Volume 5: The Ancient Glorious Empire Chapter 42: The Passion Is Still There
In Akashi Town, Xu Yun calmly directed everyone to set up a defense line. Only after most of the zombies were killed did they actually enter the town to start sampling and investigating.
When she entered Xinhuo, she was still a teenage girl, but now, she is almost an adult.
She also started to work independently early on.
At first Xu Yun had no confidence and she felt she was stupid, but she didn't want to hold her brother back, and she couldn't let down the expectations of her mentor who saved her and her siblings.
She has served as an instructor in the training camp and as Yinling's assistant, and has learned a lot from each job and mission.
She has been through a lot, which is why she looks more mature and stable.
As for the fact that she dressed up to make herself look more reliable, that... needless to say.
Xu Yun glanced around, forcing herself to take in every detail, pursed her lips, and her face looked heavy.
Gnawed corpses could be seen everywhere in the town, and black and red blood was flowing everywhere, turning the only stream in the town black.
These scenes all tell of the tragic situation at that time.
Xu Yun was silent for a while, then slowly walked to the stream and squatted down on her knees.
"There's something wrong with this stream ."
…
Xu Yun is not outstanding in the organization, just an unknown medical operator. But she is an old Sixth Operator after all, and has been an assistant to Yin Ling for many years, so she has accumulated a lot of practical and research experience.
She may not be very good at treatment, but she is better than you think at research and investigation.
As soon as she entered Mingshi Town, in addition to conducting basic investigations and collecting data, Xu Yun quickly found the key to the problem.
“This creek smells like pollution.”
"Perhaps, this is the source of the plague of the living dead?"
She thought for a moment.
But this was a secondary disaster caused by the evil god's disaster scene, and it was not as simple as just the stream water being poisonous. She immediately pumped several tons of stream water from different locations and packed up dozens of corpses.
The two Xinhuo elites immediately transported the materials back to the college.
Xu Yun led the remaining personnel and conducted research in Mingshi Town for another two days. They packed up their luggage and equipment and left two hours before the Shuise Federation investigation team arrived in the town, without meeting the investigation team from the Shuise Federation's capital.
However, before leaving, Xu Yun still left behind a lot of investigative clues.
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Xinhuo Secret Realm, Base, Yinling Laboratory.
A study on disaster materials was quickly launched, and Teacher Fang was unfortunately drafted by Yinling.
After all, time is pressing, and Yinling is short of manpower. Even though the Xinhuo organization now has many six-awakening people and a few myths, there are still only a few high-end talents in professional fields.
Yinling is a big cat.
And Mr. Fang can be regarded as one of the few kittens.
He is not good at everything, but he knows a little about everything. Especially after returning from the copy time and space, he can be considered a high-end talent in all fields.
What could he do when Yin Ling needed help with her research? Of course he agreed to her request.
"Instructor, extract the cells of Experiment No. 009 and test their activity."
"Instructor, collect blood from Subject 012. We need to perform eight tests on it."
"Instructor, please help reshape Experiment No. 003 and bring it back to life temporarily."
"tutor,……"
"tutor,……"
"Teacher, ..."×99!
Fang Youdu had to use his skills to create several clones and perform multiple operations at the same time, and it was micro-operation.
Still busy as ever.
He suspected that Yinling had finally found the chance to torture him to death, but when he saw that Yinling had also created two clones, both of which were completely immersed in busy research, he didn't think that was the case.
No evidence found.
Teacher Fang was lost in thought...
There were not many people in the huge laboratory. Apart from Fang You and Yin Ling's clones, there were only two girls in white coats helping out.
In the words of Yinling:
"If you are not good enough, it will be a hindrance. Besides, our dear mentor is here. I believe that you are a hundred times better than me. It will be fine. Don't you agree?"
This tutor suspects that you are treating me like a beast of burden, but looking at the other two girls blinking their eyes in admiration, Mr. Fang remained silent.
To be honest, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is worth a hundred high-end talents.
He has six clones, and including his original body, it means there are seven people fighting at the same time.
He can also use extremely convenient skills such as "Invisible Hand" and "Object Control", and his efficiency as an ox and horse is simply maximized.
In the laboratory, countless objects whizzed by and were put into expensive instruments.
These instruments have an extraordinary origin.
It was the Candela blueprint that Fang You forcibly memorized in the copy time and space, and then asked Master Wang Chui to replicate and manufacture it.
These instruments and equipment were far from cutting-edge in the Kandra Empire, and he couldn't get the cutting-edge ones, but in the modern world, they were almost the most advanced instruments and equipment. Combined with the internal equipment of the Xinhuo Base, the research efficiency was also maximized at this moment.
Double the pull.
Three days later, Yinling Laboratory.
"Oh~ I can't do it anymore."
After 72 sleepless hours, the hair of the two assistants, who only slept five or six times a day, was covered with sweat. They lay limply in front of a desk and didn't want to get up.
But there was also excitement in their brows.
In just three days, they had made a groundbreaking discovery! Of course, this was mainly due to the efforts of the instructor and Teacher Yinling.
Yinling also showed some signs of fatigue at this moment. Strands of hair wet with sweat stuck to her forehead, cheeks or collarbone. She casually brushed her hair and leaned back on the operating table. She pulled open the collar of her white coat without any image and lifted her slender thighs wrapped in black stockings onto the operating table.
She stretched hard and looked at Fang You who had also retracted his clone.
"Teacher, I have three pieces of bad news and one piece of good news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
How about not listening to any of them?
Although he was also involved, Fang You was not very clear about the experimental results. The whole process was too busy, and the most difficult part was handled by Yin Ling, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
He believed in Yinling.
Even though this guy is lazy, likes to order people around, has no image, and often makes drugs... he is still relatively reliable when it comes to big things.
She said:
"The first bad news is that there is a 99% chance that the source of the pollution that caused the zombie disaster came from that creek."
"The second bad news is that if these polluted zombies are not killed, their bodies will become harder and stronger over time. In other words, they are getting stronger."
"The good news is that we can purify the polluted stream water. Well, we use one of our organization's basic skills, 'Purification'. However, it is difficult for the awakened ones below the myth to completely remove the filth. The myth must take action."
Fang You sat on the chair.
He wanted to lie in a more comfortable position, but considering that there were two assistants on the scene besides Yin Ling, he had to maintain his mentor persona, so he just twisted his body slightly, rested his elbows on the armrests, and supported his chin with the back of his hands.
He pondered.
Suddenly I came back to my senses, "Wait, there's another piece of bad news?"
Yin Ling manipulated the healing water to form a soft water ball. She washed her face and said, "Well, the third bad news is that this purification is only temporary, because the Black River is hanging high in the sky and is still spreading its influence continuously."
"Moreover, it's definitely not just Akashi Town that's affected, it just erupted there first... and according to my, our experimental research, under the Black River disaster scene, any streams and rivers will be affected. The impact may be through a medium that is difficult to detect and describe. This medium may be related to the laws of the ninth realm and the authority of the tenth realm."
After saying that, she took two sips of the water of life and then looked at Fang You.
She was probably waiting for Master Fang to confirm or deny her guess. After all, she was just a Seventh Awakening Myth.
But Master Fang is just a Seventh Awakening Legend.
Law? Authority?
This instructor doesn’t know anything about this!
…
The disaster of the living dead did not only appear in Akashi Town.
During the short three days of the experiment, Xiao Huan collected information about disasters in two other oases.
This is just what is known.
There are also many strange oases hidden in some corner that disappeared silently without causing any ripples.
People in Yunhui Territory and its surroundings have begun to panic.
They did not understand the cause of the zombie disaster, but that did not prevent them from hearing that the disaster was spreading rapidly.
The upper oasis in Akashi Town, the level 6 oasis Phosphorescent City, is particularly panic-stricken.
However, Xu Yun left some clues before leaving. The Shuise Federation is a super oasis after all, and they soon discovered the characteristics of the disaster.
The seven major powers are not slow either, they are just not affected as severely.
They immediately issued an order to strictly prohibit the use of any river water, and to instead take water from lakes and wells. They also organized a group of strong people with healing and purification abilities to find a way to clear the water pollution.
However, doing so is just a drop in the bucket.
Yin Ling's research found that only the purification of myths could really work. Moreover, if one wanted to purify an entire river and keep it pure for a period of time in the future, it would take a huge amount of power, and only myths could do it.
Mythology is not easy either.
The seven great nations have many strong men and are very powerful. How many legends are there in the Water Federation and Frost Leaf City?
People in these two super oases began to panic.
But the ones who suffered even worse were the large and small oases in the Frost Leaf City and the Water Federation.
They had no power to resist the natural disaster and could only lie down and let it happen. They also wanted to ask their suzerain country for help, but the suzerain country was busy with its own affairs and had no time to pay attention to them.
At this time, the Xinhuo students went down the mountain.
The investigation teams spread out to collect information. Xiao Huan then summarized and integrated the information he had collected, and wrote out tasks to post on the organization panel and the mission hall of the academy.
Soon, rescue teams came out of the college and rushed to various places.
Fang You also used the official personnel of his own organization as an anchor to descend on certain large oases and exert his power of purification.
Come quickly.
It goes away quickly.
At this time, many ordinary people and ordinary awakeners in Luofeng Domain and surrounding domains truly discovered the existence of Xinhuo Academy.
Countless forces have turned to Xinhuo Academy for help.
However, even if all the students came out, what Xinhuo could do would still be extremely limited.
In the face of natural disasters, we can only do what we can.
[On the 59th day of the Black River disaster, two small oases in the Luofeng region were overturned by the living dead disaster.]
[On the 61st day of the Black River disaster, Shiyun Creek cleaned up the water pollution in the small oasis, but found that even if the pollution was cleared, the small oasis would not have much ability to survive under the influence of the disaster.]
[On the 62nd day of the Black River disaster, the rescue team discovered that many towns had begun to fall into chaos, some people had become bandits, and were acting recklessly. The collapse of order might happen in the near future.]
Simply cleaning away the filth is not enough to save the world!
But in this era, ordinary people and low-level awakeners have no ability to travel through the wild. They stay where they were born for the rest of their lives.
Xinhuo Academy has the ability to transport refugees, but at the moment, even the seven major countries will not accept them.
The institutions under the college are unable to accommodate so many disaster victims.
After all, the college doesn’t have its own oasis.
Then...
Run your own oasis!
"In terms of disaster relief and saving lives, what I can do is just a drop in the bucket. I can only save this corner of Luofeng Great Region... But we can't stop doing it just because the effect is weak. The flames of hope also gather in small clusters to form a strong torch."
"Besides, human resources are also a kind of resource."
Farming, textiles, mining, construction, all industries need workers.
Medicine manufacturing, equipment forging, and ritual engraving all require technical talents that stand out from the masses.
Many countries have limited populations. It’s not that they don’t want to have more children, but they just can’t afford to support them.
I can afford it.
"It is both emotional and logical to save him!"
He still remembered that the current priority was to increase his strength and would not do anything beyond his ability.
But you have to do as much as you have the power to do.
And the flame is a powerful organization.
Thinking of this, he came to a secret oasis that had been marked before, incorporated it into the "base system ", and used the "popularity" supply that had been stored long ago.
[Hint: Oasis No. 4 has been upgraded to Level 4.]
The capacity of the oasis is still limited. However, the population of the small oasis itself is not large, a few hundred, a few thousand, twenty or thirty thousand, and if they gather together, the fourth-level oasis can accommodate them.
This is certainly not a long-term solution.
He also thought about transporting the victims to Blue Star.
——Now that the area of Blue Star has expanded many times, people have not only stepped out of the base city and recovered lost territory, but are also exploring new continents.
Blue Star has enough area, enough food, and also needs a large population.
It shouldn't be a problem to accommodate some aliens. At most, we just need to build a few new cities.
The problem is: Blue Star is very far away from Luofeng Realm, and it takes a long time to travel on a White Shark-class airship, and the energy consumed during the journey is difficult to estimate.
Even if we use the secret realm of the academy as a transport plane, it is not easy.
The only one who could travel back and forth between Blue Star and Luofeng Realm in a short period of time was Xiao Huan. But he couldn't just use Xiao Huan as a transport girl.
This is neither reasonable nor realistic.
In that case, just use Oasis No. 4 for transit!
Once Oasis No. 4 is upgraded to Level 7 and the secret passage is opened, we can use Winged Serpent-class trains to transport a large number of people.
The plan is passed.
But this is just a kind of resistance out of necessity.
Fang You looked at the Black River hanging high in the sky, and once again realized the powerlessness of mankind in the face of the disaster of evil gods.
But, one day I will...
Cut the Black River with sword!
He thought.
Waves were rippling on the Black River, as if extinguishing one world after another.
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The secret realm of red sand.
This is one of the heritage sites of the Red Sand Country, an ancient secret place that has been operating for tens of thousands of years.
Unlike most oases in the Red Sand Country, which are relatively barren, the secret realm is lush with vegetation, birdsong and flowers. Naturally, this place is not affected by the Black River disaster at all.
However, the secret realm can only accommodate a limited population, and the Akasaga royal family has never thought of allowing outsiders to hide in the secret realm.
"In our Chisha territory, three small towns also suffered from the zombie disaster, but they were suppressed in time and did not affect the entire territory."
A mythical Taoist with a scarf on his head.
But disasters can be suppressed, but human hearts cannot. Now many small towns in Chisha have also begun to panic. No one wants to wake up and find the person next to them has become a zombie and bit their throat to pieces.
"This is a natural disaster. We can only wait for it to retreat on its own."
The old Lord of Chisha said.
The scarf myth hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Xinhuo Academy is now eliminating disasters everywhere."
"Yes..." The old king paused, "What Xinhuo Academy did was a little foolish, but it was also admirable. However, they were too idealistic. They are indeed very strong, but even with more than ten mythical warriors, they are still insignificant under the natural disaster."
"They are a group of idealists who are respectable but not worth learning from."
"Idealists... they're not bad, actually, but how long can they keep it up? The original purpose of the Human Alliance was to resist the evil gods and build a prosperous home for mankind. That's what the human forces did at the time. However, now, the alliance seat has become a symbol of status and power."
"...Of course, we are one of those people who seek status and power."
The old king shook his head.
When he was young, he was also full of passion and wanted to reform the entire society. However, it was not until he grew up that he realized that there were too many helplessness in the world and ideals were just ideals.
When you get older, encounter a few setbacks, and lose a few relatives and friends, even the most passionate blood will cool down.
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Xinhuo College, in front of the memorial stele.
"You should understand that the road ahead is not only filled with power, but also with heavy responsibilities."
In front of him stood four students who had been screened and qualified to join the club.
Two of them have special identities.
The eighteenth prince of the Red Sand Kingdom, Atura!
Mia, the sixteenth princess of Yuntu Kingdom!
Atula did hesitate. He knew very well that he was first and foremost a prince of the Red Sand Kingdom. He enjoyed a lot of resources from the royal family, so he had to give something in return.
But the scenes he saw while rescuing people these days are unforgettable.
He tossed and turned late at night, the tragic scene floating before his eyes.
Buildings were in ruins and human bodies were mutilated.
There were mothers holding their young children, buried among the rocks; there were awakened ones covered in blood, holding tightly to the zombies in front of them until their death; there were comrades who fought alone for three thousand miles, and there were mentors who opened the sky with a single sword and wiped out all the enemies.
But there were also evil people who took advantage of the collapse of order to burn, kill and loot; there were also nobles who only cared about their own enjoyment and did not care about the lives of ordinary people at all.
Indifference, disregard, escape, infighting.
Atula has seen a lot during this period of time.
He should have been silent.
But he found that he didn't want to be silent. Silence was too depressing and it made his heart ache.
He looked at the figure not far away.
"Master Dean, I know what I am doing. If the Red Sand Country is in trouble, I will fulfill my responsibilities as a prince, but in addition to that, I also want to fulfill the responsibilities that a strong human being should fulfill."
“I want to be stronger.”
"I want to have the power to fight against disasters."
"I……"
Perhaps there will be many setbacks in the future, and the road ahead will be dark and full of disasters.
He might regret it and feel sad one day, but...
The fire of the academy is burning brightly like the sun.
Standing under the sun, even if your blood is not hot enough, it will not cool down.
Well, no.
