Yang Jia hadn't actually expected Zhuo Tianyang to actually say anything. After all, he was known for being secretive, so it was only natural for him to dodge the subject. But Zhuo Tianyang frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Is it okay if I don't say anything?"

Yang Jia couldn't help but laugh at this question. "If you don't want to talk, I can't pry your mouth open."

Zhuo Tianyang waved his hand upon hearing this, "Forget it, it's nothing shameful anyway." He took out a card from his bag and waved it in front of Yang Jia.

Silver card.

"Do you understand?" Zhuo Tianyang looked at her.

Yang Jia shook his head.

Zhuo Tianyang glared, "Don't you have a card like this too?"

"That might be due to different permissions," Yang Jia joked. "Even though I got the card, I'm still confused about what's going on. But you should know a lot, right?"

Zhuo Tianyang looked at her suspiciously, "Even if you didn't know, didn't Li Bai tell you?"

"She only said there are three types of people who get this card: one who's just lucky and knows nothing. One who's been sent here with a special mission. And the other who's kind of hired." Yang Jia's smile faded, his expression turning serious. "But you should know more, right? If it's really just for a game, even if it has a special function, it shouldn't be this bad."

In fact, Li Bai also revealed that the entire "Real" game was completed as a project.

Even if it's just for building a world to simulate a virus vaccine, the project is quite ambitious. After all, if that's all, then closed-loop calculations can barely achieve the desired effect. It's not that creating such a game world is bad, but the investment and output are not proportional.

Yang Jia stared at Zhuo Tianyang, wanting to see what kind of answer he could give. But Zhuo Tianyang was just slightly stunned, put his ID card back, thought for a moment, and then said, "If you ask me that, I don't know how to answer you. Or rather, I can't give you an answer."

Yang Jia couldn't help but frown slightly, and then he saw Zhuo Tianyang continue, "I have already given you the hint."

"What?"

"Fate came from the sky,

Day and night are reversed, the world has changed dramatically,

The glaciers melted into the sea, the mountains were flattened,

God's will has come here.

A new fire began to burn.

Heroes expand territory and conquer the world.

Opened Pandora's box.

One day, the whole world will fall asleep."

Zhuo Tianyang finished reciting the prophetic song he had written on the parchment scroll, then looked at Yang Jia and said, "Everything I need to tell you is already said here."

"..." Yang Jia looked at Zhuo Tianyang seriously, and after confirming that he was not joking, a thoughtful look appeared on his face. This vague statement seemed very mysterious, and it was difficult to discern what the other party was trying to express.

But there was no doubt that Zhuo Tianyang really knew something. Otherwise, he could have just said he didn't know and there would have been no need to go through so much trouble.

She glanced at Zhuo Tianyang's two followers not far away. They were talking here, and the two of them were waiting quietly on the side. What a strange combination. As if noticing her gaze, Zhuo Tianyang also looked over, and then suddenly asked, "Do they look normal?"

"Hmm?" Yang Jia nodded hesitantly, and then Zhuo Tianyang smiled, looking very satisfied. Then he stood up and said, "If you don't have any other questions, I'll leave."

This guy never seemed to stay in one place for too long, and Yang Jia hadn't thought of trying to keep him. But when Zhuo Tianyang was about to leave, she couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, aren't you afraid of contracting the virus by hanging out like this?"

Although it stands to reason that in this game world, the probability of contracting the virus is the same whether you are in the city or outside the city, and it doesn't matter if there are many people or few people. But the problem is that there are only three of them in Zhuo Tianyang's group. What if all of them are infected?

Zhuo Tianyang's eyes widened when he heard this. "Don't curse me. I'm so healthy, how could I be infected with the virus?" Perhaps this reason was so ridiculous that even he himself didn't quite believe it, so he added, "Since you know the seriousness of the problem, just get the vaccine out as soon as possible."

He left very cleanly, just as he had come. Yang Jia thought for a while, his mind still hazy. He couldn't figure out whether this meeting was intentional or not, and what was the purpose?

Finally she shook her head and continued to squat down and collect plants.

The work of filling the atlas was nearly halfway complete, and progress was going very smoothly. I'm sure we'll see results in a while. Then, we'll naturally know what the system is hiding. Yang Jia didn't quite believe it could remind him about the vaccine. After all, it had been made clear before that they had to find a solution on their own. So, what was the purpose of this mission?

…

Li Bai ultimately couldn't find the report, "A Clinical Trial on the Use of Red Sage in the Treatment of DIE Virus." The title clearly indicated the report should exist, but she couldn't find it. She even went back to the database, but still found nothing.

Li Bai's intuition told her that there might be a secret hidden in this experimental report.

However, she soon noticed that the same signatures were found on several lab reports, and they were also the same signatures on the missing report. This suggested that the five people, including Yang Jia, must have been part of the same team, often working together on experiments and therefore sharing their signatures on the reports.

Li Bai found all the experimental reports under the names of the five people, and then began to read them carefully, looking for clues.

Li Bai was actually quite overwhelmed by this kind of lab report. Luckily, she had crammed for the virus before, so she had a basic understanding. Furthermore, the base was very busy at the moment, and they wouldn't be sending anyone out until they had figured out the cause of the deaths of the two hundred or so people. So, she had plenty of time to study it slowly.

You know what, Li Bai actually found some clues.

Among them is an experimental report titled "Analysis of the Composition of Various Elements in the Air and Water of Hope Star."

This report compares the known elemental composition of the air and water on Hope with that of Earth. Many trace elements on Hope are slightly above the recommended limit, but the fluctuations are so slight they can even be considered errors. Furthermore, an element previously undetected and inaccessible to current scientific analysis has been detected in the air on Hope.

At the end of the experimental report, a hypothesis was put forward: could this floating data and unknown elements be one of the causes of infectious viruses?

However, this speculation had no basis, so it was quickly shelved and there was no follow-up.

But when Li Bai saw the report, this was the only thought on his mind: Could this be related to the cause of the virus? And since there are undetected elements in the air, could there be more than one? Or are there other elements present in water, air, and the bodies of plants and animals?

This report was from many years ago, so Li Bai then searched for related papers and experimental reports from the past twenty years, and she actually found quite a bit. She dove into it, racking her brains to understand and analyze it, trying to find what she needed.

However, halfway through this work, Li Bai received new instructions, requiring her to follow the main force and search the mountains and forests again. Because the research had been stagnant for a while, they had to send people out again to search for clues.

However, the laboratory gave Li Bai a definitive answer: the soldiers' deaths were definitely not caused by the mosquitoes she brought back. Although the pathogens carried by the mosquitoes were indeed detected in their bodies, they were clearly not fatal. The true cause of death was another.

As for the elemental analysis report on the air and water, Li Bai mentioned it to others, but no one paid attention. This was because there had been subsequent studies on this topic, but the facts proved that it would not cause any harm to humans.

After all, the environment on Hope is only similar to Earth, not exactly the same, so these differences are normal. Their impact on humans is minimal. After living on this planet for a long time and adapting to it, the human body will gradually undergo subtle adjustments to best suit this planet.

This time there were more people traveling, and they brought a lot of advanced detection equipment, but in the end nothing went wrong. They stayed in the forest for nearly half a month, and finally came back the same way they went.

The base sent out several more people after that, and they all returned safely. That death seemed to be just an accident.

After several discussions, the base finally decided to expand forward a distance and establish a new base as originally planned. The new base meant that it could accommodate more people, which meant that the progress of research and development would be accelerated again.

No one mentioned the problems that had not yet been solved. In the face of the general trend of development, even if one or two accidents occurred, they would only be suppressed.

During this process, people were constantly infected with the DIE virus, but because it was properly controlled, it did not spread in the end and did not cause any panic.

Perhaps because of her different perspective, Li Bai saw many issues that she had never paid attention to or considered before. She had a very strong intuition that something might happen to Hope Star again, and it would be a big one!