438: The Vanished Demon Contractor

"Wyvern? The Wyvern from Western mythology?"

Upon hearing Gu Qinghan's news, Chu Tian also furrowed his brows.

The damage caused by experiment subject zero was neither too great nor too small, but it brought about a terrifying possibility.

Those Mutated Creatures, modified and controlled by Dragon Power, might transform into even more powerful Wyverns under certain conditions.

This condition was to acquire sufficient Sacred Power.

And the way to obtain Sacred Power, besides the Clerics that Gu Qinghan knew of, seemed to also exist within ordinary Professionals.

In an instant, Gu Qinghan felt a chill down his spine.

This game, from the very beginning, already had its ending written.

All Professionals would become the hunting targets of those dragon-transformed Mutated Creatures, not to mention the monsters that appeared from time to time.

Most critically, the Dragon that might descend at an unknown time was like a knife hanging over their heads.

Gu Qinghan also hadn't forgotten the vanished Demon Contractors; this was also an extremely unstable factor.

The most, most, most crucial point was that humanity found it very difficult to achieve complete unity.

Su Huang's incident was a projection; similar things might be happening all over the world.

Under these circumstances, could humanity truly win?

Gu Qinghan's gaze was momentarily blank, but it quickly became firm again.

He had experienced similar confusion before, but there was always only one outcome:

Continue to work hard.

Perhaps to everyone, Gu Qinghan was currently the strongest, and should be the most relaxed mentally.

Yet, precisely, Gu Qinghan was the one under the greatest pressure.

That feeling of constantly growing stronger, yet still being manipulated by an invisible hand, was his motivation to keep improving.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chu Tian's words pulled Gu Qinghan's thoughts back, and Gu Qinghan smiled and shook his head.

He thought for a moment and then released the corpse of the Earth Wyvern.

The enormous corpse instantly made the empty area crowded, and then many people gasped in astonishment.

But after the astonishment, there was a long silence.

Such a gigantic monster, one didn't even need to think to know it would definitely not be weak.

And those dragon-transformed Mutated Creatures lurking outside all had the chance to become such beings.

"Don't look so disheartened, at least we've learned some information, haven't we?"

Gu Qinghan clapped his hands, making everyone look over.

This incident left the Researchers seriously injured, but it illuminated one piece of information for everyone:

These dragon-transformed Mutated Creatures were extremely repulsed by Demonic Power.

This point was almost absolute, otherwise there was no way to explain why experiment subject zero hadn't eaten those Researchers.

"Hmm, but is it possible that the Dragon Power aura on these Researchers made experiment subject zero spare them?

After all, in its view, these might be its kind."

Chu Tian also withdrew his gaze from the corpse and looked at Gu Qinghan with an inquiring expression.

Gu Qinghan thought for a moment, and before he could speak, he heard Cheng Gong's voice from nearby:

"That's almost impossible, because we've done experiments before, placing two experiment subjects modified by Dragon Power together.

If both sides were of equal strength, there indeed wouldn't be mutual attacks.

But once one side felt that the other's strength was clearly weaker than its own, the result was to kill and devour the other."

Everyone looked over; Cheng Gong was currently leaning on the corpse, his body seeming a bit weak.

That was the negative effect brought about after the immense boost from Demonic Power and Dragon Power ended.

This power, which originally shouldn't have belonged to him, after helping Cheng Gong, gradually began to demand its interest from him.

Gu Qinghan looked a few times, and finally couldn't resist asking:

"You don't look too good; why don't you go in for treatment?"

Cheng Gong shook his head, propping up his body as he said:

"I don't feel like I'm at my limit yet. I didn't dare to try this dosage before, but now that I have the opportunity, I should seize it."

His voice trembled a little, and he even let out some gasps of cold air through clenched teeth.

Gu Qinghan said nothing more; the other party was a very intelligent person, and after this incident, he would surely become even more mature.

Chu Tian pondered for a long time, then came to Gu Qinghan's side and said:

"It seems that Shangjing Base's future plans may need significant adjustments.

Clearing the dragon-transformed Mutated Creatures in the surrounding area, dealing with the appearing gate of calamity.

Hunting Demon Contractors who pose a threat to us, and extracting Demonic Power along the way.

Oh, and that newly appeared Secret Realm exploration function..."

Gu Qinghan nodded, then suddenly caught a word and immediately interrupted:

"Wait, what did you say?

Demon Contractors? Haven't they long since disappeared?"

Gu Qinghan's voice carried a strong sense of confusion, as he hadn't heard the term Demon Contractor in a long time.

Chu Tian looked at him with a strange expression, as if he were looking at an idiot:

"Those scattered Demon Contractors have indeed disappeared, but now many sizable Demon Contractor organizations have emerged.

Around Shangjing Base, there are two such organizations.

However, their strength is definitely not weak, so there hasn't been an opportunity to completely eliminate them before.

But they often attack our Professionals who go out to search for supplies and improve their strength. Now that we've discovered the use of Demonic Power, we might have to take the initiative to attack."

Gu Qinghan opened his mouth, and finally could only say in a low voice:

"But around Whale Fall City, I haven't heard of any Demon Contractors appearing.

I thought these Demon Contractors were brewing some kind of conspiracy..."

Chu Tian glanced at him, unable to guess the reason, and could only shrug:

"Then you're lucky, but you still need to be prepared, just in case Demon Contractors discover your location someday..."

He originally wanted to say 'catch you off guard,' but thinking of Whale Fall City's strength, he wisely closed his mouth.

In terms of the strength of its top experts alone, Whale Fall City was probably no weaker than Shangjing Base.

What Whale Fall City lacked was a large number of Professionals whose strength was at the average level.

But if a large-scale battle really broke out, Gu Qinghan's numerous subordinates were not to be underestimated either.

"By the way, Shangjing Base currently has five top 100 experts across all three rankings. How many does Whale Fall City have?" Chu Tian was genuinely curious.

Gu Qinghan thought for a moment and said, "Three, I suppose."

The three he mentioned were Piao Jun, Wang Yan, and Jiang Xiaoyu.

Among them, Piao Jun's average ranking was probably in the top fifty, while the other two were in the eighties.

Chu Tian's mouth twitched involuntarily. He looked at Gu Qinghan as if he were looking at a monster, and at the same time asked:

"Three... Is one of them the Earth Vein Commander badge from before?"

Gu Qinghan nodded; he hadn't actually expected Wang Yan to become that powerful directly.

However, Chu Tian didn't ask further, only reminding him:

"Being strong is good, but you need to be careful. A while ago, an expert named Weiyu suddenly rushed into the top ten of all three rankings.

The rankings change every day, but this person named Weiyu has had the most terrifying increase.

Now, it's unclear whether they are friend or foe, it's a headache..."

Gu Qinghan opened his mouth, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

Should he tell him that this Weiyu was actually Chen Yuting?