Chapter 463 This is actually a development game

  Accompanied by bursts of piercing sounds, dark red tentacles penetrated the crawler's body like lightning.

  The black blood dripping mouth let out a hoarse roar, trying to break free from the shackles of the tentacles. However, soon another tentacle galloped over, piercing through its forehead.

  Black blood splatter.

  The forehead, which was hard enough to hold a 7mm bullet, was pierced by this seemingly soft tentacle.

  Luo Yu stared dumbfounded at Xiao Yu, who was drenched in black blood, and the creeper who was poked into a shower head by its tentacles, his eyes gradually changed from surprise and surprise to fiery.

   This way of fighting is somewhat curious.

   But it doesn't matter!

   Awesome and it’s over!

   "Hahaha! My big boy! You've finally grown up!" Luo Yu stepped forward overjoyed, and reached out to pat Xiao Yu's head.

   Being touched on the forehead by a person close to her blood, Xiaoyu made a cute "嘿嘿嘿咕" sound from her mouth, and rubbed his hand.

  It looks like a coquettish cat.

  This slippery touch does feel a bit like a hairless cat.

  Although Luo Yu couldn't accept the avant-garde look of this "SSSR-level favorite" at first, she got used to it after a long time.

   Can kill a creeper with bare hands!

   Already very strong, okay?

  You can try "Tyrant" next time!

  Just when Luo Yu was happy that she had found the trick to raising a baby, Xiao Yu had already jumped to the side of the creeper she had just hunted, and began to feast on it.

   And before that, it had already eaten three of them!

   "This guy's appetite seems to have increased again."

   Remember that the first two creepers were enough for him to eat.

  Now I have to eat four to five a day.

  Luo Yu touched his chin with interest, took out his notebook and flipped through a few pages, writing down this clue.

  【On the 11th day, the amount of meals doubled, but the volume did not change significantly. 】

   And at this moment, he suddenly made an even more astonishing discovery.

  On the surface of Xiaoyu's skirt-shaped scarlet fungus, gray-brown hardened cuticles grew out of nowhere.

  The largest piece is about half the size of a palm, and the small one is only as big as a thumb, like a knight's armor.

  Because the area where the cuticle grows is not very large, it cannot even be found without looking carefully.

  Luo Yu reached out to touch it curiously, and then scratched it tentatively with the dagger.

  Xiao Yu, who was only caring about eating, didn't respond at all, and obviously didn't feel any pain. No matter how hard he tried, the surface of the cuticle still didn't leave any scratches.

  Feeling the strength of this "organic armor", a look of surprise soon appeared in Luo Yu's eyes, and he excitedly recorded this discovery in his notebook.

  【On the 11th day, grow organic armor! It is suspected that the armor area will continue to increase with development! 】

  Closing the note in his hand, Luo Yu looked at Xiao Yu, like a gratified old father.

   "Xiao Yu... grow up quickly!"

   "It's up to you to advance to the T0 powerhouse!"

  …

  B4 floor browsing room.

  Someone also had a fatherly smile on his face.

  But it was not because of Xiao Yu's change, but because of the books sorted out by the Merchant Guild.

  With the help of the little princess from the Honey Badger Kingdom, the Merchant Guild's recent work of organizing books has been significantly accelerated.

  These books written in the prosperous era and even the previous era not only brought a lot of help to his work, but also greatly helped other managers of the alliance.

As the size of the alliance becomes larger and larger, the problems to be considered are also increasing exponentially. Although many things can be covered in one sentence, the specific process of solving the problem is too large to use even the length of a book. Difficult to describe in detail.

  The content of these books on the bookshelf is the previous experience of "how to do it", and what may happen after that.

   Although the era of prosperity has come to an end.

   But these treasures, which are more precious than gold, should not be buried.

  Standing by the bookshelf and flipping through the books just sent by the Merchant Union, Chu Guang suddenly found a piece of post-it note inside.

  There is a line of beautiful handwriting on it.

   It should be left by Aphne.

  【It is written in the book that people distribute materials through the market, and the market makes people slaves to money. Why don't we adopt a more efficient way to coordinate and allocate the resources that everyone needs? 】

   I never thought that the little girl holding a picture book would be interested in such boring academic issues.

  Chu Guang couldn't help smiling when he was surprised, picked up a pen, and wrote his own notes on the blank space of the sticky note.

  【People may become slaves to anything because of hope. This is not just about money, but also beauty, health, faith, honor or power... But this does not mean that it is absolutely wrong. If we were only satisfied with filling our stomachs and multiplying, no one would travel over mountains and mountains to find fire, let alone discover how to make fire with flint and sticks, and our civilization would not appear. 】

  【The distribution of resources through religious power and royal power is not more noble than the distribution of money, and of course the reverse is also the same. In essence, they are all tools for allocating resources, and people will always find better ones on the road to explore the future, and then discard the old ones that are no longer useful. 】

  【But you are right to be vigilant, I am surprised that such thinking can occur at your age. Even if hope is not necessarily a bad thing, people should always be vigilant not to indulge in it, so as to forget the original intention and ignite the entire forest in order to continue the hard-won fire. 】

  【Especially when you hold fire or power. 】

  If Summer asked himself this sentence, Chu Guang thought that he might not tell him all his thoughts without reservation.

   It's not that I'm worried about being learned by him.

  If he can really reform himself, it would be a good thing for the survivors there to carry out some reforms in the honey badger kingdom.

   I'm afraid that this guy is like a chameleon. He has figured out the alliance's way of doing things but still uses the same old style, playing with himself. It's really hard to guard against.

  As for Aphne, it is different.

  She is just eighteen, and she is a girl. She may be appointed in the Alliance, but after returning to the Honey Badger Kingdom, she will most likely be a vase.

   Even if she learns something, Chu Guang is not worried about any negative impact, but may influence the next generation of the royal family through her.

  Using the economy and education to complete the changes to the Luoxia Province is itself a part of the alliance's post-war reconstruction plan.

   Several kingdoms in the desert have not declined to the point of hopelessness, and will even usher in a period of prosperity due to post-war reconstruction. Therefore, mild improvements are more suitable for them than radical changes.

  Put the sticky note back into the book.

  Chu Guang was about to put the books back on the bookshelf, when he suddenly realized that this was not a place where he could borrow books casually, so he slapped his head and reached out his hand to click on the VM.

   Soon, footsteps came from the door of the reading room, followed by a crisp bell.

   "Come in."

  At the same time that Chu Guang spoke, the alloy door opened.

  The captain of his personal guard, Lu Bei, walked in from the outside, with his right fist on his left chest, and gave a neat military salute.

   "Master Manager, what are your orders?"

  Chu Guang walked over and handed the book in his hand.

   "Send it to Honey Badger Kingdom's office on Embassy Street for me, and hand it over to Miss Aphne Honey Badger there."

  When Lu Bei heard this, his eyes immediately shone, his back straightened, as if he was holding some treasure, he took the book with both hands.

   "Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

  Chu Guang was convinced that his feeling was correct, this guy must be going to his grandma's house, so he coughed softly and said.

   "I don't want to hear strange rumors."

   Lu Bei stood up straight with a serious face.

   "I swear to you with my life! If there are any rumors about you and Miss Aphne, you will kill me!"

   "It doesn't have to be like this."

  Chu Guang looked at Lu Bei with piercing eyes, dumbfounded.

  This young man doesn't have any hair on his own, but he cares about other people's gossip.

  Perhaps, I should change to a more mature and stable captain of the personal guard.

  Recently, the number of survivors and players in the alliance has increased a lot. He is considering setting up the third army of the alliance to accommodate those lone wolf players who don't want to join the player army and prefer to mix with NPCs.

  Chu Guang intends to transfer Lu Bei to the Third Corps.

  Although he is a little younger, his loyalty is obvious to all in the league.

   Watching his captain of the personal guard go out, Chu Guang was about to go back to the bookshelf, when Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from his ear.

   "Master, there seems to be a new change in the mother body you let player Luo Yu cultivate."

   "Xiaoyu?"

"OK!"

  Hearing the affirmative answer, Chu Guang's heart moved slightly, and he went back to the computer and sat down.

  Almost as soon as he sat on the sofa, the light blue holographic screen opened above the computer pen.

  The picture taken by the hummingbird drone was also presented in front of him at the same time.

  Looking at the ferocious mother on the screen, Chu Guang showed a surprised expression on his face, and said after thinking for two seconds.

   "Speak to Heya and arrange a physical examination immediately! Prepare to check Xiaoyu's evolution stage!"

  To solve the slime mold on layer B6, Xiaoyu needs to devour the brood there, and the prerequisite is to let Xiaoyu understand the concept of hunting and master the hunting ability.

   Now it obviously meets this condition.

   But whether other conditions are met, further research is needed.

   Sitting on the coffee table, Xiao Qi swayed her calves, imitating the captain of the personal guard who just came in, and gave a playful military salute to the alliance.

"receive!"

  …

  The Honey Badger Kingdom's office is located at the corner of Embassy Street. Due to the distance from the core area, the area here is larger than the office in Boulder City.

  Its main building is a small three-story bungalow, with two palm trees commonly seen in oases planted in the yard—a gift donated to the royal family by merchants in the Honey Badger Kingdom.

  Although the No. 3 oasis has been reduced to an occupied area, and the honey badger royal family has also been exiled, it is still their hometown for the people who used to live there.

  Therefore, there are often survivors who were exiled from there to the southern part of the River Valley Province, donating money or things to the honey badger royal family.

  Although most of them were worthless things, the acting king Summer still ordered the staff here to accept them.

   After all, that is everyone's wishes.

   What's more, they are dependent on others now, and those who can still think about them at this time are loyal and good buddies.

  Hearing the sound of knocking on the window, the old gatekeeper in the guard booth yawned and lifted his sleepy face from his elbow.

   Glancing at the book in the arms of the visitor, he thought he was here to donate something again, and it didn't look like it was worth anything.

  But thinking of Lord Summer's order, as a servant loyal to the royal family, he still replied vaguely.

"name?"

   "Lu Bei, the commander of the Alliance Guards Corps!"

  Although he lowered his voice, the old guard still heard the words Guards Corps and Corps Commander clearly.

  The drowsiness swept away from his face in an instant, and the old man looked as if he was ten years younger. He stood up from the chair with a bang, his eyes widened and he said.

   "You, you are from the Regiment of Guards—"

   Seeing him suddenly speaking so loudly, Lu Bei quickly stopped him.

   "Shhh! Why are you yelling so loudly, keep your voice down!"

   Suddenly realizing his abruptness, the old servant quickly said with an apologetic smile.

   "Yes, yes, yes, I was foolish enough to offend, may I ask... what is your business here?"

  The Guards Corps is the personal guard of the manager, and even the shadow of the manager. This is well known in the alliance.

  The commander of the Guards Corps appeared here, no matter what it was for, he was sure it was not a trivial matter.

   "It's not a question of offense, it's the manager who told me that my coming here must be kept secret, otherwise why would I change clothes and come here!"

   Tightening the brim of the hood, Lu Bei corrected his statement with a serious face, and then revealed the book in his arms.

   "...In addition, my lord entrusted me to deliver this book to Ms. Aphne Honey Badger."

  The old servant seemed to understand something, his face suddenly showed an expression of extreme excitement, and he quickly reached out to pick it up, but Lu Bei took a step back.

   "Where is Miss Aphne?" He asked seriously, "The manager told me to hand it over to her, she'd better come down and get it."

  The old servant said quickly.

   "Miss, she hasn't returned from the Merchant Guild yet. It's a task taught to her by the manager. Don't worry, when she comes back, I will immediately hand over your things to her!"

   Lu Bei hesitated for a while, but thought that it would not be appropriate for him to stand here and wait all this time, and he was afraid that he would miss it when he went directly to the Merchant Guild, so he nodded.

   "Then you should remember it well, be sure to hand it over to her!"

  Just after finishing this sentence, Lu Bei suddenly thought of something, and quickly added another sentence later.

   "Also, don't tell anyone I've been here today!"

   "Yes! Don't worry! If I dare to say another word, even if you don't blame me, His Majesty the King will not spare me."

  Looking at Lu Bei with a serious face, the old servant was even more convinced of the guess in his heart, and kept nodding, the corners of his mouth were so happy that he couldn't close his eyes.

   If it's a serious matter, do you need to be so secretive?

   It must be because of indecency!

  That's why I am embarrassed to let others know!

   Didn't dare to touch the book, the old servant didn't even dare to look at the cover, carefully put it in a drawer and protected it, intending to hand it to the young lady as soon as she came back.

  Watching Lu Bei leave, he clenched his fists excitedly, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

   Kingdom!

   Saved!

  …

  Refuge No. 404, infirmary on the B3 floor.

  After Xiaoyu was anesthetized, she was carried onto the scanning bed. Luo Yu stood beside her looking at it worriedly, and then looked at Chu Guang nervously.

   "Is it going to be okay?"

  The gang of **** on the forum yelled and slashed every day, which made him terrified, and he didn't dare to bubble up during this time.

  Although he complained that he would not be able to go anywhere he was stuck by this little guy, but if the dog planned to listen to the advice of those guys and balance it out, of course he would be reluctant to part with it.

   "Don't worry, the inhibitor only has an anesthesia effect and will not affect its health." Chu Guang comforted him and patted him on the shoulder, "It will take a while before the end of the experiment, you should go back first."

   Luo Yu asked in a low voice.

   "Can I wait outside?"

   Chu Guang thought for a while, then nodded.

"Can."

  The alloy door opens.

   Following Luo Yu's departure, it slowly closed again.

  Xiao Yu, who was lying on the scanning bed, let out an unconscious "beep", just like the purring sound of a sleeping cat.

   That voice sounded like she was being coquettish.

  However, Chu Guang could feel that the emotion flowing in the sound waves clearly contained a trace of anxiety.

  It doesn't like this feeling.

  Chu Guang looked at Heya who was busy in front of the console, and asked.

   "Can the test be performed without anesthesia?"

   Without taking her eyes off the screen, Heya replied casually.

   "Of course...but can you guarantee that it won't suddenly go berserk and attack the two of us?"

   "I can protect you."

  Heya bent her lips and said teasingly.

   "Oh, although this sentence sounds very safe, why should you bet on that probability?"

  Chu Guang shrugged his shoulders.

   "...well, what's the analysis?"

   "You are asking at the right time, the scan data just came out..."

  Stretched out her index finger and tapped a few times on the holographic screen, Heya crossed her arms, stared at the chart in front of her for a long time, and said in a firm tone.

   "The current progress has reached 51%. If this trend continues, it shouldn't be long before we can enter the next stage."

  Chu Guang suddenly asked curiously.

   "What if you go directly to the next stage?"

   Heya said without hesitation.

"It will be swallowed by the mother nest on the B6 floor in turn. After all, it is like a child now. Even if we give it a lot of resources, it cannot be the opponent of the old guy who slaughtered the entire floor of the shelter... This It's like putting a kid with a shotgun in the same room as a murderous murderer, what do you think it would be?"

  Chu Guang frowned.

   "What if the murderer is incapacitated? For example—"

"Injecting a large amount of inhibitors?" Seeing through his thoughts, Heya said in a teasing tone, "If possible, I would like to do it. But devouring is a long-term and continuous process, it is difficult for you to ensure that it is only for certain people. Planting slime mold is effective... It seems that it is about to wake up, you can call that young man back."

  Chu Guang nodded, gave up the sudden brain hole, nodded to the camera in the corner, and asked Xiao Qi to open the door of the infirmary.

  At the door of the infirmary, Luo Yu was anxiously pacing back and forth.

   Just then, the door suddenly opened.

  Hearing the movement, he immediately looked towards the door of the infirmary, but before he could see anything clearly, he was hit by a scarlet figure and fell directly to the corner of the corridor.

   Almost didn't come up in one breath, Luo Yu stared at the culprit lying on top of her.

   "What are you doing, are you trying to kill me—"

   "Eep!"

  There was a pitiful expression on that face, which was becoming more and more like a human being.

  Looking at the "poor" look, he was about to reprimand its falling feathers, when he suddenly remembered that he had sent it to the laboratory for so long to be studied for the mission.

  Inexplicably, a trace of guilt arose in his heart, he sighed softly, and stretched out his hand to stroke its head.

   "Okay, I don't want to, but the mission... is something that can't be helped, not to mention it's for your own good. It's hard work to stay here alone for so long!"

   "Go, I'll take you to eat candy!"

   "Yeah!!"

  Maybe she understood his comfort, or maybe she heard Tang, Xiao Yu's face suddenly revealed a happy expression, and the tentacles on the back of her head fluctuated like seaweed.

  However, it didn't come down from his body, but moved closer, and the skirt-shaped fungus pressed up like a track.

  Luo Yu's face turned blue from being crushed, his eyes turned white, his round eyeballs wanted to fall out, and he almost died on the spot.

   Good guy!

   You can’t see it from the outside at all!

   This weight is at least two hundred kilograms!

  Looking at Xiaoyu and Luoyu who were "sticking together" outside the door, Heya who folded her arms slightly frowned, and suddenly said something.

   "He shouldn't...develop feelings."

  Chu Guang had a delicate expression.

   "It's hard to say."

  Normally speaking, after getting along for a long time, even a fishing rod will develop feelings, let alone a living thing.

   Heya sighed and scratched her silver-white hair.

"It's better not to be like that, mutant slime mold... At least according to my observations, the minds of these creatures are as unstable as their DNA. They don't have parents, relatives, friends, and a series of complex concepts that only human society has. The so-called closeness is probably just an illusion. You should have noticed, it doesn’t even taboo to prey on its own kind.”

   "Well," Chu Guang nodded, "but blood closeness is also a fact, and so far, it has not shown any strong aggressiveness towards people."

   Heya glanced at him.

   "But what about after swallowing the brood on layer B6? It will always absorb part of what originally belonged to that brood...you know what I'm talking about."

   It's not just fragments of genetic material that are absorbed.

   Also includes part of the memory, knowledge, experience, instinct of the devoured person... or something that is abstractly called "soul" by the organism.

  In fact, the reason why Xiaoyu can learn to hunt is not what Luo Yu thinks, because he taught it by constantly hunting reptiles.

   Rather, a more primitive and direct approach—

   That is, through its digestive system, digest the flesh and blood of those prey.

  In fact, Xiaoyu's attack method is to use the tentacles to imitate the bullets of the rifle, inflicting penetrating damage on the creeper.

  Even the aiming position, Luo Yu's shooting habits are almost the same.

  And this part of the knowledge comes from the "devoured" memory fragments about death. Those evolved "armors" also came from those memories—

  ‘The prey died because they were unable to defend themselves against penetrating damage. '

  ‘So it needs armor that can resist bullets. '

   This is also the scariest place for those slime molds.

  They learn experience from the corpse of their prey, and they learn the experience of life and death at the same time.

  As long as they need, they can survive in a vacuum, and even resist the impact of metal fragments at several times the speed of sound!

  As long as some tissues survive, no matter how serious the injury is, no matter what method is used, they will always have a way to come back to life.

   It is no exaggeration to say that they have controlled evolution and ascended to a field that human civilization does not understand for the time being.

  Chu Guang thought for a moment and said.

   "What is your suggestion?"

   Heya shook her head.

"I don't know... Of course, the plan to clean up the B6 layer will continue. I need the research equipment there. No matter what method is used, the slime mold there must be cleaned up. However, I suggest that it is best to give up the idea of ​​​​domesticating them .”

  Chu Guang asked immediately.

"Is there any scientific evidence?"

   Heya shook her head again.

   "There is no evidence that it is impossible, but the probability of success is very low."

  Chu Guang pondered for a little longer this time.

  Looking at the two figures outside the corridor, he thought for a long time, and finally spoke slowly.

   “I trust my residents.”

   "Like they trust me."

  Heya couldn't help asking.

   "But what if something goes wrong?"

   Suddenly, as if he had figured it out, Chu Guang smiled faintly.

   “Just solve the problem.”

   "Wiping their **** is also one of the managers' jobs."

  (end of this chapter)