The Rise of the Radiated Species

The commotion in this sea area finally subsided, and one or two ancient sea serpents as thick as water vats poked their heads out. These level 40 monsters generally had around 200,000 HP, so although they were affected by the aftershocks, they did not die.

In fact, as long as it is an A-level radiation beast, it is impossible for it not to have scrolls; the only difference is the quantity.

At this moment, these sea snakes swam towards the center of the explosion one by one. Although the A-level sea snakes were quite ferocious and not much better to them, the suppression from their genetic instincts forced them to obey.

Upon reaching the epicenter of the explosion, the sea snakes were astonished to find that their king, the ancient serpent king who was high above all others, was now lying on the seabed, covered in wounds, with only parts of his body trembling unconsciously.

On its snake head, a strange figure stood, its left hand transformed into a transparent tentacle, covering the snake's body and continuously absorbing its flesh and blood.

"Hiss~ hiss hiss~~"

The ancient serpents immediately let out fierce screams.

The kingslayer looked up and grunted, "A bunch of B-grade snakes."

The next moment, the senior engineer narrowed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had actually transformed into a snake child. A familiar, brutal, and dark aura swept around him as if an 'A-level sea serpent' had been reborn.

Suppressed by this genetic force, the former king and the current regicide have become one.

These ancient sea serpents could no longer resist and fled, each one shrinking its tail.

"It's in the way."

The senior engineer only glanced at it before reverting to his "Star Absorbing Technique" mode.

S-rank talent 'Flesh and Blood Fusion'

Flesh and blood fusion: Anything that exists at the genetic level can be "eaten" by you and then transformed into your own.

He is absorbing the genes of a sea serpent.

After going into the adult entertainment industry without any censorship, the senior engineer was surprised to discover two things.

A marine radiant beast below Grade A is generally 2 to 3 times stronger than one on land, which is probably due to the terrifying alien energy in the deep sea.

Besides radiation energy and nuclear energy, the senior engineer actually discovered several other special types of energy.

Sixty years ago, the mechanical war ravaged the entire planet, and in those sixty years, under the influence of radiation, the oceans have undergone enough changes to become drastically different.

The scale of this mutation is so large that it is comparable to that of various modified mechanical cities.

After all, the planet Jilie is, in essence, an ocean planet.

The second discovery was that the Class A radiated beasts on the seabed were not stronger than those on land, and in fact, they were slightly weaker in combat.

If you put the Ancient Sea Serpent, Mechanical Fortress, Crimson Queen, and Radiation Duke together, the first one to be eliminated is most likely the Ancient Sea Serpent.

Therefore, it only gives senior engineers an A-level talent, instead of an S-level bloodline.

Snake Child: Also known as the Snake God's Deadly Eye, whenever a ship sails on the sea at night, the people on board will see a huge pale white face floating on the seabed, and the crew will die mysteriously.

And then that was it.

The higher the level of the bloodline, the less information is provided.

However, after sensing it, the senior engineer discovered that it was actually a rare 'causality weapon', albeit a low-level version of the 'causality weapon'.

This thing is applicable to people below level 25, or those whose nervous system has been modified to less than 10%.

If any one of the conditions is met, the person will die instantly.

"Luckily you're the low-end version. If you had upgraded to the intermediate level, I might have lost my life." The senior engineer muttered to himself.

While an individual's death might at most kill their biological body, Gao has two lives.

However, the most troublesome thing about the "causality weapon" is that its attack has no countermeasure.

As the feeling of fullness arises, the final 'Flesh and Blood Fusion' will be at Agility +8, Intelligence +5, Endurance +5, Nervous System Modification Rate +5%, Digestive System Modification Rate +3%, Reproductive System Modification Rate +2%, and Bioenergy +5000.

By the way, the senior engineer's affinity with snake species increased by 1000 points.

Hey, who would need something like that!

After glancing at one of the attributes in the attribute panel, the senior engineer fell into deep thought.

Ancient gene defects

Why 3? Because before this Class A sea serpent, the senior engineer had also taken down two Class A radiation beasts.

One of them was a giant mechanical Kun, an exceptionally large ancient mechanical creature with a whopping three million HP. The senior engineer battled it for a full day and night before finally wearing it down.

Unfortunately, the fusion of flesh and blood can only fuse living organisms. The senior engineer spent a long time absorbing the ancient gene.

He'd never had this much trouble serving a rich woman.

There's another one, a large monster that looks very Cthulhu-esque. This thing is easier to fight than the mechanical giant kun, but the problem is that it has a life form that is typical of "Cthulhu style".

After the senior engineer killed it, its body automatically disintegrated, and at the same time, the guy with a name of over a hundred letters in the system panel entered a dormant state.

What are you sleeping for?!

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Fortunately, the flesh and blood scraped off earlier did not disappear. After the senior engineer barely absorbed it, he gained a small boost of +5 to his intelligence.

This made the senior engineer realize once again that the seabed is different from the land.

Originally, this giant snake was a good choice for completing the 'massage', but unfortunately, the engineer got carried away and took it all in one go.

By the time the masseuse came to her senses, she couldn't complete her task.

"It hurts!"

The senior engineer clicked his tongue, and his figure transformed once again into the previous 'pure water form,' or rather, the carbon-based fluid form.

Even the worst bloodline of a level 3 civilization is still level 3. Moreover, the strongest aspect of carbon-based fluid life forms is their ability to survive.

The nickname "Cosmic Slime" isn't just for show.

In the deep sea, especially in the territory of these Class A and Class S marine species, even senior engineers will be constantly burdened with negative status effects.

However, once it is transformed into a 'carbon-based fluid form', there is absolutely no problem.

The transplantation of two types of third-tier bloodlines—carbon-based fluid lifeforms and blue-blooded humans—consumed a full 20% of the modification rate.

At levels 20-30, the biological modification rate of up to 50% is actually a bit insufficient.

"Trash bloodlines? Watch me transform them into the most awesome bloodlines through bio-engineering."

After glancing at his personal system, the senior engineer closed the panel, frowning and looking somewhat annoyed.

If the "radiation massage therapist" doesn't change jobs, he can't change his profession even if he wants to.

Suddenly, the senior engineer raised his eyebrows and shot directly up from the deep sea. The pressure in the water had no effect on him. He covered a distance of tens of thousands of meters in just a few breaths.

At this moment, huge waves were rising on the sea, and the white waves crashed down with a loud thunderous sound.

Not far away, several huge storms were raging, undoubtedly caused by the flapping of his little wings.

Having killed three A-level radiation beasts, the senior engineer had a better understanding of his own strength.

In normal conditions, it's similar to level 40 or 50 bosses.

In its fully evolved form, it is equivalent to a top expert of a Level 2 civilization, roughly equivalent to an S-class radiation beast, or a normal state of Motoko Yagami, or a leader of a mechanical legion in individual mode.

Why is it in normal state or individual mode? Because both Motoko Yagami and the Machine Leader have a "Destruction Mode," which allows them to use the authority of the Mother City to directly call upon various space-based weapons, large energy weapons, and even satellite orbital bombardments.

The so-called "one person is an army".

If a senior engineer completes a complete "fusion and transformation", he will be at roughly the same level.

Therefore, after three battles against Class A radiation beasts, the senior engineer finally determined his level, or in layman's terms, "Half-step into the innate realm."

After emerging from the seabed, looking around, there was nothing but storms, giant waves, and schools of fish killed by the waves.

However, the senior engineer's expression became increasingly strange.

Transparent tentacles began to emerge from inside the body, and rows of blue lights lit up on each tentacle.

It grew over a hundred tentacles, each 2 to 30 meters long. At this moment, the senior engineer looked a bit like that Class A radioactive beast whose name consisted entirely of letters.

The rich woman waved her happy hand around randomly, and with each wave, a huge blue halo would shine, and the halo resonated with the surrounding space.

The space began to open up, and countless biological information operated like code. Each of the high engineer's tentacles was embedded in a biological pheromone.

This is the only way to enter the "Bioregional Network," or rather, the fully formed "brain in a vat."

In "reality," not in the "cyber network," the senior engineer transforms for the first time into a rich woman's sex machine.

Of course, the "brain in a vat" is not exactly a reality.

Domesticated "brains in a vat" can create a supermodern city.

The wild ones are different. They created a bio-city where skyscrapers became biological nests, highways became the blood vessels of giant beasts, vehicles were all kinds of mechanical beasts, and the radiated beasts became power sources, moving in and out of various biological companies as corporate employees. The conversations they exchanged were about working overtime again, not receiving their year-end bonuses, and their boss being an idiot.

This is a marvelous biological ecosystem, rarely seen even in carbon-based civilizations.

The senior engineer glanced at it once, then took a step forward and arrived at the top of the tallest building, or rather, on the head of the Class A radiation beast, the "Mechanical Fortress".

There, the brain in the vat, resembling a little woman, seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

Before her lay the vast ocean, and this biological city was floating on the sea.

"So this is what you look like," the 'little woman' said calmly.

Faced with a brain in a vat, even the allure of a rich woman's love machine seems to lose its power.

After all, strictly speaking, this one doesn't even have a gender.

"Yes, this is my 'pretending to be young' mode," the senior engineer nodded, not surprised to see the other person again, but stood with the other person, looking at the sea.

"I encountered three A-level radiated beasts in three days. I thought to myself, even if there are many monsters in the sea, it's impossible to be this lucky."

"So, the only possibility is that someone is secretly guiding me, and I guessed that person is most likely you."

"The dimensions you see are getting higher and higher. Perhaps soon you will be able to be in the same field of vision as me," the little woman said leisurely.

"Perhaps," the senior engineer smiled, not refuting. For a bug-level existence like the Brain in a Vat, saying such a thing was not showing off, but a genuine compliment.

Putting everything else aside, his perception level is only close to 200, while the other party's perception level is probably already over 10,000.

This is the absolute advantage of information-based organisms.

"So, do you understand why I'm here?"

"I understand. 'War' gives me a very bad feeling, and I will help you deal with it."

"From what you're saying, you've met him?" the senior engineer asked in surprise.

"It tried to woo me, but I refused," the 'little woman' said without reservation. "From it, I felt a disrespect for life and a strong sense of destructiveness."

"Destructive, you mean that?"

The senior engineer extended his palm, and the black energy formed from 'Honkai energy' began to tear apart the surrounding space.

In reality, one cannot unleash such energy unless the Honkai energy reaches 100%, but in the bio-space, the engineer was able to do so.

Both the "little woman" and the senior engineer were somewhat surprised, but their reasons for being surprised were probably different.

After her initial surprise, the "little woman" nodded and said, "It is indeed the same type of energy, but I can sense that the energy in 'War's' hand is different from yours; it has become more domineering and more ancient."

"Ancient?"

The senior engineer frowned, sensing something was wrong. The domineering nature indicated that the other party had a deeper understanding of 'Honkai energy,' but the ancient nature meant that the other party had already mastered the means to 'revive ancient creatures.'

"Okay, let's not talk about that. You specifically called me here, what do you need me to do?"

Given his brain-in-a-vat style, the reason he helps others is definitely because he needs their help.

The "little woman" nodded without the slightest embarrassment, and gently patted the "railing," or rather, the corner of the "mechanical fortress." Instantly, the whistles of thousands of trains sounded simultaneously, and amidst the earth-shaking tremors, the entire bio-city began to slowly sink.

As it sank, the bloody streets began to visibly transform into something resembling seaweed, and the buildings on both sides grew underwater breathing organs, gills similar to glass windows. Even more miraculously, all the "mechanical vehicles" transformed into the shape of "submarines".

Unfortunately, this large-scale transformation only lasted halfway. When the bio-city had sunk halfway down, it stopped with a loud thud.

The senior engineer finally understood what the other party wanted to do.

He looked at the other person in surprise.

"You want to evolve all the terrestrial species you control, tens of millions of radiated beasts, into marine species?"

In reality, the last time this happened was 370 million years ago when lobe-finned fish began their feat of venturing onto land, which led to everything that followed, including the birth of vertebrates.

"There is no longer any space for survival on land; only the ocean remains as a future paradise!"

Following the words of the "little woman," a "ding" sounded, and the senior engineer received this large-scale series of missions called "Rise of Radiation Species."

This mission is Heaven-level.