24 hours to save the world

On the third day, Zhu Shijiu began a carpet search.

Under normal circumstances, he did not know the structure of the Dark Palace, and there was no way to determine his current location.

And if he wanted to search a vast dark area in the dark, his sense of direction would be confused, and he could not form a specific map image in his brain. Even the strongest black soldier from the reconnaissance department could not build an effective map.

However, Zhu Shijiu could only find his target through a carpet search.

This was the dumbest method, but also the most likely method to be effective.

He no longer chose to extend the pheromone to the entire Dark Palace, but to form a pheromone concentration area with a radius of about 20 meters. In this way, he was equivalent to carrying a pheromone scanning radar with a radius of 20 meters.

Needless to say, Zhu Shijiu once again chose the pheromone burst.

Within the "radar" scanning area, Zhu Shijiu could sense any slight movement and became a highly sensitive sensing organism.

Zhu Shijiu walked to the edge of the Dark Palace.

This was his first attempt to explore the entire area of ​​the Dark Palace.

…

“This method won’t work.”

The director of the reconnaissance department, who was most proficient in reconnaissance skills, watched Zhu Shijiu’s actions in the video and immediately understood what Zhu Shijiu wanted to do, and said indifferently.

“The uneven ground in the underground palace, the completely dark environment, and the ubiquitous corpse poison that caused pheromone disorder, if it were me, I would not be able to traverse every corner of the underground palace in this way. In the end, the confused sense of direction would probably cause me to only search 80% of the area.”

The premise of this calculation result is that the pheromone burst can persist in the carpet search throughout the whole process.

Minister Zhu shook his head slightly disappointedly: “Yes, the uncertainty is too high. And since he chose to use a carpet search, it proves from the side that he really couldn’t sense the existence of the last experimental subject when pheromones were all over the dark underground palace. The experiment is over.”

The purpose of their staying here is not to see Zhu Shijiu end the experiment in a stupid way, but to verify that Zhu Shijiu has alien insect-level pheromone perception.

Now this result is still quite disappointing to them.

The assistant said with a smile: "We agreed to wait for three days. Now it's the third day, so let's wait until today."

The other ministers had no objections. In the test of witnessing the graduation of the strongest genius in the history of the Black Army, no one wanted to leave halfway.

...

As a result, the Dark Palace experiment ended.

Until the end, Zhu Shijiu was unable to find the experimental subject who survived to the end.

It was the people from the Armed Defense Department who opened the Dark Palace and allowed Zhu Shijiu to see the light again.

So if the rule set at the beginning "only the only experimental subject who survived to the end can leave the Dark Palace" is followed, this experiment should not have ended.

But the people who made this rule are the ministers, so the ministers naturally have the qualifications to modify the rules. Let alone Zhu Shijiu did not meet the conditions specified by the rules, even if Zhu Shijiu had just stepped into the Dark Palace, the ministers voted unanimously to determine that Zhu Shijiu could graduate, then Zhu Shijiu could graduate on the spot.

From the beginning, this rule was actually meaningless. What determined whether Zhu Shijiu could graduate was not the rules, but the approval of the ministers.

After figuring this out, Zhu Shijiu first asked about the specific situation of the last experimental subject with a reluctant look.

The person in charge who entered the dark underground palace and prepared to take Zhu Shijiu away replied: "Oh, you mean the experimental subject? His ability is 'hibernation', which can reduce his own life activities to less than 5%. After he determined from the beginning that the other experimental subjects were not easy to mess with, he directly found a place to dig a hole and buried himself in the ground."

Zhu Shijiu was a little stunned.

He didn't expect that there would be an experimental subject who survived in this way.

"Before leaving, can I see the hiding place of that guy?"

The person in charge was a little confused and felt strange in his heart. He thought that Zhu Shijiu was still nostalgic for this dark underground palace?

After asking his superiors for instructions, the person in charge nodded: "Of course."

So, Zhu Shijiu was taken to the hiding place of the experimental subject.

When Zhu Shijiu was brought here, there were still staff digging.

He saw the experimental subject who had delayed the experiment for three days.

A man in his 30s, who was covered in dust and still looked confused when he was woken up from the pit, did not look special. His appearance was ordinary, and there was nothing different from ordinary people.

"Ah? Is the experiment over?"

Without the help of the staff, the experimental subject stood up unsteadily.

Zhu Shijiu could sense that the body of the experimental subject was gradually recovering to normal, and the pheromone was gradually warming up and improving, and finally recovered to an ordinary black soldier level.

Apart from being able to hibernate, this experimental subject was really nothing special.

Zhu Shijiu had no intention of talking to the other party. While the experimental subject was accepting the explanation of the current situation, Zhu Shijiu took the opportunity to look at the surrounding environment.

The location chosen by the other party was quite clever. It was quite far from any medical point from this location. I guess this location was also carefully selected by the experimental subject.

He expected in advance that other medical points would become frequent places for experimental subjects, so he did not set up his hiding place closer to the medical points. He was also very lucky to avoid the fate of being accidentally discovered by other experimental subjects.

"Huh? The experiment was stopped? All the other experimental subjects died, and that guy and I are the only ones left?!"

The experimental subject who didn't know his name was stunned after listening to the staff's introduction.

He carefully and secretly looked at Zhu Shijiu, who was looking around expressionlessly, not knowing what he was looking at.

He could see that Zhu Shijiu was in perfect condition. Except for being a little dirty, he didn't look embarrassed in any way.

This is enough to show that Zhu Shijiu almost spent this experiment in a crushing attitude. Unlike him who dug a hole to bury himself, Zhu Shijiu is a real strong man.

"Fortunately...fortunately I chose 'hibernation'..."

The man muttered something, and then Zhu Shijiu said to the staff: "I want to walk around, is that okay?"

Although the person in charge felt strange, he still asked his superior for instructions. The superior responded a little late this time. The person in charge nodded to Zhu Shijiu: "We just need to restrain the corpses in the underground palace and give you half an hour to move freely. Time, in half an hour, all the ministers will be waiting for you outside."

"I see."

As Zhu Shijiu spoke, he began to walk towards the edge of the dark underground palace. It was not until he reached the edge wall that he began to touch the wall with one hand while walking slowly forward along the edge.

Now is an excellent opportunity. The entire dark underground palace is illuminated. Since there is light, he can memorize the map of the entire dark underground palace with black soldier-level vision.

The other staff members looked at Zhu Shijiu walking away and looked away.

"What a strange guy..."

"Nonsense, he is a genius. How can mortals like us understand the genius' thoughts? Let's work quickly."

The confused experimental subject looked at Zhu Shijiu who was moving freely, and said blankly: "Huh? How can he move freely? Do you still treat the experimental subjects so well? Then I also..."

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and put on the electronic shackles. If you still want to move freely, what are you dreaming about?"

"But that guy..."

"If you don't shut up, I'll sew your mouth shut!"