This is the survival of the fittest

The vulture (scientific name: Aegypiusmonachus) is a large raptor with a body length of 108-120cm. The whole body is black brown, with a naked head and short black brown down feathers on the neck. The back of the neck is completely naked without feathers, and the base of the neck is formed by wrinkled feathers with long black or light brown white feather clusters. Juvenile birds have a lighter body color, a more exposed head, and are easier to recognize than adult birds.

Mainly inhabiting low-lying hills, high mountain wastelands, and forests in rocky grasslands, valleys, streams, and forest edges, they often move alone and occasionally form small groups, especially in places with abundant food. To feed on the corpses of large animals, one often soars over open and relatively exposed mountains and plains, peering at animal carcasses. Occasionally, they also fly low altitude along the mountains, actively attacking small and medium-sized mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, and sometimes attacking livestock.

Vultures mainly feed on the carcasses of large animals and other decaying animals, and are known as the "cleaners on the grassland". They often soar over open and relatively exposed mountains and plains, peering at animal carcasses. Occasionally, they also fly low altitude along the mountains, actively attacking small and medium-sized mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, and sometimes attacking livestock.

When large animal carcasses appear in the wild, if there are vultures around, they are often the first to discover and gather to eat the decayed corpses.

After the Miniature Cataclysm, humans have become a coveted item in the eyes of most living beings. Creatures that eat humans will undergo mutations, including various variations in body shape, mind, and even body.

As the miniature disasters pass day by day, the number of small humans wandering in the wilderness without combat effectiveness is decreasing, and the ways for creatures to obtain mutations are becoming scarce. So they will turn to other mutated organisms and obtain mutation and sustained capital by consuming their flesh and blood, especially the crystals condensed within the mutated organisms.

The most abundant species in nature are small organisms, such as cockroaches, mice, and ants, which have the lowest combat power at the bottom. However, their survival and reproductive rates are the highest. In contrast, once larger organisms mutate, their combat power is multiplied.

Small organisms usually hover near large mutated organisms. Once a large mutated organism dies, they will flock to it, even if they take a bite of carrion, they can obtain the crystal energy needed for their small size. This situation is named the "Vulture Effect" by the organization, which means that once a large mutated creature dies, the small creatures that appear around it will rush to gather like vultures, hoping to share a bite of the flesh and blood of the large mutated creature.

Organizations will prevent the vulture effect when hunting large mutant organisms.

So when Wu Wu took Tom out to carry out a level three mission, he still brought more than thirty bone armored warriors. Their main purpose was to extinguish a large number of small creatures attracted by the vulture effect, and take away as much useful blood, flesh, bones, especially the crystals condensed inside the body as possible.

The larger the size of a mutated organism, the larger the crystals it contains. The higher the integrity of a crystal, the stronger the energy it contains. However, the swarming small creatures do not care about their integrity, they will only crazily gnaw on the crystals of larger individuals, trying their best to get a share of the pie. So the top priority for each hunt is to protect the crystals within large organisms.

The Bone Armor Warriors brought by Warcraft have great experience in dealing with the Vulture Effect. The mutated Black Pig's corpse was only bitten by a small part, and they extinguished the first wave of Vulture Effect biota attacks. The crystal inside the mutated black pig has been fully excavated, along with the new functional organs brought by the secondary mutation and... the 9-meter-long mutated pork tapeworm, these are the biggest gains of this trip.

Blue energy crystals are usually only likely to solidify after organisms have nibbled on the bodies of miniature losers. However, this mutated black pig not only condensed a fifth level blue energy crystal, but also a navy blue energy crystal.

Navy blue is a transitional color between blue and black, a very deep blue color with a pigment and visual perception that is lighter than black or darker than blue. Navy blue is generally divided into light navy blue (78 colors) and deep navy blue (79 colors). Light navy blue is similar to blue ink, while deep navy blue is almost the same as adding some black ink to the blue ink

In terms of classification, this crystal with a darker color than its peers is named a super crystal. In addition to containing a higher concentration of crystal energy, it can even make similar abilities more powerful, and even give rise to new energy effects.

Among all the crystals, the power crystal is the rarest, and among the super crystals, the navy blue super power crystal is even more precious. No wonder the base has specially sent a military force to ensure that they can smoothly capture the mutated black pig and obtain the super power crystal.

After Tom entered the void and strangled a snake, he took control of the body of the mutated black pig, and the compiled pork tapeworm that was still entangled with him immediately died. The Bone Armored Warriors also repelled the first wave of the Vulture Effect, and two dominant aircraft loaded with the main harvest of the mutated black pig left with Tom and Warlord first.

On the aircraft, the military remained silent, and Tom, who spoke cautiously, naturally remained silent. Halfway through, he saw a huge truck roaring past on the road from the base direction, accompanied by multiple Overlord and Overlord aircraft, heading towards the direction where Tom's aircraft had left.

He estimated that the huge truck should be able to load all the bodies of the mutated black pig, and it seems that this is the second batch of transportation team sent by the base.

Until he returned to the base, Tom was disbanded and handed in a temporary Level 3 pass to leave without saying a word. However, he didn't mind either. Today's task was enough for him to gain a lot.

Firstly, there were two tall skeletal giants, which fulfilled his desire to watch the battle of skeletal giants. If it weren't for the mutated black pig being a second level mutation, the skeletal giant wouldn't have been crushed and beaten throughout. However, after seeing the Bone Giant, he did not feel as high as others lamented. Instead, he had a strange feeling. He even had an illusion that he had once transformed into a Bone Giant and fought against a huge dog.

Secondly, it was discovered that the martial arts were so powerful, without fancy moves or powerful abilities. With just one hand and two legs, facing a 1-meter-high mutated black pig combination, they flipped up and down and continuously attacked, especially the final thrust holding a 30cm long sword, which was precise and extremely powerful. Without the blessing of martial arts, a 30cm large sword could not easily penetrate the body of the black pig. Its surface defense strength, which was accumulated by its muscles and fat, was too high.

Finally, he was drawn into the void world. After strangling the snake in the void, he felt like he had transformed into a mutated black pig, which made him suspect that he had new abilities.

At night, he held a green control crystal and couldn't help but recall the void world, unconsciously falling asleep. As a result, he actually dreamed of that void in his sleep. This wonderful feeling was really good, with a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling.

As he was wandering in the void, a figure appeared in the distance, which seemed to have noticed him. After carefully identifying him, the figure flew closer and said, "Hammer... Hammer, you're still alive... my hammer... you're really still alive!"

Tom was stunned for a moment. Can I still see a woman in this dream? He was considering whether to answer. The name Hammer sounds a bit familiar, but isn't his name Tom?

"I..." He thought for a moment, maybe his dream might have been invaded by someone from the organization. In order to avoid exposing the tall man with glasses, he stopped Tom who almost blurted out and changed his voice, "My name is a poor soldier... not a sledgehammer..."

"No... you're not a ghost poor soldier, I recognize you even if you turn into cat poop and dog poop... That's great... Auntie really didn't lie to me, my sledgehammer. You're really still alive... Where are you? Where are you now?"

"You're just my dream," Tom thought it was funny. Why did he get entangled with his own dream?

"My sledgehammer, are you foolish... mine..." The figure didn't finish speaking, and the void shattered. He woke up as soon as he opened his eyes.

"Are you okay?" Chen Youyou's angelic face caught his eye, filled with concern.

"Yuyou, how did you... how did you get in?" Tom was very surprised.

"No, I came to find you on the way and saw that your room door was open. I thought you had been robbed..." Chen Youyou smiled awkwardly and stuck out his tongue, looking very cute. "So come in and take a look... well... who dares to be a thief in the base? Hehe."

"I... when is it now? How long have I been sleeping..."

"You..." Chen Youyou smiled and scraped his nose. "Big lazy pig, it's already 12 o'clock at noon and the sun has burned your butt. I haven't eaten yet, let's go eat together."

Tom thought for a moment and fell asleep when he came back from a task yesterday. He was indeed hungry now, so he nodded happily and said, "Let's go then. I'll treat you."

"Of course, to celebrate your first completion of a Level 3 task, there must be a lot of bonuses. Let's go, let's go, I'll have a big meal!" Chen Youyou grabbed Tom's hand and quickly ran out of the room, heading to the cafeteria on the 32nd floor.

Due to participating in the task yesterday, Tom was able to rest today and even avoided training. Naturally, he was taken around by Chen Youyou and even went to the entertainment area on the 22nd floor to play.

Tom still likes Chen Youyou very much. This girl is very straightforward and cheerful, gentle enough towards him, and can also transform into an angel. Her combat ability seems to be very strong.

Today is the happiest day after Tom woke up. He played and laughed heartily with the girl, and spent the day happily.

Starting from the next day, he had to go for training again. Even without military guidance, he still dared not slack off. The fierce battle of military was the peak he could only look up to at the moment.

Afterwards, he participated in several missions, mostly led by warlords to go out and beat mutated cats, dogs, birds, and even large pythons that reached the level of second level mutation. During this period, he actually saved a lot of people. Unlike the mission he had participated in before, what he saved was still a camp of 26 people. At that time, they were being surrounded by a terrifying swarm of mutated spiders. Warlord made him wear a complete set of combat uniforms, but he could not use any long-range weapons, relying solely on his shield sword to kill those mutated spiders one by one.

This made Tom quite fruitful and made him feel that it was something that a strong person should do.

"Let's go, they'll take over next," said Wu Wu expressionlessly.

Tom looked at the Tyrannosaurus he was riding with, then at the suddenly emerging hunter and two women, his gaze finally fixed on another aircraft of the Tyrannosaurus.

"That hunter and the two women were hiding here from the beginning, right? Why didn't they just take action to save these people? If they had taken action before we arrived, then a dozen or so people wouldn't have died."

Wuwu fell silent for a moment, "They have their mission."

"What mission? If we evacuate these survivors, it's not possible to save them all at once with just one flagship. Why don't we let some survivors go with us?"

"Tom, you're a bit talkative today."

Tom raised his chest and said, "Yes, because I've noticed something's not quite right, Lord Wu. If I'm not mistaken, the woman with the green hat's profession is an examiner. Why does an examiner appear here?"

Wuwu glanced at the pilot of the aircraft and whispered, "Follow me first, I'll tell you later."

Tom frowned as he chose to believe in militarism, so he boarded their Overlord aircraft, which slowly took off and flew towards the southwest direction.

After flying for a while, the aircraft took him to the cockpit and asked, "Do you still remember the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest?"

Tom nodded, this is the creed of the organization, just like the Assassin's Creed.

With a cold laugh, Wu Wu lightly tapped his fist on the pilot's head, and with a loud bang, the pilot of the aircraft instantly exploded, splattering blood all over the dashboard.

"This... is the survival of the fittest!"