Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 675 - 499: Virus Conjugate_3

Rainbow waved her hand. "No need to thank me. I'm just a 'mere' Eighth Energy Level individual; I don't have enough clout to make the Atomic Holy Church give out this level of secret inheritance. It was the Director-General who obtained it for you."

Chen Gu was surprised. "Her?"

Rainbow scoffed. "Ungrateful brat!"

"The Director-General has always been clear about rewards and punishments. If you work hard and achieve great results, you will receive your deserved rewards; they will be substantial, never lacking."

When Chen Gu opened the "Taboo Nuclear Combat Technique," he became solemn. This wasn't an abridged version, but a complete set, ranging from the First Energy Level all the way up to the Ninth Power Level!

It was indeed as Rainbow had said, "all-encompassing." It contained various weapon techniques, including swordsmanship, compatible with the occupational abilities of a Radiation Missionary.

This meant that Chen Gu wouldn't have to worry about combat skills until he reached the Ninth Power Level.

In the last battle, he had clearly felt that his self-created "Nuclear Frenzy" was somewhat lacking in power. This "Taboo Nuclear Combat Technique" could not have come at a better time.

"Thank the Director-General on my behalf," Chen Gu said earnestly.

Rainbow waved her hand again. "Alright, let's get going. Just focus on doing your job well."

As the spaceship took off, Chen Gu opened the "Taboo Nuclear Combat Technique" and began to practice in silence.

He needed to practice two sets of swordsmanship: the "Destructive Nuclear Strike Sword" at the Fifth Energy Level and the "Devastating Nuclear Incineration Sword" at the Sixth Energy Level.

Each sword technique had three special "ultimate moves," similar to those high-impact sword moves like "Nuclear Frenzy."

After twelve hours of long interstellar travel, they landed on Yorhachi Star, within the territory of the Star State.

When the Star State first entered the Star Sea, its greed was hard to conceal; they rushed to occupy any planet they found. Currently, Star State has the largest number of colonial planets among all Star Nations.

But this was not necessarily a good thing for the Star Sea Era. For example, the Star State currently occupies many colonial planets but lacks the population to settle them all. This results in severe underpopulation on planets other than its few major colonies.

Without sufficient population, the development of these colonial planets lagged seriously behind.

No matter how many laws the Star State passed to incentivize childbirth, the effects were minimal.

By contrast, the Confederation was more restrained in seizing colonial planets. From the beginning, they adopted a strategy that emphasized both colonial and resource planets equally. Thus, the Confederation now possesses the most resource planets.

It's not that other Star Nations didn't value resource planets; they just didn't place as much emphasis on them as the Confederation did.

Yorhachi Star is more than ten times bigger than the ancient homeworld but has a population of less than two hundred million. In today's era, to call it "sparsely populated" would be generous; it's practically "barren."

The outbreak of the moss virus occurred "nearby."

Sol Star, the initial site of the outbreak, has completely fallen, and the Rights Association has lost contact with anyone on the planet.

The other three planets—Joels One, Joels Two, and Joels Three—are also nearly uncontrollable. The Rights Association, together with the Star State government and military, are doing their utmost, hoping to reverse the situation.

Chairman White, accompanied by Richard, stood at the military spaceport on Yorhachi Star, watching the Bureau of Mystic Security's spaceship descend. Turning to his subordinate, Chairman White glared and conveyed through his eyes, "Cooperate with them earnestly. At least until we can confirm whether they can be of help, our attitude must be friendly!"

"If you screw this up, I'll send you to Sol Star!"

"Yes," Richard could only agree.

Chen Gu and his team disembarked from the spaceship. Chairman White approached with open arms, embracing him warmly. "Chen, welcome! Hahaha..."

Chen Gu smiled and returned the embrace. Then, each side introduced their respective teams. When it was Richard's turn, Chen Gu shook his hand with a faint smile, not provoking the arrogant man further.

"Let's talk on the way," said White as everyone got into the vehicles. After the maglev car started, White immediately brought up various data files. "The situation is urgent," he said, "so I won't waste time on superficial pleasantries with our guests who have traveled so far."

"Here are satellite images of the situation on Sol Star's surface."

Chen Gu inquired, "Completely fallen?"

"Yes, we have lost all ability to make contact with anyone on the planet."

Chen Gu looked at the satellite images taken from space. Sol Star, like Yorhachi Star, has a population of only around two hundred million. Judging by its architecture, it seemed slightly more prosperous than Yorhachi Star.

But now, the surfaces of these buildings were also covered with a layer of green moss.

Dead bodies were strewn everywhere on the streets.

Charles asked from the side, "Are they all dead?"

White shook his head. "No, there are some of these things."

He gestured, fast-forwarding the footage. The screen showed a "forest," but this forest was bizarre, resembling both trees and flowers. It had a thick trunk only seven or eight meters tall, around which grew long, tentacle-like green branches. A vibrant and huge flower bloomed at the top of the trunk.

The flower contained stamens and pistils, with a large, bottle-shaped ovary beneath them.

On the outskirts of the forest, a few such plants were actually moving! They pulled their "roots" from the ground, revealing them to be thick black worms covered in flagella.

Their wriggling speed wasn't fast, but due to their immense size, their actual movement was not slow.

"What the hell is this?" Charles and the others exclaimed.

Chen Gu asked, "Is this an evolution of the moss virus?"

In the Confederation, due to timely intervention, the moss virus had not developed to this stage.

White responded, "We are not certain." He gestured again, fast-forwarding the footage. "There are also these creatures," he added, as a new scene appeared on the screen.

Unlike the previous forest, the "species" in this new footage were still a mix of animal and plant. Their main bodies resembled primates crawling on all fours, but they were several times larger—each seven to eight meters long.

Their bodies had turned green. Dense, long leaves with serrated edges grew from their backs, extending out to the sides. From the top of their heads sprouted a flexible yet strong floral stalk, at the end of which was a bright red, sharp-toothed flower. These flowerheads opened and closed erratically, as if ready to bite at any moment!

White said somberly, "There are other species as well. We believe that 'forest' is the result of some insects and the moss virus combining and evolving. As for these ape-like creatures... they are likely humans."

The faces of Chen Gu and his companions turned particularly grim, and a deep unease settled within them.