Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 57 Reunion

After Astra woke up, she helped Yuanze to cleverly avoid many unnecessary troubles. After that, Yuanze never encountered any opponents with completely unequal strength, and soon he could clearly see the boundary line of the assessment area.

Yuan Ze was not unfamiliar with this area. He remembered that in the important assessment of the top class, they simulated the surrounding environment of the misty jungle, but the level of the source beast at that time was deliberately lowered.

Even so, the experience remains unforgettable for him.

He walked to the place where he had fought fiercely with the hydraulic tentacle monster in the virtual examination space. Every detail of that duel with candidate No. 0279 was deeply imprinted in his memory, as clear as if it had just happened.

This was originally the meeting place he had agreed with Rick and Ji Xuefeng. However, it now seemed that they had left early for some reason.

Yuanze looked around and couldn't help feeling a little lost and lonely, but he soon noticed something strange about his surroundings.

Yuanze held up the branch that was still barely connected to the trunk, and looked forward. Many branches were broken, and there were even some scattered clothing fibers hanging on them.

He squatted down and searched the ground. There were some messy footprints, mixed with the reflection of metal fragments. Astra also quickly analyzed the characteristics of these footprints, which coincided with Yuanze's judgment.

Among them are the footprints of Rick and Ji Xuefeng.

The bloody footprints showed that many people were injured. Their blood not only stained the ground red, but also rubbed on the branches nearby, outlining a thrilling picture.

Yuanze carefully observed the distance and stride between the footprints, trying to read more information from them. These subtle clues allowed him to infer their walking speed at the time - it was a hurried, panicked pace, as if they were fleeing from some invisible terror.

"Start path analysis, the subjects are Rick and Ji Xuefeng."

Astra responded immediately and quickly analyzed the movement tracks of the two of them. Yuanze found that for some reason, the two of them had a lot of traces of running back and forth.

He followed Astra's instructions, rushed all the way, and finally stopped on a steep cliff.

On the edge of the cliff, several eye-catching bloody handprints came into view. It was obvious that they had tried every possible means to enter the cave on the cliff.

Yuan Ze didn't care about his remaining energy at this time, and flew directly to the cave entrance. Before he could stand firm, he felt a chill on the back of his head.

"It's me. I'm Yuan Ze."

Yuanze clearly felt the coolness disappearing from the side of his head, and heard a familiar sigh.

He turned around and saw Ji Xuefeng walking out of the shadows. The two walked into the cave together. Inside the cave, Rick was squatting anxiously beside several students lying on the ground, his face full of worry.

These students were pale, with their eyes tightly closed, as if they were trapped in endless darkness. Their breathing was weak and rapid, as if every breath was a brush with death.

Yuanze didn't say much, and quickly gave Astra instructions for diagnosis and treatment. With the help of some simple equipment, they began to analyze the students' conditions.

"They have been poisoned by the poisonous lizard and are now in a state of biological poisoning." Astra's voice sounded in Yuanze's mind, "We must immediately prepare the corresponding anti-venom serum, otherwise they can only hold out for 48 hours at most."

Yuan Ze frowned, searching for a solution in his mind: "The Poisonous Forest Lizard is a source beast that is rumored to be extinct. Although it is only at the Body Tempering level, its toxins are difficult for even most source beasts below the Extraordinary level to resist."

"You're right." Rick said, "Especially in this foggy jungle, the poisonous fog is hard to detect. There are probably more than 20 people in a coma due to poisoning right now."

"Basically, all the survivors have been placed in this cave by us. The range of the poisonous fog is not large. Once you exceed a certain range, you will be gone." Ji Xuefeng also responded.

Yuanze exchanged the situation with the two and walked out of the cliff silently. They both inhaled a small amount of toxins, but fortunately the dose was very low and was temporarily suppressed.

However, they all knew that the source power attached to this toxin could invade their nerves and manipulate their behavior at close range. Only Yuanze still had the strength to fight.

Yuan Ze thought that this was part of the assessment. He could help his friends, but he didn't want to pay attention to these people with whom he had little interaction.

But Rick and Ji Xuefeng's words changed Yuanze:
"This is a matter of life and death, not the time to dither. These people are all our comrades. I know you are capable and decisive, and now is the time for you to step up. The lives of these students, including ours, are all in your hands."

"And I heard from my family that if they owe you a favor with their lives, they will have to repay it if they grow up, otherwise it will affect their breakthrough." Ji Xuefeng also added.

Now that things have come to this, I must not let my friend down. I must find a solution as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

However, what troubled Yuan Ze was that this toxin had the property of penetrating through the fog without any protection, and the poisonous lizard would explode before dying, releasing more toxins, which made it impossible for them to fight in close combat. At this moment, he only had a Type I phase gun that Rick had given him, which was improved according to his own drawings. As long as the source power was input, this gun could exert amazing power. It relied on the phase conversion of the source power to generate a high-frequency oscillating energy beam in a short period of time, and accurately strike the target with resonance destructive power.

As Yuanze walked forward, he asked Astra in his mind: "Has the structure of the toxin been completely analyzed? Can the gene chip produce the corresponding antibody?"

Astra replied, "Give me some time. I am doing my best to analyze the structure of this toxin. It is very complex. I am still simulating its quaternary structure and three-dimensional conformation, while also considering its combined effect with the source force."

After hearing Astra's answer, Yuanze fell into deep thought. He knew that time was running out and he had to find a solution as soon as possible. After repeatedly deducing and weighing the options in his mind, the outline of a plan gradually emerged in his mind. He no longer hesitated and immediately sped up to rush to the coordinate point.

Yuanze arrived at the edge of the poisonous fog, which was about ten kilometers away from the coordinates marked by Rick.

He turned on the thermal imaging function, and the scene in front of him immediately became clear. The source of energy here was unusually abundant, and the temperature of the mist mixed with toxins was much higher than the ordinary mist nearby, which also cleverly concealed the position of the forest lizard.

He then activated the frequency scanning function, and the oscillating phase gun began to perform precise frequency analysis on the poisonous fog. By analyzing the reflected wave data, Yuan Ze accurately identified the inherent frequency of the water droplets and toxic particles in the poisonous fog.

With these data, he quickly adjusted the output parameters of the oscillating phase gun to ensure that each wave could perfectly resonate with the poisonous fog particles. When the resonance effect was triggered, the particles vibrated sharply and heated up instantly, causing the fog to dissipate quickly.

"Phase adjusted, ready to dispel."

As the shot was fired, the fog in front seemed to be cleared away instantly by an invisible force, and the toxins condensed into solid particles and fell to the ground.

Yuan Ze continued to move forward without hesitation, and soon found the lizard beasts crawling slowly on the ground. He quickly poured in his energy, switched the shock phase gun to continuous shooting mode, and quickly eliminated these threats.

"Astra, why is this weapon so useful? The weapon you recommended to me before is worthless compared to this one." Yuanze couldn't help but ask. He was a little puzzled by Astra's choice.

Astra snorted and explained, "What do you know? Although these source beasts that cannot get close to each other can make other source beasts suffer, their defense is generally very poor. Facing humans using various weapons and equipment, they have no advantage at all. They are also the first group of source beasts to be exterminated by humans."

"And you've also seen that the energy bullets are not even enough to tickle the Crocodiles. Instead, they will be alerted when they are attacked. I don't know why your friend was poisoned, so he is so panicked."

Yuan Ze did not ask any more questions. He approached the remains of the exploded source beasts and used the phase gun to disperse the surrounding poisonous fog. Then, he carefully took out several bottles of purple venom from the venom glands.

"You don't need to take so much."

"I have my own magic trick. By the way, are you okay?"

"Okay, but wait a minute." Astra's voice sounded in Yuanze's mind, "Enter the 'Flow' and check the surrounding environment. I feel something is different here. The source power here seems to be seeping up from underground, and it is very strong."

Yuan Ze followed his instructions and entered the reconnaissance mode, turning on the "Flow". He carefully observed the ground, and could vaguely see the source power surging wildly, as if something was about to come out from the ground.

At the same time, Astra also turned on the light and shadow weaving device and drew a magnificent underground building on Yuanze's mask. This building exudes an ancient and mysterious atmosphere, which makes people want to explore it.

"Let's explore again next time. Let's make anti-toxin serum to save people first." Yuanze suppressed his curiosity and decided to focus on rescuing the wounded first.

"Okay, I have transferred all the relevant data to the gene chip." Astra responded, "Next, you just need to inject a large dose of venom into your body. The gene chip will reorganize your immune system and prompt your body to produce targeted anti-venom serum."

"and then?"

"Then, I can analyze the composition of the anti-venom serum and instruct you on how to use the source force to solve this problem."

"Isn't the poison mist I just inhaled enough? I need a large dose. Why do I have to suffer this?"

"Listen to me, this will do you good."

Yuan Ze found a relatively secluded spot and injected a large dose of venom into his body. As the venom was injected bit by bit, the purple color was dyeing his whole body along the blood vessels. His eyes gradually turned purple, and a trace of black blood seeped out from the corners of his mouth.

This toxin, which even the top level might not be able to resist, was raging wildly in Yuanze's body, as if it was going to corrode every inch of his skin and every nerve. However, at this critical moment, the new function of the gene chip was activated.

"New mode, anti-virus mode activated."

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