novelraw Chapter 316: What? The Swift Walker died from exhaustion?
Chapter 316: What? The Swift Walker died from exhaustion?
"Let me first check the situation of the Promiz Virus in the blood!" Doctor said as he placed the blood sample on a glass slide and began testing.
Not long after, Doctor's eyes left the microscope, but his expression was somewhat peculiar.
"Doctor, what's wrong?"
Then they saw Doctor look at Yu Yuan, hesitating to speak before saying, "King, I didn't see any living Promiz Virus... in the Swiftstrider's blood."
"Can't see living Promiz Virus? What does that mean?"
"Sigh..." Doctor sighed, organizing his words, "If I'm not mistaken, the reason the Swiftstrider died might be related to the death of the Promiz Virus within its body."
"How can that be? The emergence of the Promiz Virus is closely related to spirituality..." Yu Yuan trailed off here, suddenly stopping, his eyes narrowing slightly.
When the Swiftstrider died just now, they indeed didn't collect any dissipated Pure Spirituality.
Didn't that mean the Swiftstrider's body already had no Spiritual Energy at that time? Without spirituality, the Promiz Virus naturally died, resulting in the Swiftstrider's death.
In an instant, the Swiftstrider's death seemed logically complete.But now a new problem had emerged.
How could the spirituality within the Swiftstrider suddenly disappear?
"Yes! Why would the spirituality within the Swiftstrider suddenly disappear?" Yu Yuan pondered.
Hearing this, Doctor glanced at the thoughtful Yu Yuan and said quietly, "King, do you think it's possible..."
Yu Yuan looked at Doctor, showing an expression of listening attentively.
"Generally speaking, energy is conserved. Although Spiritual Energy is somewhat miraculous, it shouldn't escape this principle. Swiftstriders can keep moving entirely relying on the Spiritual Energy carried by the Promiz Virus to drive them.
But they've been maintaining maximum running intensity to generate electricity for so many days. Could it be that the Spiritual Energy within their bodies was completely exhausted because of this, leading to their deaths?"
"This..."
After several seconds, Yu Yuan raised his head, his expression complex.
"So that means, the Swiftstrider was worked to death!"
Although he really didn't want to admit this, it was indeed the most reasonable explanation.
Just like Doctor said—energy is conserved.
"King, actually you don't need to blame yourself. They're just monsters..." Doctor here thought Yu Yuan was falling into self-blame and was about to comfort him, but was met with Yu Yuan's surprised gaze.
"Blame myself? Why would I blame myself? I'm just regretting it. I always thought these Swiftstriders were tireless workhorses that could generate electricity for me indefinitely! Now they've suddenly died, that's troublesome..."
"Uh... alright then!" Doctor gave an awkward smile, momentarily not knowing what to say.
Yu Yuan looked at Doctor.
"Doctor, if that's the case, those few Swiftstriders in the Containment Room can still hold on for a while. The shelter's energy supply in the short term isn't a concern, but we must also start preparing the Swiftstrider virus reserves as soon as possible. I'll leave this matter to you."
"Understood. I'll start extracting the Swiftstrider's blood soon and put it into the Sorting Recycling Trash Can for virus recovery. But this matter relies purely on probability, it's hard to guarantee when we'll obtain the Swiftstrider's mutated virus..."
Doctor voiced his concern.
"I already have a solution for this matter. It should be resolved in at most two to three days."
"If that's the case, that's excellent!"
Now that they understood the true cause of the Swiftstrider's death, Yu Yuan didn't stay here any longer.
Following the principle of waste utilization, Yu Yuan had Doctor decompose those few dead Swiftstriders, then threw them into the Sorting Recycling Trash Can for garbage recycling.
Even a mosquito's leg is meat, can't let it go to waste.
He then went to the Containment Room on the first floor, captured 6 new Swiftstriders, and stuffed them into the Treadmill Power Room.
As the continuous sound of running once again filled the Generator Room, Yu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
He calculated the time. One batch of Swiftstriders could generate electricity continuously for about 12 to 13 days. This return rate was already quite good.
There were still 13 Swiftstriders in the Containment Room now, enough for two more batches.
With this much time, researching the Swiftstrider virus should be about enough.
"The Sorting Recycling Trash Can is ultimately just an aid. The most crucial thing is to completely master the cultivation of the Promiz Virus and the Swiftstrider mutated virus... and the key to this still relies on the Aurora Animal Assistance Association!"
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Green Forest City had now completely entered winter.
The city sky was overcast with dark clouds, not a trace of sunlight to be seen.
It gave people a murderous aura of an impending storm.
In the city's corners, every night, scavengers and survivors died from hypothermia due to the sudden low temperatures, without sufficient food or warm clothing for protection.
And as time passed, the number of deaths grew larger and larger.
Even the most obtuse members of the major factions noticed something was wrong. On one hand, they sent people to scavenge the entire city for heating supplies. Anything that could serve as fuel, whether tables, chairs, benches, or plastic garbage, was all hauled back.
On the other hand, they were opening underground shelters in their respective jurisdictions to deal with the impending Extreme Cold weather.
Unlike those factions that had only started preparing hastily.
The Black Rock Caravan had now officially moved into the underground civil air defense shelter.
After several days of cleaning and arrangement, the civil air defense shelter had completed all placements.
Each functional area was clearly divided. The most crucial one was naturally the material storage area, which contained all the survival supplies the Black Rock Caravan currently possessed.
It was also their final reliance for dealing with this Extreme Cold disaster.
And all areas outside the Black Rock Caravan personnel rest area were now completely piled high with collected fuel.
There was Fuel Oil, neatly stacked furniture Wood after disassembly, foam plastics, and so on.
The Black Rock Caravan members going out to collect supplies were still continuously gathering materials and moving them into the civil air defense shelter, tense and busy.
Yuan Lang and Zhou Yuan watched the busy crowd, their brows furrowed.
"Old Zhou, this Extreme Cold disaster is probably even more serious than imagined! According to that lord's words, what we're experiencing now is just the prelude before the disaster arrives, and it's already this cold. When the disaster fully descends in a few days, wouldn't it be..."
Yuan Lang's words carried deep worry.
Zhou Yuan clearly understood his concern and also sighed.
"Brother Yuan, we are already very fortunate. Knowing about this disaster a few days in advance, we've made sufficient preparations. Now we can only take one step at a time!"
"However, I think the difficulty is only temporary..." Zhou Yuan hesitated to speak further.
"Old Zhou, what do you mean by that? Does that lord have some plan?"
Zhou Yuan shook his head and looked at Yuan Lang.
"I don't know either. It's just a premonition. Brother Yuan, that lord's schemes exceed our understanding. I just have an instinctive intuition that as long as we closely follow that lord's footsteps, perhaps before long, our Black Rock Caravan will truly welcome an opportunity to turn things around..."
Seeing Zhou Yuan's meaningful gaze, Yuan Lang was slightly taken aback, then chuckled lightly.
"Old Zhou, don't worry! We brothers have come this far together. Your judgment has never been wrong before. I believed in your judgment in the past, and I will continue to believe in your judgment now and in the future. Since you choose to believe in and follow that lord, then I will naturally stand with you..."
Hearing Yuan Lang's words, Zhou Yuan smiled.
"Brother Yuan, believe me, that day won't be long."