195: Mutants
The woman covered in fish scales said bitterly, "You aren't a monster, but we are!
Do you think we want to be seen looking like this?"
Chen Fei fell silent for a moment.
Which woman doesn't love beauty?
When they discovered they had become monsters, they probably felt like dying.
To still struggle to live like this means they possess an extremely powerful will.
"My apologies, I was being presumptuous!
So, the Faceless Doll, the eerie piano music, and the Banshee riding the bicycle were all methods you used to scare outsiders away?"
The scale-covered Banshee nodded and admitted, "Except for the Faceless Doll you mentioned, we did the rest."
Only then did Chen Fei allow Lin Ya to release the Banshees, understanding their difficulties.
They certainly wouldn't want to be seen by normal humans looking like this.
And humans, upon seeing them, wouldn't treat them as normal people; they would definitely carry out a slaughter.
Seeing that it was getting darker, Chen Fei took out a lot of food: "May I have dinner with you all?"
The Banshee whose lower body consisted of octopus tentacles asked curiously, "You're not afraid of us? You don't find us disgusting?"
People seeing them for the first time might find them disgusting and feel like throwing up.
But this was not Chen Fei's first time seeing them.
Banshees of this appearance will become commonplace in the future.
Eventually, they will even become a third major power besides humans and Evil Beasts.
People like them are categorized into three levels.
Level One Mutants, like the Banshees in front of Chen Fei, still retain some human characteristics and a clear mind, posing a low level of danger.
Level Two Mutants have less obvious human characteristics; they are sometimes sober, sometimes confused, and sometimes bloodthirsty.
Level Three Mutants, also known as Complete Mutants, have few thoughts other than their inherent bloodlust, becoming cold killing machines.
Moreover, their strength is mostly above fourth-tier, and fifth-tier ones are not uncommon.
The most terrifying thing is that such killing machines are controlled by Evil Beasts because evil qi flows through their bodies.
Such mutations occur partly because of inhaling too much evil qi, and partly because they were injected with a specific Special Agent.
Unfortunately, in his previous life, everyone was busy resisting the Evil Beast invasion, and no one had the time to investigate.
By the time the Mutant Banshees were discovered, they had already become a large army... Thinking of this, Chen Fei sighed with regret.
The future Spirit Taming Continent was too chaotic, so chaotic that he didn't want to recall it.
Chen Fei took a deep breath: "As a King-level Beast Tamer, I'm not afraid of you.
Disgusted is too strong a word; you are just a bit bizarre.
The things that turned you into this are the ones that are truly disgusting."
Hearing this, the Banshees grew melancholic; some were already crying softly.
That's right!
They didn't want to become like this either, but the war was lost, the country was destroyed, and they could only become prisoners, subjected to inhumane modification.
Chen Fei did not interrupt their crying. Since he encountered them, he might as well find out what caused them to become this way... After the Banshees stopped crying, Chen Fei began to ask, "You must all be people from the Blazing Flame Empire, right?"
The Banshees sent out a representative, the one covered in fish scales, named Wu Lu.
Wu Lu stepped forward: "That's right, we are Slaves of a Conquered Nation."
Chen Fei continued, "There should be many more people like you, right?"
"Many!"
"I probably know why you became like this; it must be related to the Evil Beasts.
And you were either abandoned or managed to escape. You must remember where the source is. Could you take me there?"
Wu Lu suddenly raised her head, staring directly at Chen Fei, and then asked seriously, "What do you intend to do?"
Chen Fei sneered, "What else? Of course, to wipe out that group of Evil Beasts."
Wu Lu looked him over again: "The enemy has fifth-tier Rank 7 Evil Beast guards. Can you defeat them?"
"As long as it's not an Evil King level, then yes!"
After learning the data on Evil King No. 9, Chen Fei already had a rough idea of what level the Ten Evil Kings were at.
At this stage, it was indeed difficult to beat them, and even if he could, he couldn't kill them.
But setting aside the Ten Evil Kings, he was confident he could challenge them.
Chen Fei's words stirred up the spirits of Wu Lu and the other Banshees.
"If he can fight a fifth-tier Rank 7 Evil Beast, maybe it's possible."
"Exactly, should we try? My child is still in there."
"But who will go?"
"I wouldn't dare. I never want to go near that place again in my life."
Wu Lu gritted her teeth, her expression turning ferocious, and then she roared, "I'll go!"
"I will take you there. If we can kill those Evil Beasts, what does it matter if I die right now?"
Infinite hatred flashed in Wu Lu's eyes.
That's right!
No matter who encountered such a thing, they could not extinguish the flames of hatred in their hearts.
"As for whether you can destroy the Evil Beasts' lair, that depends on your own ability."
Chen Fei nodded in understanding. "Don't worry, just point me in the direction, and I won't let you take risks."
As Wu Lu and Chen Fei departed, the group of Banshees suddenly didn't know what to do.
They could only sigh softly, "I hope they succeed."
...Chen Fei followed Wu Lu deep into the mist.
"The scene inside might be a bit scary. I hope you aren't frightened."
"What exactly is inside?" In his previous life, no one had the chance to enter the Evil Beasts' Experimental Zone; only these Mutant Banshees knew what was inside.
But, like Wu Lu now, they would never open their mouths to explain.
Chen Fei couldn't do anything about it. Every single one of them was a Riddler, and he could only find the answer himself.
"Stop!" Chen Fei suddenly called out to Wu Lu.
"You only need to point me in a direction."
Wu Lu looked puzzled.
Chen Fei nodded toward Wu Yun, and Wu Yun immediately condensed a World-Cleansing White Thunder and struck the ground.
A fourth-tier Rank 7 Human-faced Centipede Monster burst out of the ground, then fell straight down, trembling twice before dying.
Only then did Chen Fei say, "The road ahead is fraught with danger, and there are many similar crises. I can't guarantee your safety while traveling with you.
Just point me in a direction, and I'll go myself."
However, Wu Lu shook her head and refused, her eyes quite determined: "No, I want to go!
I know where we can secretly sneak through, and I want to personally witness their extinction, even if it costs me my life.
I am still alive just to witness this."
Chen Fei understood that her resolve was unshakable.
So he offered a suggestion: "I can let you follow me, but I will enslave you, as I have some secrets that cannot be revealed to outsiders..."