Pain, distortion, and screams.
The scorpion's hot blood flowed on the man's body and seeped into his body through his pores. Then came an even more terrible pain. It was as if his body was expanding. Even his skin, blood, and bones began to mutate. The man's hair color slowly changed from black to gray. It was as if his vitality was being sucked away and he was on the verge of evolution. The man's head suddenly split open and two scorpion pincers emerged.
The scene just now lingered in front of his eyes.
The man mutated and evolved, activating the bloodline of the scorpion. But because the monster's will was too strong, it destroyed his central nervous system and killed him.
His will was infected by the scorpion's murderous aura. In the distortion process just now, it was as if there were two wills in his body fighting for control of his body.
In the end, the insect and the man perished together. None of them survived.
In the process of experiments, failure was a very common situation. Although he was already mentally prepared, Chen Feng still sighed.
He had a bad start.
His mood couldn't help but become a little gloomier.
The man almost completed his mutation. At that time, he would have mastered the scorpion's giant pincers. His attack power would have greatly increased. He could even clamp steel in half.
But now …
Everything vanished into thin air. In just a few seconds, he had become a corpse. There was no way to save him.
Sacrifice was a very dangerous forbidden technique. During the fusion, the most important thing was to test one's psychological quality. If one was careless, they would fall to the point of no return.
In that case, death was a relief. If the scorpion's will took over the man's brain, it would be really troublesome.
In a sense, the Scarlet Scorpion was already dead, but its most basic instincts still existed. The behavior of a man would completely turn into that of a bug. Bloody, cruel, and fond of rotten meat. He wouldn't even recognize his family members and would only treat them as food, devouring them alive.
"Next."
Chen Feng's indifferent voice sounded in the room. Although the man was dead, the experiment still needed to continue. After a while, a young man walked in.
"Failed."
"Failed."
"Failed."
Following that, three people died in the sacrificial ritual. Other than the general who died suddenly while fighting for consciousness with the monster, one of them had his mind completely taken over by the monster.
The test subject lay on the ground, his eyes completely bloodthirsty. There was no reverence like before the sacrifice at all. His consciousness had been destroyed. Even if a legendary healer could purify the consciousness in his brain, after the purification, the test subject would become a piece of wood without any thoughts at all.
A short pain is better than a long pain.
Compared to living in that lonely situation forever, it was better to die early. It was precisely because of this that Chen Feng immediately ended the other party's life, freeing him from the chaos.
Chen Feng's expression darkened as four people died in the process of the sacrifice. Clearly, he was not in a good mood.
Perhaps it had sensed Chen Feng's displeasure, but during the fifth fusion, the test subject finally succeeded and integrated the monster's ability into its body.
He called himself Lei Ting. During the apocalypse, the survivors abandoned their names for various reasons and changed their names to live by. They used this method to forget the past.
Lei Ting was not tall, only about 1.68 meters, but his muscles were quite strong. In the peaceful era, he had fought in underground boxing for a few years to make a living.
Underground boxing.
It was a type of privately run underground boxing competition. Different from the many rules of official boxing competitions, there was only one goal in underground boxing, and that was to defeat the enemy.
There were no rules in underground boxing. The throat, the crotch, and the chest were not considered breaking the rules. Underground boxing relied on blood and cruelty to attract the attention of the audience. It was precisely because of this that it was common for underground boxing to kill or be killed.
Perhaps it was because Lei Ting had stayed in that kind of dark place for a long time that his willpower far exceeded that of others. In the end, he killed the monster's mind and became the first successful test subject.
Lei Ting's fusion was a creature called the Scarlet Turtle. This creature's defense was astonishing. In times of danger, it would shrink its body into its shell to resist the enemy's attack.
However, in the midst of the sacrifice, the Scarlet Turtle's defense did not work. In just a few minutes, it was turned into a pile of meat paste and stuck to Lei Ting's body. Its flesh and blood seeped into Lei Ting's body bit by bit. At this moment, Lei Ting's body began to mutate.
His skin turned dark green, webbing grew on the soles of his feet, and a round shell bulged on his back. He seemed to have turned into a human-shaped Scarlet Turtle.
A meat shield!
At this moment, Lei Ting's body underwent a huge change. Even if he did not wear any insect armor, his body alone could withstand a blade's attack. The shell on his back could withstand even more terrifying attacks.
He completely changed his appearance.
His dark green skin seemed to be covered with keratin. Even his hair fell off one by one, turning him into a bald man. At this moment, he did not look human at all.
There was no free lunch.
This was the price of mutation.
Losing the appearance of a human, but gaining the protection of one's life, it was difficult to judge whether this was right or wrong.
However, Lei Ting's state could be considered calm. After a moment of surprise, his expression returned to normal.
His behavior made people wonder what kind of blow he had suffered to make him so desperate to obtain power, ignoring the changes in his body.
Chen Feng did not pursue the matter. Everyone had their own secrets. Why Lei Ting had accepted the sacrifice was not Chen Feng's main concern. What he cared about was Lei Ting's current ability.
During the process of mutation, his feet had grown webbing.
In this kind of situation.
He had grasped an astonishing swimming ability, and it was difficult to threaten him in the river. Because of his astonishing defense, some mutated fish and prawns could not even break through his body.
The river was also a source of food.
The fish and prawns in the river had mutated, and most of them had grown to over a meter long. If they were salvaged, they would definitely be able to feed more survivors.
The place where they had encountered the Ogre was an uninhabited land. Sending Lei Ting to investigate that place was simply the perfect choice.
The sacrifice was not over yet, but Chen Feng's spiritual power was also a little tired. After resting for a while and swallowing a large amount of Queen Bee Honey, he continued the sacrifice. It was not until evening that he finished all the experiments.
Thirteen people.
In the end, only three people succeeded.
A shocking number!
In the process of the experiment, ten people lost their lives and became broken corpses.
Chen Feng took a deep breath.
Since ancient times, any exploration was accompanied by death. Ten people died in the experiment, which inevitably made people feel a little heavy. But if one thought about it from another perspective, there were still three people who succeeded in surviving.
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