Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 74 Equipment Problems
"Don't come and cause trouble for us, get out of here."

Yuan Ze was mercilessly kicked out by Xu Xiangdong, the head of the YN01 biochemical laboratory. The unshaven-bearded scholar didn't care that the visitor was a Yuan warrior. Seeing that he had no academic achievements and wanted to participate in research related to millions of lives, there was no way.

"Astra, look, I can't even get through this door, and you want me to take this mission. I really don't understand you."

"I don't have a brain, so there's no point blaming me." Astra joked with Yuanze with a smile.

"I'm not in the mood to joke with you. What should I do?" Yuanze spread his hands, feeling helpless.

"Have you noticed the details of the mission? This source force virus is very strange. Once it is taken out of the patient's body for analysis, it will immediately die and lose its activity. All genetic material will shatter in an instant. Through some simulation analysis, these researchers believe that this virus may be able to coexist with organisms under certain source force conditions."

"so what?"

"So one of the tasks is to find the host of the pathogen, which may be able to provide a specific source of power. And through the big data model analysis of this plague, I can be sure that the host is a creature in the city, and it is not even ruled out that it is an asymptomatic human infection."

Yuanze kept communicating with Astra and soon understood Astra's idea. He also developed a special method to find the carrier of the virus.

But the problem is that they don't have the source silicon crystals or the equipment to make enough nanorobots and life resonators.

"These nanorobots should be found at the mission location - the biochemical laboratory. You should find a way to deal with that difficult old scholar later. I'll tell you a few parts of the resonator at the back. They can be used together. Go find it yourself."

"Depend on!"

Yuan Ze stared at the parts Astra sent him and couldn't help cursing: "Superconducting electromagnetic detector? Nanoscale signal amplifier? Zero-point energy filter? I've never heard of them. Where can I find these three?"

"Here's the information for you. Li Haisheng said that there are some things you have to do on your own. And I think finding these things can help train your abilities." Astra said lazily to Yuanze.

"I never thought that one day you would tell me how it feels, something that doesn't sound like AI at all."

Yuanze adjusted the atmosphere and decided to report to the military first. After all, the Ji family had a close relationship with the military, and several people who paid tribute to Ji Chengbin that day were bigwigs in the military.

He even used the name "Young Master Sun" to become friends with an ordinary old man. Of course, Yuan Ze only found out the old man's true identity later.

"Astra, identity disguise."

All of a sudden, Yuanze's appearance and all his identity information changed to "Young Master Sun". He then sent a message to this big boss, and after thinking for a moment, he sent a message to another person.

He ran towards the military headquarters at high speed. Because this incident involved border issues and the city lord had fled in advance, the Chinese government rarely sent two big men who were stationed in the southern military region at one time. Both of them were scout-level strongmen, and one of them was a close friend of "Young Master Sun".

Yuanze passed the inspection of the battalion headquarters smoothly and entered the command post under military jurisdiction.

"Sun Zeyuan, how are you? How is your family business going during this period?"

Yuanze smiled, not at all constrained by the old man's pressure, and found a seat to sit down calmly.

"Commander Chen, everything is going smoothly. Although there haven't been any major moves recently, I was able to facilitate the cooperation between Haisheng Industry and Kong's Free Trade Company some time ago, which is also a small achievement..."

Suddenly, there was a loud laugh and applause from outside the door. The sound was so loud that it seemed as if the entire corridor was shaking, and the air in the room seemed to freeze.

"What a promising young man." A middle-aged man broke in without knocking.

Chen Shuai frowned slightly, and then his eyebrows were submerged in his wrinkles: "I'm meeting a guest." "Then you guys continue chatting, I'm just passing by."

That person's voice seemed to have magic. Even after everyone left, its voice lingered for a long time.

"Sun Zeyuan, let's go to another place to talk."

They moved to a dark house. The room was very special, with smooth and seamless walls without any protrusions or gaps to prevent sound from leaking out physically. Even the wall material was made of a multi-layered nano-material called "Sound Swallower", each layer absorbing different sound wave frequency bands.

When sound waves hit surfaces in the room, these nanostructures vibrate, efficiently converting the sound energy into heat, which is then dissipated silently into the air.

Chen Shuai lit a few candles, bringing a faint light into the room. Then he used his source power to form an invisible barrier, tightly sealing the entire room and blocking all sounds from coming in and out.

"This room is specially designed to prevent eavesdropping. Commander Chen, you are doing this to prevent the deputy commander from eavesdropping."

"Haha, you are smart, I like that about you. The guy just now was the newly promoted Deputy Commander Chu Lan. I haven't figured out his gene lock ability yet, but after spending the past two months with him, I think it should be related to sound."

"So you, old man, have taken double insurance."

The operation that Commander Chen just performed is similar to the secret method that Yuanze passed on to Li Haisheng.

"That's right. But coming to that, I'm curious, why did you rush here to see me?"

"I have a way to find the host of the disease."

Commander Chen did not reply immediately. It was not that he did not trust Yuanze. He stared at Yuanze with sharp eyes, trying to read the truth from Yuanze's expression.

"It is said that businessmen will not do anything without profit. What are you doing here?" Commander Chen could not detect any lie, so he manipulated his mental power, poured two cups of hot tea and handed one over.

Yuanze took the hot tea handed to him by Commander Chen. He naturally knew the doubts in Commander Chen's heart. After all, it involved the safety of an entire mechanical city, so he certainly couldn't have any chance of luck.

"Here are some parts I need, as well as plans and instructions for use." Yuanze had Astra draft these formal documents early on. "It is said that brothers should settle accounts clearly. This is a contract I drafted, and I need to exchange some compensation."

Commander Chen carefully read the projected contract, especially when he saw three of the parts, he couldn't help but frown and continued to look back.

"Although the reward is high, it is not unacceptable to us. After all, compared with the people in the whole city, it is nothing. But I am afraid it will be difficult for me to support you with these three devices."

He turned off the projection, extracted the names and appearances of the three parts separately, and displayed them in front of Yuanze.

"I won't ask you how you know this." Commander Chen's face was solemn, as if he was weighed down by a heavy weight. "These three are highly confidential weapon parts of China. Just the cumbersome approval documents alone, even if all of them are processed through special fast channels, will take at least half a year. We can't wait. As for the nanorobots, I can ask Xu Xiangdong for some leniency."

"There is no other way. This is the simplest and fastest method I can think of right now." Yuanze looked at Commander Chen who was lost in thought. He must be constantly deducing and calculating in his mind.

"Okay, then, without further ado, follow me."

Everyone has his own principles.

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(End of this chapter)