Chapter 137 The pollution source is evolving internally

. "If the pollution species is gone, we can continue to look for it. If this happens in the arena, anyone would choose to kill the queen." Huo Changjun said.

Jiang Ning thought about it carefully, and still felt that something was wrong: "What does the trouble that Teacher Huo mentioned before mean?"

If the Federation's research on the black eye pollution source is conducted in secret, then who else would target it?

"It's the pollution source itself." Huo Changjun's expression suddenly became serious. "The Federation has developed for so many years. Not only have we humans evolved, but the pollution zone has also evolved. The Black Eyeball wants to expand its territory and pollute all the land, while we want to take back the lost land. I don't know how long the two sides have been fighting openly and secretly."

"Wait." Wei Shengyu was surprised. "You mean our enemy is a pollution source? Pollution source...how to attack?"

"Now that things have come to this, I might as well tell you in advance." Huo Changjun pulled out a chair and sat opposite the two of them. "With your excellence, you will definitely join the military district in the future and serve the Federation. By then, you will also know, I am just telling you the truth about the contaminated area in advance."

Huo Changjun: "The contaminated area was formed in a starburst several hundred years ago. Several galaxies collided with each other. The stellar wind and supernova explosion affected almost the entire interstellar range. After that, many areas were affected by electromagnetic radiation. Plants began to die on a large scale, and organisms mutated. The star people evacuated from these areas and retreated to safe areas. These areas affected by electromagnetic radiation were designated as contaminated areas. Do not approach these areas anymore."

"With the development of science and technology, people have gained a certain understanding of the contaminated areas, and have slowly begun to re-enter these contaminated areas, explore the interior of the contaminated areas, and look for ways to repair them."

Jiang Ning's previous understanding of the contaminated areas was very fragmented. Maybe it was mentioned in the interstellar enlightenment school, but she had never been to school before, and this was the first time she learned about the history of the contaminated areas from Huo Changjun.

Huo Changjun: "Scholars have studied many polluted areas and found that there is a pollution source inside them. Although the pollution sources in each polluted area are different in form, they are all the core of the entire polluted area. The pollution source has a great impact on the surrounding environment. It is easy to kill it with the means of the Federation today, but..."

Huo Changjun's eyelashes trembled as she blinked: "Destroying the pollution source will not restore the polluted area. It will only make it undergo a long evolution again and form a new pollution source. Killing is not our nature, our goal is to govern."

Jiang Ning understood that the Federation has been working in this direction, whether it is the plant growth regulators produced by Wanwusheng Company that can effectively isolate pollution, or the Yuanxia Group's high-priced transplantation from soil to plants, the purpose is to improve the environment of the polluted area.

"Until the last few decades, researchers have discovered that the pollution sources are undergoing self-evolution. The evolution can be divided into two directions. One is like the black eye pollution source, which is extremely heteromorphic; the other pollution source has a vague sign of self-repair." Huo Changjun said.

Speaking of the pollution source self-repair, Jiang Ning and Wei Shengyu looked at each other and thought of the green heart of the N001 pollution area at the same time.

Huo Changjun's voice continued to ring: "The Black Eyeball is the most evolved and earliest of all the extremely mutated polluted areas. Just like its name, it is always monitoring every corner of the interstellar space. The Black Eyeball has no human body and cannot leave the polluted area, but it can control the human body and consciousness to achieve its goals through the form of contaminated spore parasitism."

The two of them felt terrible just by listening to it.

Jiang Ning's forearms were covered with goose bumps. If a pair of eyes watching everyone in the dark was already creepy, then Huo Changjun's later mention of "controlling human consciousness through contaminated spore parasitism" pushed this sense of horror to a climax.

So many people shuttle back and forth in the contaminated area every day, and they are parasitized by the contaminated spores at some point. The black eyeball can control these people.

Imagine that when you are walking on the street, there are people who are parasitized by the eyeball among the strangers who pass by in a hurry. These people are all potential dangers. You never know when their bodies will be controlled by the source of contamination, and the sharp blade will stab you in the next second.

When in the N001 contaminated area, Quillen suddenly rushed out, and even went so far as to blow up the green heart through the self-destruction mode. Now think carefully, was Quillen's body and consciousness already controlled by the black eyeball at that time?

Huo Changjun looked at the two people's reactions and suddenly smiled: "This is just the tip of the iceberg of the contaminated area. When you enter the military area in the future, you will be exposed to more."

"Isn't there any restriction at all? These contaminated spores parasitize on the human body, and instruments can't detect them?" Jiang Ning asked.

"It can be found. Every time you come back from the contaminated area, you need to undergo a physical examination, one of which includes the screening of contaminated spores." Huo Changjun paused, then changed the subject, "But contaminated spores are not only found in the contaminated area. For example, those banned drugs also contain a certain amount of contaminated spores." Huo

Changjun: "Although inhaling heterogeneous catalysts is harmful to the body, it only affects the user himself. Its spread range and contamination parasitism are what we need to severely combat."

Huo Changjun's class lasted until the sun set. The two finally returned to the dormitory in a daze, washed up briefly, and climbed into bed without even eating.

Until he fell asleep, Jiang Ning kept thinking about the black eyeball.

All the trivial things before were suddenly connected. Why did Kui Lun want to anger Green Heart at the cost of self-destruction? She thought Kui Lun was instigated by Ren Zhi before, and then Ren Zhi died.

Now it seems that Black Eyeball realized that the appearance of Green Heart would endanger it, and wanted to use them to get rid of Green Heart.

The contaminated area repaired itself, and the one who was most unwilling to see it was Black Eyeball.

The two were in an antagonistic relationship.

Perhaps because of the fatigue of the competition, Jiang Ning fell asleep unconsciously.

The next day was the day of the award ceremony.

In the morning, Feng Yanzi, Cheng Lanshuang and other team leaders led the team to gather and went all the way to the award stand.

Jiang Ning's eyes passed over the three commentators standing at the top. They stood next to a woman in military uniform, and behind them followed a team of soldiers.

The superpower competition has always been an important event in the Federation. The highest commander of the Federation will also be present at the award ceremony to give some encouragement to the new generation of superpowers.

There was a host on the stage. Jiang Ning's eyes swept over him and saw another familiar face: Jin Jiu.

Jin Jiu was a native of the capital. In addition to being very popular on the Internet, he also has a certain military position.

The scene was flashing with spotlights. Various media had already squatted around. Many offline spectators were blocked outside the venue and could only look inside through the cordon.

Jin Jiu said some warm-up words on the stage until the atmosphere was brought to a certain level. He finally said, "I believe that all the audience are like Jin, curious about which academy will win our academy gold award this year. Let's look at the big screen."

As he raised his hand, a virtual screen unfolded in the air.

"Congratulations to our Semir Academy. The team finally scored 1134 points and won the Academy Gold Award in the 120th Star Federation Superpower Team Competition!" Jin Jiu's voice kept rising. "This is also the first time that Semir Academy has regained the honor that belongs to them since 80 years ago."

"Congratulations!" As soon as Jin Jiu's voice fell, the Semir team went on stage and took the spotlight. The etiquette team presented them with awards and countless spotlights gathered.

"We did it!" Wei Shengyu and Jiang Ning held up the trophy together. The media pressed the shutter and the picture of the Semir Academy team on the stage with tears in their eyes was frozen.

"Next, let's take a look at the rankings of the remaining colleges." Jin Jiu's voice rang out, and the media and the audience finally pulled themselves out of the mood of Semill College being the first, and looked at the expressions of the top colleges below.

They all looked unhappy, but because they had watched the replay of the game yesterday, they already had a rough idea in their hearts.

"Congratulations to King's College, the team finally scored 1077 points, ranking second in the team competition!" Jin Jiu finished speaking.

Bai Feiyu frowned and led the team to the second place.

All along, Bai Feiyu only regarded Aston Ding College as her opponent, but she was confident that their King's College would be able to surpass them and the other two colleges this year, and in fact it was true.

But no one expected that a third-rate academy would suddenly appear and overwhelm everyone.

Jiang Ning.

Very good, she now has one more opponent.

Bai Feiyu's eyes were fixed on Jiang Ning's back.

On the stage, Jin Jiu continued to report: "The third place is Trinti Academy, and the team's final total score is 1030 points."

Trinti Academy's ranking is the same as in previous years, with no changes, and their team's expressions are the calmest among the several academies.

The award ceremony will only report the results of the top three, and the rankings of the remaining academies will scroll on the big screen.

[4th place: Ashton College, total team score 988 points; 5th place: New West Lin College, total team score 983 points; 6th place: Seaben College, total team score 548 points; 7th place: Betty College, total team score 530 points.] When

the rankings came out, the entire Betty College team, including the team leader, was surprised at first, and then overjoyed and excited. They were ranked 7th! 7th place means they are eligible to participate in the individual competition!

This is the highest score Betty College has ever achieved since its establishment.

They originally thought that the federation competition was just a formality to support other colleges, but they didn't expect to pick up 7th place without any effort!

The people on the stage looked at the screen and applauded.

This is the year with the most third-rate academies advancing since the Federation Tournament.

The final number of remaining people from the seven teams, a total of 448 people, can participate in the next individual competition.

As for the other teams, they were not even qualified to display their points on the screen, and could only feel sad in secret, especially the second-rate academies.

This competition was a big blow to them, and several teams returned to the academy the day after the award ceremony.

——When

the award ceremony was over that day, everyone was taken for a full-body check-up. Many people's pollution values ​​in their bodies had exceeded the standard and needed to be sent for purification treatment.

Wen Renchao and Jiang Ning's data also exceeded a little, and the two went to the treatment room together.

On the way, Jiang Ning asked Wen Renchao: "By the way, I haven't asked you how you dealt with the worm mother that day?"

Whether it was Wei Shengyu or the other members of the Semill team, the description of how Wen Renchao dealt with the worm mother that day was very vague, and no one could explain it clearly.

Jiang Ning was wary of the parasite of the contaminated robe, and coupled with Wen Renchao's abnormal behavior, she was afraid that Wen Renchao would be infected with contaminated spores unknowingly and his consciousness would be controlled by the black eyeball.

"The worm mother would not attack. After the team I led controlled the surrounding worms, I rushed forward and killed it with a light blade." Wen Renchao said.

"Then what?" Jiang Ning continued to ask.

"Then the worm mother was dead, of course. Its blood flowed all over the floor, and it was sweet and smelly. You never want to smell that smell again after you smell it once." Wen Renchao recalled the smell and pursed his nose.

"Did you come into contact with anything strange during this period?" Jiang Ning asked.

Wen Renchao recalled it seriously: "No, why are you asking this and that today? Do you suspect that I am parasitized by worms?"

Jiang Ning's expression suddenly tensed up. If the perception of the black eyeballs was really attached to Wen Renchao, she had obviously exposed herself by asking this question.

Wen Renchao stared at Jiang Ning without blinking, and the expression between his eyebrows was a little cold.

Jiang Ning decided to take a step back and advance: "Of course, you have been in contact with so many insects, it is inevitable that you will be careless sometimes, and when you were checked just now, didn't your value show abnormalities?"

"I'm fine, the value is just that I just came out of the contaminated area, and it is not stable for a while." Wen Renchao looked away, and his tone returned to the previous relaxed tone, "Look at those people who are parasitized, and look at me, I am alive and well, nothing is wrong."

People who are parasitized by insects are all like deflated balloons, with loose skin, and the moisture in their bodies has been drained, and their condition is like that of an elderly person.

After Wen Renchao said this, Jiang Ning became more suspicious, but the results of today's inspection showed that except for the slightly higher pollution value, all other data of Wen Renchao were normal.

The two were silent.

Purification treatment is a bit like a washing machine, where a person is thrown into a purification chamber, and the machine repeatedly cleans, washes, sprays disinfectants, etc., to reduce the pollution value.

Jiang Ning and Wen Renchao each had a chamber.

Unlike lying in the treatment chamber, the person is awake throughout the purification process, and will also continue to rotate and fold with the purification chamber.

Jiang Ning: "..." It's more like washing clothes.

The purification treatment lasted for an hour, and Jiang Ning's pollution value did not exceed much. After this treatment, the pollution value in the body has basically stabilized.

She woke up from the washing machine... no, the purification chamber and looked around. Wen Renchao did not wait for her. He left first after the purification.

There were no more familiar faces around, so Jiang Ning had to return to the dormitory area.

She thought that after the team competition, she would not have much chance to go to the contaminated area again. The individual competition was in the form of 1V1, with 448 people competing on the same day. The opponents were all determined by the system drawing lots. Generally, nearly half of the players would be eliminated on the first day, and so on, until the final winner was decided.

There was a special venue for the individual competition, so there was no need to go to the contaminated area. Moreover, she was not short of money now. She planned to specialize in botany in the future, so she should not have to go to the contaminated area again.

That was good.

Although the process was a little tortuous, her life was still moving in the direction of her original idea.

After the federation competition was over, her life should return to stability, making money, without the hard work of hunting monsters, and no longer having to go to the dangerous contaminated area.

Jiang Ning thought so, and the horror brought by the black eyeball was reduced a lot.

She is just a student now. It is not certain whether she will go to the military area in the future, but at least this black eyeball should not be her concern now.