The mutant wrapped more tentacles around it, using its sense of touch to feel the object it had grasped. The object seemed relatively hard, with some gaps on the surface. Judging from the touch, it didn't seem like what it needed.
It was about to let go of this strange floating object, but the next moment, the pain of muscle tearing started from its tentacles and swept through its entire body. . . .
Seeing that the time was almost up, Jiang Ling immediately turned the auxiliary thrusters to maximum power and at the same time, urgently emptied the ballast tanks on the equipment box. In an instant, she felt a huge acceleration.
The mutant's muscles are very strong, but any material has its own limits. Once this limit is exceeded, it will begin to succumb.
It wanted to let go of what it was holding, but the tentacles were not as flexible as usual, and they were all stuck firmly in the gaps of the equipment box.
Of course, Jiang Ling’s spiritual ability was the real culprit that prevented it from escaping.
The sensor readings on the exoskeleton were changing wildly. When No. 509 also started reverse thrust, Jiang Ling's acceleration reached its extreme value.
The force is acceleration multiplied by mass, and has nothing to do with the buoyancy of seawater or the internal forces of the system.
Finally, the four bolts connected to the ram storage structure could no longer bear the weight. Three of them slipped off, and the remaining one was connected to a part of the pressure-resistant hull and rushed into the sea.
The back of the exoskeleton and the front of the equipment box briefly entered a supercavitation state. Less than two seconds later, the psychic power surrounding Jiang Ling faithfully conveyed the message that her back was about to come into contact with a hard object.
A shield was formed instantly and crashed directly into the ice layer several meters thick. The huge impact force caused a large hole in the ice layer, and the instantaneous oblique shock wave cut through a larger area of solid ice behind the impact point.
Jiang Ling felt as if she had broken through a wall. The darkness vanished from her vision, replaced by an endless world of pure white. Her body slid through space, pushing aside the air currents and the beautiful water crystals within them, creating a parabolic hole.
She flew about 400 meters in the air, skipped twice on the snow, and then slowly came to a stop due to the resistance of the snow.
When the equipment box came to a complete stop, Jiang Ling immediately released his hands that were about to be frozen on the handle, took out the harpoon from behind, and pointed the tip at the mutant that was still struggling.
She saw that beneath the mutant's body, previously hidden beneath the fairing, was a dark to crimson, conical shell. It was about half a meter in diameter, and near the opening where the tentacles grew, a perfectly regular, jagged pattern was visible. At its base, the twisted metal structure adhered to it, and a sticky liquid oozed from the cracks.
When the liquids came into contact with the air, they reacted immediately and their volume expanded thousands of times, causing the mutants' activity space to shrink rapidly.
Perhaps due to the cold environment, the mutant didn't struggle for long. Jiang Ling waited until its life force completely dissipated before retracting the harpoon.
It was not until then that she could see the full appearance of this strange creature. The tentacles and shell seemed to be two different creatures.
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