Chapter 19: Anomalies in the Sample
This was a large house with a garage attached.
The room was clean and tidy, comfortably arranged, with curved glass windows on one side that even allowed a view of the jungle outside.
The house was fully furnished with all kinds of amenities, filled with a lived-in atmosphere. It was hard to believe this was a room inside a hunter’s monitoring station.
But why was there a swimming pool?
Was this for exploring the abyss or for a vacation?
If it weren’t for exploring the abyss, Mo Ling would even want to just laze around here indefinitely.
It’s good to be rich.
Li Luo opened the refrigerator, which was already full of food.
“What do you want to eat?”
“Then we can communicate through this!”
Therefore, Mo Ling still concealed part of his situation, not telling Li Luo that he was actually trapped inside the cube.
Over these few days, the data and biological samples Li Luo uploaded were audited one after another, with the electronic screen constantly refreshing information.
After getting the answer, Stationmaster Liang pondered for a moment and said:
“Red string worms don’t parasitize on a large scale to begin with. This was also a point of doubt you mentioned in the data. But if it’s like this, it can be explained.”
“And it’s not a red string worm cell.”
Mo Ling was quickly proven wrong.
“Can you eat more? Would it allow teleportation over longer distances?”
Mo Ling looked for a long time but didn’t see any problem.
It seems the acquisition of monitoring station points is not limited to just missions. The various data obtained during missions is the main source.
But at least they can communicate now.
“You may not be able to see clearly on a macro level.”
Li Luo looked excitedly at the transmitted electronic screen.
Li Luo nodded again.
The extra points this time were so many only because the data Li Luo uploaded filled very important data gaps.
Through the electronic screen, Mo Ling told Li Luo about the abilities he currently possessed, though all from the perspective of a relic.
“But when our institute examined these cells, we found major issues.”
The girl’s only daily activity was scrolling through information about various relics and abyss creatures on the electronic screen.
Stationmaster Liang hurriedly found some images and explained:
“These images are of normal red string worm cells and vibration beast cells. But the cells shown on the display now are neither of those two types.”
After Mo Ling selected the food, Li Luo took out an electronic screen, placed it on the table, and asked: “You should be able to operate this, right? You can in dreams.”
After receiving the message, Li Luo headed towards the research institute with the small car.
Mo Ling wrote down several foods he liked to eat on the electronic screen.
Compared to the principles behind the cube’s abilities, she was clearly more interested in the cost.
Could there be many relics capable of communication?
Mo Ling didn’t ask Li Luo this question, fearing it would arouse suspicion. It seemed he’d have to find the answer himself.
The rarer the data, the more points it’s worth, after all the monitoring station was established to study the abyss.
Stationmaster Liang asked seriously: “Li Luo, are you sure what you sent over was a sample of a vibration beast that died after being parasitized by red string worms?”
[Dream Qilin biological sample audit completed. Reward: 500 monitoring station points.]
They lay quietly in the culture equipment, not looking particularly strange.
Inside the research institute, Stationmaster Liang was explaining to Li Luo the oddities of this biological sample.
After discussing abilities, Li Luo was again unusually curious about the cost of using the cube.
[Red string worm parasitism image data audit completed. Reward: 500 monitoring station points.]
Then Mo Ling discovered that the metal cube’s shell seemed to block all signals.
“What kind of food do you like? Can you write it out?”
Stationmaster Liang: “Li Luo, please come to the research institute when you have time. There’s an issue with the red string worm parasitism sample you sent over last time.”
Stationmaster Liang led Li Luo to a device inside the research institute, pointing at the screen and saying: “That type of unknown cell in the sample, we researchers are very familiar with it. Look, it’s this kind.”
Until now, Li Luo had believed the cube was a relic, a relic with self-awareness.
At this moment, a message suddenly came through.
Mo Ling suddenly realized that his plan to bring in Li Luo’s bracelet for controlling the small car and use it himself had fallen through. He had been thinking he could control the small car to go out for a spin.
[Vibration beast image data audit completed. Reward: 300 monitoring station points.]
Mo Ling was also very surprised.
“Where did you throw away the trash from the food you ate?”
She was leisurely vacationing in the room, having others deliver food whenever she was hungry.
After communicating, Mo Ling realized just how big Li Luo’s misunderstanding about the cube had been before.
Li Luo herself didn’t seem to have expected such a result either. Every time it refreshed, she looked at the electronic screen unable to contain her joy.
Using the electronic screen inside, he could neither receive nor send information, only communicate with Li Luo through writing.
“So little?” Li Luo was full of confusion.
“If you eat these, will it upgrade your abilities?”
Mo Ling looked towards the screen, which showed a group of constantly twisting transparent cells.
…
In these few days at the monitoring station, Li Luo was quite obedient, not taking on new missions again, and not even going out the door.
“Then there’s a big problem. I remember in the data you uploaded, you said the reason for this vibration beast’s abnormal activity was due to large-scale parasitism by red string worms?”
[Dream Qilin image data audit completed. Reward: 500 monitoring station points.]
After all the mission data was settled, it looked like Li Luo was planning to take on new missions.
After speaking, she took out the food and placed it in front of the cube one by one.
“…”
Looking at Li Luo, who was so enthusiastic about food before him, Mo Ling seriously doubted whether she was the same cold girl he had met at the beginning.
Finally, after all the data had been audited, Li Luo’s points reached 5000.
“Can’t let her know I’m not a relic.”
Mo Ling really wanted to press the girl about when she would go take on missions again.
“Weren’t you in a hurry to go to the second layer of the abyss? What about the points!”
For now, their cooperation was going smoothly, so it could continue for a while. He still needed to keep hiding for some time.
“In the entire parasitism sample, we found two types of cells. One is from the vibration beast, and the other is this unknown cell you see.”
Mo Ling brought the electronic screen in and wrote one word on it: “Yes.”
Li Luo nodded affirmatively.
Then she tirelessly talked to the cube, mostly about various foods.
Mo Ling was also a bit confused.
She opened the electronic screen to check the latest mission.
Time passed quickly.
“Also, what flavors do you like to eat?”
The stationmaster led Li Luo to a display, which was showing a microscopic view of the parasitism sample.
The electronic screen popped up with all kinds of miscellaneous information, and Mo Ling watched as Li Luo’s points soared.
Li Luo seemed very happy after learning about the principles behind Mo Ling’s abilities.
Li Luo also looked very confused.
Li Luo took out another electronic screen, trying to get Mo Ling to transmit information outward.
…
Mo Ling compared this type of cell with the unknown cells in the previous parasitism sample and found they were indeed the same type.
Why would this situation occur?
He had seen with his own eyes Li Luo encapsulate that infected slime.
That capsule had been kept in the storage box, staying within Mo Ling’s field of vision, with no possibility of being swapped.
Could it be that they were these unknown cells from the beginning?
