For Lu Ning, who had seen countless strange sights, a "person" stuck on the wall was nothing special. She just thought it would be troublesome to analyze and deal with it.
The fact that it was shattered into pieces like this is no longer possible except for roughly estimating the time through some measurement methods. At most, it means that the outpost was indeed destroyed due to some kind of attack. But it is difficult to determine where this attack comes from.
"Qiu Shu, what is the environmental analysis and inference of Huanxing?"
"The allowable range of habitable planets is about the same. If there are no accidents in the natural conditions of the Phantom Star, there should be no overly large creatures." Qiu Shu naturally understood what Lu Ning was asking.
"Even if such a creature does appear, it will be difficult to move in the corridors of the outpost. The templates are strictly designed, and there are isolation measures and destruction orders between areas, so the harm of a single outbreak is difficult to affect the entire outpost. ." After a brief pause, Qiu Shu added another sentence.
"To be honest, the feeling here is not very good." Spider Silk said.
"Are you afraid of this thing or the possible danger?" Spades asked.
"All of them. The most important thing is that this corridor is too dark, and the terrain doesn't look like it's easy to avoid. What if something rushes directly from there... In short, it's easy for people to think blindly. ." Spider Silk pointed at the dark passage ahead. Even with the help of the helmet's detection equipment, it was impossible to detect such a long distance, which was indeed what she said.
"The analysis is complete." Bug Bait stood up from the wall, "The corpse should have been bonded for more than a year, because the air here has shown signs of waxing of the corpse, but we still cannot determine the specific time."
"How long did it take for us to fly here?" Longmai asked.
"In the past fifteen years, sublight engine technology has been revolutionized in these years. Our speed has become faster, and the jump seems to have saved some unexpected time." Lu Ning replied, "In addition, the alliance's reaction time No more than half a year, fifteen and a half years in total. Do you think this could be the body left here a year ago?"
"...I don't quite understand the situation." Spades scratched his head, "Then shall we continue to move forward?"
"Go forward, at least figure out what happened here. Wait..."
Lu Ning glanced at the map: "Since the area here may be closed due to abnormalities, perhaps the planned path in advance will not work. We have to prepare emergency high-speed hole opening methods, Tiemei!"
"arrive!"
"Get the isolation cutter ready, we need to do some damage here if necessary."
"learn!"
After another weapons check of everyone, the team moved forward.
After traveling for about a hundred meters, nothing was found. The spade in front turned the corner and suddenly said "oh", and noisy questions came from the channel.
"Quiet. Report the situation." Lu Ning raised her voice to suppress everyone's voices.
"Captain, as you said, the blockade door here is closed." Spade said quickly.
"Dragon Vein, try to open the door."
After several attempts, Longmai shook his head helplessly: "Captain, the circuit of this door is cut off. The circuit inside is different from the circuit outside. It seems that some serious accident did happen here."
"It doesn't matter. Iron Eyebrow, install four directional bombs on the door and then cut it open."
"No problem, Captain."
Tie Mei walked to the front, first took off four ballpoint pen cap-shaped bombs from his backpack and placed them around the door. Then he raised the isolation cutting knife in his hand and easily pierced the thick door, slowly Draw a circle.
"Everyone move back." Tie Mei said, and everyone stepped back three meters. Then he pressed a button on his waist and kicked the iron door with a roundhouse kick. The circle in the middle was hit by this kick. He was kicked straight away, and the muffled sound could be heard through the helmet.
"Enemy attack!"
Before the people behind him could react, Bayonet standing in front suddenly raised the pulse rifle in his hand, and aimed at the opening of the door and fired a series of shots. The azure bullet trajectory passed through the hole in a fan-shaped straight line, and then it was indeed Hit something.
The high temperature of the ammunition hit instantly caused everyone to see the figure detected by the bayonet in the thermal imaging. The ghost-like creature was standing behind the door, with a row of red light spots on its body. At the same time, the entire body was also heated due to the attack. The changes make it different from the surrounding environment. But the red dot only stayed on the surface and obviously did not break through the defense.
After the creature realized that it had been discovered, it immediately jumped out through the hole. It looked like a human, but its limbs were very long and had sharp claws. Due to the sudden encounter, Lu Ning could not judge its attack in an instant. Come on.
But Tie Mei, who had just broken through, was not confused at all. He turned sideways and nimbly avoided the claw attack, and then accurately hit the opponent's head that was out of proportion to his body with a powerful and heavy uppercut. As a demolition soldier, he was covered with external reinforcement devices. This punch directly knocked the creature's head away, leaving only a body that staggered two steps and fell down. The recorder behind him immediately raised his gun. Aiming at the monster's body, he shot a bunch of bullets - losing the head does not mean death, the veteran naturally knew this truth.
However, this creature has not reached that level yet. The invisibility ability that almost blends into the environment is troublesome enough. It will be even more difficult if there are multiple creatures with strong vitality. Yang Hao checked it with his own instrument, then compared it with the spider silk for a moment, and confirmed: "There are no signs of life."
"Huh... it was a near miss." Spade let out a long breath, "How did you find this guy, Bayonet? I didn't notice it at first."
"Air... wind." Bayonet whispered, "My wind pressure detection found some countercurrents, so there are tangible objects on the opposite side. But I can't see it visually, so let's fight first."
"Wind pressure detection."
Lu Ning nodded.
Usually not all detectors are equipped in standard equipment to prevent excessive information from slowing down the combatants' reaction time. However, this mission is special. Not only the captain, but also each member can apply for some special equipment they want. , it seems that this is what the bayonet wants. Of course, she, the captain, is equipped with all detection devices, but if she waits for her reaction, Tiemei may be hurt. The current result is pretty good.
"There's only one monster."
She walked to the place near the entrance of the cave and checked. All the detections showed nothing special. This should be the only one blocking the door.
Yang Hao is also analyzing and processing the corpse. This is his specialty and the results come quickly.
"This creature is not born with the ability to be invisible. Its body surface is covered with a very thin membrane, which provides the effect of environmental concealment. But the membrane does not grow naturally on its body. There is no Traces of growth on living things. Oh, its defense is very strong, and the pulse ammunition just now was blocked by this layer of material." Yang Hao said.
"So strong? Then Tiemei was killed with just one punch?" Chongbai was surprised.
"Strength is also limited. If you hit the glass with a rubber bullet, it may not be able to break it, but Tie Mei's punch can even dent such an iron door, which is not the same magnitude." Yang Hao said, "As for it itself, it is indeed Not strong, but these claws should not be underestimated. They can probably cut through the outer material of our space suit, but the second layer of polyiron fiber layer will definitely be ineffective."
"That's quite troublesome. We don't have a few spare sets." Lu Ning said, "Get ready to move on."
"No more dissection?" Yang Hao was a little surprised.
"We all know its lethality, source of abilities, defense and fatal points. All we need to do next is to take more precautions. I know you want to study its biological characteristics carefully, but this matter has to be postponed until we restart Only when we reach the outpost."
"...Understood." Yang Hao stood up, "Then it's okay if I do some sampling, captain?"
"ASAP."
Five minutes later, the sampling was completed and Yang Hao placed it in the sample box he carried with him. The team set off again, this time Lu Ning let the bayonet go in front, with himself in the middle, while the other recorder with wind pressure detection in the team came behind. After adjusting their formation slightly, everyone passed through the entrance of the cave and continued walking forward.
This time, he didn't go far when Yang Hao shouted: "Stop, captain."
"what's the situation?"
"Liquid coagulation marks." Yang Hao pointed to a sealed door not far away. It was like a water stain left after the water dried up. You might not notice it even under normal lighting conditions.
"Oh... this is strange." Dragon Vein also saw it, "Captain, the outpost has a self-cleaning system."
"I know, so the traces can only be left after the operation stopped. There is still no dust here after so long, which proves that the closed dust removal effect is excellent...in this room." Lu Ning looked at the closed door door.
"Do you need me to try to see if this door can be opened?" Longmai asked.
"No, just use the microwave generator externally to heat the room."
"There may be..."
"Are you a survivor? Dragon Vein, there was such a big noise outside just now, and it's not too far from here. Except for some important locations, the outpost has not been soundproofed. If there are people inside, it is impossible not to hear it. If you hear support, don't come out. Look at the situation, then don’t blame me for judging it as hostility and take action immediately.”
Qiu Shu immediately walked to the wall next to the door, pulled two wires with suction cups from his backpack, stuck them on the wall, and then activated the switch. Nothing can be seen from the outside, but everyone knows that the inside has now become a large microwave oven. In just three minutes, all objects inside will be evenly heated to the point where living things cannot survive.
Waiting quietly, nothing came out. It wasn't until three minutes later that Lu Ning instructed Longmai to try to open the door.
With a soft sound, the door opened. Everyone had already turned off the thermal imaging, so that their field of vision would not be filled with red. At first glance, there was nothing special about it. With the spacesuit insulating them, they couldn't even feel the heat coming from inside. Lu Ning turned on the searchlight and shined a light into the room.
This is a standard staff suite, with a small hall outside and a bedroom inside. There was nothing in the small hall, only some blackened ashes remaining on the table, which should be paper. And through the bedroom door, you can see a charred rattan hanging on the bed. Lu Ning walked inside and found that the entire bedroom was filled with the remains of this plant. It grew out of a flower pot, but turned into this huge strange shape. Yang Hao came in immediately. He was more professional and immediately distinguished some bottle-like structures from the wreckage.
"Fortunately, there are some left...well, this should be it."
"What? You could see the water stain just now, so you must have paid attention to it, right?"
"Yes, Captain, the membrane-like thing I mentioned does not seem to have grown by itself, so I think it is like a layer of afterbirth brought out of the fetus. And the growth and emergence of any life is almost inseparable from it. Boiling water, then it is necessary to observe liquid traces. We can at least find out its origin." Yang Hao said, "Now it seems that this plant gave birth to that creature."
"Plants grow animals? Don't bully me about my low cultural level. I still know that there is a big difference in the cell structure between the two." Spades said.
"There are all kinds of wonders in this world." Yang Hao snorted, "You still know too little."
"In short, we can be sure that this plant has mutated... it's something similar anyway." Qiu Shu said, "I believe the people in the advance team are not that stupid to keep an obviously aggressive plant in their bedroom. Here, this kind of thing must have happened later. But what exactly caused this change? This is probably the main reason why this place became what it is today."
"I think..." Bayonet spoke in a low voice, "We should pay attention to how many of those monsters it has given birth to?"
"Not a lot. The natural rules of life reproduction must also follow the conservation of energy. I don't think such a small room can provide it with much food." Yang Hao glanced at the single bed here, "Just two heads."
"But we must pay attention to how many similar situations like this plant will appear here for that reason. The unknown hydraulic press in the corridor does not look like this plant can compare." Spade shrugged, "Captain, what do you think? Woolen cloth?"
"No matter what happens, we have to keep going. If something like this happens and the outpost is sealed in time, at least there will be archives that will help us reconstruct the original events. The goal remains the same, but like a bayonet Like Yang Hao, use all your investigative skills, I don't want my team to be solved by a stupid sneak attack."
"yes!"
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The two teams met in a plain area about 220 kilometers away from Lu Ning's location.
Both sides have number plates on their chests, so they call each other by their code names.
"Captain DU-014, since we discovered this place at the same time, we might as well work together to detect it, which can also ensure higher operational security." This voice can still show a hint of ridicule after being distorted.
"AL-007? You are from the Astronomical Light... I don't know you."
"We don't know each other in the first place. Even if we are on the same ship as you, how many of us will you recognize after taking off the helmet? Ah, how about we exchange our real names, which can be regarded as the first step to strengthen trust?" AL-007 The captain suggested.
"...Unless you do it first."
"I am Luo Xiao, captain of the AL-007 team. Nice to meet you."
"DU-014, Xuan Zhong."
