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64 Cambrian Consciousness
Cong Xia ran over and indeed found a group of people guarding in front of the oil tanker. In front of the tanker, a bearded man with a fierce expression shouted, “What the f*ck are you shooting at, trying to blow up the oil tanker with us? Who the hell are you, daring to stop the Hongwei Gang’s vehicle!” He cursed while sizing up Chen Shao, who was tall and imposing, making his eyelids twitch.
The thin and tall man standing next to Chen Shao coldly said, “You must be new here, don’t you recognize Chen Shao from the Qingyan Gang?”
The bearded man looked at the people around him, seemingly wanting to confirm. When he turned his head, he saw that the expressions of those around him were not right. Only then did he realize that the person in front of him was indeed the leader of the Qingyan Gang. He was choked for a moment and didn’t know what to do.
A seemingly refined man stepped forward cautiously and said, “What’s the meaning of the Qingyan Gang? Are you here to rob us openly?”
Chen Shao’s voice turned cold. “The oil tanker belongs to the industrial park. It’s marked with the logo of the industrial park. The people from the industrial park voluntarily handed it over to us. Now that you’ve taken our things, are you openly robbing us?”
The refined man snorted, “How do you prove that the industrial park gave it to you? I can also say they gave it to us. Chen Shao, you’re from Chongqing, aren’t you satisfied with that? Do you still want to extend your greedy hands to Guizhou? Isn’t it too far?”
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The refined man clenched his fists. “Do you really want to fight?”
Chen Shao said, “Where’s your leader? Who are you to speak? Can your words be trusted?”
The bearded man shouted, “Our leader is here, and you won’t even get half of it.”
Chen Shao’s entire body bristled with anger, ready to strike. He said in a deep voice, “Fifty-fifty, if it’s acceptable, then it’s acceptable. If not, you won’t even get two percent.”
The refined man struggled in his heart, looking at a skilled member of his gang. He couldn’t take his eyes off him.
That person gritted his teeth and said, “Take twenty percent and go back. Do you have the face to see the leader? Forty-six, if not, we’ll fight.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Shao had already leaped up, soaring over three meters high, like a bolt of lightning, pouncing on the refined man.
The refined man’s eyes behind his glasses gleamed brightly. Cong Xia watched as his figure turned into a residual image in the air, and then he completely disappeared on the spot!
Cong Xia widened his eyes and enhanced his vision in an instant, barely able to catch the movements of the refined man.
He’s an evolutionist with speed abilities?!
His speed was incredibly fast, not inferior to Chen Shao, who was a canine variant. He moved through the forest like a ghost, with the complex terrain and clusters of trees becoming natural barriers for him. Compared to him, Chen Shao’s bulky physique was a disadvantage, and no matter what, he couldn’t catch up with him.
The people on both sides also started fighting. Cong Xia hid behind a tree, enjoying this fierce battle between humans and beasts.
So the thin and tall man was a mammalian atavist, and the bearded man was a bull variant. Variant humans and atavists were relatively rare, while power-type evolutionists were always the most numerous. However, these power-type evolutionists were equipped with weapons and clearly received some training. They knew how to make use of their evolutionary abilities, which made them much more formidable than the Chen brothers, who only relied on brute strength. Just the fact that they could enhance their jumping power by changing the elasticity of their muscles opened Cong Xia’s eyes to new possibilities.
It seemed that not only were they actively evolving by utilizing the information in the ancient jade, but all the mutants were striving to become stronger for a broader space of survival.
After watching for a while, Cong Xia suddenly noticed a sneaky figure behind the oil tanker, wearing a worn-out hat and dirty clothes. He couldn’t see the face clearly, but the physique was very familiar to Cong Xia.
It was Liu Fengyu!
Cong Xia spotted Liu Fengyu, and Liu Fengyu also noticed him. The two of them were separated by a fierce battlefield, more than ten meters apart, unable to recognize each other.
Liu Fengyu had originally planned to sneak away because he had already achieved his goal. But seeing how intense the battle was, he couldn’t bear to leave Cong Xia alone here, so he hid behind the oil tanker to observe the situation.
Chen Shao had already bitten the refined man to death, and his own chest had been slashed, leaving a long bloodstain. He was squatting on the ground, catching his breath.
Cong Xia sneaked over quietly and stood beside Chen Shao. He secretly absorbed the energy of the refined man into his own body.
The energy within them had been depleted almost completely during their previous battle when they healed themselves. Each of his companions had an obligation to become stronger for themselves and for everyone else, and he had a duty to be prepared with abundant energy to heal them. He couldn’t be bound by a sense of morality anymore; he had to force himself to overcome it.
Before him was a significant energy field that he absolutely couldn’t miss!
Chen Shao was injured and not in a good mood. He shouted at Cong Xia, “Get lost!” Then he lunged at another power-type evolutionist.
Everyone on the battlefield was busy, and no one paid attention to Cong Xia. He quietly moved from behind one tree to another, absorbing the energy of several deceased individuals. His energy absorption range was still quite limited, currently only about ten meters, so he had to take risks and get closer.
After absorbing a round of energy, his body was filled with a considerable amount, and colorful energy flowed into him like a vibrant rainbow, continuously replenishing his reserves. The feeling of gradually being filled was truly wonderful.
Green wood energy, black earth energy, blue water energy, golden metal energy… They were so beautiful… Wait, no fire energy?
Cong Xia suddenly remembered that he had never absorbed fire energy before.
He furrowed his brows and hid behind a tree, carefully recalling his experiences.
The first time he absorbed energy was from the mantis, wood energy, but he didn’t even realize it at the time. The second time was from the long-haired man, golden energy, also absorbed unintentionally. Since that time, he knew he could absorb energy. Next should have been the wood energy from the group of mosquitoes, followed by… the earth energy from the gecko, and then the battles in the industrial park and on the road against the bald man’s group, and now… he had absorbed various types of energy, except for the red fire energy. Besides sensing it from Liu Fengyu, he had never come into contact with it.
Was fire energy rarer compared to the others? Or was it just a coincidence that he hadn’t encountered any mutants with fire energy, apart from Liu Fengyu?
It seemed too coincidental. If he hadn’t been actively paying attention, he wouldn’t have noticed.
Cong Xia surveyed the area and found one mutant with fire energy on the field, the bearded man who was a bull variant, currently engaged in combat with the thin and tall man.
Cong Xia calmly began to analyze the situation. There were nearly thirty mutants on the field in total, with wood energy being the most abundant, accounting for almost half of them. Earth energy came next, followed by water energy. There were a few with golden energy, but only three. Fire energy was the scarcest, excluding Liu Fengyu, leaving only one.
This distribution of the five elements among the mutants was similar to the probability he had observed in the past. Wood energy and earth energy always seemed to be the most prevalent, while fire energy was the least encountered.
Upon careful consideration, when it comes to the direction of evolutionary mutants, apart from those who evolve naturally, the organs associated with the Fire element in the Five Elements theory, such as the heart, small intestine, tongue, and pulse, are indeed difficult to imagine undergoing mutation.
Unlike the visual, auditory, and olfactory senses, which undergo more obvious mutations. In terms of the diverse directions of evolution, there are not many animals and plants in the Fire element category. As for the atavistic direction, birds belong to the Wood element, mammals belong to the Earth element, and amphibians belong to the Water element, but there isn’t a single one that belongs to the Fire element. Considering these factors, it’s not surprising that the manifestation of Fire energy is the least common.
No wonder he hasn’t absorbed any Fire energy…
While he was pondering this, the situation on the battlefield had escalated. Hongwei Gang was clearly at a disadvantage, with most of its members dead or injured. In less than half an hour, only four people were left desperately holding on. Cong Xia desperately signaled Liu Fengyu, urging him to leave, otherwise, if all the members of Hongwei Gang were killed, Qingyan Gang would have no reason to spare him.
After hesitating for a while, Liu Fengyu had no choice but to leave. If he didn’t leave now, he wouldn’t be able to escape when Qingyan Gang finished off the remaining members of Hongwei Gang.
Just as Liu Fengyu left, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield. The heavily wounded big-bearded man, covered in blood, was on the verge of collapsing. However, he suddenly transformed into a human form and pulled something out of his pile of clothes. In an instant, he pounced onto the oil tanker. Everyone fixed their gaze and realized it was a grenade.
Immediately, no one dared to move. If the tens of tons of oil in the tanker exploded, they would all be doomed, unable to escape the calamity.
The big-bearded man shouted angrily, “Nobody move! Release our people, or I’ll die together with you!”
The severely struggling members of Hongwei Gang, who were in Qingyan Gang’s clutches, all ran back to his side, looking disheveled.
Chen Shao also regained his human form and looked at him coldly, saying, “What do you want?”
“The oil tanker belongs to our Hongwei Gang. You, a despicable bastard, rely on being a commander to show off in Chongqing. You want to rob our belongings? No way!”
Chen Shao replied coldly, “You’re only allowed to rob and obstruct innocent and defenseless people, but we’re not allowed to take back what’s ours? If you want to die, we’ll accompany you. If you’re brave enough, go ahead and detonate.”
The big-bearded man wiped the blood from his face and fiercely declared, “I’m going to drive the oil tanker back. Whoever stops me, I’ll fucking blow them up!”
Chen Shao and the tall and thin man exchanged a glance, and the tall and thin man said in a deep voice, “What benefits do you gain from delaying time? You’ll definitely die before us. We both suffer losses from this fight, and it’s not necessary to continue. Let’s go with what you said, a forty-sixty split.”
The big-bearded man viciously said, “Who the fuck believes you? We’ve lost so many brothers on this trip. If you take the opportunity to attack and wipe us out, what will we do?”
Chen Shao sneered, “You can take the oil tanker back, and we’ll choose another person to serve as a hostage for you. This afternoon, we’ll bring containers to collect the oil. The oil will be in your hands, and the hostage will be in your hands. Are you reassured now?”
The big-bearded man and his companions glanced at each other before asking, “Who will I take back?”
“Him.” Chen Shao pointed backward, and everyone’s gaze fell on Cong Xia, who was hiding behind a tree.
Cong Xia cursed Chen Shao inwardly, thinking he was despicable. He took a deep breath and walked out from behind the tree.
Chen Shao said, “He is from the industrial park and came here to inform me. He’s just an ordinary person, do whatever you want with him. But it would be best if you keep him alive. This kid has some powerful friends.”
The big-bearded man clenched his teeth. The people from the industrial park had killed his bald-headed brother and destroyed their most lucrative checkpoint on the road from Guizhou to Chongqing. The grudge hadn’t been settled yet, and now there was new resentment. He looked at Cong Xia with eyes that seemed to want to devour him.
Cong Xia’s legs felt weak. Chen Shao was pushing him towards a dead end.
When he approached Chen Shao, Chen Shao gave him a sinister look and whispered, “Do you think I’m a fool? If you want to use me as a weapon to kill, you have to pay a price. Otherwise, how can I justify the deaths of my brothers? Don’t worry, if you die, I will take good care of the people from the industrial park.”
Cong Xia clenched his fists and said in a trembling voice, “I hope Chen Shao keeps his word. This plan was my idea. Don’t make things difficult for the elderly and children.”
Chen Shao smirked coldly, “Get going.”
Cong Xia looked at the big-bearded man and respectfully called out, “Big Brother.”
The people next to the big-bearded man roughly dragged him onto the vehicle.
Tianbi…
Cong Xia silently uttered a prayer in his heart.
In the past, during times of crisis, Tianbi would always protect him. Now, it seemed that his prayers were falling on deaf ears.
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