Medical Officer Tao Xian took a shallow breath. She suddenly understood something and wanted to ask Ronan again.
Is one of the "prerequisites" mentioned earlier that there must be enough "toxins" collected? So what kind of "toxic materials" are specifically selected?
Before she even asked, Medical Officer Tao Xian knew that her idea was very dangerous - both for Ronan and herself.
Therefore, Tao Xian couldn't help but glance at his chest again. When the totem of the death bird was embedded in his eyes, he mobilized the power of the fire, allowing the warm and pure light of the crystal array to penetrate and annihilate the random thoughts in his brain.
Ronan turned his head and looked over, and said in a normal voice, "I think someone from the brigade headquarters should be coming to investigate soon, and there should be some action at the forward position."
This can be considered a comfort.
Medical officer Tao Xian smiled at Ronan as a sign of appreciation.
On this kind of frontline battlefield where evil is rampant, timely reminders and comfort between each other are very, very important. Sometimes just a stray thought may lead to unpredictable consequences. So Tao Xian said that Ronan is doing ideological work
You know, it's not a compliment.
However, what should be asked is still the question of "preconditions".
Ronan answered readily, "That's it. Of course, it's not all. I also need the blessing of the main base or the Bird of Light."
"Is this playing with fire?" Medical Officer Tao Xian felt that her tone was quite calm.
Ronan also discussed calmly, "After all, in such a situation, there is no doubt about the existence of both the enemy and ourselves. Without either party, the next stage of targeted design and deduction will not be possible."
"So this is not an illegal operation?"
"I'm weird too." Ronan shrugged, "So, you can think that it's still controllable."
Halfway through the conversation, just in front of the tunnel, a rumbling explosion and corresponding vibration rushed straight down the tunnel, as if there was an invisible beast roaring, so that the entire tunnel was shaking violently.
Medical Officer Tao Xian couldn't help but wonder if the tunnel would collapse?
It’s hard to say whether it will collapse or not. But at this level, it’s not just the basic building blocks that are shaking, it seems to also include the permafrost strata that carry them... And the cause of such shaking is likely to correspond to the power of the Maharaja level.
Medical Officer Tao Xian was still guessing that about twenty meters ahead, the tunnel structure collapsed right under their noses. At least ten tons of construction material debris cut off the entire tunnel at once, and even those who were jumping around were
The "little clay figurines" in front were buried more than half in one go.
Under the strong light of the power armor, the entire body collapsed. The collapse process was like chaotic light and shadow eating each other, so that Tao Xian subconsciously squinted his eyes. However, she heard clearly that Ronan clearly let out a "tsk", but his steps forward did not pause at all.
And those "little clay figures" who suddenly lost half of their companions still ran forward happily, and then one by one they ran into the irregular "separation wall" that had just been formed.
Faced with such a situation, a group of "little clay figures" seemed to have no worries. They climbed up and down in front of this "separation wall" and seemed to have found some gap. They climbed up and jumped one after another, and soon they were all
There was no trace.
Medical Officer Tao Xian felt that she understood something, so he nodded, "In this case, it is a good way to investigate. But how to give feedback? I will come back to tell you again? I don't see you inserting any sensing or communication equipment."
ah."
"It's okay now."
With that said, the two of them had arrived in front of the "separation wall" that cut off the tunnel.
Ronan raised his chin at the irregular collapsed ruins, "Isn't it similar?"
"like what?"
"The state of these debris and the results of our previous 'sampling'."
“If it’s the ‘before’ of making clay figurines, I don’t think it’s ‘sampling’... but it does look more like it.”
Tao Xian carefully observed it and found that they were all broken particles that were semi-wet but not dry. Even if they had a relatively large structure, there were fine cracks on the cross-sections. When piled together, it seemed that they might shatter at any time and form a secondary landslide.
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She thought for a while and guessed, "So they all use a 'toxin' to target our formula?"
"That's the kind of hope."
While talking, Ronan casually stepped on the slope at the bottom of the "Separation Wall".
Ronan's feet looked reckless, and the extremely unstable ruins did not collapse for a second time. However, perhaps because of the strong light, Tao Xian vaguely felt that the shadows under his feet suddenly expanded, along the collapse
The slope is rapidly expanding to other areas of the "separation wall".
Tao Xian was in a trance for a moment before he realized that this was not the light and shadow effect caused by the lighting. It was clearly a special "element" that was extending its territory.
Then she saw a twisted "human-shaped shadow" that did not rely on light, spreading out on the "curtain" constructed of fine light and shadow on the ruins.
The "fire" on Tao Xian's chest beat and flickered, but Ronan didn't show any signs of it.
Don't take it seriously and don't move it.
Soon, in the ruins area covered by the "humanoid shadow", the semi-wet waste residue seemed to have been quickly injected with a large amount of moisture - more accurately, they seemed to have turned into the "too much water" in Ronan's palm before.
"Wet dough filled with water", as the shape changes, it can no longer support the original structure, disintegrates and flows downward, until a hole just big enough for one person to pass is exposed.
When the power armor's lighting shines in, it can be seen that changes similar to those on the surface are continuing to penetrate into the inner layer, and then extend to the other end of the collapsed area.
It seems that this scene seems to be more of a "corrosion" than the "poison" effect on the opposite side.
Medical officer Tao Xian couldn't help but ask Ronan again, "What is this?"
"The 'scouts' we just created should have some special abilities to complete the tasks assigned to them."
"Those clay figurines? But like this..."
"Is it different from before?" Ronan said with a smile, "You can get over it now."
Ronan motioned to Medical Officer Tao Xian to follow him, and then walked in first.
"Is this what a scout is supposed to do?"
"Building roads through mountains and building bridges when encountering water...well, that should be what a scout with a background as an engineer should do."
Ronan said some useless words, led Medical Officer Tao Xian forward, and passed another collapsed area in front of him using exactly the same method.
Passing through this area is the end of the additional 124 infrastructure module they installed.
Here, they had also made preparations to facilitate the subsequent extension and installation of the infrastructure modules. But at this time, the area that Master Lu Yi was responsible for cleaning up was completely changed, and it would be difficult to pass the brigade headquarters' acceptance anyway.
According to Sergeant Bao Long's report, some areas on the front end of the Zeng-124 infrastructure module have been completely eroded.
But when Ronan and his two men arrived, not to mention the "erosion line", the frontmost "erosion area" had completely disappeared.
On the contrary, right in front of the forward position, there appeared a deep trench that was thirty meters wide, but it could not be seen how far it extended to the two wings... It could also be said to be a "cliff". The frozen air and ice flow rolled down from the glacier area,
It was like a surging waterfall, swooping down to the bottom of a deep ditch. Everything was so white that it was impossible to see the bottom.
It is this "deep trench" that separates the severely damaged infrastructure module from the highly activated glacier zone on the opposite side.
At present, only a small part of the slowly flowing freezing air can cover this ditch. The gully is approaching.
No wonder, the rumble of the avalanche here has almost disappeared, the root cause is here.
This kind of influence on the avalanche... is mainly a means of "toxin" penetration and advancement. It is obvious at a glance that it must be the work of the Tianyuan Empire. But it is not clear whether it is the result of remote interference from the main base, or whether it flew far away into the night sky.
A masterpiece of Duan's magical bird of light.
"It's a temporary solution. But if that's all it is, we might as well split the asteroid in half."
Ronan gave a more appropriate evaluation.
Medical Officer Tao Xian did not complain along with Ronan. In fact, her eyes only briefly glanced at the deep ditch, and then turned to both sides of the standing position.
Here, Medical Officer Tao Xian saw a scene that aroused her thoughts and emotions even more.
She saw those "little clay figures" again. They seemed to be delayed in the middle of the collapse area and came out a little late. Only then did they appear one by one.
But the "little clay figurine" who reappeared can no longer be called "little".
Medical Officer Tao Xian saw a "mud figure" walking out of the depths of Zeng 124's damaged tunnel. His body was still wet and clearly covered in wet mud. What was important was that its size was already similar to the one he was wearing.
With layers of armor, they are almost on par.
At this time, the "Clay Man" no longer had the lively appearance he had when he was little. He still had a chaotic appearance, but walked slowly and with sluggish steps, came to their side, and then stood still.
Immediately afterwards, a strange sound came into his ears. Tao Xian turned his head and saw that on the other side of the section next to the "deep ditch", another "mud figure" gradually "squeezed" out of the crack in the section. It seemed that he had no bones, but he could wait until the end.
Taking shape also strengthens the body.
In this way, the rapidly growing "clay figures" appeared one by one, scattered around Ronan and Tao Xianli, and some seemed to be hiding deep in the damaged tunnel. Together with the similar ones who came before, they faced each other in silence, seemingly
Waiting for new instructions from the "Creator".
It was also at this time that Medical Officer Tao Xian heard a low hum from Ronan's side.
She thought it was an illusion.
Because at the same time, Ronan took out a metal cylinder and released the "slicing instrument" inside.
These intelligent mechanical beetles floated around Ronan and made a "buzzing" sound. Then, seemingly following Ronan's instructions, they levitated to form some simple structures that looked familiar.
That is probably some kind of "configuration", or a higher-level "paradigm"... a quasi-"paradigm".