My Talent Skill Mutated

”You’re a good fighter. You have potential. Keep working hard,” Captain Li said, patting his shoulder.

Chen Yu nodded.

Captain Li then looked at the others and said, ”You all, come with us. Get in the vehicles first, and we’ll take you to the Qing City Safety Zone.”

”Thank you, Captain Li.”

The group was overjoyed, and their taut nerves finally relaxed.

Then, the group departed.

Before they left, Captain Li had a few of his team members cut off the Wilderness Wolf’s claws to take with them. Seeing this, Chen Yu and the others didn’t ask any questions.

...

In the wilderness, following Captain Li and his men, Chen Yu’s group soon arrived before a patch of woods.

Captain Li stopped and looked at a few of his team members. ”Xiaobai, Xiaowang, you two go get the vehicles.”

”Yes, sir!”

The two team members nodded and headed into the woods, while Chen Yu and the others waited where they were.

A short while later, the roar of engines echoed from within the woods.

Two large, military-grade Humvee-like jeeps drove out of the woods.

Unlike standard military Humvees, both of these large jeeps had been modified.

They had more space and were equipped with powerful mounted weapons.

This was basically standard issue for wilderness patrols.

Although powerful alien beasts weren’t afraid of firearms, ordinary ones still couldn’t withstand them.

It wasn’t that firearms were completely ineffective, just that they didn’t work against the top-tier alien beasts.

Alien beasts below level four basically couldn’t survive a barrage from firearms.

But above level four, it was a completely different story.

The two modified Humvees stopped in front of them. Captain Li looked at Chen Yu’s group. ”Get in. It’ll be a bit of a squeeze, but we’ll be there soon.”

The group nodded and climbed into the large jeeps.

The modified jeeps were spacious, but it was still a tight fit with everyone on board.

But that was nothing to complain about.

Getting in the vehicles meant they were safe.

It was much better than walking through the wilderness on their own two feet.

With a roar of their engines, the two large jeeps headed toward the Qing City Safety Zone.

...

An hour later, a massive steel wall appeared in the distance before Chen Yu and his group.

The hundred-meter-high steel wall stretched endlessly, resembling a colossal steel beast lying prone upon the earth—a majestic and spectacular sight.

They had arrived at the Qing City Safety Zone!

Looking at the steel wall, the group breathed a collective sigh of relief.

They were finally safe.

From their escape from Crane City to here, they had been on edge every single moment. Not one of them had gotten a peaceful night’s sleep.

Now, things were better. They could finally get a solid night’s sleep.

Past the safety zone’s steel gates were neat asphalt roads.

On both sides of the roads were large cultivation areas.

Vegetables, fruits, grains, and so on.

Although a portion of Ancestor Star’s population had moved to other worlds, quite a few people still lived on Ancestor Star.

However, Ancestor Star’s energy resources were nearly depleted, putting it a step behind humanity’s other eight worlds.

But the Five Great Federations had not given up on Ancestor Star. Even though its energy was on the verge of exhaustion, they still periodically transmitted energy to the planet.

After all, it was an entire world; they couldn’t abandon it so easily.

The steel wall was only the safety zone’s first line of defense.

It was still several dozen kilometers to Qing City proper.

”The air is much better.”

In the jeep, Chen Yu took a deep breath. Compared to the wilderness, the air in the safety zone was much improved.

Looking at the sky through the window, Chen Yu could faintly see a web of pale purple lines crisscrossing above.

They were almost invisible if you didn’t look closely.

His body had undergone one Evolution, and his vision had improved significantly. He could even see things clearly a thousand meters in the air.

And the pale purple lines covering the sky were no mere decoration.

That was the safety zone’s sky defense network.

It absorbed sunlight to replenish its energy, forming a skyward defense mechanism.

It was specifically designed to deal with flying alien beasts.

There were defensive mechanisms deployed not just in the sky, but even underground.

This world was highly similar to his Earth civilization, and its technology was also very advanced.

Everything was great; the only danger came from the alien beasts!

And not just alien beasts. Out in the starry cosmos, there were also terrifying Alien Races.

These Alien Races were even more frightening than the alien beasts.

They were also humanity’s greatest enemies.

It was just that threats on that level were not something he could come into contact with yet.

Within the world, the crisis was alien beasts; beyond the world, it was the Alien Race crisis!

’It’s exciting, sure, but it’s also easy to get killed...’ Chen Yu sighed inwardly as he looked at the sky.

If he had a choice, he would still prefer his previous, carefree life as a rich second-generation heir.

But reality offered no such choice!

Now that he had reached a safe place, his next step was to think about survival.

The previous owner of this body’s family had all perished in the beast tide at Crane City. He was, for all intents and purposes, completely alone now.

He wasn’t satisfied, but life didn’t offer refunds.

The world was dangerous, but fortunately, a window had been opened for him. If he used his talent well, he could still live comfortably!

If he couldn’t be a second-generation rich kid, he would just have to become the first generation!

...

「About half an hour later.」

The group finally arrived in Qing City proper.

Compared to the wilderness, it was like two different worlds.

The Qing City Safety Zone was not a particularly large one. It was just an ordinary, small-scale safety zone.

Safety zones were divided into three types.

One was the small-scale safety zone, like Crane City and Qing City. The large-scale safety zones far surpassed them in every aspect.

And the final type of safety zone was the base city!

This scale of safety zone had already reached the top tier on Ancestor Star.

Base cities had extremely high safety ratings. Barring an S-rank beast tide, they were basically problem-free.

However, there were only over a hundred, not quite two hundred, of these safety zones on Ancestor Star.

The Qing City Safety Zone could only be considered average.

However, for Chen Yu and the others, it was more than good enough.

Compared to the wilderness, it was the difference between Heaven and Hell.

—

The jeeps entered the urban area, and soon, they arrived at a large compound.

The Registration Office!

The vehicles stopped, and everyone got out.

Captain Li looked at Chen Yu’s group. ”Anyone whose identification was lost? Raise your hand!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yu and all the others raised their hands.

All of their identification documents had been lost. During their escape, who could have possibly worried about such things?

Seeing that everyone had raised their hands, Captain Li looked at a team member. ”Xiaoxu, take them to get their genetic codes verified, then process their new identification documents.”

”Yes, sir.”

Team member Xiaoxu nodded, then looked at Chen Yu and the others. ”Follow me.”

Chen Yu’s group immediately followed him.

A genetic code was a unique biological number assigned to every person at birth, written into their very life genes. It didn’t matter if your documents were lost; as long as your genetic code could be confirmed, new ones could be issued quickly.

The process was very simple!

Watching Chen Yu’s group walk toward the registration hall, Captain Li averted his gaze. He said something in a low voice to a team member beside him, then drove off with the rest of the team, leaving that one member behind to wait.

...

Half an hour later, Chen Yu and the group walked out of the registration hall.

Each of them now held a silver card.

This was their new identity card!

The identity card was also a bank card.

At the same time, the card had a communication function and could be used to contact others.

One card for everything—it was incredibly convenient!

However, people generally used wristwatches for communication. The identity card’s communication function was limited to use within the safety zone.

In the wilderness, the identity card’s signal would be affected by a strong magnetic field interference, an interference that didn’t affect the wristwatches.

As for these wristwatches, to put it simply, they could be understood as smartphones, with comprehensive functionality.

With their identities registered and confirmed, they were now free to move about the Qing City Safety Zone.

Except for Chen Yu, the others all had relatives in the Qing City Safety Zone.

Once their identity cards were processed, Xu Bo and the others left.

”Brother Yu, why don’t you come with me to my aunt’s place? I’m sure my aunt would be happy to have you.”

Ma Xiang said from the side.

’Aunt...’

Hearing Ma Xiang’s words, a figure surfaced in Chen Yu’s mind.

He had met Ma Xiang’s aunt before.

And they had a pretty good relationship.

”Chen Yu, come over here for a second.” Just as he was about to speak, a figure in the distance beckoned to him.

Chen Yu and Ma Xiang looked over and saw that the person calling him was none other than team member Xiaowang from the Mercenary Team!