Battlefield of Civilization: From the Bottom to the First Citizen

Chapter 87 Physical Mutation

Outside the ruins in the mountains, inside the camp.

The communications officer relayed the information from the northern base to Su Lei.

"Commander, what should we do now?"

Su Lei was also a little conflicted for a moment, clenching and unclenching his fists, looking like he was thinking but didn't know how to say it.

Is it true that Wu Ou has already left?

But given Wu Ou's normal speed, he should have arrived at the northern base long ago.

Clearly, he didn't go straight back.

But if you just reply that you don't know, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?

Even though both sides were well aware that Wu Ou's strength meant he didn't need protection from him, there was still an "order" and a "responsibility" at play.

Now, Wu Ou's whereabouts are unknown, and his fate is uncertain.

This person, who is a very important talent for the entire Northern Base, has now disappeared without a trace.

In this situation, how could he, as the on-site commander, not take responsibility?!

"Alas! There's no escaping trouble. We can only pray that Dr. Wu had something urgent to attend to and that he went straight back to Jiangxin Island." After much hesitation, Su Lei had no choice but to report the truth.

Upon hearing the news that Wu Ou's whereabouts were temporarily unknown at the Northern Base, Coach Li immediately stood up.

Fortunately, he remained relatively calm. After calculating the time, he sat down and signaled to the captain of the personal guard to relay a message: "Tell Su Lei to compile a report on Dr. Wu's experiences in the ruins and submit it to me within half an hour. There must be no omissions whatsoever!"

"yes!"

After the captain of the guard saluted, he went to deliver the message.

Coach Li sighed. He had originally been quite confident in Wu Ou's individual abilities.

After all, compared to others, he seems to be the one who stands out in the Northern Base, both in terms of combat ability and technological research.

While it's not fair to say he's the strongest in every aspect, overall, he's arguably the strongest individual in the entire Northern Base.

It seems that no matter what kind of difficult situation he encounters, he can always resolve it.

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but shake his head. "My body has improved, I've become younger, and my thinking has changed a bit too."

Immediately afterwards, he went straight to the communications room and said, "Contact the Jiangxin Island research base; I have some questions for them."

In the mountains and forests, inside the caves.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, a hole is quickly breached in what once seemed like a solid mountain wall.

A mouse scurried out.

It was startled when it first saw the fungal cocoon in the cave, which looked like an egg painted with colorful patterns.

In an instant, it shrank back, leaving only its eyes fixed on the location of the fungal cocoon, without blinking.

After a while, it seemed that after realizing that the fungal cocoon was indeed not reacting, it cautiously walked out.

"Squeak squeak squeak—"

The mouse circled the cocoon several times, getting closer and closer without encountering any danger, and then quickly squealed at the burrow passage it had cleared.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

Then, a dozen or so rats of various sizes crawled out of the passage one after another.

"Squeak, squeak squeak!"

The first mouse leaped onto the top of the cocoon, looking down at the cocoon like a general.

"squeak--"

All the mice lowered their heads, as if they were worshipping it.

Then, it pounced on the cocoon.

It bared its sharp teeth and claws, wanting to tear the cocoon apart completely and then eat it.

However, after the first mouse touched the cocoon, the entire cocoon began to ripple like ocean waves.

The rats were startled and tried to retreat.

The rat leader at the top also wanted to jump down and run to a safe place.

But at this moment, they all discovered a very serious problem: they were stuck in the fungal cocoon and couldn't get down!

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

The rat leader yelled, as if calling on its unstuck companions to join forces and destroy the fungal cocoon.

But the remaining rats, seeing that their fellow rats, especially their leader, were trapped, retreated in fear.

Finally, one of the mice rushed back the way they came and disappeared into the passage in a flash.

"Squeak squeak squeak—" the rat leader cried out, struggling desperately, his eyes filled with pleading and regret.

Unfortunately, once it happened, it happened again. The rats that hadn't been caught yet escaped through the passage.

Gum!

"squeak--"

A mouse let out a scream.

And it was swallowed by the fungal cocoon!

Upon discovering this, the rats became even more anxious, struggling more fiercely in an attempt to break free from the cocoon.

However, this fungal cocoon is like a swamp; the more you struggle, the stronger its "attraction" becomes.

In an instant, more and more rats were sucked in and disappeared.

The rat leader at the top even revealed a hint of human-like 'despair' in his eyes.

It seemed to be blaming itself for being so careless, for not testing the waters repeatedly to ensure safety before letting the tribesmen eat.

As a result, not only these outstanding members of their tribe, but also their own lives were lost.

A pulling force came from below.

The rat leader actually closed his eyes, feeling the slight pricking sensation, followed by numbness and endless darkness.

As the sun rose, a ray of sunlight shone in from the entrance of the cave.

The once-quiet cocoon suddenly developed cracks on its surface, resembling an eggshell about to break.

click-

As the first shattering sound rang out, followed by a second, a third, and so on—

boom!

The entire surface of the fungal cocoon, like the bark of a dead tree that has lost its nutrients, shattered into pieces.

"That was such a good sleep!"

A person stretched and walked out of the cave.

He basked in the sunlight, a look of enjoyment on his face.

But then a gust of wind blew by, and he couldn't help but frown.

He looked down and his lips twitched.

"Holy crap! Even my clothes got absorbed! But that's fine too..."

Wu Ou smiled, and then his body underwent a transformation, materializing layer by layer from basic underwear to outer clothing and then to combat suit.

After moving around for a bit, Wu Ou felt that if he had to describe his feelings, besides feeling a little strange, he would just feel that his body was very close to hers.

After all, no matter what, those clothes were "external objects," but these clothes were made from substances stored in his body using his abilities, so they were now part of his body.

But it's also fine to take it out directly.

Previously, he used his abilities primarily to shape objects, and more so to things of a single category.

For example, metals.

Now, he can not only digest plants and use them as materials for making things, but he can also combine the two.

Another point is that he also obtained a trace of the 'inherited' power of that mushroom source beast, which allows him to create mycelium and corresponding abilities, as well as absorb and convert solar energy like a plant.

You should know that although he was able to manipulate his skin to absorb the energy of sunlight through his superpowers before, that was not only less efficient than this, but also involved an extra step of conversion that required a lot of effort.

But right now, we can rely on the power of mycelium to directly convert sunlight into energy and store it up.

"Although it's still only at the mid-level of level one, it can already store the source energy of three of the same level."