Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 871: Chapter 23: Grasshoppers on the Same Rope

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, people’s physical constitutions vary in terms of degree of blood heat, categorized into cold and hot types.

Coincidentally, the person who first discovered Beastman genes was a westerner with considerable research in traditional Chinese medicine. After nearly a decade of specialized research on Beastmen, from the basic Wolf Girl to the Leopard Child, and then to the more horrifying Snake-man, and after nearly a hundred studies, he finally established the attribute classification of the Beastman system.

"However, the classification of cold-blooded and hot-blooded in Beastmen differs from that of the general animal kingdom. Those with a cold nature and no aggression are called cold-blooded Beastmen, while those with a violent and bloodthirsty nature are called hot-blooded Beastmen."

Quinn was originally German, about the same age as Locke, both having lived through the WWII era. However, his experiences weren’t much better than Locke’s.

Locke was born into a wealthy German family, with parents who were devout pacifists. During WWII, due to disagreements with the Nazi government, before facing persecution, the whole family moved to the relatively unscathed Congo region of Africa.

When they arrived in Congo, Quinn was still a completely normal infant. He spent three years of an ordinary childhood in Congo. In the 1940s and 1950s, the African mainland, in the eyes of outsiders, was like a piece of uncarved jade, not yet significantly developed.

At that time, many Europeans would hunt locally as a form of entertainment.

When Quinn was four, his parents went out, leaving him and his three-year-older sister at home. Unfortunately, a monkey named Le Sula, being pursued and frightened by a hunting party, broke into their house.

Both his seven-year-old sister and four-year-old Quinn were attacked by the monkey, and both siblings were severely injured with multiple infections all over their bodies.

Since the Le Sula monkey was a new species not yet documented in the biological realm at the time, the virus in their infected wounds couldn’t be effectively eliminated. The siblings were sent to Europe for treatment. During the journey, Quinn’s sister succumbed to her injuries. However, Quinn, after a ten-day coma, survived.

Surviving such a catastrophe brought a fundamental change in Quinn’s nature. He transformed from a quiet, shy little boy into a mutant Beastman with monstrous strength and a volatile temper. When Quinn turned fourteen, he returned alone to the Congo where he had lived as a child. In just one month, the Le Sula monkeys in Congo were massacred to extinction. He even confronted an African rhinoceros with a pickup truck and ultimately dismembered, on the spot, the rhino renowned for its thick skin and tough body, often described as the "tank of animals."

So much so, that during that month, wherever Quinn went, even traditional predators like tigers, lions, and leopards fled with their tails between their legs.

"That’s incredible," Yiyi exclaimed with utmost admiration. Xiao Xian and Wang Shuai had stern expressions; this wasn’t a human, but a true beast. Compared to him, what kind of Beastman was Yiyi?

In fact, Yiyi also underwent some changes after mutating into a Beastman. For instance, her temperament became calmer than before, and she developed some new tastes. But when compared to Quinn, it was like a minor sage meeting a great wizard.

After listening to Locke’s recounts of Quinn’s various formidable feats, and upon analysis, Yiyi’s Beastman attribute was originally a cold-blooded lizard, and her nature wasn’t particularly violent, so she should be classified as a cold-blooded Beastman.

After alighting from the high-speed train, a special reception vehicle with blackened windows was already parked at the station entrance. Considering the secrecy of the Underground Biopark, the four of them got into the pitch-dark, black-box-like cabin of the vehicle.

Once inside the car, the noise from the station was completely isolated outside.

After adapting to the brief darkness, Xiao Xian asked more questions about Dr. Quinn.

The car had a small jolt, like the wheels had bounced off some gravel. But according to Wang Shuai’s knowledge of the car’s performance, the vehicle they were in was a special business vehicle manufactured by Chrysler Company, known for its excellent sound and shock absorption. The minor vibration, if it were other types of vehicles, would probably feel like a bumpy ride.

They should have entered the mountainous area with rugged terrain.

Apart from Meng Mountain’s iron triangle and the special vehicle’s driver, everyone who entered the Underground Biopark did so in the same manner.

For instance, when Zhou Ziang first entered the Biopark, he could only speculate that this was an underground research center.