Chapter 386 Shadows of the Past
"Let me try!" The hunter couldn't wait. He had had enough of this weak body.
Li Yu then took out the gene optimization device from the compressed space.
This thing is also a secret in the Star Empire. For a technological device of this level, the former hunters were not qualified to see it, let alone use it.
However, several years after leaving the Star Empire, this thing lay before his eyes like a naked beauty.
He couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of life.
After adjusting the configuration, the hunter couldn't wait to lie down as the gene optimization device started to work.
The hunters among them also began to twitch constantly, but the gene optimization device had excellent sound insulation and no sound was heard.
The device soon stopped working, and as the hatch opened, the hunter stood up weakly, holding on to the edge of the cabin.
Anthony winked at Peter, and little Peter immediately stepped forward to help the hunter up.
"How does it feel?" Li Yu asked.
"It feels... like something is different." The hunter touched little Peter's head, but couldn't explain it.
Lower-level life forms have too little control over themselves to be observed at a microscopic level, and can only be detected through external detection equipment.
Li Yu used the gene detection device carried by the Titan Colonization Suit to test. After a large amount of data appeared on the holographic screen, Xiao Chaonao reported:
"According to the test, the genetic structure of the hunter has returned to normal."
"Congratulations, you are finally no longer a loser."
Hearing the correct answer, the hunter clenched his fists suddenly, and an indescribable throbbing echoed in his heart.
"Let Payton study the entire powerful gene chain structure when we get back." Li Yu said.
"No need. After reaching A-level, we will be replaced. So we won't bother that faceless guy." The hunter shook his head and continued:
"Let's stick with my previous genetic structure. That way I'm more familiar with it and it will be faster to develop."
"It's up to you." Li Yu nodded. Although the hunter has recovered his strength, it is better to rely on the two little guys Tu Ying and Keller than on him.
After all, when a hunter is at his peak, he is just a B-level life form.
It just so happened that Li Yu had looted several Terran Chambers of Commerce before and had a large number of gene chains in his hands, which he could let the hunters choose at will.
Even hunters had never received this level of treatment before, and instead found it somewhat difficult to adapt.
Directly find the [Red Ant Gene Chain], which is the E-level gene chain that the hunter originally fused.
Looking at the hunter who was preparing to find a place to fuse his gene chain, Li Yu had a strange feeling. How did he become an old grandfather?
Could it be that the hunter is the template for the protagonist? The loser has to practice again, and the A-level boss is there to protect him. This treatment is unparalleled.
With two chuckles, Li Yu turned on the mental training device and began to continue to improve the progress of gene chain development.
The development difficulty of [Superman Gene Chain] is far greater than that of [Kalites], perhaps because his genetic structure is more stable.
It has been more than ten days since he left the battlefield. During this period, he has used the mental training device almost non-stop, but it was only today that he managed to increase the progress to 1%.
The development difficulty has more than doubled.
This is also the reason why . Li Yu has the "unity of body and soul" and can slowly hone his skills.
But others are not so lucky and it takes longer.
Under normal circumstances, it would take about three years to complete the development, which is already an extremely fast speed.
Under normal circumstances, the development progress of A2-level genetic evolution bodies is calculated in ten years, and this is when there are always means for development.
The so-called development methods are basically through medicines, technological equipment, and cosmic specialties that tend to be genetic chain organisms.
The first two do not require too much life risk, but the development progress and the star coins consumed are also huge.
The latter requires traveling to various dangerous places in the universe, which carries a high risk to life.
"I'll find a chance to take a bath in a yellow sun and see if it works..." Li Yu pondered to himself.
While he was helping the hunters repair their genetic structure, the Meteorite Fleet also began to return.
It will take some time to return to Guixing from here.
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During this period, return to Xing, a relatively remote interstellar transit station.
The Wind Chaser Inn is located in the scrapyard of the planet. On the surface, it is a hotel for workers. It is a bit backward and dilapidated, but it is often full of guests.
Secretly, this is a base for a black marketeer nicknamed "Rat".
There is no absolute order in the universe, and there is always shadow under the light.
Where there are people, there is demand, and where there is demand, there are desperate smugglers. Black markets exist in every region of the universe.
Some are the result of local rulers turning a blind eye.
Some are rooted in the gray area beyond the control of civilization and grow wildly.
Rats aren't a big deal in this area.
The main business is to collect scrap, and smuggle and sell some arms, machinery and contraband materials through this disguised method.
He did not hide it, and basically all local people knew that the Wind Chaser Inn was his black market base.
However, due to its small scale and the fact that the items being bought and sold were very safe, it did not attract the attention of any force.
There are at least eight hundred small black market merchants like him in this interstellar transit station, if not a thousand.
On this day, a captain arrived at the Wind Chaser Inn.
He needed to purchase a large amount of arms and other contraband. Due to the huge amount, Mouse personally invited him to visit his base in the basement of the hotel.
After dismissing the attendants, only Mousetie and the captain were left in the old, dim office.
Snap!
Ramon lit a white cigar, took a full puff, and exhaled a cloud of smoke, and the grayish-white smoke curled up and dissipated.
He smacked his lips, then took out a piece of paper from his bosom, pressed it on the desk and pushed it towards the mouse opposite, saying:
“Here is the list, please prepare it as soon as possible.”
"No problem, but the price..."
The Rat is a thin man with a flattering smile on his face. Anyone who sees him will only think of the word "swindler".
"I'll give you the deposit right away." Ramon moved quickly and transferred the deposit to the other party's black hole account.
"Would you like to stay and have some fun? The Pretty Lady on Red Street has recently acquired a few rare beast slaves..."
"Beast slaves... Forget it, let's talk about it later, because that Li Yu..." Ramon paused here, and then continued: "The relationship between Guixing and Xingyao Empire has been very tense recently."
"The situation outside is turbulent now. It's too dangerous. I have to go back and wait until the storm is over before I can have fun again."
Ramon waved his hand and left the room.
Rat also followed him out, gathering his men to prepare the supplies on the list.
When people are busy, they don't pay much attention to the small changes around them.
No one noticed that the mouse who was personally directing the scene suddenly looked away sharply from a certain moment.
And one of Ramon's workers mysteriously disappeared.
After working for a long time, the transaction was finally completed, and the cargo spacecraft took off and left the planet.
Ramon set up the automatic flight, took off his exoskeleton armor and changed into casual clothes, holding something tightly in his hand.
Just as he was about to go back to his room to rest for a while, he received a report from his workers that there was a fire in the warehouse area and the fire-fighting system was temporarily down.
When he arrived at the warehouse area, more than 30 workers had already set up anti-aircraft water spray guns and started to put out the fire.
"Captain, we have controlled the fire, and some of the cargo showed signs of human damage." A worker reported.
Hearing this, Ramon frowned. The sudden fire made him feel that something was wrong.
At this moment, the worker suddenly pulled out an energy pistol from his arms and turned to point it at Ramon's forehead.
"You..." Ramon suddenly froze, and then his eyes flashed with a blue light.
However, the next moment, a large number of mechanical equipment rose up around the entire warehouse, shooting a large number of electric arcs at each other.
At the same time, it enveloped the freight captain, causing him to twitch all over and emit green smoke.
Without waiting for him to speak, the worker fired decisively. The energy bullets penetrated his limbs, causing a small explosion.
A large number of mechanical parts exploded, and what was revealed at the broken limbs was not flesh and blood, but entangled energy pipelines.
Ramon is a mechanically modified body!
Unfortunately, the other party seemed to be very clear about it and had set traps specifically for him, making it difficult for him to exert his strength.
Ramon on the ground stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes.
The worker wiped his cheek and rubbed off a thin mimicry mask, revealing the true appearance of a rat.
At this moment, the rat had a stern face, without a trace of the unscrupulous businessman's aura on his body. It was all a disguise.
He took out the captain's magnetic card and communicator from Ramon, then carried him on his back and swaggered back to the upper level.
At this moment, the situation in the field has changed drastically. Of the more than 30 workers, only three are still standing.
They were all holding energy guns in their hands. There were more than 20 bodies of workers lying on the ground, all shot to death.
"Captain." The three men looked at the rat and nodded in greeting.
“You… who are you!?”
Ramon was shocked and angry, but he was not killed .
"We are the Return Star field agent, Ramon Carul. You have been arrested for transporting highly classified intelligence and are suspected of endangering the safety of civilization."
Gnat announced with a cold look, asking someone to remove the opponent's energy core.
At the same time, the thing that Ramon had just held tightly in his hand was found among the mechanical parts on the ground.
It was a miniature USB flash drive, the material of which seemed to be very special, and it was not damaged even after the explosion.
Under Ramon's angry eyes, Mousetrap picked up the hard drive and placed it in a special metal box.
"Deal with the traces at the scene and pretend to be looters." He ordered, and then quickly left the place in a small aircraft.
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"Ding ding..." The smart terminal placed by the hunter on the table rang. Li Yu just glanced at it and then retracted his gaze. He continued to let the mental tempering device develop his own gene chain. It would take some time before he could return to Guixing.
"Woo... Huh..." The hunter walked out of the training room with his upper body naked and sweating all over. His muscles were bulging, which was a drastic change from before.
He must have received the notification from Xiao Chaonao and walked straight to his smart terminal with confusion.
When he saw the code displayed on the smart terminal, his face changed slightly and he frowned.
His previous smart terminal was accidentally contaminated by the fire source and had long since turned into Li Yu's shape.
It’s just that Xiao Chaonao migrated the data to his new smart terminal.
Looking at Li Yu who was resting his eyes, he hesitated for a moment, then walked to the corner and chose to answer the call.
"Zes, long time no contact." A dull voice came from the other side.
The hunter showed a look of disgust and said bluntly: "Barton, we are not that familiar with each other. If you have something to say, just say it directly."
"Ramon was arrested..." Patton didn't waste any more time on small talk and went straight to the point.
"Captured?" The hunter frowned slightly. Ramon was once a captain of [AEUG].
It’s just that there are a lot of captains in [AEUG], some of whom the hunters are familiar with, some of whom are very close, and some of whom are very distant or even disgusted.
Patton was one of the people he disliked the most. He was a deep-minded man and did not have a good relationship with General Augustus.
He was one of the captains who were implicated. After his gene chain was removed and he was exiled, he had been secretly planning something and had won over a large number of former captains.
"So...?" The hunter's reaction was calm. After being exiled, everyone had accepted their fate. Although Ramon and he had a good relationship, they had not been in touch for a long time.
"He was captured by Guixing..." Patton's next sentence made him instantly understand why Ramon contacted him.
He wants to seek Li Yu's help!
It was no secret that he followed Li Yu, and many people could find out the hunter's past identity.
With Li Yu's current status and position, if it comes to Guixing, he does have a say.
I didn't expect this to be the case. The hunter felt a little troubled and should have not answered the call here.
Li Yu raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything. If the hunter needed his help, he would take the initiative to ask.
"Why should I help you?" The hunter did not look at Li Yu for the time being, and then said:
"Don't play the emotional card with me. It might have been useful to me when I was young, but for me now... hehe..."
"Everyone went their separate ways back then. Since Ramon is on your ship, it has nothing to do with me."
Hunter stopped Barton from saying anything else and said directly, "I want to know what you are planning."
Barton was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "If you don't save him, Ramon will be tortured to death."
"Heh..." The hunter sneered: "Patton, don't pretend to be profound in front of me. Ramon must still be valuable, otherwise you wouldn't save him."
"Since you have chosen to ask me for help, I'm afraid you are ready to tell me."
"I didn't expect you to have changed so much now..." Barton sighed and fell into silence for a long time, as if he was hesitating. It was not until a few minutes later that he spoke:
"We are actually looking for... Gensokyo."
"What!?" The hunter's eyes widened in astonishment, obviously very surprised.
