Man in Marvel: The Manifestation of the Gods

While speaking to the camera in front of him.

"I think you all know what happened. Yes, I am not the only life on Mars, which makes me feel quite sad."

"I've been busy exterminating the sea of ​​insects lately, and by the way, I've made my life safer."

"Now I'm going to show you the first alien life form that humankind has come into contact with in history - the cockroach man."

...

This week.

Roddy has almost figured out the body structure of the cockroach man.

Research has shown that the physical fitness of cockroach people is about three to five times that of humans, and their muscle strength and bone hardness are beyond that of humans.

Although they look similar to humans in appearance, their actual structure is completely different from that of humans. Their internal organs are all wrapped in fat and muscle, are very small, squeezed together, and are very tough and extremely active.

Even after vivisection, it can continue to survive if exposed to air.

The vitality is as strong as that of cockroaches.

It can provide good protection whether it is squeezed, collided or subjected to low temperature.

But after experiments, Roddy found that it was not without weaknesses.

The first point is that these cockroach people have poor heat resistance, especially the temperature in the habitat. Once it exceeds about 30 degrees, their organs will heat up rapidly, causing the body to collapse.

Extremely cold-tolerant, but not heat-tolerant.

This shows that these cockroach people are not an interstellar species, because they cannot survive in a vacuum environment, nor can they cope with the excessive cooling and overheating of the sun.

Roddy also thought that if some flamethrowers were placed around the base, the effect might be better, but there was another problem. Mars had no oxygen and could not cause violent combustion.

However, there is a way to deal with this.

What Roddy needs is not flame burning, but high temperature, so he plans to build a defense layer similar to thermal radiation around the base.

Energy is supplied by the cold nuclear fusion of the Ark's reactor.

As long as the cockroaches attack the base, they will become charcoal-grilled leeches.

But that’s not all.

The extremely high oxygen content and air pressure can take the lives of these cockroach people, or at least make them docile and slow in movement.

Not as irritable as before.

Their IQ is far lower than that of humans, but they have a certain degree of wisdom.

But there is still the question of how they take in the nutrients that keep them alive.

Roddy made a surprising discovery in the stomach of a cockroach.

There was actually a fluid substance in it, like some kind of nutrient paste.

This thing is rich in most of the necessary nutrients, and the cockroach species seems to have a hibernation mode, using autonomous deep sleep to reduce the energy required for life activities and ensure the ability to survive.

These cockroaches seem to be natural weapons of war!

Combined with the side quest that was released, which required him to investigate the truth behind the cockroach tribe, Roddy developed a sense of crisis.

This matter seemed far from as simple as he saw on the surface.

Also, there is bad news.

Roddy was in the Lewis Canyon area less than a hundred kilometers away from him. Yes, he chose to name a location area after the commander of the Ares III team.

After all, he had the right to name the surrounding craters, valleys, rivers, and plains.

In Lewis Canyon.

Roddy discovered some traces that were suspected to be from cockroach activity, which were not naturally occurring.

Although the satellite did not detect it directly, Roddy could not take it lightly and he prepared to go and observe it.

...

Earth.

In the conference room.

Everyone watched the video which lasted for a full hour and a half.

During the video, Roddy also followed the plan and characterized the cockroach species as a weapon of an aggressive alien civilization.

As for the automatically generated base, it is a relic left behind by an alien civilization that is fighting against it, which is not much different from what the top human leaders speculated.

In the absence of a better explanation.

Roddy's random words were temporarily regarded as the truth. Naturally, the truth would be determined by specialized language psychologists.

But again, who would have thought that Roddy was a time traveler and had a golden finger?

Although the power of the Earth cannot yet help Mars, it is enough to spread the net first and use it when it is useful.

So Roddy doesn't mind sending a video chat to Earth occasionally. After all, it's boring to be alone every day.

At the same time, Rhodey also sent a copy of the cockroach Zerg's genes to Marvel Rhodey.

In the Martian alien movie.

The genes of cockroaches can be modified. It would be even better if Stark could develop some kind of drug that can scientifically change human genes and give the human body extraordinary powers after research.

...

But just as Roddy was about to set off for Lewis Valley.

The enemy seemed to come to us on his own.

"Sir, after scanning, we found traces of cockroach zerg in the northeast of the base."

"Ok?"

It's finally here.

To be honest, Roddy had already thought about this day, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

If it weren't for the Black Palace, he would probably be in great danger now.

But who can blame him for being different now?

"Have you tracked down that Zerg?"

Roddy asked as he put on his iron suit.

"We have tracked it and determined that it appears to be surveying the base, and has turned around and left."

Rody understood: "Then send out the Mark II armor to track from high altitude. We will decide the location of the nest later."

"Yes sir..."

...

High in the sky.

Roddy saw through the images on the screen that the cockroaches were traveling northward for about ten kilometers.

Soon they got under a low hill.

Then follow the past.

However, this time, Roddy did not intend to alert the enemy. The data from last time were almost the same, so this time he wanted to use a micro drone to enter the cave.

It would be best to scan the entire structure of the cave.

So under Jarvis' control, rows of bee-shaped drones, about the size of a human little finger, flew out from a special model of the Iron Man suit.

Approaching cautiously towards the depths of the cave.

The structure of this cave is much simpler than the complicated and tortuous passages seen in the Acidalia Plain. This time, Jarvis was controlling the bee-shaped drone, and he was not as unlucky as the last time when he controlled the Iron Man suit and was directly discovered by the cockroach Zerg.

Instead, go deeper and deeper.

Originally, Roddy was wondering if those cockroaches were deliberately setting up a trap to enforce the law.

But after walking all the way down for a while, we reached a depth of 256 meters underground.

The cave in front of me suddenly became clear!

"here it is.."

After Roddy observed the video images sent back by the bee-shaped drone loaded with a night vision system.

I found that there was a large empty space in front of me.

Nearly 300 meters above is a low mountain. I didn’t expect it to be hidden so deep.

And this is not the most shocking thing.

Wait for Jarvis to control the drone and look down.

All I saw in the pitch-black darkness was all kinds of cockroaches and insects swarming everywhere!

They curled up their bodies and seemed to have entered some kind of hibernation mode.

It’s exactly the same as the sea of ​​insects I saw some time ago.

Just as Rody took a deep breath and was about to scan how big the cave was and whether there were other passages around connecting to the ground, he would blow them all up.

But it only takes a scan.

Rody unexpectedly discovered that the Zerg that had been sleeping below seemed to begin to move slowly.

Could it be that the bee-shaped drone has been discovered?

But it shouldn't be like that.

Just as Jarvis asked whether to withdraw the bee-shaped drones.

The cockroaches below, awakened from their dreams, became even more agitated.

It happened suddenly.

Roddy didn't understand why, but soon, a cockroach leader appeared, who was even more muscular and towering over other ordinary cockroaches.

"Sir, they should be communicating in some way."

Jarvis vibrated the antennae on the cockroach's forehead, issuing a warning.