Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Song Mingyu carefully broke off a small piece of the white substance and rubbed it between her fingers.

This object has a gel-like feel, like touching a lump of dried glue. It's a bit sticky, yet quite elastic.

"That's strange, it's so cold, how come it's still elastic?"

Song Mingyu didn't quite understand, and in the end, she could only attribute it to the magical power.

Song Mingyu crushed the cloud-like substance, then slipped it into her clothes and applied it to her armpits. The cool, refreshing touch of the substance against her skin was very stimulating, causing Song Mingyu to shiver.

Then, Song Mingyu's body heat melted it, turning it into a sticky substance. After waiting for a few minutes, Song Mingyu did not feel any stinging or itching.

Finally, Song Mingyu put the small fragment into her mouth.

Use your magical energy to carefully sense the changes within your body.

Upon tasting, the white cloud-like substance gave Song Mingyu a unique grassy taste, followed by a subtle sweetness that spread from the tip of her tongue into her mouth.

After waiting for a while, Song Mingyu did not feel any problems. Her mental state was good, her magical energy flowed smoothly, and all the organs in her body were functioning normally.

Not only that, she felt that the cold effect on her body seemed to have been reduced, but the amount was so small that Song Mingyu could not perceive it clearly.

“It’s not poisonous, and it might even be able to alleviate elemental erosion.” Song Mingyu’s eyes lit up, and she broke off a large piece and ate it all.

Ivan, who was standing nearby, didn't even have time to stop it.

Ivan looked at Song Mingyu with a complicated expression and said, "Sister Mingyu, if we really want to test the medicine, let me do it. If you collapse, there won't even be anyone to save you."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Identifying toxins is a fundamental ability for healing-type superhumans."

Song Mingyu spoke nonchalantly, but this kind of behavior is nothing to insiders, while it makes outsiders' hearts pound.

After speaking, Song Mingyu carefully monitored the changes within her body.

After taking a large amount, Song Mingyu realized that this substance was not reducing elemental erosion, but rather alleviating the elemental bacteria in her body.

Upon reaching this conclusion, Song Mingyu was immediately startled and shouted to Su Li and the others, "Sulli, Sophia, collect all the cloud fragments you see at the tree roots. These things can alleviate the outbreak of elemental bacteria."

Upon hearing this news, Su Li was overjoyed. "What's that saying again? Where there's a poisonous snake, there's always an antidote within seven steps, right?"

Come to think of it, without any way to combat elemental erosion and infection by elemental bacteria, these native creatures would have all died out long ago.

Zuli and the others made a simple division of labor: Zuli would cut down trees, and Sophia would collect the cloud fragments. Song Mingyu continued learning to cut down trees under Ivan's guidance; she couldn't afford to get crushed by a falling tree again.

Time flew by, and for the rest of the day, including the fourth day, Su Li and his group spent their time collecting trees from the forest, gathering a large amount of timber.

The main lumberjacks were Zuli, Sophia, and Ivan. After Song Mingyu learned how to cut down trees, she was sent by Zuli to study the cloud fragments they had just obtained.

On the fourth night, after Su Li and the others started the train, Song Mingyu finally made some progress.

As usual, the group gathered in the operations room, and Song Mingyu projected her notes onto the wall to give them a lesson.

“I’ve already figured out what happened to the cloud fragments we collected earlier.” Song Mingyu dragged her notebook. “These cloud fragments are actually the product of an outbreak of elemental bacteria inside the brown ice tree.”

Song Mingyu pointed to one of the pictures, "Pay attention to these points. The white wood here is actually a conduit for nutrients and water transported by trees infected with elemental bacteria. Their structure is very interesting. The inner part is very tough, while the outer part is very fragile."

"When the elemental bacteria in the body reach a certain threshold, these elemental bacteria will erupt. Because of the different toughness on both sides of the channel, the products of these elemental systems will be mixed with tree sap, burst through the bark, and spray out of the tree."

"After these tree saps reach the outside, due to the outbreak of elemental bacteria and weather conditions, they will freeze and form a kind of frost, which is what we see as cloud patterns."

Song Mingyu's words reminded Su Li of the geography test papers she had done before. This situation also existed on Earth, usually caused by the stems of grass squeezing out moisture due to the cold, forming frost flowers.

"Now that we've discussed the causes, let's talk about the effects."

Song Mingyu flipped through her notes. "The sap that has been squeezed out has a very complex composition. In addition to the sugars and various vitamins contained in the trees themselves, there is also something very, very precious... the elemental bacteria that emerge after the trees die."

Song Mingyu emphasized the words "death," and said, "These dead elemental bacteria died after the elemental explosion. After the explosion, these bacteria underwent some changes. The specific principles would require a long explanation, and even if you learned them, they wouldn't be of much use. Those who are interested can contact me after class to learn more."

Let's just talk about its effects.

"The clear liquid from these dead elemental bacteria can deceive the living elemental bacteria, causing them to continuously transfer elemental energy to it."

"This causes the accumulation progress bar of the elemental bacteria to slow down. They need to output additional energy to the dead bacteria."

At this point, Song Mingyu's eyebrows danced with excitement, "After I processed the cloud fragments, I extracted a large number of dead elemental bacteria. After these bacteria are absorbed by our mucous membranes, they can greatly slow down the rate of outbreak of elemental bacteria in our bodies."

"In addition, combining this cloud with the glands I previously extracted from dead creatures, I'm trying to cultivate some vaccines. If all goes well, elemental bacteria will no longer be a problem for us."

Su Li couldn't help but applaud.

Having a doctor in the group was indeed convenient.

Elemental erosion primarily targets damage within the dormitory, continuously lowering body temperature. Once the elemental bacteria progress bar is full, ice pillars erupt directly within the body. Between the two, elemental bacteria are undoubtedly more lethal.

With Song Mingyu's research, they can ignore the most troublesome elemental bacteria.

Song Mingyu squinted, clearly enjoying the applause from Su Li and the others.