It turns out that it really is not a good idea to hang people around under an airship like cargo. At first, more than a dozen tons of cargo were hanging underneath, and the magnitude of the tow rope shaking was not too exaggerated.

When the cargo was unloaded onto the deck, the hanging rope immediately began to shake restlessly, and the Ox Horse airship had almost taken the green lantern off the deck to make the latter feel like flying.

Fortunately, the pilot of the airship was quite skilled, and after several attempts, he finally did not get any death, and put the green lantern holding the suitcase back to the camp safely.

His feet finally touched the ground, and the first thing he did after landing was to squat on the ground and gulp.

Walking up to the side of this benevolent brother, Fang Chang smiled and cared. "Brother, how do you feel?"

"Okay······

It took a long time to ease up, and the green lantern sitting on the ground couldn't help but continue to sigh. "This game······ What physical systems do······ It's pretty real."

"Haha, it's good if you're happy," Fang Chang said with a smile, "Let's settle the shipping fee."

"Oh yes, I almost forgot," Qing Lantern patted his head, opened his suitcase and counted out ten hundred-dollar bills, and handed them over with an embarrassed smile, "Thank you, brother."

"You're welcome." Fang Chang stretched out his hand to take the banknote and stuffed it into his pocket, looking at the direction the cargo ship was leaving, squinting his eyes with a smile, "Happy cooperation."

One thing is one thing.

Although it is a small effort, there is also a fuel expenditure for a start and stop of this airship.

Even if he didn't care about this little money, he had to consider the interests of the Vault 404 collective, the largest shareholder of the Niuma Group.

At present, the net assets of Niuma Group are the TOP1 of the whole server, and counting the business in Ideal City, it is even higher than the second and third combined. On the other hand, its financial audit is rigorous, and it is also among the best in the server.

If it is a general game behavior that does not generate economic benefits, it does not matter, once it produces economic benefits, it is a business behavior, and it is not worth it to play a side ball for this thousand silver coins. Therefore, he had to take the money and it would have to be recorded in the VM's ledger for a while.

Retracting his gaze from a distance, Fang Chang looked at the person who was staying under the knife beside him.

「······ Speaking of the loading and unloading method of this airship hoisting, I don't think it's very reliable, and if you are not careful, you will lose both people and money, so let's get a dock as soon as possible."

The man left under the knife sighed.

"I'm thinking about it, but building a dock is a lot more complicated than the construction sites on the shore, and xenomorphism in shallow waters is also a problem. Those things are not the same as those on the shore, and they can't be fenced off, so it's going to be a problem when the construction is on."

If it's in the river valley province, there are only so many types of xenos, and the big xenos are driven into the deep mountains and old forests by the players, and the mutant cockroaches, rats, and hyenas are the three things, and it's all over with the psychic interference device.

But Baiyue Province is different.

There are many marine xenospecies, especially the shallow seabed of the Baiyue Strait, and many marine xenomorphs active in shallow waters like to move in this area.

There is a limit to the wavelength bands that can be set by the telepathic interference device, and it is impossible to drive away all the xenomorphs.

In fact, the psychic interference devices installed on the ship by the Federation of the Southern Islands are only to drive away a few xenos who can easily overturn the ship.

As for soaking a large amount of black ironwood in water like Silvermoon Bay, although it is also a good method, the loss of materials is too great.

Black ironwood is a temperate plant that cannot be introduced into the tropics, and if they follow the example of Silver Moon Bay, they can only import large quantities from Oasis 4.

From an economic point of view, this is clearly not a good idea. Fang Chang frowned slightly.

"Where's the purse seine?"

The knife left people and said with a wry smile.

"Do you think it's the kind of small fish and shrimp in reality? What kind of net can stop the xenomorphs······

Hearing the conversation between the two, he patted his pants and got up from the ground with the green lantern ancient wine casually interjected. "How's the devil's silk? I see that Xizhou City breeds split-claw crabs and warships

The shrimp is made of that thing to make a net, which is better than iron wire, and it will not rust. By the way, those anglers used that thing as a fishing line, and I heard that the rod was torn, and the rope was not broken. The ship has been overturned, and the nets are all good."

Hearing this, the whole person left under the knife was stunned. That's right.

Devil's silk is a specialty of Dawn!

Touching his chin and thinking, the more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, and he muttered in his mouth.

"I'm pondering······ it, it's really funny! At least it should be fine to stop those mutant turtles and crabs!"

"Don't think about it, when I go back to the line, I'll ask Night Ten to place an order in Dawning City, first order a batch of blocking nets made of devil's silk, and when the next flight comes back, let's try it directly!" If it works, even if the pier is not repaired, it would be nice to take care of the safety of the part of the shore."

Throwing down these words, Fang Chang smiled and patted the arm of the Green Lantern Ancient Wine.

"Yes, brother, you have a good idea! If you have any good suggestions next time, remember to post the forum post, and if it's okay, let's use it directly!"

Seeing that his opinion was so useful, Qingdeng Gujiu also had a flattered expression, and smiled embarrassedly and said.

"Really?! Then you're welcome." Fang Chang said with a smile.

"You're welcome, it's all your own people."

1,000 silver coins is a small amount of money, and 140,000 silver coins is also a small amount of money, but the economic value of "a port with an average daily cargo throughput of tens of millions of silver coins" is not a small amount.

Baiyue Strait Development Co., Ltd. is doing a "platform economy", so that customers can be comfortable to cut leeks in the future.

Such as port charges, handling fees, handling fees, storage fees, flat space fees, barge fees······ Or something, it can be copied from reality.

Isn't it time to lie down and make money? That's right.

Considering that the people who do business in the wasteland are all ruthless people who kill people and sell goods part-time, two shore defense artillery towns will have to be built on the shore in the future.

For some reason, looking at this elegant and easy-going old brother with a smile, Qinglan Gujiu always felt a little panicked.

Probably an illusion·····.

Coughing, Qing Lantern diverted the topic and said.

"That's right······ Speaking of which, isn't the ideal city also on the seaside? I remember that Tianshui came to the sea? If the price is right, we can outsource it to them, which feels much easier than airlifting equipment from Dawning City."

Fang Chang touched his chin with interest and nodded. "That's a good idea, I'll go back and ask around."

It's a shame to say that he, the first player to go to the ideal city, almost forgot that the ideal city is leaning against the sea!

They don't necessarily have to buy everything they need from Dawning City.

The alliance and the enterprise have signed a currency swap agreement, and Niuma Group itself also has some unsettled foreign exchange that can be used, and it is not an option to directly bid for the construction of a port in the ideal city.

Speaking of which, Li Shuyue's Ruyue Group seems to be a subsidiary of Ideal Group, the largest "property" in Ideal City?

Fang Chang had heard a long time ago that that guy's identity was not simple, and he seemed to have a background on the board of directors of the Ideal Group.

Perhaps·· .....

You can ask her for help. ......

Just when Fang Chang was hesitating to fly to Ideal City for this matter, at the entrance and exit of the fence in the northern section of the French Fries Harbor, two tracked trucks with bulldozers hanging on their bumpers were advancing towards the depths of the jungle under the escort of a hundred heavily armed players.

These 100 players are all ruthless people with the highest combat power ranking in the server, half of them are brothers of the Burning Corps, and half belong to the Jungle Corps.

The K-10 "Iron Wall" exoskeleton has armed most players to the teeth, and several of them are wearing power armor such as "Xiaguang" and "Dragoon".

And the two tracked trucks with bulldozers are even more ordinary, they are imitations of the "reindeer" tracked vehicles that are standard in the elite team of the college!

Previously, the Burning Corps intercepted this "mobile research station" from the Academy's Beacon Squad and copied it to the extent that technology allowed.

However, due to the limited technical conditions of the alliance, the design units involved in the reverse engineering can only make drastic simplifications.

Not only has the height been reduced to 3.5 meters, and the length has been reduced to 6 meters, but the original various weapon platforms have been reduced to a remote-controlled weapon station "integrated with 20 cannons, short-barreled grenade launchers, and the same smoke generator as the tank".

At the suggestion of Yin Fang, the head of the scientific expedition group, this "armed scientific research vehicle" allocated to the scientific expedition was finally named "Husky".

It is not difficult to see from this ill-intentioned name that the researchers of the scientific expedition team do not have much hope for this guy's reliability.

But having said that, even if this simplified version of the "Reindeer" tracked vehicle is not comparable to the original "Reindeer", the scientific research equipment of this tracked vehicle is still unambiguous.

For example, it can provide a sample library that can be used in an ultra-low temperature environment of approximately minus 273 degrees, a cryo-sleep chamber that can operate in a harsh environment for at least 20 years, and a mobile workstation equipped with a quantum processor and various precision sensors.

If you take out any of these devices, they're all good things for millions of silver coins.

Moreover, thanks to the scientific research cooperation agreement negotiated between Chu Guang and the representatives of the academy, the alliance was allowed to purchase a batch of equipment for scientific research purposes from the research department of the academy at the agreed price denominated in silver coins, otherwise many of these things would not be available with money.

Although the alliance has always found new ways to save money in weapons and equipment, its investment in scientific research has never been ambiguous.

As long as there are good things, Chu Guang will definitely try his best to use them for the researchers of the alliance and give them the greatest support.

It is precisely for this reason that in order to live up to the expectations of the managers, the scientific research institutions of the alliance are full of high enthusiasm from top to bottom, both at the grassroots level and at the top level.

As soon as the airship "Explorer", carrying scientific research equipment, came to a stop at the port of French fries, the staff of the Institute of Biology and the scientific expedition team immediately formulated a plan of action.

Two "husky" tracked vehicles were deployed on the north side of the camp, and after the security personnel were in place, the two groups of people raced into this lush rainforest.

The leader of the team of the Alliance Biological Research Institute is Chen Yutong, whose outstanding performance in related topics in Geumcheon Province has been recognized by Hea.

The captain of the expedition team is Meng Liang, a resident of the former Vault 401, whose resume is also not simple, having served as an explorer with the Iron Heart and participated in the investigation of the "Vault 0".

It is worth mentioning that both captains are "cross-border" talents.

When he was an E-level explorer in the college, Chen Yutong's main major was AI, and biotechnology was only an amateur.

Vault 401, where Meng Liang was previously located, was researching telepathic interference technology, and his research was mainly related to the biological field.

It wasn't until he was rescued from the marauders by the alliance that he became interested in archaeology and followed Yin Fang to dig graves.

At this moment, marching on the tracked vehicle at the end of the line.

Chen Yutong, who was sitting next to the bioanalyzer, was staring intently at the leaves pinched at his fingertips, his expression deep in thought.

The leaf had been picked from a nearby tree when she disembarked from the airship.

At first glance, it seemed like a normal tropical plant, but her instincts told her that it was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

Especially just a few minutes ago, the local construction team of the alliance reported to her some unusual phenomena here.

The local forests seem to have some strange self-healing properties, recovering from damage at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And this extraordinary self-healing is not reflected in a single species, but in a cross-species collective presentation.

For example, if you cut down a palm tree, what grows the next day is the imperial bamboo grass and oil hemp vine... ... Staring at the leaves at his fingertips, Chen Yutong's eyes

I couldn't help but look a little interested.

Although the main reason she came here was to avoid the growing number of academy people in Qingquan City, she had become more and more curious about the secrets of the land since learning about the local situation.

「.····· The results of the analysis are in." A colleague's voice came from the direction of the bioanalyzer, interrupting Chen Yutong's thoughts.

Putting the leaves aside, Chen Yutong immediately got up and walked to the terminal on the side, staring at the data on the screen and asked.

"The result?"

"It's weird······ The researcher sitting in front of the terminal said with a puzzled expression, "The Nago strains we collected in Geumcheon Province were unable to infect the vegetation in this area, and we tried a total of seven sets of samples that failed, even though we adjusted the temperature to a temperature suitable for the growth of those strains."

"But the experiment in Qingquan City was successful." Chen Yutong said thoughtfully, "The twelve groups of samples were all infected by the J Naguo strain."

"Yes······" The researcher nodded, a puzzled expression.

The so-called J Nago strain is a strain collected in the area of Geumha, Geumcheon Province, and its characteristics are suitable for growing in humid areas from subtropical to temperate.

Compared to the original strain "B" collected from Baiyue Province, "J" fused with the genome of the brood of Qingquan City shows a strong aggressiveness, and this is also the truth of the "Kingdom of Heaven" that pervades Haiya Province.

Shelter No. 79 simulated the climate and environment of Geumcheon Province and Baiyue Province respectively, and mixed the plants collected from Baiyue Province with the No. J Naguo strain in petri dishes of different sizes, and the final result was that the plants collected in Baiyue Province were corroded and assimilated by the Naguo fungus.

Later, the researchers of the consortium made further observations and found that when strain B appeared in the petri dish, the growth rate of strain J was significantly inhibited, but after only 48 hours, this inhibition effect disappeared.

The Alliance's biological research institute previously speculated that the original strain in Baiyue Province, that is, the B strain, could inhibit the growth of the J strain artificially cultivated by the Torch Church.

Curiously, however, they did not observe any phenomena in the laboratory that could support this hypothesis.

In order to find out why the Naguo strain of the Torch Church did not spread to Baiyue Province, the Alliance Biological Research Institute approved the experiment in the area.

Surprisingly, however, they hadn't even added strain B to the petri dish, but had just set up a few control groups that mixed plants from Baiyue Province with strain J and observed the incredible inhibition effect.

The same experiment has obtained completely different results in Baiyue Province.

Even the J strain introduced into the petri dish not only failed to erode the plants in the dish, but even shrank – as if it were not adapting to the soil.

The researchers in the carriage whispered. "Could it be a problem with the soil?"

"Obviously not, several of the experiments we did in Vault 79 used soil sampled from Baiyue Province."

"Isn't it the original B strain that inhibits the growth of strain J?" "This possibility cannot be ruled out·····."

"It's weird."

Chen Yutong didn't speak, just stared at the screen and fell into deep thought.

She actually agrees with her colleagues that the inhibition of strain J is not the original strain B, but something else.

Something that exists only in this land······ What could it be?

At that moment, the voice of the No. 1 car group came from her headphones.

Meng Liang: "······ This is the scientific expedition team, and we are going to search for an underground relic at the old site of Shilong City, what about you?"

Recovering from his contemplation, Chen Yutong glanced at the map hanging in the carriage, raised his index finger and pressed it to his ear and said.

"We intend to continue three kilometres north······ There is an anomaly in the signal feedback on the vital signal detection device, and there may be a sample we need

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Meng Liang smiled and said, "It seems that we have split up and acted, I wish you good luck." Chen Yutong bent the corners of his mouth.

"The same goes for you." The two teams parted ways.

The team sent by the Alliance Institute of Biology continued to advance north under the escort of the Burning Corps, while the team of the scientific expedition group advanced towards the old site of Shilong City under the escort of the Jungle Corps.

Looking at the friendly forces that continued to advance to the north, the players of the Jungle Corps cast envious glances. Just an hour ago, the vast majority of players in the neighborhood had been alerted to the quest to search for the brood.

Finding that guy will not only unlock the limited title, but also reward you with 1,000,000 credits and 10,000 contribution points!

What is the concept of a million silver coins? There is more than one suite in first-tier cities! It's obvious.

The people who follow the Institute of Biology are more likely to complete this task, and following the scientific expedition team will also look for the broken copper and iron of the old era.

"Brother Ji, can we exchange with them?" Turning his head to look at the midnight chicken, Voldemort said with a wistful expression.

Midnight Killer made a helpless expression.

"I don't have a problem, the Institute of Biology asked for them by name."

He was embarrassed to say it, in fact, the Burning Corps that the scientific expedition team also named at the beginning, but Lao Bai took care of their game experience and didn't accept the task, so the task came to them.

It's something that can't be helped.

Those ruthless people are really awesome, neither the battle record nor the sequence level have anything to say, believe it or not, just look up at the Iron Heart floating in the sky of Dawning City.

However, understanding is understanding, and the group of power animals still can't help but make noise. "I suspect that there is an ulterior PY deal behind this."

"Brother Ji, you can also go and trade." "Please, Brother Ji!"

Listening to the gossip of these guys, Midnight Killer rolled his eyes. "Fuck off, go yourself!"

Voldemort: "Damn!" ......

The convoy of the scientific expedition team was still heading towards the old site of Shilong City, and the "Husky" of the Institute of Biology was the first to arrive at its destination.

"Squad on guard!" "Roger!"

Looking at his teammates who were gesturing with OK gestures, Lao Bai, who was wearing dragoon power armor, waved his hand and signaled the team members to spread out around with the tracked vehicle as the center, alerting them to possible threats in the jungle.

There are quite a few xenomorphs in this jungle.

On the way here, they were attacked in four or five waves.

Sample collection is to be carried out by researchers at the Institute, who must ensure the safety of the NPCs during this time.

At this time, Chen Yutong, who was tightly wrapped in protective clothing, jumped out of the open car door with a toolbox in his right hand.

Seeing that it was his acquaintance, Lao Bai couldn't help but step forward and ask. "How did you get down?"

Hearing the worry in that tone, Chen Yutong couldn't help but bend the corners of her lips, but she had no intention of returning to the car, so she just said as a matter of course.

"I'm the most senior here, and I'm in charge of the whole project, who will come down if I don't come down?" Lao Bai sighed and said patiently.

"There's something special about this place, and the xenomorphs in the forest haven't stopped attacking us, I think······ You'd better be careful."

"I know, it'll be over soon." As she spoke, she spread out the toolbox on the ground and took out the sampling tools and test tubes from it.

Chen Yutong, who was squatting on the ground and was busy, Lao Bai didn't want to disturb, but seeing that she had been busy for a while without results, he couldn't help but ask.

"It's probably going to be a little longer."

"Fifteen minutes maximum······ How? Are you scared?" "I'm worried about you."

"I've even been to the province of Jincheon, and it's no more dangerous here than there." Lao Bai made a helpless expression.

"That's not good."

There are no mutants here, no marauders, but relatively

There are many xenomorphs, and each one is more ferocious than the other, and he is not sure what will happen next.

Chen Yutong, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly raised his head and looked at him and blinked. "But I believe in you."

"......" Lao Bai looked at her in astonishment, and didn't say anything for a while.

And at this moment when he was stunned, the collection of a sample had been completed.

Carefully stuffing the test tube into the groove of the toolbox, Chen Yutong closed the box cleanly and stood up, looked at him with a smile and said.

"Let's go, let's go to the next place."

·...··· Don't run around, send me the coordinates, you follow me." Listening to that serious voice, Chen Yutong couldn't help but smile.

"I know, don't worry, I won't trouble your work."

As she spoke, she stretched out her index finger and clicked twice on the VM, and the coordinates were quickly synchronized to Lao Bai's VM.

Confirmed through the tactical eyepiece of the helmet, the coordinates were about twenty meters away from here, Lao Bai gestured to his teammates on the side to follow on both sides, and he walked in front to open the way.

The rustling in the jungle made him tense his nerves involuntarily, but Chen Yutong, who was following him, was not afraid at all, and shared his discoveries along the way with him in the communication channel. "I've heard that the forest here is self-healing······ This is basically consistent with the results of the analysis in our biological research institute. Sure enough, just as we predicted, this rainforest is not just a forest, but a creature that merges with the species of the planet Gaia."

Lao Bai: "Fusion?" "That's right."

Looking at the dense woods on both sides and the sunlight passing through the gaps, Chen Yutong narrowed his eyes slightly with curiosity, and continued in a brisk tone.

「······ There is no such example to be found in Earth's ecosystem, and we suspect that this is an ecological phenomenon unique to the planet Gaia, where species share their evolutionary gains with each other, rather than the widespread competition that exists in Earth's ecosystem. This may be because they themselves evolved from the same primitive cell, but it does not rule out another possibility - they were originally an extremely developed civilization that eventually achieved a leap in the sense of species according to their own civilization concept and understanding of life."

Lao Bai glanced back at her incomprehensibly.

In this passage, a concept appears that he does not understand.

However, Chen Yutong did not stop to explain, but continued in a brisk tone.

"The only thing we don't know for sure now is whether this rainforest is self-conscious, like the brood in Clear Springs.

"From the moment I entered this forest, I had a hunch that the key to the Nago crisis was here. I am not in favor of burning the entire province of Haiya, since it is a problem in the biological field, we should find a solution from the perspective of biology····· Trust me, I'll find the key, give me some time."

Trying to understand the meaning of these words, Lao Bai thought for a long time and didn't have a clue, but finally shook his head in abandonment.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, but you can tell me if you need help······ Also, just like when I was in Jinchuan Province, you must follow me closely when you go to work, and don't act on your own."

Chen Yutong bent the corners of his mouth.

"Got it, I'll follow you······ By the way, did you record all the words I just said?"

Lao Bai was slightly stunned.

"Tachograph? I've been on all the time."

Nodding with satisfaction, Chen Yutong said with a smile. "That's good, I'm afraid I will forget it one day, you can help me remember it first."

Reading the free and easy smile, Lao Bai shook his head, turned his head and continued to walk in front. "Remember it yourself."

"I'm not going to let it work."