Chapter 388: Parasitic Worms
"Nutrient solution allows the worms to grow better in the life form. As the worms grow, the host's emotions will become high, and the values of various indicators will also increase, including strength and physique. However, such an increase is very dangerous. Under most circumstances, the worms will parasitize the animal's brain. Once the worms lose control and lack certain nutrients, the worms will become irritable, and the host will also become irritable. I haven't had the time to do more tests. Based on the current situation, the possibility of the worm causing great damage to the host under extreme circumstances is very high. "
According to the description, the NPCs of the Scavenger Army in District 7 drank the potion and became the host of the worms.
Fang Heng roughly understood that that was the true effect of the divine potion.
"I still need time to analyze if the worms in the meteorites are from the same origin as the worms found in the divine potion. Next, I'll start to study the first-generation meteorite. "
"Oh, okay. Do as you see fit. " Fang Heng rubbed his head that couldn't catch up.
A wave of indescribable sleepiness hit him, making it impossible for him to continue thinking.
"Forget it! I'll go offline to catch up on sleep first! " he thought.
Before leaving, Fang Heng threw the four Occult-related books he had secretly brought into the game world to four zombie clones, telling them to read them overnight in the basement.
After arranging everything, Fang Heng waved at Mo Jiawei and said, "Old Mr. Mo, I'll go offline to rest first. Keep an eye out. "
"No problem! " Mo Jiawei, who was taking stock of the great harvest from Server 5, was unusually excited. He waved at Fang Heng. "Leave it to me! "
Meanwhile, outside the research institute at the temporary frontline camp set up by the Federation.
"In the end, we decided to leave Fang Heng alone to completely destroy the time passage and the Tier 5 giant zombies left behind by Sikong Mao in the laboratory… " Wu Xingwen roughly reported the whole process of the infiltration operation to Qian Yuan.
"You didn't confirm the status of the time passage? "
Wu Xingwen was surprised for a moment, then said, "At that time, our situation didn't allow it. "
"Okay, I got it. " Qian Yuan's expression was uncertain.
"Chief, is there a problem? Has the time passage not been destroyed yet? "
An officer came forward and reported "We believe that the time passage may not have been completely destroyed. The laboratory's real-time detection showed that the time fluctuation is still there, but the amount of space fluctuation has decreased sharply. In addition, from about half an hour ago, the vampires' follow-up military support has never appeared again. Based on this, we believe that from that point in time, the teleportation passage has been greatly affected. "
Wu Xingwen frowned.
The time matched. Over half an hour ago, when they heard the alarm, they mistakenly thought that the spatial rift teleportation passage had been destroyed.
Just as they were thinking, suddenly, a violent tremor came from beneath Wu Xingwen's feet!
Following that, a loud explosion sounded in their ears!
Boom!
"An explosion? " Zhou Lei steadied himself and was the first to lift a corner of the command post tent to look outside.
Boom! Boom, boom!
The explosion sounds came from within the research institute.
The entire research institute had fallen into a sea of fire. Most of the automatic turrets outside the research institute had lost their effectiveness due to this explosion.
The Federation players seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Night Owl organization.
A Federation military officer reported loudly, "Chief! The time fluctuation signal has suddenly disappeared! "
"Nice! It must be Fang Heng! He must have thought of a way to destroy the teleportation passage! " Wu Xingwen was certain that Fang Heng must have detonated the bomb, an
bomb, and he secretly cheered for Fang Heng.
"Great! " Zhou Lei could not help but wave his fist fiercely.
Only Chen Ziyang felt a little strange when he saw the large explosion outside the research institute.
Something was not right.
Due to the weight-bearing limitation of his backpack, he did not bring many time bombs into the research institute. Logically speaking, blowing up a large hall was the limit.
How could such a violent explosion be caused?
Without the automatic turrets, the research institute's defensive capabilities were greatly reduced.
In the blink of an eye, the elite players of the Federation had already charged into the periphery of the research institute.
"Thank you for your hard work. "
Seeing that the situation had been settled, Qian Yuan turned to look at Zhou Lei and Nie Feiran. "On behalf of the Federation, Zombie Apocalypse District 5 would like to thank you two for your assistance. I'll get someone to bring you down to rest first. We'll pay the follow-up compensation within three days. "
"Of course, of course. Thank you. "
After Zhou Lei and Nie Feiran were sent away, Qian Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.
They had won, but it was also a bitter victory.
It looked like they had wiped out the vampires, but the real trouble had just begun.
Due to the battle, the Federation's strength had been greatly reduced, and its control over District 5 had weakened even more.
The anti-federation forces that were hiding in District 5 had long been itching to make a move.
They would definitely seize the present opportunity to do so.
…
Meanwhile, in the Federation's Shelter No. 1 that had been taken over by the vampires.
"The research institute has fallen, and the time passage has been destroyed. Marquis Dai Ze died in this battle. His holy weapon that the Sinmore Clan had safekept for a long time was also lost. "
Amelia's face was gloomy as she listened to her subordinate's report.
In the original plan, she would lead the vampires to occupy the entire Server 5, causing a greater impact on the Federation. In the end, she would monopolize the entire Server 5's purple spatial crystal reserves,
"Trash! That short-sighted old fogey, Dai Ze! If it wasn't for him bringing the Sinmore Clan members to disrupt the situation and transporting the purple spatial crystals back to Vampire Apocalypse in advance, hindering my family's mid-level vampire reinforcements, I wouldn't have failed so badly. "
"The shame of the vampires! " A few vampires half-kneeled on the ground.
"All right, there's no point staying here any longer. Prepare to evacuate. "
"Yes! "
Amelia looked out the window at the Federation players who were launching an attack on the shelter.
No matter what, the biggest goal of the trip, the purple spatial crystal ores, had already been obtained.
After returning to the world of the vampires, there was no need for her to make a move. The Sinmore Clan members would definitely be punished for the loss of the holy weapon.
It was not a loss, but Amelia's mood was very bad.
…
"Fang Heng? "
"Yes… It's me… "
Fang Heng's sleep lasted from day to night, and then from night to dawn.
Still a little groggy, he reached out for the phone next to his pillow.
"Fang Heng, are you okay? Did you get caught in the explosion? "
"No, I'm fine. "
"Phew… That's good. "
Chen Yu also felt that Fang Heng wouldn't so easily die in District 5.
He had just read the detailed report on what happened in District 5.
After reading the report, Chen Yu was shocked again.
He had always known that Fang Heng was very powerful, but he didn't expect that Fang Heng had already reached such a level.
He could already control 10 Tyrant form zombies to fight at the same time.
If Fang Heng hadn't cooperated with the Federation all the while, he would have long been on the Federation's list of high-risk people and monitored by the Federation 24 hours a day.
Chapter 389: Potionology
"How on Earth did you do it… "
"Huh? What? "
"No, it's nothing. This mission has been a great trouble for you. The Federal authorities have decided to give you additional compensation. "
"Oh? "
Hearing the words "additional compensation, " Fang Heng immediately sobered up.
"King of Gods' points? "
Chen Yu scratched his head, feeling slightly helpless.
"We will try our best to meet your requirements. However, as you know, every month, transactions involving the King of Gods' points between players have to observe the rules set by the game. The more King of Gods' points traded, the higher the processing fees. As for the direct exchange of King of Gods' points, the losses will be high. I suggest that we opt for a direct exchange of the materials you need instead. "
"All right. I will give you a list of materials in a few days, " Fang Heng agreed without hesitation.
To establish the research room, he still needed a lot of rare minerals. It would be more convenient to purchase the minerals from the Federation.
"Also, the authorities asked me to ask you. "
"Hmm? "
"Do you have any plans to change servers and join Vampire Apocalypse? "
"Not interested, " Fang Heng refused.
"All right. " Chen Yu received the expected answer and sighed heavily.
"What is it? "
"You were involved in most of the matters in District 5, so the authorities believe that you should have the right to know. What I am about to say is a Federal secret. I hope that you will keep it a secret to avoid causing panic in the outside world. "
Fang Heng sat up straight on the bed and nodded. "Okay, go ahead. "
"Yesterday, the Federation took back all the shelters that were seized by the vampires. When we were counting the materials, we found that a batch of purple spatial crystals originally in Shelter No. 1 are lost. "
Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat.
As for purple spatial crystals, not only had he seen them before, but he had also secretly transported more than ten boxes back to the shelter in District 8!
"What is that? "
"It's a very high-level material. Purple spatial crystals have a kind of spatial energy that can be used to cast spells in space and open the teleportation passage. "
Chen Yu continued worriedly, "I hope the loss of the crystals is just a coincidence. "
Fang Heng was silent.
It was definitely not a coincidence.
The vampires valued the purple spatial crystals very much. The Marquis of the vampires, Dai Ze, had even transported a batch back to Vampire Apocalypse in the first instance.
Fang Heng even felt that the vampires had spent a lot of effort to come to Server 5 just to obtain the purple spatial crystals.
Putting aside the vampires' invasion of Server 5, there's also the Vampiric Spirit Cane that you obtained. "
"Spirit Cane? "
"Yeah. That's one of the Thirteen Holy Artifacts of the vampires. Under normal circumstances, before it's purified or sealed, only the vampires have the ability to pick up that thing. "
Chen Yu scratched his head and asked curiously, "How did you do it? "
"Probably because I'm a vampire? "
"What? " Chen Yu was stunned for a moment.
He felt that Fang Heng was lying to him.
"Stop joking. Vampires will want to take it back anyway. Currently, Server 8 is still under Newbie Protection. The chances of the vampires forcefully entering Server 8 is very low, but it's better to be cautious. "
"Okay, I know. Thanks. "
Fang Heng and Chen Yu continued to chat for a while. After agreeing on the payment for the operation, they hung up.
Fang Heng stretched, preparing to find some food.
Drawing open the curtains, Fang Heng was stunned for a moment. "Eh? Where are the raw blue crystal ores that were stored in the back garden? "
The back garden was empty, leaving only the beautiful scenery of a small bridge and flowing water.
Fang Heng put on his coat and went out to look for the ores.
Just as he opened the door, he met Butler Sun.
Fang Heng immediately asked, "Butler Sun, where are my stones? "
"Mr. Fang Heng, you've been resting, so I didn't have the chance to tell you. If the stones were left outside, they would easily get lost and damp, so I took the initiative to temporarily store them in the storage room. I hope you don't mind. "
"Oh, it's fine. As long as they're not lost. "
Butler Sun smiled bitterly at Fang Heng.
A piece of ore worth millions in the black market was just piled up in the backyard?
No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem real.
Butler Sun initially didn't believe that Fang Heng's ore was so valuable. However, after seeing how Xiao Ruoruo took out a book from the study and compared the ore with the original blue crystal raw ore in the book, he started to have doubts.
Fang Heng followed Butler Sun to the storage room and saw that the ores were still there. He was not worried anymore.
For the time being, he would leave them in the warehouse. After all, the storage room was a little too far, making to-and-fro transportation troublesome. When he had time, he would slowly bring them back to the shelter in batches.
"Butler Sun, thank you so much. Please carry on with your work. "
"All right. Do excuse me. "
Fang Heng casually dismissed Butler Sun and began to stuff the ores into his backpack.
…
After filling up a small portion of the blue crystal raw ores and returning to the game, Fang Heng noticed a row of game hints appear before his eyes.
"Hint: you have completed the reading of the books 'Travel Log to a Foreign Fantasy Land, ' 'Analysis of Potionology, ' and 'Occult Knowledge. ' You have gained 322 occult experience points. "
"Hint: you have mastered the skill 'basic potionology' while reading. "
Skill: basic potionology (level 1) .
Skill description: you have mastered basic potionology. You can rely on mental strength to refine potions (the success rate of the skill is related to the player's basic attribute, skill level, and basic occult level) .
Skill description: this skill can be upgraded to level 10 at most, and the skill can not exceed the player's level. "
"Eh? A skill for free? Reading books is still useful! "
Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately opened the skill panel to check.
Although he had mastered the skill of basic potionology, when he opened the sub-attribute panel of potionology, there was nothing inside.
There was not a single potionology formula. It was as if learning it was equivalent to not learning it.
Did he need some potionology materials to trigger it?
Fang Heng was thinking when the warehouse door was opened.
"Fang Heng, there you are. " Mo Jiawei stood at the door and greeted Fang Heng excitedly. "I've been looking for you for a long time. Genius Qiu has made a big discovery about the first-generation meteorite! "
There was news about the main storyline?
Fang Heng was delighted and immediately put potionology aside.
"Let's go take a look! "
In the shelter's laboratory.
Qiu Yaokang, who had stayed up for three nights in a row, was still excited.
The night before, he pulled the shelter's research team to study the first-generation meteorite overnight.
Even now, the shelter's research team operated at full capacity as if they were on steroids.
Seeing Fang Heng, Qiu Yaokang picked up the report on the experiment table. "Fang Heng, you're finally here. There's good news. I've extracted a part of the worm within the first-generation meteorite as a biological sample and confirmed that there's a gene sequence related to the Primogenitor virus in the worm's body. "
He continued, "It's very strange. Once the worm is artificially isolated from the meteorite, it will immediately die. For safety reasons, I haven't conducted any biological experiments yet. Our research room needs to level up first. "
Chapter 390: The Next Journey
Qiu Yaokang adjusted his glasses as he spoke.
"In addition, according to my estimation, as long as we can figure out the relationship between the worms and the first-generation meteorite, we will be able to find a way to completely solve the zombie virus. Earlier on, I communicated with David of the Dark Knights about the discovery of the worms. We will work together, with each of us focusing on a different item. The Dark Knights will mainly study the meteorite while we will mainly study the worms. Hopefully, this will help boost our research speed. "
Fang Heng saw new game hints appearing in front of him.
"Hint: you have cracked part of the secret of the first-generation meteorite in advance. "
"Hint: due to your interference with the main storyline, the main storyline progress has undergone a major change. The progress of the main storyline has greatly increased. You have received additional main storyline contribution points. "
"Hint: the current main storyline in this server has reached 58.9% . The game will announce the ranking of the contribution points for the main storyline in the entire server in 24 hours. "
"Hint: your contribution points for the main storyline are 276,200. You are temporarily ranked first in this server. "
"Hint: you can use up 100 King of Gods' points to delay the announcement of the main storyline for a week. "
"Hint: after a week, you can use up additional King of Gods' points to delay the announcement by another 3 days. Each delay will cost twice as many King of Gods' points as the previous time. "
"Hint: player, please choose whether to use up 100 King of Gods' points to delay the announcement. "
The series of game hints made Fang Heng a little confused.
"F*ck! "
After carefully reading through the game log, Fang Heng was cursing in his heart.
Why did the completion rate of the main storyline suddenly approach 59% ?
In his original plan, Fang Heng had planned to take advantage of the fact that no one knew that he had acquired the first-generation meteorite to secretly develop himself and quietly do the main storyline.
He had not expected the main storyline to exceed 50% so quickly, and there was even the announcement of the ranking.
"Delay the announcement. "
Fang Heng decided to spend 100 King of Gods' points to delay the announcement for seven days.
Now was not the time to expose his main storyline progress.
The current completion rate of the main storyline was less than 60% , and the subsequent main storylines would not be so easy to complete. The game was bound to include interesting elements.
Moreover, in his memory, the federal team of Server 2 of Zombie Apocalypse had already completed the main storyline and successfully obtained the final authority of the game world in Server 2.
But now, Server 2 was still in the apocalyptic world where zombies were rampant.
The follow-up main storyline would definitely not be that simple!
Fang Heng was currently far ahead in terms of contribution points. It would probably be very difficult for others to snatch the first place in contribution points.
What he was most afraid of was the announcement of the main storyline rankings in District 8. At that time, he would become the target of public criticism. In addition, the Night Owl organization would add to his troubles and think of ways to disrupt the main storyline in District 8, adding to his troubles.
He had to take advantage of the next seven days to complete the main storyline.
Fang Heng suddenly felt a heavy pressure.
Seeing that Fang Heng did not speak, Qiu Yaokang turned his head curiously and asked, "Fang Heng? Did you think of something? "
"Oh, no, nothing. "
Fang Heng came to his senses. "Levelling up the research room is not a problem. Make a list of the missing materials as soon as possible. Also, how long will it take to have results from researching the first-generation meteorite? "
"The research is very difficult. It will take at least three to four days to come to a preliminary conclusion. "
"Three to four days? So slow? "
"Slow? "
Qiu Yaokang shook his head and said, "It's already very fast, Fang Heng. "
"After the analysis comes to a preliminary conclusion, it will take a very long time to develop the antibodies. Even with the help of the Dark Knights, it won't be possible without at least a month's time. "
"A month? "
Fang Heng's heart sank. "Good heavens, a month's time will be wasted just like that? "
A week was equivalent to 100 King of Gods' points. Toward the end, delaying the ranking announcement would require relatively more points.
He could not afford to drag on.
"Is there any way to speed up the research? "
"Not at the moment. I suggest that you find some researchers to help. "
Fang Heng lowered his head and began to think. "That's right! Didn't the Dark Knights from Server 7 do some research related to the first-generation meteorite? If I can get some information from them… "
Fang Heng raised his head and said, "If there are research materials related to the first-generation meteorite, would it help speed up the research? "
Qiu Yaokang was stunned when he heard that. He looked at Fang Heng in surprise.
"Do you have relevant information? "
"Not at the moment, but I can think of a way to get some for you. "
Qiu Yaokang thought for a moment and nodded. "If it's also research on the first-generation meteorite, it should be of help. "
Mo Jiawei, who had been listening by the side, had a realization. "Hey, Fang Heng, you're not planning to drop by District 7, are you? "
He thought, "What the heck, was he planning to drop by District 7 and do the main storyline without saying anything? Overpowered is overpowered indeed. He's actually doing the main storyline in both servers. "
"That's right, I'm planning to go to the parallel world. The Dark Knights there have studied the first-generation meteorite for a period of time, and there might still be research data stored there. "
The more Fang Heng thought about it, the more he felt that it was a workable plan.
The main storyline of District 7 was highly similar to that of District 8. Apart from searching the relevant information on the first-generation meteorite, he could cross-reference the main storyline flow in both servers.
That would help him speed up the progress of District 8's missions, too.
If he got lucky and came into direct contact with the owner of the divine potion, he might be able to obtain some information related to the subsequent main storyline in advance.
"How's the status of the space tearing device? "
"Very good. Victor already checked and repaired it yesterday. It can be operated at any time. "
"Good! Let's not delay further. We'll set off immediately! "
With the blue energy crystals from District 5, the space tearing device had sufficient energy. It was enough for Fang Heng to warp for a period of time.
"I'll go to District 7 now and try to get some information. We'll do research on the worms in the first-generation meteorite for now. "
"Okay. Remember to bring some live sample collectors. " Qiu Yaokang left while shrouded in a frosty aura and went back to command the research team.
"What? God, are you going to Server 7 now? " Mo Jiawei did not get game hints related to the main storyline. He only felt that Fang Heng was full of energy. The latter had just come back, yet he wanted to get right back into action and head for Server 7.
"Yeah. I'll leave the shelter to you. Let's keep in touch at all times. " Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei on the shoulder.
Before he left, Fang Heng hesitated, asking, "There's no danger in District 8 recently, is there? "
Mo Jiawei first shook his head, then thought of something and nodded.
He looked at Fang Heng and said seriously, "In the entire District 8, the biggest danger should be the Tyrants in our prison, right? "
"Stop joking… "
Fang Heng lowered his head and thought for a while.
"This time, I'll probably have to fight with the Scavenger Army in District 7. In order to complete the mission as soon as possible, it's better to bring more fighters along with me. It should be enough to bring 10 Tyrants… " Muttering in a low voice, Fang Heng opened the game log and controlled 100 vine zombies, 50 Lickers, and 10 Tyrants. They would be the sacrificial fighters.