the results, her expression was quite unsightly as she looked at Chen Heng.
1,000 times …
This meant that after entering this place, the rate at which one was corroded would be 1,000 times faster than in the outside world.
Based on this speed, it wouldn't take long for an ordinary person to undergo a mutation in this place, resulting in a direct mutation reaction.
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