The phantom beasts in front of them still did not break away from the category of beasts, at least they did not know how to avoid them.
The flames did not block the rock layer at all. The hard rock layer melted instantly like ice and snow, and a rock monster was split into two pieces on the spot. The few at the back were not afraid at all and continued to surge up.
"Class D, no threat."
Lu Ning took a step forward and took advantage of the weapon. This was not even a battle. In half a minute, he chopped down all the dozen rock monsters here, leaving only a few that were still besieging the recorder. , the recorder has also killed two during this period, and has found two new opponents.
"Captain, you killed too quickly!"
"We don't need to waste any more time here."
Lu Ning rushed over quickly and killed the last few stone monsters with a few swords. Recorder punched the steel ax on the ground and breathed for a while.
"Captain!" Spades also ran up from the hillside.
"Weaker than expected." Lu Ning knelt down and began to extract some samples, while Recorder folded the ax and put it behind his back.
"Captain, I haven't fought enough yet."
"If you waste your energy on C-level creatures, their blunt blows won't even be able to penetrate the shock-absorbing layer of your clothing." Lu Ning would not indulge her too much, "And if you choose a laborious weapon like a steel cutting axe, your The target shouldn’t be this medium-sized creature.”
"Tsk, I can't see any large creatures here... Captain, what are you testing?"
"The detection just now didn't find them hiding underground. I want to find that substance or something." Lu Ning used a dagger to gently peel off the surface. "By the way, I used a magnetic lock to capture the little ones from the direction I came from. ,bring back."
Recorder responded and ran over.
Lu Ning continued to carefully search for the organization of these rock monsters. Although she has little medical knowledge in this scene, she does have surgical knowledge. It cannot be said that she can treat living people, but she can still dissect corpses.
Soon, she tore off two pieces of organs covered with villi near her "shoulders". After scanning the two organs with a detector, the signals returned were very weak and seemed to be able to absorb various detection waves. characteristic.
"There really is such a part..." Lu Ning checked the other shoulder again. It was the same. Similar organs were also growing on the waist and knees of these rock monsters. There were twelve pieces in total. Lu Ning put these I recorded it all in my journal, then took a piece as a sample and stood up. Recorder has also tied the small fantasy beast around his waist and returned.
"Did you find anything? Captain?" Recorder waved her hand casually, obviously a little disappointed that her interest was interrupted. Lu Ning gave a brief explanation and asked the two of them to continue moving forward with him.
The deeper you go into the mountains, the denser the woods become, but there are very few animals here. All three of them could detect the quiet feeling, but they didn't know whether it was just like this in the forest or if there was something unusual about it.
This time it took nearly thirty minutes for the three of them to search for a new signal at the same time.
"Captain, should it be a bird this time? It's small in size, swarming, and tall...it doesn't look like a rat swarm type creature." Spades asked inquiringly.
“What about thermal imaging?”
"No response. Can't see it at all. It's strange, why do most detection methods fail?" The recorder is also very strange. "The sonar has no feedback results, so we can still find it through vibration detection and optical spectroscopy."
"Anyway, the old rule is, catch one and kill the rest." Lu Ning said.
"Isn't it too cruel?" Spades began to prepare for a sniper attack.
"Since the interstellar era, people have caused species extinction nearly five times faster than before." Lu Ning sneered, "Because alien creatures that appear to be no threat on the surface can kill you with alien viruses."
"It's too small to be powerful..." Recorder also finished checking the guns, "Let's just charge. We don't need to ambush."
"good."
This was a surprise attack that lasted less than five minutes. A group of thin bamboo poles living on a low cliff were alarmed by the charge of Lu Ning and the others. Although they did not have structures similar to wings, they could all sprint at high speeds like flying arrows. Some It even penetrated thick tree trunks. It's just that this speed is still much slower than bullets. With the strafing of Clarinet and Lu Ning and the precise shooting of Spades, the first batch of "bamboo poles" that flew up were quickly knocked away, followed closely to greet them. The second batch of magnetic locks were specially used for arresting. Spades threw out the hook and pulled back the two successfully captured locks. Then Lu Ning opened his hand and sprayed out a burst of flames, along with the remaining ones on the cliff. Burned together into coke.
Later, when cleaning up the battlefield, Lu Ning also checked the bodies of these bamboo pole birds and found a vortex-shaped organ near the tail. After inspection, it was determined that it was this organ that eliminated the detection function of the detector.
"These magical beasts seem to have the characteristics of detection and avoidance." Recorder also held an organ and looked at it carefully, "Captain, do you think it was because the advance team used these detection methods to hunt that they appeared? Targeted mutation? Our current effective methods were only applied to personal carrying equipment in the past twenty years, and those old methods are no longer useful."
"You finally said something normal for once... I think so too, Captain." Spades said, "During the Age of Exploration, life forms that can quickly undergo adaptive mutations were also discovered on some planets."
"Then I have to remind you that these life forms discovered so far are all organisms with extremely simple genetic structures, that is, they are short-lived, easy to mutate, and reproduce quickly, and the mutations they undergo are all environmental adaptation mutations. "Lu Ning also put the organs in his hands into a specimen capsule, "Yes, those creatures can withstand high temperatures in hot environments, can withstand cold in tundra, can be anaerobic in vacuum, and can even resist radiation in the universe... The problem is that they are not One generation, but a method of breeding for several generations in a short period of time to obtain elimination mutations. These phantom beasts are not like the kind that have a short life span and can reproduce quickly."
"But haven't they mutated before?" Spades asked.
"Yes, so you have to distinguish clearly. They are not an adaptive mutation, but a counter-mutation... Just like the enemies we encounter on the interstellar battlefield, they will develop suppression for our weapons. The means are to destroy according to the tactics. Although these phantom beasts show little intelligence, we have encountered phantom beasts that can show wisdom."
There was silence.
"Things may not be that bad, but I like to think about the worst. It has been fifteen years since the plans were formulated and we have arrived. If they can mutate in the contemporary era, but still retain such mutations, it can only mean that they are of great significance to us. Still being prepared when it comes again, that’s what I’m most worried about.”
Lu Ning shook her head and continued walking into the woods.
"So we need to investigate as soon as possible. There are many unusual things under the calm surface of this planet. We have to find out, otherwise we will follow in the footsteps of the advance team."
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At another outpost not too far away, there was a roar from the ground, which even shook the ground nearby.
Luo Xiao patted the sand and pieces of meat that fell on her body, and smiled wildly: "I thought the scales on this thing were so hard! Didn't they still explode? Xuanzhong, you are also good at bombing."
"Both of us have been rewarded."
In front of the two teams was a huge snake-like monster, but it had more than a dozen pairs of stubby legs on its body. It was spitting out corrosive miasma and saliva. Its whole body was covered with hard scales, and even its abdomen had long legs. It has fine little scales, and the most outrageous thing is that this thing actually has an energy resistance shield on it. The high-energy weapons equipped by the team have little effect on it.
This is an out-and-out C-class creature. The two teams tried their best to use various physical methods to deal with it, including high temperature and freezing. Unfortunately, the monster was really too big, nearly twenty meters long. Its body was extremely flexible, and its breath of miasma could even extinguish the flames of the flamethrower. Many members of the two teams were injured by its rampage. In the end, the captain and deputy captain began to risk getting closer and attached the adhesive explosives. A secondary blast was carried out where a little damage had previously been done.
There is no doubt that Luo Xiao is a good player. She has a petite figure, flexible movements, and carries a large amount of explosives. However, she did not expect that the captain next to her, who calls herself Xuan Zhong, is also of the same kind. However, compared to her, who likes to pack bombs with her own hands, For those who have gone up, Xuan Zhong seems to prefer automated blasting, and his body is full of automatically guided and triggered special bombs.
In any case, under the two-pronged blast attack, the two finally lifted off the scales of this C-class creature. But no one expected that the creature hissed in pain, and a row of tubular bones suddenly protruded from its back. The strong high-pressure airflow instantly pushed everyone to the wall. Only then did Luo Xiao have just That sentence.
"Hahaha, it's anxious! Because we can hurt it! How dare a C-level creature look down on us? Let me see what other abilities you have?" Silver light flashed between Luo Xiao's fingers, and several of them looked like knives. The same thin slice flew out and pierced into a piece of skin without the protection of scales. Then she clicked her fingers, and a big explosion exploded in front of her eyes. She was thrown out, and the big snake was also shaken so that its body was tilted.
At the same time, the remaining members of the team tilted the bullet rain over. With Luo Xiao's madness, he had already authorized all team members to replace the most powerful ammunition. At this time, high temperature, plasma, freezing, poisonous and other types of ammunition were used. It was continuously sprinkled on the scales, and more importantly, it was concentrated on the wounds caused by Luo Xiao's explosion.
The bone tube spurted again. The big snake curled up to protect the wound, opened its mouth, and green weapons spurted out. The flash of ammunition was immediately swallowed up, but at this moment, two weapons suddenly bounced up from the ground. A black cross bomb penetrated directly into the mouth of the big snake. Although the outer shell was quickly corroded, the killing core inside had already been ignited——
boom!
"Nice job!" Luo Xiao rolled twice in the distance, but still didn't forget to praise. She reached out suddenly and grabbed one of the snake's legs. This time, three metal pieces were directly aimed at the gap between the scales and stabbed in.
"Luo Xiao! Pay attention to your own safety!" Xuan Zhong roared.
"I'm not going to be blown up by my own bomb! Cripple activated! Three, two, one!"
A more violent explosion sounded from Luo Xiao. Luo Xiao jumped into the air, holding a broken leg in her hand. Her laughter proved that she was indeed alive and living happily.
"A madman."
Xuan Zhong - the pseudonym chosen by Xuan Zhitong - murmured, and then continued to lay hidden mines around him. Environments such as corridors and passages were actually not suitable for blasting attacks like hers, but Luo Xiao dared to get up close. Detonation, even for the sake of competitiveness, she couldn't admit defeat.
"C-level creatures...strong acid? Not very easy to use. Shock? It's too big. Then just use the most primitive method."
She had systematically studied explosives as early as the first level, and had long known that bombs in the interstellar era were no longer a simple matter of igniting gunpowder to create fragments in the traditional sense. But sometimes we have to admit that this most ancient definition of bomb always has the simplest meaning, that is, accumulation yield.
Several objects the same shape and size as quail eggs slipped out of her hands. As soon as these small robots landed on the ground, they immediately stretched out their wheels, and the tops became pointed, and crawled towards the big snake under her command.
At this time, the big snake was already in pain and quickly rushed towards the shooting team members in front. However, the terrain structure of the outpost was complex enough, with rooms on both sides, and the team members were able to survive relying on the terrain to carry out obstacle strikes. The two vice-captains had long since returned to the team and assumed command duties. She and Luo Xiao were the main force at the front.
Xuan Zhitong is still in a calm state. Now that she can reach the third level, she is no longer the easily panicked person at the first level. C-level creatures are still within the range of a full standard team, let alone her and Luo Xiao's teams. The reason why they were at a disadvantage this time was because of the sudden attack and the fact that the opponent's weapons seemed to be aimed at their own team.
"Xuan Zhong! You don't need to think for so long, do you?"
Luo Xiao's voice came over again. Xuan Zhitong turned her head and found that she had actually landed on the big snake, near the tail. She was now taking out something from the body, and then relied on the defensive power of the spacesuit to attack the bones. Stuffed inside the tube.
You can use your toes to figure out what she stuffed inside!
"I have arranged it." She responded through the speaker, "But I suggest you leave from there. I'm not sure how powerful the detonation is, and I can't guess how strong this thing is inside."
"Simple! We can study it slowly after it dies!"
Luo Xiao gave her a thumbs up, which was not a sign of approval. For the two of them, this gesture had only one meaning -
Detonate!
Xuan Zhitong guided the thermonuclear robot that drilled into the bone tube, and the solid uranium foil that Luo Xiao inserted into it exploded instantly with this gesture. A series of roars occurred along the snake's spine, and the bone tube shattered. The thick slurry of blood and flesh exploded into smoke that filled the sky. The powerful high-pressure airflow completed its last spray. Xuan Zhitong lay on the ground to avoid it, but the blood in the snake's body continued to spray under pressure for nearly half a minute before it ended.
"Luo Xiao, are you still alive?"
"Nonsense...shouldn't we care about whether this long worm is still alive?"
