Arknights? Colonization Ark!

Chapter 65: It says, it's time to go

Kal'tsit brought a batch of blood samples into the laboratory. They were collected from the wounded who had undergone blood transfusions due to serious injuries, as well as a small amount of artificial plasma.

She combined these blood samples with blood source stone crystals one by one to make a large number of test samples and put them into observation instruments for analysis and testing.

"it is as expected."

Those Originium crystalline macromolecules that are usually very aggressive to normal Terran cells are like atrophy when they encounter the plasma proteins in artificial plasma. They autonomously change the structure of their own proteins, and even the diseased cells no longer transcribe until they are metabolized by the body's still working immune system.

But this situation is not permanent. As long as the plasma proteins in this batch of artificial plasma are metabolized, the crystalline macromolecules still remaining in the body will begin to return to their abnormal state.

This is trouble.

Due to some special reasons, pure human blood has a strong inhibitory effect on mineral disease, and its attraction to blood demons is much higher than normal blood.

So at the Tower of Babel, Kal'tsit kept a close eye on the Doctor's blood, and she discovered Warfarin every time she tried to take action.

But they never expected that even their artificial plasma would have this effect.

Although the effect is still far worse than the doctor's blood, it is still far better than the inhibitors on the market.

She sealed all the samples and experimental results and walked out of the laboratory.

She hurried back to the makeshift hospital. She wanted to find out how much the other party already knew.

As for warfarin, there is too much plasma in the hospital and we can’t manage it even if we want to. Maybe we won’t have to manage it in the future.

The person in charge of the hospital is called Zoya, and she is currently the director of the medical department.

This time, she was responsible for leading this group of medical staff to come to Kazdel for internship.

While she was patiently teaching a young nurse how to operate medical equipment, Kal'tsit came to her.

"Ms. Zoya, please come here for a moment."

Zoya, whose name was called, turned around and saw Kal'tsit, one of the leaders of Babel, calling her again.

Without giving it much thought, he followed Kal'tsit to a quieter place.

"What is it, Ms. Kelsey?"

Zoya looked at Kal'tsit with some confusion. She didn't understand why the other party called her out when there were so many wounded people who needed treatment.

Kal'tsit took out several documents that had just been printed out, and the heat from the papers had not yet cooled down.

"Ms. Zoya, I would like to ask how much do you know about the artificial plasma you are using?"

When Zoya heard the other party's question, it suddenly dawned on her that it was no wonder Kal'tsit came to her. This was indeed a problem.

"You mean the denaturation of foreign plasma proteins by Originium crystal proteins?"

Kal'tsit nodded, and Zoya continued.

"I didn't expect you to notice the abnormality so quickly. To be honest, we don't know the reason."

This answer was within Kal'tsit's expectations. If she didn't know a little bit of inside information, she probably wouldn't have thought of it even if she racked her brains.

"You don't know either?"

"Yes, it was an accident at the beginning. In the early stage of city construction, we rescued a large number of people from the mines. Some of them had serious injuries and needed blood transfusions. We used a batch of artificial plasma that Mr. Zhang had placed in the blood bank. It was not until then that Miss Lexington discovered that the plasma protein in artificial plasma had a strong inhibitory effect on mineralogy."

"There has been no research results on the specific cause, and it is still under study. There are many hypotheses, but none of them have been confirmed."

"Even the inhibitors we currently use are actually made from artificial plasma proteins."

When it came to this, Kal'tsit asked tentatively

"Has Mr. Zhang ever asked about this matter? Has he never done any research on it?"

Zoya shook her head

"He said this was our assignment and asked us to figure out the answer ourselves."

"Is that so... Thank you very much, Miss Zoya. Please continue with your work."

Kal'tsit thanked the other party, and after Zoya left, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

It is possible that the person noticed something unusual, and she didn't know whether it was good or bad. As a creation of Cypress, what she had done over the years was already a blatant betrayal.

But Kal'tsit never regretted it. Maybe the current situation on Terra was corrupt, the nobles were corrupt and playing power games, and racial conflicts were endless. The whole world was falling into darkness step by step, but civilization was like this in history, with dynasties changing, constantly spiraling upward, and never stopping.

She didn't know whether Precious's choice was right, but she had watched over this world for more than ten thousand years and had seen the shining moments of humanity, in front of which even the stars seemed dim.

She believed that the Terrans would one day be able to break free from their shackles, pick up the torches left behind by previous civilizations, and continue to move forward under this empty and lost starry sky.

Kal'tsit is willing to risk everything for this.

Because civilization without people is meaningless.

Originium is not the ultimate, and Kal'tsit and the Doctor will never make it the ultimate.

After packing up the documents, Kal'tsit walked towards the hospital again. Just like Zoya said, there were still a large number of patients there. Even if they got the other side's manpower support, it would still not be enough in the face of the huge number of casualties, although most of them were caused by them.

On the other side, the conversation between Theresa and the other two was coming to an end.

Theresa looked at the new Kazdel construction plan handed over by Bozhukas.

"It's a bold idea to build Kazdel into an industrial base and then resell the products to all of Terra through Gantry."

Bozhukas was a little overwhelmed as he introduced everything in the construction book to the other party. This was not his job, but the person who should have come didn't come, and he, who shouldn't have come, came here.

"Yes, Your Highness. The northern border of Ursus is vast and sparsely populated, but rich in minerals. It can serve as a good source of raw materials. However, it is too close to the Far North, so it is particularly important to build a sufficiently strong industrial base in the south."

Theresa had to admit that the content was very tempting. For Kazdel, a mature industrial system was more important than anything else.

The witchcraft skills of the Sarkaz are difficult to share with the Terrans, and the industrialization of Originium is something that can only be achieved in dreams. In today's Kazdel, let alone a mobile city, there are not even a few factory lathes.

but.....

"Others won't just sit there and watch us rebuild Kazdel and carry out industrial reforms."

Kazdel was penniless, and Theresa was still wondering how to survive the next attempts from the Terra countries.

Thinking about industrialization now is nothing but a pipe dream.

Chapter 66: A Place You Can Never Return To

The Sarkaz are a magical race. Compared with other Terrans, they have a stronger affinity for Originium and blood memories that others do not have.

The inherited bloodline allows them to master witchcraft from ancient times. After some special sacrifices or methods, they can also obtain some memories and emotions from their ancestors through strong emotional resonance.

Memories often carry strong personal and subjective colors. If positive emotions are the daily warmth and tenderness, like a trickle, then negative emotions are the reservoir that accumulates over time, and when released, it is like a flood that breaks the dam.

Coupled with the growing racial hatred, it is easy to imagine what memories the Sarkaz have obtained from their own bloodline.

Because there is a racial conflict between the two sides, strong hatred stimulates the blood, reviving the hatred memory of the ancestors, and more hatred leads to more blood, which forms a vicious cycle. Few Sarkaz can look at history with a rational eye.

Especially when they have not received a good enough education, it is easy to create an environment of hostility towards the Terrans that cannot be eradicated.

Under such circumstances, how could the other Terrans dare to let the Sarkaz recover? The hatred for these guys is engraved in their blood, so naturally they would fight each time they were found, and the feud between the two sides has continued to this day.

This is also what Theresa is worried about now. If the Terrans go to war with the Sarkaz again, her work will be in vain. This is why many lords of the royal court are not optimistic about her.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. As long as Kazdel shows some improvement, the heroes of Terra will definitely visit here again.

They don't believe what you, Theresa, say about peace and friendship.

“Your Highness, for the next period of time, their attention will be diverted away from Kazdel.”

Bozhukasti's answer immediately pulled Theresa out of her melancholy.

"Because we will go to war directly with Ursus."

Balalaika had delayed in the Holy Steed Castle long enough. She had the new nobles dragging Grand Duke Baikal around to settle accounts all day long, calculating how much they had lost and how much compensation they needed. After settling the electronics factory, she settled the Originium liquefied gas, and after settling the liquefied gas, she settled the clothing factory. In short, she kept dragging him around and wouldn't let him leave.

But the other party is not a fool and will react eventually. Now it can't be delayed any longer. Just a few days ago, Baikal set out on the journey back to the Duke's Mansion in Snowfield.

Once Baikal returns, it means the outbreak of a full-scale war.

Theresa looked at Bozhuocasti who was determined and felt a little worried.

"I remember that you once chose Ursus as your homeland. Now that the swords are facing each other, don't you feel sad about it?"

Bozhukas shook his head.

"In the past, I thought that the powerful and inclusive empire had passed away with the death of the previous emperor, so I chose to go to the snowfield to atone for my sins. But later I realized that the empire in my mind never existed from the beginning. It was just a false bubble built on plundering other people's wealth. It's just that our eyes were blinded by the unprecedented prosperity at that time, and we couldn't see the place where blood and tears were really shed. It was only beautified by memory."

His answer was unexpectedly profound. It was difficult for Theresa to see the old-fashioned image of the Wendigo in front of her.

"That's not something you would say. It seems like you've been through a lot in the years since you left Kazdel."

“Your Highness, the times are changing, and Kazdel must keep up. If we continue to be entangled in the past, the Sarkaz may be submerged in the torrent of history and become a noun forever.”

Theresa never thought that one day she would be regarded as someone who couldn't keep up with the times.

Moreover, he was being lectured by Bozhukas, who was once as hard as a stinky stone in the eyes of the blood demon. He couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Then he smiled and said

“I’m becoming more and more interested in the place that changes you.”

“Your Highness, Kazdel is right here. Why bother looking for somewhere else? You can join us and build Kazdel into the shape of your dreams.”

Theresa was a little surprised and said something teasing.

"Join you? Do you mean annex Kazdel?"

Bozhukasti quickly shook his head and said that he would not dare to annex Kazdel even if he had ten times the courage.

"It's not an annexation, Your Highness. Joining us will not affect Kazdel's autonomy."

It sounds like a very tempting choice, but Theresa doesn't want to talk about it now. She knows very little about the specific situation in the north. Moreover, even though she is the Demon King now, she does not have the power to make decisions for all the Sarkaz, so she decisively rejected Bozhukas' invitation.

"Let's talk about this later. It's too early to discuss it now."

She hadn't even looked at the things W had brought back.

Bozhukas didn't say anything else. It was impossible to force the other party to join them.

The doctor, who had not spoken for a long time, kept looking down at the plan in his hand.

The above are all future construction, production and urban planning of Kazdel. The content is very detailed, covering everything from resource consumption to industrial upgrading.

The most important point was that the things above made him more certain that the other party was not a person from the previous civilization.

Words can deceive, but technical differences and design styles cannot.

And he didn't tell Theresa many things, but he believed she could see them.

The resources and technology needed to build an industrial base are a bottomless pit. Even if she drains Kazdel dry, she won't be able to get anything out.

The only way is to take out a loan.

But it's not easy to pay it back.

The best way is to join the other party, so that even if you have to pay it back, the interest will be relatively much less.

This matter needs to be discussed later.

"Bozhuocasti, I want to know, you have lived there for so long, what do you think of that person named Zhang Miao?"

The doctor asked something that Theresa had always wanted to ask but hadn't asked.

What kind of person is he?

Bozhuocasti also fell into thought because of the doctor's question.

"he......"

Bozhuokaste suddenly found that he didn't know what to say or how to describe it.

Finally, he used the words that Alina had said to them.

"Looking back now, Zhang Miao is a very strange person. From the first day we met him, Alina discovered that every night he always liked to find a secluded place and look at the stars in the sky, as if he was looking for something. When Tallulah asked him what he was looking for, he said, "I'm looking for a place that I may never be able to return to."

Chapter 67: I am a businessman

"This place is really outrageous."

Even though I had made sufficient preparations before coming here, I was still shocked by the warm and hospitable people here.

After leaving the corridor, I encountered robberies three times on the road in the entire afternoon.