Chapter 758: Researchers

The Immortal Dao warship flew rapidly all the way, and it didn't take long to reach the coordinate location.

Here, it was covered in white snow, located on a mountain range at a very high altitude, with a harsh climate and thin air; even biochemical monsters were unwilling to invade here, and the environment had become a natural shelter.

Of course, this place was also not suitable for human survival.

But it was in such a place that a mountain range had been forcibly leveled by a force, and several fortresses built with nano-metal technology were located upon it; they were like alien products, completely out of place in this biochemical wasteland world.

"Evolvers from Earth had indeed come to this world long ago, and they even left behind a garrison point."

Li Yi walked out of the Immortal Dao warship, swept his gaze around, and thought to himself.

He put the warship into the Red Gold Five Elements Bracelet, then flew toward these buildings.

Some high-energy anti-aircraft guns were deployed on the nearby mountain peaks; once biochemical monsters approached, the anti-aircraft guns would activate immediately, but Li Yi's arrival didn't activate these defensive weapons.

On the contrary, when he approached a fortress, a familiar smart brain voice sounded.

"Li Yi, welcome to Earth Base No. 17. I am the smart brain Xiao Mei, very happy to serve you." The smart brain here was named Xiao Mei, and her image was that of a cute little girl.

"Does Earth also have a backup database in this world? The smart brain even recognizes me." Li Yi thought to himself, then said: "Are there any other evolvers from Earth here besides me?"

Xiao Mei on the side smiled and said: "The operation and maintenance of Base No. 17 rely on Xiao Mei and intelligent robots; Earth has not arranged for any evolvers to take over Base No. 17."

"Sure enough, no one?" Li Yi shook his head slightly, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"However, just twenty days ago, an Earth evolver crossed dimensions and arrived here; currently, they are in Rest Area No. 1." Suddenly, the smart brain Xiao Mei said again.

Li Yi immediately became interested; he asked: "Someone even crossed dimensions and arrived here twenty days ago? Who is it?"

He felt the other party should have come to pick him up.

"I am very sorry, Xiao Mei is forbidden from revealing the other party's information." The smart brain Xiao Mei said.

"Take me to find the other party; I want to meet them." Li Yi said.

"Okay, please come this way." The artificial intelligence projection of the smart brain Xiao Mei guided Li Yi toward Rest Area No. 1.

Li Yi followed the smart brain, walking while observing the situation of Base No. 17. He found that there were quite a lot of intelligent machines here, maintaining the operation of the base, and at the same time doing some work.

"What are those robots wearing white clothes doing?" He suddenly pointed to some special robots and asked.

"Those are scientific research robots, currently researching a special virus targeting the biochemical monsters of World No. 17. If the research is successful, we will spread this virus and kill all the biochemical monsters in this world." The smart brain Xiao Mei said.

"So that's how it is." Li Yi was stunned for a moment.

He, a martial artist who hadn't read many books, only thought about how to kill all those biochemical monsters, never thinking about using a biochemical virus to solve this problem.

In this situation, the power of technology was more useful than individual power.

"Is the research successful?" Li Yi suddenly asked.

"Currently, Black Death Virus No. 1 has been developed. After this virus spreads, it can effectively kill 99.99% of the biochemical monsters in World No. 17, but it is equally effective against the survivors of World No. 17. Therefore, Black Death Virus No. 1 was not chosen for release; currently, Black Death Virus No. 2 is being researched." The smart brain Xiao Mei said.

Li Yi couldn't help but look at this smart brain with surprise when he heard this.

He didn't expect that a virus targeting biochemical monsters had already been developed, but it wasn't released because of concern for the survivors of this world.

"How long does Black Death Virus No. 2 need to be researched?" Li Yi asked.

The smart brain Xiao Mei replied: "Because the genes of the biochemical monsters of World No. 17 overlap highly with the humans of World No. 17, wanting to develop a new virus that only kills biochemical monsters without harming the survivors, the estimated time is at least three years."

"Does it need such a long time? Are there any other methods?" Li Yi frowned.

Three years was too long; it was estimated that except for Du Peng and those people, the other survivors would all die out, and by then, developing the virus wouldn't be of much significance.

"If the survivors of World No. 17 cultivate the Evolution Method to change cell strength or inject gene potions to change gene sequences, they can be immune to Black Death Virus No. 1." The smart brain Xiao Mei said.

"That is indeed good news." Li Yi nodded slightly.

The smart brain Xiao Mei continued: "The satellite of Base No. 17 will monitor the situation of the survivors in this world in real-time. Once their numbers decrease to a critical value, Xiao Mei will release Black Death Virus No. 1 in advance, and at the same time arrange for flying robots to sow biological and plant seeds, restore the ecology, and build this place into a new Earth."

"As expected of artificial intelligence, everything was considered." Li Yi praised.

This smart brain Xiao Mei had both human pity, willing to give the survivors of this world a chance, which was why she researched Virus No. 2, and at the same time had the coldness of a smart brain; if it was determined that the survivors of this world could no longer be saved, then she would release Virus No. 1 without hesitation, directly cleansing this world.

The key lay in whether these survivors could hold on until the new virus was successfully researched.

If it were before, Li Yi would feel that releasing Virus No. 1 to cleanse the world was a matter of time; after all, the judgment standard of the smart brain Xiao Mei was not the extinction of humans in World No. 17, but the population decreasing to a critical value.

What this critical value was depended on the assessment of the smart brain Xiao Mei.

But now, no matter what, World No. 17 would have survivors, because Li Yi had already taught the Evolution Method; at least if they were willing to cultivate hard, they could escape the great cleansing.

By then, the world would return to civilization.

After understanding some of the base's situation, Li Yi felt relieved; at least there was already a truly feasible plan to kill the endless biochemical monsters in this world, and the future was not hopeless.

Soon, under the guidance of Xiao Mei, Li Yi arrived at Rest Area No. 1.

However, what surprised him was that Rest Area No. 1 was not empty, but sitting with quite a few people; a slight sweep showed at least forty or fifty people, all wearing uniform clothes, and their figures and appearances were all similar, like clones.

"Didn't you say there was no one here?" Li Yi asked.

"He is not an evolver from Earth but a native of World No. 17, engaged in research work within the base." The smart brain Xiao Mei said.

"Researching viruses?" Li Yi asked.

"No, being researched."

The smart brain Xiao Mei smiled and said: "The development of the Black Death Virus requires collecting gene samples of local humans; he is the most outstanding material here, very cooperative with our work."

Just as she was speaking, the dozens of people in the rest area turned their heads in unison to look over here, staring directly at Li Yi.

"You didn't need to clone so many people." Li Yi said.

"He is not a clone, but the same person; he is a very special alternative, possessing the ability of super-speed cell regeneration, so he split into multiple selves, and he learned the Evolution Method, and at the same time cultivated to the Spirit Tribulation Realm in a short period of time. Because individual strength is too strong, Base No. 17 cannot banish him, so it allowed him to stay in the base." The smart brain Xiao Mei still smiled and said.

"If it's out of control, just say it's out of control; has the smart brain also learned to hide its own work mistakes?" Li Yi said.

It must be that the smart brain wanted to research the connection between evolvers and the Black Death Virus, so she taught the Evolution Method to this person, but it exceeded control, leading to this person being unable to be handled.

Cultivating to the Spirit Tribulation Realm, this was a very exaggerated thing.

In this World No. 17, it was an invincible existence.

It was just that Li Yi didn't understand why this experimental material's cultivation speed would be so terrifying, because from the establishment of this base, the time wouldn't be very long.

A local person of World No. 17, from nothing to reaching the Spirit Tribulation Realm, this was no different from cheating.

The smart brain Xiao Mei was pointed out for her work mistake by Li Yi at this moment, and her smile disappeared instantly, replaced by a wronged expression.

But Li Yi had no time to pay attention to the smart brain's mood; he walked toward this research material, at the same time giving birth to a bit of vigilance.

Perhaps it was because he felt Li Yi's strength.

An unexpected thing happened; Li Yi saw with his own eyes that two people with the same figure and appearance actually approached each other, and then their bodies were glowing with brilliant light; that was cosmic energy erupting.

Then those two people actually merged with each other.

Yes.

Li Yi himself was stunned on the spot, seeing with his own eyes those two people merging together.

Although reaching the Spirit Tribulation Realm, the body could change into thousands of forms, leaving the scope of a normal physical body, it was the first time seeing two bodies merging.

After merging, the two people became one person again; the appearance and figure hadn't changed, the only thing that changed was the momentum.

Because the cells in the body increased and the cosmic energy became more, the new individual's strength also became stronger.

But this was far from over.

Other people were also merging with each other, two into one, four into one... the number of people was decreasing rapidly, but a powerful aura was blooming.

"Cloning technique?" Li Yi watched curiously.

"No, this is Biochemical Splitting Technique."

The smart brain Xiao Mei on the side leaned over again and said: "This is what Xiao Mei named it; it is through super-speed cell regeneration, continuously splitting into new selves, and it can also possess the same thoughts and behaviors through soul connection, but because the number of individuals increases, his cultivation speed will continuously increase. Forty-five people means he has forty-five times the cultivation speed of a normal evolver."

"Damn, isn't this cheating?" Li Yi himself was shocked.

Can it still be played like this?

Splitting oneself, cultivating with clones, and then merging back together, doubling strength.

This was too perverted.

If this guy were allowed to cultivate immortality, that would be something.

As this person in front of him continuously merged, his body density increased, and the energy in his body was also continuously becoming stronger; at this time, it had already exceeded the limit of a Spirit Tribulation Realm evolver, and the strength was continuously doubling.

This smart brain Xiao Mei, what kind of monster did she create in this world.

But fortunately, this person didn't lose control and was very rational; although he possessed powerful strength, he didn't act recklessly, instead revealing a smile toward Li Yi.

"Evolver from Earth, hello, my name is Li Ruhai, I am a researcher at this base, very happy to meet you." Li Ruhai grinned and laughed.

Clearly, through the smart brain Xiao Mei, this person knew quite a bit of information.

"Hello, my name is Li Yi." Li Yi also nodded slightly and greeted him.

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