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Facts have proved that hanging people like cargo under the airship is really not a good idea. At first, there were more than ten tons of cargo hanging underneath, and the sway of the traction rope was not too exaggerated.
After the cargo was unloaded on the deck, the hanging rope immediately began to swing restlessly. The Niuma airship had almost just taken Qing Deng off the deck, and the latter experienced the feeling of flying.
Fortunately, the pilot of the airship was quite skilled. After several attempts, no one was killed and Qing Deng, who was holding the suitcase, was safely returned to the camp.
His feet finally touched the ground, and the first thing he did after landing was squatting on the ground and slurping loudly.
Walking next to this dear friend, Fang Chang smiled and said concernedly, "Brother, how do you feel?"
"good······"
It took a long time to calm down, and Qing Deng, who was sitting on the floor, couldn't help but continue to sigh. "The physics system of this game is quite realistic."
"Haha, just be happy," Fang Chang said with a smile, "Just pay the shipping fee."
"Oh, right, I almost forgot," Qing Deng patted his head, opened his suitcase, counted out ten hundred-yuan notes, and handed them over with an embarrassed smile, "Thanks, brother."
"You're welcome." Fang Chang reached out and took the banknote and stuffed it into his pocket. He smiled and narrowed his eyes while looking at the direction of the cargo ship sailing away. "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
One thing comes down to the same code.
Although it is a simple task, starting and stopping the airship also incurs fuel expenses.
Even if he doesn't care about this little money, he still has to consider the interests of the Niu Ma Group's largest shareholder, the Vault 404 Collective.
At present, the net assets of Niu Ma Group are the top one in the entire server. Including the business in Ideal City, it is even higher than the second and third oldest companies combined. In contrast, its financial auditing is rigorous and ranks among the best in the server.
It doesn't matter if it is a general game behavior that does not produce economic benefits. Once it produces economic benefits, it is a business behavior. It is not worth it to play around with this thousand silver coins. Therefore, he must accept the money and remember it in the VM for a while.
on the account book.
Fang Chang withdrew his gaze from a distance and looked at Daoxia Liuren who was following him.
"...Speaking of which, I think the loading and unloading method of this airship lift is not very reliable. If you are not careful, you will lose both your life and money. Let's build a dock as soon as possible."
The man under the knife sighed.
"I'm thinking about it, but repairing the pier is much more complicated than the construction sites on the shore. The alien species in the shallow sea area is also a problem. Those things are different from those on the shore. There is no way to surround them with walls and wait for construction.
It will definitely be a troublesome time."
If it is in the River Valley Province, there are only so many types of alien species. The big alien species have been driven into the deep mountains and old forests by players, and the third oldest species, such as mutated cockroaches, rats, and hyenas, can be directly connected to the mind interference device.
But Baiyue Province is different.
There are a large number of alien species at sea, especially in the Baiyue Strait, where the seabed is relatively shallow. Many marine alien species that are active in shallow water like to move in this area.
There is a limit to the waveband that the psychic interference device can set, and it is impossible to drive away all alien species.
In fact, the psychic interference devices installed by the Federation of the Southern Islands on the ship only drive away a few alien species that could easily capsize the ship.
As for soaking a large amount of black iron wood in water like Silver Moon Bay, although it is also a good method, the loss of materials is too great.
Black Ironwood is a temperate plant and cannot be introduced to the tropics for cultivation. If they follow Silver Moon Bay's approach, they will have to import large quantities from Oasis No. 4.
From an economic point of view, this is obviously not a good idea. Fang Chang frowned slightly.
"Where's the fence?"
The man under the knife said with a wry smile.
"Do you think they are the small fish and shrimps in reality? What kind of net can stop the alien species..."
After hearing the conversation between the two, Qingdeng Gujiu, who patted his pants and stood up from the ground, said something casually. "How about the devil's silk? I saw that Xizhou City breeds cleavage crabs and warships.
The shrimpers use that stuff to make nets. It works better than iron wire and won't rust. By the way, those fishing guys seemed to use that stuff as fishing lines in the past. I heard that the poles were broken and the ropes were all broken.
There are no broken ones. The boat was overturned, but the nets are all good."
Hearing these words, Dao Xia Liuren was stunned for a moment. That's right.
Devil's silk is a specialty of Dawn City!
He touched his chin and thought about it. The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, and he murmured.
"I'm thinking about it... Damn it, maybe it's really fun! At least we can stop those mutated turtles and crabs without any problem!"
"Don't think about it anymore. I'll ask Ye Shi to place an order with Dawn City when I get offline. I'll order a batch of nets made of devil's silk first. When the next flight comes back, we'll give it a try! If it works, even if it doesn't work,
When repairing the pier, it would be good to take care of the safety of the shore area."
After saying these words, Fang Chang smiled and patted Qingdeng Gujiu's arm.
"Okay, brother, you have a good idea! If you have any good suggestions next time, remember to post them on the forum thread. If they are good, we will use them directly!"
Seeing that his opinion was so useful, Qingdeng Gujiu also looked flattered and said with an embarrassed smile.
"Really?! Then I'm not polite." Fang Chang said with a smile.
"No matter how polite you are, we are all our own people."
1,000 silver coins is small money, and 140,000 silver coins is small money, but the economic value of "a port with an average daily cargo throughput of tens of millions of silver coins" is not a small amount.
Baiyue Strait Development Co., Ltd. operates a "platform economy". Only when customers are comfortable can they cut leeks in the future.
Such as port fees, loading and unloading fees, handling fees, storage fees, trimming fees, barge fees, etc., can be completely copied from reality.
Why don't you just sit back and make money? That's right.
Considering that the people doing business in the wasteland are ruthless people who part-time murder and sell goods, two coastal defense artillery stations will have to be built on the shore in the future.
For some reason, Qingdeng Ancient Wine always felt a little panicked when looking at this old man with an elegant and easy-going smile.
It's probably an illusion...
After coughing, Qing Deng changed the subject and said.
"By the way... Speaking of which, isn't Ideal City also on the seaside? I remember it's the outlet of Tianshui? Do they have any construction ships at the pier? If the price is right, we can outsource it to them.
, it feels much easier than transporting equipment by air from Dawn City."
Fang Chang touched his chin with interest and nodded. "That's a good idea. I'll check back later."
It's embarrassing to say that he, the first player to arrive at Ideal City, almost forgot that Ideal City is located on the beach!
Not all the things they need must be purchased from Dawn City.
The alliance has signed a currency swap agreement with the company, and Niu Ma Group itself has some unsettled foreign exchange that can be used. Directly bidding to build a port for Fries Port in Ideal City may not be an option.
Speaking of which, Li Shuyue's Ruyue Group seems to be a subsidiary of Ideal City's largest "property" - Ideal Group?
Fang Chang had heard about it a long time ago. That guy's identity was not simple. He seemed to have a background on the board of directors of the Ideal Group.
perhaps··.....
Can you please ask her for help...
Just when Fang Chang was hesitating whether to fly to Ideal City specifically for this matter, at the entrance and exit of the northern wall of Fries Port, two crawler trucks with bulldozers hung on the bumpers were approaching a hundred fully armed men.
Under the escort of players, they advance towards the depths of the jungle.
These hundred players are all ruthless people with the highest combat power in the server, half of them are brothers of the Burning Corps, and the other half belong to the Jungle Corps.
The K-10 "Iron Wall" exoskeleton has armed most players to the teeth. Among them, the leading players are wearing "Xia Guang", "Dragon Cavalry" and other models of power armor.
And the two tracked vehicles with bulldozers attached to them are even more unusual. They are replicas of the "Reindeer" tracked vehicles that are standard equipment for the academy's elite team!
The Burning Corps previously intercepted this "mobile scientific research workstation" from the college's beacon team and copied it within the scope of technology.
However, due to the limited technical conditions of the alliance, the design units involved in reverse engineering could only make drastic simplified configurations.
Not only has the height been reduced to 3.5 meters, the length has been reduced to 6 meters, the original various weapons platform has also been reduced to a remote-controlled weapon station that "integrates 20 machine guns, short-barreled grenade launchers and tank-type smoke generators"
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At the suggestion of Yin Fang, the leader of the scientific expedition team, this "armed scientific research vehicle" allocated to the scientific expedition team was finally named "Husky".
From this malicious name, it is easy to see that the researchers of the scientific expedition team do not have high hopes for this guy's reliability.
But having said that, even though there is no comparison between this simplified version of the "Reindeer" tracked vehicle and the genuine "Reindeer", the scientific research equipment that this tracked vehicle should have is still unambiguous.
For example, it can provide a sample library with an ultra-low temperature environment of approximately minus 273 degrees, a cryo-sleep chamber that can operate in harsh environments for at least 20 years, as well as mobile workstations equipped with quantum processors and various precision sensors, etc.
If you pick up any of these pieces of equipment, they are worth millions of silver coins.
And this is also thanks to the scientific research cooperation agreement negotiated between Chu Guang and the representatives of the academy, which allows the alliance to purchase a batch of scientific research equipment from the Academy Research Department at an agreed price denominated in silver coins. Otherwise, many of these things cannot be purchased even if you have money.
Arrived.
Although the Alliance always finds new ways to save money on weapons and equipment, its investment in scientific research is never ambiguous.
As long as there is good stuff, Chu Guang will definitely try his best to use it for the researchers of the Alliance and give them maximum support.
It is precisely because of this that in order to live up to the expectations of managers, the alliance's scientific research institutions are full of high work enthusiasm from top to bottom, both at the grassroots level and at the top.
Almost as soon as the "Explorer" airship carrying scientific research equipment docked in Friesport, the staff of the Biological Research Institute and the scientific expedition team immediately formulated an action plan.
Two "Husky" tracked vehicles were deployed on the north side of the camp. After the security personnel were in place, the two groups of people rushed into the lush rainforest like a race.
The leader of the dispatch team at the Alliance Biological Research Institute is Chen Yutong, whose outstanding performance on related issues in Jinchuan Province has been recognized by Heya.
The captain of the scientific expedition team is Meng Liang, a former resident of Vault 401. His resume is also not simple. He once served as a surveyor for the Heart of Steel and participated in the investigation of "Vault 0".
It is worth mentioning that both captains are "cross-border" talents.
When he was an E-level prospector in the college, Chen Yutong's main major was AI, and biotechnology was just an amateur. It was only after joining the alliance that he officially turned to bioengineering as his main focus.
The Vault 401 where Meng Liang worked before was researching mind interference technology, and the research he was engaged in was mainly related to the biological field.
It wasn't until he was rescued by the Alliance from the looters that he became interested in archeology and started digging graves with Yin Fang.
At this moment, the tracked vehicle is traveling at the end of the team.
Chen Yutong, who was sitting next to the bioanalyzer, was staring intently at the leaves held on his fingertips, his expression lost in thought.
This leaf was picked from a nearby tree when she got off the airship.
At first glance, it seemed to be no different from ordinary tropical green plants, but her intuition told her that this thing was definitely not as simple as it seemed.
Especially just a few minutes ago, the Alliance's local construction team reported to her some unusual phenomena here.
The local forest seems to have some strange self-healing properties, and can recover "damage" at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And this extraordinary self-healing ability is not reflected in a single species, but is a cross-species collective manifestation.
For example, if a palm tree is cut down, the next day it will grow bamboo grass and linseed vine... Staring at the leaves at the fingertips, Chen Yutong's eyes
A look of interest could not help but appear.
Although the main reason why she came here was to avoid the increasing number of academic people in Qingquan City, since she learned about the local situation, she became more and more curious about the secrets of this land.
"...The analysis results are out." A colleague's voice came from the direction of the bioanalyzer, interrupting Chen Yutong's thoughts.
Putting the leaf aside, Chen Yutong immediately stood up and walked to the terminal nearby, staring at the data on the screen and asked.
"turn out?"
"It's strange..." The researcher sitting in front of the terminal said with a puzzled expression, "The Naguo strain we collected in Jinchuan Province cannot infect the vegetation in this area. We tried a total of seven times.
All groups of samples failed, even though we adjusted the temperature to a temperature suitable for the growth of those strains."
"But the experiment done in Qingquan City was successful." Chen Yutong said thoughtfully, "All twelve groups of samples were infected by the No. J strain."
"Yes..." The researcher nodded, with a puzzled expression on his face.
The so-called Naguo strain No. J is a strain collected in Jinhe City, Jinchuan Province. Its characteristics are suitable for growing in subtropical to temperate humid areas.
Compared with the original strain "No. B" collected from Baiyue Province, "No. J" that was integrated with the genome of the mother nest in Qingquan City showed extremely strong aggressiveness, and this is also the "Kingdom of Heaven" that pervades Haiya Province.
” the truth.
Shelter No. 79 simulated the climate environment of Jinchuan Province and Baiyue Province respectively, and mixed the plants collected in Baiyue Province with the No. J Naguo strain in petri dishes of different sizes. The final results were all
The plants collected in Baiyue Province were corroded and assimilated by fruit-bearing fungi.
Later, researchers from the alliance conducted further observations and found that when strain B appeared in the petri dish, the growth rate of strain J was significantly inhibited, but this inhibitory effect disappeared after only 48 hours.
The Alliance Biological Research Institute's previous speculation was that the original strain from Baiyue Province, also known as strain B, could inhibit the growth of strain J artificially cultivated by the Torch Church.
However, what is puzzling is that they could not observe any phenomenon in the laboratory that could support this conjecture.
In order to clarify the reason why the Torch Church's fruit-bearing strain did not spread to Baiyue Province, the Alliance Biological Research Institute approved experiments in the area.
However, what is surprising is that they have not even added strain B to the petri dish. They have just set up a few control groups of Baiyue Province plants and strain J, and observed the incredible inhibitory effect.
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The same experiment in Baiyue Province yielded completely different results.
Even the J strain introduced into the petri dish not only failed to corrode the plants in the petri dish, but even shrank - as if they were not acclimatized to the soil.
A group of researchers in the carriage began to whisper. "Could it be a soil problem?"
"Obviously not. Several sets of experiments we conducted in Vault 79 used soil sampled from Baiyue Province."
"Is it not the original strain B that inhibits the growth of strain J?" "This possibility cannot be ruled out..."
"It's weird."
Chen Yutong didn't speak, just stared at the screen and fell into deep thought.
She actually agrees with another point made by her colleagues: the factor that suppresses strain J is not the original strain B, but something else.
What could be the thing that only exists on this land?
At this moment, the voice of the No. 1 train crew came from her earphones.
Meng Liang: "...This is a scientific expedition team. Next, we plan to go to the old site of Shilong City to search for an underground ruins. What about you?"
After coming back from his thoughts, Chen Yutong glanced at the map hanging in the carriage, raised his index finger and pressed it to his ear.
"We plan to continue heading north for three kilometers... The signal feedback from the life signal detection device there is abnormal, and there may be samples we need.
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Meng Liang said with a smile: "It seems we have to take action separately. I wish you good luck." Chen Yutong curled his lips.
"The same goes for you." The two groups parted ways.
The vehicle crew of the Alliance Biological Research Institute's dispatch team continued to move north under the escort of the Burning Corps, while the vehicle crew of the scientific expedition team advanced towards the old site of Shilong City under the escort of the Jungle Corps.
Looking at the friendly forces continuing to advance to the north, the players in the jungle corps cast envious glances. Just an hour ago, most players in the nearby area received reminders of the regional mission to search for the mother nest.
Finding that guy will not only unlock a limited title, but also a reward of one million silver coins and 10,000 contribution points!
What is the concept of one million silver coins? There are more than one apartment in first-tier cities! It’s obvious.
Following the people from the Institute of Biology is more likely to complete this task. Following the scientific expedition team will only be looking for scraps and scraps from the old era.
"Brother Chicken, can we trade with them?" Turning to look at the midnight chicken slaughter, the model worker said eagerly.
Midnight Killer made a helpless expression.
"I don't know what to do. The Biological Research Institute asked them by name."
He was embarrassed to say that in fact, the scientific expedition team also requested the Burning Corps by name at the beginning. It was just that Lao Bai was concerned about their game experience and did not accept the mission, so the mission came to them.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Those ruthless people are really awesome, no matter in terms of record or rank. Believe it or not, you can understand it just by looking up at the Heart of Steel floating in the sky of Dawn City.
However, understanding is all that matters, and the group of strength beasts couldn't help but start making noise. "I suspect that there is probably an ulterior PY transaction behind this."
"Brother Chicken, you can also go and trade." "Brother Chicken, please!"
Listening to the chattering of these guys, Midnight Killer rolled his eyes. "Go away, go and do it yourself!"
Model Worker: "Damn!"...
The convoy of the scientific expedition team was still heading towards the old site of Shilong City, and the "Husky" from the Biological Research Institute was the first to arrive at its destination.
"Every team is on alert!" "Copy that!"
Looking at his teammates making OK gestures, Lao Bai, who was wearing Dragoon power armor, waved his hand, signaling the team members to spread out around the tracked vehicle to alert them to possible threats in the jungle.
There are many alien species in this jungle.
On the way here just now, they encountered four or five waves of attacks.
The collection of samples needs to be carried out by researchers from the institute, and during this period they must ensure the safety of these NPCs.
At this time, Chen Yutong, who was tightly wrapped in protective clothing, jumped out of the open car door with a toolbox in his right hand.
Seeing that the person who came down was an acquaintance of his, Lao Bai couldn't help but walked up and asked, "Why did you come down?"
Hearing the worry in that tone, Chen Yutong couldn't help but curl her lips, but she had no intention of returning to the car and just said it matter-of-factly.
"I am the most senior here, and I am in charge of the entire project. If I don't come, who will?" Lao Bai sighed and said patiently.
"The situation here is a bit special. The alien species in the entire forest have been attacking us all the time. I think... it's better for you to be careful."
"I know, it will be over soon." As she said this, she spread the tool box on the ground and took out the sampling tools and test tubes from it.
Lao Bai originally didn't want to disturb Chen Yutong, who was squatting on the ground and working hard, but seeing that she had been busy for a while with no results, he couldn't help but ask.
"How long will it probably take?"
"Fifteen minutes at most... What? Are you scared?" "I'm worried about you."
"I've even been to Jinchuan Province. It's not more dangerous here than there." Lao Bai made a helpless expression.
"This is hard to say."
There are no mutants or predators here, but relatively
There were so many alien species, and each one was more ferocious than the last, that he was not sure what he would encounter next.
Chen Yutong, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly raised his head, looked at him and blinked. "But I believe you."
"..." Lao Bai looked at her in astonishment and said nothing for a while.
And while he was dazed for a moment, the collection of a sample had been completed.
Carefully stuffing the test tube into the groove of the tool box, Chen Yutong closed the box neatly and stood up, looking at him with a smile and said.
"Let's go, let's go to the next place."
·...····Don't run around, send me the coordinates, and you follow me." Listening to that serious voice, Chen Yutong couldn't help but smile.
"I know, don't worry, I won't cause any trouble for your work."
While speaking, she stretched out her index finger and clicked twice on the VM, and the coordinates were quickly synchronized to Lao Bai's VM.
Through the helmet's tactical eyepiece, he confirmed that the coordinates were about twenty meters away. Lao Bai gestured to his teammates to follow him on both sides, while he walked in front to open the way.
The rustling in the jungle made him tense up involuntarily, but Chen Yutong, who was following him, didn't seem afraid at all, and shared his discoveries along the way with him on the communication channel. "I
I heard that the forest here has self-healing properties... This is basically consistent with the results of the analysis in our biological research institute. Sure enough, as we predicted, this tropical rainforest is not a simple forest, but a forest.
It is a creature produced by the fusion of species from the planet Gaia and species on Earth."
Lao Bai: "Fusion?" "That's right."
Looking at the dense woods on both sides and the sunlight passing through the gap, Chen Yutong narrowed his curious eyes slightly and continued in a brisk tone.
"······We cannot find similar examples in the earth's ecosystem. We guess that this is a unique ecological phenomenon on the planet Gaia, where species will share their gains in evolution rather than
Competition exists widely in the earth's ecosystem. This may be because they themselves evolved from the same primitive cell, and another possibility is not ruled out - they were originally an extremely developed civilization, and finally based on their own civilization concepts and
The understanding of life has achieved a species-level ascension."
Lao Bai looked back at her in confusion.
Another concept that he didn't understand appeared in this passage.
However, Chen Yutong did not stop to explain, but continued in a brisk tone.
"The only thing we are not sure about now is whether this tropical rainforest has autonomous consciousness, just like the mother nest in Qingquan City.
"I had a hunch from the moment I entered this forest that the key to solving the fruit crisis is here. I don't agree with burning the entire Haiya Province to the ground. Since it is a problem in the biological field, we should find a solution from a biological perspective.
The way...trust me, I can find the key, just give me some time."
He tried to understand the meaning of these words, but after thinking for a long time, Lao Bai had no idea, but finally gave up and shook his head.
"I don't understand what you're talking about, but if you need help, you can tell me... Also, just like when I was in Jinchuan Province, you must follow me closely when you are on duty and don't act without permission."
Chen Yutong curled his lips.
"I know, I will follow you closely... By the way, did you record what I just said?"
Lao Bai was slightly stunned.
"Act recorder? I leave it on all the time."
Nodding with satisfaction, Chen Yutong smiled and said, "That's good. I'm afraid I'll forget it one day, so help me remember it first."
After understanding that free and easy smile, Lao Bai shook his head, turned around and continued walking in front. "You can remember it yourself."