Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 476 Returning with a Full Load
The last frozen cage in the camouflage camp was also triggered, and a panicked alien enemy stepped on it and collapsed.

"Boss, all three traps have been triggered. These remaining guys..."

Tommy shook his dizzy head. The intense use of his bloodline talent in such a short period of time also made him dizzy. "Land... Have the brothers clean up the battlefield quickly. We're leaving here and returning to base immediately!"

Although there were a lot of alien monsters landing from the ice cave, after the only seven or eight red light monsters were killed or injured, those guys who controlled the black water could not withstand the fire suppression of dozens of blood warriors, coupled with the precise sniping from the air... soon they were all shot in the vital parts and lay on the snow.

The soldiers stood up from the snow pit shelters one after another and approached the bodies of the killed enemies cautiously. Before they took action, they were repeatedly told not to try to destroy the strange skin on the enemy's body, so as not to trigger the self-destruction of the body and affect themselves.

"These skinned guys look really disgusting..."

"What's inside these greasy skins? Why is the blood flowing out red, just like ours?"

"Hmm...it smells even more foul than the evil orcs. It really is a monster from the sea as the city lord said!"

As soon as the airship involved in the battle landed, Tommy quickly walked down and shouted, "Don't dawdle! Pull the frozen cage out of the snow pit, pick out a few relatively intact bodies, and all the undamaged black water cans... We'll set off in half an hour."

The deputy came forward and asked, "Boss, what should we do with the bodies that we can't take away and the supplies used to camouflage the camp?"

Tommy looked around the messy camp and curled his lips. "We can't leave any clues for the enemy to observe and study us. Push everything, including the bodies, into the collapsed ice cave. Throw those broken black water cans in as well and burn them all!"

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At dawn the next day, the Royal Guards, who had been away for a day and a night, returned to the Ice Sea Exploration Base in two intact airships, while the ground team used alchemy beasts to drag three huge enclosed metal barrels.

The base personnel and soldiers surrounded them, looking at the alien corpses lying all over the cargo sled with curiosity and surprise.

"Is this the alien race from the sea? Is this the enemy we will face in the future?"

"They look no different from us... They're even smaller than the half-orc soldiers in the army."

"They are far less powerful than the evil beastmen. Ugh... they stink. In this respect, they are stronger than the evil beastmen."

"Don't talk nonsense!" someone whispered. "The ones responsible for the arrest are the City Lord's personal guards. They are all transcendents with awakened bloodline talents. Many of them have been seriously injured, and I heard some have even died in action."

"Really?! I don't know what methods they used, but they must have been very powerful... Even Captain Tommy was caught."

"We've captured some alive from those three iron cylinders... Hehe, when the time comes, the spellcasters will naturally study and torture them thoroughly, and dig out all their weapons and secrets."

Harvey, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, listened to the discussions and nodded with satisfaction. The mission had been successfully completed, and the soldiers at the base had witnessed the legendary alien enemy with their own eyes—but none of them showed any fear, instead subconsciously displaying confidence.

"Sir, this mission went quite smoothly," Tommy said to Harvey with some pride. "We captured a target higher in rank than the Black Water Monster. It must be something Mr. Duncan and his team haven't encountered before... I'm sure you'll be interested!"

Living alien monsters are naturally more attractive than dead ones. More and more soldiers turned to watch the red light monster that was frozen and imprisoned in a metal cage.

It was obvious that the freezing array was extremely powerful... After the personnel from the Magic Academy and the Alchemy Laboratory dismantled the cage, the three strange figures in different postures remained frozen and were laid on the experimental cart without any ability to resist.

Harvey frowned and said, "Strange! According to your description, these people don't even carry black water canisters. They only rely on releasing that strange red light as a means of attack... They seem to be much weaker than the black water monsters. Why do they need to be surrounded and protected?"

Chris and Benoit, who had rushed over after receiving the notification, were already eager to try. Rubbing their hands together, they chuckled, "If the Black Water Monsters are compared to Bloodline Warriors, then these guys emitting red light might be the spellcasters in their clan..."

Harvey rolled his eyes speechlessly and warned, "When facing these alien enemies, remember not to assume our human ways of thinking and behaving. They are two completely different intelligent beings from us."

At the moment, they haven't even seen the true face of the enemy, let alone their lifestyle, average lifespan, ability evolution and promotion paths... and most importantly, their reproduction methods.

The Red Light Monster seems weaker than the Black Water Monster, and its attack method is relatively simple, but why are there so few of them and they appear to have a higher status in the tribe? There must be an unknown truth behind it, and Harvey needs to personally participate in the research to crack it.

Arturo, arriving late, hurried over to Harvey and spoke before Chris could say anything. "Sir, the Academy of Magical Sciences has requested to lead this live research on alien enemies! Of course, we'll also have someone dedicated to dissecting the corpses... You know, no one is better at handling corpses than a necromancer."

Chris finally came to his senses, realizing that the Academy of Magical Sciences was actually competing with the Alchemy Lab for such an important research target. He quickly jumped up and shouted, "I object! This kind of important research task should naturally be handed over to our Alchemy Lab. You can take the corpses, but you can't let the living ones be wasted!"

When the demon experimental receptors and blood strengthening potions were being studied, it was Chris who led a group of alchemy apprentices to cooperate with Harvey. Now he naturally has reason to seize the initiative.

Harvey, uncharacteristically, waved his hand decisively, rejecting the two men's attempts to grab the item. He said in a deep voice, "Stop arguing. Researching these alien species is extremely important. I want you to immediately form a joint research team, and I will personally lead it."

Tommy was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Sir...you, you plan to bring these monsters back to Spark City?"

Harvey nodded. "That's right. Didn't you notice those bodies... those that were shot dead had broken skin on their bodies, and the bodies encased within quickly began to collapse and shrink. This shows they relied heavily on this strange skin to move around on land. The first problem you need to solve right now is... how to ensure the smooth transport of these three captured creatures back to Spark City."

This is not like transporting freshly caught sea fish. Before figuring out the other party's death from dehydration or how the self-destruct system is triggered, any reckless operation may cause the living target to die unexpectedly, and it may be difficult to recapture it by repeating the same trick.

This was only the first step. Next, Harvey planned to crack the other party's life support system and find a way to send them alive to the southern border... and to the Federation, to directly prove to them the credibility of the rumors about the impending attack of alien enemies.

(End of this chapter)