Chapter 426: Is it abnormal to be able to cast magic?
Chen Lin nodded. It is always better to be cautious. Now that their scientific research team has entered the area of meteorite craters, for the sake of safety, all operations need to be done with caution. After all, the unique ecosystem here may be different from that on the ground.
The scientific research team was obviously divided into several waves. The scientific research members led by Professor Zhang accounted for the majority. The Xuanwu Base also sent out elite power armor warriors to protect them. At this time, they were scattered around to guard the surroundings. any possible danger occurs.
Professor Zhang invited Chen Lin to take a look at their current scientific research results. To be honest, there is not much content. The deepest point of their current scientific research team is only one layer. For the entire deep pit The area is only a few hundred meters above, and the number of organisms on the first floor is not even large. The scientific research team has captured some samples and sent them to the platform. At present, more than a dozen special organisms have been identified. .
“The types of creatures in the Forgotten Forest are rich enough, right? But the creatures that appear in the pit area here have never appeared there, but this is in line with the original intention of the Dalad continent. The setting is a natural environment like an overseas island. The creatures in the deep pit area formed by the impact point are seriously torn from the inland natural environment. All the creatures here cannot be found in other parts of the Dalad continent. , very peculiar.”
Professor Zhang showed Chen Lin some of the proven biological types and continued: "...the outpost has used equipment to detect the formation time of most of the land plates on the Origin Star. To be honest, it is a bit too young. We It took at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years for the continental plates on the other side of the earth to form. Many detections of the continental plates here indicate that the time is tens of thousands of years ago. For example, the meteorite in this deep crater, the instrument detection shows that it is four It was here thousands of years ago."
Chen Lin scanned the surrounding dense forests and natural ecology, and looked at Professor Zhang in confusion: "Isn't there a red stone here, Professor? The land zone is called the Green Abyss, and the influence of the Red Stone can be said to have affected the entire continental plate. A large number of creatures were slaughtered and transformed into living plants..."
Professor Zhang shook his head slightly: " It's strange to say that the red stone that was seen everywhere before was not seen here. However, some people in the association speculated that the red stone was the outer shell of this meteorite. After the impact, the outer shell shattered and spread across the entire continental plate, and the core was found. But it was the deep crater that formed the impact point when it hit the ground here..."
"By the way, we did make relevant discoveries about the transformation of living organisms you just mentioned. We detected it in the deep crater. We got something special, come and take a look.”
He led Chen Lin to a display screen. After turning on the device, the screen quickly switched to the perspective of a drone. The drone was from the air. Starting from the platform, the operator released it and controlled it to start flying down the pit. The vision soon became much darker.
"The previous content is nothing special. Let's focus on the area after 500 meters."
Professor Zhang pulled the video to a node at the back, and the original dense forest in the picture suddenly became sparse. , and then low trees and tropical vines appeared in the picture. The drone flew extremely quietly. Soon, under the guidance of Professor Zhang, Chen Lin saw something strange in the picture - there was some kind of giant creature dormant. In these dense forests, in the pictures taken by drones, these creatures are white or black, with a snake-like shape, but they are at least ten meters long.
“These are actually not the key, just look at this.”
Professor Zhang glanced at the time of the video, then pulled the video progress bar to that node again, and soon appeared on the screen Some kind of huge living plant.
He paused the video, pointed at the living plants in the picture and asked Chen Lin: "How do the living plants in the interior of Dalad compare to these?"
Chen Lin watched carefully for a few seconds, clicked on the video and watched it several times, and then said to Zhang Weicong: "The one here is much larger and more aggressive..."
"Look at what this thing is fighting."
Professor Zhang reminded Chen Lin, and then Chen Lin noticed that the huge vine creature in the video was waving its vine tentacles and attacking crazily below. He couldn't see clearly what those things were. Professor Zhang thoughtfully enlarged the area several times, but the picture was still very clear. Now Chen Lin could clearly see the appearance of those things.
It was a dark creature that he had never seen before.
“We call these things [corruption creatures],”
Professor Zhang intervened at the right time, "The black ones are actually the core part of this deep pit ecosystem. The reason why we came in to do scientific research was actually because we discovered these things in the first place."
"Based on the subsequent shots taken by the drone, the black corrupted creature should be something transformed by the influence of the core meteorite at the bottom. This thing has broken away from its basic biological characteristics and will attack all flesh and blood creatures indiscriminately. All the living plants and creatures in the area above the pit ecosystem have fought with these things to some extent."
Chen Lin was silent for a while, and then said to Professor Zhang: " Do meteorites have the ability to transform living things? "
"Because the drone device we dropped will lose control and crash after entering the fourth floor area, and the actual picture at the bottom cannot be captured... Although there is no Having really come into contact with the meteorite at the lowest level, it is now certain that the meteorite does have the ability to transform living things."
Professor Zhang nodded: "The ability to influence the mind carried by the red stone. We also suspect that it is generated due to the radiation influence of the core meteorite. The core ability of the meteorite is more powerful than the red stone. It should be regarded as an upgraded version of the red stone. It can confuse the minds of the creatures within its range of influence and drive them crazy. Kill each other and then resurrect - we found a pure black desert area in the fourth layer area. I personally guess that the black material is actually what fell off the meteorite. After death, the living creatures will be covered with black material to complete the resurrection. ”
Chen Lin was confused. He thought that entering the deep pit this time was just a routine operation such as simply detecting extraterrestrial meteorites and discovering some minerals. He really didn't expect such an outrageous discovery.
“But the main purpose of our trip here is not to venture down to investigate the core meteorite. Our main task is to find out the small-scale ecosystem within this deep pit. There is currently a large amount of land reclamation in the interior of Dalad. , will inevitably come to this area when the time comes, what we have to do is to eliminate all possible dangers."
Professor Zhang seemed to see Chen Lin's troubles, and he said with a smile. : "The meteorite craters here are actually nothing. Our scientific research team here comes in to investigate. If the results are very bad, the association will take action by then. Look at those."
He Pointing not far away, Chen Lin looked in the direction he pointed and only noticed a few power armor soldiers standing there on guard. Just as they turned around without knowing why, Professor Zhang gave an explanation: " Only four of the people who came down to protect us were soldiers sent by the base, and the rest were intelligent machines controlled by Fuxi AI. That guy was a robot."
Chen Lin was slightly surprised, but Zhang Weicong didn't say anything to himself. He would not think about this matter at all. After careful observation at this time, he could notice that the soldiers on guard duty in the distance were indeed extremely straight. They showed no signs of shaking or being distracted. Chen Lin had never worked with these combat robots before, so it was naturally a bit new for the first time.
"Before I came down, the association gave me a clear order. The scientific research work here in the meteorite crater will only focus on strange creatures. After all, many of the creatures here do not have their origins on the planet. The biological museum over there in the Forgotten Forest I also really want some unique samples to go over..."
Professor Zhang spoke slowly, "I have tried the drone equipment to the four floors below many times without success. The association and the base I think the core meteorite below is not a good thing. If we rush to invest manpower and material resources in exploring it, it may cause casualties and be ineffective."
"The main direction of the association is to understand the technology of the pioneer civilization. The general direction of the heritage has been determined. There is much less that can be invested in these things. After we go back this time, we will make an information report and decide whether to fill in the meteorite depth here based on the information from this trip. Pit..." Chen Lin still looked surprised after hearing this, but he was wearing power armor and Zhang Weicong couldn't see it. After a while, Chen Lin said: "The deep pit here is not to say that it is dozens of kilometers in diameter. , how can it be filled in? "
"Haha, this is not what we have to consider. "
Professor Zhang waved his hand towards Chen Lin, "The association has been developing various AI technologies in the past few months. I am afraid that by then it will use engineering machinery to do this..."
Chen Lin led a team Pile of confusion As the members of the scientific research team continued to set off, Xiao Wu and others were always following him. Chen Lin was exchanging information about the meteorite crater with the team in a private channel. A group of people heard Chen Lin The information revealed was a bit unbelievable afterwards.
“Are we not going down next, Senior Colonel?”
“Maybe we only go to the edge of the first level. Each level here is more dangerous than the previous one. The association may not want to increase unnecessary casualties. "
Chen Lin explained in the channel. Just after he finished speaking, there was a cry from the front, and then there was a loud sound of gunfire!
The guard next to him immediately raised his gun and pointed it not far away. Astonishingly, he saw a huge long-winged python sticking its head out from the dense forest. This giant python may have a snake head alone. Seven or eight meters away, the robots that opened the road ahead noticed this thing immediately, and quickly made a judgment and shot directly to kill it.
The power of the electromagnetic rifle is not insignificant. The steel storm shot out instantly tore apart the giant python and all the tree trunks between them. The scientific research team was quickly evacuated, and Chen Lin also They were asked to follow the scientific research team and retreat to a safe location.
Chen Lin stood there without moving. He noticed that the robots over there were shooting wildly, but the giant snake in the distance seemed not to be injured very much. The bullets penetrated the giant snake like tearing pieces. body, but the next second it quickly fell out from under the body!
“What’s going on!?”
Chen Lin really wants to know the current situation. What kind of magical ability does this giant python have mastered? It can actually block dozens of enemies. Simultaneous shooting of electromagnetic rifles!
Zhang Weicong hurriedly withdrew from the front at this time. He also noticed the condition of the giant python and hurriedly said to Chen Lin: "We have encountered this thing once before. This thing is a special species in the biosphere here. , it has a thick mucous membrane on its body that can block most of the power of bullets, and it recovers quickly. Electromagnetic rifles are weak against it!"
"Let's retreat first, these robots will use powerful force later! Assault weapons, this area will be very dangerous then!"
Chen Lin was just thinking about withdrawing with Professor Zhang, but suddenly noticed what this guy just said, and immediately said quickly: "This thing You should be afraid of fire!”
“What?”
Professor Zhang didn’t hear Chen Lin’s words clearly. He wanted to say something, but he saw Chen Lin’s words. He took off his helmet directly.
"Are you crazy? Some of these creatures are poisonous. Hurry up, put on something and move away with me!"
Professor Zhang looked at Chen Lin with wide eyes. He didn't know what Chen Lin wanted to do. , but the current situation has reached a critical moment. He couldn't think too much and stepped forward to pull Chen Lin to evacuate. Unexpectedly, Xiao Wu stood up and stopped him.
"Professor, don't interfere with Colonel Chen's work!"
Zhang Weicong was shocked and anxious, but before he could speak again, a fire dragon suddenly shot out in front of him, The fire dragon roared and was instantly pulled in front of the giant python in the distance. It didn't even wait for the giant python to dodge or react, and completely wrapped it in it!
The roar of the fire dragon was endless. The thick mucous membranes all over the body of the giant python became the best combustion aid. After being burned at high temperatures and stimulated by open flames, it immediately burst into flames. Just now, it was still in the midst of a hail of bullets. Ting Xinbu's giant python turned into a large skewer in an instant, and was rolling on the ground trying to extinguish the flames...
Professor Zhang Weicong looked at Chen Lin with shock on his face, but Chen Lin controlled the position of the fire dragon to continuously spray it on the giant python, with a calm expression on his face.
The gunshots in the venue stopped instantly, leaving only the giant python with long transparent thin wings, its whole body burning and rolling and roaring. The temperature of the magic flame was very magical. After being contaminated, it was even worse than using a spray gun. The muskets came at a rapid pace, and the flames showed no signs of extinguishing, until the giant python, which was far larger than anyone imagined, was completely burned into a charred charred meat skewer.
"What the hell are you doing..."
In the venue where only the sound of burning was left, Professor Zhang looked at Chen Lin with wide eyes, "What kind of weapon are you? So fierce!"
Chen Lin was a little surprised at this time. He looked at Zhang Weicong with a confused look: "Why, haven't you seen magic since you came to the Origin Star?"
Professor Zhang looked confused at first, but after Chen Lin reminded him, he suddenly remembered - there is indeed a rare thing on the Origin Star called magical power!
Seeing that the situation was under control, Chen Lin immediately smiled and said easily: "As a person who can resonate with magic elements, isn't it normal to know some simple magic?"< br>
“I haven’t used it for a long time, but with such a sudden consumption, I feel as if my body has been hollowed out...”
(End of this chapter)
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