Chapter 70 Quickly Transmigrate! Fate of the Ice Star (Twenty-Two)
Before he finished speaking, a terrifying roar suddenly came from the depths of the passage, and then several pairs of glowing eyes lit up in the darkness... Officer Sun's face became paler due to blood loss, but he gritted his teeth, used his still movable left hand to stabilize his trembling right hand, and aimed his weapon at those glowing eyes. "Don't worry about me, fight quickly and decisively!" He growled, his tone full of determination.
"Old Sun, you..." Director Wu wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped by the stern look of Security Officer Sun. "Follow orders! This is my duty!"
Shu Yang acted decisively and ordered, "Technician Zhou, fire flares! Everyone else, suppress the enemy with firepower!"
A flare cut through the darkness, illuminating the passage as bright as day. Several smaller unidentified creatures appeared before everyone's eyes. Their appearance was similar to the huge creature before, but they were slightly smaller in size, but their attack power was no less weak.
Laser beams, electromagnetic pulses, high-explosive grenades, and various attack methods poured out, forming a dense firepower network in the narrow passage, forcing those unknown creatures to retreat. However, these creatures were fearless and rushed forward one after another, as if they knew no fatigue or fear.
"We can't go on like this. Our ammunition and physical strength won't last long!" Researcher Ma shouted anxiously. He dodged the creature's attack while looking around, hoping to find something useful.
Suddenly, his eyes fell on a cluster of plants on the rock wall of the passage that emitted a faint fluorescent light. He had seen this plant before in scientific research records, and it was said to have a certain anesthetic effect. "Maybe..." A bold idea emerged in his mind.
Risking being attacked, he rushed to the rock wall and collected some plant samples using the tools he carried with him.
"Researcher Ma, what are you doing? Come back quickly!" Feng Ziang saw his actions and shouted anxiously.
"Believe me, I may have found a way to deal with them!" Researcher Ma replied without turning his head, his tone full of confidence.
He quickly returned to the team, processed the collected plant samples simply, and then smeared them on the surface of some high-explosive grenades.
"Try this!" He distributed the processed weapons to everyone, "If my judgment is correct, the juice of these plants should be able to weaken their offensive power!"
The crowd took the weapons with half-belief, but the situation before them did not allow them to think too much. They threw the weapons in their hands with the determination of a last-ditch effort.
"Bang!"
Loud explosions echoed in the passage. This time, the unidentified creatures did not charge forward fearlessly like before. Instead, they roared in pain, moved more slowly, and lost their accuracy in attacks.
"Success! It really worked!" Researcher Ma shouted excitedly, with a happy smile on his face.
"Don't be too happy too soon!" Feng Ziang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, his eyes fixed on the depths of the passage, "Bigger troubles may be ahead..."
Before he finished speaking, a hurried call from the base suddenly came through the communicator: "Director Shu, Director Shu, please answer! The base has been attacked by unknown creatures, please support! Please support!"
Shu Yang's face changed, and an ominous premonition surged into his heart... Shu Yang decisively ordered: "Technician Zhou, contact the base immediately! Everyone else, hurry up, we must hurry back as soon as possible!"
After a short rest, the team continued to move forward. The passage was filled with the nauseating smell of blood and burnt things, proving the brutality of the battle. Officer Sun's wounds had been treated simply and the bleeding had stopped, but his face was still pale and every step he took seemed extremely difficult.
"Old Sun, why don't you stay here and rest until we come back?" Director Wu said reluctantly.
"No, I must go with you." Officer Sun shook his head, his eyes firm, "My duty is to protect everyone's safety. How can I escape in the middle of a battle?"
Shu Yang patted his shoulder, with a barely perceptible tenderness in his tone, "We will protect you."
The atmosphere along the way was extremely depressing, and everyone was worried. Although the research results of Researcher Ma temporarily solved the crisis, it also made them realize that these unidentified creatures are not without weaknesses, and there may be bigger secrets hidden behind them.
"Feng Ziang, do you think these creatures could be..." Researcher Ma hesitated as he was about to speak. He recalled some information about genetically modified organisms that he had seen in the database before, but he found it too unbelievable and did not dare to say it out loud.
"You mean, they might be artificially created?" Feng Ziang took over his words, frowning. "It's not impossible, but if that's the case, then what's the purpose of the mastermind behind this?"
They could not get an answer, and could only move forward with full of questions. The passage became narrower and narrower, the air became thinner and thinner, and everyone's breathing became heavier.
Finally, after a long and difficult journey, they arrived at their destination.
"That's it." Guide Wu pointed to a cave emitting strange light ahead, and said with a hint of excitement, "Based on my experience, there is a high possibility that the rare energy we have been looking for exists here!"
However, before they could be happy for too long, Technician Zhou reported the bad news with a serious face: "Oh no, the detection equipment has failed!"
"What?" Shu Yang's heart sank, and he had a bad feeling. "What's going on?"
"I don't know either." Technician Zhou fiddled with the instrument in his hand anxiously. "It may be disturbed by the energy here, or it may be..."
He suddenly stopped what he was doing, staring blankly at a line of data displayed on the instrument screen, his face turning pale in an instant.
"What's wrong?" Feng Ziang noticed that something was wrong with him and felt nervous.
Technician Zhou swallowed hard and said with a trembling voice: "This, this is impossible..."
He suddenly raised his head, looking into the depths of the cave with a look filled with fear, his lips trembling slightly, but he never uttered those words -
"It, it appeared..."
"What's wrong?" Feng Ziang noticed the strangeness of Technician Zhou and his heart tightened.
Technician Zhou swallowed hard, his face pale, his lips trembling slightly, and it took him a while to find his voice again, but he still had a hint of fear in his voice: "The detector... the detector shows that the energy reaction here... is extremely unstable, even... even exceeds the upper limit of the instrument's measurement..."
"What?!" Shu Yang, who had always been calm and composed, couldn't help but change his expression.
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