The world enters the age of mythology.

"You're back? It's good to be back, it's good to be back... What happened?"

When Ding Yuan and other administrative officials heard about this matter, they also attached great importance to it, and rushed over immediately.

After hearing the coma and the tragic death of some people, although Ding Yuan didn't say anything, his figure wandering back and forth in the room showed that his heart was not at peace.

He quickly issued a new order: the Sea of ​​Clouds set sail again, headed to the depths of the Yang River, and got rid of this piece of white mist that might mutate humans!

The movement speed of the Yunhai is not fast, because the tonnage is too large, the speed is only 5 kilometers per hour, and the life of the engine will be consumed any sooner.Fortunately, after the return of the destroyer, all the personnel have arrived. As long as they continue to sail towards the depths of the Yang River, that is, the direction of the sun, as long as there is enough time, they will be able to sail out of the coverage of the white mist.

In this way, until six o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, after more than ten hours of emergency navigation, the Yunhai basically escaped from the area covered by white clouds and fog, and came to the area covered by sunlight again.

"Sunshine...it's really nice."

The sun, which has been hanging in the west for several months and has not set for a long time, gave everyone a certain sense of security.

Lu Yiming stretched his waist and basked in the sun for a while through the glass window.

He didn't sleep very well yesterday. After returning to the Sea of ​​Clouds, he had to undergo all kinds of miscellaneous physical examinations. After the physical examinations were completed, he couldn't eat directly. He could only rely on intravenous nutrient solutions to maintain his body functions. He was starving to death.

In addition, the nerves in the brain were still very tense, and he hadn't calmed down for a long time. He could only take some sleeping pills and slept for ten hours in a hurry.

He is under quarantine, in other words, all of them are under quarantine investigation.

Of course, the isolation of these sober people is somewhat different from other people.

At least they are still sane, so they live in the central building.The unconscious person was temporarily locked in the safe room above the deck, that is, inside the prison.

Looking down from the high altitude of the central mountain, you can see white clouds and mist more than 30 kilometers away.It is no longer proliferating.

"This layer of clouds is basically a disaster for this planet, and it even spread to the periphery of the Yang River. However, the creatures in the water were not affected too much. Does this mean that this substance seems to be insoluble in water?"

Lu Yiming always felt that his internal organs had been moved to a different position, and he was not very comfortable. He didn't even dare to eat. For the time being, he could only maintain his body functions through intravenous infusion of nutrient solution.

"Mr. Lu Yiming, you need to attend a high-level remote meeting of Yunhai at seven o'clock in the evening."

"okay, got it."

Lu Yiming nodded, and turned on the big screen in the room.

Seeing that everyone came together, Ding Yuan sat in the middle of the round table and said with a serious face: "I believe everyone has heard about what happened in the early hours of yesterday."

"Our loss is too heavy..."

"Two of the monsters were captured by our expedition team, and the others have escaped."

"The above is the basic situation. Let's talk about it. It's fine to give some suggestions. Regarding this continent, should we give up exploring?"

"Also... can this world-class disaster be resolved?"

"We need a definitive proposal!"

Yes, this loss is too heavy, and the atmosphere in the conference room is heavy.

According to the medical examination, a small amount of crystal-like substances appeared in their bodies, especially the crystals around the heart.

Scientists still don't know for the time being whether these crystals will cause health damage to humans, including mental and psychological obstacles. It is still unclear whether these people will become lunatics after waking up.

So they were all held in a safe house, and even in a coma they were strictly monitored.Even the army prepared some high-explosive bombs outside the safe house.Although the three-meter-high and six-meter-long formed monster has strong vitality, a bomb may not be able to kill it; but the newly born little monster can still be dealt with by bombs.

"I was thinking, if we discover the New World in the future, should we wear rubber protective clothing?" Lu Yiming said in front of the screen.

"You mean to completely isolate the air...to avoid risks?" Shi Dayong shook his head aside: "Impossible. Leaving aside our technological strength, we can't create that kind of completely airtight living space. In a destroyer Survival, coming and going, cannot be cut off from the outside air."

"Besides, how do you move around wearing thick rubber protective clothing? Are you exploring the outside world with dozens of kilograms of oxygen tanks on your back?"

"Hey, that's right."

Generally, a 10-liter medical oxygen cylinder weighs about 18 kilograms and can be used for 10 hours. Most of the weight is the bottle.The load of 18 kilograms is a bit too much. After all, the expedition team has to carry guns, ammunition, medicines, etc., and these things are very heavy.

Moreover, 10 hours of oxygen time may be enough to perform a mission in space. After all, space exploration cannot be too far away from the spacecraft.

But exploring the New World is obviously not enough.

At this time, a biologist took the lead and said: "Everyone, first of all, it is a biological investigation. We extracted a little white mist for analysis and research, and found that its properties are very strange. Most of it is ordinary water vapor. A small part is a variety of miscellaneous trace elements, as well as an extremely complex, unheard of strange substance, this compound, we call it X element."

"We conducted another animal experiment. Most of the mice will enter a very serious state of overeating after inhaling the mist, and during the process of overeating, the more food they eat, the more crystals in the body will be. .”

"In the end, it couldn't bear this mutation, and began to vomit crazily, vomited out its own heart, and then died."

Lu Yiming swallowed a mouthful of saliva, which was similar to what they observed.

"And then?" Someone asked incredulously.

The scientist cleared his throat: "The next scene will be even more strange... The same kind of gluttony will crazily snatch this heart, and after they devour this heart, further mutations will occur, becoming a more Strong creatures can also eat more food..."

"Next, these mice have enough ability to break through the glass box. We dare not continue the experiment and kill all these experimental samples."

"This is all the biological information so far. Further research needs to be continued..."

There was a discussion in the meeting room.

Chapter 174 The Second Expedition Plan (5600 words!)

Involving unknown supernatural powers, coupled with the future fate of the Yunhai, we must be cautious.

Not to mention the huge amount of wealth left in the city, just the huge pile of felled wood is a huge income for the poor Yunhai.Yes, just [-] to [-] tons of wood is already good enough to smelt a lot of steel and extract a lot of chemical raw materials.

So many people are still reluctant to leave this continent so directly... Who knows how long the Sea of ​​Clouds will have to wander if they miss this place.

But without leaving, humans have nothing to do.

One of the old men in charge of logistics was the first to say: "If this cloud of white mist is an S-class disaster on this planet, then the probability of us living here for a long time is not high... There is no doubt about it."

"We have no way to resist this kind of super disaster. With the current technological strength, it is impossible to establish a completely airtight ecosystem capable of internal air circulation."

"And there are too many similar super monsters on the mainland, and we don't have enough thermal weapons. Unless... the rune bullets can be mass-produced on a large scale, then we will have the real power to fight."

Lu Yiming's face changed, he pressed the button, and said in the earphone: "Minister Fang, rune bullets, it is impossible to mass-produce them in a short period of time... Even if we have harvested an etching machine with good precision, it is still far from enough ah."

A rune bullet is a hypothetical supernatural weapon similar to a rune knife.That is to engrave the cicada wing rune on the bullet, so that the bullet can obtain extremely high hardness and supernatural penetration.

But the carving of the pocket knife is a plane, which is the simplest type. Even the pocket knife has not been mass-produced so far, and there are only a few in the laboratory.

The bullet is a cylinder, and the difficulty of carving cicada wings on the cylinder has increased by an order of magnitude.

It is also impossible for scientists to design the bullet as a flat body, because once the shape of the bullet does not conform to aerodynamics, the ballistic trajectory will be deviated and it will be directly skewed.So for a while, this kind of bullet cannot be produced.

After discussing for a long time like this, a specific plan was not discussed.

"Could it be that we really want to give up this continent?" Ding Yuan took a deep breath and said.

He knows the importance of this continent to mankind.

Not to mention the heritage in the city, the mineral resources buried in the earth, even the garbage picked up these days are very useful, and they fill the vacancy of the Yunhai very well.

An old man shook his head: "Mr. Ding, we still have to be cautious. Even if we fill in all the nuclear bombs, we will not be able to conquer this continent, that's for sure."

"That's right...there are too many monsters, and it's no good to kill them. It's just a pile of rotten meat. This kind of thing can't be done! We must preserve our strength and look for the next continent."

Before the old man finished speaking, Professor Huang stood up and expressed his opinion: "Don't be too depressed, I think we need to continue to observe for a while. We still have many, many opportunities, so don't draw conclusions blindly. "

"First, the information we collected in advance has not been completely deciphered. We should give the translation experts a little more time. As long as this civilized language is truly broken, we can get more effective information."

"Second, I think we should investigate the mental state of the more than 300 comatose patients and their biological mutations. How do we know that this mutation is not good?"

"Could this mutation... be good?" A military expert couldn't help retorting: "Their stomachs have become bigger and rounder."

Professor Huang ignored his doubts: "Oh, one more thing, it's about the investigation of the monster that was killed. Our biologist analyzed their DNA and found that most of them are similar to humans...so we I think it may have evolved in humans."

"If human beings are allowed to eat food non-stop, and devour the hearts of their own kind without exploding to death, they will most likely turn into such crazy and ugly monsters."

Lu Yiming frowned, Professor Huang's words seemed a bit self-contradictory.

On the one hand, he believes that this mutation is not necessarily completely bad; on the other hand, he said that the mutation will eventually become such a terrifying monster.

Who wants to become this kind of monster who has lost self-awareness and wisdom and only knows how to eat? !

Professor Huang seemed to ignore everyone's doubts, and said to himself: "Well, I know what everyone is doubting... Its scale armor is very thick, even comparable to our strongest alloy armor, so ordinary rifle bullets do damage Quite limited, even a bazooka attack can only blow up one area."

"That's pretty good research material, isn't it?"

"The most important thing is the central hexagonal crystal core, which seems to have a certain supernatural power, which can give monsters the ability to regenerate and assimilate the heartbeat of other people. But obviously, this core has been destroyed by the rune knife... …It’s a very good source of energy, and if you take the core of a monster, you can make a super efficient battery, about the same as our nuclear power battery.”

"Old Huang, what exactly do you want to say?" Ding Yuan asked a little bit dissatisfied, "Just tell the conclusion! Why do you think this kind of mutation is not necessarily completely bad?"

"My idea is that this is a brand-new biotechnology approach. Think about it, from a scientific perspective, this mutation perfectly solves the problem of rejection of different organs, and to a certain extent solves the regeneration of limbs, making the disabled People have the possibility of rebirth, and can even obtain a higher lifespan... In the past, we could only accomplish these things with the help of some rare monsters."

"Even, this is a brand new superpower improvement system!"

"Mutation can bring greater strength and a stronger body. As long as we find a way to control the degree of mutation and maintain the state of human beings, isn't this a new system?"

"This method is not something I came up with out of nowhere, but the wisdom and civilization here, a small amount of records in the data!"

Hearing this, many people were stunned.

The more Professor Huang talked, the more excited he became: "They have persisted in this fog for four or five years...Under constant battles, they have figured out a new superpower system. Using the x in the white fog Elements, to strengthen your own body, if there is no mutation, just eat a little more food to strengthen it, everyone can accept it."

Eating a little more food can make you stronger, absolutely acceptable!It's so acceptable, you don't even have to think about it!

"...Of course, in the later period, as there were more and more such monsters and they became stronger and stronger, they also had to flee to the Yang River. But this civilized human being is definitely smart and rational. They figured out Lots of new ways to…”

"Some of the found information records this, and I'm not talking nonsense. But we haven't found more information yet."

Hearing this, Lu Yiming also clenched his fists.

A new superpower promotion path! !

This news...exciting!

If it is true, then the information left over from this continent is too precious.

It is so precious...to the extent that no matter what price you pay, you have to get it.

Professor Huang took a deep breath: "Of course, our current translation materials have not been completely completed. How this new research system is and how successful it is remains to be investigated. All in all, I think we have come to This continent cannot be simply given up like this! We need to obtain more research materials!"

"It is even possible to restart the second exploration mission."

Everyone discussed with great interest.If it's just some wood or machines, then it's really unnecessary for the soldiers to risk their lives to get them, but what if it means the future of the Sea of ​​Clouds?

If what Old Huang said is true, the second exploration...is indeed necessary!

"Then...wait for the complete text deciphering plan first."

After the meeting, Lu Yiming found Lao Huang through a video call, "Professor Huang, is what you just said true? The mutated creatures can still maintain human self-awareness? Could it be that the more than 300 people in a coma Is there any help?"

A biologist next to Professor Huang thought about his words for a while, and then said with a smile: "Captain Lu, according to the research experiments on mice, the principle of the white mist is this: it will make people have a serious desire to overeat. And speed up the body's absorption of food."

"Where does the absorbed energy go? Part of it is stored as fat, and the other part will be transformed into special crystals inside the body. It is actually a high-energy storage substance."

"These crystals have had adverse effects on the mental state of life so far, but these crystalline substances will also strengthen the human body. In essence, it...may be neutral, a product of human evolution. It's just that the speed of evolution is too fast and too violent, so there is a mutation."

Lu Yiming frowned, and understood half of it: "If the evolution succeeds, what will happen?"

"For example, those comatose people now, although they have gained a lot of weight, their physical fitness has improved a lot. In the past, you were out of breath after running 1000 meters, but now you can run two to 3000 meters in one breath. M. I used to bench press one hundred kilograms, but now I can press two hundred kilograms. Isn’t this an evolution?”

"Of course, the X element will affect people's mental state. Once they eat, they will not be able to stop. This is also the most troublesome point. In the end, the body can't store so much energy, so it will simply use the core of energy, the heart, Spit it out. The specific mechanism remains to be studied..."

"If we find a way to keep only the positive side and remove the negative factors, it is equivalent to a way to improve the overall quality! Leaving aside superpowers, at least everyone's physical fitness can be greatly strengthened! If each of us If your physique is strengthened, you will be able to survive in the Yang River more securely."

Lu Yiming added: "Where are those precious research materials? We can't find them by such a coincidence, right?"

Professor Huang laughed at himself, and then said: "Yes, these news are only recorded in a certain book. The real research materials have not been found. We are only guessing what happened. , but this idea is almost inseparable..."

"Hey, every civilization that fled to Yanghe is not a good stubble. In the midst of despair, a large number of amazingly talented people will inevitably be born, and even develop a certain degree of supernatural power. Whether it is the parallel civilization recorded in the notebook, or the ancient civilization The ancient civilization represented by the sailboat, or the civilization of the White Mist Continent, has mastered some superpowers..."

"Civilizations like ours can only live by picking up rubbish. Who caused the physical disaster that broke out in our world... Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. We are well prepared. According to the current information, other civilizations can Not keeping as many of our populations as we do, and not having as many of our thermal weapons."

The people on earth are facing a physical disaster. They built a ship and fled from the very beginning. They really have no way to draw some supernatural power from it.

However, it is also a good thing to save enough population, both in terms of research ability and thermal weapons level will be stronger.Regardless of the fact that Yunhai only has a population of less than 16, similar shelters can store more than 2000 million people all over the country, not to mention all over the world, which adds up to a lot.

It's just that because of Yanghe's random teleportation mechanism, these shelters can't be merged temporarily.

After discussing this, Lu Yiming remembered one more thing, and asked again: "If we want to explore this continent for the second time, the rune knife is a necessary weapon. It is inconvenient to carry a large number of heavy weapons, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as the rune knife. The knife works well. In terms of the production capacity of the rune knife, how should we deal with it?"

"Also, what about the manpower selection for the second expedition? If the laboratory is thousands of kilometers away from the mainland, how should it be reached? With such a heavy fog, it is not possible to use a helicopter and walk there on foot?"

To be honest, from the bottom of his heart, Lu Yiming didn't really want to go... Having seen the terrifying fighting power of those monsters, this is not a problem that can be solved by many people.

He... is also afraid of death.

Not only him, including Liu Xuwei and Zhong Peng, are also afraid of death.

Professor Huang shook his head: "There is still a long way to go to increase the production capacity of the Rune Knife. You can only rely on your hard work. You can make as many as you can, hey."