Returning from the abyss

Chapter 519 Esthetic Beast Traits
The phantom beasts in front of them are still not out of the category of wild beasts, at least they don't know how to avoid them.

The flames did not block the rock layer at all, and the hard rock layer instantly melted like ice and snow, and a rock monster was split into two pieces on the spot.The few behind were not afraid at all, and continued to rush up.

"D-Class, no threat."

Lu Ning took a step forward and took advantage of the weapon. This is not even a battle. In half a minute, all the dozen or so rock monsters here were cut down, leaving only a few who were still besieging the clarinet. , During this period of time, clarinet has also killed two and replaced two new opponents.

"Captain, you killed too fast!"

"We don't need to waste any more time here."

Lu Ning rushed over quickly, killed the last few stone monsters with a few swords, and clarinet put the steel chopping ax on the ground and gasped for a while.

"Captain!" Spade also ran up from the hillside.

"Weaker than expected." Lu Ning squatted down and began to extract some samples, while Clarinet stacked the ax and put it behind her back.

"Captain, I haven't played enough yet."

"Have that energy wasted on C-level creatures, their blunt blows can't even pierce the shock-absorbing layer of your clothing." Lu Ning will not indulge her too much, "And choose a laborious weapon like a steel chopping axe, your The target shouldn't be this medium-sized creature."

"Tsk, I don't see any large creatures here...Captain, what are you testing for?"

"The detection just now didn't find them hiding underground. I want to find out that substance or something." Lu Ning gently peeled off the surface with a dagger, "By the way, I caught the small one with a magnetic lock in the direction I came from." ,bring back."

The clarinet answered and ran over.

Lu Ning continued to carefully search for the organization of these rock monsters.Although she has no medical knowledge in this scene, she has surgical knowledge and the like. It cannot be said that she can treat living people, but she can still do autopsy.

Soon, she tore off two fluffy organs near the "shoulder". After scanning the two organs with a detector, the feedback signal was very weak, and seemed to be able to absorb various detection waves characteristic.

"There are really such parts..." Lu Ning checked the other shoulder again, and it was the same. Similar organs still grow on the waist and knees of these rock monsters. There are twelve pieces in total. Lu Ning took these Recorded all in his journal, then took a piece as a sample and stood up.Clarinet had also returned with the small phantom beast tied around his waist.

"Did you find anything? Captain?" Clarinet waved her hand casually, obviously disappointed that her interest was interrupted.Lu Ning briefly explained, and then let the two of them continue to follow her.

The further you go into the mountains, the denser the woods become, but there are very few animals here.The quietness felt that all three of them could feel it, but it was not clear whether this forest was just like this or there was something abnormal.

This time, after walking for nearly 10 minutes, the three of them searched for new signals at the same time.

"Captain, it should be birds this time? Small size, flocking, high point... It doesn't look like a rat-swarm creature." Spade asked inquiringly.

"How about thermal imaging?"

"There is no response, I can't see it at all. It's strange, why do most detection methods fail?" Clarinet is also very strange, "There is no feedback from the sonar, and it can only be found out by vibration detection and optical spectroscopy."

"In short, the old rule is to catch one and kill the rest." Lu Ning said.

"Isn't it a bit too cruel?" Spades began to attack.

"Since the interstellar era, people have created species extinctions nearly five times faster than before." Lu Ning sneered, "Because alien creatures that seem to be no threat on the surface can kill you with alien viruses."

"It's too small to lift up..." Clarinet also finished checking the gun, "Let's charge directly, we don't need to ambush."

"it is good."

This was a surprise attack that lasted less than 5 minutes. A group of thin bamboo poles living on a low cliff were startled by the charge of Lu Ning and the three of them. They obviously did not have a wing-like structure, but each of them could sprint at high speed like a flying arrow. Even penetrated the thick trunk.It’s just that this speed is still much slower than bullets. With clarinets and Lu Ning’s strafing shots and spades’ precise hits that slipped through the net, the first batch of “bamboo poles” that swooped up were quickly knocked out, followed closely by the greeters. The second batch is the magnetic locks specially used for arresting. Spade threw out the hook and pulled back the two successfully captured locks. Then Lu Ning opened his hand and spewed out a flame, together with the remaining ones on the cliff. Burned together into coke.

Then, when cleaning 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 confirmed that it was this organ that eliminated the detection function of the detector.

"These phantom beasts seem to have the characteristics of detection and avoidance." Clarinet also held an organ and looked at it carefully, "Captain, do you think it is because the advance team used these detection methods to hunt them that caused them to appear?" Targeted mutation? Our current effective methods have only been applied to personal equipment in the last 20 years, and those old methods are no longer useful."

"You finally said something normal...I think so too, captain." Spades said, "Lifeforms capable of rapid self-adaptive mutations were also discovered from some planets in the era of great exploration."

"Then I have to remind you that the living organisms discovered so far are all creatures with extremely simple genetic structures, that is, short-lived, easily mutated, and fast-reproducing types, and the mutations they carry out are all environmental adaptations. "Lu Ning put the organs in his hand into a specimen capsule, "Yes, those creatures can withstand high temperatures in hot environments, tundras can withstand cold, vacuums can be anaerobic, and they can even resist radiation in the universe... The problem is that is not One generation, but several generations of reproduction in a short period of time to obtain a method of elimination mutation. These phantom beasts are not like the kind that have a short lifespan 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-type mutation... Just like the enemies we encountered on the interstellar battlefield, they will develop suppression against our weapons Means, to destroy tactics, although these phantom beasts don’t show much intelligence, but we have encountered phantom beasts that can show intelligence.”

A moment of silence.

"Things may not be that bad, but I like to think about the worst. It has been 15 years since the plan was formulated and we have arrived. If they can mutate in the contemporary era, but still retain such a mutation, it can only show that they are important to us again. I am still prepared for the first time, which is what worries me the most.”

Lu Ning shook her head and continued walking into the woods.

"So we have to investigate as soon as possible. There are many unusual things under the peaceful appearance 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 not-so-distant outpost, there was a roar from the ground, and even the nearby ground trembled.

Luo Xiao patted the sand and pieces of meat that fell from his body, and smiled wildly: "I thought the scales of this thing were so hard! Aren't they still blown apart? Xuan Zhong, you play bombs well."

"To each other, we have won the prize."

In front of the two teams was a huge snake-shaped monster, but there were more than a dozen pairs of stubby feet on its body, corrosive miasma and saliva were swallowed in its mouth, hard scales were all over its body, and even its abdomen was long. The most outrageous thing is that this thing actually has a layer of energy resistance shield on it, and the high-energy weapons equipped by the team have little effect on it.

This is an out-and-out C-level creature. The two teams tried to deal with it with various physical means, even including high temperature and freezing. However, the size of this monster is really too big. It is nearly 20 meters long. Its body is extremely flexible, and its miasma can even extinguish the flames of flamethrowers. Many members of the two teams were injured by its rampage. In the end, the captain and deputy captain took the risk to get close, sticking the adhesive explosives on The place where a little damage was caused before is blasted a second time.

Luo Xiao is undoubtedly a good player. She is petite, flexible, and carries a lot of explosives on her body. However, she did not expect that the captain next to him who claimed to be Xuan Zhong was also a fellow, but compared to her who likes to install bombs with his own hands For those who went up, Xuan Zhong seemed to prefer automated blasting, and his body was full of automatic guidance and triggering special bombs.

In any case, under the two-pronged blasting attack, the scales of this C-rank creature were finally lifted.It's just that no one expected that the creature let out a long hiss in pain, and a row of tubular bones suddenly protruded from its back. The strong high-pressure airflow instantly pushed everyone to the wall. That sentence.

"Hahaha, it's in a hurry! Because we can hurt it! C-level creatures dare to underestimate us? Let me see what other skills you have?" A silver light flashed between Luo Xiao's fingers, and several of them were like knives. The same flake flew out and pierced into a piece of flesh that was not protected by scales. Then she snapped her fingers, and a big explosion exploded in front of her eyes. She was blown out, and the big snake was also shaken to the side.

At the same time, the remaining members of the team tilted the bullet rain. With Luo Xiao's madness, he had already authorized all the team members to change the most powerful ammunition. At this time, ammunition of various natures such as high temperature, plasma, freezing, and poison Continuously sprinkled on the scales, and more importantly concentrated on the wounds blasted by Luo Xiao.

The bone tube spewed air again, the big snake curled up to protect the wound, opened its mouth, and the green weapons spewed out, and the flash of those ammunition was swallowed up immediately, but at this moment, two bullets popped up on the ground suddenly. A black cross bomb went straight into the big snake's mouth. Although the shell was quickly corroded, the killing core inside had already ignited——

boom!
"Good job!" Luo Xiao rolled twice in the distance, but still did not forget to praise.She reached out and grabbed one of the big snake's legs. This time, three metal plates aimed directly at the gaps in the scales and pierced in.

"Luo Xiao! Pay attention to your own safety!" Xuan Zhong roared.

"I won't be killed by my own bomb! Cripple activated! Three, two, one!"

A more violent explosion sounded from Luo Xiao. Luo Xiao soared into the air, holding a broken leg in her hand. Her laughter proved that she was indeed alive and very happy.

"One madman."

Xuan Zhong—the alias chosen by Xuan Zitong—muttered something, and then continued to lay concealed landmines around. Corridors and other environments are actually not suitable for her explosive attack, but Luo Xiao dared to get close Detonate, even if it is for the sake of competitiveness, she can't admit defeat.

"C-level organisms... strong acid? It's not very easy to use. Shock? It's too big. Then just use the most primitive method."

She had systematically studied blasting as early as the first level, and she knew that bombs in the interstellar era were no longer the simple situation of igniting gunpowder to produce fragments in the traditional sense.But sometimes it has to be admitted that this most ancient definition of bomb always has the simplest meaning, that is, piled yield.

A few things that were the same size as quail eggs leaked from her hands. As soon as these little robots landed on the ground, they stretched out their wheels, and the tops became pointed, and they crawled towards the big snake under her command.

At this time, Orochi had already suffered from the pain and quickly rushed to the team members who were shooting forward, but the terrain structure of the outpost was also complex enough, with rooms on both sides, and the team members relied on the terrain to carry out obstacle strikes.The two deputy captains had already returned to the team to take up command duties, and the main force in front was her and Luo Xiao.

Xuan Zitong is still in a calm state. Now that she has been promoted to the third level, she is no longer the panic-prone look of the first level. C-level creatures still belonged to the scope of hunting with a full standard team, let alone her and Luo Xiao's two teams.The reason why he was at a disadvantage this time was because of the sudden attack and the fact that the opponent seemed to be aiming at his team's weapons.

"Xuan Zhong! You don't need to think for so long, do you?"

Luo Xiao's voice came again, Xuan Zitong turned her head, and found that she had actually landed on the body of the big snake, near the tail, and was now trying to find something from her body, and then relied on the defense of the space suit to attack those bones. Tube inside.

You can figure out what she stuffed with her toes!
"I've already set it up." She responded through the loudspeaker, "But I suggest you move away 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 Zitong guided the thermonuclear robot that drilled into the bone canal, and the solid uranium foil that Luo Xiao stuffed into it exploded instantly under this gesture, and a series of roars occurred along the spine of the big snake, and the bone canal shattered. The thick paste of blood and meat exploded into a cloud of smoke, and the strong high-pressure airflow completed the last spray. Xuan Zitong lay down on the ground to avoid it, but the blood in the big snake continued to spray for nearly half a minute before it ended.

"Luo Xiao, are you still alive?"

"Nonsense... Shouldn't we be concerned about whether this long worm is still alive?"

(End of this chapter)