Arknights? Colonization Ark!

And judging by his tone, it seemed like he had succeeded, which was...an incredible feat.

Thinking of this, the doctor sighed, and his emotions slowly calmed down, no longer as excited as before.

"How could we forget? The name of this planet is Terra, which means Earth in ancient Latin. It is also the name of the Earth Mother Goddess in mythology. When it was given this name, it was hoped that it could become a place where life could rise again like Earth did."

Zhang Miao was stunned... Is this true?

He really didn't know anything about ancient Latin or anything like that. He didn't have the time to learn that stuff.

"Well... so... you agree?"

He asked tentatively.

The doctor nodded.

"Like you just said, this is just another test that mankind will face. If we overcome it, our history will enter a new chapter. Even if we cannot overcome it, we will sacrifice heroically as human beings, and not lose the courage and faith of our ancestors who overcame all obstacles and wrote epic poems in the starry sky."

"Then... Haisi's matter."

The doctor had been wondering why Zhang Miao was so anxious about the sea issue when the issue on the ground hadn't been resolved yet.

"I remember that Haisi should still be at war with the Agor people. We should solve the problem of the Sarkaz first."

Zhang Miao was a little embarrassed

"Azhe... I think Haisi might be coming ashore soon."

Doctor: "??? What do you mean?"

Chapter 86: Skadi is a newborn

Rhodes Island's biological medical room is basically the most valuable place in the entire land ship except for the server.

Most of the equipment inside was the most advanced medical equipment purchased from Colombia, and the total price of the various analyzers could almost buy half a landship.

The regular customers here are basically Kal'tsit and the Doctor, and today one more person came in.

Zhang Miao looked around at the instruments around him. He couldn't say he was disgusted. After all, these were the only instruments in this place, and the sterilization and sealing of the medical room were also okay.

If you think you can rely on these things to cure diseases and save lives, then you are thinking too much. These things can at most tell you where the problem may be, such as abnormal coagulation function, molecules showing different swimming speeds in electrophoresis and other abnormal symptoms.

But when it comes to treating illnesses, these things are most likely of no help. In fact, it's not just these instruments. Terra's current medical system is only at this level. The most commonly prescribed drug is antibiotics, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's abused.

Other medicines?

It's either a placebo, a painkiller, or it plays a little bit of an auxiliary role.

More than 70% of the diseases are cured by the patient's own immune system, and the others are most likely cured by antibiotics or hormone drugs.

Due to Terra's ethnic diversity, they haven't even completed their own genetic sequencing.

The doctor runs back and forth between here and the command room, and also has to try to develop a drug to fight mineral sickness.

In fact, this thing cannot be cured at all...at least it is impossible to use medicine. This is a genetic problem and it cannot be cured unless the genes are reconstructed.

At the very least... conventional means are ineffective, and it would be good enough if the disease can be suppressed.

The biological samples brought by Zhang Miao have undergone the most basic tests and examinations, and the relevant reports have been printed out and sent to the three doctoral students.

Zhang Miao couldn't see any problem. After all, he hadn't touched the other sea samples. Instead of wasting his time, he might as well wait for the doctor's conclusion.

But the doctor was different. He looked at the data in the report and then looked at the physical examination report of Skadi that Kal'tsit had just brought. After comparing the two,

He was stunned.

The doctor looked up at Zhang Miao, who was standing nearby, poking a biological sample still immersed in stasis fluid with tweezers. The sample showed no reaction to his actions.

Could it be that the muscle spasm I saw at that time was an illusion?

As he was thinking this, he heard the doctor come to his side and say

"One bad news and one good news."

The doctor then placed several documents in his hand in front of Zhang Miao.

"We dare not collect blood from Skadi, because it is very likely to stimulate the sea urchins in her body. However, based on the sample you brought, I have collected some radioactive compounds from the stasis fluids close to her body. These are the pheromones you mentioned, and their half-life will not disappear for at least ten years."

Zhang Miao frowned and looked at the documents.

"But I already knew this."

The doctor shook his head

"No, these pheromones only represent one message... [First Born] was attacked."

Seeing that Zhang Miao was still confused, the doctor continued to explain:

"Remember what I told you about the four modules of the Sea Heirs? Survival, reproduction, evolution, and migration. They are controlled by four special Sea Heirs respectively. Once they are attacked, they will release this pheromone, and then spread it in a very short time. At the same time, all the Sea Heirs in the [large group] will also receive the news that the [newborn] has been attacked."

"The range of the [Swarm] has not extended to the land due to the influence of [SUBSISTING], so there is no need to worry for the time being. However, this pheromone is still affected by atmospheric circulation and will enter the ocean within a month at the latest and seven days at the fastest."

"Then the stimulated sea creatures will frantically rush to the shore to rescue the attacked [Newborn], and because they don't know the exact location, they may indiscriminately attack everything in sight until they rescue Skadi."

Zhang Miao touched his chin after listening to the doctor's statement.

Wow, this sounds like a serious situation.

I didn't expect Skadi to be such a traitor!

However, the [Newborn] who chose Skadi probably wasn't very clear-headed, as he actually chose such a fool as his host.

"What is Haisi's current strength?"

Zhang Miao asked the most crucial question, the answer to which directly determined the response strategy he would adopt later.

If the situation is too difficult, he will have to resort to extreme measures. Even if he has to evaporate the ocean dry, he will kill all the sea creatures and not leave any spores or cells behind.

But...the ending of the matter is not expected to be too friendly, and there is a high probability that a little more people will die (meaning 99.99 percent).

"The previous one was bad news, and the current one is good news. The current Haisi is still in a relatively primitive state. There must be a problem with [GROW], and it has not been activated yet. It has not shown the characteristics of rapid evolution. To be more precise, there must be a problem with all the newborns, otherwise we would not be alive until now."

Zhang Miao looked at the doctor's slightly raised head. There was no trace of his previous ferocious look. Now he looked more like a researcher rather than a cold-blooded Babel Tower evil spirit.

But...

"Could you please stop putting on that 'As expected of my creation' expression? How come things have turned out this way? You seem so proud of yourself?"

The doctor was rebuked by Zhang Miao's words, and his originally happy mood was gone. He was not very satisfied with this situation.

Because in his original plan, once Hai Si was fully activated, it should devour all the source stone creations and the monsters at the extreme points in the world in seven days at the fastest and three days at the shortest, and then evacuate from this star area. At that time, no matter what Precious was planning, it would fail.

As a result, it has been ten thousand years now, and they are still fighting back and forth with the Agors in the trench.

It's so embarrassing!

"Does that mean they have stopped evolving now?"

Zhang Miao asked

Obviously things would not be as good as he thought, and the doctor broke his delusion.

"Not really. Evolution and adaptation are the instincts of the sea creatures after all. Even if they lose their initial enhancement, they will still actively adapt to everything around them, but the speed will be much slower."

Zhang Miao nodded, and slowly thought about how to deal with Haisi, whether to confront him head-on, or... just throw Skadi back to them.

Theoretically, if they come looking for the newborn, then we should just return the newborn to them.

But the question arises, what is the purpose of this birth.

Skadi said that she was refused return by the ocean, which means that actually the newborn did not want to go back, it wanted to stay on land.

Could it be that this newborn wanted to be a pirate?

Impossible, the Zerg wouldn't think about such things.

Survival, reproduction, growth, migration... no matter which one it is, its purpose is definitely not to live in harmony with the Terrans.

Besides...you're already in Zhang Miao's hands and you still want to run away?

What a joke.

Just like what the doctor said, Chusheng is responsible for Haisi's route. If he can control Chusheng, doesn't that mean he can control Haisi...

Chapter 87: Everything has its beginning and end

However, controlling the newborns is something that can only be thought about. As their creator, the doctor is not sure now. If he forces himself to do so, he may end up in chaos and be overthrown.

Troublesome things happened one after another. When Zhang Miao arrived in Kazdel, before he even had time to drive a nail into the ground, he was told that the southern part of the continent might be invaded.

His expression was somewhat serious, and he said to the doctor

"That is to say, we don't have enough time. We can't let the sea creatures cross the coastline. If they succeed in landing on the land, we will definitely not be able to eradicate them given the current situation of the Terran countries."

The Doctor also agreed with this statement. The Terrans' unique mobile cities made their local control very weak. Neither the Deep Sea Church nor the Sea Successors were able to discover and eradicate them in the first place.

Once they were allowed to cross Iberia, they would be like a parasitic fungus, impossible to eradicate until they devoured the entire land.

Kelsey also said

"The problem is not just Haisi. The news of the end of the civil war in Kazdel should be spreading soon. If you still want the Sarkaz to do something for you, you'd better act quickly. The past events are still burning their nerves. The resurgence of Kazdel is a great provocation to them."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Miao suddenly felt that this might not be a bad thing.

"Gather everyone together. They have the right to know about this matter. Also, Kal'tsit, I'd like to ask you to help me collect some information about Iberia. The more detailed the better."

An old bastard like the Doctor, who was tied to Kazdel to be the commander only a few years after his coffin was resurrected, definitely doesn't know as much as a wild cat like Kal'tsit who runs around everywhere every day.

"What kind of thing do you want?"

Kal'tsit did not reject Zhang Miao's request, nor would she blame him. It was inevitable that the sea urchin would come ashore. Besides, who would have thought that a random deep-sea hunter would have a newborn hidden in his body.

Now that the big guy is willing to take responsibility, instead of just walking away, he's planning to take Terra to the advanced dungeon ahead of time, so just be happy.

"Everything. Politics, economy, military, diplomacy, agriculture. I want everything I can find. Just an overview. No need for too much detail."

The Iberia information Lexington found in Longmen was basically old stuff from decades ago, all describing the prosperity and wealth of the golden country. But decades ago, Iberia suddenly fell silent, as if it had been hit by a tsunami. The disaster completely destroyed Iberia's proud navy.

It was precisely because of Iberia's silence that the overall shipping industry collapsed, but the market will not disappear. If you don't do it, someone else will naturally do it. Wei Yanwu seized this opportunity and took over part of the cake left by Iberia, and built Longmen into an inland economic center.

Since then, Iberia has almost fallen into a state of isolation and has almost no contact with the outside world. Even Lateran, with which it originally had a very good relationship, rarely visits.

In addition, the nature of the mobile city completely cut off the few connections between them. In most people's minds, Iberia was like a lost golden country.

At this time, the countries of Terra should have rushed in and divided it up, just like Gaul did in the past, not to mention that Iberia was much richer than Gaul in the past.

But they seemed to have known some news in advance and turned a blind eye to the ruined Iberia, allowing it to rot and decay on the seashore.

Perhaps it was Iberia's past arrogance that caused other countries to refuse to lend it a helping hand, or perhaps it was because they were afraid of getting stuck with a strange creature like Haisi.

The gold coin engraved with the ship is still circulated among the nobles of Terra, but the country it represents is a mystery.

This once prosperous country turned into a stinking ditch that everyone despised overnight.

Even Zhang Miao found it difficult to get a glimpse of it.

Damn it, if I could launch a satellite, I would take pictures of your most shameful stuff and print 100 million copies for all Terrans to enjoy.

His request made Kal'tsit hesitate for a moment. This was not an easy job. She hadn't been to Iberia for some years. But that place, unless there was a miracle, would probably not change in a few decades.

"I see."

We can only hope that Carmen is still in good health and doesn’t die from this sudden incident.

Zhang Miao looked at Kal'tsit's back as she walked out of the medical room door. After a moment of silence, he turned around and looked at the doctor.

"What are you going to do?"

The Doctor asked, the other party deliberately sent Kal'tsit away at this time, he must have something to ask him.

As expected, Zhang Miao asked the question hidden in his heart.

"Those so-called newborns of the sea... who are they?"

The doctor said before that Hai Si was a research project of a project team. There were other people besides him. So where did those people who stayed in the deep sea go?

"…Is this important?"

The doctor asked back

"This is very important. If they are...human, then why would they attack other experimental subjects without hesitation?"

Zhang Miao's words were a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed to be doubting his own judgment and was not sure.

The doctor simply interrupted Zhang Miao's thinking and directly confirmed his guess.