Ancient Gene [End Times]

"Then we have to go first." Qin An took a bite of the compressed biscuit, and his legs gradually shrank to their normal size.

He Siming handed over the trousers, and Qin An was not in a hurry to put them on. The skin on his legs was still blue-gray with scaly horny appearance, so he was not afraid of being exposed to the sun.

There was only a short tree less than three meters in front, even if Qin An hadn't opened the way, the group of people would have passed easily.

And through the short trees, there are familiar weeds in front.The weeds that grow are all stem-like weeds, each of which is like a small tree.

"Were plants like this in the past?" Bao Xinyu asked He Siming.

He Siming's main research direction is zoology. Botany is a bit too big for him, so the understanding of plants is just a little bit of extended reading: "Maybe, at least in the past few hundred million years."

"How about hundreds of millions of years ago? What were the earliest plants like?"

"Algae. But in the Mesozoic Era, the world of gymnosperms began." He Siming reached out and knocked Bao Xinyu's head: "I mainly focus on animals."

Bao Xinyu shrank his neck and looked at the surrounding plants: "We are going to the northeast. There are few trees here that can grow so big. There are so many trees in the northeast, it must be very spectacular."

Tiangui looked up to see the distance, the prison was very close.

"I don't know what's going on now, but in those ten years, there was a strange tree growing in our village. That tree could grow more than 30 meters high in a month. Then it disappeared for no reason and never happened again." Tiangui said .

"So powerful!" Even now, there should be no plants that can grow more than 30 meters in a month.

"What's even more weird is that it grows from 120 meters underground. And it will grow in winter." After Tiangui finished speaking, he turned to Qin and An and said, "But right now we should pay more attention to the present. You heard that mutant animals Is there a sound? Like a mutant dog."

Qin An shook his head: "No, but I heard the sound of insects crawling, and the sound was a little mixed and not too much."

"Strange, with the degree of mutation of the mutant dog, they should hear the sound when we come here." It is a normal reaction for the dog to growl when it senses that someone has invaded its territory. Now they are very close but there is no sound at all. It's hard not to be suspicious.

"Don't move!" Qin An also mutated his nose, sniffed the smell in the air vigorously, and then listened carefully with his ears.

"There seems to be a sound of a dog begging for help. However, it is more like begging or begging." Even without Xiao Sun's ability, people can distinguish the emotions of animals from barking.

He Siming also smelled it: "It seems a bit sweet, the aroma of honey."

"There are bees nearby, so it's normal to have a scent." Baiyu said.

"The first team and I will enter through the entrance tentatively, and the second team will assist! The third team will keep 100 meters away and play by ear!" Tian Gui gave the order and walked over in front.

The walls of the prison are very high, and there are various things that prevent people from climbing over them. In addition, there are some plants that are scattered and complicated, so the most ideal entrance is the prison gate.Now the circuit is basically destroyed, and so is the prison.

After walking 500 meters from the door, I finally heard the barking of dogs.

After the first barking, several dogs joined in, and it was very lively one after another.Hearing this voice at this time, on the contrary, felt a lot more at ease.

Doudou left it with Ankong and didn't bring it with him, otherwise the road here would be difficult, and Doudou's degree of mutation is not very high, so it would be very troublesome for him to come here in such a terrain.

Qin An still ran ahead, his eyes, ears, and nose all evolved, paying attention to the changes around him: "I see the door, let's go in?"

Tiangui took out the paracord from his backpack, estimated the height, and sprinted up to the gate in a few steps.A big dog just jumped at it.Tiangui tipped his toes, twisted his waist, swung his lower body forward, and kicked the dog directly on the bridge of the nose.The dog barked in pain and took two steps back, and then Tiangui threw the umbrella rope at Qin An.

"Xinyu! Don't be in a hurry, wait until those dogs are finished!" Tiangui said.

Qin An's palm mutated, and he held the umbrella rope and stepped up the iron gate. As soon as he went up, he saw that the dogs had all gathered.

Qin An, who hadn't made a quick move for a few days, moved his wrist, bent his legs slightly and jumped, directly onto the mutated dog.The other mutated dogs were about to jump over and bite, but Qin An kicked them away.

The fingers quickly formed into claws, directly pressed the softest part of the mutant dog's neck, and stabbed it hard.

The dog didn't even have time to scream, and fell down without moving. Qin An stepped on the corpse of the mutated dog, jumped up and started attacking the second one.

Not to mention Bao Xinyu, Tian Gui was a little dazed looking at it.At this time, most parts of Qin An's body were mutated, and his blood flowed with his sharp palms. Inexplicably, Tian Gui felt the pleasure of Qin An's killing monsters.

After reacting, Tian Gui also jumped down, and the mutated dog rushed at him. He ran up the wall and turned back, and the dagger was directly inserted into the mutated dog's eyes. When the mutated dog struggled violently, Tian Gui pulled out the dagger, It pierced directly into its upper tooth hall.The action is clean and crisp.

At this time, Qin An had already killed the second mutant animal.The whole arm was inserted into the mutant dog's eyes. Qin An's eyes were reddish, looking at the blood-stained sleeve, his fingertips moved slightly, making a little noise.

During the battle, he really felt it.After a few days of effort, his strength became stronger.

The last two mutated animals remained.As the mutation time grew, those mutated animals that lost their minds also began to recover some emotions, such as fear.

The two easily wiped out the two mutated animals, making the remaining two mutated dogs back again and again, looking at Qin and An with fear.

Qin An and Tian Gui stood together, wiping the blood splattered on his face, but there was blood on his hands, and half of his face was stained with this smear.

"One for each person?" Qin An said with a smile.

"Happy?" Sky Ghost asked.

"Almost." The stronger he is, the more he enjoys the thrill of killing.Qin An himself is a person who pursues strength, and gradually enjoys the process of fighting.

Qin An rushed straight to the larger shepherd dog, jumped up and grabbed a piece of the mutated dog's face.The dog felt the terror and turned around to run away. Qin An grabbed the dog's fur and jumped up and lay down on the dog's back. His legs were clamped and his hands were ruthlessly stabbed into the mutated dog's fur.

The other dog was about to take the opportunity to bite Qin An, but was entangled by Qin An. Qin An's nails grew two inches under the mutant dog's skin, and directly pierced into the mutant dog's flesh.

The mutated dog was in pain and wanted to turn around and bite, but Qin An was behind the dog's body, so he couldn't touch Qin An even if he tried to turn his head back.The mutated dog turned around twice, Qin An was dizzy and his stomach churned.

hiccupped.

The nose of the mutated dog was many times more sensitive than that of a human. The moment the dog smelled it, the dog froze there.

Qin An's face blushed, and he climbed up to the mutant dog's neck to give it a good time.Then the nose sniffed the air, is it that smelly?What's going on today?

Tian Gui also finished solving the problem, he waved to Bao Xinyu outside, went to Qin An's side, and saw Qin An patted his chest wondering: "How is it?"

"It's okay, I'm a little bloated, I ate too much."

I had a hiccup in the morning, and now it is normal to say that my stomach is bloated.

Tian Gui understood his predicament, reached out and patted his shoulder, looked at the surrounding buildings, and walked inside the nearest one first.

The door was locked, and the ghost pried the lock open.The iron window and glass door opened with a little noise, and there was a corridor in front of me.

Walking in, there are two bulletin boards on the walls on both sides of the corridor, one with some notices written on it, and a few photos on the other side with the leaders here, and at the bottom are some good-behaved prisoners.

Qin An had never been in a prison, so he was curious about the situation inside. He reached out to touch the glass, and it was already dusty.

Bao Xinyu followed from behind, sharp-eyed and saw the number of people in the corner of the bulletin board: "Three people from 620. Brother Qin, I didn't see any people here. So many people... are gone?"

"It should be transferred out." Tian Gui said, "According to the emergency response measures, once a force majeure event occurs, in order to prevent the prisoner from escaping and causing harm to ordinary people, he will be transferred to a safe place where he will not contact outsiders as soon as possible."

Bao Xinyu didn't quite understand: "It sounds like it's protected. But why don't you protect ordinary people first?"

"In fact, they are under very strict supervision in the prison, and they are used to accepting orders. In fact, as long as the possibility of them harming ordinary people is avoided, they are one of the groups that can recover productivity the fastest." Tiangui said truthfully.

"Productivity?" Bao Xinyu was a little confused.

Qin An explained: "Did you forget about labor reform? Labor reform. Although they are not allowed to farm now, the prison factory will receive some outsourcing orders to do it. They are workers. As long as they maintain strict supervision, their productivity is still very high."

This time Bao Xinyu understood, nodded and said, "I thought they would take advantage of the chaos to revolt."

Qin An knocked him on the head: "Resisting injustice is called uprising, taking advantage of chaos is called rebellion."

Tian Gui glanced at the bulletin board and continued walking.There are roads on the left and right in front, go to the right first, the innermost is the stairs, turn the corner to the middle of the stairs, there is only a large dining hall.

Opening the door, the cafeteria has a large space, but immediately a few people also saw a few bugs fighting.

On the ground in the corridor outside, there will be a few empty shells of mutated insects. This is the first time I have seen live mutated animals after entering here.

A few bowl-sized beetles were besieging a half-meter-long mutant centipede.

Tian Gui stepped forward and trampled several mutated insects to death, leaving behind a live beetle, and directly forked it with a dagger to show Qin An: "Have you seen this kind of insect?"

Qin An shook his head: "It may be a breed that is only found in Tibet."

"Xinyu, take it out and show it to Dr. He, be careful!" Tiangui handed the dagger to Bao Xinyu.

"Okay." There was still blood on the knife, Bao Xinyu felt disgusted holding it in his hand, he turned his head and nodded to Qin An, and went out with the knife.

Qin An also walked in, it was a bit empty and the light was good.There was a thick spider web on the edge of the window, and a fist-sized spider stood on the edge of the web, waiting for its prey.

Qin An drew his knife and killed the spider.Looking back, I saw a few bugs in the corner.

These bugs are not big, Qin An went over and trampled them to death: "Shall we go upstairs or look to the left?"

"Go upstairs, there are several buildings here, and it will take a lot of time to check them one by one, so hurry up." Tiangui said.

The two exited the room, followed the corridor to the second floor one after the other.

The second floor is where the prisoners live, and as soon as you go upstairs, you can smell a strong smell of rust.The smell is real rust, because the second floor is covered with iron railings.

On the left side are all iron railings, and on the right side there is only a small iron window separated by a space.It is not so much a window as a vent.

It looked a little depressed.Qin An walked to the iron railing and found that the inside was divided into dormitories by walls.Cameras are placed on the top of the dormitory, and there are eight beds in four bunk beds.

The whole second floor is like this.

It turned out that this is what it looks like inside the prison.

The doors were not locked, so Qin An randomly entered a room to take a look.There are some mutated bugs on the ground and walls, and some of them can't even see what mutated them.Qin An took care of everything that could be seen. Seeing that the unfolded quilt was squirming on a bed, Qin An opened it with a dagger, and there were two poisonous snakes with thick arms entangled inside.

Suddenly a stranger broke in, and two poisonous snakes quickly attacked, and Qin An killed them all with one claw and one knife.

"There may be something deadly under the bed, be careful!" Qin An reminded Tian Gui.

Those non-lethal bugs can be ignored, and Ankong and the others will deal with them in the future, but poisonous snakes can still be dealt with if they can.

Afterwards, Qin An checked every bed, and after making sure that there was nothing dangerous, he went to check all the other rooms.

Soon, Bao Xinyu followed with Yinhu, He Siming, Baiyu and Dichlorvos.

"Si Ming!" Qin An nodded to He Siming.It may be because the two are too familiar.When a group of people meet, the two always say hello first.

"Can you see what kind of bug it is?"

"Rat women. That's woodworms." He Siming said: "This one is very big, and its appearance is very close to their ancestors."

Tian Gui was a little surprised to hear this answer.

"Woodbug? Isn't this a beetle?"

"The woodworm itself is a crustacean, but it doesn't look like it. In fact, this kind of thing is a distant relative of shrimp and crab. It's just that the direction of evolution has deviated."

He Siming's explanation made several people a little dazed. The bug on Tiangui's dagger really didn't look like a woodworm. Who would have thought that a soft thing like a woodworm was a crustacean.

"The woodworms are so small. If you look at the size alone, this evolution has made them grow hundreds of times." Qin An said.

"Indeed, other animals mutate at most dozens of times. Perhaps because the oxygen concentration has increased now, arthropods mutate faster than other mutated animals in the same period." He Siming speculated.

It was deduced before that the oxygen concentration in this world is increasing, and with this premise, the faster growth of arthropods can also be explained.

Tiangui raised his eyebrows: "The distant relative of the shrimp has grown so big, maybe he tastes good."

"Are you sure you want to eat this?"

"If it's really related to shrimp, it's white meat. You have to know that the main meat we eat now is red meat. Relatively speaking, we use white meat more." White meat also has a lot of red meat. Nutrients that meat does not have.

Silver Fox said with a smile: "Even if we don't eat them, we can keep these woodworms. When those people come over in the future, these are all ready-made meat, so you don't have to go hunting."

"If it's habitable here."

It was much faster for several people to check the room separately.After checking the second floor, the group went directly to the third floor.

Qin An walked in the front, and the mutated ears quickly heard the voice.

Following the sound, he took two quick steps, and when he turned his head, he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.

A centipede that is nearly two meters long is feasting on another centipede that is more than one meter long.In fact, Qin An didn't feel anything about eating, but he couldn't stand cannibalism.

Because of this, just because he once watched snakes swallowing snakes on TV, he began to feel disgusted with all snakes. Similarly, when he saw a centipede eating another centipede, Qin An only felt nauseous at this moment.

The centipede heard the sound and raised his body. He obviously felt a more alluring smell.The fact that human beings have the more perfect genes it can only dream of is enough to make it crazy.

The centipede crawled towards this side, but because of its mutated body, it was too big to pass through the iron railing at all.

Qin An didn't want to get his hands dirty, so he wanted to finish him off with a dagger.As a result, its shell was so hard that a dagger couldn't penetrate it at all.

Qin An's fingers mutated, and the nails grew several centimeters, piercing through the centipede's head neatly.

The door was hung, Qin An resisted the numbness of his scalp, opened the door and entered, and kicked away the mutated centipede.

After walking in, I found that there was already a layer of debris on the ground in the corner inside, which seemed to be left by various bugs.There may have been two or more centipedes here in the beginning, and they were here to eat the mutant animals passing by.Then it gets bigger and bigger until it can't get out.I don't know if there are fewer and fewer mutated insects, or those insects are not close to here, so the centipedes began to eat each other and only this one remained.

Sure enough, apart from this centipede, there were no other mutated insects.

Perhaps because this is a prison, the lighting area is not large.In each prisoner's dormitory, there is only one small window with iron bars installed, and the light is very limited.Maybe that's one of the reasons why the bugs gather here.

The number of bugs on the third floor increased significantly.It's very strange, it should be that the lighting downstairs is worse, which is more suitable for insects to live in.At the same time, there were still some traces of snakes inside, but none of the pervasive mutant mice were seen.

Obviously there are still a few mutant dogs surviving in the yard, but here, there are no traces of mammals at all.

And there's no one here.

In other words, during these times, they have been relying on eating each other to survive.

It is natural for the natural world to cannibalize each other, but now gathering this point in a closed place will make people feel scalp tingling.

It's like raising Gu, raising them together to devour each other, and the strongest one stays in the end.

Seeing too many bugs made me feel a little bad.He Siming also felt panicked, but at this time he still focused on observing the corpses of the bugs to check the degree of their mutation.

"Let's go, go upstairs." Qin An gave him a hand.

This building has a total of six floors, perhaps to prevent prisoners from jumping off the building, the windows on each floor have thick and dense iron railings, and the windows are not very large.It is necessary to say that people can pass through, barely a person can pass, the premise is that the welded iron railing can be opened.

All the way to the fifth floor, I met a few palm-sized mutated tide bugs (rat women), I didn't care, but someone looked up and let out a cry of surprise, everyone noticed the unusualness of this floor

The roof of the fifth floor was densely covered with insect eggs.

Even if there is no trypophobia, no one can bear this. The eggs are big and small, and the small ones are dense enough to make people's scalp numb, and the big ones are as big as fingernails, and the developing larvae inside can be seen moving.

Qin An resisted his nausea and entered the room. Sure enough, there were insect eggs in the corners, under the bed and even in the bedding.There are relatively few bugs, and this place is more like the "baby nurse" of the whole building. The mutated bugs come and leave after laying eggs.

Everyone was disgusted, and they all gathered around a place with relatively few insect eggs, watching each other.

"Shall we clean up all of these?" Yinhu swallowed, holding back his churning stomach.They feel disgusted when they see it, let alone ordinary people.And these will be tens of thousands of insects in the future, all of which are scourges.

"Go upstairs first, after processing, go downstairs to find fuel, fumigate the place with medicine." Tian Gui turned and went upstairs a few steps, and heard a crackling sound when he first stepped up.The lighting in the corridor on this floor was surprisingly poor, Tian Gui directly turned on the flashlight to take a photo, and the place just stepped on was full of broken insect eggs.

Qin An directly mutated his feet and walked in front.The thick cuticle on the soles of the feet can't feel anything, and the sound of cracking and cracking when the foot is stepped on is inexplicably refreshing: "Don't look down, I will step on a path for you, if you don't look, you will be fine."

He Siming walked two steps quickly to Qin An's side, and the people behind continued to follow.

The light gets dimmer as you go up, and you even need a little bit of faint light from downstairs to see something.

Tiangui's bright flashlight shone in the direction of the corridor. At that moment, four words came to everyone's mind.

Demons dance.

It's just three meters away, and countless bugs of indeterminate species are entangled and entangled with each other.

All the bugs have been spread into a carpet more than half a meter thick.

They are surging, as if they have an indescribable goal.Even the few people they saw didn't take the initiative to attack, but entangled each other in an orderly manner in chaos.

"Have you smelled it? It's that sweet scent again." Qin An reminded others with a frown.

"It does have a sweet scent." The silver fox also smelled it.

"There are so many bugs here, shouldn't it be smelly?" Bao Xinyu sniffed the smell in the air, only to feel that the fragrance was intoxicatingly sweet.