The higher the biohazard, the more valuable the biological information is.
At this time, Zheng Senlin's exploration coins had reached 1,220 points. Not only did he make up for the cost of the electromagnetic rifle just now, he even had a balance.
But Zheng Senlin was still dissatisfied, because when he was browsing the information of the Advanced Civilization Store, he saw what he wanted - a low-level genetic engineering course on carbon-based organisms.
Yes, it has this simple name, but the price is a terrifying 5,000 points. The "lower courses" of higher civilizations are just like the introductory courses of universities. For lower civilizations in the primary school stage, they are still high-end things.
At this time, Zheng Senlin took the time to read the above introduction, and the explanation clearly stated that this was the product of at least a level 1.5 civilization.
In other words, if the earth develops independently, it may take hundreds of years to develop in units of hundreds of years before it can fully master this knowledge.
5,000 points is very expensive. If you don't use it to buy courses, but directly buy equipment or enhancers, you can directly create an enhanced "American Team". However, Zheng Senlin still felt that the course was more worthwhile.
"We've packed up Mr. Zheng, shall we evacuate?" Cheng Xin installed the last detonator and was about to say a few more words when Han Dong sent a warning, "A lot of slime-like insects are coming. It should be Mr. Zheng who said scavengers."
"Let's go." It was not advisable to stay here for a long time. After looking at the situation of the trees in the forest, Zheng Senlin chose a direction and led the team forward.
Follow the gaps between the trees.
The further we walked into the woods, the darker it became.
Because the further you go into the forest, the denser the trees become and the danger increases greatly.
Just now, because everyone had their backs to the Stone Mountain, they almost only had to be alert for dangers in the front. Now that they are deep into the jungle, there are dangers from all directions.
Although everyone was extremely focused, they ran into trouble just two kilometers into the jungle.
Li Li stepped on a mushroom-like creature. It was hidden among the weeds and was difficult to distinguish. As soon as Li Li set his foot, the thing exploded. The power of the explosion was not very strong, just enough to knock him over, but with the explosion, smoke and dust were everywhere.
"It's fungal spores, they should be poisonous, hold your breath!" Zheng Senlin just reminded, everyone dispersed and held their breath, but Li Li was surrounded by mushroom dust, and the spores covered his body and penetrated into his nasal cavity.
Immediately, red rashes appeared all over his neck. At the same time, he began to have difficulty breathing, and he could not make normal sounds like "ahhhhh" in his mouth.
Seeing his comrade like this, Ma Xiaodong dragged him out of the dust range without saying a word. At the same time, he also got a lot of red rashes on his arms.
While everyone was rescuing his comrades, Zheng Senlin suddenly raised his head and looked around. A mushroom reproduces by emitting fungal spores. Although this is strange, it is not without precedent. It can completely blow itself up to complete the reproduction. This This all-or-nothing approach does not conform to the laws of biology unless—
"They have symbiotes, be careful around you and prepare to fight!"
Zheng Senlin's reminder was very timely. Cheng Xin entered combat mode as soon as she heard the order, and under Zheng Senlin's instructions, she held incendiary bombs to guard the surrounding area.
As soon as he finished preparations, the surrounding vines began to move. Those tree vines were like ivy, originally parasitic on those tall trees, like dead things.
After the dust from the fungus spores spread over them, the vines all came to life as if some kind of switch had been turned on, and then squirmed and swept towards everyone from all directions.
Facing this kind of thing, ordinary firearms were completely ineffective. Fortunately, Cheng Xin had already prepared incendiary bombs and threw them directly forward. The flames forced back part of the vines and opened an escape route ahead. road.
"Run quickly."
While the flames were dying and the deterrent force was still there, everyone hurriedly ran out of the area. The vines behind them "smelled" the spores and pursued them for a while, but finally did not leave their parasitic place and died down. shrank back.
"It's so dangerous. No wonder the survival rate is so low." Cheng Xin let out a long sigh of relief. In the successive battles, without the early warning of an expert like Zheng Senlin, everyone would have died more than three times.
"How are you?" Ma Xiaodong put Li Li on the ground. Seeing that his breathing was getting faster and faster, he looked worried, "Mr. Zheng, what's wrong with him?"
"The fungus is poisonous and causes allergic reactions. The nose and mouth are swollen..." Zheng Senlin first checked Li Li's nostrils and throat, then lay on his chest and listened for a while, "There is no problem with the lungs, and the body function has not improved significantly. Decline, just need to address the breathing issues and should be able to recover.”
While Zheng Senlin was talking, he found a hollow branch using local materials, cut Li Li's trachea with a military dagger, and inserted the branch into it.
"Oh..." Li Li immediately gasped, a sound like playing a flute came out of his throat, and his expression finally became normal. "Rinse his face, mouth and nasal cavity with drinking water. I'll see what's available in the store." There is no one selling related detoxification products.”
"High temperature sequence" can only kill viruses and bacteria, but cannot decompose biochemical toxins.
After Zheng Senlin directed several people to treat him, he opened the interface of the Advanced Civilization Store and began to check the list.
Things from advanced civilizations are very expensive, and ordinary antidote potions are sold for 210 a bottle. Although the functions described above are very powerful, Zheng Senlin feels that they are not worth it.
Moreover, for this fungus attack, simple detoxification is of no use. The spores must be removed surgically, which is even more troublesome. To completely clean it up, you need equipment and time.
"Mr. Zheng, don't spend money..." Li Li woke up a little after being rescued. The first time he woke up was to stop Zheng Senlin from spending money, "I can hold on, the swelling in my throat is not that bad, and I can breathe. All this money was exchanged for life. The people in the previous exploration team couldn’t exchange for much money with their lives, so don’t waste it.”
"Well, let me check your body first." Zheng Senlin has no emotions, and naturally he will not be pretentious. He will take action when he feels it is necessary, and he will not act like a mother-in-law if it is not necessary.
He first squatted down and tested Li Li's vital signs with the machine behind him, and then pulled out the tiny burr-like spores stuck in his skin, which were like the "mouth" of a mosquito. After studying it for a while, he said: "The situation Not very optimistic, it won’t be long before mushrooms grow on your face.”
"What?" Hearing this, even if Li Lihan was not afraid of death, he still felt a little scary.
"Alien mushrooms will grow on your face, neck, nostrils, and even eyes. Fortunately you didn't inhale them, otherwise the mushrooms would have filled your internal organs." Zheng Senlin carefully observed the structure of the spores with a small lens he carried. " Although this thing is biologically simple, its structure is far more complex than earth spores. After it penetrates your skin, it will absorb the nutrients in your capillaries and then directly take root and sprout."
"Didn't I clean it up?" Cheng Xin asked.
"Can you wash off all the dust on your body when you take a shower? Besides, some of the spores have already penetrated into the skin and are completely infiltrated. It cannot be cleaned."
"What should we do?"
"Before it completely attacks, accumulate more points, and then go back and I will perform surgery on you." Zheng Senlin looked at Li Li, "Can you bear the pain?"
"able."
"That's good. It will be very painful when mushrooms grow all over your body."
