Dragon Gate Swordsman

"Doctor Fang, is there...an earthquake?"

"earthquake?"

Fang Jin, who was concentrating on making cell slices, raised his head and met the uneasy eyes of his assistant.

This was the only way they could see each other, as the tight protective suits covered all body parts except the eyes.

Fang Jin pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"No, if there was an earthquake, General Zuo would definitely send someone to notify us and transfer the data as soon as possible."

It goes without saying how important scientific research results that assist the military are. Fang Jin also believes that the border guards are not so easy to be defeated that even the army that came to warn him and others cannot do anything... Besides, if it is a natural disaster, the laboratory will also sound an alarm.

However, given the assistant's current state, I'm afraid it will no longer be able to guarantee the precision required for sample testing.

Fang was strict with himself but lenient with others, so he sealed the samples in his hands and left the isolation room with his assistant.

The confidential biological laboratory located below the Zhenbeiying base stores many pollutants from evil beasts and more dangerous biological samples from the desert. Over the years, the scientific researchers who have worked here have been making their own contributions to Yumen’s military defense in their own way.

However, the biological spores that were parasitic in Yang Yunxing's body were a mysterious existence they had never seen before, so all research had to start from scratch.

Soon, after a noticeable vibration passed, the laboratory returned to calm, and the alarm and border guards never appeared... This made Fang Jin's assistant breathe a sigh of relief.

It looked like whatever was going on out there was over now.

"Doctor Fang, should we..."

"There's no rush. Go take a rest."

After patting his assistant on the shoulder, Fang Jin returned to his office.

There has been no substantial progress in the research on the parasite in recent days, which makes Fang Jin feel somewhat helpless, but he also develops a desire to refuse to admit defeat.

He believed that since he could test out many properties of materials contaminated by evil beasts, thus enabling the border guards to gain a more obvious advantage in battle, then this rapidly mutating parasite must also be worth studying, but he had to find the right method.

As I was thinking, I suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

Then, the office door was suddenly pushed open without any intention of knocking.

Fang Jin wanted to scold him, but he found out that the person who came was Xiao Zhao, whom he had arranged to monitor the results of the micro-source element decay cycle reaction.

The micro-source decay cycle reaction is the most common method for determining the "age" of matter on the Terra continent. The specific principle is to irradiate and excite the trace source particles in the matter to separate them from other microscopic matter, and then calculate the existence time of the matter itself based on the observed form and relatively fixed decay rate (Note)

No one knows exactly where and when this technology spread, but its inventor never seemed to think of making a profit from it, so no one knows who made such a great contribution to the scientific community.

"Why are you so anxious? Is there a result, Xiao Zhao?"

“Yes… yes… this…”

"Why are you panicking?"

Fang Jin glared at him with some displeasure.

As a scientific researcher, the most important thing is to maintain a calm mindset. How can you be so panic-stricken and hectic?

However, Xiao Zhao directly stuffed the report into Fang Jin's hands, "Master Fang...Master Fang, please take a look! Is there something wrong with this test? "

Mistake? The testing process of the micro-source decay cycle reaction is fixed, how could it be wrong?

Fang Jin frowned and looked at the report in his hand...

After a few seconds, he was completely frozen in place, with only his pupils contracting unnaturally.

Because the final conclusion of the report, that is, the duration of the test subject's existence, completely exceeded his imagination...

"Ten... ten thousand years ago?"

……

(Note: The original game was made out of objective needs, and has always avoided the appearance of a definite timeline. Many of the origin settings have always remained ambiguous and vague, so there will definitely not be such scientific research and technology... But according to the author's habits, the most rejected thing is to only dig without filling and crazy expansion of settings. Therefore, after the fusion of this book, the world view and origin settings are well set up at the beginning. At the same time, there will be many similar technical concepts that are modified based on the carbon-14 dating method. Correspondingly, the scientific and technological level of the Terra countries will also be improved in this book, and they will have a better understanding of the previous civilization and the history of the continent, which is different from the situation in the original work where only a few people such as Kal'tsit have a lot of information)

Chapter 106: The Situation Changes, the Old Father God

Xiaobai doesn't like this woman named Ling very much.

First of all, it seemed that the master was always being ordered around by her, doing this and that. Not only did he not get any compensation, but he even had no time to teach her martial arts.

Secondly, she seems to have no flaws in every sense, but this situation itself is a flaw!

Finally, she always reminded herself of the woman who killed her father on the water fort parade ground that night...

So when Ling brought the groggy Chongxiao back, Xiaobai coldly refused to let her enter the room, and instead carried his master to the bed on his back, panting heavily.

Ling didn't say anything about this, but just muttered to himself that he was a little smart.

Then he turned and left and rushed to the headquarters of Zhenbeiying.

Generally speaking, the results of this night's battle were quite good: the guardian deity and two priests of the Yangshen Sect were all killed, and all the believers who were completely brainwashed were also killed. As for those who dropped their weapons and surrendered, they would serve as military prisoners for the defense of Yumen until their sentences were completed.

But Yumen did not suffer no losses... Even though they had planned their battles without any intention and occupied an absolute geographical advantage, more than a dozen soldiers were still killed, dozens of soldiers were injured, and the destroyed buildings and facilities accidentally caused several civilians to be sent to the hospital.

In addition, the most serious loss was the part of the city wall that was blown down by Chongxiao's Taixu Meteorite Thunder.

The soldiers of Feiyu Camp began to torture the prisoners overnight, and the information they received was basically consistent with Li Wuan's previous prediction: most of the forces of Yangshen Sect were brought by Ze to attack Yumen, and the two Yangshen priests who remained in the main temple were too self-willed and were directly abandoned there. The only problem was whether they could last a few rounds against Chongyue.

After this battle, the evil cult organization that had plagued Yumen for ten years was basically destroyed. Even if the priest of the main temple escaped and hid, he would not cause any trouble.

However, Zuo Xuanliao and others still dared not take it lightly, because the captured cultists had no idea what the "god" that the cult believed in was...

"Mr. Fang invites me to the conference room? Now?"

"Yes, my lord."

"…Did he ever mention what it was about?"

"No, I just said that this matter is too important and must be reported to you in person."

Zuo Xuanliao pondered for a moment, then turned to look out the window.

The sky was still pitch black, with only a hint of paleness emerging in the distant horizon...which meant that it would take some time for dawn to arrive.

As Mr. Fang is inviting me at this time, it seems that he is really eager.

……

More than ten minutes later, when Ling pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in quickly, he found that there were only Zuo Xuanliao and Fang Jin here, and both of them had serious expressions, with a hint of uneasiness in their expressions.

Strange, wasn't tonight's battle a great success? And given General Zuo's character, why would he be so angry?

"General."

"Huh... you're finally here, Military Advisor Wu."

After looking up at Ling, Zuo Xuanliao narrowed his eyes and seemed a little hesitant about what he was going to say next.

But in the end he made up his mind.

"Military Advisor Wu, when you and Captain Chongxiao were fighting against the cult leader, what did you get out of him?"

It made her beautiful eyebrows raise slightly and her heart moved slightly.

After sending the badly damaged Chongxiao back to his residence, she went to the city to assist the Feiyu Camp soldiers in searching for the hidden cultists and checking for hidden dangers and survivors in the collapsed buildings, without reporting anything to Zuo Xuanliao.

Being open-minded and free-spirited does not mean being gentle and weak. Chongyue has always been in Yumen, so it's fine that he knows Zuo Xuanliao inside and out, but Ling will not tolerate his exclusion of people of different ages and martial arts world indefinitely... After all, she has been stationed in Yumen as a military advisor for nearly a hundred years. Whether it's based on resume or contribution, you, Zuo Xuanliao, are not qualified to make comments.

This is why Ling sought Chongxiao's help again and again.

So, should Ze's identity be revealed at this time?

In Ling's opinion, since the other party even knew about the alliance between the True Dragon Emperor and the old man to expel the behemoth, he was obviously an "old monster" level existence, and the most likely possibility was a behemoth from the same period.

If Zuo Xuanliao knew about this, would his attitude towards Sui Yi become further deteriorated?

It's not impossible...

"General Zuo asked this question, but what did Mr. Fang find out?"

After pondering for a moment, Ling decided to try to find out Zuo Xuanliao's intention indirectly.

"…How do you know?"

"That's not that hard to guess."

Ling smiled slightly, thinking he had figured out the key point. "The Yangshen Sect's guardian has an amazing lifespan, and he also knows many ancient secrets. I think Mr. Fang must have discovered something from his research on Yang Yunxing's corpse, and then deduced..."

"No, that's not right!"

Zuo Xuanliao suddenly interrupted her, his tone very impatient.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Jin handed over the report without saying a word, which made Ling feel something was not right.

What could have caused this general to lose his composure like this? Didn't my elder brother say that he was tough on the outside but smart on the inside, loyal to his heart, and a Confucian general who was both civil and military?

Feeling doubtful and puzzled, he looked down at the report.

Then...

"What!? This... Mr. Fang! Is there something wrong with the equipment in the laboratory? "

"I thought so at first, but... but I checked it over and over again, and compared the results of all the micro-source decay measurements in the past year, and then I concluded that there is absolutely no problem with the instrument!"

Fang Jin's expression was unusually firm and his tone was resolute, and it was obvious that he was not being perfunctory.

However, Ling still felt that this was too absurd: the biological spores parasitic in Yang Yunxing's spine actually carried trace amounts of Origin from 100,000 years ago! ?

Not to mention her, who is of her age, even if a 24-year-old in his prime appeared again, it would be far beyond her understanding.

"Wait a minute! I also know something about the decay cycle reaction of the micro-source element. The longer the measurement time is, the greater the error will be..."

"Military Advisor is right, but... this error is actually insignificant compared to the measurement results."

Fang Jin swallowed hard, "In addition, there is also a threshold for the decay of micro-source elements, so... so..."

Zuo Xuanliao didn't quite understand the meaning of "threshold", but Ling, who had a terrifying amount of knowledge, quickly reacted: what he meant was that the result of 100,000 years in this report was because the micro-source decay determination method could only locate this long at most, not that the history of biological spores was only this long.

What exactly are we facing?

At this moment, even Ling, who was of age, was speechless.

Over the years, with the development of science and technology and the Originium industry, many ancient ruins have been discovered in the Terra countries, such as shelters and temples built deep underground. It is said that some kind of undamaged behemoth was even unearthed in Kazdel.

However, through the decay periodic reaction of micro-source elements, it can be learned that the earliest of these relics is only the product of more than 10,000 years ago, and those over 20,000 years old are rare. The biological spores parasitic in Yang Yunxing's spine have actually pushed this time forward by five times.

What’s even more terrifying is that it can actually “come alive” inside Yang Yunxing’s spine?

"...General Zuo, how far are we from the 'Land of Sacrifice'?"

“It’s at most half a day’s journey.”

"Stop Yumen immediately, deploy defensive fortifications on the spot, and be ready to activate the highest martial law at any time."

In a hurry, Ling did not care about the difference in status and authority, and directly issued an order to Zuo Xuanliao, "Send your best scout to me, send an air burst signal to notify my brother and General Li, and tell them to return as quickly as possible."

……

When Chongxiao woke up with his head covered, it was already noon.

He gradually recalled what happened last night in a daze, and after going through it from beginning to end, he showed a helpless expression.

The use of that Taixu Meteorite Thunder was not very beautiful... If Jingxian hadn't delayed Ze's actions, he would probably have escaped and all the efforts would have been wasted.

Besides, releasing all the spiritual energy in a hurry would also have a counterproductive effect. Ze estimated that not even a piece of debris was left, and the wall of Yumen was also badly affected. I hope... I won't lose money...

Although it made a lot of money from the box office share of "The Legend of Shang Shu Swordsman", it didn't even make a splash in the field of military engineering.

After lying on the bed and thinking about random things for a while, Chongxiao let out a long breath and prepared to get up.

However, it was not until this moment that he discovered that his left hand was pressed by something.

No, that wasn’t a thing… it was Xiaobai who was still sleeping soundly.

The girl was seen sitting on a small stool by the window, resting her head on Chongxiao's left arm, breathing long and slowly.

This kid...

After being stunned for a few seconds, a black line appeared on Chongxiao's forehead.

I was wondering why I always felt like something was poking me, it turns out to be the fork on your head, Xiaobai!

Also, didn't Ling explain anything to this kid when he sent me back? I just used too much force and lost my mind for a moment, I wasn't seriously injured...

How could he know that Xiaobai, who didn't like Ling, didn't even give her a chance to explain.