"Squeak! Hiss!"
Strange screams mixed with violent attacks soon created a crack in a corner of the incubator.
Zhou Zhuo stood in front of the team of researchers. Seeing the monster he had created was about to break out of the cage, he calmly gave the order:
"destroy."
The assistant beside him pressed a button on the console, and four black jets appeared at the four vertices above the rectangular culture chamber.
Blazing flames gushed out, sweeping across the entire interior of the cabin.
Everything, the culture chamber, the wood chips that the mice liked, and the mice themselves, were all reduced to ashes in an instant.
Zhou Zhuo sighed as he looked at the lab table that had turned into ash and black solid, then turned around and looked at his assistant:
“How is the image information collection going?”
"Done. All four camera positions have records."
"What about the genetic information?"
"A little blood sample was also kept."
"Okay, the terrible harm of hyphae is beyond doubt. From now on, everyone will devote themselves to the research of harmless solution to the hyphae crisis."
At eight o'clock in the morning, a number of production records were placed in front of Ji Yongxing. Some of these records were neat, while others were tattered. It was conceivable that the process of obtaining them was not smooth.
At this moment, the researcher in charge of all this is checking the daily samples brought in from various production lines, and it is unknown what he is comparing.
Zhuang Mian, who was in charge of submitting the records, looked at the young person in charge wearing glasses, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
How to say it?
There is an eerie feeling that Hope City has become my home.
At this moment, she seemed to feel that God was watching her from above.
I felt as if I was surrounded by warm light.
It’s a feeling that’s both terrifying and reassuring.
On the one hand, she was terrified by the existence of gods and the insignificance of human beings, but on the other hand, she was secretly happy that she was the one chosen to be watched.
She cleared her throat, straightened her attitude, and reported the findings of the investigation clearly to Ji Yongxing.
The other party was even calmer than her. Even the trained Zhuang Mian didn't notice the subtle changes in the boy's expression.
It was not until she finished reporting what had happened that Ji Yongxing's expression showed something clearly wrong.
"You mean to say that those...outer city gang members are feeding on Target Nutrient Paste?"
Ji Yongxing stood up from the table instantly and began to pace on the spot like his teacher who was lost in thought.
In an instant, he thought of many possible future scenarios, and the feeling of urgency and despair came over him again after several months.
Just when he was about to contact his teacher, he found that the communicator had received a three-minute video titled "Biological Experiment" five minutes ago.
Below is the time calculation that top researchers led by Zhou Zhuo deduced in a short period of time, which shows the time that the nutritional paste may cause obvious harm to humans.
About 80 percent of the mycelium content in a whole portion of the nutrient paste was used on the experimental mice.
Assuming that the mycelium content of the problematic nutritional paste is equal, an adult human should consume three tubes of nutritional paste per day.
After more comprehensive calculations, even for humans with strong willpower, the assimilation time will not exceed five days, and for ordinary humans it is only about three days.
Ji Yongxing quickly came to the table where the samples were placed and began to observe them carefully with his eyes wide open.
On the premise of taking the nutrient paste as the material center, he finally relied on the ability of [Streamlining] to find those targets with mycelium.
The production date on it made his heart beat wildly——
Four days ago.
"...That gang took away part of the nutrient paste produced four days ago, and then that batch of goods was handed over to another gang in the form of rations..."
Ji Yongxing felt cold sweat all over his body.
For ordinary residents of Hope City, it is quite common to store some nutritional paste at home.
But people generally don't stockpile too much of it. This thing is equivalent to a staple food that can be found everywhere. It doesn't taste good and has no collection value. Its shelf life is just so-so.
Coupled with its inherently wet nature, it is really hard to like it.
Based on the current data, Ji Yongxing can basically confirm that for most residents in the outer urban areas, the ingested mycelium is not enough to cause serious consequences.
But he never expected that his inference would lead to an unexpected event -
If there is a group in the outer city who is likely to have no food to eat, blindly do unpredictable exercise every day, and have no habit of storing any food, then this group is——
It's time to slip away!
At this moment, Ji Yongxing really wanted to find an empty corner and slap himself twice.
He seemed to understand what his teacher had said a long time ago:
“Uncontrollable variables are often the factors that are most likely to affect experimental results.”
Before he could feel sorry for his misjudgment, Ji Yongxing quickly called Zhuang Mian out:
"That gang, what's going on? Who's in charge?"
Zhuang Mian, who still didn't fully understand the whole situation, smiled and said:
"Who else do you think it could be besides that guy?"
"We have to go find him."
"Now?"
"Now!"
It was already five hours since the superpower "Holy Shield" reported this emergency to his superiors.
The contingency plan for Hope City Emergency 0097 has been completed.
Half of the inner city's defense team began to climb the city walls and take over the four gates of the inner city.
Their daily meals mainly consist of normal cockroach nutritional paste, and they never consume any products of exotic animals, so they can be completely trusted.
Accompanying them were ten teams of psychics.
At this time, Wang Xiao was standing in the middle of the team. In front of him was Fresnel, who was hugging Blindman's shoulder and chatting, and behind him were the Puppeteer and Beacon, who were whispering.
The five people were assigned to the city wall in the southern part of the inner city, looking at the rare sunrise in the sky.
"What a coincidence! Our team's first battle was on the southern city wall, except that it was in the outer city area."
Hearing Fresnel's inspiring voice, everyone nodded.
It was indeed exciting to talk about glorious deeds in such a critical moment, especially since it was an action that earned their team a commendation.
The joining of Wang Xiao has greatly made up for the shortcomings of the 25th Super Power Team, making the hard power of the entire team suddenly stronger.
After the last battle, although the team did not receive a real collective medal, it received a paper commendation from the headquarters.
This made everyone, who were originally a little unfamiliar with each other, feel familiar all of a sudden. It was also from then on that Zhanmu began to often explain to Wang Xiao about the past of Hope City.
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