metaverse evolution.

Chapter 863 Take the initiative

Everything in this world has a price tag.

If Chu Fei wants to gain a firm foothold in Arctic City and obtain a higher social status, he must not hide away. The best step to climb up is military merit.

As the saying goes, heroes emerge in troubled times, and people's backgrounds are revealed in prosperous times. When the entire Morning Star was involved in the war, military merit was actually an excellent opportunity. It can even be said that military merit was often the only way for ordinary people to change their fate.

Although Chu Fei is no longer an ordinary person, he is still in the grassroots and unstable class in the network of the upper class in Arctic City.

And to be honest, the cultivation level of 12.0 is indeed a bit low.

Some people may say that Chu Fei has strong fighting ability, but realm is like a diploma, which is the first impression people have of you.

Oh, 12.0 level, sorry, we are hiring 14.0! You are still a little naive! What, you have killed a 14.0 level cultivator? Oh, someone, get him out, he is a dangerous person!

Sometimes reality is even more exaggerated and rigid than literary works, because reality has an accountability mechanism.

If someone decides to let a 12.0 guy take a 14.0 position, it's fine if there are results, but if something goes wrong, haha... Was it you who made the decision in the first place? You can give us your own explanation!

So Chu Fei has two important tasks next: cultivation level and military merit! The ultimate goal is of course to go home.

Only then can you truly stand at the top of the pyramid of Arctic City and obtain more resources and more freedom.

Just like those 14.0 guys who didn't obey the transfer orders, Li Yaofeng could only choose to ignore them and pretend that these people didn't exist.

Chu Fei and other three discussed for a while, and then reported the mission objective; unexpectedly, everyone had sharp eyes, and there was a free-range team that was interested in this place, and they were new friends they just met: Liu Jindao, 13.0, a martial arts practitioner in the late stage of Sanhua Juding!

"Let's act together. We'll cooperate first, and then we'll talk about it after we adapt to the environment here." Chu Fei made an invitation.

"Okay!" Liu Jindao also said, "We'll split the spoils 50-50! Let's do two tasks first!"

"make a deal!"

The two of them clapped their hands, which was quite straightforward.

Liu Jindao looked down on the people around Chu Fei, but he was impressed by Chu Fei's fighting ability; Chu Fei, on the other hand, was impressed by Liu Jindao's level of cultivation.

In the process of hunting alien species, there is a "core alien species" that has a positioning curse. The logic of the positioning curse transfer is: the person who killed the host last; if he died in a bombing, etc., he will automatically search for the person with the highest cultivation level around him!

Liu Jindao's realm is 13.0, which is very good and can serve as a shield for Chu Fei.

In fact, here in Venus, everyone knows about the positioning curse, but they are not very clear about the reason.

I know there is such a thing. Because some of the people who are responsible for killing the aliens in the end will be extremely unlucky in the following days and become confused and short-lived ghosts.

There aren't many of these, but they do happen, and in a world where technology is fairly good, it's easy to spot them.

So, did Liu Jindao have such considerations when he wanted to cooperate with me?

Everything Chu Fei was thinking about.

Then the two teams, totaling 14 people, headed straight for the target valley.

In the dark world, everyone relied on their super powers to observe their surroundings and keep going. Along the way, they encountered several spiritual aliens, and they didn't know whether they were running alone or out for reconnaissance, but they were all killed by everyone.

More than half an hour later, the group flew over 500 kilometers and arrived at the target valley.

There is a howling wind with a temperature of minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius here, and in the dark night, ice crystals are flying all over the sky.

There was a human army in front of the valley. It was more like a "sentry" than an army. There were only about thirty people in total, the strength of a platoon.

For this relatively quiet "war zone", the military has adopted a monitoring strategy.

There is no other way. Now that the battle line has stretched to over 2,000 kilometers, we can only choose the strategy of key breakthroughs, secondary defense, and supervision of the rest.

Chu Fei and other forcibly recruited 12.0 masters are usually arranged in the first two areas to participate in the attack and defense of key and secondary key areas. However, Chu Fei and a few others chose the supervision area because they could move freely.

The supervisory platoon leader here didn't know anything. There was no other way, so Chu Fei and the others could only explore on their own.

At this moment, Chu Fei was standing in mid-air, his powerful perception ability had spread out, and he had explored most of the situation in the valley.

Although it was dark, Chu Fei's "vision" was not affected at all; without the interference of sight, the effect was even better, but it required some brainpower and a lot of calculations.

There is a strange life in the valley - maybe it is life, but the shape I perceive always feels a little wrong. This is also the difference between sight and perception.

The resolution of sight is at the micron level, while the resolution of perception is at the millimeter or even centimeter level; sight can distinguish colors, but as for perception, it is not very good for now, and the black and white vision is not much better either.

Chu Fei quickly searched for the "data" from his memory, and it took him only ten seconds to find a match, and he found data with a match rate of 86% - the nest of the Zombie Queen!

At the moment, there seems to be no nest built here. Perhaps it is due to human corpses, or there is not enough protein?

But there are already some prototypes.

Chu Fei quickly searched the situation of the D122 Valley. This is a precious metal mining site where uranium mines were discovered.

Of course, uranium ore is no longer used for nuclear fission or nuclear weapons today, but it is still an important industrial material with many unique properties and is much more valuable than gold.

More than 2,000 people work here all year round to mine uranium. It's more like a small basin than a valley, big enough to build a town.

After the alien crisis broke out, the people here did not evacuate at all. No, no one came to rescue them at all. Because, all the people here are slaves!

The few supervisors ran away as soon as the disaster occurred.

Then only a platoon of forces came to supervise and prevent the alien species here from rushing out of the valley.

From the beginning to the end, no one thought about saving people - slaves are slaves, and humans are humans; in this world, slaves and humans are two "races"!

Countless pieces of information flashed through Chu Fei's mind. Chu Fei could only sigh about the matter of the slaves, but then he became interested in the situation of the zombies.

A long time ago, Chu Fei wanted to study zombies, but at that time he did not have enough cultivation, knowledge, accumulation, and research ability. In addition, he was busy with various things, so he never had the opportunity.

Now seems like a good opportunity.

To be precise, zombies should be called "human parasitic virus aggregate life"; only when billions of viruses gather together can they be considered a "life group".

Anyway, zombies are just an appearance. In fact, zombies are no longer "corpses" but a different kind of "fungal life".

The zombie virus seems to be able to survive only in the human body, then rely on the human body to reproduce, and finally take over the human body to form an alternative "mushroom-like life".

The only difference is that what makes up the bodies of zombies are not cells or fungi, but "viruses" that are even smaller than cells.

A single virus cannot even be called a complete living organism. Scientists have been discussing for thousands of years whether viruses can be considered life.

But what Chu Fei saw was: the unique body structure of the zombies!

As a researcher, what Chu Fei was thinking about was: Can the body structure of zombies be used as a reference?

Living organisms constructed by cells are really not solid!

It would seem better if viruses could replace cells.

No matter how much you temper and exercise your body, it can never be as fast as updating the architecture.

From a structural point of view, if the virus structure can replace the cell structure, the density of the body can be increased by ten times, even dozens of times, or even more.

The denser the body structure, the more potential it has.

This is like computer technology, moving from the transistor era to the micron era, which is a qualitative leap!

No matter how much the potential of transistor technology is squeezed, it is still not as good as the most basic micron-level integrated circuits; when it comes to nano-level integrated circuits, computer technology is unstoppable.

Therefore, through science and technology, we can also deduce a truth of spiritual practice: exercising the body is never as quick and effective as updating the structure and upgrading the technology.

If you can complete a "virus body", is it possible to defeat the "golden body" of cultivators and martial artists?

Although no one has done this before, what is big data practice? It is the path of scientific research. If others haven't done it, can't I do it myself?

The so-called technological development is nothing more than updating the architecture again and again!

Faintly, Chu Fei felt that he had found the way to "refining the body" through big data practice!

Martial arts training is too hard, it is better to practice with big data. After taking a tube of injection, all the cells in the body turn into viruses, and the body becomes immortal immediately. I just don't know if the life span will increase after turning into a virus structure?

Chu Fei has studied cultivation. The most important reason why cultivators live long lives is that the cells in their bodies almost stop dividing.

But stopping cell division is only a temporary strategy. To permanently change the life span problem, cells, or the basic unit of life, must be able to divide forever.

For example, cancer cells, that is true immortality.

Unfortunately, no matter how cells develop, there are still too many restrictions. Viruses, on the other hand, are born with the ability to "divide and reproduce" infinitely!

Chu Fei's eyes became brighter and brighter. He felt that if he could solve this problem, the lifespan of big data practitioners would skyrocket.

As for whether a person is still considered a "human" after becoming "viral", that is something to be considered later. For now, let's study this idea first.

At this moment, Liu Jindao used technological means to investigate the scene, but the situation he found on the scene made Liu Jindao somewhat confused.

What was displayed on the imaging device were slowly moving human figures.

"What is this? The living dead? Or is it parasitic?"

At the same time, Yan Xiyong and others also used portable multi-functional reconnaissance equipment to scan the valley. Yan Xiyong looked at the figures and thought:

"I've heard before that there seems to be a kind of zombie-like thing. It should have appeared a few times before, but the scale was not large. Once discovered, they were completely eliminated with flamethrowers and incendiary bombs."

Because of the unique environment and relatively good technology of Venus, and the fact that the zombie virus must parasitize human corpses, there are no zombie nests or zombie queens in Venus. Often, they are cleared out by flamethrowers in the early stages of an outbreak.

Chu Fei spoke up, "This is a zombie, essentially a special zombie virus. After the zombie virus invades the human body, it will multiply rapidly and completely destroy human cells, becoming a virus aggregate.

This viral aggregate is somewhat similar to fungal life, forming a collective life.

This thing should be able to steal a small part of human memory, or even maintain the human body, and perhaps deceive the human soul, allowing the human soul to exist or partially exist.

Of course, some of the above are speculations, which are derived from what I have encountered before, and are for reference only. "

Liu Jindao nodded and asked, "How contagious is this zombie virus?"

"Not strong. The zombie virus will die if exposed to the air. It can only be transmitted after a person dies and the body's immune system stops.

Even if you inhale it into your mouth and nose, it's not a big deal. I killed zombies before I started practicing, and the blood went into my mouth, but it was fine.

However, if the zombie virus enters the body directly through a wound, it is equivalent to bypassing the human body's defenses and is still relatively dangerous.

Of course, this is just my previous experience, and the zombies here seem a little different. I have never seen zombies that can move in such low temperatures.

The zombies’ weakness should be their heads. But be careful, some zombies may have mutations, and even if their brains explode, they can still move, and they may even be more dangerous. The proportion of such cases is not high, maybe one in a thousand or even one in ten thousand.”

Everyone nodded, feeling Chu Fei's vigilance.

Someone set up a powerful electromagnetic sniper rifle and started sniping from a kilometer away. Everyone was a little unsure about this so-called virus collective life.

The zombies' heads exploded and they fell down one by one, but a new situation soon emerged. There was a "pyramid"-like nest in the back, and tentacles appeared one after another, dragging the fallen zombies away.

After waiting for a while, another zombie came out of the "pyramid". The pyramid was not big, about five meters high, but it occupied a large area and was soft as a whole. According to Chu Fei's scan, there was still a considerable amount of it in the underground mine.

"The mother nest! This is a peculiar zombie mother nest!" Chu Fei's face was a little solemn. Although the zombie mother nest he saw last time was huge in scale, it did not seem to have the ability to "resurrect"!

After observing for a while, we found that there were a total of 1476 zombies at the scene. No matter how everyone killed them, the number remained the same.

"Interesting!" Chu Fei narrowed his eyes, "It seems that I have encountered an extraordinary species. This can almost be regarded as an alternative immortal body."

As he spoke, Chu Fei took out his electromagnetic sniper rifle, aimed at the direction of the mother nest, and fired decisively.

The electromagnetic sniper rifle pierced through the pyramid of the mother nest, but the mother nest was not affected at all. The mother nest remained stable and motionless. Chu Fei thought, "The core of this thing is well hidden. I'm afraid it can only be detected after getting close. I'm afraid the core is hidden in the underground mine, which would be troublesome."

The wind of perception spread over, and Chu Fei could vaguely sense the situation more than 200 meters underground, but it was very blurry. This place was one kilometer away from the mother nest.

Liu Jindao looked at the zombies that were still swaying and moving slowly, thinking, "Is it because the weather is too cold that these guys have lost their vitality?"

Chu Fei shook his head, "Based on the speed of the zombies now, there is no way the people at the scene can't escape.

And if you look closely, the energy intensity of the zombies here is as low as level 2 9.0; judging from satellite remote sensing, the peak energy level here reaches level 8 13.0!

But there were only slaves here, all ordinary people. If the energy of two thousand people was fully squeezed out, it would only be about 5 calories, which was enough to stack a level 11.0 100 realm at most. This was calculated based on a 50% energy conversion rate. But in fact, the energy conversion rate was not even %.

Therefore, there is a serious imbalance of energy here. There is a problem!"

Liu Jindao was stunned, then became alert.

Chu Fei's analysis really has the characteristics of big data practice. This kind of data presentation is really convincing. Big data practice is really different.

After a pause, Liu Jindao saw Chu Fei observing and sensing carefully, and couldn't help asking: "Master, I see that you are very concerned about this place. Is there anything special about the zombies?"

Chu Fei hesitated for a moment before speaking, "The most important thing about a zombie is its crystal core. It's simply a fruit of life."

Liu Jindao didn't understand, "I've never heard of the fruit of life."

"Let's put it this way. The Fruit of Life and the Zombie Crystal Core both contain a trace of the law of 'life'!"

At this moment, Liu Jindao's eyes lit up. I don't understand other things, but I know the law of life very well!

Just like the top-level elixirs in the cultivation of Taoism, it is because they contain a little bit of the law of life - that's what the cultivators say, so the price of the elixir is far higher than that of medicines of the same level, etc.

Furthermore, because cultivators have long lifespans, the production of elixirs is very limited, which further exacerbates the surge in prices.

As for whether what the cultivators said was true or not, I don't know, but it is well known that cultivators have long life spans. Therefore, the law of life should be true.

Now, the law of life is right before their eyes. Liu Jindao is moved, and his subordinates are also moved.

After looking at the valley for a while, although Chu Fei's warning lingered in his ears, Liu Jindao couldn't help but step forward to do it. For Liu Jindao, the law of life is very tempting, and military merit is also tempting.

Liu Jindao's background is not as good as Chu Fei's. At least Chu Fei can make medicine, which makes him a special talent. A "reckless man" like Liu Jindao is even less valuable, otherwise he wouldn't be doing armed transport. Isn't it nice to sit in an office?

Chu Fei glanced at Liu Jindao and advised: "My suggestion is to wait a little longer and try all our attack methods first to see if there is any reaction.

If Mr. Liu wants to join the battle later, I won’t stop him. If Mr. Liu can take this place by himself this time, all the gains will belong to Mr. Liu.”

"Okay. But I'll ask Master Chu to come to the rescue later. Even if you don't fire a single shot, I'll give you 10% of the profit." Liu Jindao agreed, but didn't move forward immediately. Chu Fei was so cautious, but he wasn't really a fool. He even wanted to ask Chu Fei for cover.

After trying several times with rockets and incendiary bombs and finding that these zombies were really honest and clumsy, Liu Jindao finally led his men to slowly move forward.

Chu Fei didn't say anything, but set up the electromagnetic sniper rifle to cover Liu Jindao. Anyway, he is a temporary comrade-in-arms. If possible, try to take care of him. There are too many alien species in this kind of ghost place, so it's better for humans to unite.

Liu Jindao and his group slowly approached the zombies.

Chu Fei ordered his men to launch rockets again. The explosive power of the rockets was quite good, enough to tear apart the zombies in front of them; but the effect of the incendiary bombs seemed not to be very good, as these zombies could actually secrete some kind of flame retardant substance.

However, the incendiary bombs can also be used for lighting. Although the light is not very strong, it is good enough for now.

Under Chu Fei's cover, Liu Jindao and his group of 10 people quickly entered the valley, then chopped up the zombies one by one with their swords, and then took out the crystal cores in the zombies' brains.

After all, these zombies are still of low level, their crystal cores are very small, and some of them have no crystal cores at all.

Chu Fei continued to observe and think. The crystal core of the zombie is a kind of existence similar to the fruit of life. For most people, this is the greatest value of the zombie.

But this crystal core does not come out of thin air, but requires a lot of life energy. But there are not many people in this valley.

This is why Chu Fei didn't dare to enter rashly.

In fact, if Chu Fei wanted to deal with it, he should first summon a large bomb to bomb it.

But Liu Jindao and his group were obviously jealous of the special crystal core of the zombies. If they bombed it, it would inevitably affect the quality of the crystal core of the zombies.

Watching Liu Jindao and his group chopping melons and vegetables, Chu Fei was not moved at all and continued to watch from a distance.

The subordinate looked at Chu Fei with anxious eyes, and Chu Fei shook his head slightly. "Do you know why I have such achievements?"

The men shook their heads.

Chu Fei: "Because, all my enemies are dead, and I am the only one alive. And if you want to live, you have to be careful! No matter how big your dreams and ambitions are, once you die, everything is gone."

In front, Liu Jindao and his group finally arrived at the mother nest; but Lao Liu was also an experienced killer. He was guarding between the zombie mother nest and the killed zombies. When he saw the "tentacles" of the zombie mother nest reaching out, he would kill them with a knife.

The group did not move forward, but just chopped the tentacles here.

In just a short while, the tentacles on the ground piled up like a mountain. As for these useless tentacles, Liu Jindao and his group had a magician who directly controlled the strong wind, rolled up the tentacles, and threw them far away.

Chu Fei found it interesting. Although this man looked reckless and greedy, he was also a dog when it came to the critical moment.

So, Lao Liu and ten of his guys stood at the door of the zombie nest and chopped the tentacles for a full half an hour.

Chu Fei watched like this for half an hour, but the more he watched, the more he frowned. The zombies were not stupid, and this time the alien species came in large numbers, so they would not bring any garbage with them.

According to what Chu Fei knew, if alien species wanted to come to the current world, they would have to pay a high price.

Think about it, it took Chu Fei more than a month to get here from the Six Desires Demon Realm by spaceship.

Chu Fei thought about it and suddenly frowned slightly. Liu Jindao and his group's actions seemed to be wrong.

Chu Fei stood in the distance and fired a flare. He could clearly see that the mother nest had no tentacles extending out, but Liu Jindao and his group were still chopping.

"I knew there would be a problem!" Thinking of his experience in the Six Desires Demon Realm, Chu Fei was thoughtful, "Could it be some kind of rule-based method?

After reaching 12.0 or similar realms, no matter what cultivation system one adopts, one will gradually come into contact with super-dimensional forces.

Big data practitioners must construct a law in order to break through.

A cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage becomes a true person and is immune to water and fire.

The three flowers gathering at the top of the head in martial arts can allow one to fly in the air.

A magician at the mage level can cast large-scale spells by himself, and his efficiency in killing ordinary people is comparable to that of a nuclear bomb; although large-scale attacks are useless against masters of the same level.

All practitioners will enter a new stage.

This is true for humans, and the same is true for alien species. Moreover, because alien species have many ways of practicing, they often have a "bloodline inheritance" that is useful, and often have many strange magical methods.

For example, this one is likely a meme-like attack method. "

Meme is the basic unit of information. It has the ability to "reproduce/replicate" just like a virus or life.

When a person repeats an action, he or she will often be controlled by the meme. For example, if you listen to a song all day, the melody will be in your mind when you go to sleep.

But spiritual practice has intensified this effect to the extreme, and it almost feels like the law of cause and effect.

Chu Fei does not recognize the so-called law of causality for the time being. In the existing scientific system, there is no law of causality; but his research on memes is profound enough.

So, does this zombie hive currently possess some strange abilities similar to memes, imitations, and rules?

So how to rescue Liu Jindao?

If you want to break a meme, the entertainment industry has a very familiar method - using a bigger news (information) to cover the original one.

The principles are the same, which is the so-called big data overwriting.

Of course, there is something even simpler - a whack-a-mole. A bomb is a good whack-a-mole.

A stun grenade exploded above the heads of Liu Jindao and others.

Liu Jindao suddenly sat down on the ground, then he roared, his figure soared into the air, and rushed towards the zombie nest in front of him. Crazy sword light burst out and slashed towards the nest.

But the mother nest suddenly extended countless tentacles.

The entire nest was only five meters high, but it covered a large area, probably more than thirty meters. At this time, there were crazy tentacles rising into the sky around it, wrapping around Liu Jindao.

No more pretending! This zombie hive is no longer pretending! That stun grenade means that I have been exposed!

Just as Chu Fei analyzed, these alien species are not stupid, they are even very smart. It's just that human weapons and equipment always make these strange abilities of alien species fail.

Chu Fei stood in the distance and watched as the flares slowly fell from the sky, illuminating the valley. After confirming the alien's methods, Chu Fei no longer hid and was not so cautious.

The unknown is the most frightening thing, now I know.

Liu Jindao also knew it. The sword light in his hand burst out, splitting the tentacles around him with a bang, and then rushed towards the main body of the mother nest in the center. The sword light was cold and pierced the valley, falling like thunder.

"Boom..." The earth was shaking. Chu Fei, who was a kilometer away, could feel the ground beneath his feet shaking slightly.

"Martial arts masters are really hot-tempered."

Yan Xiyong and the others looked at Chu Fei without saying anything. Speaking of being hot-tempered, Mr. Chu, you are not bad either!

Chu Fei continued to pay attention to Liu Jindao. Liu Jindao led the team to split the mother nest. The five-meter-long main body was less than half the length of the knife light. Without a large number of zombies to block it, it was unable to cultivate particularly strong zombies - perhaps it was too cold here, and the development was too slow. In short, Liu Jindao tore this zombie mother nest apart.

As for the underground part, it is also very simple. The sword energy is like a shit stirrer, crushing the underground world into pieces.

Then there were incendiary bombs and highly toxic chemicals, which were poured into the ground like crazy. All kinds of supplies came from the outpost outside, and the outpost still had some preparations.

More than two hours later, Chu Fei and Liu Jindao stood at the entrance of the mine, watching the drone exploring downwards. There was a burnt smell and the pungent smell of chemicals in the air.

"There's a mass grave below!" Liu Jindao said slowly, "According to estimates, this zombie nest may have come last time, or even longer, and has been hiding until now.

Although there were only about 2,000 slaves alive in this valley, there were quite a few over the years. The injured and dying slaves would be thrown into the mass grave. Even slaves from the surrounding mines would be thrown here.

Almost all the slaves were still half-breathed when they were thrown down. Those slave owners would not give useless slaves the last bite of food!

A conservative estimate is that there are no less than a million slave corpses here."

After hearing this news, Chu Fei was silent for a long time, and then he sighed: "It's appalling. Do you know the troops stationed here?"

Liu Jindao sneered: "They told me this news."

Chu Fei nodded slightly and said nothing. He felt a little heavy. It was obvious that the soldiers here were not "militiamen" but "capital soldiers" who served capital.

It is said that the population of the entire Tenglong Galaxy is decreasing. There are millions of corpses in this mining area alone. What about the entire Venus, or even the entire Tenglong Galaxy?

Liu Jindao said nothing about Chu Fei's sigh, and his face even looked a little numb.

Chu Fei spoke up, "I'm very interested in this zombie crystal core. How about I buy it at 120% of the market price!"

Chu Fei was also a little curious about the ability of rules. The crystal core of the zombie mother nest this time was very complete. The violent Liu Jindao's first burst of sword light chopped the mother nest half to death.

Liu Jindao immediately took out all the zombie crystal cores, "No need for 120%, 90% will do. After all, we have discussed it before.

But I want the recovery potion and the Emperor's Osmosis."

"Okay." The two quickly completed the transaction. Liu Jindao kept a small portion of the zombie crystal cores and sold most of them to Chu Fei. It was because Chu Fei gave too much.

As for the problem of the zombie crystal core having some life laws, Liu Jindao just took one and felt that it was far inferior to the top-level potion.

For Chu Fei, getting the stuff is enough. As for the price, it doesn’t matter. The profit of medicine is over 1000% anyway, so it doesn’t matter.

Then Chu Fei used his domain ability to take some samples directly from the remains of the zombie mother nest and froze them.

Now that he finally has the ability to study the zombie virus, Chu Fei will certainly not miss such an opportunity.

After reporting the situation here to their superiors, Chu Fei and Liu Jindao sat down and began to discuss the next action plan.

Overall, this operation was a success, and both of them look forward to working together again. (End of this chapter)