After an hour of marching, Lu Ning's team had reached the fourth underground floor. Under a high alert state, although they encountered several attacks, they were all resolved without any danger. Yang Hao has obtained many specimens, but overall, the biological judgments of these attacks are all around D level, which is aggressiveness.
The security level classification used by the Canglong Alliance is a concise and easy-to-understand five-level distinction. Class E safety, Class D offensive, Class C warning, Class B destruction, Class A supernatural. This division method is suitable for a variety of risk assessment situations and also provides soldiers with a ruler for exploration. There is nothing wrong with Yang Hao's judgment, but the corpse stuck on the wall always made people feel a little uneasy.
"stop."
After arriving at the central rest area on the fourth floor, everyone checked for safety, and Lu Ning stopped the team.
"What's wrong, Captain?" Spade asked.
"Rest." Lu Ning said.
"Now? The central control room is on the ninth floor underground. We still have a long way to go, right?" Spider Silk was also a little surprised.
"But it's impossible to maintain a person's full concentration for a long time, and it's easy to get distracted if you're tense for a long time. We need to relax a little, and this is a good place." Lu Ning looked around, and the monsters were actually No damage was done to the interior of the outpost, and the rest area is well preserved.
"We can also get some information from here." Longmai squatted down in front of a seat, "The skeleton of the outpost is a rapid construction material used when applying templates, but the main body and internal furnishings must be sourced from local materials on the planet. We can’t scratch the walls, so we can always study the ingredients of these furnishings.”
"It's up to you." Lu Ning knew that the nature of Longmai, a researcher, was not restrictive. In the same way, Yang Hao also found a corner to sit down and began to use the portable instruments on his body to conduct sample research.
"So, how has the action been so far? How about adaptability?" Lu Ning sat in a circle with the remaining people and started chatting.
"At least it's much easier than the previous mission." Qiu Shu said with a slight smile, "Although it's all killing, killing human beings who are exactly like you is different from killing some unknown monsters. As long as you think more selfishly, you can It’s not that big of a psychological burden.”
"Ah... I'm a little disappointed. I wanted to meet at least a C-level one." Recorder interrupted again, "These guys are actually no different from other alien monsters. They are just a little unprepared when they first meet. It’s as simple as a hunter shooting a sika deer drinking water.”
"Terrible woman." Bugbait muttered, "I'm not responsible for fighting anyway, I'm only responsible for treating you. Of course, you can also prepare some targeted poisons...if you want."
"There will be a need." Lu Ning said.
Chongbai was stunned for a moment, and then said with some ecstasy in his tone: "Captain, you mean..."
"In this environment, it is necessary for us to maximize everyone's strengths. Since you are good at preparing poisons, then study it carefully. I don't want something that is chronic. The more lethal it is, the better."
"Okay Captain! I guarantee these monsters won't survive five seconds until the medicine is prepared!"
"This kid..." Tiemei patted Bugbai on the shoulder, "Forget it, this is probably why people like us formed a team. To subdue monsters, we have to be more ruthless than the monsters."
"You have good skills." Spade suddenly said, "Is it possible that gangs in the fringe areas also hire people to teach martial arts? This is not a gangster method for street fights."
"It's true that most people can't do it, but if you want to get ahead in a gang, you have to have both strength and brains. Besides, the mission I was sent to in the end was an assassination mission. Those who can do this kind of thing require not only a confidant, but also a lot of skill. ." Tiemei nodded, "But I can't tell you the details."
"Huh?" Spades' tone rose slightly.
"Among us, perhaps you have the richest experience with the recorder." Lu Ning said, "Everyone has their own code name, but your code name is from the mercenary days, so your name is actually the same. Somehow."
"Captain, have you seen my information before?"
"Don't worry, I'm from the Army. I generally have no mission connection with people like you who are floating in space. You should ask Qiu Shu if he has ever received a mission to conquer you."
Spades smiled: "Don't ask, we are teammates now. In fact, I have been a lot of people, the first was a robber, the kind of person who digs battlefields, digs out relics, and goes around hunting for the autumn wind and reselling equipment. At that time, I His intuition is very accurate and he can find good things every time he digs, so he is nicknamed Shovel.”
"Then maybe you're really lucky. After all, I haven't caught you for so long, but I'm still waiting for you to surrender." Yang Hao suddenly spoke on the channel.
"That's right! Of course, later I became a mercenary, and the nickname "Shovel" seemed a bit unsound. Then I thought, in poker, besides the king, isn't the biggest suit spades? Then that's it. Call me Spades, how majestic!"
"Isn't this still a shovel..." Bayonet muttered in a low voice, but unfortunately only Lu Ning could hear it clearly.
"You are still unambitious and don't want to be the king." Tie Mei said.
"I should have known better after being around for so many years. If I don't really sit in that position, I should stop giving myself such unrealistic and stupid nicknames." After Spades finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Since I I have already told you about the origin of my codename... Why don't you share it too? Once we are familiar with each other, we will have a better understanding of fighting together."
"The recorder...is a relic."
Before Lu Ning could interrupt and prepare to leave, Recorder spoke first.
"My father had a recorder when he was a child. Every summer evening, I could hear him playing the recorder in the yard. He knew many tunes."
This is not a happy story.
"Later, two men in military uniforms came to the door of the house. They and my father were talking about something in the house. The next day, my father packed up his things and left the house, leaving me in the care of my uncle's house."
"Where is your mother?" Tie Mei asked.
"What mother?" Recorder wondered.
"..."
"I don't know what it was, no one told me. Two years later, my uncle handed me a recorder stained with blood and a letter, telling me that my father was gone. If I want to know his last condition, there is An opportunity. But I found the army with that letter and became a soldier. I didn’t know until I retired..."
The recorder didn't have any sad feelings when describing these, just with a hollow and erratic tone, and the others also sounded a little uncomfortable.
Lu Ning knew something more about this. Recorder's father is probably a spy trained by the Canglong Alliance. This type of spy usually lives in anonymity in an inconspicuous place. Even if he disappears suddenly, no one will care. When they are needed, they will leave for the mission location. But Lu Ning couldn't tell whether Clarinet's father was dead or alive, because in order to ensure that the identity of the spy was not exposed, the alliance would really confirm the death information and then create a bunch of false information. She just doesn't think that if a spy who goes deep into the hinterland dies, he can ask someone to send a recorder back across the galaxy, and only for two years? incredible.
"Okay, there will be plenty of opportunities to tell stories in the future. Now that we have relaxed enough, let's move on." Lu Ning stood up. "No matter what kind of story it is, it will not affect our current situation. Adjust your emotions."
"Yes." Everyone agreed immediately.
Not far from the rest area, you will immediately see the stairs going down to the next floor. However, this place was also blocked. Tiemei followed suit and opened the door. Everyone scanned it with various investigative tools to make sure there was nothing hidden behind, and then started to go downstairs.
"Captain, we have discovered something." Spade reported again.
"explain."
"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing... There are a lot of corpses here, but the corpses are all intact. I believe we can dig out some clues from them."
"That's a good thing, come downstairs."
"...Captain, are all the Alliance armies so cold-blooded? Why do I feel like I've lost confidence in the Alliance army?"
"We had prepared the worst for everything, and it was unexpected that they could leave us some clues before they died. Individuals will use emotions to give things a good expectation, but organizations will only treat all situations coldly. Countermeasures." Lu Ning likes the role she plays now more and more.
"Okay, okay. Let me take a look...wait!"
As the voice of Spades suddenly rose, fierce gunshots and even the sound of exploding grenades came from below. Lu Ning immediately waved his hand, turned over the stair railing and slid down, pulling out the strong flash on his back in mid-air. gun, turn off all optical capture functions of the helmet, and shoot as soon as it lands!
The blazing white light shook everyone except Lu Ning for an instant, but that was only an instant. Lu Ning is very aware of the Canglong Alliance's ability to identify its own weapons. After the flash gun's flash bursts, all helmets will automatically stop optical capture about half a second later, so all teammates will be blind for less than a second, and the filtering system will also ensure that they You won't really be blinded.
On the contrary, on the opposite side, if the creatures that have lived in the dark environment for a long time have vision, then this shot is enough to blind them all!
Immediately afterwards came the second shocking shot. The narrow passage provided the maximum conditions for the use of this ammunition. The acoustic detection was turned off and the shock cancellation module was turned on. This time Lu Ning really felt a certain "feel" on the battlefield. The "feel" of hitting the enemy.
She quickly restarted the optical detection and immediately saw that in addition to the spades and bayonets that were retreating with their weapons alternately covering and shooting, there were more than a dozen four-legged creatures with two heads in the field of vision. Lu Ning's just now Two rounds of fire stopped them in their tracks, and now they were all shaking their heads.
"Drone cover."
Qiu Shu's calm voice came from the internal channel, and then he could see three bright light spots flying overhead. After passing the spades and bayonets, two lasers that opened and closed instantly unfolded below, with a frequency of about every Two cuts per second, all four-legged creatures were cut by the laser, and all life activities stopped instantly.
"Lieutenant, wouldn't your body be cut into pieces like this?" Spider Silk sighed.
"There are too many hostile targets. If we don't kill them in a large area while the captain is controlling everyone, it will easily cause the situation to get out of control later on." Qiu Shu replied, "I believe the captain can understand my judgment."
"Yes, this is already the safest method of annihilation." Lu Ning looked at the spades and bayonets that had ceased fire in front of him and asked, "What happened?"
"These things come out of corpses," Spade said.
"From the corpse? Parasitic creature?" Spider Silk asked.
"No, it's not the way of breaking out of the body, how should I say... more like an out-of-body experience. The corpses are not damaged, they emerge from the corpses and then become entities. I opened it when I saw this. The gun is ready, the bayonet is very smart, and I fired alternately, otherwise I might not be able to suppress it and get your support."
"Soul out of body? But..." Yang Hao, who had already walked over, weighed a broken piece he picked up in his hand, "This thing is an entity. Are the physical rules on this planet different from what we know?" "
"I don't know about this." Spade shook his head, "It's very weird anyway."
Spider Silk, Dragon Vein and others also walked over. In fact, Lu Ning could also conduct monitoring to a certain extent, but now she felt that she could better ensure the safety of the team by standing guard.
Discussions started quickly there.
"There is no blood inside the corpse. Although the surface of the corpse is waxed, the original complete structure should still be retained inside... The internal organs are also somewhat abnormal. From the cross-section, many organs are severely missing, and honeycombs appear in the liver and spleen. Like loss, maybe this is another kind of parasitism." Spider Silk said.
"Then how do they come out? First sublimate themselves and then come out and then sublime?" Yang Hao snorted, "If cells can be reconstructed so easily, biology will not be so difficult to advance."
"But they must be born from the inside of these corpses. Have you noticed the condition of the brain? It has almost completely turned into a messy filament shape."
"Only a few nerve cells are left connected...it looks really disgusting." Spider Silk glanced at it, "These corpses have been hollowed out."
"It seems that their diet is more focused on the brain, liver and spleen. It seems that there are no problems with the lungs and stomach." Insect Bait also joined in, "I said, you guys Just think that such a big creature can't get out of it, but what if it's a group of small creatures put together?"
"Oh?" Yang Hao immediately lifted the fragment in his hand and adjusted his helmet. A microscope tube protruded from the side of his helmet and aimed at the fragment.
After a moment, he put down the broken piece.
"Boy, you're right."
"It seems that the discussion has come to an end." Lu Ning said.
"This creature seems to survive in two forms. It is scattered into countless small insects inside the corpse. Once disturbed, it will emerge from the corpse and then combine into a huge creature out of thin air. But in this way, those insects Their independence is gone, and these creatures are dead." Yang Hao explained.
