Ren Xiaosu had a gun, but if he fired it, he would immediately expose his position. If the Kyung Clan Consortium's people were lured over, he would really be finished if he was caught in a pincer attack.
Moreover, if the Experimentals were to launch a surprise attack at close range, a gun would not be as useful as a dagger.
He subconsciously reached for his dagger, which Yang Xiaojin had traded to him. But when he touched it, Ren Xiaosu was shocked. The dagger had disappeared!
Ren Xiaosu suddenly remembered that before Yang Xiaojin left, she had pretended to accidentally bump into him. Yang Xiaojin had probably stolen the dagger at that time!
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. This girl was really not one to suffer losses. She had clearly said that she would trade the dagger with him, but she still managed to steal it?! What happened to that bit of trust between people?
How heartless.
Ren Xiaosu lamented that Yang Xiaojin must also be very skilled at stealing. After all, no one in town could steal from Ren Xiaosu without anyone noticing.
He sighed to himself. What should he do without the dagger?
But what Ren Xiaosu did not know was that it was already very difficult for a normal blade to cut through the Experimentals' skin. Even if a bullet were to penetrate their skin, it would be instantly locked in place by their muscles.
A headshot would not work either because the skull was the toughest part of the human body. These Experimentals were no longer afraid of bullets unless they pierced through their eyes.
However, the speed of these Experimentals was about the same as his, so the chances of Ren Xiaosu shooting them in the eyes were almost zero.
His firearms proficiency was only at the advanced level and not perfect.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly heard a gust of wind behind him. He instinctively bent over, and a foul-smelling wind brushed past his head.
Ren Xiaosu steadied himself and took a closer look. He was surprised to find that it was an Experimental that had approached him without him noticing. However, this Experimental did not have a metal chain on its arm.
"The Experimentals have chains on their arms, so we'll be discovered if we get too close." This had probably become a habitual line of thought. But Ren Xiaosu did not expect that not every Experimental would have chains on them.
Moreover, the Experimentals could travel through the forest without making a sound without being chained up. This was too terrifying!
Ren Xiaosu touched his back and frowned. His back was still scratched by that attack, and there were five bloody scratches on it.
He started to miss the town. Although there were dangers in town, it was only when you showed your weakness that people would take advantage of it.
But it was different here. Everyone wanted to kill you!
Ren Xiaosu tried to retreat. However, for every step he took, the four Experimentals took two steps forward. At some point, Ren Xiaosu felt that it was not a coincidence that these Experimentals had appeared here. It felt like they were coming for him!
The four Experimentals were crawling on the ground on all fours. The Experimental that did not have a metal chain on its arm had quietly climbed up a tree like a giant spider.
Ren Xiaosu could not understand what kind of laboratory could turn these living people into such a state.
At this moment, a platoon passed by a few hundred meters behind Ren Xiaosu. However, they seemed to have completely lost track of Ren Xiaosu. So even though they were only a few hundred meters away, they did not notice Ren Xiaosu and the others' situation.
Ren Xiaosu observed the reactions of the four Experimentals. When the platoon passed by, they actually stopped in their tracks. It was as though they did not want the platoon to interfere with their hunt!
Ren Xiaosu had a strange feeling, but he could not care less about anything else. When the Experimentals' attention was attracted by the platoon, Ren Xiaosu decisively controlled his shadow clone to pounce forward.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu decided to strike first to gain the upper hand!
He really wanted to lure these Experimentals to the Kyung Clan's side, but he was more worried that those several hundred people would just randomly fire their guns and wipe out all the living creatures.
Compared to the several hundred people from the Kyung Clan, Ren Xiaosu was more willing to face these four Experimentals!
When the shadow clone charged at the three Experimentals on the ground, the Experimental in the tree pounced at Ren Xiaosu from the air.
Ren Xiaosu took a slight step back. The muscles on his left leg, which had landed on the ground, tensed up, and all the strength in his body surged. When the Experimental arrived in front of him, Ren Xiaosu threw a punch at its face like a cannon blast!
But he had underestimated the Experimental's agility. It wantonly twisted its body in the air and managed to avoid Ren Xiaosu's punch. It even had the strength to reach out to grab Ren Xiaosu's arm!
Ren Xiaosu was startled. He immediately withdrew his hand and took another small step back!
At the same time, he raised his foot and kicked the Experimental in front of him several meters away. The Experimental that was lying on the ground only twitched slightly before it got back up and leaped at Ren Xiaosu again!
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu felt a piercing pain in his body. The tearing sensation that came from his bones made him break out in a sweat, and his muscles started trembling!
He saw the shadow clone being entangled by three Experimentals. The Experimentals were frantically tearing at the shadow clone's body, and one of the Experimentals even bit the shadow clone's waist!
The shadow clone's strength was enough to lift an Experimental with one hand. It slammed one of the Experimentals into the ground, but this Experimental was much sturdier than Ren Xiaosu had imagined. It seemed fine after being smashed into the ground!
This was the disadvantage of not having a weapon. Ren Xiaosu was unable to kill these Experimentals with one blow, so it was hard to say who would be the one to die here.
Ren Xiaosu wanted to go home, even if there was only blood and brambles on the way home.
As there was no way to immediately kill the Experimentals with a sharp weapon, even the shadow clone was gradually unable to hold on because it had to face three terrifying monsters at the same time.
The monsters were biting the shadow clone, and every bite felt like they were biting Ren Xiaosu.
The pain was transmitting an unbearable message to his central nervous system from specific parts of his body. This pain was forming extremely complicated signals that were rampaging through his neural network, so much so that his normal willpower was being disrupted.
His hands were also trembling. The Experimental in front of him tried to attack Ren Xiaosu several times, but it was all blocked. However, it gradually realized that its enemy seemed to be getting slower and weaker.
Ren Xiaosu's eyes were bloodshot as he endured the intense pain. He was on the verge of tears.
In all these years, Ren Xiaosu had never cried before. He did not even shed a single tear. He panted as he supported himself against a tree trunk. Everyone here wanted him dead.
The Experimentals wanted him dead.
The Kyung Clan Consortium also wanted him dead.
But he did not want to die.
The shadow clone was not omnipotent. Or rather, all of the superpowers in this world were not omnipotent.
Ren Xiaosu needed a weapon, even if he only had 93 gratitude tokens left.
He said to the palace, "Give me a weapon."
The voice from the palace said calmly, "93 gratitude tokens currently available. You have not reached the required level to unlock a weapon."
"Hey … I said give me a weapon." Ren Xiaosu's voice sounded like it was sinking into the ocean. "I said I'm going to die, so give me a weapon."
Time seemed to freeze. Ren Xiaosu watched as the Experimental that was pouncing at him slowed down in the air until it was almost non-existent.
The voice from the palace finally said, "An aura of death has been detected. Do you want to activate the seal?"
Ren Xiaosu was confused. "Activate what seal?"
"Unknown."
"Then what's the price of activating this seal?"
"Lose?"
"Lose what?" Ren Xiaosu said in surprise, "You have to tell me what I'll lose before I can decide whether to activate the seal or not, right?"
"Everything."
Ren Xiaosu suddenly snorted at the palace. 'How much blood have I bled and how much wild vegetables and roots have I eaten all my life? Do you think I'll have to lose everything just because you say I'll lose everything?
Based on what?!
Besides, do you know what everything represents? The gold, the cash, the gun I have, Yan Liuyuan, Sister Xiaoyu, and even the clothes I'm wearing!
Why would a lousy palace like you want my clothes?! '
The palace did not say another word. Ren Xiaosu felt a little melancholic. 'You should at least try to bargain with me a little.'
Ren Xiaosu looked at the forest in the night sky and the approaching danger. The frozen "time" in the air was slowly being unlocked, and the speed at which the Experimental was pouncing at him was also increasing.
The Experimental bared its teeth, wanting to devour Ren Xiaosu's organs and even suck his blood and bone marrow.
Was he going to die soon? Ren Xiaosu looked at this scene.
But he hadn't lived enough yet!
A moment later, a pale smile appeared on Ren Xiaosu's face. Wasn't it just thanking him seven times?
He said calmly in his mind, "I want to thank myself seven times.
"For the first time, I thank myself for never being timid in the face of an opportunity.
"For the second time, I thank myself for never being afraid in the face of danger.
"For the third time, I thank myself for never compromising in the face of hardship.
"For the fourth time, I thank myself for always having a bottom line in the face of temptation."
Ren Xiaosu's voice in his mind grew louder and louder until it rumbled like thunder, causing the palace to shake.
"For the fifth time, I thank myself for never being a hypocrite."
In that instant, Ren Xiaosu felt like he could hear his own heartbeat. It was loud and clear like a drum.
"For the sixth time, I thank myself for being clear-headed and never hesitating."
He heard the sound of the wind again. The wind brushed past the texture of his skin. The researchers in the city who were checking the location of the laboratory suddenly looked up. They had detected a huge surge of energy in the north, like the rising sun!
Ren Xiaosu's voice was calm and resolute. "For the seventh time, I thank myself for fighting my way through the quagmire of life and overcoming all obstacles!"
The palace fell silent for a moment. "Gratitude received from Ren Xiaosu, + 7!"
"You've obtained the authority to unlock your weapon. Do you want to unlock it?"
"Unlock!" Ren Xiaosu roared.
All of a sudden, the lock on time seemed to melt and disintegrate. Ren Xiaosu quietly looked at the Experimental that was pouncing at him. He reached out his palm into the air as though he was trying to grab hold of an inexplicable power.
Cleaving a path of life and death with a single slash, an army of thousands would not turn back!
A moment later, a black saber suddenly appeared in Ren Xiaosu's hand. In an instant, Ren Xiaosu clenched his teeth and slashed horizontally. All of his muscles, tendons, and flesh were boiling to their limits, and the veins on his forehead were pulsating non-stop!
With a clatter, the sound of a sharp weapon slicing through leather rang out in the forest. That extremely ferocious Experimental had been cleaved in two by this black saber!
Ren Xiaosu was furious. Life and death were the essence of this world!
A dazed look appeared in the Experimental's eyes. It seemed like it could not understand where the saber in Ren Xiaosu's hand had come from, nor could it understand why this slash was the end.
Pale yellow blood flowed down the black saber and onto the decaying leaves on the ground. Ren Xiaosu held the saber upside down as he looked at the battlefield.
For some reason, when Ren Xiaosu grabbed the saber out of thin air, a saber also appeared in the shadow clone's hand.
The black saber and the black shadow clone were extremely compatible. It was as though they had always been one.
When the saber appeared, the three Experimentals entangled with the shadow clone immediately wanted to give up on the fight. But it was already too late for them to run away.
The shadow clone slashed down diagonally with its saber and immediately cleaved another Experimental in front of it into two. But it did not stop there. Instead, it rushed forward and pressed down on the neck of an Experimental from behind, pressing it hard against the ground and making it unable to move.
The Experimental was very strong, but when it was pressed down by the shadow clone, it was like a powerless and dying beast. The shadow clone chopped off its head with a single slash.
Only one of the Experimentals managed to escape into the forest. But Ren Xiaosu knew it would not be able to get far.
Ren Xiaosu stood where he was and stared at the darkness in front of him. The pain he had felt in the past was still stimulating his nerves, but this was the first time he felt the thrill of battle!
So this was what a supernatural being was like.
At this moment, the voice from the palace said, "Side Quest 2 activated: Obtain 1,000 gratitude tokens and unlock the intermediate form of your weapon."
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