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As for Hannibal's approach, Chen Chen did not have any opinions. If Hannibal did not kill them, the oxygen in the laboratory could only last for ten hours at most and all three of them would die after that.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly took out a test tube from the experimental rack on the side, then walked out of the laboratory to the meteorite, and filled it with a few crystals.
"Boss, what is this…"
Hannibal asked, puzzled.
"I don't know, so I'm taking it back to study it."
Chen Chen said casually. After that, under his stare, a few cans of alcohol in the warehouse flew out automatically and poured down over the remains of the scientific research station.
The freezing point of alcohol was negative 117.3 degrees, so it was still in a liquid state at this time. After pouring the alcohol on the research station, Chen Chen waved again. An igniter in the laboratory ignited automatically and flew onto the alcohol at the same time.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, the ruins of the research station burst into a huge blazing fire!
Hannibal looked at this miraculous scene with a shocked expression.
However, Chen Chen did not bother to explain at this time. He grabbed Hannibal's shoulder with one hand and commanded, "Hold on to me."
Hannibal grabbed Chen Chen's arm somewhat reservedly without knowing what was going on, but before he could ask anything, he suddenly realized that he had risen into the air!
"Huh? This…"
"Just bear with it, our protective suits can only maintain oxygen for two or three hours…"
Chen Chen spoke, then he slowly accelerated and flew in the direction from which he came.
As Hannibal had not been injected with the T-virus, Chen Chen could not directly accelerate to the speed of sound and could only accelerate gradually. Even so, after ten seconds, he still reached the speed of sound!
"Boom!"
A wave of air was generated behind the two of them, but this was just the beginning. Chen Chen was still accelerating to the limit that Hannibal's body could bear!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!!!"
Double, triple, quadruple… Ten minutes later, Chen Chen had accelerated to ten times the speed of sound. At this extremely frightening speed, the two once again swept across the Martian continent and flew from the south pole to the north pole!
One and a half hours later, when Chen Chen's oxygen was low, the two finally returned to the Spire 2 at the north pole of Mars.
As soon as he landed, Hannibal sprawled directly on the ground and vomited violently!
It was a pity that he threw up in his helmet…
After asking the Black Knight to take Hannibal away, Chen Chen returned to the teleportation room and took off his protective suit.
"Sir Commander, it seems that you've harvested something?"
Nancy could not help asking when she saw the test tube in Chen Chen's hand.
At this time, once it was exposed to heat, the crystals in the test tube melted into a thick dark blue liquid again. If one did not look closely, it would look black.
"Take it and analyze it. Remember to send me the experiment report."
Chen Chen handed the sealed test tube to a Black Knight, rubbed his head which was aching due to excessive use of Field energy, and then stood on the teleportation platform again.
Immediately, a stream of water gushed from the center of the platform and hovered in front of Chen Chen.
This time, Chen Chen was more used to the process. He stretched out his hand and touched the stream of water. Then, he only felt his vision turn dark and he was suspended in that sensation between dreaming and awakening.
When Chen Chen regained consciousness again, he was already lying on the teleporter in the Spire Lab. Little X on the side hurriedly came up. She helped Chen Chen up and at the same time said with concern, "Sir Godfather, how do you feel?"
"I'm fine."
Chen Chen waved his hand. "I think you must've received the news from Mars, right?"
"Yes, I first received a distress signal from Mars three hours ago and then half an hour later, I received a message from X-113. She said that you've personally gone to the rescue."
Little X said, "The scale of the meteor swarm this time is very large. According to the information I've received from all over the world, this group of comets has only flown into the solar system from the Kuiper Belt in recent years and the breadth of their area is very huge. Not only does it cover Mars but even the earth's orbit is within its range. After about a day, comets will hit the earth and the impact area includes the entire continent of Europe, China, North Sea, and the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere."
"Does it pose a threat to human civilization?"
Chen Chen asked.
"You can be rest assured that these comets aren't large and will only form a vast meteor shower at that time. Only one or two of them will fall to the ground."
Little X shook her head. "At least two or three similar situations have occurred in the last 100 years. Even if there are losses, they'll just be sporadic casualties."
Chen Chen nodded.
At present, with human technology, it was not possible to accurately calculate the distribution of the dust particles from the meteor shower's parent comets. Therefore, it was impossible to accurately calculate the occurrence and scope of the meteor shower. At most, only a rough forecast could be made.
After communicating with Little X for a while, Chen Chen only felt that his head was groggy. He did not know whether it was a side effect of cross-planetary teleportation or overuse of Field power, so he returned to his room and went to rest early.
…
"Patter, patter, patter…"
At some point, Chen Chen found himself walking on a bustling street.
It was nighttime. The sky was dark, but the road was filled by an unending stream of cars and the streets were lined with colorful shops.
There were all kinds of stores including hotels, restaurants, merchandise stores, clothing stores, and many other stores — even Chen Chen did not know what they sold.
The neon lights on the shops were colorful, dotting the entire city with various gorgeous hues.
Strictly speaking, this was indeed a bustling street.
Listening to the sound of his own footsteps constantly echoing, Chen Chen kept feeling something was wrong for some reason.
He could not tell what was wrong with this street, but there was an unusual feeling of uneasiness that kept gripping him. Waves of this feeling swept through his perception and made him feel uneasy.
What was wrong exactly…
Chen Chen was rather suspicious. With his brows furrowed, he kept walking down this road.
As he walked, Chen Chen felt a little thirsty, so he subconsciously opened the door to the hotel on the side.
The lights in the hotel were bright and dazzling crystal chandeliers were hanging high up in the hall. The bright lights continued to stimulate Chen Chen's nerves and the entire hall was as bright as daylight.
At the same time, a scorching sensation swirled out of the room. Although it was winter, the temperature in the room was very high. It seemed to be more than 30 degrees.
Was the heating in the hotel so potent?
With a soft mutter, Chen Chen walked in slowly.
"Patter, patter, patter…"
After hearing his own footsteps again, Chen Chen suddenly froze.
He finally discerned what was wrong…
He stopped abruptly and paused in the empty hotel lobby.
At this time, he was astounded to find that there was not a single person in the lobby of the huge hotel!
Something was wrong, very wrong…
Chen Chen's brows were twisted into a small knot. He squinted his eyes and looked around, but he still could not see a single human figure. The people in the hotel seemed to have evaporated.
Seeing this, his wary nature told him no
t to stay here. He retreated out of the hotel step by step and then opened the door again.
Outside the door, there was still a lot of heavy traffic.
However, by now, Chen Chen had thoroughly discovered the problem, that was, there was no pedestrian on the street except for himself.
This was the source of his uneasy feeling from before. Even in the middle of the night, there was not even one person on the entire street…
Thinking of this, Chen Chen turned his head subconsciously, looking at the passing cars, and then his pupils shrank!
Those vehicles were empty and even the driver's seat was empty!
In other words, was he the only person on the entire street?
Chen Chen inhaled sharply. He sensed, for the first time, that this bustling street was filled with an unparalleled eeriness…
As uneasiness washed over him as Chen Chen looked around with alertness. He wanted to know why there was no one in the entire world.
Still, as soon as he raised his head, he saw that, on the upper floor of the residence across the street, several households were glowing with human silhouettes.
Chen Chen fixed his gaze on them intently and then saw that these people were standing at the window as if they were observing something in front of the window…
No, it was not just a few windows. As Chen Chen took a closer look, he noticed that except for some dark windows, a person was standing in front of each window that had a light on!
Those people were watching… Him!!!
In the instant he understood all of this, Chen Chen felt a chill crept up his spine. He could not describe this feeling. Although these people had their backs to the light, so he could only make out their silhouettes, Chen Chen was gripped by an intuition — these people were truly all staring unwaveringly at him…
"Swish!"
Chen Chen suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the Blacklight Fully-automated Medical Platform, gasping for breath.
Only then did Chen Chen notice a coolness on his back. After he reached out and touched his back, he realized that cold sweat had soaked his back without his realizing it when he was dreaming earlier.
"Sir Godfather?"
Little X's voice came. "Did you have a bad dream?"
"Dream?"
Chen Chen looked around blankly. He stared at the room and furniture he was familiar with, and then heaved a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be a dream.
Chen Chen stepped off the fully automated medical platform and walked barefoot on the soft carpet, only feeling the warmth in the room.
It turned out that the warmth of the hotel in the dream had come from reality?
Chen Chen looked at the remote control of the central air conditioner in doubt but saw that the temperature on the remote control was only 24 degrees, which was not as hot as the lobby of the hotel in his dream.
Perhaps it was an illusion.
Chen Chen shook his head and stopped thinking about all this.
"Oh right, Sir Godfather."
Little X's voice came again. "X-113 sent an analysis report. The subject of the report is an ionic crystal substance that melts in a warm environment. However, according to the tests, this substance seems to be a kind of cell protoplasm, that is to say, it's a type of biological fluid."
"What, biological fluid?"
Chen Chen instantly looked stunned when he heard this.
Chapter 531: Han Zizhe |
Protoplasm was the general term for living substances in cells and its main components were a mixture of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and so on.
At this time, the crystalline substance Chen Chen had obtained was a kind of biological protoplasm, namely, the sap that flowed out after the cell was damaged.
"A biological protoplasm?"
At this point, Chen Chen could not help frowning. Little X handed Chen Chen a thick analysis report. These were the protoplasm test reports.
Chen Chen opened it solemnly and bent over it. It took more than ten minutes for him to go through it.
With his current brainpower, a page of information could be completely printed in his mind in almost two or three seconds. This information made Chen Chen take such a serious look, so it had aroused his vigilance.
"Sure enough, it's not an Earth life form…"
After reading this report, Chen Chen murmured.
In the report, the components in the biological fluid had been analyzed. Most of them were water, which accounted for 90% of the fluid. The remaining substances contained very complex nucleic acid chains, which were the DNA of this organism.
This DNA was completely different from the living things on Earth, but it was very simple.
Yes, simple.
Compared with the life forms that existed on the earth, the form of this creature would be very simple, just like the most primitive ancient creature on the earth. The DNA that Chen Chen saw at this time had a complexity that was not even a hundredth that of higher animals. Needless to say, it was not on par with human beings at all.
Still, what was intriguing was that, according to the genetic expression, this organism was likely to have round-shaped nerves and a composite cell structure. This structure meant that its body and nerves were completely separated. Even if the body died, its nervous system could survive alone and then regenerate.
This was an almost immortal monster.
"What a magical creature…"
Seeing this, Chen Chen could not help frowning. He paced back and forth in the room. "There have been two similar creatures on the earth, one called Helcionelloida and the other called Acipenser Sinensis Gray. If these ancient life forms were still alive, maybe their form would have something in common with this kind of creature, right?"
With that, Chen Chen turned around and closed the file. Now, the contents of this file had been engraved into his mind, but besides that, he had not learned much.
"Can we try to replicate this creature?"
Little X asked, "Using directional differentiation technology to extract the intact cells inside to induce stem cells and then transfer the nuclei into artificially cultivated egg cells to form embryos?"
"There's no need for that."
Chen Chen shook his head. "The probability of success isn't high. After all, we don't even have a complete sample of the cell structure of the creature and we don't know the environment and temperature that this organism would thrive in. The chances of replication aren't high."
Still, Little X continued. "By the way, Sir Godfather, it's three o'clock in the afternoon in Namibia. According to the time calculation, the first batch of meteorites has fallen on the earth."
"Oh?"
Chen Chen frowned upon hearing this, "So, it's happening now?"
He did not know why, but he suddenly thought of the weird dream he had just now. He did not know whether that dream was related to these meteorites.
Thus, he asked again, "Is the quantum computer Adam reacting?"
"No, everything is normal at the moment."
"Then keep an eye on things for the time being. It'd be best if we could retrieve a batch of the fallen meteorites and see if there are new clues in those meteorites…"
"Got it."
…
At this time, far away on the other side of the earth, it had entered nighttime.
In some places, astronomy enthusiasts began to set up their telescopes. In accordance with the notices given by the news, many people came to the suburbs where they thought there would be less light pollution, waiting for the arrival of the meteor shower.
"Zhang Qi, slow down…"
At a mountain on the outskirts of Shangdu, a car parked on the side of the road near the peak. Then, a fashionably dressed girl got out of the car, huffing angrily, and walked toward the side of the road without thinking.
While the girl got out of the car, a thin young man quickly opened the door from the driver's seat and ran out of the car, somewhat helplessly chasing a
fter the girl.
"Zhang Qi, slow down, it's not safe here in the wilderness!"
The young man was a little powerless. He had a bowl-cut, which was the most popular hairstyle on [span]Kuaishou[/span]. Although it was winter, he wore very thin clothes. His jacket was a down jacket, but it was left unzipped and flapping wide open, revealing a small tight-fitting T-shirt inside.
The lower half of his body was clad in very skinny trousers and his feet were shod in a pair of yellow loafers, without socks.
Dressed in all this, the young man chased in the direction of the girl with small steps.
"Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi!"
He kept calling her name. When he grabbed her arm, the girl immediately flung him aside and shouted, "Han Zizhe, don't touch me. Why don't you go talk to your female confidantes!"
Hearing these words, the youth suddenly showed a painful expression. He choked out. "Oh, it's my fault? And didn't you get acquainted with three random 'brothers' on the Internet? Going "dear, muaks muaks" all day long, flirting so heavily, yet did I say anything?"
"I'm a girl, so what if I know a few brothers?"
The girl became even more worked up. "Can't you let me do that? Just because I know a few brothers, you have to start flirting with another girl?"
"Since when?"
The youth inquired.
"I saw your phone, there's that 'Night Vibes' chatting app. It says 'meet in one swipe', humph, I hope you'll meet a ghost in one swipe!"
The girl huffed in fury and then she made to walk away.
"Alright, I've deleted that app, surely that'll do?"
The young man finally compromised. He said helplessly, "But I have a request, you must block those friends on QQ. We'll both cut them off, okay?"
"No way!"
The girl shook her head with an extremely determined attitude. "I finally got to know a few brothers after so much effort. Why should I block them for your sake?"
"You!"
Seeing this, the young man gritted his teeth. "Are you going to be reasonable!"
"I'm only dating you, it doesn't mean I have to be reasonable."
The girl did not back down. She pointed with one finger at the sky. "Originally I said that I'd watch the meteor shower with you. Now the meteors are here, go and watch it yourself!"
