Returning from the abyss

Chapter 512
When the analysis of biology and medicine was going on, Longmai was not idle.Although the cutting speed of the drone is fast, the flying speed is faster, so there are still many intact parts left on the ground.He found three or five corpses, and found two ID cards from a pocket.

"Yes." Longmai turned on the searchlight, "This person is a researcher at this outpost, with a medium authority level, probably at the level of a project leader. Let me try to reply to the ID code of the card, maybe it can save us a lot of money." Less time."

Of course, this does not refer to the public area. As a rescue team, Lu Ning and others have the highest breakthrough authority authorized by the Canglong Alliance.However, some non-intelligent verification methods are still required for some private areas in the outpost, and this information is generally stored in a personal ID card.

Unfortunately, nothing else was found.It was also helpless for the corpse to be cut open by the laser drone. Lu Ning waited until Longmai had sorted out the things before ordering all the fragments of the corpse to be moved aside to move on. Now is not the time to collect the corpse.

"Those things just now are probably approaching C-level creatures." Yang Hao said in a deep voice, "The reason why they can be wiped out so quickly is purely because the equipment of the captain and the deputy team itself is a weapon against C-level creatures, and the bayonet and spades are used. The pulse rifle has been unable to effectively penetrate the defense."

"Indeed." Spider Silk agreed, "I checked the wounds left by the first few. The bullets can only leave burn marks on the skin, without affecting the movement at all, and may even arouse the viciousness of the creatures."

"The role of conventional ammunition is probably not obvious here. Spades, bayonets, you are approved to change to special ammunition, one type. Report the demand."

"I want a molten bomb." Spade said immediately.

"Cut and cut the bullet." The bayonet followed sullenly.

Lu Ning turned on the computer on her arm. The pulse rifle itself uses energy ammunition, which can simulate various specifications of ammunition existing in the alliance, but the special ones will naturally not be distributed at will, and need to be unlocked with the captain's authorization.

Soon, the rifles of Spade and Bayonet issued a switch prompt, and the two immediately conducted a test shooting. There was a red hot burn mark on the wall, and everyone heard a wind blowing in their ears.

"The effect is good, what about the rest?"

Of course, those who are not combat members don't need it. Demoman Tiemei's equipment is different from that of ordinary players and doesn't need it. Clarinet said that he doesn't need to change the ammunition type either.

"The closer you get to the bottom, the closer you are to the functional area." Soon after, everyone came to the stairs again, and Qiu Shu looked down and said, "I think everyone has seen the road map. The functional area of ​​the outpost includes complex The development and exploration functions of the system will inevitably include places such as specimen rooms or living organism storage rooms. Looking at the current situation, we must be prepared."

"This time I will go ahead. Only Qiu Shu and I have air particle detection devices." Lu Ning stood at the front of the line and tidied up her equipment. "Normally speaking, in such a crisis, the relevant personnel should All possible efforts are being made to destroy such areas, but we have no way of judging whether they will have the time to do so."

"I am queen." Qiu Shu simply added.

No one spoke, because they were indeed not as clear as professional soldiers like Lu Ning and Qiu Shu in judging such a situation.After Lu Ning finished her preparations, she took off the gloves on the outside of her spacesuit. Inside were black painted wire gloves, and on her ten fingers were small gun barrels that looked like fingernails.

Captain Lu Ning—I was originally a very strong soldier, because an army that is not strong enough will not survive the psychological problems caused by war.And when Lu Ning really raised the lethal weapon, she felt the cold smell of death in this body...from the enemy.In this person, human life is just a number and has no other meaning.

Fortunately, he is not the same person now.

As Lu Ning took the last step down the stairs, the various detection systems in front of her immediately showed a large number of readings, and the earphones that received external sounds also heard a noisy sound like a swarm of bees.

She raised her finger, and five silver-white ballistics rushed out from the barrel, penetrating among the flying insects in the air. After half a second, all the flying insects stopped moving, and an ice net was formed, killing all flying insects. All frozen in the air.

"Tsk, the power of technology." Lu Ning was also a little speechless.

"Solved? As expected of the captain." Qiu Shu had already come down with the team behind him, and seeing the threat that was instantly resolved in the corridor, several people froze for a moment.

"Water bullets?" Longmai is quite knowledgeable.

"A countermeasure bullet against all cellular organisms." Lu Ning rubbed her wrist, "Although these creatures are weird, they are not beyond the category of biology, less than C-level."

"Insects this time? Flying insects? Hmm..." Yang Hao stood in front of the ice sculpture and pondered.

"Yanghao, is there anything I need to pay attention to?" Lu Ning asked.

"Captain... At first it was a humanoid, then plants, bugs... I think you should also know that the simpler the genetic structure, the easier it is for unpredictable mutations to occur."

"I am certain."

"So it's not a good thing that things like bugs appear in the deep layers. Now these creatures have some methods that we haven't heard of before, and these bugs can only wander around the periphery, which means that the creatures inside will be stronger."

"This...Although what you said makes sense, there is no need to worry."

"Oh? Captain, what did I not consider?"

Lu Ning pointed to her helmet: "A large number of explosion residual particles can be detected here. I have reason to believe that the people here activated the destruction system in time when the disaster happened, and these bugs should be lucky not to be involved."

"They activated the destruction system?" Qiu Shu asked.

"Yes, the good news is that there should not be too many biochemical monsters, but the bad news is that this means that most of the entire sixth and seventh floors have been buried. After all, it is a means of blasting."

"Then there are only the energy area on the eighth floor and the control room on the ninth floor. The question is how do we go down? If it is really a blasting method...then only the emergency exit is left, and we have to make a big circle." Longmai looked at asked the map.

"There could be a lot of dangerous encounters around the detour. We can see along the way that the outpost is only lost in personnel, but the structure has not suffered excessive damage. As long as we can regain control, then we can quickly attack the entire outpost. Carry out the work of re-cleaning." Lu Ning said, "So, we have to dig a road."

"Digging? Did we bring those tools?" Spade asked, "I mean, this is indeed my old profession, but no matter what kind of digging needs tools, right? It's impossible for Tiemei Carrying so much explosives."

"Boy, the freedom of mercenaries is bought with ignorance. You have no idea how fast technology is developing when you are drifting in the universe." Yang Hao sneered, "I heard that the alliance developed a new set about a year ago. Individual combat weapons...Captain, they will not begrudge such a mission."

"It's not a new weapon, it's just that the old equipment has new functions." Lu Ning raised her hand in a claw shape, slightly controlled the output, and aligned the five barrels in front of the palm of her hand. Slowly, a black sphere appeared. emerges in her palm.

She moved the ball in her hand close to the wall without making a sound, and then took it away. People could see that there was a hole in the wall, and the hole continued to expand after Lu Ning took her hand away.

"Material twister?" Longmai exclaimed, "As expected of the alliance's scientific research team."

"It can't be applied to weapons yet, but it is enough to open a hole on the surface of various normal substances. Qiushu, Longmai, recalculate the map and find a location for me to bypass the dangerous area and dig down. .”

"You should have taken out such a good thing earlier, captain." Longmai responded cheerfully.

Lu Ning didn't answer her. Her original intention was to try not to damage the main structure of the outpost, and then use this as a base to deal with the next mission issued by the distribution center.It's just that the current situation forces her to use this method - just relying on the means of hiding information to deceive people in the distribution center, there is no guarantee that the subsequent tasks will embarrass you, so you have to try to be perfect in the early stage.

For example, don't let the team members die.

"Captain! We have planned a path to avoid potentially dangerous areas as much as possible, but even so, we still need to be careful when we go down to the ninth floor. The control center is surrounded by command rooms and shelter structures. It is hard to say whether it will There will be people or creatures hiding inside." Longmaihui reported.

"Yes, the map is sent to me. The energy of the material twister is limited. It is better to reduce the number of excavations..." Lu Ning raised his arm to receive the map from the dragon vein, and a simple and clear green line was marked. This efficiency is very impressive. satisfy.

She walked to the predetermined position and slowly pressed the black ball in her hand into the ground.A slanted downward cavity was slowly formed, and everyone was quietly waiting for the distortion effect to be exhausted and the ground to become firm again.

"Get down." Lu Ning jumped straight down when the hole widened enough to squeeze in about two people.

Each level of the outpost is spaced by about two meters of ground, designed to allow for the necessary blockade.Lu Ning calculated the energy output each time, controlled the height of the fall during the excavation, and quickly penetrated the stratum between the sixth and seventh floors, and the bottom has turned into rubble piled up with rocks.

"team leader!"

The team members who jumped down with Lu Ning quickly scattered around after landing. Among them, Spider Silk stepped on something just after taking a step, and she hurriedly reported.

"what?"

"There's something buried under here! It feels soft to step on!"

"Soft? It can't be a corpse, right?" Insect Bait asked.

"The corpse has long since rotted." Yang Hao snorted, "Use a biological detector to check first."

But there is no feedback under the scan of the biological detection.

"Well, at least the things underneath are not alive, so don't worry about the weird creatures here." Spade shrugged, "Do you want to dig it out? I have a sapper shovel."

"Go ahead, Shovel." Spider Silk moved away with a hint of teasing.

Lu Ning acquiesced, and her detection didn't show any danger warning, so it doesn't hurt to take a look.Spade's movements were really professional, but he quickly sorted out the pile of gravel, big and small, and dug out the "soft substance" underneath after a few minutes.

"Oh?" Yang Hao made an interested voice.

Under the ruins was a piece of amber-like thing, very dark in color, soft to the touch, but extremely tough.Using high-brightness searchlights, one can vaguely see a circle of black shadows inside, but there are large fluff-like extensions around it, making it difficult to distinguish the shape.

"Yaohao, what do you think this is?" Lu Ning still asked the professionals.

Yang Hao observed it closely for a while, and then said: "I can't see anything without cutting it open, but if I guess, I think it should be an embryo."

"I don't recommend cutting it up." Qiu Shu said, "It's strange that this thing will appear here, even if it's dead, it may cause unnecessary trouble."

"Temporary mark, we have to go down first." Lu Ning said.

These things appearing in the outpost have become more and more weird. Normally, so many dangerous and unknown creatures are not allowed to exist at the same time, and the various scientific instruments carried by the advance team can also identify creatures. Why didn't they find these creatures? Existential danger?

In the information sent back by the outpost before the contact was completely lost, there was no mention of any information about this at all.However, based on the evaluation of all the outposts, there are only possible B-level biological evaluations in some difficult-to-reach deep seas, deep valleys, and polar regions.

"What's wrong..."

With deeper doubts, Lu Ning dug to the next level.The energy area on the eighth floor.

Most of the area here is the functional place of the outpost, which is a good place for Longmai, even if he doesn't go to the central control room, he can restore some energy supplies here.After inspecting the two geothermal extraction reactors, he was also convinced that part of the energy source was just that the external line was cut off, and there was no fault in itself, and it could be repaired in about two hours.

"Can you see what caused the external line failure?" Lu Ning asked.

"Let me see the circuit return..." Longmai pulled out a few wires from his spacesuit and connected them to the safety computer of the energy box, "The reason seems to be that the wires melted. Some local circuits generated high current instantly and Generated high heat and blew the circuit. Normally it can be repaired by activating the backup self-repair program, but this time it is a crisis for the entire outpost."

"Is it an EMP?" Josh asked.

"No, the principle of the electromagnetic pulse is that the entire circuit is overloaded, and it will not form a burnt state at this position. Captain, should we pre-repair it now or continue to the lower level?"

"Repair, I hope the central control room can resume work directly, then at least ensure that the energy supply there is normal."

"Okay, let's check the line immediately."

(End of this chapter)