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Chapter 37 Extracts from Undead Bones, Scientists' Irregular Operations (Please Read and Add to Favorites)

"It's not scientific, but it makes perfect sense!"

Su Mingjin looked behind her: "Is this all the data you collected?"

"To be on the safe side, we will only conduct high-altitude reconnaissance and intelligence gathering."

"A very good method!" Su Mingjin said, looking at Li Jingze and the others' analysis.

From early morning until now, the weather in this other world has been fine, with only a light blizzard.

The advance team enhanced communication equipment, enabling drones to fly farther. In just half a day, the troops collected more than ten times the amount of valuable data they had collected before!

Due to various interferences, the troops in the first two days were only able to collect topographic maps of an area with a radius of thirteen kilometers centered on the time portal.

With improved weather and signal strength, the drone's communication range increased. The Eagle drone hovered over 40 kilometers away, accelerating the collection of terrain maps.

Dozens of kilometers away, humans discovered an uninhabited village and farmland that appeared to be covered in ice and snow.

Even some mountain valleys that are suspected to contain iron ore deposits.

In the past few hours, humans have also discovered that the intensity of electromagnetic interference seems to be related to the geographical environment.

The further south the drone flies, the weaker the electromagnetic interference becomes.

When the drone reached the boundary between the green forest and the snow-covered forest, the interference decreased by orders of magnitude.

However, with more leads discovered, the number of tasks the troops had to complete also increased.

Su Mingjin put the matter of the green forest boundary into the second priority, and said to Li Jingze with a smile: "This is a very important clue. But the magic of the other world is too fantastical. We need to take it one step at a time. First, we need to thoroughly understand and analyze everything within a 50-kilometer radius, and then solve the hidden danger of the undead."

"Ok!"

"By the way, are the soldiers in the advance team ready?"

"We've already gone to the frozen lake to collect hydrological and fish resource data."

Su Mingjin nodded, said a few words to Li Jingze, and then headed to the advance team's scientific experiment base next door.

As soon as she arrived outside the laboratory, she saw Li Xiang, Deng Dakang, Li Donglai and several others walking out of it.

Their faces beamed with barely suppressed excitement.

But upon seeing the crowd, Su Mingjin's pupils contracted slightly.

Deng Dakang, a top expert in the field of biology, has actually removed the protective helmet from his isolation suit, completely exposing his head and face to the air of the other world!

"Nonsense!"

Su Mingjin's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable sternness: "Professor Deng, who gave you permission to take off your helmet?"

The smile froze on Deng Dakang's face.

Li Xiang and Li Donglai, who were standing next to him, also stopped smiling and subconsciously straightened up.

"Commander Su!" Deng Dakang, with dark circles under his eyes, quickly explained, "Don't worry, we spent the whole night analyzing the cells we collected from organisms, and we've confirmed with 100% certainty that the air in this world is harmless to humans!"

Su Mingjin's gaze remained sharp as a knife.

"I remember that the large mass spectrometer and gene sequencing equipment are still on the other side of the time portal. What is the basis for your confirmation?"

“It’s a small device…” Deng Dakang’s voice trailed off. He yawned and quickly added, “But the data is absolutely reliable.”

"Reliable?" Su Mingjin took a step forward, staring at Deng Dakang. His face was sallow, oily, with dark circles under his eyes, and he looked somewhat listless, but very excited.

The physical abnormalities are clearly caused by staying up late.

Su Mingjin, puzzled, continued, "Professor Deng, before coming here, you must have memorized some reliable regulations for cooperating with superiors, right?"

"I memorized it!" Deng Dakang's forehead was covered in sweat: "I think I was just too excited. After finding that there was no problem with the air, I excitedly took off my helmet."

Suppressing her anger, Su Mingjin gritted her teeth and said, "The advance team doesn't need reliability, it needs absolute certainty! What if there's some unknown virus with an extremely long incubation period in the air? If you fall ill because of it, how can I explain it to the country? How can I explain it to your families?"

After hearing these words, Deng Dakang broke out in a cold sweat.

He opened his mouth, awkwardly trying to explain, "I...I really checked..."

"Professor Deng's mistake was unintentional," Li Donglai quickly interjected, trying to smooth things over.

"Professor Deng, you should still remember the 'Level One Safety Regulations for Interdimensional Exploration', right?"

"Uh." Deng Dakang's face turned deathly pale.

The atmosphere became somewhat tense for a moment. Li Donglai smiled and turned to Su Mingjin, trying to ease the tension.

"President Su, don't be angry. Old Deng is just too excited. Our discovery this time is absolutely... a surprise that could change everything!"

"Yes, yes! I couldn't help myself when I made a major discovery."

Su Mingjin pointed to the laboratory: "Let's go inside and talk."

She glanced at Deng Dakang: "And also, put your helmet on right now!"

Deng Dakang shrugged: "Actually, our self-circulating suits can't protect against the special gas molecules in the air of another world."

Everyone looked at Professor Deng Dakang.

“While our isolation suits achieve a level of isolation of 0.018 micrometers, the diameter of gas molecules is concentrated in the 0.1 nanometer range. The unknown elements we detected are estimated to be even smaller and highly reactive. Electron microscopy requires special techniques to detect them. I even have evidence suggesting that the elements in this other world are estimated to be an order of magnitude smaller than gas molecules, which is why I…”

Su Mingjin stared coldly at the other person.

Deng Dakang gave an awkward smile, swallowed hard, and then put on his helmet with a sheepish grin.

"Professor Deng, we are carrying out a military scientific research mission!" Li Donglai suddenly said from the side.

Deng Dakang nodded dejectedly: "I just had a moment of lapse in judgment!"

Su Mingjin then continued to inquire, "Professor Deng, how long have you been without sleep? You didn't drink before you came, did you?"

"Uh, not much, not much! I never drink when I'm on a mission."

"Professor Deng, please tell me the exact time!"

"Ugh, over 60 hours. I only slept for 3 hours! Well... I was just too excited to sleep."

"hiss…"

"Professor Deng, you need to rest right now."

"Yes, but let me report on my work first. I feel good in this other world, and I think I can work on my research for another 72 hours."

Looking at Deng Dakang, whose eyes were black and blue, Su Mingjin had a headache: "Let's go to the lab."

Upon entering the laboratory, Su Mingjin's gaze swept over the still-operating instruments.

"Before we arrived here, our drone reconnaissance unit discovered a clear boundary between magic and non-magic in the south, where electromagnetic interference dropped precipitously."

She looked at everyone and got straight to the point: "Now, tell me about your surprise, and hopefully it will be worthy of the value that Professor Deng is willing to break the rules to celebrate."

"Perfect match!"

Deng Dakang's voice became muffled as he put his helmet back on, but his fervor remained undiminished.

He walked quickly to a laboratory table and carefully picked up a fully enclosed glass container.

Inside the tube, some liquid shimmered faintly under the light.

"President Su, do you remember those wolves, deer, and undead we dissected before?"

"Yesterday, through various analytical methods, as well as the hair, blood sacrifices, and pieces of meat left behind by wolf packs and deer herds, we determined that the organisms in the other world are almost the same as our modern humans, except that they are stronger."

Li Donglai also laughed and said, "It's similar on my end. The analysis of the grain seeds revealed an X element that is beneficial to plant growth. After collecting the intestines of the fresh undead corpses from the previous night raid, we unexpectedly found a lot of undigested bone fragments and grains."

"The food is safe for us humans to eat! The mice we brought here have no physiological problems. The air is harmless too, which is why I took off my protective suit by myself!" Deng Dakang said with a smile.

Air, water, and food.

The confirmation of these three fundamental elements means that the foundation for human survival in this world is now secure.

This is fantastic news.

But Su Mingjin knew that this was not all that could excite Deng Dakang to the point of violating the rules.

Her gaze fell on the vial of fluorescent liquid. She then asked, "Is this all I'll record?"

"What remains are the extraordinary elements that can drive the undead."

Deng Dakang held up some water-soluble substances that emitted a faint fluorescence: "These are things we extracted from the remains of the dead."

Su Mingjin's temples throbbed as she looked at all this!

(End of this chapter)