Heading Towards the Ship Factory

Gu Ding's virology course only lasted one semester. Because the virology professor suddenly resigned and the military academy couldn't find a second virology teacher, that course was dropped.

Later, Gu Ding also heard some rumors about that teacher. It was said that the seemingly unremarkable old man was once very famous in the Universe Sea. Gu Ding always just listened to such rumors and never took them seriously.

For him, the old man's identity wasn't important. What was important was that he, who originally had no interest in virology, developed a strong interest in it after listening to the old man's class. So much so that after the academy stopped the class, Gu Ding would occasionally go to the library to look up relevant information on virology.

And virology is a branch of pharmacy, so Gu Ding wasn't against becoming a Pharmacist.

Hearing Gu Ding's suggestion, Sea Emperor was silent for a moment. "I also suspected it, but my database doesn't have information on this kind of virus. The closest virus, code-named X, was used as a biological weapon in a certain ancient biological civilization. It could greatly enhance the strength of infected individuals and evolve by devouring gene fragments. It also included all DNA and RNA viruses, but they wouldn't attack each other. But looking at the situation of these fish, they seem to devour all life they see, not even sparing their own kind."

"Some scientists in ancient biological civilizations believed that viruses instinctively have a survival and expansion consciousness, so they generally don't invade infected individuals of the same kind. But these fish in the sea devouring each other like this undoubtedly cuts off the possibility of the virus expanding significantly, and even extinguishes its own survival. That's why I didn't think they were infected with a virus at first," Sea Emperor continued to explain. "However, this crazy behavior has no other explanation except being infected with a virus. In any case, this planet is definitely not a safe landing point. You should put on your armor; it will be safer."

Gu Ding summoned his armor and wrapped himself tightly. In this unknown situation, even though he was usually a bit careless, he knew he had to be cautious now.

A moment later, Sea Emperor's voice came again, this time with a hint of surprise. "I just received some good news."

"Could it be that the interstellar storm has stopped?" Gu Ding guessed uncertainly.

"No, how could it be that fast? You're thinking too much," Sea Emperor kept him in suspense and continued, "Although external communication is blocked, I just tried to connect to the internal network of this planet and found that it connected."

"Are you mistaken? This Gray Star Region is near the Tianhe Star Region and has been abandoned for over fifty years. That is to say, there have been no humans on this planet for at least fifty years. How could there still be a network?"

"If this planet's technology was advanced enough before and the utilization of light energy reached a sufficient level, let alone fifty years, it might even last five hundred years." Sea Emperor felt that Gu Ding was underestimating the power of technology. "Moreover, fortunately, among the machines that are still operating, one is the main computer of a Science Laboratory. It not only contains a lot of previous scientific research data but also all the monitoring records of these virus-infected creatures on this planet over the years."

"Actually, I'm more interested in knowing if there are any intact spacecraft on this planet." Gu Ding was also thinking that if there were intact spacecraft on this planet, he wouldn't have to wait for the Federation government to send people to rescue him. After all, his current identity was that of an Interstellar Pirate, even though he didn't even have a bounty of half a Star Coin.

Thinking about the bounty amount, Gu Ding felt a bit depressed. It had only been a few days since he left Deep Sea Star, and he had fallen into this godforsaken place. Let alone doing something earth-shattering that would shock the Federation government, he didn't even know when he would be able to leave.

"Near the port, there is a Ship Factory. However, the top priority is for you to get to land as soon as possible. According to the monitoring records, there are very terrifying things in the sea, with combat power at least comparable to a Fifth Order Gene Body, and possibly even close to a Sixth Order Gene Body martial artist." Sea Emperor didn't seem very anxious when saying this. "However, that thing is afraid of light and won't come out much during the day, but once it gets dark, your situation will be very dangerous."

"How long until night?" Gu Ding also knew his situation. Even with the combat power increase brought by Limitless Body Technique and armor, he was only comparable to a Second-Order Gene Body martial artist and basically had no chance of winning against a Third-Order Gene Body. As for Fourth Order and above, the possibility of him being instantly killed was very high. No matter what kind of monster was in the sea, as long as its combat power was comparable to a Fifth Order Gene Body, his survival rate would be infinitely close to 0.

"The time it takes for this planet to rotate once is about 70 hours. There are forty hours of daylight, and it will start to get dark in about thirty-five hours." Sea Emperor had already grasped most of the information about this planet. "The nearest coast to you is in the southeast, about two thousand kilometers away. Your luck is pretty good; the energy of the escape pod is just enough to get you to sea level. Traveling on the water, it will take about ten hours to reach the shore."

Gu Ding looked around. He found that on this planet, he couldn't even distinguish between southeast, northwest. He scratched his hair. "Then I'll have to rely on you. By the way, does this planet also rotate from west to east?"

"That's right, so the position where the star appears every morning is in the east." Sea Emperor knew that Gu Ding asked this because he was completely unable to distinguish directions. He controlled the escape pod and sped towards the southeast, leaving a long white line on the sea surface.

These ten hours felt exceptionally long to Gu Ding. The internal volume of the escape pod was limited, and he could only lie inside without being able to move. During high-speed travel, if his body wasn't fixed, he was likely to be thrown out.

Except for the bottom, the other sides of the escape pod were transparent. Gu Ding saw all kinds of fish along the way, most of which were in a state of madness and ferocity. Many were even larger than the escape pod and chased it like crazy when they saw it, only giving up the chase after being left far behind.

After finally enduring ten hours, Gu Ding in the escape pod heard Sea Emperor's voice again. "We've reached the shore."

Opening the hatch, Gu Ding sat up and let out a long breath. "Finally here."

"All the energy in the escape pod has been used up. You'll have to rely on your feet for the rest of the journey," Sea Emperor brought another piece of bad news.

"How far is that shipyard from here?" Gu Ding knew it was time for physical training.

"About six hundred kilometers," Sea Emperor gave an estimate. "I've seen your physical fitness test results. One hundred kilometers in five hours, and you need at least half an hour of rest to recover your physical strength after running. Plus the various situations you might encounter on the way, it's estimated that you'll need at least two days to arrive."

Putting food and water into his Storage Space, Gu Ding started running in the direction indicated by Sea Emperor.

(Sorry, brothers and sisters, I'm sorry, I watered down another chapter, and this chapter came so late. I'm really stuck. The main outline of this plot is done, but filling in the details is so difficult. Although it mentions viruses, it won't become a post-apocalyptic novel, you can rest assured about that. I'll try to rush the second chapter, it's estimated to be around midnight, you don't have to wait. The first chapter tomorrow should be postponed to noon.)