Chapter 42: Matriarchal Society "Can you really make a man lay eggs?"...
The heavy rain poured down, and the sound of the impact on the protective net outside the base was like eggshells hitting steel, crackling non-stop.
Falcons and loaders flew down from the base gate, and the alien creatures on the ground made a noisy clamor, surging together like waves.
Feng Lan's voice came clearly from the headset: "Falcon ready, purge begins."
"Got it." Liao Yizi pressed the microphone, the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously, and he stepped on the accelerator with his military boots to the bottom, and instantly drew a trail from the horizon.
The bombs fell from the Falcon, and the moment they landed, brown clouds exploded one after another.
The alien species was blown apart, its crystal core fragments scattered across the ground. Liao Yizhi ruffled his red hair and casually pressed the microphone button: "Cleanup done."
Feng Lan responded, "Yes. All members, prepare to land in ten seconds!"
As the countdown continued, the jet engines on the loader quickly adjusted their angles and started up at the same time as the words fell, rushing into the ground!
The few aliens that were not blown to pieces were pursued relentlessly and smashed into pieces by the high-speed loading trucks that followed one after another.
Xie Shuqin couldn't help but sigh as she watched the aliens outside. "Dr. Yao is truly amazing! Last time, this car couldn't outrun a gnat, but this time, it's already smashed it into dust. This iteration is even faster than the aliens' evolution."
Xu An took a look and couldn't help but correct him: "These are all artificial species. Their evolution speed is far slower than that of pure species."
Xie Shuqin couldn't help but think of Xu An's powerful explosive power, and nodded in agreement.
The loader quickly left the alien behind and drove across the vast Gobi Desert. The radar system continued to detect them, and soon they arrived at their destination.
"Team One will explore the perimeter, while Team Two will escort the Doctor to open the door."
The team quickly dispersed. Xu An picked up a light pistol and stood aside, looking bored at the artificial alien that was raising dust not far away.
The gunshots rang sharply in his ears, and amid the noise, Xu An suddenly heard a strange wave.
She silently adjusted the frequency to the hertz designated by the four people: "A large number of artificial aliens are approaching. They must have been attracted by something."
"From all directions." Baili Yunle looked up from the eight-fold scope and continued in surprise, "We don't use any special abilities, so how can they sense it from such a distance?"
Xu An had no clue either. He could only grab the gun in his hand and carefully check his body to see if there were any wounds. Then he said, "They must have undergone special modifications. I don't know why."
"Maybe it has something to do with the ant nest." Xie Shuqin was ready to activate the gravity body at any time.
"That means we've come to the right place." As the last lock was unlocked, Feng Lan immediately gave the order: "Everyone! Get into the loader and activate the gravity body immediately. Falcon will monitor outside and report any movement in real time!"
"yes!"
The machinery hummed continuously, the Falcon's bullets were deafening, the gravity body slid back and hit, and under heavy cover, the loaders entered the underground tunnel from the cave entrance in an orderly manner.
The gate was closed again, and the roar of the alien species was blocked outside by the gate and the soil. An eerie silence instantly filled the corridor.
Drops of water fell from above his head to the ground. Xu An climbed down from the loader and used the headlights to look at the sticky liquid on the ground.
Feng Lan came over and asked, "Did you see what it is?"
Xu An shook his head. "It tastes a bit like blood, but it tastes sweet."
The detection results came back quickly, and someone called into the headset, "Captain, we've detected it. It's waste residue, mostly nectar, blood, and other non-Newtonian fluids."
"It should be a mixture of blood and nectar, so it looks like that." Feng Lan combined Xu An's statement and quickly got into the car.
"Down, we are now in the outer area of the ant nest, their garbage dump."
"Be careful to prepare cold weapons. No hot weapons are allowed to be used without orders!"
"yes!"
Everyone immediately prepared to get in the car. Xie Shuqin glanced at the detector, suddenly stopped, and asked, "Is this amniotic fluid?"
"According to the detector, yes."
"So there are mammals here?" Xie Shuqin was a little surprised. "Aren't these prehistoric creatures?"
Xu An glanced at her when he heard the voice, his eyes darkening as he pondered for a moment, "No, there are still some living species. The existing alien species are mammals, mainly divided into placental mammals and forams, with forams being the majority now. The presence of amniotic fluid here indicates that this place is suitable for alien life and that there are a wide variety of species."
"Then it's all over." Baili Yunle shook his head while cutting the arrow with a dagger.
Feng Lan's face turned serious upon hearing this. He immediately ordered the loader's protective net to be opened: "Everyone, be alert. Proceed with caution. Don't fall behind."
The team members immediately returned to the car in an orderly manner. After Xie Shuqin stabilized the gravity body on the roof, she opened the roof and jumped into the room, sitting next to Xu An.
"Xu An, what kind of environment do placental alien species need to survive?" If it really comes to a special period, perhaps they can survive by destroying the alien species' living environment.
Xu An knew what she was thinking. He lowered his eyes and said, "Water is the most important thing. The right temperature and humidity are the most important conditions for the survival of placental species. If you encounter special circumstances..."
She was silent for a moment, "We can choose to bring in seawater..."
Xie Shuqin held her hand and said, "We will try our best not to destroy this place, or to find out your background before we destroy it."
Xu An was stunned.
"Thanks."
Baili Yunle suddenly jumped down from the roof of the car, rubbed his non-existent goose bumps with feigned disgust, and said, "Eh, that's corny."
"Don't force me to kick you." Xie Shuqin rolled her eyes at him.
Then he looked at Xu An and said, "Xu An, do you still remember which category you belong to?"
Xu An thought of his wings, "I should be a poriferous creature."
Baili Yunle looked at her in surprise: "So you can lay eggs?"
Xu An raised his eyes, stopped Jie Shuqin who was about to kick him, and stared at him with a smile: "Not only that, I can also make you lay eggs."
"ah?"
"state!"
Before Baili Yunle could finish being shocked, the loader was forced to stop after hitting something.
Feng Lan grabbed Baili Yunle's neck and forcibly took him out of the car: "If you're fine, save your energy. Why are you so curious about Xu An? Come with me and protect Dr. Yao to open the door!"
"I know, I know! You're going to break my neck!"
After seeing the person being dragged away, Xu An slowly stood up. Just after taking a few steps, someone suddenly pulled his wrist.
Xie Shuqin's usually wide eyes widened even further. She asked somewhat incoherently, "You...Xu An, can you really make a man lay eggs?"
"Why are you still entangled in this?" Xu An was a little helpless. He stretched out his hand to scratch the tip of her nose, shrugged and got out of the car. "We are a matriarchal society. How could we give the power of reproduction to men?"
As soon as we got out of the loader, a strong strange smell filled the air. Everyone put on protective clothing and began to investigate carefully.
This place is different from the corridor we first came in. It has a large space and the floor is clean without any extra debris or liquid. The walls are also swept very smoothly, but there is always a strange smell.
Xu An did not turn on the protective function of his protective suit, but moved closer to the wall to smell it carefully.
There was a faint alien smell on the stone wall, mixed with the sweetness of nectar.
Xie Shuqin came over with a flashlight, "Did you see anything, Xu An?"
"The smell is too faint. We can only confirm the presence of alien species, but we don't know how many there are." Xu An took a few steps back and turned to look at Jie Shuqin. "However, they should all be female, and the lowest level of female alien species is the level three danger level you defined."
Xie Shuqin was stunned. "So high?"
She suddenly realized something and asked Xu An in surprise: "Then...then among the alien species, what level of ability do you have?"
If all female aliens were at Xu An's level, that would be too terrifying. How on earth has the base survived for so long?
Xu An rarely answered her question immediately. Instead, he looked at her with a smile: "Are you scared? If they go crazy, I can't stop them. Be careful, I'll tear you all into pieces."
As soon as she heard her tone, Xie Shuqin knew she was talking nonsense again, and held her forehead helplessly: "Xu An, you must have been the most mischievous one when you were a child."
"Really? It's not that bad. It's just that I secretly replaced the pearls on their beds with stones, collected iron blocks and built a house on the giant flying alien, but it was blown away ten kilometers by its wings..." The more Xu Anyan spoke, the wider Xie Shuqin's eyes widened.
"You... you got slapped by wings like this... Haha." Xie Shuqin was embarrassed. "But you're still okay after being slapped by a flying alien that's big enough to build a house. Xu An, you really are very durable."
Xu An blinked and said, "I won't tease you anymore. Let's see what their instruments have analyzed."
The entire room was very empty and without light. One could only rely on the car lights and flashlights to vaguely see some gravel and huge smooth stones. There were also some undecayed corpses and nectar piled in the corners.
The ticking of machinery was clear in the quiet room. Yao Yin took off her black leather gloves, and two robotic arms extended dozens of mechanical hands and tools, tapping away at a series of computers.
"This is the food storage area." Yao Yin looked at the cross-sectional image on the scan. "According to the current trend, the next area is the core area—the childcare area."
"I haven't seen any alien species along the way, but there are abundant traces of alien activities. Something is very wrong." Feng Lan's right eyelid twitched wildly.
According to the base's current information, only species with a danger level of two or lower live in groups, such as the gnat dog and the spider shadow. Most of the others have a strong sense of territory, even the small flying species beside Xu An. And not only are there so many high-level species living in this place, but there are no signs of them fighting each other. This is very wrong.
Could it be that... they, like Xu An, have also developed intelligence?
Feng Lan looked over suddenly and found that Xu An was also looking at him quietly.
"Who knows." Xu An shrugged. "But you really have to be vigilant. I can't say for sure... I really can't control them."
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