Chapter 428 Bottom Area
Chen Lin received a call from Professor Zhang on the morning of the third day. Although the tone was tired, the excitement contained in it could not be suppressed.
“After several days of hard work here, we finally got the matching external protective armor!”
Chen Lin didn’t have any ink marks, so he simply packed it up and left. I walked into the platform laboratory where Professor Zhang was located. When I entered, I saw an engineering robot wearing power armor. The power armor was covered with a completely black outer lining armor. It looked very strong.
“Will this thing work?”
Chen Lin stepped forward and touched the outer armor of this thing. It was obviously modified from magic rock. I don’t know what technology was used in the laboratory to make the magic rock very light and neat, and through special technology Assemble all the magic rock blocks into a whole...
"It will definitely work!"
Professor Zhang had heavy dark circles under his eyes. He mustered up his energy and said to Chen Lin: "We have already We have tried it, and this set of outer lining armor is fully capable of defending red stones. We have used a principle similar to the Donghuang Bell protection system. This thing can definitely pass through the fourth layer of dense fog without any damage. Go to the bottom!"
"Why don't you go and take a rest first? We can start again later."
Chen Lin turned his head and glanced at Zhang Weicong. This guy exuded a breath of fresh air. The feeling of fatigue gave him the feeling that he would collapse at any time... Chen Lin had actually seen such a battle before. When the portal of the Origin Star was originally opened, the crazy energy of the scientific researchers was actually the same. Zhang Weicong is almost the same now.
"I'm fine."
Professor Zhang took something from the assistant on the side. He skillfully tore open the packaging bag, held it up with both hands, and then moved it towards his forehead with ease. One cover.
“Something that relieves fatigue and fatigue, one of Origin Star’s specialties... Do you want one for you?”
Chen Lin frowned and looked at the transparent tape on Professor Zhang’s forehead. Ordinary things, he said that he had never seen this stuff before. Now a large number of laboratories on the Origin Star have begun to explode and produce all kinds of things. It is impossible for Chen Lin to know them all.
“No, I’ve actually slept pretty well these past few days.”
Chen Lin waved his hand. He saw that Professor Zhang's face improved a lot after putting this thing on. His tired face became much more energetic. He originally wanted to ask if this thing was too dangerous - after all, people need it. For sleeping, this thing is somewhat contrary to the laws of nature to force one to wake up.
But Zhang Weicong seemed to know what he was going to say, and just waved his hand and explained: "It's not that dangerous, the effect of this thing is just stronger than things like coffee, and the content added in it is also the origin of Commercial crop extracts grown on a large scale on the planet have no effect on the human body and are not addictive."
"Let's talk about this thing."
Professor Zhang pointed at Chen Lin. The thing around him smiled and said: "I can't wait to see what's in the bottom area!"
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An hour later, everyone gathered on the aerial platform. The Suzaku aircraft hoisted a specially modified intelligent engineering machine and slowly took off towards the core pit area. Chen Lin was slightly looking forward to it. After all, after this thing was dropped, They are about to see the ultimate secret at the bottom!
The outermost layer of the pit area has a diameter of 60 kilometers, the second layer is only 40 kilometers, the third layer is only 20 kilometers, the fourth layer is only 10 kilometers in diameter, and the bottom layer is only 10 kilometers in diameter. According to equipment detection, the core meteorite impact point is still about six kilometers in diameter, which is still huge.
"Arrived at the predetermined position!"
The communication message came from the Suzaku. Professor Zhang signaled the staff on site to compare the position information. After confirming that it was correct, he immediately faced the communicator The order was issued - "Launch Detection No. 1!"
The Suzaku in the distance accepted the order, and then everyone saw that the intelligent engineering machinery originally hoisted below the aircraft broke away from the hoisting rope with a click. The entire machine disappeared from sight very quickly!
Chen Lin was not in a hurry to look at the electronic screen not far away. The intelligent assistant had already connected to the on-site equipment, and he could see the first-person perspective of this exploratory intelligent machine directly in front of him.
Professor Zhang and others were all staring at the screen nervously at this time. Although the intelligent engineering machinery was fully stretched, it could be dropped directly from a height of several thousand meters. The acceleration of gravity alone could still It is possible to damage it, so the parachute deceleration was quickly turned on during the fall. After the parachute slowed down the fall speed, the intelligent machine immediately switched to the flying posture.
At this time, the Detection No. 1 was already in the area on the second floor of the pit.
The area on the second floor of the pit shows a depth of 844 meters. The mechanical equipment has not been controlled by Fuxi AI for the time being. The staff on the aerial platform controlled the equipment to slowly descend, and the equipment scanned the surrounding area. There are much fewer types of creatures here than on the first floor, but the number of mutated creatures has increased a lot, and the number of activated plants has increased dramatically.
"This should be a vampire vine, right? This is a steel vine... I didn't expect these things to be alive and moist inside."
"What is that thing?"
"It looks like a dragon-necked leopard that I have seen before. This thing is a very dangerous predator. This thing is also down there? Where has it mutated in its body? ”
“Can the descent speed be slower?”
“There is some electromagnetic interference effect, Professor Zhang!”
Professor Zhang looked at the screen. There were no signs of interference, but there was no sign of panic.
"This is the third floor area."
Chen Lin took a look at the depth. At this time, it had rapidly increased from more than 800 meters to more than 1,200 meters. The intelligent machine had indeed entered the third floor area.
The picture in front of us began to gradually change. The area with many tropical rainforest vines began to turn into a desert and grassland area. As the depth increased, the brightness was gradually swallowed up by the area above, and the intelligent machinery The extreme distance that can be photographed is also quickly reduced.
"Corruption biomes!"
As a staff member exclaimed, everyone looked at the screen. Sure enough, they saw a large amount of corruption under the guidance of that staff member. Creatures, these corrupted creatures are much more deformed and weird than those previously discovered. Their various body structures no longer look like creatures, but more like a fusion of various pieces of meat and bones.
Some of the dark things moved slowly, stumbling hard in the desert, but soon everyone noticed that the third floor area was filled with fast-moving corrupt creatures. These things could actually chase those who were in large numbers on the lawns of the third floor area. Breeding pit rabbits, but they don't eat them at all after catching rabbits, but kill them and absorb their bodies... Everyone at the scene frowned when they saw similar scenes. Chen Lin and Zhang The professor looked at each other, and they both seemed to have a feeling that the suspicion that the two people chatted that night was most likely true.
The number of creatures in the third-level area has also dropped sharply. Except for rabbits that have exploded due to their reproductive ability, everyone in this area has only discovered groups of corrupted organisms, black corrupted organisms. There are swarms everywhere, and they are all constantly trying to enter the upper level from the third-level area under the guidance of some kind of power.
The fourth floor area was quickly reached. At this time, the height had reached 1,700 meters. The original environment of desert and lawn had changed again, but this time what appeared in front of everyone was completely black desert.
Dark soil and rocks, no vegetation, no living things, and a dead atmosphere everywhere.
Chen Lin glanced around the screen. Except for a few corpses and corrupted creatures that appeared in the desert, the entire fourth-level area was like the ultimate cemetery of creatures. There was nothing left here except black gravel.
“This is what I told you before.”
Professor Zhang spoke out to Chen Lin, “The fourth floor area is a complete biological forbidden area, and the drone was the deepest before. We've arrived here."
Chen Lin nodded and said to Professor Zhang, "Would you like to stop here for a while?"
"Of course, let's use it now. It’s not a drone anymore, it’s an intelligent machine for engineering, which is much more convenient.”
Professor Zhang readily agreed. He spoke to the communicator and asked Fuxi to land on the fourth floor. Fuxi controlled the robot to quickly deflect the direction and landed smoothly on the black gravel in the fourth floor.
Chen Lin asked Fuxi to grab a handful of black gravel on the ground and take a look. The robot obediently grabbed a handful of black gravel from the ground. After the gravel appeared in the lens, Chen Lin stared at it. At first glance, his expression was strange: "This thing doesn't look like gravel..."
"It should be meteorite powder,"
Professor Zhang took a look and nodded, " It has the same properties as magic rock powder."
"Professor, there are corrupt organisms targeting our equipment!"
At this time, the staff reminded everyone at the scene. Chen Lin glanced not far away and noticed that not only was there an incubating creature, but also a circle of corrupted creatures that appeared from nowhere and were all heading towards the machine. It's coming, and I'm afraid it will be close in ten seconds at the fastest!
"Fuxi, kill these things!"
Chen Lin spoke up in advance. Fuxi did not respond, but the camera screen was already moving quickly. It was obvious that he already knew What to do next.
Professor Zhang was a little nervous. The shapes of these corrupted creatures looked particularly scary. In the past, at most, they were seen fighting with animals and plants on other levels, but they did not conflict with their equipment. Now, The engineering robot was applied for by Chen Lin, and the number itself is scarce. If something goes wrong, the next scientific research work may be ruined!
Before Professor Zhang could finish his thoughts, the situation at the scene had already changed suddenly - the intelligent machine controlled by Fuxi used an electromagnetic rifle to instantly blast the head of the corrupt creature that was approaching, followed by an extremely precise replenishment The gun killed the corrupted corpses that were still squirming, and then used explosive bombs to directly destroy the corrupted creatures that gathered in a pile and attacked...
The entire battle process was clean and neat, without any sloppiness or hesitation in the whole process. This scene left everyone at the scene stunned.
"Well done, Fuxi."
Chen Lin was quite satisfied with the current situation. He praised it and even got Fuxi AI to respond with thanks. Many people were surprised. They had a ghostly look on their faces - they never expected that Fuxi AI would show such a high level of intelligence!
Professor Zhang was somewhat surprised. Fuxi AI controlled the robot and killed all the corrupted creatures that were about to attack it. It fired and reshot and switched weapons with great proficiency. There was not even a single human being involved in the whole process. Advanced AI is probably already capable of doing many jobs.
Chen Lin signaled Fuxi AI to take a look at the body structure of the corrupted creatures. The robot immediately took action and found one of the corpses that was considered complete. After careful inspection, everyone noticed that the entire corpse of the corrupted creatures was made of A large number of animal organs were pieced together, and some of the parts were even active. Fuxi naturally showed no mercy to this kind of activity, and decisively used his gun to smash them all into pieces.
"There is nothing interesting in the fourth floor area. It is a biological restricted area and the floor is covered with meteorite powder. Those resurrected corpses can get ability upgrades after being contaminated with a large amount of meteorite powder here, but most of the corrupted corpses are unable to pass through dozens of meters. Climbing up to three floors in high areas is a natural precaution. "
A staff member spoke up at this time, Chen Lin nodded, and Professor Zhang took a look at various data. The depth has now reached about 1,900 meters. If they continue walking along the fourth floor area, they will soon see the culprit that caused a large number of drones to lose links and communications.
Professor Zhang did not let the robot wander around in vain, and soon asked Fuxi to control the equipment and rush towards the dense fog area.
"Contact with the outer area of dense fog!"
As the depth increases, the dense fog layer between the fourth floor and the bottom floor also quickly arrives.
"Next is the time to witness the reliability of the equipment."
Professor Zhang looked at Chen Lin with a serious expression: "I have been busy designing the outer lining armor for the past few days, just for this moment."
Chen Lin nodded slightly and saw a large amount of thick fog appearing in the robot's sight. The thick fog looked even more weird in the poor light conditions. Fuxi directly turned on the thermal imaging and holographic detection devices. Immediately, without any hesitation, he walked towards the center of the thick fog.
The line of sight was quickly blocked, and the surrounding environment that could barely be seen clearly turned into darkness in an instant. Chen Lin originally thought there was something wrong with the equipment, but saw that Professor Zhang did not react at all. , and immediately realized that this was normal.
“Why is the device not responding?”
"This is the power of thick fog. The functions previously installed on the drone are basically ineffective, including thermal imaging!"
Professor Zhang quickly signaled to the staff. Activating the backup plan, the outer lining armor quickly received the command and turned on the all-round protection mode. The originally dark screen suddenly displayed an image after a delay of several seconds.
“It works!”
The staff exclaimed, and a large number of red light spots appeared on the screen. From the robot’s side, it seemed that they were not far from its position. Professor Zhang’s brows immediately Wrinkled into pimples - "No wonder the drone always lost contact before. Now it seems that the thick fog is part of the reason, and the things in the thick fog are also an important reason!"
(End of this chapter)