The spacecraft took them to the research institute on Tianyuan Star.

Before he landed, Gu Qiongsheng saw Wei Lan at the gate through the glass porthole, with a gloomy and resentful look on his face.

He seemed to have been waiting in the cold wind for a long time, and his whole body was emitting coldness.

As soon as Zhou Feng opened the cabin door, Wei Lan rushed up angrily: "You said you'd be here in a while? Look at yourself, what time is it?"

Zhou Feng raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Yeah, didn't I say it would be later?"

"You call this a little late?" Wei Lan raised his voice. "I've been waiting outside for five hours. Five hours!"

"...I don't understand," Zhou Feng said, looking at him strangely. "It's not like I asked you to wait at the door."

Wei Lan was furious: "You!"

Jiang Yuanliang, who was standing nearby, saw that the situation was not good and rushed over to smooth things over: "Professor, don't get excited, Professor, it's good that they are here!"

While holding down the angry Wei Lan, he gestured to Gu Qiongsheng and the others with a wry smile, inviting them into the laboratory: "I'm sorry, Professor, you're too impatient. When I heard you were coming this morning, I barely ate a single meal today. You were waiting at the door at two or three o'clock, and you wouldn't listen to my advice..."

"I'm not anxious," Wei Lan said unhappily. "I just have a lot of questions. Mr. Gu, you're free today, why don't you..."

Gu Qiongsheng felt a headache when he saw him, and quickly changed the subject: "Professor Wei, why don't we talk about business first?"

"..." Wei Lan stopped talking in disappointment, "Okay, that's fine."

He led a group of people into the laboratory, using authorization cards to pass through multiple access control gates. The protective doors became thicker and thicker. Gu Qiongsheng also saw many soldiers armed with live ammunition, and he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

The defense is too strict.

What earth-shattering thing is hidden inside?

Combined with what happened before, Gu Qiongsheng had some vague guesses in her mind, but even so, when she and her teammates saw the ugly big ball immersed in the glass jar in the center of the laboratory, they opened their eyes wide in surprise.

When the results of the inter-school league came out, it said that they killed two Zergs. Gu Qiongsheng thought that both the Silent Zerg and the Rift Zerg were dead.

But unexpectedly, this silent insect cub is still alive.

And it was transported to the laboratory and strictly guarded.

But now, it has become extremely miserable. All its tentacles have been cut off, and its body is covered with pits and scars. It is just a shaved ball of flesh, floating weakly in the nutrient solution, without any deterrent power at all.

After a long time, a few weak bubbles appeared.

It looks like what ordinary people use to make wine.

Gu Qiongsheng looked at the glass jar curiously and asked doubtfully, "Is it still alive?"

"Then, the field of silence..."

"It's okay," Wei Lan said. "The Federation has been researching the field of silence for many years, and it's not without results. Besides, this silent insect has lost consciousness and only has a little bit of instinct left."

He shook his head and continued to explain: "Didn't it swallow a tube of medicine at that time?"

"Subsequent investigations revealed that it was an explosive potion obtained through illicit means. The Silent Worm consumed it, unleashing a force far beyond its capacity. After the potion wore off, the aftereffects were exceptionally severe. Now it's completely paralyzed, like what we often call... a vegetative state? Uh, a plant worm?"

"So our research institute took it over, hoping to study the relationship between the life ore and the Zerg young. Unexpectedly, we actually achieved some results."

As he spoke, Wei Lan pressed a button on the glass cover.

The mechanical arm popped out, holding a sharp silver needle, and poked the bulging ball of silent insect flesh with force.

Gu Qiongsheng clearly saw that the flesh ball trembled a few times in pain, and suddenly a burst of mental power popped out.

That force should have turned into a silent barrier to attack all external electronic equipment, but unfortunately it was too weak now. That force had to prioritize protecting the poor larvae and condense a thin layer of fine membrane in the nutrient solution.

Wei Lan controlled the robotic arm, scooped the thin membrane out of the nutrient solution, and spread it flat on a glass dish.

"This is the original form of the Life Ore," he showed the glass dish to Gu Qiongsheng and the others. "If we can crack the secret within, the Federation's Psychic Mecha will truly have a solution."

Zhou Feng came over and said with a hearty smile, "This is also the reason why we strongly requested that your third-class merit be upgraded to a second-class merit."

"It's not just about precipitating metal minerals; the living larvae hold so many unknown mysteries, which are of great significance to our research on the Zerg."

"The Zerg are very secretive. In the past, if we captured live Zerg, they would die naturally after a short while. Even if we caught an unconscious Zerg, they would still commit suicide when they regained consciousness. We suspect that the Zerg Queen was giving these Zergs a hint, but this time, the Federation captured a Zerg in a vegetative state. Isn't that a coincidence?"

"Upon learning of the diagnosis, the top federal officials were almost going crazy with joy."

"Your team deserves credit for capturing this bug."

She spoke passionately, and the atmosphere in the laboratory became very heated.

Gu Qiongsheng shook his head with a smile, suddenly feeling a little ridiculous.

In fact, whether it was the sudden outbreak of the Silent Bugs that recalled the Rift Bugs and thus saved the students of the safe house, or the larvae being paralyzed due to the sequelae of the outbreak potion and unable to commit suicide and being caught by humans, it was all caused by Lu Yuanji in the final analysis.

But now, he is still being held in the relevant department awaiting trial, and all the credit has been attributed to Gu Qiongsheng's team.

What’s even more ridiculous is that Lu Yuanji did all this just to take credit.

...In the end, he ended up with nothing and even shot himself in the foot.

"Serves you right."

Gu Qiongsheng muttered softly.

On the other side, Tan Yao stared at the precipitate in the glass dish with curiosity for a while, then walked around the glass jar twice: "Professor Wei, may I ask the precipitation rate of this mineral substance..."

He was extremely perceptive and saw the key at a glance.

Wei Lan's smile suddenly froze. After a long while, he lowered his head and said helplessly in a low voice, "About 200g can be precipitated in a day..."

Everyone turned around suddenly: "???"

Only 200g a day, doesn't that mean it would take at least ten years to build a mecha?

"It doesn't necessarily take that long," Wei Lan added hurriedly. "All the research has just begun, so it will definitely be slower. The precipitates won't be used to build mechas right away, but will be sent to various laboratories as samples."

"News about the Silent Worm hatchlings has reached the research institute. Several biology experts are very interested and are already on their way. With their participation, the research will be even faster."

Tan Yao nodded in understanding.

This makes sense, after all, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Wei Lan looked at Tan Yao with a smile: "So, Mr. Tan, would you consider joining our research project?"

"Anyway, you already have a special recruitment quota, and there's still over a month until the final exam, so you might as well be idle..."

After learning about Gu Qiongsheng's healing talent, Wei Lan knew that his own research institute could no longer support this true god.

But it doesn't matter, Zhenshen's teammates are also geniuses picked from thousands. Besides, the relationship within the A1056 team is so harmonious. If we pull Xiao Tan over, we will have a reason to ask Gu Qiongsheng for help more often in the future!

Wei Lan blinked repeatedly and winked at Jiang Yuanliang frantically. The two of them surrounded Tan Yao from the front and the back and switched to crazy sales mode.

Next to him, Gu Qiongsheng stared at the pink, tender, fragile and helpless flesh ball in the glass jar, feeling a little emotional and excited.

No matter how powerful the Silent Bug is, they still caught its young and kept them in glass jars like guinea pigs, right?

The powerful Zerg, which was invincible on the battlefield, can now only be kept in captivity by humans and used as experimental subjects for extracting rare substances - oh, it feels so good just thinking about it.

and……

Gu Qiongsheng thought that this was the first silent insect cub caught by humans, but it would definitely not be the last.

In a flash, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind, causing her to speak subconsciously: "By the way, can I try to nurse this bug?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked up with strange expressions.

Zhou Feng asked in surprise: "Can a healer also treat Zerg?"

Wei Lan said nervously, "Don't cure its paralysis. All of us in the institute, young and old, are counting on this plant insect."

"I'll give it a try. Don't worry, I'll be careful." Gu Qiongsheng fumbled around on the glass jar and found the button Wei Lan had just pressed. "Is this the right way to release the needle that hurt it?"

She carefully controlled her skills, and at the same time, her fingers were as fast as lightning, pressing buttons rapidly!

The silent worm in the glass jar suddenly became like a madman, convulsing and twisting desperately.

Countless silver needles shot out from all directions, fiercely piercing through its remaining body, but there was a magical force that kept it alive, not allowing it to be completely stabbed to death, but continuously stimulating a protective barrier!

If it was not unable to make any sound, it would have let out an extremely shrill scream at this moment.

Tan Yao stared blankly, and even he felt a hint of pity - because it was really too tragic, so tragic that it was the worst in the insect world, and there was no way for insects to survive!

Just as it healed a little, it was pierced by silver needles without stopping. The blood holes kept piercing and healing. The pain made the Silent Bug twitch wildly, blood gushing everywhere, and the protective barriers that came from the biological instinctive reaction also popped out one after another.

Tan Yao had no doubt that the little energy that Gu Qiongsheng used to treat the Silent Bug had all been transformed into a mental barrier and activated before it could cure its paralysis.

Wei Lan was watching from the side with his eyes wide open. He was stunned for a long time before shouting out in a hoarse voice: "Enough, enough, enough samples!"

"Is that enough?"

Gu Qiongsheng shrugged and let go of his hand.

Although she felt a little scalp-tingling, she suddenly didn't feel uncomfortable anymore when she thought that this was the culprit who massacred hundreds of millions of humans and caused the original owner's family to be destroyed, and that this was the unforgivable Zerg who destroyed countless planets.

When she finally stopped, everyone, including Zhou Feng, seemed to see the Silent Bug spit out a few mouthfuls of white foam.

He immediately collapsed completely in the glass jar, his breath even weaker than before.

In just this short moment, it had already deposited hundreds of layers of film.

Tightly wrapped in nutrient solution, it looks like a thick stone shell.

The robotic arm reached into the nutrient solution, fished out the stone shell and put it on the scale to weigh it. Wei Lan looked at the huge, glaring numbers and felt his heart agitated. His hands began to tremble uncontrollably again.

“…Come to the Starry Sky Research Institute!”

He shouted dazedly and somewhat frantically, "Gu Qiongsheng, please!"

"As long as you're willing to come, I'll let you take my position as a first-level researcher!"

…

Of course Gu Qiongsheng would not join the institute.

But under Wei Lan's repeated and enthusiastic invitation, she finally agreed with a wry smile, and would try to spend more time to stimulate the silent worms so as to help the institute obtain more samples and speed up the research progress.

This is not a bad thing. Gu Qiongsheng can feel that in the process of stimulating the silent worms, her mental state is extremely tense because she is afraid of over-treatment. This has a good training effect on further controlling the precision of the treatment.

Combined with the help of Dr. Zou during this period, she has studied human medicine.

Perhaps in the future, Gu Qiongsheng will no longer aimlessly and simply throw out one skill after another, but will be able to control the power of the skills and provide more targeted treatment to his teammates.

With such high-precision and high-efficiency treatment, wounds that used to require two skills to heal may now only require one.

This way, her endurance will be stronger and she will be able to help more people on the battlefield.

For the following period of time, Gu Qiongsheng ran back and forth between the research institute, school and several sanatoriums on Tianyuan Star.

She had to learn multiple skills at the same time and never slack off in her training as a warrior. She had a very hard time during this period.

Fortunately, hard work always pays off. About two weeks later, Gu Qiongsheng received good news from Wei Lan about "new breakthroughs in research."

The accuracy of skill control has more than doubled compared to the past.

Her own mental strength also continued to grow, not only recovering to the original C level, but even surpassing it.

Most importantly, her third skill, "Healing Light Array", has finally reached full proficiency and can be further upgraded!