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Antarctica, Chaldea Research Station.

【Tekelili!Tekelili!】

There is a dormant chamber with mottled light and shadow, a cylindrical dormant frame covered with frost on the curved wall, an energy column in the center of the room emitting a faint blue light, and a giant mud ball clinging to the column with countless eyes.

Everything that was beyond common sense made Jack's mind almost go blank, and he completely lost control of his body. He could only stare blankly at the eyes on the mud. And judging from William's motionless condition, his condition was not much better.

go.

However, as an active soldier of the Star Alliance, Jack has clearly learned that there are all kinds of aliens in the universe, so he was shocked and subconsciously judged the "mud" as some kind of person who secretly sneaked into the earth and tried to carry out some kind of conspiracy.

alien.

This cognition of reducing the other party to a known concept allowed his frozen thinking to slightly resume its rotation.

The people at the scientific research station are probably dead...

The Guardians of the Earth concealed and refused to retaliate...

Eva is still behind...

Eva is still behind!

Jack regained his ability to move almost instantly, and without hesitation, he pulled out a firearm from his waist and fired at the "mud".

Da da da--!

The "giant mud" was originally just clinging to the energy pillar of the previous generation, constantly making strange sounds, and some of those eyes were staring at William, some at Jack, and more eyes were aimlessly

He was looking around, with no intention of launching an attack for the time being. He looked like some kind of wild animal entrenched in its nest.

But after being shot by Jack, all its eyes turned to Jack at the same time, and its screams became full of anger and murderous intent.

【TEKELI——LI!】

"Uh..." Jack once again experienced the feeling of being "frozen" in his body and mind.

Obviously, this "alien" has a "mental interference" type of power, and the condition for activating it is to stare at people with their eyes. The more eyes you use to glare at people, the greater the impact will be.

But...if the inference is correct, William, who has no longer been "stared", should...

"What the hell! What is that! A monster with hundreds of eyes!"

"Jack!"

William and Eva's exclamations came at the same time.

No, it seems that Eva has not escaped the attention of the "Hundred-Eyed Monster". Now we can only hope——

"Flashbang!"

"Fire in the hole!"

With two shouts, a white cylinder and a green sphere flew towards the "Hundred-Eyed Monster".

Don’t you two know that I can’t move?

…It seems like I really don’t know.

However, aside from the fact that they were too close to the explosion radius and could not avoid it, the two of them actually had no problem coping. After the "First Contact War", the Star Alliance had already targeted "possible conflicts with aliens"

This was a preview, and Jack remembered some details more lightly than those macro things.

For example, if you encounter an alien with many eyes or no eyelids, try throwing a B2 high flash first anyway.

Damn it, why can I think of so many things in one moment? Sure enough, I'm going to be blown up in the next second, right?

Zhengbong——

boom!

Jack's eyes were all white and his ears were buzzing.

————

Maybe after a few hours, or maybe just a few minutes, Jack's incapacitated state finally improved, color patches began to appear in front of his eyes, and the buzzing in his ears gradually turned into a seemingly logical whisper:

"Cha...an...chasing..."

"Jie...you...still..."

"Well..." Jack roughly judged that he seemed to be sitting in a corner, but when he tried to move his limbs, his hands and feet still couldn't be controlled.

"Oh, he seems to be awake. It seems that the quality of the mass effect shield is quite strong." He heard William say not far in front of him.

"Are you stupid? Even if you are 'fixed', can't you close your eyelids?" Eva said angrily.

It didn't seem to work. At that time, I was in a strange state where the expected actions in my mind could not be executed at all.

Jack tried to blink, and this time he succeeded. As he blinked, the "resolution" of the two people in front of him became much clearer. Eva was kneeling in front of him and using a multi-purpose tool to treat, while William was doing more.

Warning with guns in the distance.

"It seems that he has recovered," William seemed to nodded: "The monster seems to be unable to leave the energy column of the dormant chamber. Let's search the research station separately to see if there are any more clues. If it doesn't work,

, we can only return and ask for support.”

"I think we can't let it absorb energy there. The scientific expedition personnel we originally planned to find are still under threat from it," Eva raised her hand and shook Jack: "Can you stay here alone?"

"No problem..." Jack said with difficulty, raising his hand to touch the gun: "It's just a shock bomb..."

"Hmm..." Eva's eyes wandered for a moment: "Actually, you were not injured by the grenade. It was just because you were flying in the snowfield for too long that your eyes were a little snow-blind, and you were hit by a flash bomb, and the effect was outstanding..."

"What?"

"I mean, the injuries are getting worse," Eva put away the multi-purpose tools and stood up: "Next, William and I will explore this scientific research station from both ends. You can take a rest here for the time being."

"This is some distance from the dormant warehouse. If anything goes wrong, you can decide whether to fight or run." William added from a little distance away.

"Oh..." Jack's vision gradually recovered and he tried to observe the environment.

This place seems to be not far from the gate of Chaldea. You can see snow flakes being rolled in, and on the other side is where the few people escaped in embarrassment before. The corridor leading to the dormant warehouse is indeed a place where you can advance, attack, retreat or defend...

Uh, an escape location.

"Then, I will guard your retreat." Jack took off the rifle from his back and stood up: "Although we only have these few people, we don't have to worry about this, but I must order you as the captain of the operation. If there is a second person like this

Monster, you must evacuate immediately, understand?"

"Understood, sir~" Eva blinked.

"Don't worry, I don't want to face that invulnerable thing a second time." William also agreed.

call……

Watching the two people leave from different curved corridors, Jack sat down in the corner again holding the gun.

Now, there is a more terrifying hypothesis: if the monster is controlled by the "Earth Guardian", then this mission is not a simple rescue of the scientific expedition team members.

Think about it, if when some major event occurs, the Star Alliance transfers most of its troops, and thousands of "hundred-eyed monsters" appear on the earth...

I hope my worries are unfounded.

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After nearly half an hour, Jack's physical strength has been restored to some extent, but William and Eva still have not returned.

And just when he was considering whether to go find them, he heard footsteps approaching from "outside".

Step, step, step.

"Fu~fu~"

"Huh? I forgot to close the door?"

From the direction of the main entrance, a soft girl's voice and what sounded like a rabbit's cry were vaguely heard.

Scientific examiner? No, how is that possible? Who dares to be neighbors with that kind of terrifying creature?

Jack looked around and found a nearby corner to hide.

"Fuwu~"

"You said someone broke in? How is that possible? This is Antarctica."

The girl seemed to be talking to her pet while walking into the Chaldean Gate.

"Fufufufu!"

"Rescue team? It's impossible, that's just a text setting. In "Let's Go", Xiaomei didn't wait for the rescue team at all."

"Fuwufu?"

"How could I not be Xiaomei? Can you find another person who was frozen in the Antarctic research station?"

Although he understood every word, Jack had no idea what she was talking about.

Moreover, compared to having a pet in Antarctica, having a structured conversation with a pet is the scariest thing.

Jack thought back to the time when he faced the "hundred-eyed monster" before, the kind of look that made people almost unable to restrain themselves from going crazy...

Is this female researcher crazy?
To be continued...