Meng Chao sat up in the medical cabin.
He noticed that the medical cabin was in a military ambulance.
When he looked out of the window to the left, he saw that the ambulance was still parked by Red Dragon River. It was not far away from the construction site of the underwater tunnel.
Based on the nervous and busy people in the construction site and the condition of the facilities, the Ultimate Sandworm did not manage to completely destroy the underwater tunnel.
The losses were great, but it was still within an acceptable range.
That was good.
Meng Chao released a long sigh.
He then saw a silver tent with the warning of biohazard and the emblem of the abnormal beast research department sprayed on it. Many researchers in white chemical protective suits were moving in and out of it.
By the looks of it, the Ultimate Sandworm's carcass had already been dragged to the surface. The researchers were racing against time to uncover the secrets of the Supernatural Entity before its flesh and nerve bundles completely rotted away.
"You're awake?"
A slightly hoarse woman's voice came from beside him.
Meng Chao turned his head around and saw that there were two medical cabins in the ambulance. Lu Siya was sitting beside him. By the looks of it, she had woken up a little earlier than him. Even though there were still a lot of IV tubes in her body, she was in pretty good spirits. She could already point at the things on her tablet and handle work.
"How long have I been lying down? What's the situation?"
Meng Chao stretched his limbs and exercised his spine. The slight stabbing pain made him feel like he had been bitten by ants, but it was not too serious.
"Forty-five minutes," Lu Siya said.
"Don't worry, I'm not badly injured. I just drained my spirit energy, and the Ultimate Sandworm's acid invaded my skin. In the end, when the oil, methane, nitrobenzene, ethenone, and other substances in its body exploded, I suffered a slight concussion from the shockwave.
"The problem might not be big, but the captain still asked me to tell you that this tactic of crawling into a monster's stomach to cause a ruckus is too reckless, because it's impossible for you to predict just how poisonous and corrosive a monster's organs are. You don't know how many viruses and bacteria the monster has, and you don't know just how strong the flammable and explosive substances in the monster's body are. If you're the slightest bit careless, you might end up dying together with the monster.
"This time, he will ask for a reward from the department. Originally, only official investigators have the right to get the medal and treatment, and you have the right to get it. But next time, if you run into a similar situation, please don't be so crazy."
"It's just that I'm in high spirits from killing, so I'm a little intoxicated!"
Meng Chao scratched his head and smiled, but he could not quite believe it. "Did the Ultimate Sandworm really die just like that?"
"You don't remember?"
"You killed your way from its mouth to its excretory hole. You destroyed its intestines and tore it to pieces, but you still didn't die?"
Meng Chao blinked and searched for Kindling at the corner of his eye.
Sure enough, the latest information showed:
[Killed Mutated Ultimate Sandworm. Increased 9,999 contribution points.]
"He's really dead …" Meng Chao mumbled.
He was also a little disappointed.
He felt that the Strange Flame was becoming more and more stingy.
9,999 contribution points might seem like a lot, but this was a legendary Yao God. If it wasn't 300,000 to 500,000 contribution points, how could it be worthy of its status?
Ever since he reached the peak of Earth Realm and wanted to reach Heaven Realm, he had never felt the same.
The lessons Meng Chao needed to cultivate became more arduous and difficult.
Even the determined and focused superhumans usually needed a few years or even more than a decade before they could reach Heaven Realm.
Meng Chao was not stupid, but his foundation was not sturdy, and he had to deal with a lot of things on a daily basis.
He had to deal with his studies, the Ultimate Style, the Broken Star Club, Blue Home, Superstar, the abnormal beast research department, and his cooperation with Yan Hengbo, Ning Shewo, and Luo Wu. He did not have a lot of time to cultivate.
His time was limited, and if he wanted to improve by leaps and bounds, he could only spend as many contribution points as he could.
Right now, the skills he practiced were all amazing martial arts provided by Gu Jianbo, Li Yingzi, Deity Realm superhuman Black Tortoise Zong Yue, and even the anonymous benefactors who were above Zong Yue.
They were completely different from beginner martial arts like Ripple Force and One Hundred Saber Techniques.
Many of the super killing moves, secret techniques, and spirit energy magnetic fields were as complicated as a 3D maze. Even if he increased his Skillfulness by 1%, he would need to spend more than one hundred contribution points.
He originally wanted to earn a lot from the Supernatural Entity.
But in the end, he only had 9,999 contribution points. It was not enough for him to live …
Meng Chao shook his head and looked at the flames that shot into the sky between the skyscrapers in the south of the city. He stopped letting his thoughts run wild and asked, "What's the situation in the south of the city right now? Did a large zombie horde appear?"
"No," Lu Siya said.
"This time, the abnormal beasts have indeed caught us off guard. First, they had the Ultimate Sandworm secretly open up an underground tunnel that leads from outside the city to the city. Then, they quietly mobilized a large number of pests that brought the zombie virus over.
"Since the abnormal beasts have control over top-tier neurotechnology, they upgraded the nervous systems of the pests, so the low-grade arthropods and mollusks have a certain degree of intelligence. At the very least, they have the ability to receive and carry out brainwave commands.
"Finally, the rat horde spread the zombie virus, and the zombies created chaos. The strengthened and upgraded shell-type monsters, arthropod-type monsters, and snake-type monsters can accurately locate the important facilities in the south of the city. It's indeed very troublesome.
"But it's just troublesome.
"After all, it's impossible for them to launch a large-scale attack by sneaking around under Dragon City. The enemy can't have sent too many monsters into the city in secret, and they can't be too strong either. If they were high-grade Hell Beasts or Apocalyptic Beasts with powerful spirit energy, we would have sensed them a long time ago.
"So, the losses caused by this ambush are high, but it's still manageable.
"Right now, all the residential areas in the south of the city have been fortified. The Red Dragon Army and all the superhumans in the city are stationed in the streets and residential areas in the south of the city. The captain and the other people in Group 9 have also been sent to get rid of the zombies and monsters.
"The battle is still going on, but there aren't any major casualties or any irreversible damage to important facilities. Based on our initial estimations, if the monsters don't send reinforcements, the battle will end before dawn. The overall damage won't be greater than when the fog descended on the entire city last time."
Meng Chao took the tablet from Lu Siya's hands.
He checked the statistics of the losses so far.
Then, he watched a few videos of the battle recorded through the CCTVs and the superhumans' helmets and shoulder-mounted cameras.
The battle was pretty intense.
Swarms of snakes, insects, rats, and ants formed a colorful tide that attacked the human defense line.
Their attack power wasn't too strong, but with the new characteristic of the "Zombie Infection Virus", it became quite troublesome.
Fortunately, as all the superhumans in the city rushed to the south of the city to provide reinforcements, the horde of pests did not spread to the depths of the residential areas and infect the normal people who were the easiest to be infected.
The zombies that appeared sporadically did not flood the area. Soon, they were destroyed by the superhumans and the enthusiastic citizens working together.
Meng Chao sighed in relief.
Compared to his previous life, the current Dragon City should have performed much better when it came to fighting against the abnormal beasts.
On one hand, the investigation reports he wrote and the actual combat drills where he acted as the Blue Army's abnormal beasts were effective. The abnormal beast research department worked together with the related departments to upgrade the defenses of the important facilities in Dragon City and set up key controls there.
On the other hand, the Ultimate Style became popular a few years ahead of time, and the Broken Star Club gathered a large number of broken-star superhumans together to increase their fighting strength.
Most of these people were the backbone of the normal residential areas and grassroots units.
If they became stronger, it meant that the fighting units in the residential areas would become stronger as well.
'As long as we can get through this wave of attacks, it won't be so easy for the abnormal beasts to use the same strategy to invade Dragon City next time.'
Meng Chao thought.
But he still felt a little uneasy.
He thought about it for a long time, but he could not figure out what the problem was.
He decided to rip off the IV tubes and wires from the instruments on his body and said to Lu Siya, "Let's go and take a look at the Ultimate Sandworm's carcass!"
As a harvester, there was no way he would let go of the heaven-sent chance to research the Supernatural Entities.
Besides, the progress of the Mystery of the Supernatural Entities was still firmly fixed at 22%!
They tiptoed into the ambulance.
Right now, there was a huge shortage of medical personnel.
Since their conditions were rather stable, the doctors and nurses had gone to treat the injured workers and technicians in the underwater tunnel. No one pushed them back into the medical cabins.
Only a few Red Dragon Army soldiers who were leaning against an armored vehicle in the distance saw them.
The Red Dragon Army soldiers laughed and raised their arms to give Meng Chao a thumbs-up.
Meng Chao recognized them as the soldiers who had just entered the underwater tunnel and fought alongside him.
He laughed, too, and gave the soldiers a thumbs up.
Even though the wounds of various sizes on his body had not completely healed.
The soldiers' smiles filled him with strength again.
There were a lot of problems in the current Dragon City.
But they did not lack the courage to face and solve them head-on. They also had the heroic spirit to fight against the world and enjoy endless joy.
That was enough.
Meng Chao and Lu Siya crawled into the tent.
They changed into chemical protective suits in the disinfection room.
The Ultimate Sandworm's explosion was very thorough.
The researchers from the abnormal beast research department had spent a lot of effort before they managed to piece together a general outline from the remains.
The only part that was relatively intact was the huge mouth filled with ring-shaped teeth.
The researchers knew that Meng Chao had crawled into the huge creature's body and turned it upside down.
When they looked at him, their gazes were filled with disbelief.
Instinctively, they gave him the best spot.
But Meng Chao was not in a hurry to attack.
Instead, he first scanned the researchers' preliminary autopsy report. His gaze lingered on the dense rows of crucial data for a long time.
Then, he squatted down and stared at the Ultimate Sandworm's huge mouth with a contemplative expression.
"Is there a problem?"
Lu Siya was very sharp. She noticed his uneasiness and puzzlement.
She squatted down beside him and looked in the direction of his gaze.
"It's nothing."
Meng Chao thought about it for a while before he asked Lu Siya, "Big Sis Ya, do you think I've become stronger over the past half a year?"
"…"
Lu Siya said. "How would I know?"
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