Chapter 4 Eccentric Species

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Who knew this would happen tonight.

He didn't know how the enemy soldiers would treat him, so he could only hide under the bed and silently pray.

Soon.

The tent was lifted, and several soldiers walked in, happily carrying away two storage boxes.

They didn't search thoroughly.

He only heard phrases like "capture the great Forest Knight" and felt worried.

Afterward, several more groups came in searching for treasures.

But the only two boxes were taken away, leaving Lin Suo's tent completely impoverished, and the soldiers left cursing.

He still dared not go out.

Not until he heard the neat hoofbeats fading away did he crawl out from under the bed, gasping heavily.

Clearly, this troop had been ambushed.

It might have even been a planned encirclement.

The enemy did not want to let anyone go, choosing to attack at night. Lin Suo did not understand the situation and could only guess.

Then, crouching down, he tried to sneak out as covertly as possible.

The fires blazed fiercely, many tents were aflame, and the bodies on the ground had been stripped of their clothing and weapons.

Even the horses were taken away.

There was absolute silence.

Lin Suo relaxed a bit, walked a few steps, and suddenly sighed.

"Ah..."

The body turned sideways at his feet was that of the soldier who had brought him comics and food during the day.

He didn't know his name.

But he could feel his kindness.

"Just like that, you died. I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

Lin Suo squatted down, closed the soldier's unseeing eyes, and found some dried meat in the devastated camp, which he carried on his back.

Unfortunately, the weapons had been stolen.

Not knowing which direction to go, he was at a complete loss.

He could only take one step at a time.

Just as he thought to go in the opposite direction of the enemy, his body suddenly froze.

He looked at the horse carcass on the ground, tempted.

"Should I try Synthesis?"

Lin Suo was sick, and urgently needed rest, but he had landed on a battlefield as soon as he arrived. Having barely connected with a kind-hearted troop, they were then robbed by the enemy.

It would be difficult to leave this war-torn area on foot; he needed a vehicle.

Synthesis might not solve the problem, but trying wouldn't hurt.

"I think, if I want to make a cart out of a horse carcass, bringing it back to life is definitely unrealistic."

"It needs mechanical power, a pedal?"

"That should work."

He didn't need a large vehicle; Lin Suo wanted to synthesize a horse-shaped bicycle.

The camp was full of wood, so he dragged it over, piling it up haphazardly.

As for why he wanted a horse carcass, it was mainly to use the horse's bones as the bicycle's frame, adding just two wooden wheels seemed feasible.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Lin Suo was about to initiate the Synthesis when he felt it was unsafe so dragged over another nearby horse carcass and piled them together.

"Not expecting success on the first try, just give me some hope."

"Synthesis!"

Golden light shot out from Lin Suo's palm, enveloping the pile, and something bizarre happened.

The flesh melded with the wood, the golden light spread, merging with the soil and stones on the ground into a weird meat-mud mixture.

There was a loud crackling sound.

Lin Suo stared in shock, desperately controlling his completely runaway Synthetic Talent.

But it was useless.

Horse carcass, wood, soil, stones, tent fabric.

Things that completely didn't match were forcibly integrated.

From discordance, they slowly harmonized.

They even started making sense.

Exhausted, Lin Suo's face turned even paler.

Finally, a peculiar creature was born.

Two horse corpses merged, with a wooden base in the middle, topped with a seat, and in front of it, a control panel complete with steering wheel, brakes, and throttle.

Both horse corpses were wrapped in a layer of Mud Armor, their heads turned to stone.

Bones extended from their bellies, connecting with the pedals and steering wheel.

Wooden hooks grew on their backs; there were ten canvas bags in total, five per horse, all currently empty.

This is outrageous!

Lin Suo's jaw almost hit the ground, his voice trembling.

"Biological War Car?!"

According to Talent feedback, this thing stores power in its belly from eating grass just like a normal horse, though it can also eat meat and high-energy food.

As long as it's within a kilometer radius, it can be summoned with a thought.

Noting down this magical formula.

Lin Suo placed his hand on the belly of the left horse, feeling neither the warmth of blood nor the pulse of life.

After studying it for a while, he finally sat down, stepped on the throttle, and started moving.

Driving the Biological War Car was similar to driving a car, but the experience was mediocre.

Still, it moved on eight legs.

It bounced along, yet was much faster than a Route 11 bicycle.

He made a few rounds around the camp.

Then Lin Suo stopped.

He let it graze nearby while he took the canvas bags and found two bags of forgotten jerky.

Then driving the peculiar creature Biological War Car, he retreated in the opposite direction.

His Synthetic Talent was stronger than he imagined.

It could turn the unreasonable into reasonable.

Creating a creature war car that even the Evil God would shake his head at.

It has great potential for development.

Beyond same-species synthesis, Lin Suo also explored cross-species synthesis, corpses and items!

What about living bodies?

Lin Suo glanced at his own frail arm, then at the robust corpse of a soldier, and shuddered fiercely.

No need.

Unless forced into a dead end, using his own body for synthesis was too sinister.

The pressing matter was to find a way to get books, to max out his Universal Language progress bar, truly learn the language, and be able to communicate with others.

Understand the nearby situations, plan future escape routes.

Along the way, thick white smoke billowed from the horse's rear, resembling a chimney, carrying Lin Suo as it sprinted.

The sun was high in the sky.

After dozing off in a daze, he remembered instructing the Biological War Car to retreat along the main road last night before he passed out.

Synthesizing the Double Horse Chariot was too energy-consuming, it couldn't be helped.

Now awake, he still felt a bit tired.

But at least he was far from that battlefield.

Starving, Lin Suo had the Double Horse Chariot graze by the roadside while he took down a bag.

After hesitating, he activated his synthesis ability.

After a few syntheses, only one remained, a giant piece of jerky as thick as an arm and half a man's height.

Synthesizing similar items could enhance the quality of the item.

Hard to explain specifically.

After one bite, Lin Suo felt instantly full, his cheeks flushed, his body warm, white smoke rising from his head.

"I overdid it!"

Exclaiming, Lin Suo also felt satisfied.

Although this thing was nourishing, with his physique, he shouldn't eat too much, but it could be used as a means to replenish energy after synthesis.

Much faster than his own recovery.

Worth considering for long-term storage.

The vegetation nearby was lush, with abundant trees, yet he dared not venture deep; the jungle had many poisonous insects, he was afraid of death, and had no weapons in hand.

These chaotic times.

He also needed to prepare some weapons.

So, he drove the Double Horse Chariot to a nearby small grove of low trees.