Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 421 Classification of Mutants
"'S-type mutant'? What is that?" The Hound asked subconsciously, "Have you, the Security Bureau, already classified these monsters so carefully?"
"The 'S' in 'S-type mutant' stands for 'scout', and it is also called a reconnaissance mutant. It has perception abilities far superior to ordinary erosion species, and can also use the tentacles on its head to send a very special radio signal to the outside world, and keep in touch with other S-type mutants within a certain range. The frequency of this radio signal is very special, and it changes frequently and irregularly. With our current technology, we can barely intercept it, but we cannot decipher it." Aya explained.
"But if we intercept the radio waves of this thing, it would be equivalent to actively exposing ourselves. Not only will this S-type mutant discover us, but all the S-type mutants that are in contact with it will be able to locate our coordinates instantly." Ke Lan said, "I suggest taking a detour."
"The S-type mutants are very sensitive to sound, smell, and vibration. There are a large number of eyeball-like visual organs on the surface of their bodies and tentacles. These organs have infrared vision, and because of the number of them, there are basically no blind spots in their vision. If it weren't for the large amount of interference from the environment in the mining area, we would have been discovered by them long ago." Aya said, "I'm a little curious, how did you find them?"
"Very sensitive to sound?" Hound chuckled in the communication channel, "It seems that the ears of our Asano Akira are not comparable at all."
"You can hear their movements at this distance?" Aya glanced at Asano Akira in surprise. Among the materials she was authorized to read, Asano Akira's personal file was so simple that it could almost be described as scarce. Although the Security Bureau knew about the existence of the "Telekinetic Living Experiment Project" , only personnel related to it had access to this information, and field staff like Aya Breya had no right to know at all.
Naturally, the sealed part of Asano Akira's file would not be open to her.
The Molten Mine Area was filled with noise, with aftershocks heard from the distance from time to time, along with the rumbling sounds caused by the collision between rock strata. In this environment, even the S-type mutants could not use their hearing to capture the slightest noises nearly fifty meters away.
In other words, in terms of this ability, the S-Type Corrosion Seed was indeed completely defeated by Asano Akira.
"This is a confidential matter and I cannot explain too much. I hope you can understand." Ke Lan said to Aya.
"Uh... I understand." The latter was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.
Anyway, Asano Akira's ability is not a secret to the Undead Crew at all, and Ke Lan doesn't care what kind of report this woman will write after returning from this mission.
"What about those other seeds of erosion? There are two things that are obviously mutants around this guy. Do they have models?" Ivan asked.
Ordinary erosion seeds are a large mass of fleshy tentacles entangled together, with no fixed form. Mutants are different. Most mutants will fuse with the "container" to a certain extent. After passing the "rapid change period" and entering the "mature period", they will retain most of the characteristics of the "container". For example, the "sumo wrestler" that Ke Lan met in the East 9th District, the original body of the container was not only not abandoned by the erosion seeds, but also merged with it, forming a thick layer of "living armor".
"Those two are 'Type B mutants', the full name is 'Battle' combat mutant. There is nothing special about this mutant, except that its combat power is stronger than that of ordinary erosion seeds. Under normal circumstances, its combat power is about three to five times that of ordinary erosion seeds." Aya said.
"It's very powerful to be equivalent to five ordinary Erosion Seeds. After all, ordinary species are very troublesome without any means of restraint... By the way, do you call these ordinary Erosion Seeds 'N Type'?" Ke Lan asked.
"Why do you say that?" Aya was a little surprised.
"This naming method is very straightforward. The common species, 'Normal', is naturally the N type."
"...Actually, the acronym nomenclature is for mutant species. Ordinary species are ordinary species, and they don't have any special names. But the 'N-type mutant species' you mentioned do exist. They mainly refer to mutant species that have no obvious specialties and cannot be accurately classified... Most of these mutant species are the product of natural mutations."
"Natural mutation? You mean, these mutants like 'S type' and 'B type' are all the result of directed mutation?" Before any awkward atmosphere arose, Ke Lan changed the subject in time.
"Well, this classification method has been applied in actual operations half a year ago, and these mutants with clear division of labor appeared even earlier. I think the heretic sect has mastered the means to induce them to produce directional mutations."
"So what type of 'keeper' was that guy I met in East 9th District?"
"'SP-type mutant No. 059', a special type. The SP-type is actually somewhat similar to the N-type, both of which are difficult to classify. But unlike the N-type, the SP-type mutants are extremely dangerous, and it is rare for the same type of mutant to appear. Therefore, each SP-type mutant that has appeared has an independent number. The SP-type mutant you encountered in the East 9th District Square is number 59."
"So there are fifty-eight different SP variants ahead of this?"
"Well, I can't tell you exactly what they are. Anyway, every time an SP-type mutant appears, it will be considered a top-level threat, and a special agent team must be dispatched immediately to eliminate it."
"So when you encounter a mixed team of 'S-type', 'B-type' and ordinary species of Erosion Seeds, how do you usually deal with it?" The "mixed team" that Ke Lan was referring to was naturally the guys they were encountering now.
"Based on our firepower configuration, my opinion is the same as yours, we should take a detour," Aya said. "S-type mutants never appear alone, and the same is true for the mixed teams they control. Since we have found them here, it means that there are several teams with S-type mutants as the core in this area. They are generally distributed in a network. If any team detects the enemy or is attacked, the other teams will quickly support ."
"Moreover, among these S-type mutants, there must be a ' C-type mutant', which we generally call 'Control' or 'Commander'."
