The figures on the car were busy. Sha Sha had already loaded the weapons on the Sally, and now the Fire God Mecha was adorned with a rather majestic yet somewhat cute and quirky paint job. The front chest armor displayed "Sally," the left arm said "Great Killing," and the right arm read "Leave No Armor," making it hard to imagine the mental state of a 12-year-old girl during the painting process.
"Lin Xian, what do you think the purpose of that big bug is? Why would it suddenly attack the experimental building?"
In compartment 12, Lin Xian was urgently manufacturing ammunition and delivering it to various compartments. KIKI, beside him, was replacing the control module for the PX-05 robot and couldn’t resist asking.
"Most likely, it’s the Hell Black Chrysanthemum," Lin Xian said. "But that’s very unreasonable; the Hell Black Chrysanthemum has been on our vehicle for so long, it couldn’t just be targeted after being taken to the research group."
Lin Xian also considered that it might be related to the shielding power of the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube, but this theory was somewhat far-fetched, as the vehicle didn’t have the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube when the Hell Black Chrysanthemum was brought out of Underground City No. 9.
However, Ding Junyi had also brought up the issue of Rain Town impostor invasion before. Lin Xian felt that Hell Black Chrysanthemum or Disaster Plant might have a special influence on the Abnormal Body.
But Lin Xian believed that the sudden attack by the Abyss Worm on Central Street was much more complicated than just the Disaster Plant.
KIKI looked at Lin Xian, furrowing her brows and murmuring, "Could it be that the monster is really afraid we’ll discover the Dark Mark? That sounds..."
"No matter what it is, Director Zhao is definitely right."
In Lin Xian’s hands, large numbers of 7.62mm bullets continuously formed and fell into the ammunition box, producing a crisp clinking sound.
"The aviation combat fleet at Northern City Airport, the main base of the East City Investigation Corps, the armory, tens of thousands of survivors gathered on Central Street, yet a single worm chose to target the laboratory."
"That indicates there’s something here more important than the aviation combat fleet, the armory, and the survivors."
Thinking of this, Lin Xian pressed the communicator, attempting to contact Ding Junyi.
"Lin Xian, I’m here." Soon, Director Ding’s voice came through the communicator, accompanied by the bustling discussions in the lab.
The scientific research team is currently relocated to the Xilan Sports Stadium. For safety reasons, this information is only known to the Phoenix Society and a few Phoenix Order convoy.
"The 21st strike experiment, switching observation target..."
"Maintain the light; detector self-checks."
"Professor Ding, please come over here..."
Lin Xian took a deep breath and asked, "How’s the situation?"
"The group observation experiment currently has no result, and Disaster Plant hasn’t reacted. We’re about to conduct the final test. The special operations team and Nightwalker from the Phoenix Society have dispatched personnel to conduct field testing." Ding Junyi’s voice sounded very calm.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xian frowned. A group test failure?
What’s going on? Previously, whenever these Snow Demons appeared, the Hell Black Chrysanthemum would emit a red glow response. Even if faint, it could be observed. The scene at Uliyasatai Mountain, where the tide of Snow Demons upgraded the Dark Mark to Level 4 danger, is still vivid in memory, but the current situation is truly bizarre...
It’s 17:40, 40 minutes till nightfall.
The temporary camp of the Xilan Sports Stadium research team, surrounded in layers by the soldiers of the Investigation Corps. High-sensitivity seismic sensors are fully activated, sky radar spinning wildly, Starfire Nightwalker Jingtian, and Xiao He of the Investigation Corps keeping constant vigilant around it.
In the camp laboratory, Snow Demons captured using a custom alloy cage are placed into a darkroom without a light source, continuously hissing, while the research team conducts several batches of control experiments. Ding Junyi is accompanied by an assistant, constantly shuttling the Hell Black Chrysanthemum among various observation labs.
"It’s still not working; it’s still not working!!!"
Wei Kexue was on the brink of collapse, his entire person exhausted with a mix of struggle and vexation, gritting his teeth.
Calming down, he promptly pressed the communicator to contact Guo Sicheng lying in the infirmary.
"Professor, I found that paper based on the CERN dark matter detection plan. Yes, yes... I understand your point, but... No, you shouldn’t come; your injuries cannot be moved recklessly."
While using the communicator to talk with Guo Sicheng in the infirmary, Wei Kexue also synced an article titled "Axion-mediated Cross-Dimensional Biological Perception" to Yu Yuheng’s team using a mobile terminal.
"If it’s weakly interacting massive particles exhibiting..."
"The problem now is these Abnormal Bodies are all in a silent state, like they’re all agreed upon." Yu Yuheng, wearing a clean down jacket, dust still uncleared from his head, was anxiously staring at the data, "We suspect these organisms might show a resistance commonality, possibly driven by some higher-order biological instruction!"
The previous research by the Emperor Group explored this direction, and the abnormal behavior of the Snow Demon now triggered a dangerous notion in Yu Yuheng.
Wei Kexue went pale with stunned disbelief, barely able to react before Ding Junyi and a group of scientists were already returning from the observation laboratory.
"Prepare to conduct field testing."
Wei Kexue pressed the communicator, then said, "Captain He has arrived."
Before the sound faded, a series of footsteps sounded outside.
He Zhen, with Xiao He, entered with a stern expression, looking towards Ding Junyi and his group, "Professors, the aviation patrol team just discovered the Abyss Worm carcass 34 kilometers northwest at one monitoring point."