Returning from the abyss

Chapter 510 Closed Corridor
For Lu Ning, who has seen countless strange scenes, a "person" stuck on the wall is nothing special, she just thinks it will be troublesome to analyze and deal with.

Apart from roughly estimating the time through some measurement methods, it is impossible to obtain more information after being smashed into this state. At most, it shows that this outpost was indeed destroyed by some kind of attack.But it's hard to pin down exactly where the attack came from.

"Qiu Shu, how about the environmental analysis and deduction of the phantom star?"

"The allowable range of a livable planet is similar. If there are no accidents in the natural conditions of the phantom star, there should be no creatures that are too large." Qiu Shu naturally understood what Lu Ning was asking.

"And 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 it is difficult for a single outbreak to spread to the entire outpost .” After a short 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.

"It's all there. The most important thing is that this corridor is too dark, and it doesn't look like it's easy to dodge from the terrain. What if something rushes directly from there... Anyway, it's easy to think about it " Spider Silk pointed to the dark passage ahead, even with the help of the helmet's detection equipment, it was impossible to detect such a long distance, but it was indeed as she said.

"The analysis is complete." The insect bait stood up from the wall. "The body should have been bonded for more than a year, because the air here has shown signs of waxing, but we still can't determine the exact time."

"How long did it take us to fly here?" Longmai asked.

"In 15 years, the sub-light speed engine technology has been innovated in these years, our speed is faster, and the jump seems to save some unexpected time." Lu Ning replied, "plus the reaction time of the alliance is not fast. More than half a year, a total of 15 and a half years. Do you think this could be a body that was left here a year ago?"

"...I don't quite understand the situation." Spades scratched his head, "Then shall we move on?"

"Go ahead, at least figure out what happened here. Wait..."

Lu Ning glanced at the map: "Since the area here may be closed due to abnormalities, maybe the planned route in advance will not work. We have to prepare emergency high-speed opening methods, Tiemei!"

"To!"

"Prepare the isolation cutter, we need to wreak some havoc here if necessary."

"learn!"

After another weapons check for everyone, the squad moved on.

Traveled about 100 meters and found nothing.Spade in front turned the corner, and suddenly said "oh", and immediately there were noisy questions on the channel.

"Quiet. Report the situation." Lu Ning raised the volume to suppress everyone's voices.

"Captain, as you said, the locked door here is closed." Spade said hastily.

"Dragon veins, try to open the door."

After several attempts, Longmai shook his head helplessly: "Captain, the circuit of this door is cut off. The internal circuit is not the same as the external circuit. It seems that there has indeed been a serious accident here."

"It's okay. Tiemei, install four directional bombs on the door, and then cut it open."

"No problem, Captain."

Tie Mei walked to the front, first took four ballpoint pen cap-like bombs from the backpack and put them in a cross shape around the door, then raised the isolated cutting knife in his hand, pierced the heavy door with ease, and slowly Draw a circle.

"Everyone go back." Tie Mei said, and everyone backed up three meters. Then he buckled a button on his waist and kicked the iron gate with a roundabout kick. The circle in the middle was covered by this kick. The kick flew out directly, and the muffled sound could be heard through the helmet.

"Enemy attack!"

Before the people behind could react, the bayonet standing in front suddenly raised the pulse rifle in his hand, aimed at the opening of the door and fired a series of bursts. The blue bullet trajectory fanned straight through the hole, and then indeed Hit something.

The high temperature hit by the ammunition instantly made everyone see the body detected by the bayonet in the thermal imaging. The ghost-like creature stood behind the door with a row of red light spots on its body. changes and differ from the surrounding environment.But the red dots only stayed on the surface, obviously not breaking through the defense.

After the creature realized that it had been spotted, it immediately rushed out through the hole. It looked like a human, but with long limbs and sharp claws. Due to the sudden encounter, it was impossible for Lu Ning to judge its attack in an instant. Come on.

But Tie Mei, who had just broken the door, was not in the slightest mess. He quickly avoided the attack of the sharp claw with a sideways movement, and then a powerful uppercut accurately hit the opponent's head, which was not in proportion to his body.As a demolition soldier, he was covered with external strengthening devices. This punch directly sent the creature's head flying, leaving only a body that staggered and fell down. The clarinet behind him immediately raised his gun. A round of bullets was aimed at the monster's body - the loss of a head does not mean death, and the veteran knew this truth.

However, this creature has not yet reached that level. The invisibility ability that is almost integrated with the environment alone is troublesome enough, and it will be even more difficult if there are multiple vitality.Yang Hao checked it with his own instrument, then took a photo with Spider Silk, and confirmed: "There is no sign of life."

"Phew... there is no danger." Spade let out a long breath, "How did you find this guy with the bayonet? I didn't notice it at first."

"Air...wind." The bayonet said in a low voice, "I found some countercurrents in my wind pressure detection, so there is a tangible object on the opposite side. But I can't see it visually, so let's hit it first."

"Wind pressure detection."

Lu Ning nodded.

Standard equipment usually does not equip all the detectors, to prevent excessive information from slowing down the reaction time of combatants, but 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 the detection devices, but if she reacts, Tiemei may be hurt, and the result is not bad.

"There's only one monster."

She walked to the place near the entrance of the cave to check. All the detections showed nothing special. It should be the only one blocking the entrance.

And Yang Hao is also analyzing and processing the corpse.This is his specialty, and the results come out quickly.

"This creature is not born with invisibility. Its body surface is covered with a thin membrane, which provides the effect of concealing the environment. But the membrane does not grow on it naturally, there is no The growth marks on the 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 a punch just now?" Chong Bai was surprised.

"The strength is also limited. If you hit the glass with a rubber bullet, you may not be able to break it, but Tiemei's punch can even dent this kind of iron door, which is not an order of magnitude." Yanghao said, "As for it itself, it is really Not strong, but these claws should not be underestimated, they can probably cut off the outer layer of our spacesuit, but the second poly-iron fiber layer is definitely ineffective."

"That's quite troublesome, we don't have a few spare sets." Lu Ning said, "We are ready to move on."

"No dissection?" Yang Hao was a little surprised.

"We all know its lethality, source of ability, defense and lethality, and we just need to take more precautions. I know you want to study its biological characteristics carefully, but this kind of thing has to be postponed until we restart Just go to the outpost."

"...Understood." Yang Hao stood up, "Then I can take some samples, right? Captain?"

"ASAP."

After 5 minutes, the sampling was completed, and Yang Hao put it in the sample box that he carried with him.The team set off again, this time Lu Ning let the bayonet walk in front, with himself in the middle, and another clarinet with wind pressure detection in the team was at the back.After adjusting the formation a little, everyone passed through the cave and continued to walk forward.

This time, he didn't go very far when he called out, "Stop, captain."

"what's the situation?"

"Stains of liquid solidification." Yanghao pointed to a sealed door not far away. It was like a water stain left after the water dried up, and it might not be noticed even under normal lighting conditions.

"Oh...that's strange." Longmai also saw it, "Captain, the outpost has a self-cleaning system."

"I know, so the traces can only be left after the shutdown. After such a long time, no dust has accumulated here, which proves that the closed dust removal effect is excellent, that is...in this room." Lu Ning looked at the tightly closed room. door.

"Do you need me to try to see if this door can be opened?" Longmai asked.

"No, use the microwave generator to heat the room directly."

"There may be..."

"Survivors? Longmai, there was so much movement outside just now, and it's not too far away from here. Except for some important places, the outposts have not undergone strong sound insulation treatment. If there are people inside, it is impossible not to hear them. Hearing the support and not coming out Look at the situation, then don't blame me for judging it as hostility, and act immediately."

Josh immediately went to the wall next to the door, pulled two wires with suction cups from the backpack, stuck them to the wall, and 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 3 minutes, all objects inside will be heated evenly to the point where living things cannot survive.

Waiting quietly, and nothing came out of it.It was not until 3 minutes later that Lu Ning instructed Longmai to try to open the door.

With a soft sound, the door opened, and everyone had already turned off the thermal imaging, so there was no red in the field of vision.At first glance, there was nothing special about it. They couldn't even feel the heat coming out of it with the spacesuit insulation. Lu Ning turned on the searchlight and took a look 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 burnt ashes remained on the table, which should be paper.And through the door of the bedroom, a scorched cane can be seen hanging on the bed.Lu Ning walked inside and found that the entire bedroom was covered with the remains of this plant. It grew out of a flower pot, but turned into this huge strange shape.Yanghao came in immediately, and he was more professional, and immediately distinguished some tissues that resembled hanging bottles from the wreckage.

"Fortunately, there are some left... Well, it should be this."

"What? You should have paid attention to the pool of water stains just now, right?"

"Yes, captain, the membranous substance I mentioned doesn't seem to grow out of that thing itself, so I think it's like a layer of afterbirth brought out of the womb. The growth and emergence of any life are almost inseparable. If there is boiling water, then it is also necessary to observe the traces of the liquid, we can at least find out its source." Yang Hao said, "Now it seems that this plant gave birth to that creature."

"Plants grow into animals? Don't bully me for my low level of education. I still know that the cell structure of the two is quite different." Spades said.

"There are so many wonders in the world." Yang Hao snorted, "You kid still has too little experience."

"Anyway, we can be sure that this plant has mutated...anyway, it's something similar." Qiao Shu said, "I believe that the people in the advance team are not so stupid to keep an obviously aggressive plant in their bedroom Here, this kind of thing must have happened later. But what caused this change? This is probably the main reason why this place has become what it is today."

"I think..." Bayonet said in a low voice, "We should pay attention to how many monsters of that kind it bred?"

"Not much. 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." Yanghao glanced at the single bed here, "Two heads."

"But we must pay attention to how many similar conditions of this plant will appear here because of that reason. The unknown hydraulic machine in the corridor does not look comparable to this plant." Spade shrugged, "Captain, what do you think? Woolen cloth?"

"Whatever happens, we've got to keep going. If something like this happens, and the outpost is able to seal it off in time, at least there will be archival material that will help us reconstruct the original events. The goal remains the same, but like a bayonet Like a brush, bring out all your detective skills, I don't want my team to be eliminated by stupid sneak attacks."

"Yes!"

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In a plain area about 220 kilometers away from Lu Ning's location, the two teams met here.

Both sides have number plates marked on their chests, so they call each other by code names.

"Captain DU-014, since we discovered this place at the same time, it is better to jointly detect and make the operation more secure." This voice can still show a hint of teasing after being processed by distortion.

"AL-007? You are from the Astronomical Light... I don't know you."

"We don't know each other at all, even if we are on the same ship as you, how many people do we recognize after taking off the helmet? Ah, why don't we exchange real names, which is the first link to strengthen trust?" AL-007 The captain suggested.

"...unless you first."

"I'm Luo Xiao, the captain of the AL-007 team. Nice to meet you."

"DU-014, Xuan Zhong."

(End of this chapter)