I am your natural enemy.

Chapter 593: Forced to be kicked off the line, Huan Beast (5k)

They discovered some unexpected situations as soon as they arrived, which made all the Taoist soldiers more cautious.

There are indeed some places like caves in the world where high concentrations of carbon dioxide continuously overflow. The specific gravity of carbon dioxide is higher than that of air, and it will indeed sink if there is no external interference.

But this is a wilderness, and the valley gathers wind and draws air. At the moment the wind speed is not high, but it is not so fast that it cannot blow away the carbon dioxide that has sunk to the bottom of the valley.

Everyone immediately felt clearly the precautions they had been told before coming here.

We cannot use our inherent common sense to judge things here.

You must be wary of everything, anything, even weeds and stones.

They did not dare to release the drone rashly, so they had to go to the top of the mountain first and set up equipment, including solar panels, backup generators, signal receivers, various detection equipment, etc.

After the initial setup was completed to ensure that the communications between them had at least three layers of security, some of the talents began to spread out and start detecting the markers.

Finding a suitable place as the initial camp is a must, and collecting samples is also a top priority.

But they don’t know that some of these samples will be used as coordinate objects.

Samples were collected, including carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide river at the bottom of the valley.

Such a high concentration of carbon dioxide is also an important resource.

This barren mountain area is almost entirely rocky, with no arable land at all. The most intuitive thing is that if there is a need in the future, carbon dioxide can be directly used to synthesize starch. The relevant technology has already completed the process from 0 to 1, and is now in the stage of 1 to 10.

Although producing carbon dioxide is the simplest step in this series of processes, if you have something, you have to think about how to use it.

Later, the high concentration of carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide river will be used to make other equipment, replenish the consumption of some weapons, etc.

Apart from the invisible river at the bottom of the valley, the rest of the exploration went smoothly. After two hours, the surrounding terrain had been mapped out, and everything from weeds to stones and suspected minerals had been collected.

But the bad thing is that I didn’t see any living creatures, not even a bug.

As the sky grew darker, a chill began to fill the air, and the captain cautiously issued an order to reunite at the camp.

Monitoring equipment placed in some places issued an alarm, detecting a sudden surge in carbon dioxide concentration.

The newly drawn topographic map clearly shows that the flow rate of the carbon dioxide rivers flowing in the valleys has begun to plummet, but at the same time, like a rising tide, the "water level" has begun to rise.

In just a few minutes, the carbon dioxide at the bottom of the valley surged, flooding a large area and submerging the hilly terrain.

The detection equipment showed that within a few kilometers, only a few hills were not completely submerged.

Now they all knew why there was no living thing to be seen in this damn place, not even insects.

Any living creature that needs oxygen would probably not be able to survive here. Any living creature that has the strength to avoid being "drowned" at a time like this would probably not live here. This is a dead place.

This place is quite suitable as a camp for Taoist soldiers, because Taoist soldiers don’t need to breathe or eat. In some ways, they are quite like the undead.

After the tide calmed down, the captain gave decisive orders to continue the exploration.

Previously, those carbon dioxide rivers were spread throughout all the valleys of this hilly area, flowing rapidly in the valleys. In some places, the river channels were even 20 to 30 meters wide, making it very difficult to cross the river.

Although the tide is high now, the rapidly flowing carbon dioxide seems to be still and the flow speed is very slow. This is actually the best opportunity to explore outside.

Just as they began to continue exploring, a strange sound appeared, a chirping sound mixed with a hissing sound.

The leader of the exploration team immediately raised his hand, and everyone stopped.

Another soldier took out a device to capture those sounds, and the device's built-in database automatically matched them.

"Viper snakes, brown rats, red squirrels..."

The equipment quickly gave more than a dozen possibilities, but it was still impossible to determine what it was, and the soldier Daobing couldn't tell what it was even when he tried to capture it himself.

"Turn off the heat, lie down, and remain silent." The team leader suddenly conveyed the message.

The entire team lay down, all heat sources were turned off, the Taoist soldiers did not need to breathe, they remained motionless, as if they were stones.

Gradually, they saw something swaying on a hill in the distance that had not yet been completely submerged. The sound came from there.

A few minutes later, a big bird flew in the sky. Under the moonlight, when the bird flapped its wings, they flashed with colorful light, and its cry sounded like a person giggling.

A big bird flew over here, circled in the sky for a while, and immediately folded its wings and dived towards the mountain below.

Only after flying closer could we vaguely see that the big bird had three heads, and on the top of the mountain that was not submerged, something had drilled out from the ground and was swaying gently there.

When the big bird swooped down and stretched out its sharp claws to grab the thing, all the sounds coming from the top of the mountain disappeared, and a shrill roar of a wild beast exploded there.

The swooping bird was affected and its body paused slightly. Then, the thing that came out of the ground disappeared. A big yellow cat rushed out from the ground while the big bird was affected.

The big cat used its huge claws to first slap off the left head of the big bird, then hooked the right head with its other claw and bit it fiercely with its big mouth, biting the middle head and the right head together in one bite.

With a quick and clean turn, he landed on the ground, and grabbed the bird's body with his two hind claws, pressing it under him and breaking one of its wings.

In the blink of an eye, the dust settled. After waiting for several minutes, when the big bird stopped struggling, the big cat was seen holding the big bird, standing on the top of the mountain, looking in all directions, and finally turned around and disappeared over the top of the mountain.

Several Taoist warriors lying on the ground in the distance did not move. After waiting for more than ten minutes, they saw a one-eyed giant cat head suddenly appear from the top of the mountain. The big cat looked around vigilantly and found that there was no change, so it disappeared again.

Half an hour later, the team leader raised his hand and gestured, signaling his teammates to retreat first.

After retreating a certain distance, they immediately reported what they had just seen and the video they had taken. Only then did they have time to review it.

A one-eyed, khaki-colored big cat with great strength, explosive power, and speed, and its characteristics are extremely similar to those of the target.

They reported this first and found a highly suspected mission target.

Now we understand how the creatures living in this area hunt.

If there is nothing on the ground, lure and prey on those in the sky.

On the other side, the temporary camping site has been confirmed. It is a place some distance away from the valley and some distance from the top of the mountain.

This place will be flooded during high tide, but if you go up a little bit, you can escape the flooded area.

Those who have received the latest intelligence have begun to use equipment to explore the general structure of the underground.

Most of the underground is made up of hard rock, but there are also a large number of detectable cavities. These cavities are connected in many places, forming a huge network that spreads throughout the underground.

The thing we just found that is highly suspected to be the mission target should be living underground.

It is not certain why the underground is not flooded with high concentrations of carbon dioxide.

When they discovered that these high concentrations of carbon dioxide were clearly flowing rapidly from high altitudes to low altitudes, they put underground exploration at the back of the priority list. Unexpectedly, they were still misled by common sense.

Not long after, another team sent a message saying that they had discovered similar sounds in the direction they were clearing.

The captain acted decisively and issued the order immediately.

"Teams 2 and 3, all of you, gather towards Squad 15 immediately and try to capture as many targets alive as possible."

Their primary task is to capture the target, and their secondary task is to set up camp, collect samples, and open up new land for exploration.

Dozens of Taoist warriors immediately entered combat status and approached the target at a rapid speed.

By the time a big bird was spotted flying over, soldiers on several nearby hills had already set up sniper rifles and could kill it if necessary.

A few minutes later, the big bird swooped down, and a big khaki cat rushed out from a crack on the top of the mountain and took off into the air.

The soldiers in the distance took the lead in using an anesthetic needle, targeting both the big bird and the big cat. The big bird was injected with an anesthetic needle and immediately flew up in panic, but it flew only ten meters high before it began to stagger and fall back to the ground.

The big cat, which had been injected with five or six anesthetic needles, turned around and tried to run away as if nothing had happened.

On a distant hilltop, a soldier was lying on the ground, holding up a sniper rifle with a slightly exaggerated caliber. He fired a shot, and the entrance to the cave on the top of the mountain exploded with a bang, directly cutting off Big Cat's retreat.

The big cat roared and circled on the top of the mountain. It was shot with an anesthetic gun three times, but it was still alive and kicking. Finally, it was driven to desperation and saw that it could not go back to the original cave, so it rushed down from the top of the mountain and entered the area below that was flooded with high concentrations of carbon dioxide.

The big cat ran quickly down the hillside, heading straight for another mountain top that it had discovered earlier that was not completely submerged.

Not far away, he heard two "pu pu" sounds in front of him, and two black balls flew towards him. When they were halfway through the flight, they suddenly expanded and turned into two large nets two or three meters in size.

The big cat avoided one side, but was directly caught by the other side and was trapped by the large net.

The big cat was trapped in the net, with its nostrils and mouth closed, and it was still struggling. The specially made large net was almost torn to pieces.

The soldiers gathered around and waited for the big cat to run out of energy.

There were people nearby who were constantly recording the time. The big cat had been hit by at least ten anesthetic injections, all of which were high-dose. Logically, even an adult African elephant weighing several tons should have been lying down by now.

But even though the big cat was indeed shot with the needle, it was still alive and kicking.

After waiting for a full five minutes, the big cat's movements began to slow down. Its closed nostrils reopened and it inhaled the high concentration of carbon dioxide. After waiting for another three minutes, the big cat finally fainted completely.

The soldiers wrapped the big cat in a large net three times, then picked up the unconscious big bird and carried it back to where they came from.

In the camp, some soldiers have already exited the landing state and are going back to report the news.

They gathered their men and began to go into defensive mode.

In the temporary camp, soldiers were already digging holes and pits to expand the entrance to the passage on the top of the mountain.

In the second half of the night, when the yin energy was at its strongest, fog began to appear in the air, and the wind blew, making a humming sound.

The gray mist merged into the ordinary fog. As soon as the soldier on the outermost alert came into contact with the gray mist, a red light suddenly lit up on his chest, and his yang energy suddenly burst out, forcing the gray mist back.

The alert soldier was also protected by protective measures and forced to go offline, and the empty Taoist soldier fell to the ground.

"Leave the supplies behind and enter the cave." The captain made a prompt decision and ordered everyone to retreat.

They couldn't distinguish the gray fog that blended into the ordinary fog. They could only watch as the soldiers who had no time to dodge had red light burst out from their chests. The protection measures were forcibly activated and kicked them off the line.

In just a few seconds, most of the people were kicked off the line. The remaining people entered the stone cave that was dug with great difficulty. Sure enough, neither the fog nor the high concentration of carbon dioxide penetrated into the ground.

The big cat, which had suffocated to death, was taken away by them, but the other big bird was not taken away in time.

They saw that in the mist, the soul of the big bird seemed to be pulled out of its body by something, and was sucked into the mist. It was gradually torn into pieces and disappeared into the mist.

Time passed little by little, and after an hour, the fog dissipated. When it was almost dawn, the high concentration of carbon dioxide that submerged the place began to recede, returning to its daytime state, flowing only at high speed at the bottom of the valley.

They returned to where they came from, carrying the corpses of the big cat and the big bird, various samples they had collected, and several empty shells of Taoist soldiers that had been forced offline.

After a soldier went offline to report, a minute later, the space in front of them seemed to be stretched open, and the door was opened to welcome them in.

At this moment, there were still soldiers left in the camp, and they moved all the empty Taoist soldiers back to the camp.

Before dawn, a white eagle soared past at an altitude of two thousand meters. Its eyes, which were obviously a bit spiritual, swept across the earth, saw obvious differences on the ground, and saw traces of the explosion on the top of the mountain.

A thumb-sized demon poked its head out from the white eagle's feathers and sniffed downwards.

"It's those monsters that look like humans but are not humans again. They seem to have the power of thunder and fire. Don't lower your altitude. Let's go. Don't take risks. Go back and report."

The little demon gave an order, and the white eagle continued to soar into the distance.

On the other side, at the bottom level of the underground hive, routine disinfection is carried out, and then the bodies of the big birds and big cats are placed in the sealed equipment. Some of the empty Taoist soldiers that were attacked and forced to go offline also need to be taken back for testing.

After all the samples are sealed, the black box opens the door of the channel and directly uses the channel to send them to another place, eliminating the risk of transportation.

On the other side, Wen Yan finished his night practice and went to the dark island again. After returning from the routine salvation, he received the message from the black box.

It was my first time to open up new land in the wilderness and I gained a lot.

First, and most importantly, Taoist soldiers are extremely necessary.

After only half a day of exploration, 80% of the Taoist soldiers triggered the forced protection and were forcibly kicked offline.

And the Taoist soldier was not kicked off the line because of damage, but because he encountered some monster that targets the soul.

The Taoist soldiers may not be seriously affected, but no one is willing to take the gamble if it is not necessary.

If humans were to go, it would mean 80% casualties during the first exploration.

Second, they obtained the corpse of a Huan beast, but did not catch it alive.

The Huan beast is almost immune to anesthetics. It can hold its breath for more than five minutes in a high concentration of carbon dioxide. When it can no longer hold its breath, it can still hold on for another three minutes before losing the ability to resist. After that, it should take a few more minutes before it is truly suffocated to death.

What can be confirmed at present is that the Huan beast has a very strong detoxification ability and a very high resistance to poison.

The liver remained active at least four hours after death.

It is very valuable for research, and at present, it seems that there is a high probability that it will be helpful to the current situation.

The intestinal flora of Huan beasts is somewhat different from that of the modern world. The types are similar, but very ancient, and the evolutionary direction is also different.

It's a bit like some of the so-called super bacteria in hospitals that have evolved in a specific direction.

Unfortunately, the current sampling results are not ideal, because all the samples have been killed by bacteria in the world...

Third, the corpse of another exotic animal that was brought back has just begun preliminary research. So far, it has only been discovered that the feather structure is very special, and there is a special gland in the body of the exotic animal that contains an unidentified substance.

Fourth, I brought back new coordinate items and various samples.

It is certain that there are a lot of rocks and jade mines there. Among the samples brought back, we found jade suitable for making objects to ward off evil spirits, as well as a large amount of warm jade.

The area over there covered with weeds and rocks can actually be said to be a very high-quality jade mine. The amount of reserves is uncertain, but it is definitely not small.

Wen Yan looked at the preliminary information and breathed a sigh of relief. It was worth it that he had dragged Zhang Qihui to do this for so long and even went into the server field specifically.

Taoist soldiers are still very useful. As long as you can firmly establish the outpost, you will not lose money even if you mine later.

The price of warm jade has begun to increase significantly in the past two months, and has increased rapidly in the past few days, doubling in just a few days.

Because after the scorching sun shines, the uses of warm jade have become more diverse, it's that simple.

No matter how much the Lieyang Tribe keeps the news secret, it will be useless. Even if only a small number of people know about it, this small number must be those who can mobilize more funds and resources.

As long as a small number of these people start to plan and hoard, the price of warm jade will definitely rise.

In the past, you had to look at the quality and purity, and the scraps were sold by pound, which was very cheap.

Now the prices of warm jade of poor quality or scraps are rising wildly.

Wen Yan ignored these things. These were the headaches for the Lieyang tribe. After confirming that they had really caught a Huan beast and there was a great chance that it would be useful, he felt relieved.

Be it researching drugs or curing diseases and saving lives, these are not his forte. He is now thinking about doing something he is good at, such as fighting.

(End of this chapter)