Chapter 390
Chapter 390
"Wireworm!" shouted the border army brothers.
Alice looked at the Shuguang people in confusion: "Iron nematode contamination?"
When they heard about the wireworm, a strange look appeared on Ji Feng and KID's faces. The border soldier who came to open the door glanced at them and ran away immediately after opening the door without saying anything else.
"He's talking about the iron wire worm?" Zhao Lejie patted Ji Qingfeng's shoulder excitedly: "That one!! Your daughter! That kind!"
Ji Qingfeng was in a daze for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Fuck, my daughter has made it. All the border troops of Shuguang have gone to catch her!"
The other mecha masters who had not personally experienced the S-class iron wire worm king did not react until Zhao Lejie told them about the pollutant that was parasitic on the mother mantis and carried KID and Jifeng from Koria into the Koria restricted area in one fell swoop. The other members of Shuguang reacted immediately. The pollutant was still there? !
There are many parasitic pollutants in the Covenant, and the number of parasitic pollutants in Koria is countless, but when it comes to iron wire worms, KID and Hayate are no strangers to them. This damn pollutant once escaped from their hands.
But the border army mobilized a large number of troops to catch this kind of worm at this time. Doesn't it mean that the iron wire worm is crucial to dealing with Kronos! ?
Zhao Lejie recalled the moment when Ji Qingfeng dismantled the body of the female mantis, "Ji Qingfeng, you were right to feel sorry for your daughter at that time."
Huo Yan also remembered: "Fortunately, we didn't kill him. If we had, we would all have become sinners of the Star Alliance!"
"Could your daughter be raised by the border soldiers?" Colin asked.
Qi Sicheng: "The border troops don't seem to know clearly, maybe not."
Wen Yi: "It doesn't have to be Ji Qingfeng's daughter. Iron nematodes are too common."
As soon as they knew that the pollutants that the border troops were anxious to catch might be related to Kronos, there was no way that everyone could stay here and watch. Upon hearing the news, they immediately put aside their thoughts on conspiring with other external mecha divisions.
"What are you still standing there for!"
"Fuck it, I'm going to change into my combat uniform!"
"Who has the spare mecha?!"
"In the captain's room."
Everyone took action immediately. Ying Chenlin, who was originally sitting in a wheelchair, pushed his wheelchair away and opened the wardrobe to take out his combat uniform. When several captains of Shuguang saw Ying Chenlin's actions, they all stopped.
"Are you going too?" Qi Sicheng asked.
Ying Chenlin nodded: "I'm fine."
Everyone in Shuguang suddenly became weak. You were still in the intensive care unit a week ago. How can we believe it?
You Su hesitated for a moment, then said, "You stay here and rest. We'll be back soon."
"Can you catch the wireworm?" Ying Chenlin took out his combat uniform, his face a little pale, and said, "I know how to catch it. You have to take me there."
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"Yes." Ying Chenlin said.
You Su's gaze stayed on Ying Chenlin's face for a few seconds, as if he was judging something. Finally, he looked away and nodded at Huo Yan.
Everyone hesitated for only a few seconds, and when they saw You Su nod, they immediately rushed to get their combat uniforms.
"But can we get in?" Chi Liz suddenly asked worriedly, "To enter the contaminated area, we need to use the jump system, right?"
You Su calmly looked at the person who blocked him on the communicator, then turned his head to look at Huo Yan, "The one with the surname Luo is from the Third Star Region. He can only manage a few soldiers, not the Dawn Border Army."
Seeing You Su's movement, everyone looked at Huo Yan.
Huo Yan opened the address book to look for someone, "It should be no problem, I'll look for my brother."
Everyone thought this matter was risky enough, but who knew that Huo Yan’s connections were like a universal pass at the Dawn Border.
This connection led to the middle-level leaders of the Dawn Border Army. When Huo Yan's communication request was sent, the other party seemed to be unaware that they were confined to the medical area by Luo Xu. Upon hearing that they knew clues about the iron wire worms, this kind-hearted border army general directly gave them the green light and they went all the way to the jump zone.
Zhao Lejie didn't even call Captain Huo anymore, he just called him brother: "Brother Huo, you are awesome."
Even Alice had great respect for Huo Yan, and SLY's preparation plan for KID included an investigation into Huo Yan's border background.
The entire border army moved very quickly, and the jump procedure became very simple. Shuguang and SLY easily followed the large border army force and jumped into the Koria contaminated area. As soon as they entered the contaminated area, the central system of the Koria Administration automatically sent the location map of the suspected target to all the mechas that entered, and then they understood why the border troops had to dispatch so many people at once.
"You have so many daughters?" Alice asked in shock.
"That's more than the wasp offspring you had in Nathan Bello," said Huluo.
Ji Qingfeng looked at the densely packed location map and found it difficult to identify. "I didn't know my daughter had so many relatives! Besides, it may not be my daughter that the border troops find! There are so many iron wire worms, and my daughter is just one of them."
Qi Sicheng also had no idea where to start, so he asked Ying Chenlin: "Do you have any idea? How do we catch this?"
Everyone looked at Ying Chenlin standing aside, as if they were waiting for him to make a decision and take action immediately.
You Su: "He is lying."
Ying Chenlin then responded in a low voice: "I haven't thought about it yet."
Everyone: “???”
"If I hadn't said that, you wouldn't have taken me in."
Ying Chenlin had no choice but to tell this lie. If he stayed in the medical room, he wouldn't be able to get any information.
Huo Yan was shocked. He didn't know Ying Chenlin would lie like this. "Are you able to drive a mecha in your current physical condition?"
"I'm really fine. If I can't drive, the mecha will call the police."
Ying Chenlin actually felt a little guilty about lying, but his condition had really improved. He was conscious during his coma and had been lying in the medical cabin. The wounds on his right arm and waist had healed and he felt no pain. Counting the time he had rested and lay in the medical cabin, he had spent more time than anyone else present. He had been able to move freely two days ago and would not hold others back.
Only by obtaining the information could he know how to accurately lock the coordinates that the border troops wanted.
Everyone had to give up their expectations, so they really had to follow the ideas provided by the border troops and search bit by bit.
Once entering the contaminated area, in order for the border troops to act quickly, they will definitely provide enough information. Ying Chenlin looked at all the iron wireworms on the map and saw from the location map provided by the military that
The only way the border troops and researchers can find the target is to look for it among all the scanned iron wire worms.
"We probably have to look for Qingfeng's daughter." Ying Chenlin said: "It is an S-level iron wireworm, it is a king worm."
KID had seen with his own eyes how the S-class iron wire worm led a large number of iron wire worms to hollow out the body of the mother mantis until only the shell and energy crystals were left. Regardless of whether the S-class iron wire worms were the target of the border army, the only thing that was certain was that the king worm had the ability to control the iron wire worms in a certain area.
It’s too slow to search one by one, so if you want to find one, look for a bigger one, a king worm that can gather the iron wire worms.
Zhao Lejie looked directly at Ji Qingfeng: "Will you recognize your daughter?"
"I have a vague impression." Ji Qingfeng said: "But girls change a lot when they grow up... I may not know for sure now."
"The pollutants from the iron nematodes like water, so we should first target the rivers." Qi Sicheng frowned and watched, "There are a lot of swamps in the forest, which are the favorite places for iron nematodes. Even if they are parasitic, his daughter should be near the river."
Wen Yi shook his head: "But it is much more difficult to find a host than to find a pollutant without a parasite. We can only see the reaction of the pollutant in the host, and there is no way to distinguish Qingfeng's daughter on the radar."
All the major commanders in the channel mentioned Qingfeng's daughter. Lin Yao looked at Ji Qingfeng and said, "Your daughter is so popular."
Ji Qingfeng commented: "She won't have trouble finding a husband in the future."
"But his daughter is an S-class pollutant." You Su looked at the radar map and suddenly said, "There is no signal of S-class pollutants on the map, which means that if it is alive, it has already been parasitic. We are not looking for iron wire worms, we are looking for S-class pollutants."
There are only two types of S-level signals displayed on the radar system. One is that the Koria Administration has confirmed that it is an S-level pollutant, and the category will be displayed directly. The other is the pollutant that has not been confirmed by the Administration, and only the pollution source value will be displayed directly.
Ying Chenlin said: "Moreover, the Kolia pollution area is a key guard area for the border army. We have previously cleared out the S-level pollution sources that pose a greater threat... There should be only a handful of S-level pollutants in this pollution area."
A SLY mecha master complained: "Your crappy place has too few resources. Can't you raise a few more S-class in each area?"
The Shuguang people would not tolerate other mecha masters devaluing their own territory. Zhao Lejie said, "Why? We are happy to raise as many as you want! We only raise precious goods like Qingfeng's daughter in our resource area."
Ji Qingfeng didn't know that his daughter's value had suddenly increased. "That makes sense. Daughters should be raised in wealth."
Lin Yao: "That's right! Bai Xuyan was eager to come at the beginning!"
Lu Xi: "But don't we know that Dafeng's daughter is still alive..."
Hu Luobu: "..."
Alice turned on the radar and scanned the map to mark all the suspected or close to S-level pollution sources. She sent the pollution source signal to the group and said, "Oh, I got it. It is indeed rich. There is only one."
Everyone looked over and saw only a weak signal on the radar map of the forest swamp area.
There was silence in the channel for a moment, and no one knew what to say for a while.
Ying Chenlin suddenly said: "Well, we only need to eliminate one target."
"Speed up the pace." You Su said, "Call the border troops and surround them directly."
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In the Koria Administration, as soon as the information came out from the laboratory, the task of coordinating the border troops to find the iron wire worms was immediately carried out. The Administration directly activated the full-area scanning system to search for iron wire worms. However, there were too many iron wire worms densely distributed in the contaminated area. This parasitic pollutant was very common. The rivers or water sources where this type of pollutant lived were all B and C iron wire worms.
If one really wants to catch this type of iron wireworm, or bring it back for comparison one by one, the testing of tens of thousands of pollutants will make the capture process even more difficult for the border troops, who are already understaffed.
"All the iron nematodes that can be found are not in the parasitic state." A researcher came over and thought with the data: "But it is difficult to capture the parasitic pollutants that have entered the body of the pollutants. These data may be wrong."
Pollutants such as wireworms are difficult to capture from the system, especially when they sneak into the bodies of pollutants with higher or equal pollution levels than themselves. In this way, they may be able to avoid the scanning of the Koria contaminated area system. However, if we really want to find pollutants parasitized by wireworms, we need to exclude a larger amount of data.
"If we have information about the culture dish that Xue Jun used to cultivate the iron nematodes, we might be able to reduce the amount of testing." Looking at so much data, Elder Qiu was also in trouble. "But the underground of the Kolia restricted area has been completely destroyed, so it is difficult to trace the source."
The new researcher asked, "Generally, this kind of experimental subject should have a location mark left on it."
"Even if it was left, the base station is destroyed. How can we find it?" said an older researcher.
Last year, the C-147 base station was completely transformed to address the potential risk of contaminant weapons.
There is data, but no actual samples. However, if they knew the current physical specifications or supernatural information of those iron wire worms, they could narrow the range to a certain extent. However, the pollutants that Shi Xuejun used to study back then were all low-level pollutants, and some of the iron wire worms had not even developed any special powers.
The laboratory was bustling with activity, and while the border troops were out searching, everyone was trying their best to narrow the scope.
Shi Qingning was still looking for the information left by Shi Xuejun. Once he found the point about the iron wire worm, he discovered that a lot of Shi Xuejun's research could be linked together with Shi Yu's data to explain it. It could be said that Shi Xuejun's research was almost entirely based on Shi Yu's data. They did not have any video material to trace back or completely restore everything that happened at the Fifth Star Domain Border Research Institute back then, but the data now made it almost certain that Shi Xuejun took the female iron wire worm away that year.
While everyone in the laboratory was busy, news from the front also reached Kolya.
As it was news about Kronos' frontline, Wei Changyang came to inquire about the situation as soon as he got off the battlefield. He asked straight to the point, "Are you sure that what Shi Xuejun took away back then was the iron wire worm?"
Shi Qingning affirmed: "Yes."
It is almost impossible to find a pollutant that is exactly the same as Kronos, or a pollutant with the same [time] ability. Wei Changyang found it hard to imagine that the only way to deal with such a powerful pollutant as Kronos was to just use a tiny wireworm.
"But this iron wireworm is not an ordinary iron wireworm. It is a pollutant that Shi Xuejun left behind at the risk of her life." When Shi Qingning learned about this pollutant, many puzzled details about Shi Xuejun were sorted out. "This pollutant stayed in the body of Kronos for a long time when he was at a low level. It fed on Kronos' body tissues for a long time, and later stayed in the same culture chamber with Kronos for a long time."
It is not the same origin, but after so many experiments, it was influenced by Kronos.
The parasitic contaminant that was removed that year, even if it was not homologous in the standard sense, could at least reach a pseudo-homologous state.
The truth about the research institute can be restored from Shi Yu's information, and through the actions of Shi Yu and Shi Xuejun, it is very likely that they knew or were certain that the disaster that year was caused by Kronos. Ordinary experimental subjects would not make the Shi family risk their lives to act, but if Shi Yu and Shi Xuejun knew that experimental subject XJSJ001 (Kronos) caused a riot, or awakened his IQ, then they would definitely not sit idly by and wait for death.
So while taking away the information left by his father, Shi Xuejun risked his life to take the pollutant that was closely related to Kronos away from the research institute at that time. He came to the Dawn Galaxy under an assumed name to study the pollutant and design pollutant weapons. The core of all of this was almost all centered around the pollutant Kronos. ◤
Her theory did not mention Kronos at all, but everything about restraining Kronos was related.
Mr. Qiu was walking on a crutch. Ever since he learned about the relationship between his student's research and Kronos, he knew what his student and old friend had done over the years. They knew about the hidden danger of Kronos before anyone else, researched solutions, designed tracking programs, and even later both of them lost their lives.
Shi Xuejun died of genetic infection, and Ying Songshan died accidentally on a flight attacked by Kronos.
But even so, the research of both of them has survived to this day, giving them guidance on how to solve the problem of Kronos.
When they found clues about the wireworms, other researchers who were analyzing Kronos's data did not stop. Judging from the information points and Kronos's energy and action trajectories over the years, their previous guesses had basically been finalized.
"It can indeed go back in time. This kind of reversal is most likely a passive reversal. We have extended our analysis based on some clues we have obtained. The number of times Kronos has retraced time is not as many as we thought. The most likely reason for its reversal is the passive ability of near-death reversal." Shi Qingning explained: "Especially since we have found some information in the records, it can be found that it needs a lot of energy to use near-death reversal."
However, this ability is not unlimited, and the maximum inference they can draw from the currently available information is similar to the initial inference. Kronos requires a lot of energy, and as its strength increases, the amount of energy it needs also increases. Ordinary superpowers can be controlled by itself, but if it wants to activate a near-death superpower like [Time Rewind], it needs more and more energy.
"It's acting very anxious now. It's very likely that it hasn't stored enough energy for the backhaul." Shi Qingning explained, "And it's been less than a year since the Slared incident. It lost its largest energy warehouse, the pollutants that can be backhauled and have intelligence, so it's more aware of the danger."
Wei Changyang understood what Shi Qingning said. Kronos, which was eager to cause a pollution riot to attack the Star Alliance, might have known that the Border Army would kill it in the near future. In the absence of sufficient energy to save its life, it would be more eager to obtain energy to save its life.
There is only one way for the border troops to successfully kill it: prevent it from getting the chance to obtain energy and consume the energy it already has, so that they have a chance to kill it before it goes back.
The researchers at the Kolya Institute were all looking at the commander in military uniform on the communication channel, waiting for his final decision.
"I understand." Wei Changyang said solemnly: "In 10 days, the border will do its best to consume Kronos' energy."
The pressure of time hangs on almost all border troops and researchers. When Wei Changyang stated the deadline of 10 days, the researchers in the Coria Laboratory knew that this was the maximum time the commander could give them. They had to find the relevant iron nematode contaminants within 10 days, and manufacture weapons and escort them to the border.
"I know about micro-weapons." Old Qiu spent a lot of time in the first half of his life on pollutant weapons. He is very familiar with Shi Xuejun's theory, and has basically exported the things in his old friend Ying Songshan's program table. "It takes about 7 days to completely forge a weapon. This requires the use of all the resources on the border of the Dawn Galaxy to speed up the process. But it also takes time to transport it to the front line... The initial preparation time is about 2 days, and the iron wire worms will be used in 5 days."
"The frontline has now expanded to the border between the fifth and second star regions." Luo Xu came in from the laboratory and calmly said, "It will take three days to get there at the fastest speed using all routes. Are you sure that the iron wire worms are still alive in the Koria contaminated area? Or that they will not pose a new threat to the border?"
"Don't worry. The iron wire worms cultivated by Xuejun back then have undergone benign screening, and some of their gene sequences have been modified, so their growth limit is limited." Old Qiu knew that Master Xuejun was cautious. The pollutants she used in her research back then were all benignly controlled and screened. If they really posed a huge threat, they would have been screened out by the border troops in the previous screening of the Koria [alien]□□.
The other researchers and border troops felt the pressure increase when they heard this. The journey took three days and the weapons were made in five days. That meant they only had less than 48 hours to find pollutants in the Koria contaminated area. This was too difficult. Finding small insects in an entire contaminated area and distinguishing them was more difficult than asking them to kill the pollutants.
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Is it too late? ”
"It may be too late. Can the Dawn Border mobilize all the personnel to go in?"
"It takes time to find and test and identify."
Luo Xu also frowned. He turned back to the control room of the administration next door. The entire Dawn Border Mecha Division was conducting a carpet search.
Soldiers who have entered the contaminated area have sent back some information about the iron wireworms. Most of them are unrelated to pollutants. However, it is too difficult to find such common insects in such a large area with complex terrain. They can only try various methods: "Try to place pollutant pheromone tags and use the smell to attract this type of pollutants. I'll go first-"
"Wait? What are these mechas doing?" Luo Xu's eyes were fixed on a certain forest, and suddenly he saw more than a dozen mechas almost following a moving dot. The moving dot showed a certain S-class pollutant. "At this time, so many mechas are chasing an S-class pollutant?! Which team are they from?"
Upon seeing this, the researcher immediately retrieved the corresponding information, "Wait a minute - this doesn't seem to be the number of the Border Army, this is the number of the Star Alliance Mecha Division!"
The highest level of wireworms scanned so far is only level A. Why are these people chasing after an S-level pollutant! ?
The next second, Luo Xu saw the mecha number called up by the staff. When he saw the familiar number prefixes such as KID and Ji Feng, his expression changed and he looked at the adjutant next to him.
The adjutant took the communicator off, "Major General, I just received a message from KID's boss Shen Xingtang, saying that everyone in the medical room has run away."
He added: "Not a single one was left."
“I didn’t open this door.”
Before Luo Xu could finish his words, the staff member next to him suddenly saw the signals of multiple Border Army mechas joining the hunt for S-level pollutants, "Major General, it seems that more people have been arrested."
"???"
More people have been arrested? ? ?
Suddenly, an urgent communication came in. "Report to the Major General, special situation! According to reliable intelligence, a mecha division reported that they had seen an S-level iron wireworm in the contaminated area. It is very likely to be a kingworm!"
Luo Xu had seen the scanning system before. There were only three S-level pollutants in Koria, and they were low-level S-level. Where did the S-level iron wire worms come from? Moreover, the pollutant they were chasing was an S-level forest spider.
Staff: “.”
This forest spider was kept by their director, who said that spider silk is useful and kept it as the face of Koria. Otherwise, the rating of Koria's pollution zone would soon be downgraded. The pollution zone of Tianyu Star was downgraded directly because there were not enough high-level pollutants.
Luo Xu: "What's going on?!"
Border Force: "I don't know, we are still confirming it."
When Luo Xu saw this situation, he hurriedly released a blocked person through the communicator and made an urgent call. The call did not show a connection, but a cold and ruthless female voice came out -
[Sorry, your call was not connected]
Luo Xu: “…”
That brat You Su blocked him! ! !
The author has something to say:
I'm late. I was not in the right state yesterday and wrote too slowly.
See you tonight! I'm going to bed!
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