Chapter 193: A Smooth Preliminary Journey
Finally, after another week of final preparations, Shen Chao decided to start their crossing plan. That night, Shen Chao returned to the crossing area with the members of the expedition who had been prepared, and began to make final preparations before the crossing.
"Equipment inspection" Shen Chao commanded in civilian clothes, and he first started the routine equipment inspection.
The reason why they wore civilian clothes was because they thought that the world they went to was quite safe, and in his preliminary investigation, he found no danger worth mentioning, so they would try to keep a low profile.
"Confirm, normal ......" Everyone carefully checked the various equipment, weapons, ammunition, communicators, and medicines they were carrying, and their destination this time was a humid rainforest, and they had to make adequate preparations.
Each of them carried at least one Mass Effect weapon, and in addition to that, they also brought quite a few explosives and specialized tools to ensure that they were able to bring back a sample of the Blood Orchid.
In the previous week, Dr. Neville had built an artificial greenhouse in his real building with built-in light, temperature and humidity control, and microclimate simulation...... and so on, theoretically able to simulate a tropical climate perfectly.
The artificial greenhouse is also expensive, costing nearly $4 million. It was designed by Dr. Neville with a lot of effort, and Shen Chao paid someone to build it.
Theoretically, they could put the blood orchid directly into this greenhouse after bringing it back, and cultivate a large number of blood orchids here. for their future research or use.
"Start the vehicle inspection ......" Shen Chao issued another command after confirming it. They added vehicles to their preparations this time. This is because with his current ability, he can easily transport some small vehicles to the target world. This preparation increases their chances of completing the task safely.
This time, the traffic conditions in the target area may be more complicated. Therefore, the vehicles they prepared were also available on land, sea and air. Beside them, there was a Humvee, a six-seater speedboat, and a small helicopter in the crossing zone. Depending on the situation, they will decide which vehicle to use when they reach their destination.
"The vehicle is normal" Alice was the first to confirm after inspecting the vehicle.
"The plane is OK" Karst also replied in the affirmative after checking the plane's engine for the last time.
"Speedboat OK" Dr. Neville finally determined that there was no problem with their hard speedboat.
"Okay, let's start......" Shen Chao said this, and several people returned to his side, ready to cross.
Their location this time was still in New York City, and Shen Chao's previous investigation time was too short to successfully locate several characters in the movie. But he succeeded in finding the pharmaceutical company that funded the research team. And now, they need to investigate the information they need.
Six hours later, New York City, Byron. Meeting room at the headquarters of the company. Several people are in a meeting. From their conversations, it is clear that they are affiliated with each other.
Several of the young people in the room are members of an independent drug development room, and the leader of the room is negotiating with the board members of their funding company, a pharmaceutical company.
No one noticed, under the table in the conference room. There's a monitor, and in a corner of the wall, there's this well-hidden camera. These were all placed by Shen Chao during the previous reconnaissance.
From the course of their negotiations, it turns out that during a previous expedition, these young men discovered and brought back a unique plant sample in Borneo, Malaysia: the blood orchid.
In the animal Yàn, a unique compound in the blood orchid helped the mice of the Yàn group break the Havelik limit, so that all the somatic cells of the mice in the Yàn group increased their value wirelessly without mutation. …,
In other words, the cells in these mice, which are infinitely self-replicating, can live forever in good health and without side effects!
Of course. This is not a one-time procedure, and in order to maintain the effect, mice must be regularly injected with a quantitative amount of the compound extracted from the blood orchid. Theoretically, this plant can prolong the life of animals indefinitely.
The reason why Shen Chao chose this world is because of this. Different from Starlink's idea of life extension, Starlink's enhancers and various drugs are all to extend the lifespan of cells after each division, but Xuelan allows somatic cells to carry out this process indefinitely.
In the conference room, after some explanations, the heads of the board of directors finally understood what the scientific research team had found, and they couldn't wait to allocate funds to let the scientific research team go back. Get more samples of the blood orchid.
They have to be fast, and the blood orchid will only maintain its flowering period for another two weeks. When Shen Chao heard this, he turned off the universal tool, he had already got the information he wanted. Now, he needed to get the map in the hands of these young men.
Among these people. One or two were involved in the last sampling. They also keep maps. The map shows the exact location where they collected the Blood Orchid.
This is very important, although Shen Chao and they got some clues about the location of the blood orchid from the movie. But none of those figures have enough reference value.
In order to find the blood orchid smoothly, they need to find the complete map first. The kind marked with latitude and longitude. According to the clues in the movie, they believe that the most likely person in this group of young scientists to hold the map is the leader of the black Gordon and the last blackened member of the scientific research team in the movie, Jack.
After the two men left the room, they split up and followed them, confirming the timing before stealing the map. Shen Chao and Alice are in a group, and Custer is in charge of bringing Dr. Neville.
Dr. Neville hadn't done anything stealing after all, so the main thing he could do was help the wind. Shen Chao and they are responsible for tracking down Jack, the guy who died in the mouth of the giant python at the end of the movie.
At this time, the scientific research team is preparing to set off, and they are going home to pack their things and prepare to take an international flight back to Malaysia early tomorrow morning.
In this way, Shen Chao and Alice followed the villain in the movie to his doorstep. Just as he was preparing to act, word came from Custer that he had obtained the map.
It turns out that the black man in the movie is on the rise due to the successful persuasion in the conference room, so he does not go home, but finds a bar to go to the bar, and is very easy to steal the map by Custer.
After getting the news, Shen Chao gave up his side of the action. After going back to meet them, after confirming the authenticity of the map, they immediately began to prepare for their destination.
Their method was very simple, Shen Chao copied their method in the world of cell division, stole the identities of several ordinary people, and boarded a flight to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, early the next morning.
On the plane, they met the scientific research team that they had just stolen the map, and Alice was still a little embarrassed when she saw them, but Shen Chao didn't feel guilty at all. After a long flight of more than ten hours, they arrived at their destination safely together.
After leaving the airport, Shen Chao led his expedition team to immediately find a new means of transportation, their mission goal was not only to obtain the blood orchid, in order to complete the mission this morning, they did not take the time to adjust to the time difference, and directly plunged into the new journey.
One day later, they finally came to the rainforest of Borneo, where it was the rainy season and it was raining all day and night. They rested here for a day and then brought the helicopters from the base. …,
They do it at night, and the location is outside of a remote village, so it doesn't attract much attention. After the helicopter arrived, they all sat on board and prepared to take off.
It's less than 200 kilometers from their destination, and it only takes 1 or 2 hours to get there by helicopter. This is still taking into account the current weather conditions in Yanzhòng. Otherwise it can be reached in an hour.
In the cabin, Shen Chao and Karst conducted a pre-takeoff inspection together. The two of them have more flying experience.
After confirming this, Shen Chao pulled the joystick and took off the helicopter. Both of them have helmets and visors with night vision mode on.
At present, it is night flight and extreme weather, and they need to maintain ultra-low altitude, so they dare not be careless, and after taking off, they drive cautiously for more than an hour.
During the flight, he encountered low-altitude turbulence several times, and on one occasion he almost lost control. In this way, they staggered all the way to the destination marked on the map.
Shen Chao found a small river beach nearby as a landing point. After a difficult landing in the increasingly intense wind and rain, they finally set foot on the earth again. At this time, the place where they found the blood orchid was less than 4 kilometers away.
"Is this a smooth itinerary?" I thought we were going to crash? Dr. Neville couldn't help but complain after landing, he thought they would crash several times just now, and the result was that Shen Chao did not give up flying in such dangerous weather conditions.
"It's more dangerous down there, and you're saying we don't have a lot of time......" Shen Chao pointed to the river next to him and said, putting the blame on Dr. Neville.
Before he set out, Dr. Neville had set a schedule for the collection of blood orchids, and the sooner it was collected, the better it would be for his research. And there is a good chance of avoiding the estrus period of the python and avoiding being beaten by these huge biotas.
What Shen Chao said is also true, the river in the heavy rain is very turbulent, and the sound of rushing is like countless beasts. If they were to go by water, then the ship would be doomed by this time. The dangers of tropical rivers during the rainy season are no joke. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )