Chapter 134: Creatures from the Mantle
Chapter 134: Creatures from the Mantle
Subsequently.
With the help of the detection equipment on the construction robot.
Su Wu's attention soon shifted to a half-open door next to the hall.
Because the air conditioning in the shelter is still functioning normally.
The temperature in most parts of the shelter remains around 26 degrees.
Only in the next room, the temperature reached 45 degrees.
Obviously not normal.
He controlled the construction robot, picked up the assault rifle in his hand, and carefully pushed open the door.
A sphere made of a mixture of lavender crystals and rocks came into Su Wu's eyes.
"What it is."
Su Wu was a little confused.
However, after discovering that there was no movement in the room.
He was careful not to let the construction robot move around.
Instead, it first scans the entire room in full view, and then uses the in-vehicle intelligence for further analysis.
Half a second later.
A large amount of data and inferred conclusions appeared on the screen.
Su Wu glanced around a few times.
Immediately grasped the key point.
In this room, all the food wrapped in plastic has disappeared.
At the same time, there are a small amount of bones and foreign objects left on the ground, which are suspected to have been severely corroded.
"Is there a monster that eats people skin and bones?"
Too obvious a clue.
This forced Su Wu to come up with this idea.
And when he once again turned his attention to the huge sphere in the middle of the room.
His eyes were filled with the vigilance of looking at an unknown ferocious creature.
Maneuver the construction robot to aim the automatic rifle there and pull the trigger.
After a gunshot rang out.
Some sparks splashed out from the surface of the sphere, and a shallow pit appeared on it.
Bullet attacks are effective.
But the damage wasn't enough.
Su Wu immediately ordered the construction robot to step back a few steps and hang an additional grenade under the automatic rifle.
Shoot again.
Accompanied by a violent explosion.
A small piece of the outer layer of the sphere was blown off, exposing the biological tissue inside that looked like muscle.
And faced with the situation of being exposed to the outside world.
The muscle tissue finally seemed to respond and began to move.
But Su Wu waited for a few seconds.
I found that the opponent's reaction seemed to be unconscious, and he did not make any effective counterattack or defensive actions.
This gave him some relief.
The tension in my heart was also relieved a lot at this time.
Since it can't stop the bullets and grenades.
That proves that they are just ordinary creatures and there is no need to be afraid of them.
And the feeling of fear disappeared.
The idea of research became stronger.
A little consideration.
Su Wu decided to be a little more conservative.
No living bodies needed, just study the corpses.
Under his decision.
A reconnaissance drone belonging to the micro-mech was silently ejected from the body of the machine.
Then leave the base vehicle through the double isolation doors in the compartment.
Arrived above the shelter.
Subsequently, more combat units from the land combat group began to approach the shelter.
The flamethrower that was originally guarding the entrance to the shelter.
Then enter the shelter.
Replace the construction robot and start attacking the spherical object.
A large amount of high-temperature flames enveloped the exposed muscle tissue of the spherical body.
It continuously outputs huge amounts of heat.
But this time.
However, those muscle tissues showed amazing resistance.
They continued to wriggle in the flames as usual, seemingly unaffected. Until ten minutes later.
When the second rotating flamethrower was about to run out of fuel.
It was as if I had broken through some kind of boundary.
The muscle tissue began to char and peel off rapidly layer by layer.
Exposing structures deeper inside that resemble brain tissue.
And here we are.
Its defenses are even more fragile.
From being exposed to being burned to ashes.
Only a few seconds passed.
Half a minute later.
When the flame goes out.
Only the outermost layer of the entire sphere remained, a shell made of a mixture of amethyst and rock.
Furthermore, the amethyst that was originally gleaming with light turned dim and turbid at this moment, with countless tiny cracks appearing on its surface.
"The temperature has completely returned to normal."
"It should be fine now."
I waited patiently for a few more minutes.
With the support of various data transmitted back by the construction robot and the reconnaissance drone, Su Wu came to the conclusion that the unknown creature had been eliminated.
Let the construction robot go up and clean the site.
Su Wu thought about it.
Out of awe of the unknown.
He still wasn't ready to take the wreckage back to the base vehicle.
Just let the remaining construction robots move the laboratory equipment on the base vehicle to the shelter.
The remains of the unknown creature were examined on site.
While moving laboratory equipment.
The construction robot inside the shelter also determined that the remains of unknown creatures did not pose any threat.
Begin a further search of the entire shelter.
To make sure there are no similar monsters like those, and try to call up the surveillance inside the shelter.
See if you can find any useful information.
In this orderly busyness.
Several hours passed in a flash.
When the sky was slightly bright.
Su Wu, who had not slept all night, received a detailed test report.
"This thing."
“It actually came from deep underground?”
Whether Su Wu was willing to believe it or not.
The test results of the wreckage all indicate that this unknown creature is likely to come from the asthenosphere in the upper half of the planet's mantle, between 70 and 250 kilometers underground.
That kind of place is the birthplace of magma.
The average temperature is above 700 degrees.
In theory, there shouldn't be any living things.
“This is an isolated case.”
“There will still be a lot.”
Su Wu's expression gradually became serious as he realized the seriousness of the matter.
If it's an isolated case, it's fine.
What if there are more unknown creatures in the asthenosphere of the mantle?
It was a horrible disaster.
Thinking back to the records found from the shelter surveillance, Su Wu felt a little chilly.
This unknown creature was initially only the size of a fist.
Following the super earthquake more than ten days ago, it appeared in the cracked outer wall of the shelter.
Later, after the owner of the shelter found it and placed it in the supply warehouse.
It does this by slowly devouring nearby organic matter.
Over ten days, it gradually expanded to the size of a basketball.
And at this stage.
It has clearly undergone a cross-generational evolution.
Evolved from plants to animals.
Possesses powerful active predation capabilities.
It can emit a fine red thread like a blood vessel, which will actively wrap around any human that approaches.
A strong anesthetic substance is then released.
Let it fall into a coma, and be decomposed and swallowed bit by bit by the red silk thread.
(End of this chapter)