Chapter 169 Overlord

Since the birth of the beast king groups, they have been learning and analyzing humans, from weapons to organizational structures, and their learning speed is astonishing.

Han Han did not obtain much information about the "Supreme King" through the Swordfish Beast King's brain, because this swordfish was not high in the beast king hierarchy; it didn't even qualify to approach the Supreme King.

But some of the information revealed through this incident made Li Tianran very vigilant.

To what extent have the current beast king groups developed, and how powerful are they really?

Have they analyzed human technology?

As evolutionaries themselves, to what extent has their individual power grown?

"Overlord…" Li Tianran looked at the behemoth before him, a shadow falling over his heart.

The Swordfish Beast King in front of him possessed the power to defeat a tank-level combat Berserker, yet it couldn't even defeat an "Overlord" in a small area. Just how strong would a true "Overlord" be?

And what truly worried Li Tianran was whether a Gu Shen-type (Ancient God) evolutionary had been born among the beast kings.

"The sea area where Mad Breath Island is located is thousands of kilometers away from the South Sea, belonging to the Luo Sea area… I wonder if there are any Overlords nearby?" Li Tianran frowned, "Or maybe the Overlords nearby were killed by me the last time Mad Breath Island was attacked…"

Han Han blinked and said, "This swordfish didn't really want to attack Mad Breath Island. Its target has always been those beast kings; it was only trying to prey on them."

Since the world changed, under the rule of the sea demons, the beast kings' food has mainly consisted of mutated beasts and humans. There have been very few cases of beast kings preying on each other. But the mutated beasts near Mad Breath Island have almost been slaughtered by Li Tianran. This Swordfish Beast King may have been driven by hunger, risking an attack on the beast kings of Mad Breath Island.

"If it's just because of hunger, I don't think it would take such a risk. It can clearly see the warships docked on the shore…" Li Tianran raised his eyebrows, thinking of a possibility: "It must want to use the method of preying on beast kings to bring all its stats to their peak, and then challenge that Overlord again."

Although the various stats of a God Descent-type beast king are almost at their peak from the moment they complete their evolution, "almost" is not the same as "all." The physical stats of a God Descent-type evolutionary can still be improved, although the improvement is small.

If the initial power stats of a Gu Shen-type and a Smart Brain-type are only 100, then they can eventually increase their stats tenfold or more through a long evolutionary journey by devouring evolutionary flesh and LV4 fruits.

The initial power of a God Descent-type evolutionary might be 1000, so no matter how much it devours other creatures' flesh later on, the most it can increase its stats is only a few tenths or one percent of its initial stats...

But even a one percent increase is still an increase!

Perhaps in a fight between two beast kings, that one percent difference in stats is the decisive factor between victory and defeat.

"What should we do with this beast king, kill it?" Qin Yiming asked, standing next to him.

Li Tianran shook his head upon hearing this: "It's too wasteful to kill this beast king. I have a better idea."

…

Thirty minutes later, the giant Swordfish Beast King was brought to the vicinity of the farm's research institute by several helicopters.

Li Tianran jumped out of the helicopter and said to Professor Nan, who had come upon hearing the news, "This is the powerful beast king I told you about. Can you modify its body?"

Yes, this was the reason Li Tianran had allowed this Swordfish Beast King to live.

"Mechanical modification? Do you mean to let it retain the outstanding abilities of an evolutionary while also combining it with current mechanical products?" Professor Nan asked, stunned.

"Yes, modify its body, cut off all its limbs, and then install some mechanical devices, like the mental cortex mechanical prosthetics used by some disabled people!" Li Tianran said, "But this beast king needs to be equipped with not ordinary mechanical limbs, but some war-type weapons."

Li Tianran's idea was similar to the mechanically enhanced warriors in science fiction movies.

But in reality, this situation is impossible because the weakness of the human body cannot withstand the operation of high-power weapons and electronic cores. Let alone an electronic core brain, just a simple mechanical turbine heart, when it runs quickly, the blood throughout the human body circulates at high speed, and a large number of capillaries, arteries, and skin simply cannot withstand it, and will quickly collapse!

So, the plan to create mechanically enhanced warriors is just a beautiful fantasy.

But all of this will change with the world's changes and the birth of evolutionaries.

The physical qualities of evolutionaries are several times, even hundreds of times, stronger than ordinary creatures, which precisely makes up for the most difficult problem to overcome in mechanically enhanced warriors. Their bodies are enough to withstand the negative effects of powerful mechanical operation!

Li Tianran's idea is that these beast kings themselves possess extremely strong power in a certain field, and mechanical modification can make up for their weaknesses in another field. For example, Xiao Hei's attack power and vitality are very strong, but its speed is relatively weak. Its body can be modified to add a mechanical power propulsion device, so that its shortcomings will be quickly improved!

It's just that this technology is not yet mature, and Li Tianran is only experimenting. He will definitely not use it on his own people for the time being.

"..." Professor Nan was silent for a long time, touching his chin and said: "This is worth trying, after all, the beast king's body strength is definitely sufficient, but there are a few problems that need to be mentioned in advance..."

"What problems?" Li Tianran asked.

"During this period, through my analysis of evolutionary genes, I made a statistical analysis of the strength of different evolutionary genes. Different evolutionaries have different strengths, and the 'medicinal properties' of flesh and blood are also different for other evolutionaries. The reason is a special cell source in the evolutionary gene. I call it... the ti value!" Professor Nan took out a form and handed it to Li Tianran, saying: "The higher the ti value of an evolutionary, the stronger the various qualities of the body, and the more fierce the performance of various evolutionary abilities!"

"Similarly, the higher the ti value of an evolutionary, the lower the repressive force of the 098-type crystalline product on its genes."

Li Tianran took the form and glanced at it casually.

"Ding Lu, ti value: 86!"

"Lu Chi, 89!"

"Tang Su: 81!"

"Han Han: 89!"

"Xiao Hei: 88!"

"White Cat: 71!"

"Li Tianran: 159!"

Professor Nan continued: "According to my calculations, if you want to complete a simple mechanical modification on this beast king and maintain its activity, the consumption of 098 crystalline products alone will be a huge number! My suggestion is, why not kill this beast king and use its corpse to complete the mechanical modification!"