With Huimao's help, Silin obtained a lot of information from Black Viper regarding the Zebra Virus. Black Viper's people still hadn't come up with a unified solution, and the RAS also had their own theories. All in all, they had only determined a general direction, but they still hadn't come to a conclusion on how to proceed in that direction or what specific steps to take.
Everyone knew that the virus' original form was the key, but where was he supposed to find the original form of the Zebra Virus? If what Neo said was true, and the original form of the Zebra Virus had already mutated a long time ago, wouldn't that mean that they couldn't come to a conclusion?
Cillin skimmed through the information very quickly. Neo's words were reasonable, but he needed to make his own decision and come up with a solution based on the information he received.
Black Viper's people were talented, and there were a lot of solutions that Silin couldn't think of even if he was beaten to death. However, it was still uncertain whether they would work in the end. Besides that, Silin also learned that a lot of Black Viper's people had changed their original solutions after they were infected with the Zebra Virus. Some of them were physically weak or had inborn immune deficiencies that couldn't be cured, so they passed away not long after they were infected with the Zebra Virus. However, they left behind a lot of valuable, detailed, and accurate records. The information obtained from these people was of great help to the research. Compared to the RAS, Black Viper's people had sacrificed more, but the results were also greater.
These were all information that had been exchanged with their lives.
After reading through the information, Silin sorted out his thoughts and began to simulate the experiment in his mind. Black Viper had at least a thousand different detailed solutions, and the RAS had three main solutions. The amount of energy Cillin's brain had expended in this short period of time could only be described as enormous. No one would believe that he could simulate more than a thousand different experimental solutions in such a short amount of time, not to mention the fact that he could simulate more than a thousand different experimental solutions at once.
It wasn't that the solutions were completely wrong, but that there wasn't enough time to carry them out. Take Neo's case for example. Even if he could solve the problem after more than three hundred days, there was no telling how many people would die from the virus by then.
Therefore, Silin had no choice but to learn from the different solutions, combine them with more solutions, and link them together according to his own judgment to come up with a final solution.
It couldn't be helped. People like Black Viper and Neo would never accept another person's point of view, nor would they abandon their own to support someone else.
Huimao was especially annoyed when he saw Silin sitting there with his eyes closed.
From Huimao's point of view, he wouldn't feel sad even if a bunch of people he didn't know died. However, he couldn't bear to lose those he knew. He was a selfish cat. Was it wrong to be selfish? Who cares if it was wrong or not?
After a long time, Silin opened his eyes and looked at Huimao who was lying listlessly on the ground. He picked him up and carried him out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Huimao asked weakly. He lowered his tail and looked at Silin.
"To Black Viper."
"I'm not going!" Huimao struggled free from Silin's arms. His four claws were firmly nailed to the ground. He lowered his body, as if he didn't want to leave.
"You really don't want to go?" Silin didn't move.
"I'm not going! I won't go even if you kill me! "
"Then I'll go by myself."
"..."
In the end, Huimao still followed Silin when he was a certain distance away. However, he scratched Silin's pants until they were like noodles again, and he was throwing a tantrum without saying a word. Even when Silin placed a fresh fish biscuit next to Huimao's mouth, Huimao would … eat it. He definitely ate it, but he wouldn't say a word or look at Silin.
Silin definitely had to tell Gen Xingming that he was leaving. He didn't tell him the real reason, but he did indirectly remind them to be careful and return immediately after the wedding. Gen Xingming and the others were a little playful, but they still understood what Silin meant. Although they didn't say anything after hearing Silin's words, they still decided to do as Silin said.
After giving Gen Xingming and the others some instructions, Silin took Huimao to a good place for a flying car. However, to Silin's surprise, someone was already waiting for him there.
"Gleeson Dodge!" Silin looked at Gleeson Dodge. The young man obviously knew that they were going to leave, and he hadn't stopped monitoring Silin and Huimao at all.
There were always a lot of people around Gleeson Dodge who were in charge of protection. Some were in the open, some were in the shadows, some were in the visible, and some were invisible. The Gleeson Family really did protect Dodge like he was their treasure.
"Are you going to the eleventh star region to find a cure for the virus?" Dodge asked.
"How do you know about the virus?" Silin didn't think that Dodge would know about the Zebra Virus. There was no way he would know about the virus if he was in contact with the true core of the Gleeson Family.
"The core nobles of the upper echelons of the empire have received the news already. However, the emperor has ordered us to keep it under wraps for now, so it hasn't spread yet." Dodge had investigated Silin before. Since Silin had a close relationship with the Gen Family and was Guan Feng's favorite disciple, it wasn't surprising that he knew about the virus.
"Then may I ask why you are waiting here? I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry. I hope that young master Dodge can be more direct. "Even if Silin found out that he was being watched, he wasn't afraid of conflict with Dodge.
Gleeson Dodge shook his head. "I'm not trying to cause trouble for you. I'm just waiting here to tell you that if you want to go to the eleventh star region to find a cure for the virus, I suggest you go there."
As he spoke, Gleeson took out a star map, opened the star map of the eleven star regions, and pointed at one of the planets.
"Before the virus appeared in the eleventh star region, I once went to the eleventh star region, but one day, due to the ion storm and severe magnetic interference caused by the stellar flare anomaly in that region, I changed my original route. However, in that region, there was a planet that was affected the most."
"You're saying that planet might be related to the virus? When did you pass by that planet? "Silin asked.
Dodge gave him a date, and the patrol team discovered the virus not long after that date. The planet the patrol team discovered wasn't far from the planet Dodge was pointing at, but it wasn't close either. It wouldn't be their first suspect.
"Why would you think that?" Silin asked again. After all, there was too much chance that something like this would happen. Stellar flare was a common occurrence, but a virus like this had never happened before.
"It's just my guess. It's up to you whether you want to believe it or not."
Silin paused for a moment and didn't press the issue. Instead, he asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Dodge looked at the listless Huimao lying on Silin's shoulder. "Have I seen you guys somewhere before?"
"What do you think?"
"... Never mind." Dodge turned around, waved his hand, and left with his men.
"Thank you for the information," Silin said.
Dodge didn't turn around. He didn't respond to Silin's expression of gratitude.
"Tsk, what are you being so arrogant for!" Huimao said as if he was venting his anger.
Silin walked into the spaceplane and rubbed Huimao's round cat head. "Alright, be a good boy and don't throw a tantrum. I'll go find Xi Kai after this is over and see if I can get the method Sigma used to travel through the galaxy. After that, we'll go back to the League of Stars and take a look. "
"Really?" Huimao's ears perked up and his eyes lit up.
"Yes, really!"
"You'll turn into shit if you lie!"
"Yes, I'll turn into shit if I lie."
"Hook Claw!" The gray cat lifted a front paw and curled its paw, revealing only a single curved cat nail.
Silin: "..."
Silin gestured at the cat's claw with a finger and shook it twice. Then, he activated the spaceplane and left the planet.
Not long after Silin's spaceplane left, a robot appeared where the spaceplane was parked.
"Wind Chief, he's already left."
… …
Silin received a message from Guan Feng not long after he left the planet.
He thought that Silin would return to Black Viper to study with Neo and the others, but Guan Feng flew into a rage when he learned that Silin was going to the eleventh star region.
"You're not allowed to go!!"
Right now, the RAS's conference room was completely silent. The president of the RAS was in the middle of his speech when Guan Feng's roar cut him off. He was so scared that he forgot what he was going to say later that his face twitched again and again until it was as black as charcoal.
Guan Feng pretended that he didn't see the expressions of the people around him. He got up and walked out while shouting. His usual calm demeanor was nowhere to be seen.
"What's wrong with Guan Feng?" someone asked.
"I think one of his students caused some trouble." Another person who usually disliked Guan Feng slowly picked up his cup and sipped on his tea. It was best to cool down at a time like this. He didn't want to mess up in an important meeting like that hypocrite Guan Feng.
The reason Silin didn't hide it from Guan Feng was because he knew that he couldn't keep it a secret for long. He would have to deal with the empire's special department if he wanted to go to the eleventh star region, and Guan Feng would find out sooner or later. It would be a lot of trouble if that happened, so it was better to inform Guan Feng as soon as possible.
Silin turned off his communicator after Guan Feng had gone mad and cursed him. Then, he continued his journey to the eleventh star region.
Just like Silin had learned, the eleventh star region was heavily guarded, especially the regions with more serious problems. The planet Gleason Dodge had pointed out was also one of the heavily guarded regions.
The spaceplane was inspected when it entered the eleventh star region. As one of the higher-ups of Black Viper, Silin naturally had a special pass that allowed him to enter and leave the planet. However, the inspection wasn't as simple as it seemed when he approached the heavily guarded region. It didn't matter if you were a noble or not. Even if you were an upper noble, you weren't allowed to leave the area. You had to stay inside the heavily guarded region obediently, or else extreme measures would be taken. This was an order from the higher-ups, and the people guarding the regions with the most serious problems were all from the empire's special department. "Wing" was only in the open, while this department operated in the shadows. Nobles couldn't influence them at all.
Silin received a long-range warning before his spaceplane even got close to the guarded region. Silin took out a special pass, but the other party didn't let Silin in immediately. Instead, they told Silin to drive his spaceplane into a space fortress.
Silin did as he was told. He would undergo a full body scan inside the space fortress, and they wouldn't let him in if he was carrying a pathogen. The spaceplane went through several heavy antivirus tests at the entrance.
However, when he got off the spaceplane, he saw two familiar faces.
"Tu Ba, Gu Xin?"
The two people who walked over were the people who were tested on that planet. At that time, Silin and Byakuya had other arrangements. As for the others, Silin only knew that they were placed in other positions in Blackviper, but they weren't under Silin's direct jurisdiction. The person in charge of them was Christy Hadar.
As soon as he saw Gu Xin and Tu Ba, Silin knew that the so-called empire's special department was the people tested by Blackviper.
"The empire's so-called special department is made up of you?" Silin smiled as he walked towards Tu Ba and Gu Xin.
"As you can see." Gu Xin was also very happy to see Silin again.
"I didn't expect to be a soldier again." Tu Ba was wearing a military uniform, but it was very different from the uniforms of the two armies of the empire. At a glance, it was obvious that they were experienced in combat. The design of the military uniform was very suitable for combat.
"Hey, Wheeze, why are you so unhappy? Who bullied you? "Gu Xin poked Huimao's ear and received a claw from Huimao.
"Who dared to bully it?" Silin curled his lips.
"It was you!" Huimao pointed a finger at Silin and complained, "Silin is a big bad guy, a big idiot, a big liar, and a big piece of sh * t!"
Silin: "…" Where did he learn this from?
Gu Xin chuckled as he looked at Huimao's resentful expression and scratched Silin's sleeve.
"What are you doing here? You should know that this is a critical ward. "Tu Ba asked.
At the mention of this, Gu Xin's smile disappeared and his expression turned serious. They had seen the symptoms caused by the virus before. No matter how strong one's physique was, it was inevitable.
"I'm here to look for clues about the virus."
"Clues? Did Black Viper send you? "
"No, I came on my own." Gu Xin and Tu Ba didn't know that Silin was one of the three new titans. They only knew of Christy Hadar. Silin didn't explain his background to them. He only said that he was an academic like Neo and the others.
The trio chatted for a while longer. Gu Xin and Tu Ba's expressions grew heavy when they learned that Neo was infected as well. Although the guy's words made them want to slap him, they had to admit that he was talented. If it wasn't for Neo's safety zone, they would've died a long time ago.
Since Silin had made up his mind, Gu Xin and Tu Ba knew that it was useless to try and persuade him otherwise. They told Silin about the situation in this area.
"What do you think of this planet?" Silin opened the star map of the eleventh star region and pointed at the planet Gleason Dodger was talking about.
"Oh, this one. Let me see." Tu Ba brought up the planet's information. "It's also one of the heavily infected planets."
"How much longer do we have?" Silin asked.
Silin wanted to know how much longer it would take for the planet to reach the time limit set by the higher-ups. Judging from the rate of spread of the virus on the planet, the planet would be wiped out if they couldn't produce a cure by the time the virus reached the time limit. The longer it took, the harder it would be to destroy the mutated virus. Originally, the virus could be destroyed by erasing the planet's energy, but after a while, the virus's survivability would increase, and it would infect other planets and regions a second time.
Tu Ba and Gu Xin understood what Silin was trying to say. A moment later, they said, "Since a new cure has appeared, it should be able to buy us some time. We'll wait for the higher-ups, but no one knows when the order will come. It could be the next moment, or it could be a very long time."
In other words, Silin had to be careful if he was going to go.
"Alright, I got it. Let me know when the order comes, and I'll retreat immediately," Silin said after he connected the communicator.
"Alright, be careful. There's the latest protective suit here. We all wear this when we move." Tu Ba handed Silin a few protective suits. One was definitely not enough, so he had to prepare a few more just in case.
Silin took the protective suit and looked at Gu Xin and Tu Ba. "Do you have enough for yourselves?"
"This is definitely enough. Every once in a while, the latest modified protective suits will be sent over. We've already worn three versions." Tu Ba gestured for Silin not to worry about this. "If there's a new protective suit, I'll send a robot to deliver it to you."
They weren't the only ones guarding this place; there were robots as well. It wouldn't be too safe if all of them were robots. If others found out that the Dynasty and Black Viper were in cahoots, there was no telling how much trouble they would cause.
"Thanks!"
"You're welcome. We haven't thanked you for your help yet."
Silin had brought his own protective suit, but compared to the latest version here, the one he had on hand was obviously safer.
After Silin left, Gu Xin and Tu Ba sat on the railing, each with a cigarette in their mouth. The atmosphere was heavy.
After a while, Gu Xin finally spoke first. "Tu Ba, do you think Silin will be infected?"
Tu Ba did not speak. He exhaled heavily, the smoke rising from his mouth obscuring Tu Ba's expression.
"This smoke is really thick," Tu Ba said.
After that, the two of them stopped talking and sat there quietly, smoking.
On the other side, Silin piloted a small flying device toward the planet.
The planet was in a mess. Not only were the ordinary people on the planet infected, even the military was infected. The rest were basically carriers who were still in the incubation period. No one would come to maintain order, and not a single flying device could fly out of the planet. It was as if all the flying devices had collectively malfunctioned. This was the work of the robots.
The people of the planetary government had long escaped. To be exact, they had entered another place outside the planet — a place the Dynasty had opened up to treat the Zebra Virus. Perhaps some of these people were already dead, and some were still in the ward receiving experimental drugs to slow down their lives, but one thing was for sure — they had abandoned their people.
Looking from space, the planet was flashing everywhere. That was the artillery fire from the chaotic battle, and the entire planet was already riddled with holes. By then, even if an effective drug was produced to counter the virus, the damage to the planet would not recover in a short period of time, and the people who had experienced this incident would find ways to migrate to the planet or even to other star regions. To them, this was hell. Even if everything was over, the fear that was deeply imprinted in their memories would be stirred up by the familiar scene.
Before entering the planet, Cillin had used the spaceplane's scanning system to analyze some energy reactions. This proved that the planet had indeed received relatively strong radiation from external energy not too long ago. However, this kind of radiation shouldn't be able to cause large-scale damage. Moreover, if it was just this kind of energy radiation, the probability of forming that kind of virus was not high. After scanning and analyzing the entire planet, Cillin drew a map of a place where there were still remnants of superpowers.
All the satellite networks were also paralyzed, and the place Silin chose was on the dark side. He found a place to land, and it was a place with few people, so Silin's entry would not attract any attention.
After putting on the protective suit, Cillin walked out of the spaceplane with the test tools in hand. However, the gray cat ran out of the spaceplane before him and shouted at Cillin, "There are viruses everywhere! Silin, check the protective suit again, don't let the virus seep in! "
After confirming that there were no problems with the protective suit, Silin finally officially stepped out of the flying device. Huimao nervously observed Silin's reaction, afraid that the next moment it would detect that Silin was infected with the virus.
This place was very remote, and it was strangely quiet at night. Humans weren't the only ones affected by the spread of the virus. Animals weren't spared either. Celine could even see the colors of the plants changing. This virus was so powerful that it didn't even choose its targets to infect. All living things were infected, and no one could avoid it.
Was this really just a virus?
Because of the continuous war, the sky on the planet was no longer clear, and there was no starlight. There was only fog, and under the dark sky, it made people feel unusually heavy.
Only the sound of Silin's footsteps could be heard. The withered leaves were still struggling on the branches, and they had not completely fallen off. However, some of the branches had softened and drooped weakly, while others were strangely stiff. The wind could not make them sway, as if they would break if they were forcefully swayed.
The hair on Huimao's body stood on end. This place made him feel very uneasy, very uneasy. He was not wearing any protective gear, so he could feel the invasion of the virus. However, his internal organs had been converted to a mechanical state, so the virus was useless against him.
This was the first time that Silin had come into such close contact with the Zebra virus. In the past, he was immune to viruses and certain toxins. Because of his body, he could spontaneously form the most ideal substance to deal with these invaders based on the virus he was infected with and the invading toxins. However, this time, Silin was not confident. If he was really infected, would he be able to deal with it as he had in the past?
It was undeniable that one of the reasons why Silin dared to come here was because of his special physique. However, when he came into close contact with these substances, although he was separated by a protective suit, the chip in Silin's body had already started to activate. It told Silin that this Zebra virus was really a strong enemy that he had never encountered before.
What was more puzzling to Silin now was the unknown substance on the virus?
Looking at the data from the device in his hand, most of the Zebra viruses around him were high-level mutants. Some of them were intermediate mutants, but he still did not see any low-level mutants.
"Silin, let's go back to the spaceplane!" Out of habit, Huimao was about to use its claws to hook Silin's pants. When it saw the protective suit that Silin was wearing, it suddenly stopped and retracted its claws.
Silin nodded and walked back to the spaceplane. One of the hatches of the spaceplane had been modified and installed with the latest anti-virus equipment. After multiple anti-virus tests, Silin took off the protective suit in one of the buffering rooms and had his body sterilized again. It took him a long time before he came out.
Before Silin landed, he launched a sample collection device to various places on the planet. It would detect the virus data in various places and report to Silin immediately. Now that the sample collection device was in place, it began to collect and analyze the data.
Silin turned on the main control system to observe the newly collected data. From the data, Silin was able to know the situation of the virus in various places on the planet, and the proportion of low-level mutants, intermediate mutants, and high-level mutants among these viruses.
The place where Silin landed had many sample collection devices launched in a small area. This was the key area that he marked on the map, and he had to focus on analyzing it.
Looking at the data, Silin frowned. The data analysis in various places was similar, and there were basically no low-level mutants. However, when these collected sample analysis data were distributed on the latitude and longitude map according to the color difference, the results were obvious.
The darker areas indicated that the proportion of intermediate mutants and low-level mutants was larger, and the areas with low-level mutants were especially dark. According to the map, the darkest area on the entire planet was a few steps away from the landing point where Silin was now.
It was really here!
"Silin, send the robot," Huimao said.
Silin hesitated for a moment, then contacted the nearest robot on the planet and told the robot to pay attention. The robot followed Silin's instructions and went in that direction.
On the screen inside the aircraft, Silin and Huimao stared closely to see if there was anything unusual.
Everything was the same as what Silin saw when he went out, but when the robot walked to the place Silin marked, Silin's contact with the robot was cut off.
The tracking monitor flashed, and the surrounding situation could not be seen clearly. Silin had no choice but to move the monitor away from that place, and the image became clear again.
The robot that was sent over stood there quietly and did not move at all. There was not even a signal.
"What's going on?" Huimao was puzzled. When it was outside, it did not notice anything unusual. Although it did not go to that place, it really did not feel anything unusual.
After a moment of silence, Silin got up and walked into the sterile buffer room to put on the protective suit.
It seemed that he had to do it himself.
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