New Materials Technology

After receiving the news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ye Miaomiao immediately sent a plane to pick up the warrior with a 32% infection rate.

He was called a warrior because, in his quest to find the epicenter of this catastrophe, he deliberately explored the Sunless Sea and accidentally fell. Fortunately, he was alert and held his breath to avoid ingesting the seawater.

Unfortunately, he happened to develop a mouth ulcer in his mouth.

The pollution source entered his body through the ulcers, which also caused his face to be the most seriously polluted.

The 32% contamination just exceeded the institute's expected range of variation. The man's variation also verified the researcher's hypothesis, and the institute strongly requested that the man be brought in.

A group of people did not sleep most of the night. The plane arrived at 2:00 in the morning. They were sent to the hospital at 2:05 in the morning. At 2:10 in the morning, people from the research institute had already taken the samples and put them into the microscope.

At the same time, the man’s photo was also circulated on Taoduoduo, and the situation reached its peak.

Back to a while ago, his friend was desperate and tried all kinds of methods. He took a lot of detailed, high-definition photos and posted a help post on Taoduoduo.

The scene was so horrifying that even Taoduoduo netizens thought it was photoshopped. Most of the comments under the help post were joking, saying that fish teeth don't look like that.

It was not until the man’s friend issued a statement, thanking E E E for sending a plane and medical team to rescue him immediately, and hoping that netizens would respect his friend, that this statement received an official response from E E E shortly afterwards.

Everyone was shocked to realize that this was true!

Someone's pollution index really reached 32%! Someone really mutated!

When I saw the photos that looked like they had been photoshopped under the help post, I suddenly got goosebumps all over my body.

A terrifying story has emerged in real life: a man has grown gills!

Realistically, fish gills can't breathe on land, and lungs can't breathe in water. How can he breathe? Where can he breathe? Most importantly...can he still breathe and survive?

Everyone on Taoduoduo is in a panic. Not only are the zombies and drought right before their eyes, but what’s even more terrifying is this unknown pollution.

They are afraid of turning into monsters, becoming inhuman, or even dying in this state.

The store was crowded with people asking about the man's current situation, and messages were still flashing late at night.

Due to patient privacy, I couldn't take photos in the hospital. So someone took a real-time photo of a window in the institute. The top right corner of the photo clearly showed the time of 3 a.m., and the institute was still brightly lit.

"Look, the researchers in the territory are still investigating. They're working so hard. If anything happens to this person, we'll all be dead. Believe it or not, it's over. Go to bed early."

That bright yellow light inexplicably gives people a sense of security——

"Tears, and I'm still working now."

"The warmest light, a tribute to the angels fighting on the front lines."

"Please rest early. Your health is the capital of revolution."

“…”

This bright light finally gave the anxious people a sense of peace of mind, allowing them to feel sleepy. As the night deepened and the dew grew heavier, many people fell asleep, but the light in the institute was not turned off until dawn.

While Taoduoduo netizens were staying up all night, Ye Miaomiao was sleeping soundly.

When she woke up the next morning, she received a series of messages.

The first piece of news flashing with golden light, coming from the SSR card [Demon Research Institute], instantly sobered Ye Miaomiao up.

The message was sent at 2:00 AM.

Dear players, we've detected researchable items in your territory. By investing a sufficient amount of resources (human bodies with a 30% pollution level) you can unlock the demonic technology "Pollution Adaptation."

Ye Miaomiao: “…?”

She couldn't help it, her anger soaring! This damn disaster had left her with no place to farm. She finally found a way to adapt to the disaster, and she still needed a human body? Why not go to heaven?

Sooner or later she would have to pack her bags and sail away. Who would adapt to disaster then?

After closing the golden notification unhappily, as if it was the beginning of bad luck, Ye Miaomiao received the news that the blueprints of the water-making machine had been completed, but——

Requires a level 6 factory and unlocked nanotechnology.

Ye Miaomiao felt that her forehead was dark today. After getting up, she had to eat a bowl of fragrant pork trotter noodles to kick away bad luck and bring blessings and longevity.

After dinner, we still have to return to reality and face difficulties.

Compared to nanotechnology, upgrading to level 6 factories is even more difficult. Although level 6 is only one level lower than level 5, it is recognized by Civilization players as the most difficult level to reach.

Why do we say this? We have to start with the development of materials, which is a testimony to the progress of human society.

From the initial use of natural materials such as wood and stone to process the simplest tools such as stone picks and stone axes, humans gradually got rid of their ape-man identity and entered the ancient era.

From the bronze ware of slave society, to the iron ware of feudal society, to the steel of modern society, every development of materials means that human society has entered one civilization to another.

Although "Civilization" does not explain this explicitly, its unspoken rules are reflected in the game mechanics.

Level 5 factories target steel materials. To advance to Level 6, the next level, they need to develop a new material technology. Because they're right between the lowest and highest levels, to "advance from Level 5 to Level 6," they must also meet one more requirement: the territory must have conducted at least 100,000 manufacturing operations.

Even an old player like Ye Miaomiao, who had consciously accumulated knowledge at the beginning of the game, had only manufactured about 70,000 times so far.

Not to mention the development of new material technologies. There are countless material technologies that can be considered cross-civilizational, and nanotechnology is relatively simple among them.

Ye Miaomiao had originally planned to play it safe, wait for two more disasters, accumulate more manufacturing opportunities, and then assign researchers to specialize in materials. Now, it seems... plans can never keep up with changes.

However, Ye Miaomiao was not at all panicked. Thinking of the goods she had stockpiled, she was as steady as an old dog.

The lack of manufacturing times can be supplemented with evolution points.

Ye Miaomiao had the two evolution points she had initially stockpiled and the four evolution points compensated by the customer service, a total of six, which was just enough.

The more troublesome thing is... evolution points have the characteristic of "not being able to skip levels", and nanomaterials must be researched by oneself.

The following day, Ye Miaomiao asked around for experts who knew about nanotechnology. At the end of the day, Ye Miaomiao sadly confirmed that there were no more scientists in the field of nanotechnology in this world, at least in the human race.

She had to find the person who originally designed the water generator blueprints - Will, a physicist from Campbell Territory.

At that time, he just had a wide range of interests and hobbies and had some knowledge about it, but he didn't expect that he would become the hope of all mankind now.

Ye Miaomiao got straight to the point: "Are you interested in continuing your research in the field of nanotechnology?"

Researcher Wei scratched his head awkwardly. "Even before the apocalypse, no scientist had fully mastered nanotechnology. I'm certainly interested in this area, but I'm only a junior apprentice. I'm truly sorry..."

Ye Miaomiao waved her hand. That wasn't what she meant. "I just wanted to ask, are you interested in further research in this direction?"

"Of course I'm interested, but..." This kind of thing can't be accomplished just by being interested!

Ye Miaomiao gave him a look that said, "You don't understand this, do you?"

She took out a glass bottle from the warehouse. Inside the transparent glass were two pills.

Will was still puzzled when the glass bottle was placed in his hands - [Interstellar Universal Robots: Pairs of nanorobots that can work together to treat common symptoms.]

Will rubbed his eyes.

Will was numb for a moment.

Will shouted: "Nanobots!?"

He was horrified. "Is this really a nanoscale medical robot? That nanomedical robot project that existed for centuries but disappeared due to medical accidents caused by immature technology?!"

"Oh my God! This is the finished product!?"

Ye Miaomiao nodded calmly. As early as when she saw the nanotechnology, she remembered the treasure in her warehouse. With such a large inventory, wasn't it normal for her to have a box of "disappeared" nanorobots?

Ye Miaomiao was very sure: "This is a robot that can be sent to space and has mature technology."

Will looked at the two pills in shock. It was unbelievable that two doctors who were capable of performing surgery on human cells were hidden in these pills the size of rice grains!

He looked up at Ye Miaomiao again, and countless doubts jumped into his mind in an instant, but none of them were enough to cover up his current shock, no, surprise!

"If you are interested in continuing this research, I can give this to you. With the finished nanorobots, I believe you can..."

"No problem!" Before Ye Miaomiao could finish speaking, Will tightly grasped the glass tube and said loudly.

This was perfect research material, and no scientist could refuse it. Will's cheeks flushed with excitement, and he couldn't wait to rush to the laboratory to observe this unprecedented field up close.

He held a treasure in his hands, and he would be the first to uncover it. What an honor!

Will said seriously, "I can't promise you anything, but I will do my best."

Ye Miaomiao nodded, that was enough.

"Thank God, thank science, thank Knox, thank Hungry Hungry..." Will murmured, walking quickly towards the laboratory.

Ye Miaomiao looked at his back lovingly and silently arranged two NPC researchers to assist him.

Inspired by the things related to territory, interstellar space and nutrient solution, Ye Miaomiao suddenly had an idea and wondered whether she should take the nutrient solution for research as well.

On second thought, the honey-brown color of the nutrient solution was so dark that it would be misunderstood if blurred. Ye Miaomiao has not dared to try it yet - forget it, she would rather study canned food - the technology tree must not grow into a crooked tree.

There is a shortage of talent in nanotechnology, but there is a plentiful supply of talent in aquaculture!

Before mealtime, more than ten people had already been picked up, and Ye Miaomiao held a welcoming banquet as usual.

Those who work in aquaculture can tell whether someone has it or not just by looking at their skin color. Ten dark-skinned people at the dinner table talked about aquaculture. Ye Miaomiao gave them an internship as usual, feeling that her greenhouse number six would soon prosper.

At the same time, the second and third rounds of hydroponic base visits also ended under the attention of the public.

This tour included all the greenhouses.

All kinds of photos flooded into Taoduoduo, including cute strawberries, tender cabbage, newly grown tomatoes, and finger-sized fish fry. People were instantly cured, and the 32% contaminated mutants appeared, which did not seem so alarming.

There is a photo that takes particularly beautiful pictures of strawberries. Interested netizens have named each strawberry in a row, and they howl under the hungry hungry store every day, hoping to see their daughter/son again.

Some people even specifically intercepted one of them and used it as their own avatar, and a group of people formed a strawberry team, which fully demonstrated the love of the pervert for the two-dimensional daughter.

Unfortunately, the tour ended there and the row of strawberries never appeared again.

Maybe it ended up in a fruit bowl, or maybe it ended up in a cake, no one knew. But that row of strawberries was destined to become a vibrant color, etched in everyone's heart.