1762 Increase in Rewards
“The Hipkaru clan has always insisted on ‘purification’ and research. After they took control of the mausoleum’s guarding work, they chose to study the corpses in secret, so they secretly built a secret research institute on the top of the mausoleum.”

Charlene said as she continued to flip to the next page, “To ensure that the corpses in the research won’t mutate, the Hikaru clan has set up spatial traps and deployed guards to protect the mausoleum, and they have completely hidden themselves from this world.”

“This secret experiment has been going on for 20 years. It was suddenly put on hold at the last minute due to an emergency. All spawns and researchers have to complete the emergency evacuation within three hours.”

Fang Heng asked, “Put on hold? For what reason?”

“The evacuation happened very suddenly. The laboratory logs didn’t explain it, but from the time left in the logs, it happened before the spawns completely disappeared.”

Charlene frowned and continued, “Combined with the information we collected in the past, the spawns encountered a life-and-death crisis during that period. To deal with the crisis, the spawns gathered all their strength.”

“The evacuation of the research site should be related to that crisis.”

Fang Heng finally understood what had happened in the secret research institute on the second floor.

At the same time, a game notification appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player has obtained partial information. The player’s current mission-Main mausoleum exploration mission completion rate has increased to 150%.]

[Hint: The player has completed the mission. The player can choose one of the following rewards, or choose to continue to increase the mission completion rate to obtain more rewards.]

Mission reward option 1: Random skill book from A to S-level.

Mission reward option 2: 100,000 King of Gods’ points.

Mission reward option 3: Intermediate academic skill advancement book*1.

The mission completion rate had increased by a large margin! Even the mission rewards had increased greatly!

Fang Heng’s heart skipped a beat.

The mission had not been forced to end, which meant that there was still a possibility of further progress.

If he continued to think of ways to increase his mission completion rate, he might even be able to obtain a higher-level academic skill advancement book!

Charlene flipped to the last few pages of the experimental record manual and suddenly found something good. Her eyes revealed a surprised expression. Then, she raised her head and kept sweeping her gaze across the second floor, as if she was searching for something.

“Hmm? Another discovery?”

Charlene nodded and said, “Yes. The spawns collected a small piece of living sample from the corpse. They were originally prepared to carry out further research and experiments. However, because they suddenly received news and retreated, the experiment was temporarily delayed. The living body was temporarily dormant.”

Fang Heng’s pupils contracted.

“A small part of the corpse? You mean…”

“Yes.”

Charlene whispered, “The spawns’ research lab is conducting experiments on the corpses before they evacuated. Theoretically, the corpse slices are also part of the infected parts, carrying the virus.”

“So that thing down there hasn’t been eliminated?”

“Yes, the purpose of the simulation experiment is to replace the version of the Avira chip. The spawns were originally preparing to modify the Avira chip and implant it into the spawns. They believe that the latest version of the Avira chip can more effectively suppress the activity of the virus. The research on the corpse has also completely proved this point. The design is still in the final adjustment.”

Since it was related to the Avira chip, Charlene couldn’t help but feel nervous. Her expression was quite serious.

Fang Heng’s eyes lit up as he asked, “What do you mean? The spawns have already left behind a new version of Avira’s chip design. If we can find the design, we can replicate the chip?”

“No, it’s not quite the same. The blueprint hasn’t been released yet. The spawns are already in the final stage of simulating the design and modifying it. The final blueprint still needs to go through the simulation step.”

Fang Heng’s heart began to beat faster as he listened.

Wasn’t that the same thing?

A silver lining?

Fang Heng thought to himself, “Why are you still acting so cold?”

He further confirmed with Charlene, “So we only need to complete the final step before the spawns retreat and complete the chip design. Then we can obtain the final research results of the spawns, right?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the game notification appeared.
[Hint: The player has triggered a side mission-Avira chip design.]

Mission title: Avira chip design.

Mission difficulty: SS.

Mission description: You have discovered the research room left behind by the spawns on the second floor of the main mausoleum. From the researcher logs left behind in the research room, you have discovered information related to the replacement version of the Avira chip design (9.28).

Mission requirements: Try to complete the design that the spawns have done halfway and obtain the final version of the design.

Mission rewards: Avira chip design (important item, can trigger subsequent related missions), main mission-exploration of the main mausoleum mission completion rate.

Charlene was surprised when she saw the game notification on her retina.

She immediately fell silent and lowered her head to look at the research blueprint in her hand, as if she was carefully considering the feasibility of completing the mission.

Finally, Charlene put down the book in her hand and shook her head.

“Fang Heng, this is the ideal situation, but in reality, we might not be able to do it.”

“Why?”

“Too much time has passed. In addition to the previous spatial collapse, a large portion of the experimental equipment here has been damaged. There’s also the energy source which has already been used up.”

“There’s no problem with the maintenance of the experimental equipment and energy. I’ll think of a way!”

It was just maintenance and energy!

What’s the big deal?!

Fang Heng felt that it was not a big problem.

Charlene looked at the excited Fang Heng and could not help but open her mouth.

Why was he so confident? Could he do it?

Fang Heng continued to explain, “I have a high-level maintenance skill. The success rate of repairing future machinery will decrease, but at least I can repair it. As for the energy supply, it’s easier to deal with it. I just need to make an energy conversion device alchemy magic array. The key is the specific experimental steps and whether I can produce the blueprints after the instrument is repaired.”

Charlene looked at Fang Heng’s extremely serious face and pondered for a moment.

“Here, you can find the relevant instructions for the simulation experiment and the information on various experimental instruments. I can think of a way to learn from them.”

“How confident are you in terms of maintenance? The difficulty rating of the mission is SS. Completing all the equipment repairs is only the most basic condition for completing the mission. After that, we might encounter many unexpected issues… There’s also the problem of time. You have to know that there are still people from the Federation outside. We need to rush before them…”

Fang Heng interrupted and exclaimed, “100%! The mission is right in front of us, we need to give it a try! By the way, if you can help me get some blueprints of the equipment here, the success rate of the repair can be increased. I can complete the repair project faster…”