Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 96 Risk
The answer may be this -

In the old world, the X-17 strain researched in the manual was sent to Mengxin City and many other places with launch towers. When it was known that extreme cold weather was inevitable, it was launched through the launch towers.

Then, people began to change, or evolve, becoming cold-resistant and hunger-resistant, able to adapt to such extreme cold, and able to survive such terrible cold even without the need for heating protection.

And it wasn't just humans who were affected and changed. The hyenas, wild boars, wolves, fish and shrimp that we had encountered also survived one cold winter after another during this cycle of sun and moon.

But what exactly happened in the world back then? Did people already know the coming of the cold winter? Was it simply a prediction? Or was there some precondition for this event to happen?
And these new humans today, according to the manual, were originally kept as backup options, but now they have become the so-called Type A, B, and C new humans, and remain in this world.

What happened later that led people to activate alternative strains?
And the D type——

Did the original type, which was also listed as an alternative, appear in this world?
Lu Xian suddenly thought of Chai Xin and the fungus stone.

The manual says that the original type of Type D is severely unstable, but after successful evolution, its effectiveness is significantly improved and it can adapt to abnormal and extreme environments.

There is also a compressed concentration extraction of the "D-1 type" strain, which is the original type of D.

Is mycolith the original strain of type D?

Think about what the woman said. Most people would become ulcerated and die in torture when they came into contact with fungus stones. Only Chai Xin was fine and even became stronger than before.

So, is this a sign of the D-type's proto-form's severe instability? And in Chai Xin's case, is it a sign of successful evolution?

Or if it continues, evolution will succeed...

No matter how Lu Xian thought about it, he felt that this guess was very likely.

He cleared his mind, took a deep breath, and told Yao Wei everything he had read in the manual and the ideas he had inferred after reading the manual.

At this time, Yao Wei had already started the car and drove south.

However, because she had to take care of Lu Xian while he was reading and keep the car stable, she only shifted to third gear and did not drive very fast.

Hearing Lu Xian's words, she suddenly stepped on the brakes and said, "It should be... Then should we go to Mengxin City?"

Lu Xian asked: "Why, do you want to save Chai Xin?"

He felt that this was not Yao Wei's style. Wasn't Yao Wei always prudent? Why would she want to take risks for someone who had nothing to do with her?

However, Yao Wei shook her head and said, "No. I want to find the resonance scanner."

"Resonance Gene Scanner."

Lu Xian corrected Yao Wei's statement.

"Well, that's it."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "She didn't understand what genes meant, but from what Lu Xian had just said, it seemed to be very important and related to the new humans."

She continued, "According to what you said, that thing can not only find fungus stones, but it is also very likely to find our location.

"If we can get that thing, won't we be able to discover new humans in advance?
"That way, if we encounter new humans in the future, we can avoid them in advance and won't have to worry about encountering something like today."

Lu Xian's eyes lit up, and he had to admit that what Yao Wei said made sense.

The new human being wanted the fungus stone, perhaps not necessarily to discover other new humans.

After all, holding that fungus stone in their hands does seem to be beneficial to new humans like them.

Regardless of these, now let's talk about the resonance gene scanner. For Lu Xian and Yao Wei, the biggest benefit of the resonance gene scanner is indeed to avoid the risk of encountering new humans.

Having such a thing can really save you a lot of trouble in the future and greatly improve your safety.

"Alas, we killed that woman too early..."

He sighed and said, "We should have started later. We could have asked about the situation in Mengxin City. We could have also asked about the size of the resonance gene scanner and whether it was suitable for loading into the car.

"The new human we killed didn't bring the resonance scanner with him, which means it's at least too big to be carried around on foot.

"Or perhaps it's fixed to a transmission tower and unsuitable for transport. If we're going to be able to take the resonance gene scanner, all that's necessary is that it's suitable for transport in a car.

"If it's suitable, and the city isn't too dangerous right now, we can go there.

"But if it's not suitable, I'm afraid our trip will be in vain."

Yao Wei was silent for a moment, then said, "It wasn't a wasted trip, at least we were able to rescue Chai Xin."

Lu Xian suddenly turned his head and looked at Yao Wei deeply.

This was the second time that such words could come out of Yao Wei's mouth. Lu Xian was a little bit unbelievable.

"Do you really want to save Shiba Xin?!"

he asks.

Fortunately, Yao Wei shook her head again: "I think we should go there, at least take a look and confirm it.

"If we can discover new humans, then the scanner will be very useful. And didn't we kill the new humans in that city?"

"Too……"

Lu Xian nodded, thinking carefully and judging, "The woman said before that a new human had gone to Mengxin City, and the people we met had the same ability type as what the woman said.

"When she was talking to us and was killed by us, that new human chose not to help her. In this case, they must not be in the same group and are not colluding to deceive us.

"Also, judging by the state in which we were controlled by that new human, and the description in the manual, his control only targeted our hormones and emotions, and wasn't so detailed as to affect our words and actions.

"Of course—it's not ruled out that what that woman said was false. She's holding a grudge against us for killing her and her companions, and she's concealing something, hoping to get the tiger to devour the wolf.

"If she's hiding something, what would she be hiding?"

Yao Wei said: "That new human has other new human companions, just like us."

Only in this way would they make a wrong judgment, go to Mengxin City, and then encounter the other side and suffer heavy losses.

Lu Xian nodded, but then shook his head: "No. If there are other new human accomplices, how could that new human take the risk to deal with us alone?

"He's a Type C Newtype. We have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation. Even if he were to attack us secretly, it would be very risky.

"In the end, he didn't even keep the victory for himself, but gave it to the wolves he guessed would come."

So, to sum up, all the new humans in the urban area of ​​Mengxin City have been killed by them, and now there are no other new humans, only Chai Xin and the woman's companions, so this possibility is more likely.

For future considerations, it is necessary to make a trip to the urban area of ​​Mengxin City.

(End of this chapter)