Chapter 589 Shrinking Poison Circle
The next morning, Zhang Tuohai woke up at daybreak.
He washed his face casually, then went to the laboratory first and took a look at the eggs left by Lilith.
When he came in, a robotic arm was holding a watering can and pouring nutrient solution on the eggs.
Zhang Tuohai took a look and found that the egg was more than twice as big as yesterday. The eggshell was even more crystal clear and he could faintly see a human-shaped shadow inside.
"How is it going?"
Zhang Tuohai lay beside the eggshell, unable to figure out what was going on, so he had to ask Xiao Ai, who had been in charge of looking after it.
"Yesterday went smoothly. The nutrients were absorbed well and there were no problems with development. According to the manual left by Miss Lilith, the reincarnation should be completed within one or two days."
Xiao Ai opened the manual and said.
"That's good, that's good." Hearing that the reincarnation could be completed within one or two days, Zhang Tuohai felt relieved. Ever since Lilith's reincarnation, the scientific research direction has stagnated. He has accumulated a lot of various materials, just waiting for Lilith to take charge of the work.
There is also Aya's hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Although there is a medical cabin available, it is better to have Lilith watching by her side, just in case.
After looking at the crystal clear egg for a while, Zhang Tuohai returned to the command chair.
He had just sat down when he suddenly heard a loud explosion in the distance.
Then a cloud of brown smoke rose straight into the sky.
The detector in the car made a buzzing sound, which meant that the toxin concentration outside was rising rapidly.
Zhang Tuohai immediately turned on the three-defense system and activated the in-car purification device.
Just at this moment, a line of game prompts popped up.
【Congratulations to all players for successfully surviving the fourth day. Due to the aging of insurance measures, a large number of chemical plants in the west exploded. The leaked toxic gas merged with the Alpha virus to evolve into the Lambda virus, and merged with the Ipsilon virus to evolve into the Sigma virus. Please click to view detailed information on the specific virus. If you do not want to be infected with the above two viruses, or die from the toxic gas leak, please stay away from the western area. 】
Zhang Tuohai clicked on the Sigma virus and checked its characteristics.
[Sigma virus: A variant derivative of the Ipsilon virus, highly contagious, with airborne, waterborne, bird-borne, and insect-borne characteristics. Drug resistance increases, requiring three times the specific medicine to be effective. After infection, symptoms such as high fever, breathing difficulties, and diarrhea will occur, with a 65% chance of death and a 75% chance of mutation. If infected with the Alpha virus or a derivative virus before being infected with the Sigma virus, the mortality rate will increase by 20% and the mutation rate will increase by 20%. If the specific medicine cannot be used in time to cure it, the probability of this mutation will continue to increase until 100%.]
In addition to its high contagiousness, it is also drug-resistant, requiring three times the dose of specific drugs to have the original therapeutic effect. The mutation rate and mortality rate have also increased significantly, and the virus has been strengthened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Is this shrinking again?"
Looking at the game prompts that popped up, Zhang Tuohai knew what to say.
Except for the first day, something went wrong every day.
First there was a problem in the southeast, then there was a problem in the north, and now there is a problem in the west. Will there be some trouble in the northwest tomorrow?
Zhang Tuohai suspected that the game system would eventually trap him and the remaining players in a small area, eventually completing the final circle.
"No, we have to find a way to get out of this circle."
Zhang Tuohai looked at the map. Now, there are large areas with high virus concentration in the southeast, north, and west. These areas retain a large number of high-concentration viruses, forming a series of dead zones. Anyone who wants to force their way through will not have a good end.
At this time , on the electronic map, there was only a gap left in the northwest.
"Maybe we can escape the virus encirclement from here."
Zhang Tuohai stared at the passage on the electronic map, his eyes flickering.
"Xiao Ai, set off immediately and head northwest. I hope we can escape before the virus closes the encirclement."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"clear!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ai immediately accelerated and headed northwest.
The car was speeding towards the northwest. Suddenly, Zhang Tuohai saw clouds of dust rising from both sides of the road and rushing towards him.
"What's going on?"
Seeing this, Zhang Tuohai quickly threw the hand-thrown drone out and went to check it out.
In fact, it would be more convenient and faster to send Global Hawk to check.
However, at this time, Global Hawk was helping Zhang Tuohai explore the way ahead, and Zhang Tuohai did not dare to easily call it back. He could only use a hand-thrown drone to check the situation.
In order to be on guard, Zhang Tuohai turned on the electronic warfare system and carried out detection and monitoring of all channels. He also turned on the radar and began to scan the surrounding area. If someone approached his detection boundary, he would definitely sense it.
More than half an hour later, the hand-thrown drone sent back the message.
The billowing smoke and dust was indeed caused by the convoy.
However, the direction of those convoys was not Zhang Tuohai, but the northwest corridor that had not yet been blocked by the virus.
It seems that these players are also heading towards that corridor, but I don’t know what their purpose is.
Was he planning to jump out of the poison circle through the corridor, or was he speculating that Zhang Tuohai might go there and wait for him in the virus corridor?
Or maybe both.
Zhang Tuohai did not dare to be careless and activated all precautions to prevent any unexpected situations from happening.
At this time, Zhao Wanwan and Cang Xiaokong also sent private messages to Zhang Tuohai.
The content of the private message was very simple, telling Zhang Tuohai that his team was going to the virus channel in the northwest, and planned to wait there after passing through, waiting for Zhang Tuohai to fall into the trap.
He also revealed several assembly coordinates to Zhang Tuohai.
"I didn't expect that I would actually guess it right."
Looking at the billowing smoke and dust on both sides, and then looking at the images that Global Hawk had just sent back, Zhang Tuohai slowly slowed down the car and at the same time, wrote replies to each of them.
"Find an opportunity to leave the convoy. Even if that's not possible, find an opportunity to get to the back of the convoy, or to another convenient position to escape. Don't rush to the front stupidly, as it's easy to die."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"Boss, did you set an ambush ahead?" Cang Xiaokong asked in surprise.
She remembered that Zhang Tuohai's coordinates had just been broadcast an hour ago. He was far behind them and there was no way he could overtake them all of a sudden.
"Haha, you'll know after a while. Remember, stay back and don't go too far forward."
Zhang Tuohai said with a smile.
"How come the boss has also learned to be a riddler?" Cang Xiaokong looked at the reply with some anger, and at the same time said through the team channel, "I'll go to the front to investigate the situation."
"Have a good trip." The teammates said with a smile.
Cang Xiaokong accelerated and disappeared into the smoke and dust.
She did not continue to scout forward, but instead made a big circle and went to the rear of the team.
She had just completed the turn when she suddenly saw a huge black shadow emerging from the smoke in front of her.
