Chapter 371: When Armored Warriors Appear in Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Under the accelerated social changes orchestrated by Cheng Tian, Dr. Fessenden, who had completely transitioned from illicit to legitimate industries and even risen to become an industry leader, was absolutely thriving.
To put it plainly, what many mad scientists like him often desire is a form of "recognition" from the general public. With this recognition, their madness would be somewhat reined in; at least, they wouldn't easily harbor thoughts of blowing up the world, or if they did, it wouldn't be directed at humanity.
Of course, recognition from the world would only fuel his "genius" complex. With more resources, he would only steadfastly go further and further down his research path.
Fessenden's research direction had always been singular: the perfect fusion of dinosaur genes, which he believed possessed the "strongest physique on Earth," and human genes, which he considered to have the "strongest brain on Earth." And indeed, he had achieved certain results.
However, a dungeon shard from "MapleStory 3" injected "supernatural" bloodline genes into dinosaurs, and these supernatural genes were also incorporated into Fessenden's research.
But then a problem arose: supernatural + dinosaur already existed in a natural form, and he had made some progress with dinosaur + human. However, the combination of supernatural + dinosaur + human saw the difficulty skyrocket.
Supernatural genes could adapt to dinosaurs, but that didn't mean they could similarly adapt to humans. There were many more problems to solve in this area.
Furthermore, Fessenden had started with a massive undertaking, aiming to directly create an ice-fire two-headed dragon and then integrate it into himself. It was perfectly normal for his research to hit a bottleneck.
Fessenden was stubborn to the core; while others would turn back when they hit a wall, he chose to smash through it!
Right at this critical bottleneck, news of a completely unknown "Hammond Innovation Lab" successfully taming a bloodline-mutated Tyrannosaurus Rex forcefully broke through. Fessenden merely slammed his fist on the table and declared, "FAKE NEWS!"
He then secretly dispatched people directly to the hunter gathering area on the outskirts of the swamp forest, where the news originated, to figure out what was going on.
As soon as the people he sent boarded their plane, another infuriatingly amusing piece of news reached his ears—
The Hammond Innovation Lab was equipped with mature, highly mobile humanoid combat mechs as lab guards, and they possessed overwhelming combat superiority against supernatural dinosaurs.
"FUCK! Am I an idiot!?"
This time, Fessenden was truly enraged. The table he had slammed now bore a distinct fist-shaped dent, and at the same time, his nose and mouth showed slight changes, with a dinosaur-like snout and fangs flashing across his face.
It was one thing for an obscure small lab to be able to domesticate a top predator that even he wouldn't easily touch, but to also create mechs that only exist in comics, and still have that same small lab be responsible for it—the two pieces of news combined drastically reduced the credibility of the information in Fessenden's mind.
But since the people had already been sent out, he couldn't be bothered to call them back.
Perfect, he also wanted to see what kind of clownish fraudsters were behind the source of these fake news, this Hammond Innovation Lab… BOOM!
A heavy demolition cannon round from the Radar, King of Land Firepower, slammed into an Allosaurus attempting to breach the Hammond Innovation Lab's fence, shattering half of its body. However, due to the powerful vitality of large reptiles, this Allosaurus, whose appetite had been whetted by the scent of herbivorous dinosaurs, was still thrashing wildly on the ground.
Then, Gates LB followed up, simply and effectively using a laser blade to sever its head, ending its unfortunate life.
On the other side, the Mammoth lowered and then raised its head, and a Triceratops, charging like a heavy truck, was flipped onto the ground. What followed was the gaping maw of the Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex, biting into the most tender belly of the Triceratops. With just a gentle tear and pull, large chunks of flesh were peeled away.
The disappearance of flesh and the fact that its internal organs were directly exposed to the air caused the resilient Triceratops to howl wildly, almost instinctively trying to curl its body and initiate a rolling charge to escape. But the next second, a scorching molten hand appeared out of nowhere, pressing the Triceratops's head firmly to the ground, and quickly began to emit a roasted meat aroma mixed with a burnt smell.
The Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex paid no attention to the dying Triceratops's attempts to escape, simply enjoying the half-cooked Triceratops organs.
At this moment, the gluttonous Mammoth also approached, directly grabbed one of the Triceratops's legs, and ran off to gnaw on it. The Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex merely glanced at it and then ignored it.
Normal elephants, of course, do not eat meat; their stomach structure cannot digest it. But the Mammoth's Thunderfire Stomach could truly digest most substances, and while it didn't love meat, an occasional craving was fine.
Including the Triceratops that was eaten alive and the Allosaurus that was decapitated, there were already a double-digit number of dinosaur carcasses outside the fence, mostly herbivores. Each one's death was largely similar: either bearing the tooth marks of a Tyrannosaurus Rex or shattered by heavy firepower.
Meanwhile, the dinosaur hunters watching from afar repeatedly wiped their eyes and binocular lenses, somewhat disbelieving the scene before them. But the facts were laid bare, forcing them to admit one thing.
This Hammond Innovation Lab not only possessed the ability to domesticate ancient creatures, allowing giant beasts that should be natural enemies to coexist peacefully, but also owned "humanoid combat mechs"—sci-fi war weapons that should only exist in comic books… No, not just combat weapons!
Watching a hovering Jagger effortlessly moving dinosaur carcasses with its massive mechanical hand, it was clear that its capabilities had expanded into the engineering field.
They first looked at the humanoid combat weapons, then at the heavily modified old Cadillac not far away, and then their gazes simultaneously shifted back to the mechs.
Completely incomparable!
What the Hammond Innovation Lab displayed successfully shocked the dinosaur hunters, and it would undoubtedly rapidly spread throughout human society.
The NPCs who had originally intended to bid for the lab's security contracts all deflated, but at the same time, a glimmer of hope arose in their hearts: would the Hammond Lab sell these mechs?
"Sell what?! Tell them to scram!"
Cheng Tian mercilessly drove away all the dinosaur hunters coveting his precious mechs, appearing somewhat irritable.
This irritability was not only due to his collection being coveted, but also because he was now facing an unavoidable special problem: this newly loaded lab template might not be able to be settled…