Guard came over and gave each person a thin set of clothes and a hood. They were very comfortable to wear, with only their eyes showing.
Sang Luoluo noticed that the ten people in the laboratory were each carrying a large hiking backpack filled with things.
Dr. Wang, sensing that the plane had taken off, handed the documents in his hand to Jian Cheng and pointed to a pretty young woman across from him, saying, "Let me introduce you all. This is our lab's youngest female PhD, A Muling. Her father is one of the base's high-ranking officials. In just three months since she came to our lab, she has already participated in more than twenty projects, and three of them have already yielded amazing experimental results."
"This trip is a great learning opportunity. You young people can't just stay cooped up in the lab doing research Tiantian. You need to see the world for yourself and collect samples. It will be a great help to your future research. A Muling, this is your first mission, so you need to observe and learn as much as possible."
A Muling stood up and greeted everyone sweetly.
Then, as for Jian Cheng, everyone knows him. As for Sang Luoluo, the assistant, the people in the lab are also familiar with her. When she became Dr. Wang's assistant, her name had already spread throughout the lab.
Sang Luoluo was lost in thought, harvesting vegetables in her spatial dimension and arranging them neatly in the Stasis Zone warehouse. Just as she came back to her senses, she noticed a gaze fixed on her. Without even looking up, she knew who it was. She also felt that her senses had become more acute. When she looked up, she met A Muling's eyes, even though she quickly looked away and gave her a big smile.
Sang Luoluo blinked, then simply closed her eyes and focused on doing her work on the farm.
Bundles of green vegetables were made by twisting corn husks together into ropes. With practice, they became more skilled, and manipulating them with her mind wasn't so difficult.
The plane took off from the base, and a notification sounded in the cabin.
[You have left the base]
There was a small window on the plane. Sang Luoluo looked out the window and saw that the countryside had changed drastically, quite different from when she last came out.
It's only been a few days.
Chapter 88: Evolution Again - Give Me Your Gun
The outside world had turned into a world of ice and snow; as far as the eye could see, there was only ice, except for some trees that had grown very tall.
Dr. Wang personally led the team this time, Sang Luoluo didn't know exactly what they were going to do. Officially, they were going to collect samples, but she had a feeling that things weren't that simple. What kind of samples could they possibly collect in this frozen world?
They were now heading to Zone 34C, an area she had never been to before. Due to air currents, the plane was experiencing some turbulence. Sang Luoluo gripped the handle next to her tightly, waiting for the plane to land on the outskirts of the area.
The moment the plane landed, Sang Luoluo felt a familiar attraction. There were Crystal Core beneath the plane, and more than one. This was too much of a coincidence. Crystal Core that she had always struggled to find before, she had encountered two before even getting off the plane. This was unusual.
Sang Luoluo followed them off the plane.
One member of the Guard remained on the plane to await their signal and provide support at any time.
The closest attraction that Sang Luoluo felt was not far from her feet, while the other one was more than five meters away, about eight meters away.
Huh? My detection range seems to have expanded.
Sang Luoluo down and saw a Crystal Core inside the ice layer.
Sang Luoluo tugged at Qi Feng beside her and pointed to the spot at her feet, "There's a Crystal Core here."
Over there, Dr. Wang and his team had also detected another Crystal Core using their personal Crystal Core detectors. However, because they were standing some distance away from Sang Luoluo, they hadn't detected this one.
Sang Luoluo calculated the distance; the farthest distance that the latest Crystal Core detector developed in the laboratory could detect was only five meters.
Qi Feng immediately spotted a Crystal Core beneath the ice. Sang Luoluo her hand and pulled out an electric drill, which Qi Feng took and began working.
Sang Luoluo also took the opportunity to measure the furthest distance between herself and the other Crystal Core. The range she could detect had now expanded to about 10 meters.
Dr. Wang walked over and watched Qi Feng dig out the Crystal Core. Through the ice layer, he could see a small meteorite underneath, emitting a faint glow.
He gave Sang Luoluo a thumbs up, "You're lucky, you found one as soon as you got off the plane."
The others watched with envy as the people here dug for Crystal Core.
Qi Feng quickly dug it out and handed the Crystal Core to Sang Luoluo. Sang Luoluo absorbed it completely as soon as she held it in her hand, unlocking another half acre of land in the back mountain of the space. There wasn't much energy in this Crystal Core.
Including the ones she absorbed in the lab, this batch of Crystal Core doesn't contain much energy.
The other piece was unearthed and belongs to Dr. Wang.
As soon as everyone landed, Dr. Wang announced the rules, "Everyone is equipped with the lab's latest Crystal Core detector. Whoever finds Crystal Core along the way keeps it. Of course, you can also exchange Crystal Core for supplies from the lab. Digging for Crystal Core isn't the most important thing. When we need to travel quickly, everyone must follow my orders, and Crystal Core should be put aside for later."
It only took a few minutes to dig out the Crystal Core. Sang Luoluo away her tools, and Qi Feng followed beside her, catching up with the group.
The group hiked deeper into the dense forest. The forest was now covered with ice shards, accompanied by a cold wind. Sometimes the wind picked up so much that light-weight people could almost fly away.
Everyone's watches started beeping.
Sang Luoluo also sensed many Crystal Core nearby, that familiar attraction. There were a total of 6 Crystal Core within a 10-meter radius of her, not to mention the alarms emitted by the Crystal Core detectors for others who were 10 meters away from her.
While everyone was digging for Crystal Core cores, Dr. Wang looked at the electronic map. They were only on the edge of the area, still a long way from their destination.
Based on the video sent back by the probe, the originally planned route is unusable, and they need to plan a new route.
They could dig as they went, and there was still time. Most of these Crystal Core were buried several meters deep under the ice. The laboratory had prepared for this, and each person was given a portable drill bit, which made it easy to dig out the Crystal Core under the ice.
No wonder Crystal Core have become worthless and less precious than before. It turns out that the appearance of these Crystal Core was all brought by the meteor shower. When she was in charge of cleaning up the meteorites, she shouldn't have revealed any flaws.
The yield of Crystal Core in this area is not fixed. In some areas with a high concentration of meteorites, the number of Crystal Core produced is not large, and in some places there are none at all. On the contrary, in other places, there are only a few meteorites, and they are all Crystal Core.
All of this indicates that the probability of a meteorite falling and developing Crystal Core is not uniform.
After walking around for half a day, Sang Luoluo discovered that the newly developed Crystal Core detector in the laboratory could not detect all Crystal Core. Some Crystal Core with abnormally high energy values would exceed the detector's range and could not be detected.
She just discovered one, which she dug out herself. No one else was even that close and didn't notice. After absorbing it, a full 10 acres of land in the back mountain of her space was unlocked.
In other words, the energy value of Crystal Core that can unlock a space of more than 10 acres can be labeled as extremely high, and the detector has exceeded its range.
The fact that everything here is covered in ice doesn't mean it's safe. The thick tree trunks and piles of withered grass exposed on the ice have become a new home for some mutated animals. They are particularly good at digging, burrowing deep into the ground from the tree trunks and moving back and forth between the ground and the ice.
As luck would have it, after walking for two hours, they actually encountered their first wave of mutated animal attacks.
It was a pack of mutated wolves. Sang Luoluo had seen mutated wolves before, but the mutated wolves she saw now were much thinner than before, but still huge. Their eyes were full of fierce bestiality, and they completely regarded them, the humans, as delicious food.
The Guard issued a warning the moment the wolves appeared.
Qi Feng immediately stepped in front of her.
Yan Lang, as the first captain of the Guard, together with Captain Sheng Feng, led their men to block the way on both sides.
In the blink of an eye, someone had fired the first shot. Those mutated wolves were incredibly fast. They were already mutated, but after this meteor shower, they seemed to have mutated again, because the moment those mutated wolves started moving, their speed was noticeably faster than before.
Yan Lang's newly recruited team consisted entirely of evolved humans. Each of them was well-trained, experienced in combat, and able to coordinate with each other. However, even at their maximum potential, they still couldn't match the speed of the mutated animals that had undergone further mutation.
Sang Luoluo saw He Fei find a high vantage point, leap onto a tree trunk, and fire shots at the mutated wolves below. He was lucky if he could kill one or two out of three shots.
The other evolved beings also displayed their unique abilities, maximizing their strength and speed, all to stop these mutated wolves and eliminate them one by one.
Dr. Wang, wearing glasses, watched intently from behind, while Jian Cheng held up a display screen, controlling the drone in the air to record all the battle footage in front of them.
Qi Feng and Sang Luoluo were standing in the middle and back of the group, so they were relatively safe for now. However, the mutated wolves were quite clever. Seeing that the people in front were protecting those behind, they turned the pack around and surrounded them all, attacking wherever the defenses were weakest.
Yan Lang had no choice but to have the Guard disperse and surround the people in the laboratory.
Fortunately, the lab provided everyone with laser guns. Sang Luoluo and Qi Feng didn't need theirs for the time being, so everyone took out their guns just in case.
Sang Luoluo took out a defensive shield and handed it to Qi Feng. Qi Feng nodded slightly when he saw what it was.