bioinnovel Chapter 326 94.7%!
Chapter 326 94.7%!
He swam to the first source of pollution along the coordinates marked by the system.
They found it quickly: a dark red, semi-solid substance embedded in a crevice in the seabed, with flowing light patterns on its surface. It had the same texture as the core on the cargo ship, only much smaller, about the size of a fist.
Zhang Yan took out the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship and brought it close to him.
The edge of the disk lit up, absorbed the light, three seconds later, it was over.
System notification: The absorption of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart's energy is complete, with a completeness increase of 0.2%, currently at 93.2%.
He swam to the next coordinate.
The second one was hidden deeper, under a broken anchor chain. It was flat in shape, but had a higher energy density than the first one, and took five seconds to absorb.
+0.3%, currently 93.5%.
The third one was in the wreckage of a sunken fishing boat. He had to crawl inside to get it. The cabin was dark, so he used a flashlight to shine it on and stuck the Heart of Heaven on it.
I felt some resistance during absorption, unlike the previous two. Something was struggling in this source of pollution.
He ignored it, increased the pressure of the fit, and the Heart of Heaven emitted a brief burst of intense light.
Five seconds, that's it.
+0.4%, currently 93.9%.
After clearing the three areas, he floated to the surface, suspended in the waves, and opened his mask slightly to get some fresh air.
The port lighthouse is two kilometers to the south, and the roar of fishing boat engines can be heard across the water.
He didn't go ashore, but dived back down and waited underwater 300 meters from the shoreline, summoning the Black Scorpion and letting it spread out to his right.
He then had the system send a simulated "energy disturbance" signal to the two B+ level locations.
It's like throwing a pebble into a rock.
Two minutes later, the system detected abnormal movement—one of them turned around and headed towards the sea.
The other one didn't move.
Zhang Yan stared at the moving signal, watching its path on the system map.
It came to the sea because it sensed that the three sources of pollution had disappeared and wanted to confirm something.
Okay, let's have it come and confirm.
The signal was getting closer and closer, one hundred meters, fifty meters.
Zhang Yan didn't move. He pressed the Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart, and the Black Scorpion silently gathered its power on his right.
Thirty meters.
The pressure underwater changed—it wasn't water pressure, but a unique heaviness that comes with being near high-level pollutants, like tinnitus before a sudden drop in air pressure.
Then it appeared.
Its form is that of a mutated large ray with a wingspan of over three meters. Its eye sockets are empty and emit a dark red light. Six rib-like bony spurs protrude from its abdomen, with black, corrosive liquid at their tips.
It remained in the water, probing something.
Before it could complete its positioning, Zhang Yan ordered the Black Scorpion to cut in from the right, aiming the particle cannon at its wing root and firing.
hit.
The ray struggled, and a hole burst open in its wing membrane, spilling black liquid into the water. Zhang Yan retreated two meters to avoid it.
Then the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship was pushed out and pasted on.
Purification pulse activated.
three seconds.
The ray-shaped creature twitched, the dark red light in its eye sockets rapidly diminished, its bone spurs retracted one by one, its entire body shrank, and finally it turned into a mass of grayish-white organic matter, floating in the water and drifting away with the waves.
+0.8%, currently 94.7%.
It's only 0.3% away from 95%.
He glanced up at the water's surface, then stared back at the system map.
The second one hasn't moved yet.
Zhang Yan thought for a moment and decided not to use analog signals anymore.
He swam directly inland, letting the sea-devouring shark follow behind, circled around the edge of the bay, and found a shallow area without fishing boats to go ashore.
After changing his clothes, he located the approximate position of the companion—in an abandoned salt field west of the port.
He walked over, without rushing, with a normal stride, his hands in his coat pockets, his Thousand Machine Arm retracted, and his Black Scorpion set to standby underwater.
The salt fields had been abandoned for a long time. The ground, covered with a salt crust, made a crisp sound when stepped on, and was a grayish-white expanse where the afternoon sun cast long shadows.
The system showed that the companion was 80 meters ahead and hadn't moved.
Zhang Yan stopped fifty meters away.
Opposite, deep in the salt fields, a shadowy figure lay prone on the ground.
He couldn't see its form clearly, but he could sense that it was watching him.
He took his hand out of his pocket, adjusted the coverage of the Thousand Machine Arm to its maximum, and spread his right hand out.
Then just walk over there.
The shadow moved—much faster than he expected, like a black line springing up from the ground and lunging at him.
Zhang Yan sidestepped the frontal attack, and the Thousand Machine Arm locked onto its side ribs, slamming it to the ground.
It smashed into the salt crust.
He pressed his divine craftsmanship onto it, fitting it perfectly.
+0.7%.
When the system notification popped up, the salt fields had already returned to silence.
He stood on the ground and glanced at the system panel.
Completeness of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart: 95.4%.
It's over.
"System, has the Four Spirits Cooperative Sealing Mode been unlocked?"
[Unlocked. The Four Spirits Resonance Network can be activated. It will take effect after the host confirms the multi-entity collaborative command mode.]
[It is recommended to complete a joint testing phase before the official sealing operation to verify the response delays and coordination errors of each unit.]
Zhang Yan put aside his artistic ambitions and stood in the salt field for a while.
The wind blew up the white fragments from the salt crust, which floated for a while in the afternoon light before settling down.
He turned on his phone.
"Okay." He sent Nie Qingcheng only two words.
Ten seconds later, Nie Qingcheng replied.
"What's good?"
Zhang Yan thought for a moment and replied:
"The one you mentioned, the one that was just a little short."
This time, Nie Qingcheng remained silent for twenty seconds.
Then came a voice message.
He put on his headphones and played the music.
There was only her voice inside, very soft, with a slight huskiness, like someone who had just finished drinking hot tea.
"That's good. Come back soon."
Six words, and it's over.
Zhang Yan locked his phone and walked back the way he came, his shoes crunching on the salt crust.
Seven months and nineteen days to go, Heavenly Craftsmanship 95.4%, Four Spirits Cooperative Sealing Mode unlocked.
Next, we need to find Ito.
The return journey was slower than the outward journey, but Zhang Yan wasn't in a hurry. He had the Devouring Shark switch to energy-saving mode, maintaining a constant speed of thirty knots.
He did one thing in the cockpit: he brought up the Four Spirits Collaborative Network initialization interface and began checking the standby status of each machine one by one.
White Tiger – Storage space, fully charged, can be summoned at any time.
Vermilion Bird – Storage space, energy 83%. It wasn't replenished after I took Nie Qingcheng flying there last time, so I need to recharge it when I have time.
Azure Dragon – Storage space, energy 91%, good condition.
Xuanwu – East Sea Relics, low power consumption, ready to be summoned. There are still 41 hours until the last summon.
The system's recommended approach for joint testing is to find an area with open terrain, strong ground bearing capacity, and isolated personnel, summon all five mechs simultaneously, simulate a sealing formation, and test the response delay and coordination error of each mech.
In theory, this matter requires an open space of about one square kilometer or more, with the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, and Black Tortoise deployed at the four corners, the Tyrannosaurus Rex on the outer perimeter, and Zhang Yan controlling it from the center.
The question is, where can we find such a place?
He ran through it in his mind; the valley of Qinglong Ridge was too small to accommodate Xuanwu.
He was unsure whether the underwater ruins in the East China Sea could be placed there, but the energy fluctuations from operating five mechs simultaneously might cause problems with the ruins themselves.
Another option is at sea.
In the high seas, in the deep sea area, with no ships for tens of kilometers in radius, the mechs were able to deploy on the water.
Xuanwu is a defensive creature and doesn't need to move much; it can simply float on the water.
The Vermilion Bird controls the air, high in the sky. The White Tiger and Azure Dragon are on the water. The Tyrannosaurus Rex is clearing the area from the outside.
This option has the highest feasibility.
Once Xuanwu's cooldown time is up, he will go and pick it up, then directly take it to the designated sea area for joint testing.
I did the math—the cooldown period for Xuanwu will end tomorrow at 2 PM.
Then tomorrow.