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A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 352 - 274 - Third Kind of Contact_2
Chapter 352: Chapter 274 – Third Kind of Contact_2
At this point, Duanmu Huai paused for a moment.
“Time is running out, and as you already know, due to civil war and the conflict with the Beast Race, only about thirty million humans remain on this planet. If the plague continues to rage, then I can only invoke my authority as a Judge and enact the Extinction order.”
“……”
Upon hearing this, the two of them swallowed thickly.
“Extinction order?”
“In simpler terms, blowing up this planet into smithereens.”
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Duanmu Huai spoke up.
“Only then can we effectively stop the spread of this virus once and for all.”
“We…we understand.”
Rebecca and Sherry exchanged a glance, pale-faced and nodded. They were not oblivious to what would happen if the virus got out of control, after all, that city was eventually bombed into oblivion.
But…they would actually destroy an entire planet…
Taking a deep breath, Rebecca managed to calm herself down.
“I understand, I will cooperate with the work, but I need equipment.”
“We have taken control of several biomedical labs, you can check them out and decide which one would be more suitable for research. But you don’t need to leave this warship, all you have to do is to control remotely.”
“Alright.”
The two of them could comprehend this, after all, the best way to isolate the virus is by remote-control. This way, even if there’s a leak of the samples, they don’t have to worry about infecting researchers and prevent someone from getting infected or leaving with the virus. This kind of situation only happens in poorly made Sci-fi movies.
After arranging everything for the two of them, Duanmu Huai finally left the guest room, letting out a huge sigh of relief.
Phew…finally, it’s settled.
With the addition of Rebecca and Sherry, Duanmu Huai finally felt at ease. As he mentioned earlier to them, the Tribunal had control over several abandoned biological research facilities after examining data from satellites in near-Earth orbit. The problem was that nobody knew how to use those pieces of equipment – after all, you need someone who knows these instruments.
Otherwise, it would be ridiculous to use a centrifuge to toss green bean soup.
However, the technological development on this planet is so terrible…
Standing by the window, Duanmu Huai sneered as he looked at the War Planet not far away. War is said to be a catalyst for human technological progress, but the development of technology on this planet was a complete mess. The data retrieved from the satellites showed that as there was only one continent on this world, there had been constant wars from the past to the present. The energy sources used by human civilization had evolved from the earliest coal, to wind and nuclear power, even uranium is almost exhausted, hence the shift to Imu Energy…
So, you’ve almost exhausted all the energy minerals in the entire planet, but still haven’t managed to create a spaceship?
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Forget about the spaceship, could you at least create nuclear fusion?
Yet you have nothing?
So, what exactly have you developed over so many years?
Such a wasted bunch…except for fighting wars, they have no other skills.
Oh, even with fighting wars, they haven’t developed any good equipment.
After so many years, there isn’t a single exoskeleton for soldiers. The Chainsaw Gun is interesting, but the rest is just ordinary ground battle equipment. Seriously, what technology tree did these people pick?
If this were a game, Duanmu Huai reckons these people wouldn’t have any specialization in their technology tree.
Just like a student who barely passes all subjects by scoring 60, mediocrity at its finest.
Now, Duanmu Huai is just hoping that Rebecca and Sherry could bring him some good news.
As it turned out, the Bio-world’s technology tree did not disappoint. After a few days, Rebecca and Sherry brought Duanmu Hoai some good news – they found the source of the plague infection!
It’s…!!
“Imu Energy??”
Upon reading the report in front of him, Duanmu Huai looked dumbfounded, while Rebecca nodded her head.
“Yes, we have investigated all the infected samples and infected areas, and found that the plague was concentrated around this thing called Imu Energy. We originally thought these parasites were attracted by the Imu Energy and gathered there, but when we analyzed the samples of the Imu Energy, we discovered that Imu Energy itself is a collective of parasites!”
“…so, in other words, Imu Energy is not energy, but a kind of parasite?”
“Yes, the longer the contact time, the higher the concentration, the more likely to get infected, and I suspect that the original infection was caused by mining these microbes called Imu Energy. In fact, this has been recorded.”
As she spoke, Rebecca pulled up a record.
“This is the information we gathered from the satellite intelligence, before the Pendulum War, some organizations found that long-term miners of Imu Energy would contract a disease called ‘Pulmonary Rust Disease’…and there were reports of Imu Energy causing infectious mutations, but it seemed like it didn’t attract enough attention.”
“……….”
Are the scientists of this planet idiots? Can’t even distinguish between energy and parasites?
“But now, this parasite seems to spread through contact without needing high concentration or long time.”
“Yes, we examined the collected samples, and compared to the parasites dormant in the Imu Energy, the parasites that currently infect organisms seem to have evolved and mutated to some extent…”
“Evolved and mutated…”
Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai furrowed his brows and a shiver ran down his spine.
Damn, we better not have attracted the attention of the Plague God!
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai quickly turned to Rebecca and Sherry.
“I need you to immediately come up with a way to completely eliminate this parasite. Any means is acceptable, don’t worry about any losses.”
“This…”
Rebecca and Sherry looked at each other.
“We need some more time, perhaps we can pinpoint the core gene of the parasite.”
“Hurry up, I fear we don’t have much time.”
Duanmu Huai shook his head, then looked out at the starry sky from the window.
If we have caught the attention of the Plague God…then…we’re in trouble.