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Chapter 460 Time Technology?

The escape of the giant scorpion larvae is definitely not a trivial matter, especially since the opponent may have evolved information-state attack technology.

Letting it grow naturally is tantamount to chronic suicide!

Wang Jing naturally knew this.

Therefore, after Chen Fan finished reporting the situation, within just a few minutes, a large number of detection drones from scientific research ships lined up and squeezed into the incubation tower.

They sank rapidly, and after reaching the specific coordinates of the scorpion eggs, these drones formed three encirclement nets with the scorpion eggs as the center, which continued to spread out in all directions.

This is a real carpet search!
As for the investigator starship, it was hovering silently in the air, waiting for the signal from the detection drone.

Although it looks no different from usual, the starship is now fully prepared for battle under the control of the onboard mainframe!
The pure energy from the vacuum zero-point energy reactor flowed into various weapons along the energy pathways. As long as Chen Fan gave an order, it could launch an attack on any corner of the base where He was hatched!

Time passed bit by bit, and in the holographic interface above the main console, three concentric circles with the scorpion egg coordinates as the center had gradually spread to the entire base - the drone had searched the entire hatchery tower base, but still found no trace of the giant scorpion larvae.

Under Yi's control, these drones began to take off and search the space above the base.

Looking at the scene in the holographic interface, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Compared to the previous base, searching the entire hatching tower is undoubtedly more difficult - those spiral columns and densely packed scorpion egg structures can form countless blind spots for observation. Once the giant scorpion larva hides inside one of the spiral columns, the search workload will even directly increase by several orders of magnitude!

Fortunately, thanks to the previous exploration of surrounding galaxies, the research ship is now equipped with a large number of drones.

After the screening of the base was thoroughly completed, the huge group of drones quickly formed a siege from above and below, searching for the whereabouts of the giant scorpion larvae in great detail.

"It's really fucking hell..."

Seeing the unsearched area in the holographic interface shrinking, Chen Fan couldn't help but swear. He raised his hand and scratched his head in annoyance: "Where on earth did this giant scorpion larva go?"

silence.

No one present could answer Chen Fan's question.

As the starship continued to rise in height, the scorpion eggs on the spiral columns became increasingly drier, like shriveled empty shells hanging casually on the columns.

and many more? !
Empty shell? ! !

Chen Fan seemed to have thought of something. His face changed drastically and he gave an order very urgently: "One! Stop the starship!!"

"Chen Fan?" Hong Shi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and looked at Chen Fan in surprise. "Did you find anything?"

Chen Fan raised his finger and pointed at the spiral pillar outside the porthole: "Look at these insect eggs."

Hongshi frowned and looked in the direction of Chen Fan's finger.

The egg was shriveled, and inside it lay quietly a lifeless larvae corpse.

"This..." Hongshi's eyes were filled with confusion. "It doesn't look like there's anything wrong. Isn't it normal to lose external energy supply?"

"No!"

Chen Fan interrupted Hongshi's words directly: "Don't you find that these insect eggs are drying up too quickly?"

"They are like empty shells, and they are drying up much faster than the super-large scorpion eggs near the base!!"

With Chen Fan's reminder, Hongshi finally realized the problem.

Logically speaking, the drying speed of insect eggs should be proportional to the energy consumption of the eggs - in other words, the closer the eggs are to the base, the faster they dry.

She carefully checked the scorpion eggs outside the porthole, her expression changed slightly: "There is indeed a problem!"

"It's normal for the outer membrane of the scorpion egg to dry up, but now even the liquid inside the egg has disappeared, and even the larvae inside have almost become mummies..."

Hongshi was shocked: "You mean..."

"Yes." Chen Fan looked at the mummified scorpion eggs outside the porthole with fearful eyes, "I suspect that the larva is devouring the nutrients remaining inside these scorpion eggs."

"After all, it was not born normally. A premature baby should have greater nutritional needs."

As he spoke, Chen Fan raised his head and looked at the many insect eggs directly above the starship.

Densely packed "mummies" came into view.

Suddenly, Chen Fan's eyes fixed, as if he saw something.

The next second, his expression suddenly changed.

"quick!!"

"Emergency Dimension Upgrade!!!"

hum! ! !
As soon as Chen Fan's voice fell, a powerful energy wave burst out wildly from the interior of the starship!
In just a moment, the originally yellow investigator starship quickly became illusory!
Urgent Dimension Upgrade!!

next second.

Right above the Investigator starship, a dried scorpion egg that was almost twice the size of the surrounding scorpion eggs suddenly exploded, and a skinny giant scorpion opened its eight pairs of scorpion legs, dangling its slender scorpion tail, and pounced towards the Investigator starship below like a divine soldier from heaven! !
Unlike ordinary giant scorpions, the body of this giant scorpion seems slightly illusory, like a vague projection.

clang! ! !
When the sharp scorpion's legs and tail approached the starship, a faint golden light instantly bloomed, forming a thin, eggshell-like shield in the dark space. Visible ripples spread out from the point of contact between the two, and the first wave of attack launched by the giant scorpion was successfully blocked.

Its attack was blocked, and the giant scorpion opened its mouth angrily and let out a silent hiss.

Inside the starship cockpit.

Chen Fan stared in shock at the slowly decreasing shield output power on the holographic interface and swallowed hard.

Beside him, Hongshi also looked at the giant scorpion that kept hissing outside the porthole with a pale face.

She raised her hand and gently patted her full chest which was rising and falling with her rapid breathing: "Okay, that was a close call..."

Almost, just a little bit!!

From the opponent's attacking posture, it can be seen that the opponent has already ascended to the four-dimensional state. If Chen Fan had not issued an emergency command to upgrade the dimension just now, the starship in the three-dimensional state would have been torn into pieces by the opponent! !
"One, notify [Gaia], tell him to prepare for battle and block the exit of the hatchery tower!"

Chen Fan took a few deep breaths, and after he recovered, he issued several orders in an orderly manner: "Let the detection drones evacuate in an orderly manner. The other party has mastered the dimensional technology. These drones will only get in the way if they continue to stay here!"

As he spoke, he gently pushed the joystick in front of him, controlling the starship to dive towards the base below.

Seeing the starship turn around and "escape", the giant scorpion that had already locked onto its hunting target was not willing to give up!
It roared again, passed through the spiral pillars without any hindrance, and chased after the starship directly! !
……

Hatching tower base area.

This is a disc-shaped open area with a height of tens of thousands meters and a diameter of nearly six thousand kilometers.

For the Investigator Starship and the Giant Scorpion, this is undoubtedly a perfect battlefield!

boom! ! !
A huge cannonball swayed and shot out from the muzzle of the starship's secondary gun and flew far into the air.

next second.

The shell exploded suddenly, and a huge fireball rose slowly in the dim space of the incubation tower.

This is a very ordinary stellar flare - it is made using basic fusion principles and is basically equivalent to a small star.

The originally dim space of the incubation tower suddenly became bright, and the light stone floor tiles at the bottom of the base also emitted a faint fluorescence under the stimulation of the dissipated energy.

Without any greetings or preparations, several long black marks quickly appeared around the starship that had stopped.

next second.

Along with the strong fluctuations of time and space, the black mark disappeared directly. When it appeared again, it had already arrived in front of the giant scorpion.

Perhaps due to congenital defects, the giant scorpion's movements were not flexible and even a little slow - facing the space rift attacking head-on, it not only had no intention of dodging, but even actively "crashed" into it!

"Hit!!"

Looking at the prompt information in the holographic interface, Chen Fan's eyes suddenly showed a hint of joy.

Without any defensive measures, even if the giant scorpion's body armor is made of strong interaction force materials, it cannot withstand the attack of space rifts!

but……

The moment after the attack hit, Chen Fan just froze in place.

The dark space crack seemed to be affected by some unknown force. When it approached the giant scorpion, its speed suddenly dropped until it completely stopped in front of the giant scorpion! !

This is definitely not an effect that can be produced by any space shield or dimensional shield!!

——Under normal circumstances, when facing an attack from space weapons, we can either transfer them through space technology or resolve them with the help of higher-dimensional means.

All of the above will definitely not cause the space rift to fall into a static state!!

"Time, time stopped? Is this time technology?!!"

Chen Fan looked at the space crack in front of the giant scorpion with horror. He couldn't believe his eyes: "How, how is this possible?!"

With his heart trembling, Chen Fan subconsciously pressed the fire button on the joystick.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
As several space cracks shot out at the same time, the muzzle of the main gun on the back of the Investigator starship began to flash a faint black light!

boom! ! !
The black light of the dark matter cannon suddenly lit up, attracting a dazzling white light from the light stone tiles below!

The distance of tens of kilometers passed in a flash, and the space rift and the dark matter cannon arrived in front of the giant scorpion almost at the same time!
Just like before, the giant scorpion showed no intention of dodging.

Chen Fan broke out in a cold sweat, staring at the image displayed on the holographic interface from afar.

The previous magical scene is staged again!
When approaching the giant scorpion, both the space rift and the dark matter cannon emitting a strong black light, their forward speeds rapidly decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, until they completely stopped in the empty space!
"time!"

In the passenger seat, Hongshi's face turned pale in an instant: "This is definitely time technology!!"

"Chen Fan, we..."

"It's over."

(End of this chapter)