Near the fissure where light green and rich smoke is constantly escaping, a small resource detector that has just been installed is making a slight roar at the entrance of the fissure.
Lichtem Cloud and Jack Harper were on guard with guns at a slightly further distance, and the person protected by them in the middle was naturally Kaos, who thought he didn't need protection at all.
"[Sir! It's terazine!]" Eva's voice, who was staying in the infantry vehicle, came from the helmet's intercom. The excitement in her tone could not be concealed: "[In this case, even if other resources react with metal.
never mind!】"
"Stay alert, Lieutenant Cool." Before Lichtem could say anything, Jack interrupted her.
"[Yes——]" Eva responded with a long tone before cutting off the call.
Jack shook his head slightly and began to operate the multi-purpose tool to switch the detector from mobile detection mode to fixed beacon mode.
This is the eighth resource point that this group of people has explored. There were previously six metal resources and one alien natural gas resource. However, this crack that was originally thought to be alien natural gas was detected as terazine. It is indeed
An unexpected surprise.
According to Kaos's previous knowledge, the mineral deposits in the Mass Effect era are basically divided into metals, alien natural gas, explosive particles, high-energy crystals and terrazine. The later in the order, the rarer they are.
Although metal mineral deposits are necessary for various industries, their importance is relatively minimal because they can be mined and synthesized in space.
Alien natural gas is called "gas", but because of its composition, it has replaced the original industrial status of petroleum and coal. The kind of chemical resources that require burying animal and plant corpses for countless years to form are undoubtedly in short supply in the era of mass effect with increasing demand.
The latter three will basically be developed protectively by the Star Alliance Navy due to their extremely high military value.
Among them, the rarest terrazine, the reason can be explained in just one sentence - it contains a small amount of element zero.
If a colonial star that does not produce element zero does not want to develop into an agricultural planet after it develops to a certain scale, it will have to import a large amount of element zero, and a colonial star that has production conditions will at least become a medium industrial planet.
Logically speaking, as the governor of a colonial star, he should be happy to find that there is Diazine under his control, but why do Lichtem and Jack look more and more serious?
Although he didn't know why, Kaos, who was not interested in mineral resources, also learned from them and observed the surrounding bare Gobi desert vigilantly.
"Very good, Kaos, it seems that you already have a good understanding of the knowledge related to Element Zero." Lichtem glanced at him and praised him for some reason.
Ah? What do you know? Kaos didn’t know why, but that didn’t stop him from responding with certainty:
"certainly."
"Lieutenant Cool, you are no better than a child. After discovering terrazine, you can only start celebrating after you successfully return from the scene." Jack had completed the settings at this time and mocked Eva in the channel.
"[What? Of course I know!]" Eva retorted, and at the same time there was the sound of quickly checking and turning pages: "['When discovering terrazine or other mineral veins that produce element zero, beacons need to be set up.
Then retreat immediately to avoid being attacked by local creatures mutated by the radiation of element zero, is that right? But we have stayed for so long and nothing happened, right?"
"That's because——"
【Oh! God! Don’t come over here!】
When Lichtemu and Jack were preparing to return to the infantry fighting vehicle, Eva's voice on the channel suddenly became frightened. Then, the huge infantry vehicle suddenly started, flicked on the spot, turned around, and galloped away from the crack.
go.
Boom! Click!
The next moment, a "skyscraper" rose from the ground where the infantry vehicle had been. The scattered smoke and dust made it difficult to see what it was for a while, and the resulting vibration made several infantrymen almost unsteady.
"[Oh my god! Sir! I think I'm being targeted!]" Eva's voice continued to echo in the channel: "[I'm sure that thing can't be solved with our current firepower. I can lure it away and jump.
Did the car escape?】"
As a driver, where did your skill in jumping out of a car come from?
Kaos cursed while trying to stand firm and cast his gaze on the behemoth that had just appeared.
It was a huge "centipede" with a length of more than 20 meters just protruding from the surface. The entire body was blue-gray and looked extremely hard. The dozens of legs on both sides of the body looked extremely sharp, and the position of the head was
A pair of fierce triangular eyes and a huge mouth with six saw-like "lips".
Hmm? A descendant of the old days? No, it's impossible. Otherwise, if it senses its own breath, it won't come to die, so it's just an ordinary beast? So what level of "power" do you need to use to defeat it? Kaos stares at it
Start thinking about it.
At this time, the giant centipede was shaking its body and looking at the speeding infantry vehicle, showing no interest in Lichtem and others who were closer.
"Don't jump out of the car! You probably won't have time to get out of its attack range," Lechtem responded as he took off the submachine gun hanging there from his back. "Don't leave too far away. We will fire to attract it after it attacks next time."
With its attention, you look for an opportunity to fire the tank's main gun."
"[Received!]" At the same time as Eva responded, the vehicle-mounted machine gun on the infantry vehicle began to fire at the giant centipede: "[Keep biting me! You big earthworm!]"
Da da da, buzz buzz——
With the firing of the machine gun, a blue-gray oval "shield" appeared on the surface of the giant centipede. It seemed to be irritated by this, and after making a piercing cry, it "sneaked down" directly. There were constant noises coming from the ground to the infantry vehicle.
An approaching rumble.
"[What a bastard! Why does it have a mass effect shield?!]" Eva swore in excitement while escaping in an infantry vehicle.
"Are you not paying attention to anything except driving?" Jack said helplessly: "Mutated creatures affected by element zero radiation will be born with an organ similar to the core of mass effect, and its only function is to produce mass effect protection.
Shield, and the purpose of this organ..."
"Stop chatting," Lichtem stopped his popular science behavior: "Lieutenant Harper, switch to sniper shield penetration mode, wait for the target to emerge from the ground again and shoot immediately. Second Lieutenant Kuhl, act according to the original plan."
"AyeAye~" "[AyeAye~]" they both responded at the same time.
Rumble! Boom!
The giant centipede emerged from the ground again, but Kull had dexterously avoided it.
boom!
A "white line" connected to the giant centipede appeared at the muzzle of Lichtem and Jack at the same time. Although the two "lines" failed to break through the centipede's shield, they still succeeded in turning its head back.
.
"Keep moving!" Lechtem turned around, picked up Kaos, and ran away from the previous big hole.
That kind of trash fish can be crushed to death with just one finger!
Kaos rolled his eyes and decided to let them continue to play.
