At the beginning, I traveled through the wilderness, and I controlled the beasts to survive.

It can be said that in just one afternoon, Leon and other teachers' research on the Black Stone Turtle was extremely valuable.

"When living things eat, energy is gradually reduced as it flows along the food chain. Black stone turtles eat coal and absorb the energy in the coal. Most of the energy will be consumed through daily activities such as breathing, moving, and releasing soul skills. , maybe only a small part of the energy will form high-quality coal and grow on the body, so... how to deal with these black stone turtles needs to be discussed in detail. "

Even though it had only been two days since Leon traveled through time, he seemed to know a lot about soul beasts in his words.

Finally, Leon looked at Dean Wu with a serious expression.

"What I want to say is that we do not have to fight or kill the spirit beasts. We can have in-depth cooperation with each other. I suggest that we cooperate with the Black Stone Turtle tribe and try to cooperate with some relatively gentle spirit beasts. Winning is the trend of future development.”

"That makes sense."

Dean Wu nodded, with a look of agreement on his face.

·Discovering large coal mines and soul beasts carrying high-quality coal is not just as simple as being able to build thermal power stations for the academy.

It will be of great help to the improvement of the industrial level of the college, the lives of the members, and even the matching of soul beasts.

In addition, what surprised Han Ning was that a soul beast like the Black Stone Turtle could not set fire.

In addition to releasing some black smoke with certain toxins, it can only hit people with its body like a heavily loaded truck.

The black stones on their bodies are good fuel. As long as they are used a little bit, many offensive methods can be developed.

…

In the following time, everyone in the college began to discuss the development of the coal mine intensively.

"According to Han Ning's speculation, the Black Stone Turtle population lives underground at least 500 meters below the surface. We can try to contact them while digging for mineral veins," Lyon suggested.

"Leave the mining matter to us." Teacher Zhou, who was sitting opposite Han Ning, raised his arms.

"My original master's thesis involved some research issues on coal mine processing equipment. I once went to a state-owned coal mine to experience life, and I have certain experience in the coal mining process."

"Although Black Stone Turtles have not shown strong combat capabilities, their threat cannot be underestimated. Candidates who go to mine Guangmai must have a certain level of combat, and the mining process must be based on insects, with humans assisting. Dean Wu nodded and added.

Listening to everyone's exchange, Han Ning, who was sitting in the corner, discovered that his help was not needed in the process of mining coal.

In terms of mining, Teacher Zhou is responsible for it. In terms of safety, there are tree spirits and tree demon insects protecting everyone. During the transportation process, blue-ringed bees are responsible for transportation.

Instead of feeling lost, he felt quite happy. Unknowingly, the strength of everyone in the college gradually improved, and they were no longer the ordinary people hiding in the dormitory shivering.

The lively discussion lasted for nearly three hours. In the end, everyone identified a series of issues related to coal mine mining. Han Ning was appointed as the general safety consultant for coal mining. He seemed very senior, but in fact, when everyone encountered an irresistible When you are a soul beast, help everyone solve their difficulties.

Han Ning also saw that Dean Wu actually wanted to spare more time for him to cultivate the soul beast.

The next morning, Teacher Zhou organized a mining team consisting of 20 humans, 20 dryads, tree demons, more than 30 blue-ringed bees, and 10 silver spiny damselflies, and went to the predetermined location for preliminary mining. Work. .

Others are responsible for staying in the college's machining center to study various equipment used for screening and processing of coal mines.

Coal mines cannot be used immediately after being mined. Instead, they need to go through relatively complex processing procedures, which involve a series of physical and chemical processes and require a certain amount of relevant knowledge in the industrial field. Only people with similar backgrounds can play. change.

Among the more than 100 newly admitted people, there were individuals who had worked in similar backgrounds, and they were all absorbed into the research group by Dean Wu.

The next day, Han Ning saw anemone carrying unprocessed steel pieces one after another to the machining center.

According to Dean Wu, the coal processing site will not be built in the college. After all, the process of coal processing will pollute the surrounding environment. Placing it in the college will undoubtedly affect everyone's life, and it will also have certain effects on the cultivation of insects. Influence.

The same goes for power stations. It is best to build them outside the college and then transport them into the school through some lines.

…

At noon that day, Han Ning had lunch and was about to go out to find fresh blood food for the egg cakes and all-encompassing silkworms.

As soon as I walked to the door of the dormitory area, I heard a slightly urgent voice coming from behind: "Han Ning, wait!"

Looking back, it was Teacher Zheng.

In Han Ning's memory, Teacher Zheng was always calm and calm, with a calm demeanor.

But at this moment, her slightly haggard face was full of anxiety.

"What's wrong?" Han Ning stopped walking.

"Yingying is sick. She has a disease that even doctors can't detect." Teacher Zheng hurried to Han Ning's side and explained in a hurry.

Her hair was messy and there were some bloodshot eyes.

Teacher Zheng took out his mobile phone, clicked on a picture, and showed it to Han Ning.

In the picture, a pretty girl with a pale face and heavy dark circles, her hair disheveled and a pair of dull eyes open, was lying on the bed, looking very weak.

Han Ning felt that this girl looked familiar, but she couldn't pronounce his name specifically.

There are more than 300 surviving teachers and students in the college. After spending such a period of time together, with his increasingly powerful mental power, he can basically remember everyone's face in his mind.

The number of teachers was small, and he knew all the teachers' names and appearances, but he never knew the specific names of the students.

"Her name is Zhao Yingying, she is a master's student majoring in bioengineering. Her mentor unfortunately died during the time travel, and then she was transferred to my hands by Dean Wu."

Teacher Zheng briefly introduced the identity of the girl on the screen.

"What's wrong with her?" Han Ning looked at her carefully for a while. Based on his experience, he could only tell that Zhao Yingying was a person who often stayed up late. He didn't see anything unusual.

Teacher Zheng sighed softly: "Actually... I don't know what happened to her. In the past week, her and I have been working in different directions. These days, other teachers and I have been busy improving insect food. Her The job is to sort out the items left behind by the Burning Fire Clan. I remember that she was fine three days ago. Until this morning, her roommate suddenly found me and said something was wrong with her..."

"After learning about Yingying's general condition, I contacted Dr. Sumarokov immediately. However, they did not find anything abnormal for the time being, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that her condition is deteriorating rapidly." Teacher Zheng He said as he walked towards Zhao Yingying's dormitory.

"Well, I understand, so you suspect that Zhao Yingying's illness is related to the soul beast?" Han Ning nodded and asked with a serious expression.

"The doctor said it might be caused by a soul beast. Later, I used the tree demon's soul purification skills to try to dispel her illness, but it had no effect." Teacher Zheng explained.

"Can't even purify the tree demon?" Han Ning frowned and looked carefully at Zhao Yingying on the screen.

However, he is not a doctor, and there is nothing unusual about him from the photos.

"Anyway, we have to wait until we meet Zhao Yingying in person before we can be sure." He quickened his pace. Life was at stake. It was better to solve the problem as soon as possible.

…

Zhao Yingying's dormitory is located on the 4th floor of Building B. Most of the people living on this floor are girls from the college.

When Han Ning and Teacher Zheng came here, there were already more than a dozen people gathered in the room, including all the teachers from the biology major, as well as Dr. Sumarokov and the others. He also saw Lena and Niya.

Teacher Fang, whom Han Ning was familiar with, leaned on the window sill, frowning, and looked at Zhao Yingying on the bed.

At this time, Niya was squatting beside Zhao Yingying's steel frame bed, observing the expression on the latter's face seriously.

A cyan dragonfly lay on Zhao Yingying's pale arm, with a sapphire-colored sheen on her body from time to time.

The anemone tree belonging to Zhao Yingying stood aside blankly, looking "at a loss".

Han Ning did not disturb Niya immediately. His eyes inadvertently glanced at the few girls watching behind him, and his brows jumped involuntarily.

In fact, the pretty girl on her left had terrifyingly dark eyes, no different from those of a giant panda, which simply ruined her delicate facial features.

Even though he was covered by glasses, he could still see the dark circles under his eyes that occupied almost half of his face.

"This...the dark circles under my eyes are too exaggerated."

Han Ning secretly said.

Not only him, but Teacher Zheng next to him also showed surprise when he saw the girl. Then he frowned and whispered:

"Mingli, what's wrong with your face?"

The girl named Mingli had a look of fear on her face. She walked up to Teacher Zheng and said in a crying tone: "Teacher Zheng, I don't know either."

As Mingli came closer, Han Ning immediately felt a familiar aura coming from her body.

The moment he smelled this breath, his expression suddenly became solemn.

"It's the breath of darkness..."

"Darkness? Dark energy?" Teacher Zheng heard his whisper.

Han Ning did not answer immediately, but suddenly stretched out his hand to hold the girl in front of him by the arm.

The girl was startled by his sudden movement, but she obviously knew Han Ning, so she didn't resist.

A purple-red tentacle protruded from Han Ning's fingertips and gently pierced into Ming Li's arm.

Immediately afterwards, wisps of black mist escaped from the skin of her arms and were absorbed by the tentacles.

As the black mist was pulled away, the thick dark circles on Mingli's face began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From the initial state of depression and dull eyes, the whole person gradually returned to normal.

Seeing that the other party's condition had improved, Han Ning asked: "Classmate...are you also a bioengineering major? What is your usual job content?"

The girl looked at Han Ning gratefully and quickly replied: "Yes, Zhao Yingying is my senior, and senior Yingying is the leader of our working group. Our usual job is to help her organize experimental materials, start work, and integrate Data files and the like.”

Han Ning wanted to continue asking. On the other side, Niya seemed to have completed the investigation of Zhao Yingying's physical condition. She heard the conversation between Han Ning and Mingli, and immediately turned her head and waved to Han Ning.

"Brother Han Ning." Seeing Han Ning coming over, Niya blinked her eyes and said hello to him in insect language.

Han Ning smiled, pointed at Zhao Yingying, who had her eyes closed, and asked: "Good afternoon, Niya, did you find anything just now?"

"It looks like it's being parasitized." Niya's tone was a little uncertain.

"Parasite?" Han Ning listened to this unfamiliar vocabulary and asked in confusion, "What is parasitism?"

Niya explained in a low voice: "My father said that parasitism is a technique that abyssal soul beasts are good at. The life breath of the parasitized person will be continuously extracted by the parasite until death."

"Abyssal soul beasts only exist in abyss full of death. It is almost rare to see this kind of situation in the home where we live. I... can't help her."

As she spoke, Niya lowered her head, with a somewhat remorseful expression on her face.

"It doesn't matter."

Han Ning comforted Niya softly, his eyes flashed and he looked at Zhao Yingying lying on the bed, his energy dissipated.

Not only was the familiar dark aura, but also a faint "smell" of decay coming from her body.

This rotten smell is not a smell, but some mysterious spiritual perception.

Like before, he stretched out his palm.

Several tentacles emitting purple halo shot out from the palm and penetrated into Zhao Yingying's body.

These dark energies, which even everyone was helpless to do anything about, were instantly swallowed up by the All-Seeing Silkworms.

Like Mingli, Zhao Yingying, who originally had dull eyes, pale face, and heavy dark circles, regained her consciousness the moment the dark energy was dissipated.

However, her physical condition was much worse than that of Mingli. Although her consciousness gradually recovered, her complexion was still horribly pale, like a corpse that had just entered the morgue.

Her eyes quickly returned to focus, and then the girl blinked and looked at the people standing in front of her.

"Teacher Zheng...Teacher Fang...and Teacher Liena...are you...Han Ning?" Zhao Yingying's voice trembled, and she could already recognize the identity of the person in front of her.

"It's okay." Teacher Zheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the student was back to normal.

Although the two girls' bodies returned to normal, the expression on Han Ning's face remained unchanged.

Niya's words echoed in his mind, parasitism... is a common trick used by abyss creatures. .

How could it appear in the academy?

Purple star snake? Impossible, the Purple Star Snakes in the academy are all cubs, so it is impossible to hurt Zhao Yingying.

Could it be that there are still some strange items in the hands of the Burning Fire Clan that have not been discovered by everyone?

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly had an idea.

"No, there is also a big shriveled egg of the Winged Demon..."

He thought of the big egg collected from the misty valley.

Since the big egg was almost withered and could not sense any breath of life, it was almost equivalent to death. After returning to the academy, he gave the egg to Teacher Fang and the others for study.

He quietly waited for Zhao Yingying to calm down and said:

"Classmate Zhao Yingying, the 'disease' you have is very strange. If it is convenient, can you tell me what you have experienced during this time?"