Chapter 2765: Wise Variant

"The wounds on me are different from all the aliens I’ve seen before." The beefy man showcased his scars, "Also, that alien is surprisingly fast, totally unclear to see, suddenly it just popped up out of nowhere!"

This coincidentally matched what the curly-haired woman said.

This isn’t a special mental instance venue, it’s unlikely for multiple people in different places and at different times to see the same illusion.

The Spatial Teleportation Device can’t be used here; both the curly-haired woman and the beefy man tried to increase their speed to escape the predicament, but had to give up due to that elusive alien, as if the alien existed solely to interfere with them.

"This is definitely a Wise Variant alien," the beefy man insisted, "attacking unexpectedly, fast, but not facing us head-on, likely aware that its strength isn’t enough."

Xu Huo looked at the curly-haired woman, She wasn’t saying that.

"Many of my props aren’t effective on the Wise Variant alien." The curly-haired woman explained to the beefy man, "But quite a few defense props were destroyed, just didn’t get close... Is it possible that it’s not that the alien isn’t strong enough, but it’s deliberately playing games with us?"

"Furthermore, since just now, we haven’t encountered it anymore, maybe there are other players underground, it went to find someone else."

"There might not be only one Wise Variant alien," said the beefy man, "Would Punishment City create such a scene just to mess with people? There must be more moves waiting for us!"

"Let’s first find the real place where the alien is placed," Xu Huo surveyed several large tanks, "Obviously, it’s not here."

"What’s the use in finding that place?" The beefy man said, "Better to find the exit as soon as possible."

"Props have little effect, where will you find an exit?" Xu Huo said indifferently, "Since we were tricked inside, surely they won’t let us escape easily. Besides, just leaving pathetically, are you willing?"

"I am not willing, kill a few of their aliens to cause them some pain."

The beefy man and the curly-haired woman exchanged a glance, feeling that such rhetoric was somewhat dismissive; who would joke with their life for such a reason, but the real situation did not allow them to act alone, so they could only follow.

Another important reason is that Xu Huo was completely unaffected by mental interference since entering, indicating he was well-prepared in this aspect and is a reliable person in emergencies.

"Can Zone 022 really cultivate Wise Variant aliens?" During the journey, the curly-haired woman couldn’t help but speak, "If it truly is a Wise Variant alien, then what’s the difference with humans?"

"Wise Variant aliens are just a fancy name; actually, they’re experimental subjects using aliens and degenerated players, wishing to retain the powerful combat ability of aliens while stripping their humanity for arbitrary control, and to some extent, avoid the impact of props--they thought of all the benefits." The beefy man sneered, "In essence, it’s treating people like beasts while glamorously claiming that such research is for the future of humanity, to reduce players’ sacrifices."

"You know this well?" Xu Huo glanced back at him.

"Not really knowing, just interacted," said the beefy man, "I’ve been to a sub-zone where degenerated players are treated like this; they’d have players with degenerative symptoms exit the game voluntarily to participate in research, which is definitely more than just injecting some Auxiliary Potions-they may also undergo various surgeries, cutting the brain, replacing organs, even bones-you can’t imagine the things they do, many who contributed their lives to the sub-zone were deceived only to be treated like this, it’s utterly unreasonable!"

"If degenerated players could generate Wise Variant aliens, the game would be overrun with them already, how could it be delayed until today?" The curly-haired woman said, "But even if Wise Variant aliens are said to be strong, they’re actually not, they can’t use props and need careful nurturing, which is entirely unnecessary."

"Perhaps some human experiments are hard to conduct on normal people, so they choose them instead," Xu Huo interjected, "In this process, someone always comes up with an idea."

"Also, those high-risk random instances might be nurturing these aliens in batches."

Isn’t that the purpose of the aliens on the Initial Review Train?

"Wise Variant aliens may not necessarily mean having human-like thinking ability; they could have particularly developed brains, able to emit special mental signals, thereby influencing others," Xu Huo spoke while stopping at the corner of the corridor, where there were three forks, each leading to an empty area, without any human or alien activity within his sensory range.

"Finding things randomly like this isn’t a solution." He decisively took out the illumination prop, adjusted the light to the brightest setting to ensure the nearby forks and windows and doors were well-lit, then turned out a Communicator, automatically playing live news from Zone 022.

"They don’t even block the signal, they’re not afraid of Punishment City breeding aliens being exposed," the curly-haired woman said.

"Instances can be used as broadcasts, it’s quite normal," Xu Huo raised the volume slightly.

"Broadcast from the division headquarters: This morning at 8, the Chief Governor took time out of his busy schedule to return home to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. Governors from various places have sent their blessings..."

"...the masterpiece ’Bone Remains’ by our famous sculptor Gu Hui Peak sold for a high price of 9.8 billion..."

"...affected by the market, the price of meerkat plush toys has been soaring recently, a typical plush toy starts at 50,000, while limited edition versions climbed to millions..."

The Communicator’s voice continued, it’s unrelated news from Zone 022. At first, the curly-haired woman and the beefy man didn’t think much of it, but after a while, they noticed unusual sounds during each news interval, but upon looking closely, they found nothing in the places they focused on.

Subtle sounds followed like shadows, the beefy man couldn’t help but say, "Can you turn off the broadcast, can’t hear around..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt overwhelmed by a strong gravitational force, pressing him to the ground, the curly-haired woman was the same; the two hadn’t figured out what happened, just then they saw Xu Huo ahead squat down, a person who appeared at some unknown time was also pinned to the ground, from the ground-perspective, they could see the slightly raised face...

It looked like a human face, but was filled with disharmony; small surgical scars weren’t clear without close inspection, yet the skin color on his face was extremely inconsistent, patches with clear boundaries of varying darkness, obviously taken from different people or animals, and although the person dressed like a human, when he opened his mouth he made an animalistic hoarse growl, even the pupils kept changing colors under threat.