Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 58: The zombies are weird

 In the complex cave, Su Lun was leading the trial group of the "Black Tower Alchemy Academy" to play a monster-fighting game.

No one knew that in the ground block above them, a large tank truck disguised as a water truck stopped in a hidden alley.

 A few men in black were holding some kind of instrument and looking at the entrance of the sewer, seemingly looking for something.

 Not long after, the instrument lit up with red light, and the leader of the men in black spoke.

 “Have you determined their location?”

 “Well, the target is about two hundred meters underground, and we are exploring deep to the west.”

 "Put that aberration down."

 “Yes, boss.”

As the people spoke, they opened the valve of the tanker truck, and then inserted the pipe into the sewer outlet on the street. As the pipes squirmed, streams of oil-like black mucus slowly poured into the sewer.

  .....

 The students’ shooting game continues.

Su Lun also followed leisurely. Although he didn't go so deep last time, the surrounding environment was not unfamiliar at all.

 In addition to the subway tunnels left in ancient times, this cave also has many pits dug by monsters, extending in all directions, and it is not known where they will eventually lead.

 Even the monsters in the sewers have their own territory. Suellen knew that they were about to arrive at the lair of those crawling monsters, a huge space like a subway hub.

 "Haha... Captain Jack just shot eight more monsters, all with one shot to the head. He is worthy of being the top sharpshooter in our academy."

 “Our team has collected seven pieces of cursed materials and has exceeded the trial task.”

  "Hey, Galen, your goal is too low. Captain Jack doesn’t want these ordinary materials, we need higher quality silver materials. I hope to encounter more elite monsters, preferably It's at the 'weird' level, and it might even yield golden materials. When the time comes, our trial results will definitely be left on the college's wall of honor..."

 "Miss Lena, let me tell you, our team will definitely get first place in this trial. The results of this trial will be our best coming-of-age ceremony..."

 “…”

 The four five-man teams advanced steadily and there was no sense of crisis.

 When they are free, young students will also chat and slap each other.

Su Lun, the guide, followed the team and seemed to be doing nothing, so he took the opportunity to carefully observe every student in the team. Although they all wear gas masks and night vision goggles, their personalities can be roughly distinguished by their clothing, skin color and body shape.

Although you can’t see clearly the appearance of those female students, you can guess that they will be admired by the stars, and their appearance is definitely not bad.

 Especially the one named "Rena", there are always boys hanging around her, showing their attentiveness.

 Just an occasional glance, Su Lun was not very interested in taking a closer look at those delicate female students. He was more interested in monster corpses than these.

Although the probability of "gray fog" appearing on the corpse of a deformed monster is very low, it cannot sustain the large number of monsters killed.

 Along the way, the students pushed monsters, and Su Lun also collected two clouds of gray mist.

 Then he peeled off some more detailed cave maps from the monster's memory, as well as some "anti-joint action techniques".

Although these actions are not in line with the normal human body's habit of exerting force, it is undeniable that some of the skills of these monsters are very suitable for him, a "puppet master" with high agility attributes.

 Just like the "Five Animals Play" in his previous life, imitating the postures of animals can develop small muscle groups that are not commonly used in the human body. These monster climbing skills made Su Lun feel like he could climb flexibly on the wall like a gecko, maximizing the use of his body's agility attributes.

 With money to get and fragments to harvest, Su Lun thought this mission was pretty good, at least for now.

  ......

Not long after, everyone came to an open space, which was about the size of six or seven football fields and had a very high floor.

 Judging from the layout of the building, it should have been a hub station for the Old Rington Underground Rail Transit.

 Obviously, this is the monster's lair in Su Lun's mind.

 When the trial team came, the monsters were briefly frightened and hid in various pits and buildings.

 The students were very excited. They had been in the cramped tunnel all the way, and all the monsters were killed by people with good marksmanship. Now that they came to such an open space, everyone had a chance to fight, and they rushed over excitedly.

 “Wow...this is indeed the lair of monsters, there are many aberrant monsters!”

 “Haha, now it’s time for us to show off our skills!”

 “Team Three, follow me, we want to get back the trial results...”

 “…”

 Four teams of five each chose a direction and began their clearing operations. Of course, everyone seemed very positive except for Fat Charlie's team who deliberately fell in last.

 The two teaching assistants did not follow up, so they chose a place with a high view and stood there, holding notepads to record the performance of each college member. That position is enough to overlook most of the space and enable timely rescue in the event of an emergency.

Su Lun also chose a distance that was neither too far nor too close, observing everything here.

 Although the task was easy, he never relaxed his vigilance. The students were safe and secure, but he didn't feel that if he were really in danger, those instructors would definitely save him, a gang member at the bottom of society.

 This space is indeed familiar to him, and Suellen also knows that it is the home of those "zombie species" aberrations. But he doesn't know how many monsters there are here, and what kinds of mutant monsters there are...

 He looked at the buildings and then at the countless dark holes above his head, his eyes slightly solemn.

His instinct told him that there seemed to be something staring at their group in the darkness.

The two assistant coaches were observing the progress of the team and chatting at the same time.

  "The new generation of 'Night III Combat Suit' has indeed strong protective performance. However, over-reliance on equipment will also cause students to lose a large part of their necessary crisis response capabilities. The effect of the trial may not meet expectations.. ."

 "Yes, when we were in the trial, we were still the same generation, and our defense was not far behind. Tsk tsk, these little guys should suffer a little. Anyway, there is no order from the academy to make the trial more difficult. What?"

 “Let’s find an opportunity to test their adaptability later.”

 "Well, there may be a chance soon..."

 The two of them chatted without avoiding Su Lun. What he heard from these words seemed to be that the two assistant coaches might make some moves to increase the difficulty of the trial.

But just thinking about it, with bodyguards following them at all times, those students would not be alert at all.

 While the two assistants were chatting, something strange suddenly happened!

  .....

 The students work in groups of five, harvesting the lives of those aberrant monsters.

 But at this moment, an aberrant monster over three meters in size suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It ran rampant like a gorilla and directly knocked away a small team.

 Suddenly, someone shouted: "Everyone, be careful, it's a 'zombie species'!"

 When Su Lun heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly and he also focused his gaze.

 The definition of "weird" is a cursed creature that is stronger than the same level, has certain intelligence, and usually has the ability to command other aberrant monsters.

 To put it simply, it is a BOSS monster.

 According to different strengths, weird ones are also divided into ordinary, silver, gold, lord level...

 There are usually three main categories of weirdness: zombies (humanoid), ghosts (spirits), and aliens (monsters).

 If broken down, there are also some extremely rare special categories, such as "mythical species", "elven species", "phantom species", "abyssal species"...

 Aberrant monsters that can reach the "weird" level will almost 100% produce cursed materials, and the quality is far superior to silver and gold materials of the same level.

 This is a monster that hunters are unwilling to face, but are looking forward to hunting.

  .....

 “This zombie species is so weird...but the defense power of those battle suits is too exaggerated.”

Su Lun looked at the unexpected situation in front of him. After being slightly surprised, he lost much of his excitement.

 With such a large number of aberrant monsters, it would be strange if there are not one or two BOSS.

 The two teaching assistants obviously predicted this, but did not warn them in advance, which also made the students who were adventurous suffer a great loss.

 However, what surprised Su Lun more than the ferocity of the monsters was the "liquid combat uniforms" worn by the students.

 At that moment, the "weird zombie" directly hit several students, knocking them all away. Looking at the impact and the speed of the body flying upside down, Su Lun judged that the impact of the monster was extremely powerful, no less than that of a heavy truck reloaded.

 If he were an ordinary person, this blow would probably result in death on the spot.

 But just like that, several students who were knocked away stood up intact despite being embarrassed.

Su Lun’s eyesight allowed him to clearly see what had just happened, and he quickly analyzed some attributes of the combat suit: “The blue light mark on the suit should be the energy supply system, and the alchemy runes on it are at least The second-level 'Strong Rune' and 'Toughness Rune'... are really strange materials. They are like non-Newtonian fluids, absorbing most of the impact energy with waves."

At this time, Su Lun looked at the rune blue light on the student who was hit the hardest and it had become dim. Then he replaced a few new energy crystals like a battery, and sighed in his heart: "Hey... 10,000 'cursed crystals' are used as energy sources, no wonder the defense is so strong. Another burning item The black technology of money..."

This kind of armor is not something you can buy outside. For ordinary hunters, even if they have it, they cannot afford such a luxury.