Chapter 479: 【Swiftstrider Power Plant】Completed, Swiftstrider Infected Mutating... |
Over the next two days.
Aside from taking Mie Mie to absorb the 【Dawnbreak】 spiritual light in two worlds every morning,
Yu Yuan spent the rest of his time exercising his physical fitness in the shelter and figuring out how to enslave that Silver-tier vampire.
At this moment, the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization was like a crouching tiger—calm on the surface, but accumulating foundation and power with every passing moment.
Green Forest City, Dead Mine Town, the Molten Tribe, the Giant Tree World—
All four worlds were developing simultaneously.
Using the Civilization Teleportation Gate, with Green Forest City as the core, they were advancing at an unprecedented pace.
Thanks to the steady supply of Molten Ore from the Molten Tribe, the Hunter Training Camp
had already completed half of its cold-resistant wall construction.
Next would be the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
And as the Aurora Animal Assistance Association successfully performed biological mutations on a few stray dogs, obtaining canine spiritual blood,
the 【Spirit-Slashing Blade】 for dealing with spirit creatures was smoothly produced, and the 【Spirit Communication Glasses】 were crafted alongside it.
Combined with the previously acquired 【Spirit Containment Bottle】, the safety of miners in Dead Mine Town was guaranteed.
The mining progress in the mines once again accelerated.
The changes in the Giant Tree World were even more dramatic.
The Giant Tree Valley, the valley where the portal was located,
had already completed its basic infrastructure.
Energy Zone, Storage Zone, Food Processing Zone, Living Zone, Equipment and Machinery Zone, Core Zone...
Each area was clearly demarcated.
The three food production lines/factories Yu Yuan had obtained earlier were all installed in the Food Processing Zone.
Over the past two days, the Pioneering Group had cleared all dangerous creatures in the surrounding area, transporting their corpses here.
They were just waiting for the 【Swiftstrider Power Plant】 to start generating electricity before beginning food production.
For this purpose, Yu Yuan had purchased a large batch of auxiliary seasonings and ingredients from the Commerce God Alliance.
The 5,000-hectare 【High-Energy Automated Farm】, under the operation of the Glamour Elves, had also begun planting the first batch of grain crops.
The grain seeds were also purchased by Yu Yuan from the Commerce God Alliance.
Although the Glamour Elves were few in number, only seventeen,
fortunately, the farm was fully automated, equipped with all kinds of machinery.
Things like unmanned seeders, intelligent irrigation systems, crop protection drones, self-driving tractors...
Directly reduced the difficulty of farming geometrically.
True to their reputation as a rare species, the Glamour Elves learned this knowledge quite quickly.
The Morning Dew Sprites also received a 500-hectare plot of land for flower cultivation and breeding.
Yu Yuan placed considerable importance on the three types of nectar recorded in the 【Essentials of the Hundred Flowers】; they might very well be a special knowledge path to obtaining Bronze-tier combat units.
Now that he had the Morning Dew Sprites and the 【Flower Breeding Bag】, it would be a shame not to give it a try.
Yu Yuan was still training when he received a message from Alpha.
The 【Swiftstrider Power Plant】 had been built and was scheduled to start generating electricity today.
He hurried to the Giant Tree World.
There, in the 'Energy Zone,' a power plant based on a hundred wheels had been assembled.
Round wheels were arranged neatly in five rows, twenty wheels per row.
These wheels were separated by an electrified fence; even if an accident occurred and a Swiftstrider escaped, the fence would serve as a second barrier to trap them.
Seeing Yu Yuan arrive, Alpha immediately approached.
Yu Yuan pointed at the ten members of Shadow behind him, puzzled.
"Why are they all here?"
Alpha pointed at the 【Swiftstrider Power Plant】, his expression serious.
"Leader, this time we're infecting a hundred people with the Swiftstrider Virus. Even though we've made thorough preparations, having Shadow and his team keep watch will give us some peace of mind."
Yu Yuan nodded upon hearing this.
This was precisely why he valued Alpha so highly—steady, level-headed, and thorough in his thinking.
Yu Yuan's gaze also fell on Shadow and the others.
Three days ago, the process of Shadow's ten-man team receiving the 【Swiftstrider 1.0 Genetic Modification Serum】 had gone smoothly despite the risks.
All of them had successfully awakened.
They had even managed to hold out without needing the 【Ultra-Stinky Perfume】.
While this was partly due to Jiu Feng deliberately adjusting the serum's potency,
it was also inseparable from the fact that Shadow's team had undergone several battles, been strengthened by the training camp's effects, and received template enhancements.
Moreover, under the Swiftstrider Virus's enhancement, Shadow and his team's physical strength had been further boosted.
All of them had acquired the 【Silent】 and 【Jump Enhancement】 traits.
And all of them had awakened a speed-related psychic ability.
For example, 【Swiftstep】: Temporarily breaks through speed limits for 20 seconds, leaving visual afterimages.
Or 【Overdrive Combo】: Launches dozens of attacks within a time-dilated perspective, manifesting as a storm of blows within one second in reality.
Or 【Speed Aura】: Upon release, temporarily increases the movement and attack speed of allied units, while decreasing the movement and attack speed of enemy units.
And so on.
There were single-target movement enhancements, attack speed enhancements, and group buff support.
Anyway, in Yu Yuan's view, as long as these psychic abilities were used well, they would become sharp blades on future battlefields.
Alpha had been studying these psychic traits over the past two days, trying to develop tactics from multiple angles to prepare for the coming war.
Just then, the werewolf Weiss approached Yu Yuan.
"Leader, we are ready. We can begin injecting the Swiftstrider Virus at any time."
Yu Yuan looked at the newly assembled 【Swiftstrider Power Plant】,
feeling a surge of excitement in his heart.
The 【Swiftstrider Power Plant】 had once been just a concept of his.
A concept born from the 【Treadmill Generator Room】.
He never thought it would finally come to fruition now.
Letting out a light breath, he looked at Weiss, his voice steady and clear.
"Then let's begin!"
With Yu Yuan's command, two researchers from the Aurora Animal Assistance Association, carrying virus agent packs and injection guns, walked into the wheel quarantine zone under everyone's watch.
Outside the Energy Zone, many people were also turning their attention this way.
After all, this power plant was the future energy core of the Giant Tree Valley—it was hard not to pay attention.
Among them were a few Glamour Elves and Morning Dew Sprites.
They, too, were filled with curiosity about such a power plant.
"I submit, I submit! Let me out..."
"Please, I agree to join you, I really do! I'll do whatever you ask..."
Unlike the onlookers outside,
the test subjects already locked inside the mechanical wheels knew exactly what was about to happen.
One by one, they clutched the metal wheels, begging miserably.
They were genuinely terrified.
They now deeply regretted how stubborn they had been before. In this wasteland apocalypse, survival was the number one priority.
Why had they refused to surrender?
But their pleas were of no use now.
Because the two researchers had already pulled a 【Swiftstrider Virus Agent】 from their virus packs and loaded it into the injection gun.
They raised their muzzles, aiming at the test subjects locked in the wheels, their eyes cold.
In their eyes, these people were no longer their own kind, but grotesque, deformed mutant infected.
Nothing more.
*Pfft, pfft—*
Two gunshots rang out.
The 【Swiftstrider Virus Agents】 struck the bodies of two test subjects.
In an instant, the agent was injected into their bodies under powerful force.
"No, no—"
The two stared at the syringe needles in their bodies, screaming in terror.
But the researchers had already reloaded the injection guns with more 【Swiftstrider Virus Agent】, aiming at the next target.
Once injected into the body, the 【Swiftstrider Virus】 activated immediately, beginning to modify the host's genes.
"Ahh—"
The test subjects screamed as they collapsed to the ground, their bodies convulsing and writhing.
Their joints twisted into angles impossible for a normal person, grotesque and eerie.
Test Subject → Swiftstrider Infected
Mutation commencing...