Chapter 2: Nine Infants

The cabins of the research vessel are divided into three below and seven above, with the deck located on the fourth floor.

The restaurant, boarding hall and operation area are all located on this floor.

The people who had just been enjoying the view on the deck, hurriedly crowded into the boarding hall.

Although it was the first time that Li Weiyi faced such an emergency, he demonstrated extraordinary psychological quality. He remained calm in the face of danger and sent all the scientific expedition team members into the cabin. He was the last one to leave the deck and locked the cabin door.

In just two minutes, the purple-black bear-like creature had crossed three or four kilometers of ice and arrived under the Longji.

“Wow——”

Take a leap.

Its huge and strong body leaped onto the several-meter-high ship's side and landed heavily on the deck with a bang.

The ground in the boarding hall shook.

Observing closely, it has long hair all over its body, like a purple-black iron coat, its eyes are larger than human fists, and are purple-red, and its teeth are sharp, like saw teeth.

Its facial features are already becoming more human-like.

Even through the thick special glass, one could feel its horror, and even Li Weiyi felt a chill in his heart.

Fortunately, the cabin window is small, so there is no need to worry about it breaking into the window.

"boom!"

The bear-like creature rushed out suddenly and collided with the hatch that had just been closed. The entire boarding hall was crackling and cracks appeared on the special glass.

Many members of the expedition team screamed.

The boarding hall was in chaos. Some people took the stairs, while others took the elevator, to escape to higher cabins.

The hatch of the Longji polar research vessel is made of alloy material and multi-layered design to protect against cold and wind pressure. Even though the purple-black bear-like creature is extremely powerful, it couldn't directly knock it open.

But Li Weiyi discovered that the hull structure around the hatch was deformed.

It's only a matter of time before you get knocked away.

"Bring all the usable things here and block the hatch." Li Weiyi shouted.

The boarding hall was noisy and chaotic. Everyone just wanted to escape from this most dangerous area as quickly as possible, and no one responded to him.

The cabinets and equipment on the research vessel are all designed to be wave-proof and have fixed connections.

Li Weiyi finally took down the locker in the boarding hall and was about to push it over to block the cabin door when he heard Xie Jinxun, who had just arrived, shout, "What are you doing?"

Xie Jin and seven members of the security team took stun guns, protective shields, tear gas and other weapons and rushed to the boarding hall.

They are tall and strong, with firm and sharp eyes. They are elites selected through layers of selection.

"Is he going to dismantle the boat?" someone laughed.

"It's just a bear. Are you so scared?"

…

"boom!"

The purple-black bear-like creature crashed into the hatch for the fourth time, causing severe deformation and signs of tearing around the hatch.

The deafening sound was like a cannonball hitting the hull.

After seeing the huge monster outside the window, the eight security team members, including Xie Jin, turned pale with fright, feeling suffocated and terrified, even though they were elites.

As if suffering from blood suppression.

What kind of bear is this?

It was like a prehistoric monster, huge and hideous, completely beyond imagination. If I took a picture of it and reported it...

“Crack!”

The sound of shutter clicks rang out at an inopportune time in the boarding hall.

The short man who liked to recite poems and tell mythological stories did not run away, but took pictures by the window.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, he put away his camera awkwardly and explained, "I study ecology and environmental biology. This is definitely a new species that has never existed on Earth. It is a truly earth-shattering discovery. With this discovery, our polar expedition will surely make a sensation across the country... around the world..."

"boom!"

When the fifth impact came, there was a sound of the hull around the hatch breaking and tearing, with the largest crack being as wide as a palm.

The cold air poured in, shocking everyone in the boarding hall.

"I'll help you push it."

The short student shuddered with fear and quickly ran to Li Weiyi. Together with him, they pushed the locker to the hatch to block the attack.

But this is clearly not enough.

Xie Jin had already reacted and quickly ordered all security team members to dismantle and move the cabinets, tables and chairs.

This bear-like creature seemed to have mutated from nuclear radiation, and the weapons in their hands were simply not able to fight it. Once it rushed in, everyone on the expedition ship would be its flesh and blood.

“Boom!”

The sound of propellers could be heard outside.

The helicopter was pushed out of the hangar when the bear-like creature rammed the hatch.

At this moment, the helicopter was hovering in the air. Zhao Meng, wearing sunglasses and holding a rifle, aimed at the purple-black bear-like creature.

"It turns out there's an American-style scoop net on the boat. Now we're safe and it was just a false alarm." The short student relaxed and cheered.

The bear-like creature on the deck was very intelligent. When it sensed the danger, the hair on its body stood up like a foot-long steel needle. It stood up and roared at the helicopter in the distance.

The sound is even louder than that of lions and tigers, and as high-pitched as thunder.

“Bang!”

Gunshots rang out and the bear-shaped creature was shot in the head.

Before everyone on the ship could cheer, the bear-like creature's even more angry roar resounded across the ice field. It tore off a piece of metal equipment from the research ship and threw it into the air, trying to bring down the helicopter.

Fortunately, the helicopter took off first and narrowly avoided the accident.

The place where the bear-like creature's head was hit was oozing blood, but it was not serious and only suffered some minor injuries.

"The rifle can't even penetrate its skull. Is it still a carbon-based life?" The short student's scalp tingled and his legs trembled. He no longer had the confidence he had in the American-style scoop net.

Li Weiyi showed a worried look. This bear-like creature was very intelligent and had the ability to fight back. If the helicopter was hit, the consequences would be disastrous.

Senior brother can be on the helicopter.

Li Weiyi looked around and found the weapons on Xie Jin and others. He asked anxiously, "Why haven't you used tear gas yet?"

Without saying anything, he snatched one from Xie Jin, opened it, and threw it out through the crack in the hatch.

Suddenly, thick smoke billowed outside.

Although Xie Jin was unhappy, he knew the situation was critical and it was not good for him to lose his temper. He just calmly ordered everyone to use all the tear gas.

On the helicopter, Zhao Meng was also angry and kept pulling the trigger.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The bear-shaped creature had suffered losses before and knew how powerful bullets were. It no longer used its body to withstand the attacks but instead dodged quickly.

It can run long distances of three or four kilometers at the fastest sprint speed of a cheetah, and its reaction speed in jumping and dodging is naturally very fast.

Fortunately, Zhao Meng was an excellent marksman, and with the interference of tear gas, he successfully drove the enemy away from the research vessel before both magazines were empty.

Li Weiyi rushed to the helipad as soon as possible and helped Zhao Meng and others to push the helicopter back into the hangar.

"It didn't leave, but watched from a distance, and could launch a second attack at any time."

Zhao Meng's face looked extremely ugly.

The Longji is a scientific research vessel and carries very limited ammunition, with only three bullets left in the magazine.

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"Now we can only rely on God! I was in the sky just now and saw dark clouds and strong winds in the distance. A blizzard is coming."

Zhao Meng reminded Li Weiyi to be careful, and then rushed to the cabin to discuss borrowing a gun from the captain.

There is also a shotgun in Lab 705.

But Zhao Meng had no idea whether he could cause any harm to that kind of bear creature.

…

The cockpit is located on the tenth floor of the cabin, which is also the highest floor of the entire research vessel.

When Zhao Meng entered the cockpit, Captain Gao Xin, Second Officer Xie Tianshu, and five scientific research team leaders including Professor Xu were already gathered inside.

The atmosphere is very solemn.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the electronic nautical chart and seabed monitoring system screen in front of them.

Displayed on the screen is a three-dimensional image of marine life beneath the bottom of the ship.

Just see.

A marine creature larger than the Long Ji was slowly moving in the direction of the research vessel in the sea water a hundred meters below.

It must be two hundred meters long and have nine thick tentacles.

It is hard to imagine how strong undercurrents such a giant could stir up when moving underwater.

"Just when a mutant bear-like creature appeared, another one appeared from the bottom of the sea. How could there be such a huge life form on Earth?"

Everyone in the cab was shocked.

“Could it be a giant squid?”

"This is many times bigger than a giant squid!"

"The largest known marine creature, the blue whale, is only about thirty meters long and weighs nearly two hundred tons. But in front of it, it's like a newborn baby. I think this deep-sea giant weighs at least ten thousand tons."

…

Professor Xu is a biology expert. He adjusted his glasses and stared at the screen, shaking his head and saying, "Look, each of its nine tentacles has a human-like head. Its body is like a giant bull. It's incredible. It must be a new species that has never existed on Earth."

"That's Jiuying."

An old man in a navy blue Zhongshan suit appeared at the door of the cab.

He is the head of the 705 Laboratory.

No one knows his name, everyone calls him Director Yang.

"Nine Infants?"

Professor Xu had never heard of this creature.

Director Yang walked into the cab, stood in front of the screen, and said in a low voice: "Jiuying is a ferocious beast in mythology and legend. It is recorded in the Huainanzi Benjingxun. It is said that it lives in the North Sea, its cry is like a baby crying, it has nine heads, it eats people when it sees them, and it can spit water and fire. But I didn't expect it to be so huge."

Just when the leader of the research team was about to scold him for "not talking about science but theology".

Director Yang bowed deeply to everyone and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, everyone! These beasts were probably attracted by the thing in the 705 laboratory. I'm sorry for bringing everyone into danger."

Zhao Meng was a straightforward person, and he had been holding back his anger for a long time. "What on earth are you researching in the 705 laboratory? You must give everyone an explanation today."

Captain Gao Xin obviously knew something about this. He looked at Director Yang and said, "The situation is very dangerous now. Both the sea and the land are being targeted by ferocious beasts. No one knows what we will face next. I think we need to tell them the truth."

Director Yang nodded and said, "Let's go to the 705 laboratory together... We will know the answer after one look."

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Li Weiyi returned to the cabin where he lived and took out a four-foot-long ancient sword from the wooden box under the bed.

It feels heavy in the hand, with an ebony scabbard.

Pulling the sword out half a foot, revealing the brass-like blade inside. Li Weiyi knew very well that this sword was definitely not made of brass, it was a treasure of Chan Sect second only to the Taoist Taiji Fish.

From childhood to adulthood, I have never seen the old master sharpen it, but it is always sharp and never rusted.

The Taoist Taiji Fish is the sect leader's token. In his opinion, it only has symbolic meaning.

The real most powerful weapon of Chan Sect is still the Yellow Dragon Sword.

Sheath the sword.

Li Weiyi took his sword and went downstairs to the boarding hall.

Although Zhao Meng told him that he didn't need to consider himself as a member of the security team, since he enjoyed the treatment of a security team member, it was impossible for him to hide when danger came.

How long can you hide? Once the nest is destroyed, no eggs will be left intact.

The door of the boarding hall was tightly blocked by cabinets, tables and chairs.

Most of the security team members are guarding here, holding various weapons, ready for battle.

Seeing Li Weiyi coming down the stairs, they all showed surprise in their eyes.

"This college student has some courage and responsibility!" This was the first time in more than a month that they gave a positive evaluation of him.

The light dimmed and the sky became overcast.

A snowstorm is coming.

Outside the broken cabin window, the wind gradually changed from a whisper to a roar, and then swept across the entire ice field.

(End of this chapter)