After a simple lunch, the beast-slaying operation began.
This is the first time that Huaxi Valley Base has launched a challenge against a mutated behemoth lurking in the wild.
Hundreds of zombie corpses were piled up not far from the lake.
A T2 with its hands and feet severed was tied to a huge hook, the other end of which was connected to the boom of a tall crane by a thick steel cable.
The last few meters of the steel cable connecting the hook were wrapped with a giant python skin.
That was used to prevent certain giant beasts from biting through thick steel cables.
Several huge pulleys are also attached to the boom and two other bulldozers and two heavy trucks.
The steel cables pass through these pulleys and eventually connect to the other end of the boom.
The base had already produced several different models of the hook that bound the T2 zombie.
Made entirely of steel, it was specially designed for fishing for giant beasts.
I've never had a chance to use it before, but this time it finally has a purpose.
With a command given, the massive crane boom extended and slowly rotated toward the lake, bringing the T2 suspended above it closer to the surface.
T2, who was not yet dead, struggled frantically and let out a huge howl.
Without arms and legs, it could only twitch in vain, like a giant maggot.
Slowly, T2 was placed into the water.
Before T2's body even entered the lake, a scene that shocked everyone unfolded.
A huge splash suddenly erupted from the calm lake surface.
A huge head suddenly burst out of the water and swallowed T2 and the hook whole.
That head was at least five meters wide and more than two meters high!
Extremely huge!
When it opened its mouth wide, even Jiang Wu was dumbfounded.
That gaping maw, over five meters wide and six or seven meters high, could probably bite a heavy truck in one gulp.
With a "plop," the enormous head plunged into the lake, creating another huge splash.
In just a moment, the steel cable was pulled wildly.
"Bulldozers, get ready!" Li Zecheng watched intently as the steel cable on the winch sank deeper and deeper into the water, then suddenly shouted, "Bulldozers and heavy trucks, start! Tighten the cable!"
The next second, the two bulldozers moved simultaneously in opposite directions towards the lake.
The behemoth and two bulldozers were locked in a struggle via steel cables.
Jiang Wu, who was watching from a high point not far away, swallowed hard and asked, "Does anyone recognize the species of that giant beast?"
However, the behemoth was too fast. Apart from Jiang Wu and other evolved beings who could see it clearly, others could only see a head larger than a heavy truck rushing out of the lake and then disappearing just as quickly.
Sheng Huaiqiang patted his chest, still shaken, and said, "I don't know, but I saw a hook on its mouth, and its body seemed to be covered in thorns."
Bai Feiming took a deep breath and said with certainty, "Brother Wu, that should be an alligator snapping turtle. My father used to keep a few. However, this alligator snapping turtle is too big. Judging from the size of its head, its size may far exceed that of the giant python we dealt with last time."
Upon hearing Bai Feiming's words, Jiang Wu gasped.
The color of the energy gel inside the giant python seemed to be approaching the peak of level two!
This alligator snapping turtle is much larger than the giant python from last time. Doesn't that mean this alligator snapping turtle is definitely a level three mutated beast?
If even a level two giant python is so difficult to kill, can my current weapons really kill a level three mutated beast?
However, when he thought about the level-three energy gel inside the alligator snapping turtle, Jiang Wu was tempted again.
If I kill it, wouldn't I be able to reach level three?
Anyway, turtles crawl very slowly on land, so even if we fail, the worst we'll lose is those few construction vehicles.
With so much explosives and so many 120mm rocket launchers, I don't believe we can't kill it!
With this in mind, Jiang Wu made a decision.
The struggle between the giant tortoise and the three construction vehicles continues.
Three engineering vehicles plus two heavy trucks, including the pulley system, can achieve a pulling force of several hundred tons.
But when this giant tortoise struggled, it was able to fight to a standstill.
Such strength shocked everyone in the field team.
This monster hidden in the lake is just too outrageous!
Time passed by, second by second.
Half an hour, an hour, two hours...
Everyone watched nervously as the living being and the machine were pulled apart.
It was already late autumn, the weather was cool, and even a bit chilly.
But some soldiers had beads of sweat on their foreheads.
More than four hours later, the giant turtle seemed to give up struggling and was slowly dragged away from the lake by the combined force of five vehicles.
First, there was a huge head covered in spikes, which looked large and thick.
Next is the tortoise shell with huge spikes that stretch out like small hills.
The edges of its carapace also have many serrated protrusions, making its whole body look like a super-giant, fat crocodile wearing armor.
Its limbs are thick and powerful, and its tail is very long, even unnaturally long, and covered with scales and spikes.
Its entire body is brownish-black, and its scales and shell gleam with a metallic sheen.
Its body covered in sharp spikes makes it look exceptionally ferocious.
Upon seeing its true form, even the usually composed Bai Feiming was stunned.
A giant alligator snapping turtle, nearly nine meters wide at its widest point, with its shell and head alone measuring over twenty meters long, and its shell reaching over five meters in height, covered in armor!
If you include its long tail, its total length is estimated to be over forty meters!
Compared to it, humanity appears extremely small.
Compared to it, both the giant crocodile of the past and the giant python of the future are utterly weak!
"My God, how many pounds of flesh would there be if we killed it?" a soldier murmured.
"There are absolutely tens of tons of meat..."
Once the giant alligator snapping turtle was brought ashore, it suddenly began to struggle wildly again, its four thick claws digging deep into the mud.
Five large vehicles were unable to move it for a while!
Jiang Wu asked nervously, "Can the large hook it swallowed withstand such intense tearing?"
But no one dared to answer Jiang Wu's question.
Since the creation of this enormous hook, it has never been tested at such a high intensity!
Li Zecheng, who was directing operations on the other side, seemed to have considered this as well, and quickly used the walkie-talkie to order all five heavy vehicles to stop moving.
The vehicle will only continue running if the giant alligator snapping turtle tries to escape.
After several rounds of back and forth.
The giant alligator snapping turtle and the heavy vehicle were locked in a stalemate once again.
Neither side moved again.
I don't know where the giant hook got stuck on the giant alligator snapping turtle.
Fresh blood dripped from the giant alligator snapping turtle's enormous mouth.
The soil beneath the giant tortoise's body was stained red.
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