What I saw in the military tent was another acquaintance, Colonel Zhang Hao, the commander-in-chief here.
"Welcome you two to Yongliang, let's talk as we walk." Zhang Hao led the way, followed by Gao Shan, Luo Hao, and Shangguan Ergou.
"I believe that Captain Shangguan has already told you about the Earth Beast. I have invited you two here this time just to see if you can find out the Earth Beast's identity and its weaknesses."
With that said, everyone walked to the largest joint tent in the center of the military camp and opened the curtain. Inside was a standard isolation laboratory.
After changing clothes and disinfecting, Gao Shan finally saw the corpse of the so-called earth beast.
"God, this is really a miracle...Horned crocodile, no, no, the horned crocodile should be larger, with scales on its body. It is soft here, a bit like a lizard..."
As soon as he saw the 'earth beast', Luo Hao rushed forward with a look of obsession, stretched out his hand to look at the body of the 'earth beast', and checked.
"Professor Luo, we analyzed its genes and found that it is not any existing species. Its appearance is similar to that of a horned crocodile, especially the horns protruding to both sides of its head, but its physical characteristics are different.
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The staff who were surrounding the 'Earth Beast' for testing seemed to know Luo Hao, so they took a stack of testing reports from the side and handed them to him.
"Professor?" Gao Shan was a little surprised.
"Well, Professor Luo is the director of the National Laboratory of Paleontology and enjoys the treatment of a full professor." Shangguan Ergou explained to him.
National Laboratory of Paleontology, what department is this?
"Here...why is there nothing here?" Luo Hao seemed to have not heard the conversation in the communication, holding the report in one hand and pointing to the right side of the corpse's jaw with the other.
"We don't know. According to common sense, this should be some kind of organ of it, most likely hearing or detection.
But we found that it was empty, but its shape was strange, like an outwardly expanding spiral... We guessed it was some kind of signal amplifier."
"Ultrasound?" Luo Hao's voice was filled with enthusiasm.
Seeing him completely immersed in work, Gao Shan felt as if he had seen a mad scientist.
"Professor Gao, look at what you need, and I'll have someone prepare it right away." Finding that Gao Shan hadn't moved for a long time, Zhang Hao reminded him tactfully.
"Nothing is needed, I'll start now." Gao Shan came to the left side of the corpse and began to carefully look at the creature in front of him.
Only when you really stood in front of it did you realize what a behemoth it was.
The body is about five or six meters long and about two meters high. It has two claws on the front and back, and a pointed beak on top, a bit like an eagle's beak.
There was a thick pad of flesh under the sole of the foot. Gao Shan tried to cut it with a scalpel, leaving only a faint white mark.
You must know that this is in the state of death. The body's functions have faded and there is no energy supply. Any performance of the body should be 20 to 30% of what it was when it was alive.
In this case, it can't be scratched with a scalpel, so how hard it must have been when it was alive. Look at the back of its head, under its slightly slender neck, and where its body expands to both sides. There are four sharp horns on the front.
The sharp corners are slightly shorter, and the ones at the back are twice as long. I tried breaking them off with my hands, and they found they were very strong.
Gao Shan tried to exert force, but he still couldn't move at about 80% of his strength.
Looking at its dissected abdomen, it was already empty inside, but the flesh wall felt very thick and had a solidified feeling of glue.
"Can I see its internal organs?" Gao Shan asked the person next to him.
"This way." The other party led Gao Shan to the side. The internal organs were soaked in several glass bottles with labels like "heart" and "intestine" on them.
If you look closely, they even peeled off the trachea, so no detail was missed.
"Its heart is the same as that of higher vertebrates. It has a four-chamber heart and its lungs are annular structures. These are very similar to crocodiles, but its respiratory function has a filter-like membrane, which crocodiles do not have.
The limbs are very flexible, long and powerful. Judging from the muscle density, it has strong jumping ability. The mouth is flat and has mucous membranes on both sides, allowing it to open and close to the maximum extent.
The teeth are flat and snap back inward, which can better control the prey. Just bite it and it will be unable to escape. It is a natural killer in nature."
Luo Hao suddenly walked over from the corpse, stood side by side with Gao Shan and said the conclusion he had reached.
"Professor Luo, are you sure what it is?" Zhang Hao's tone was a little hasty.
"No." Luo Hao stood up straight and said briefly; "In other words, it is different from any other creature discovered so far, and more like a brand new life form."
"Based on the current conclusions, we can only classify it as a reptile. There is no other reference." After Luo Hao finished speaking, he looked at Gao Shan and said, "Professor Gao, have you discovered anything?
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It seems that he still heard what he said before. Is this going to be an attack or a request for advice?
"What is this?" Gao Shan pointed to the fourth bottle. Inside was a film-like object that looked like a neural network.
"Our people tentatively classify it as a neural network, but we are not sure that it was taken out of the brain." Zhang Hao said.
"It's impossible...you mean they already have intelligence?" This is a bit nonsense. Gao Shan doesn't know much about animals, but he does his part in medicine.
With such a complex neural network visible to the naked eye, Gao Shan felt that he was not looking at a wild beast, but an advanced civilization.
"But it was indeed separated from the brain." Zhang Hao said with certainty.
"Where is its brain?" Gao Shan asked immediately.
"Colonel, we have a new discovery." A shout came from the testing area outside, and a group of people immediately followed.
"This is an analysis of their brains. We found that their brain structure is 99.9% similar to that of the human body, and their brains are more developed. However, the lotus leaves of their brains have shrunk, making them unable to produce wisdom."
Everyone met and saw a monster of unknown origin, which was 99.9% similar to the human brain, but the front lotus leaf had shrunk.
There is also the thin film that looks like a network that we saw before. Although Gao Shan is not sure what it is, it is definitely not a 'neural network.'
"Is there any video of its attack?" Gao Shan asked as if something suddenly occurred to him.
"...No." Zhang Hao denied in a deep voice. Gao Shan felt that the other party must be hiding something, but he couldn't refute it.
"Have you two discovered anything else?" Shangguan Ergou changed the subject.
"Speaking of discovery... I have a slightly different view." Gao Shan turned around and came to the body of the 'Earth Beast'.
During the inspection just now, although I couldn't help but understand what it was, I didn't understand the classification of animals.
But Gao Shan discovered that its meat contained very strong activity. After trying it with his true energy, he knew that his guess was not wrong.