Chapter 283 Superbugs
"This is one of the Tian family's residences." Ouyang Xiao took Zhou Lu to the city center. "They spend most of their time living here."
Looking up at the skyscraper in front of him, Zhou Lu couldn't help but said: "This time it's finally not a single-family villa..."
"Not everyone likes that kind of villa." Ouyang Xia smiled bitterly, "What's more, the building in front of you belongs to the Tian family. But there are other users in it."
"Um... these users shouldn't..." Zhou Lu looked at Ouyang Xiao.
Ouyang Xiao naturally knew what Zhou Lu's subtext was, and said: "Those who can live here are either rich or noble. The Tian family will not use these people as food rations, except of course if they are really hungry."
"If there are innocent people, it will be troublesome." Zhou Lu scratched his head in distress.
Hanabi's fighting style is very rough, and she won't necessarily uproot your entire building when the mood strikes.
Now, its ultimate growth volume no longer depends on its own upper limit, but on the upper limit of the ground's load-bearing capacity.
Such a fighting style is obviously inappropriate in a prosperous area like the city center.
Fortunately, Hanabi is not incompetent in more detailed methods, and is even very good at it. After all, controlling so many tiny branches is a very delicate job.
It's just that Hanabi doesn't like to do this kind of thing on weekdays.
Zhou Lu was not in a hurry to take action.
He came here to destroy the Immortal Kingdom this time. How could the Tian family alone be enough?
After Zhou Lu observed it, he asked Hua Huo to leave the branches, then turned around and prepared to leave.
"Aren't you going in?" Ouyang smiled and asked immediately when Zhou Lu turned around.
Zhou Lu turned around in confusion: "Why do you want to go in?"
He looked at Ouyang Xiao in front of him and felt that the senior's current state was a bit strange.
The corners of his mouth twitched and raised, and his hands in his pockets were trembling slightly.
The most important thing is that when he spoke, he no longer looked at Zhou Lu.
Hua Huo held Zhou Lu's head and whispered: "Master, you seem to be a bit strange as a senior..."
"What's wrong with you, senior?" Zhou Lu raised his hand and flicked the fireworks, then asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Ouyang Xiao smiled helplessly: "It's an old problem. Whenever something like this happens, my body will tremble uncontrollably and I will have chills."
"I do this when I encounter exciting things." Zhou Lu smiled, and then said, "I'm waiting for all the other people in the Immortal Kingdom to show up, and then catch them all. These immortals are usually very good at hiding. If they can't eradicate the weeds, , the consequences are endless.”
Ouyang Xiao nodded: "That's the truth."
"Master, why do you want to cut off the roots?" Hanabi said unhappily, "If you are interested in the roots, I can let you rub them."
"Metaphor! This is a metaphor!" Zhou Lu raised his hand angrily and patted the flowers of Hanabi.
"I'm going to the Sixth Research Institute of Suizhou in the afternoon." After saying that, Zhou Lu looked at Ouyang Xiao, "Help Sister Xiaoqing get some samples, do you want to go together?"
Ouyang Xiao shook his head: "No need, I have other things too."
With that said, the two agreed on a time to meet next time and then said goodbye.
Ouyang Xiao took two steps forward, then looked back behind him. When he found that Zhou Lu was leaving without looking back, he was stunned for a while and then turned around and left.
"Master, are you really not going to touch my roots?" Hanabi said reluctantly.
"Okay, has he left?" Zhou Lu changed the subject.
"Yes, I've left." Hanabi confirmed.
Zhou Lu nodded and immediately frowned.
This is not Ouyang Xiao.
He was very sure.
It's not that he knows Ouyang Xiao very well. After all, the senior has been missing for a long time. Zhou Lu has never really seen him since he traveled through time.
However, when Zhou Lu saw Ouyang Xiao for the first time, he was sure of his disguise at first sight.
In order to identify her own people, Wu Xiaoqing always puts some mushroom spores on their bodies for identification.
These spores are usually inconspicuous and will not even germinate at all.
But when two individuals with the same ability to recognize mushrooms approach, these mushroom spores will emit a special rhythm.
This kind of rhythm is so special, as if an old lady is lying in front of you, sucking your thumb with her toothless mouth.
But when he saw Ouyang Xiao, Zhou Lu didn't feel this way at all.
From that moment on, Zhou Lu knew there was something wrong with this senior.
But because he was not sure about his real senior, Zhou Lu couldn't expose him without permission.
During this period of contact, Zhou Lu had actually been testing the other party.
He didn't know if the other party was aware of it or if he sincerely wanted to destroy the immortal. Zhou Lu didn't see the flaw.
Just now, if he hadn't insisted, he would have rushed into the building.
This situation directly confused Zhou Lu.
"Senior, is there no error in your spore identification?" Zhou Lu called Wu Xiaoqing while rushing to the Sixth Research Institute.
Wu Xiaoqing was confused by Zhou Lu's sudden question: "Why are you asking this?"
So Zhou Lu briefly described what happened during this period to Wu Xiaoqing. After listening to it, Wu Xiaoqing thought and said: "I'm not sure about this, after all, it is a very early work. Moreover, the guy wanted to prevent When we find him, we will most likely remove the identification spores from his body.”
Remove it...
Did he really misunderstand his senior?
After Zhou Lu pondered for a moment, he asked again: "Then do you know what the senior's old problems are?"
"This guy is very healthy." Wu Xiaoqing paused, "At least he was like this before he disappeared. Of course, I'm talking about the surface. I don't know if there is any problem with his core male function."
When Zhou Lu heard Wu Xiaoqing's words, he broke into a cold sweat: "I'm asking you something serious."
"I am also giving a very serious answer." Wu Xiaoqing replied confidently.
As the two talked, they talked about the Sixth Research Institute where Zhou Lu was about to go.
Suizhou Sixth Research Institute is a relatively famous research institute in Suizhou.
"What do you want me to get this time?" Zhou Lu couldn't help complaining when he mentioned this, "Don't you know that my matter involves world security?"
"My matter also involves world security." Wu Xiaoqing did not give in.
This aroused Zhou Lu's concern: "Damn it, you couldn't have created another germ that could destroy the world, right?"
"No way! Wait... why did you say again?"
"I always feel that with the strength of senior sister, it will be a matter of time before she can do this kind of thing."
Wu Xiaoqing suddenly became unhappy: "I told you not to slander me! I have never been involved in the research of such horrible things..."
After a pause, the other end of the phone suddenly hesitated: "Maybe..."
"Damn! I should be scared of you." "What's there to be scared of..." Wu Xiaoqing's voice sounded a little guilty.
How many terrifying things does our senior sister hide?
Zhou Lu silently decided not to mess with this kind of microbiologist.
Especially microbiologists with a world view of beast control, who knows what terrible things the other party will research.
What Wu Xiaoqing wanted Zhou Lu to take this time was a brand new bacterial sample.
"When did you start getting involved with bacteria? I thought you were only interested in mushrooms." The process of taking samples went very smoothly.
When Zhou Lu came, he saw branches of Huahuo fighting the spirit beasts of failed projects in the testing room.
Feeling the approach of the main body, the branch running alone paused briefly, and then the opponent immediately seized the opportunity.
The lightning rat flying high suddenly disappeared in the air, and the next second it appeared behind Hanabi Branch, knocking him staggering with a headbutt.
Unfortunately, the Lightning Rat's weight was too light, and such a head hammer could not harm the branch. The branch was then lifted up and beaten again.
"Damn it! Who can tell me why the lightning rat awakened the power of space?" The researchers who were watching were dumbfounded and looked at their colleagues around them.
"Old Liu! What were you studying for this project at that time?"
The researcher named Lao Liu adjusted his glasses, his fingers trembling a little: "Increasing the power of the lightning mouse can then allow this pet spirit beast to have functions similar to a power bank during travel..."
The Lightning Rat is not a very powerful spiritual beast, but there is a lot of research related to it.
Mainly because this cute rat is so popular in the pet market, you can often make a lot of money by researching the lightning rat variants.
However, most of the research on lightning rats focuses on curly colors and hair, but Liu wanted to find a new approach and wanted to use the power generation characteristics of lightning rats to develop its role in practical fields.
Unfortunately, the project experiment ultimately failed.
The lightning rats that had been edited with new genes not only did not show the characteristics of increased power, but also became greedy for food.
"What a pity, this is just a lightning rat." The researchers quickly retreated from their excitement.
This kind of spatial teleportation ability is definitely a magical skill among other fighting spirit beasts.
But the one who owns it now is just a lightning rat.
"You can't say that." Zhou Lu joined in the fun and said, "I feel that you should be able to get orders from the Pioneer Army soon."
"Huh?" The researchers did not have any objection to Zhou Lu, an outsider.
The atmosphere for academic exchanges in this kind of officially opened public research institute is still very good.
"As long as the teleportation distance is considerable, the Lightning Rat is weak. It can be used as a delivery prop to deliver some super deadly weapons to the enemy." Zhou Lu said thoughtfully.
Just like Sister Xiaoqing’s weird mushrooms.
Zhou Lu's words made the researchers think deeply.
That being said, this teleportation lightning rat is not without its merits.
However, the specific usage depends on their deal with the Pioneer Army.
Zhou Lu walked out of the research institute with the samples Wu Xiaoqing needed.
"Did you get that skill just now?" Zhou Lu asked with concern.
Hanabi chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm open around the clock now."
What Xiao Caocao said about being open all day refers to the stupid [Easter Egg of Doom].
After having several skills that refreshed the skill cooldown, Hanabi was able to thrust hard at Benben in all directions.
From leaving New Guangdong to now, Benben has died nearly two hundred times, an average of twelve times a day.
Well, considering that the duration of [Easter Egg of Doom] is two hours, this means that Benben basically keeps dying.
Of course, Zhou Lu's [Recycling] skill is also constantly being refreshed.
Thinking of Benben who was still lingering on the edge of death, Zhou Lu's mouth twitched slightly.
I always feel a little sorry for Benben, but this is what I strongly request...
This subtle feeling is really hard to describe.
With that said, Zhou Lu opened Hanabi's skill card, and then saw the racial skill of the lightning rat just now.
This skill is indeed a space teleportation, but it has a distance limit.
The furthest thing is only a hundred meters.
For spiritual beast battles, especially high-level spiritual beast battles, this distance is actually very dangerous.
"Speaking of which, why don't they directly check the racial skills of these spiritual beasts through contracts?" Hanabi suddenly asked a question lingering in her mind.
Zhou Ludao: "The contract that can directly check the skills must be a contract with card slots. Under this kind of contract, it is very difficult to cancel the contract. No beast master would waste his card slots like this."
Moreover, it must be a master-servant contract. An equal contract that can be terminated at will does not have the ability to depend on skills.
Just like Crescent Moon, it occupies one of Zhou Lu's beast-control slots, but Zhou Lu cannot see any information about it.
Again, it is said that it is difficult to terminate the contract, but it is not difficult at all.
Just kill the spiritual pet.
But there is still debate in the scientific community as to whether there will be any cost to doing this kind of thing too much, but one thing that is clear is that if you do this kind of thing too much, people will really go crazy.
Anyway, normal people would not try this kind of behavior easily.
Just as Zhou Lu was about to continue explaining to Hua Huo, Wu Xiaoqing's call came impatiently.
"How is it! How is it! Did you get the sample?" Wu Xiaoqing said expectantly.
Zhou Lu picked up the petri dish in his hand: "I got it. But what kind of sample is this that makes you care so much?"
"A super contagious and lethal bacterium." Wu Xiaoqing said excitedly, "It can spread through the air. After entering the host's body, it will multiply rapidly and eat all the surrounding cells it encounters..."
Zhou Lu was silent for a few seconds, then subconsciously rounded his hands.
Wu Xiaoqing seemed to have guessed that Zhou Lu would do this, and shouted prejudgment: "Don't you fucking throw it away!"
"You have changed, senior! I will not let you get involved in such horrific research!"
"What a horror!" Wu Xiaoqing shouted, "This kind of bacteria is very safe, okay!"
"Is this thing safe? It eats all the cells it encounters around it! Its reproductive capacity is super strong!"
"That's why! They were eaten up by their own people before they had time to reproduce."
"..."
(End of chapter)