Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 60 The Essence of Survival (Part )
The three of them maintained their formation and moved further forward, finally arriving at the location of the small red flag.

"This isn't dangerous at all. I haven't even seen a decent source beast." Ji Xuefeng muttered as he picked up the small red flag hanging at the foot of the hillside.

Ji Xuefeng felt that the color of this small red flag was a little dark, and it had broken edges. It looked like it had been waiting here for a long time.

Just as Ji Xuefeng stood up, a pair of green eyes approached quietly, and then a rotten corpse stretched out its hands and fiercely pinched his neck.

"careful!"

Ji Xuefeng was stunned as a pool of foul-smelling liquid splashed on his body, causing him to shiver and almost drop the red flag in his hand.

Fortunately, Rick reacted quickly and took out his phase gun and shot the corpse in the head. At the same time, Yuanze kicked the corpse away with lightning speed.

They felt like they were in a sea of ​​dead silence, with only the creaking sounds of people walking. Looking around, they found that they were surrounded by dense green eyes.

The three of them stood back to back, forming a tight defensive circle, watching the surroundings vigilantly. The corpses shrouded in the smell of decay staggered towards them as if summoned.

"Why are these guys never going to stop?"

Ji Xuefeng tightly grasped the sledgehammer in his hand, and each swing seemed to tear the air apart, bringing with it a whistling sound. The sledgehammer smashed hard on the approaching corpse, making a dull thumping sound, followed by the sound of bones breaking and flesh collapsing, and then it turned into fragments and fell to the ground.

Rick held the phase gun tightly with both hands, and he kept pulling the trigger, shooting out beams of energy, knocking down the decayed corpses one by one. The muzzle flashed in the mist with every shot Rick fired.

Yuan Ze's figure quickly shuttled across the battlefield, like a ghost. His shadow blade danced in his hand, cutting the air, and each time it passed, it crushed a corpse. When the blade came into contact with the flesh, it made a harsh cutting sound, accompanied by rancid liquid and minced meat.

Fortunately, they are not alive at all. After being severely damaged, they completely lose the fluctuations of their source power and no longer pose a threat.

However, just when the three thought that all the bodies had fallen, an even more ominous aura suddenly came from the fog, and the scene before them completely shattered their expectations.

The corpse of a wolf-shaped source beast suddenly rushed out from the shadows. Although it was dead, it seemed to be driven by some evil force. Its limbs were swinging stiffly, and it rushed towards the three people at an alarming speed.

This source beast was obviously an extraordinary being when it was alive. Even after death, its body still exudes a terrifying aura of oppression.

Rick's eyes narrowed, and the phase gun in his hand fired out a beam of light first, trying to penetrate the rotten skin.

The silver-white skin of the source beast's corpse still retained its unique defensive power. The beam of light only splashed some sparks on it, but did not cause any damage. It opened its rotten giant mouth, as if calling for its companions, and let out a soul-stirring roar.

Yuanze and Ji Xuefeng reacted quickly. While its attention was distracted by the bullet, Yuanze swung his knife at the forelimbs of the source beast's corpse, while the other jumped from the side and tried to jump onto its back to suppress his attack.

But the power of the corpse of the source beast was far beyond their imagination. It waved its forelimbs and shook Yuan Ze away. Although Ji Xuefeng successfully jumped onto its back, he was pulled away by Yuan Ze the moment he flew out.

"Astra, why are you taking over my body?"

"If I hadn't taken over your body temporarily, Ji Xuefeng would have died!"

"Ah?" Yuanze was a little confused.

"This is the wolf king of the Netherworld Self-locking War Wolf, a supernatural beast with extraordinary talents. It seems that this is its territory. Its ability is very tricky. Fortunately, it is only a corpse now, and it was already very old before it died. Its current strength is at most one-tenth of its peak period."

"You mean he is a source beast that can manipulate source power to form a quantum field. His ability should be related to the self-locking effect."

"Yes, and it was even stronger than that crocodile when it was alive."

The Nether Self-Lock Wolf King can release the source force to form a quantum field surrounding its body. In this field, all matter will be magnetized. Its claw attack can briefly apply a special angle of electromagnetic force, causing the attacked target to be locked in place. At the same time, its self-locking Nether Shield will be strengthened in the field. When the enemy tries to break through the shield, the self-locking effect will be triggered, applying a new force to lock the enemy firmly to the surface of the shield. The enemy can either abandon the weapon and escape, or continue to suffer the burning damage of the Nether.

"So think about it, what would happen if Ji Xuefeng really sat on it. And among the three of you, only you can create an electromagnetic field to interfere with the performance of his domain, and only you can deal with him head-on. Don't forget that it is the Wolf King, and its dead brothers must still be nearby!"

Sure enough, several smaller wolves appeared nearby and rushed towards Ji Xuefeng and Rick.

Although the Netherworld Self-locking War Wolf King was a corpse, its eyes still revealed deep hostility towards Yuan Ze. Its remaining intelligence was extremely confused about its failure to control Yuan Ze, so it focused all its attention on this human who threatened it.

The wolf king's body swung its limbs stiffly, and in a strange posture, it launched a fierce attack on Yuanze again. Every time it swung its claws, it was accompanied by a surge of source power, as if it was going to tear apart everything around it.

Yuanze was agile and kept dodging the wolf king's attacks. Although Yuanze could reduce or even offset its control, he was completely unable to break through its defense because of the "self-locking effect".

"Use the spiritual resonance of the Shadow Twin Blades. The spiritual level of the corpse is extremely weak." Astra's voice sounded in Yuanze's mind, reminding him to change his fighting style. After all, they still had the Mist Floating Spirit to deal with, and they couldn't delay here for too long.

"How could I have forgotten this trick!"

Yuan Ze first took a few steps and rushed to the front of the wolf king. The wolf king also subconsciously used his sharp claws to block. At the moment before the light blade touched the wolf king, Yuan Ze attached the "fear" stolen from the "heart flow" to the source force to form the light blade, and the light blade instantly turned black.

The moment it touched the wolf king's body, the dark power on the shadow double blades seemed to have found an outlet to vent, and it madly eroded the wolf king's body. The wolf king let out a shrill roar, and its body began to tremble violently, as if it was enduring unspeakable pain.

Yuanze did not continue to attack, but quietly observed the wolf king. After it finished struggling, its energy was exhausted, and it staggered, as if it would fall down at any time. However, it still walked towards Yuanze firmly, as if seeking the final answer.

He became more alert and stared at the wolf king.

Suddenly, the wolf king knelt on the ground with its two front legs, raised its head and looked deeply at Yuanze. At that moment, its eyes became unusually clear, as if expressing gratitude to Yuanze, thanking him for freeing it from endless pain.

"puff…"

The wolf king finally fell.

"Puff puff……"

The voices rang out one after another, and the Nether Wolf brothers who were fighting with Ji Xuefeng and Rick fell down one after another.

They all knelt down towards Yuanze at the same time, closed their eyes, and bid farewell to this world.

Even though these source beasts have turned into corpses, they still retain their persistence and dignity. Although they cannot speak, they express their awe of life and their desire for liberation in their own way.

"Astra, didn't you say they were just corpses with weak mental powers?"

"I... I don't know either." Astra's voice trembled a little. She already had some understanding of human emotions and seemed to be deeply moved by this scene. "Maybe these low-level source beasts also have emotions and dignity that we cannot understand..."

Yuan Ze's heart was filled with mixed emotions. He remembered what his master had said a long time ago:
“Is it true that humans claim to be the most intelligent creatures in the world?”

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For the analysis of the ability of this source beast, interested readers can take a look at

Transferred from Baidu Encyclopedia:
Self-locking is a mechanical and physical phenomenon. If the line of action of the resultant force Q of the main force acting on the object is within the friction angle, no matter how large the force is, there is always a total reaction force R to balance it, and the object remains stationary; on the contrary, if the line of action of the resultant force Q of the main force is outside the friction angle, no matter how small the force is, the object cannot remain balanced. This equilibrium condition that is independent of the force size but related to the friction angle is called the self-locking condition. The equilibrium phenomenon of an object under this condition is called the self-locking phenomenon.

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