The spaceship landed steadily in front of the base.
Lu Yuan and his group disembarked from the spaceship with ease, and then the captain led everyone to begin the welcoming process.
When it came to welcoming everyone, Lu Yuan casually waved his hand, indicating that everyone should not be reserved and should try to get into normal working mode.
After a brief gesture, the captain and his crew led Lu Yuan and the others to Mine Pit No. 1.
Standing dozens of meters away from the mine, Lu Yuan could feel a strong sense of danger emanating from the huge mine.
Although he didn't know what was inside the mine, he had a vague feeling that what was inside was definitely not Earth's life form, but rather an extraterrestrial being far beyond human civilization.
When he arrived, Lu Yuan used the databases that Qiao Ya had left him in the dimensional space to conduct an investigation.
Although he couldn't find out exactly what this thing was, he knew it must be a species far more intelligent than humans.
Or there's another possibility: that it was dropped onto Earth by other extraterrestrials.
Lu Yuan felt a pang of emotion at this, unsure how to deal with this alien creature.
However, Lu Yuan was extremely nervous about this invasion affecting their life after escaping the solar system.
If this creature affects their subsequent work progress.
Lu Yuan was determined to eliminate this creature no matter what.
After looking into the pit for a while, Lu Yuan did not find the creature. Helpless, Lu Yuan could only follow the captain and the others back to the warship.
Inside the warship, everyone had changed out of their spacesuits and sat in the conference room with gloomy expressions.
Jian Chang handed the tablet computer to Lu Yuan.
"These are some photos of this creature that we have collected over this period of time."
Lu Yuan took the tablet and glanced at the photos on it; the content of the photos was very blurry.
Even with their advanced photography skills, they still couldn't get a clear picture of this creature.
"Based on our technology and our own assessment, this creature appears to be an irregular, shapeless organism."
"Moreover, this organism mainly relies on the energy contained in the X62 ore to grow."
"However, we feel that this creature is a mining device that aliens released onto the moon."
The captain stopped speaking at this point, and turned to look at Lu Yuan to see how he would react.
However, the other party was disappointed because Lu Yuan did not react at all.
He was still frowning and deep in thought about information about this creature.
"That's strange. These creatures absorb so much energy. What are they planning to do?"
Old Sun, who was standing to the side, looked at Lu Yuan and said softly.
"I think these creatures are probably aliens using mining equipment, because after they extract this energy, they store it in their bodies."
After saying that, Mr. Sun opened a software on the computer next to him.
This software can detect the heat content in various regions.
One particular spot had the highest heat, and because of this one bright spot in the middle, the entire photo looked strangely eerie.
"The middle point is the photo we took in the deep pit. So the monster underground has extremely strong energy in its body, and it is constantly devouring and releasing many strange creatures."
Lu Yuan frowned slightly and looked at Old Sun beside him.
"You mean this creature also has a strong reproductive capacity?"
"Well, in my opinion, it should be called reproduction, but since it doesn't have a gender, it's done through a way of splitting the body, so I'll call it reproduction for now."
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, his expression becoming even more solemn than before.
"If that's the case, then if we don't kill this monster, we won't be able to bring these X62 ores back, right?"
"Yes, firstly, this monster is likely to affect other mines, and all the ore we have mined so far is still piled up, so we cannot tell which ore has been parasitized by the monster's eggs."
Lu Yuan glanced at the other party silently, then began to think about how to deal with these monsters next.
He pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Old Sun.
"By the way, how many of these monsters did you find here in total?"
"So far we've only found this one, but the moon is so big, there's probably more than just this one monster."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him showed expressions of distress.
A monster has caused them to halt operations in both Earth and the Moon.
If more of these monsters appear, their work may have to be permanently suspended.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.
He had already observed the characteristics of this monster when he arrived; this monster actively absorbs energy in any form.
For example, using various firearms, weapons, ammunition, and explosives would have no effect on him.
It absorbs all kinds of energy, including energy from underfloor heating and wind power.
After absorbing this energy, the organism stores it in its body as heat.
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