However, the sandworm that Rubes was holding in his mouth looked very different from the outside:
It was thin, small, dry, and had different patterns on its outer skin. After being held in the mouth, it drooped down like a noodle, and it looked completely dead.
Next, Fang Linyan continued to walk forward and found that almost all the sandworms down here were like this, extremely thin, some were only as long as a tachyon, and some of them had very violent temperaments.
However, after a few more were killed by Rubes, the ones behind simply retreated into the sand and did not dare to come out.
Obviously, the sandworms here should be wild species, semi-mutated creatures that appeared after being irradiated by the previous Pumas. Then the Blood Umbrella Company discovered them and transformed them to protect the desert outside.
"Huh? Why is the smell of blood so strong over there?"
It turned out that in order to avoid being attacked by sandworms at this time, Lubos had already turned on the smell visualization effect. Fang Linyan looked far away through the night vision goggles and could see a large black-red mist suddenly appearing in the distance.
, this shows that the smell of blood there is extremely strong, even covering an area of thousands of square meters.
After careful identification, it should be the location of the dock when the underground lake was still there, and the submersible was also docked in that area, so Fang Linyan let Ao Yujin pass. Of course, he must have been very careful this time.
When I got close to the ground, I found that there were a lot of bones and mutilated corpses piled there!!
Just as Ao's Yu Jin was flying over, a truck drove over. The shape of this thing was similar to a garbage truck.
Then we drove to the former underground lake and today's underground basin. Then the car automatically lifted up, the trunk door opened directly, and the bodies inside fell down like rain.
If you look carefully, only a small part of the corpses inside look like humans, most of them have sharp teeth and claws, twisted and mutated, and ferocious and terrifying. They should be test subjects that failed to be prepared in Veronica's laboratory and fell directly on the dry ground.
in the underground lake.
At this time, several sandworms that were obviously much fatter pounced on them nearby, feasting on these fresh corpses.
Some wild sandworms on the periphery wanted to get closer, but were driven away by their much stronger, thicker and longer companions. Obviously these wild sandworms were not united and had a strong sense of class. Only the larger wild sandworms were full.
Only after that did the others dare to step forward.
These wild sandworm swarms play the role of cleaners here. They act as a community of scavengers, disposing of corpses for Veronica's laboratory.
As a laboratory that provides food, it will regularly hunt and kill the big guys in the sandworm group. After all, their spines can also extract expensive metals such as "Baser Steel". No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.
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For Veronica Labs, these wild sandworms can not only help clean up corpses, but also recycle waste to extract metals, which is a very cost-effective arrangement.
After figuring out the layout, Fang Linyan became even more bold in his actions. After all, this place had become a corpse dumping ground, and no one would come here at ordinary times, so he continued down to the bottom of the lake and came to
The place where the huge body of Pumas used to stay.
Of course, there is only a huge pit left in this place! However, you can vaguely see some large parts and other things scattered in the pit.
Fang Linyan knelt on the ground and examined it carefully, and was suddenly shocked.
It turns out that what remains on the soil here are a large number of crawler ruts! Such ruts are caused by a large number of construction machinery.
As far as Fang Linyan knows, although Desini, the artificial intelligence affiliated to Pumas, has the ability to build large-scale projects, it cannot acquire so many construction machinery, otherwise its excavation progress will not be so slow.
Not only that, when Pumas came to the earth, in order to avoid the pursuit of enemies from behind, before falling into the atmosphere, it also adsorbed the American and Russian space stations in low-Earth orbit. The satellites served as its own armor to provide a defensive buffer.
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Therefore, it seemed to be huge when it landed. In fact, most of them were just shells composed of space stations or satellites. At this time, these "shells" were scattered and piled on the bottom of the lake.
Combining these circumstances, Fang Linyan can basically deduce the tragic experience of Pumas in this world... Probably there is no contractor who can trigger the hidden mission to clean up and alleviate the rust poison in his body.
If his symptoms persist, Pumas' vitality will continue to dissipate, and he should eventually die.
After it died, the two artificial intelligence lives that relied on Pumas for survival: Nimbus and Decini were probably trees without roots and water without a source, and could not organize much resistance.
Therefore, after the Blood Umbrella Organization's exploration at the expense of others, this place was finally captured by them. Valuable things such as the wreckage of Pumas were directly transported away, such as space stations that formed the outer shell, and backward technological products such as satellites.
It was of no value to the Blood Umbrella Organization and was simply abandoned here.
Fang Linyan even further deduced that the rapid development of artificial intelligence in this world may be due to the research results obtained after the capture of two artificial intelligence beings: Nimbus and Decini.
Fang Linyan searched these shells and found nothing of value. He originally wanted to pick up some leaks and whether things like the Five-faced Monster Box would be left behind. However, unfortunately, the shrewd blood
The umbrella organization did not give itself a chance.
After sighing in disappointment, Fang Linyan thought about it and felt that he was probably going to return empty-handed and that the trip was in vain. But if you think about it carefully, the advantage of coming here is that Pumas is indeed
Exists, or once existed in this world.
In other words, it is basically certain that the fire source on the moon exists! According to the news sent by Omi before, that side mission can still buy me two or three days. If you are lucky,
So it is not difficult to prepare for the moon landing in these two or three days. After all, the advantage of being a contractor is that you don't have to think about how to return from the moon.
Just when Fang Linyan was about to leave, he always felt that something was wrong, or that he had ignored it! It was only when he arrived at the "Ao's End" next to him that he suddenly realized something.
How did you summon "The Remaining End of Arcana"?
It was because the previous mechanical gyrfalcon was destroyed by the burst of pulse waves.
But the source of this pulse wave comes from the instinctive twitching of Pumas' mechanically activated heart! That means one thing! Although Pumas was fished out from the bottom of the lake, he is not dead yet?
When he thought of this, Fang Linyan suddenly felt something in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense.
The pulse wave emitted by Pumas' activated heart is extremely powerful, and its coverage area even reaches hundreds of square kilometers, creating a small Bermuda area here.
The military value of this thing is so great that it can be said to be unimaginable. If I were in charge of a research project, I would definitely not let go of the research on this thing.
If this is the case, if it is confirmed that Pumas is in this base, it is still worth exploring!
Obviously, if Pumas is still alive, he will definitely be very dissatisfied with his current state. After all, no matter who it falls on, being studied is not a pleasant thing.
Then rescuing him must be a hidden side mission. Not only that, Fang Linyan felt that he could also get more details about the moon base and the ultimate secret of the world from him.
After thinking carefully, Fang Linyan took a deep breath and already had a plan in mind. After all, Veronica Laboratory was familiar to him, even though he was experiencing all this in another dimension.
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So Fang Linyan identified the direction and walked directly towards the underground lake - the east side of the current underground basin. According to his previous experience, that should be the energy supply area for the entire Veronica Laboratory.
A nuclear power plant!
Although it is a different world at this time, the people who occupy this place are the huge and mysterious Blood Umbrella Organization, and the choices they make should be consistent.
Moreover, the terrain here is extremely remote and does not have the ability to transport bulk fuel in and out. The underground water source cannot support the operation of hydropower stations. So it is obvious that nuclear power plants are the optimal solution.
Sure enough, Fang Linyan quickly discovered through Ao Yujin flying in the air that the lifeless place in his impression had become brightly lit. Although there was a sentry at the gate, he seemed absent-minded.