Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 97 Earth Dragon
Although the impact that Chen Jian's simple words brought to Zeng Yi could not be compared with a nuclear bomb explosion, it was at least comparable to the shock he felt when he first saw this four-man team kill the mother body in Chuansha City.

If you want to learn, I will teach you.

What kind of words are these?

In this world, knowledge, skills, and resources are all strictly controlled. Whether it is the Basilica of the Holy Blood or the Mechanicus, the "granting" of these things is linked to a strict hierarchy.

But now you actually tell me that I, an outsider, can also learn your combat skills?
Or has someone been designated to teach you step by step?
At this moment, Zeng Yi really felt that the organization he joined was somewhat incompatible with this world.
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But is there a possibility that only these incompatible things can save the world?
His thoughts were a little far away, but the other four had already packed up the vehicle and waved for him to get in.

Zeng Yi couldn't think too much about it, but there was a different kind of expectation in his eyes.

The two cat-carts continued to move eastward, but Huangzhou City was small in size and there was no elevated road in the city, so the team's progress was much slower.

The complex terrain magnified the unknown dangers. After officially entering the urban area, except for He Shuo and Lei Jie who were driving, the other three got out of the car and walked, conducting reconnaissance and clearing obstacles.

It took two hours before everyone found the road that Huang Yu had marked on the map.

That was a road specially opened up by the Mechanicus for transporting supplies and equipment when they were "raising" monsters.

This road showed clear signs of being burned and cleared, but was in worse condition than those covered in vegetation.

The shell holes created by the monsters were densely arranged on the road, and only a small area on the edge was passable.

"Be alert, the target location is still two kilometers away."

"The drone found nothing unusual, so it continues to move forward."

"Turn on the safety of your weapons and be ready for combat at any time."

"clear."

"receive."

Chen Jian unfolded the bracket behind the exoskeleton and carefully scanned the road ahead.

The noise from the cat car's engine startled the creatures in the woods on both sides of the road. Just as the convoy continued to move forward, a small monster suddenly jumped out from the bushes, and the moment it showed its figure, the 191 in Chen Jian's hand had already opened fire.

"Bang! Bang!"

After two bursts of fire, the monster fell to the ground.

Chen Jian approached the monster on foot. After seeing its appearance clearly, he frowned and whispered:

"Gophers!"

"Is this thing available anywhere?"

Zeng Yi on the side shook his head and replied:
"No, we have never seen gophers in other areas before. This is the first time we saw one in the Hanshui Ruins."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian's heart skipped a beat.

As early as when he killed the bullfrog, he had already made a judgment about the monster called the gopher.

They have a symbiotic relationship with large monsters and are likely to rely on them for survival.

Then when it appears here, it probably means that a new large monster has appeared in this area.

"He Shuo, lower the drone's altitude."

"What's going on inside Mongolia's lair? Can you see it clearly?"

"Can't see clearly."

He Shuo kept trying to adjust the angle of the drone, but finally shook his head and replied:

"There is nothing unusual on the ground. We can clearly see the various facilities that the Mechanicus had built before, as well as the wooden structure support."

"But from the ground to the underground, there is a giant pit, and it looks very deep from the entrance."

"Do you want to fly in and take a look?"

"can."

Chen Jian nodded decisively, and then said:
"Fly another drone, with No. 2 acting as the relay signal source, and go underground for reconnaissance."

"Zeng Yi, conduct close reconnaissance 500 meters outside the target location and return to report the situation in half an hour."

"The rest of you follow me to the target location and occupy the fortifications left by the Mechanicus to establish a firing point."

"The situation is unknown and complicated, be prepared to evacuate at any time!"

"Roger that!"

At the command, everyone took action immediately.

The last section of the road was not far away, and the road conditions were much better. The team moved very fast. In less than 20 minutes, Chen Jian had led the team to occupy an artificial earth platform above the nest. Judging from the remaining facilities, this seemed to be the "altar" used by the Mechanicus to feed.

Obvious traces of dried blood could be seen around the altar, and in the huge open space below, there were many remains of limbs that had not yet completely decayed.

The air was filled with a disgusting stench. Chen Jian frowned and said:

"What's going on? Are the Mechanicus going to chop people up and feed them to that monster?"

"Probably."

Shen Yue nodded solemnly, and then said:

"I doubt the monster itself is aggressive towards humans - its food source is quite sufficient."

"The Mechanicus is probably trying to train its aggressiveness, just like some criminal organizations used human flesh to train hounds in the past."

"If they really succeed, the ecology of humans and monsters might even have to be destroyed and rebuilt."

"It's impossible to break."

Chen Jian shook his head and said:
"The basis for humans to domesticate animals is a stable food source and living environment, but with the capabilities of humans in the current world, it is simply impossible to achieve this."

"Giant monsters are still at the upper end of their ecological niche, and that's unlikely to change in a short period of time. He Shuo, how's the drone reconnaissance going?"

“It’s going deeper.”

He Shao replied briefly:

"No abnormalities have been found so far. This underground space should be connected to a karst cave. The internal space is very large and the terrain is rugged, making it difficult to fly."

"The signal attenuation is very serious. I don't think it can fly very far."

"Understood. Let's fly as far inside as possible first."

While watching the real-time images streaming from the drone, Chen Jian turned to Zeng Yi and asked:

"Zeng Yi, how is the situation over there?"

"We found a large number of gophers, but it's strange that these gophers are clearly gathered near their nests in Mongolia, but they all seem to have entered hibernation."

"It was very sluggish, with only a few gophers moving around."

"They are much less aggressive than when we encountered them in Hanshui. I don't know what happened. Should I catch one and show it to you?"

"No need to catch, come back first."

Chen Jian refused decisively, but the doubts in his heart grew deeper and deeper.

The broken bridge, the sudden appearance of moles and their abnormal state, the bottomless cave.
All factors suggest that there are greater secrets in this nest that have not been discovered, but now, they have almost no suitable means to explore.

If there is no other choice, we can only venture into the cave.

He carefully observed the bottomless cave, and just when he was about to make up his mind to lead the team in, a black shadow suddenly flashed across the drone's screen.

A huge, soft, twisted, scaly, long black shadow!

Due to the narrow terrain of the cave, the drone could not capture the full picture of the black shadow.

But even if we only judge based on the fragments of the picture, the monster is at least ten meters long!
Everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing, and Lei Jie asked in amazement:
"Is that a snake?"

"Mongolia is like a giant turtle. Is this... a turtle and snake living together?"

"No."

Chen Jian took a deep breath and then replied:

"I know why the bridge collapsed. It was caused by damage to the geological structure."

"The inactive state of the gopher is not hibernation, it is poisoning!"

"The plastic that Mongolia eats is not dug out by itself, but brought out by this monster."

"It's an earthworm!"

"To be precise, it should be a giant caeciliant!"

"This thing feeds on humus, and it releases a lot of nitrous oxide gas."

"The gopher's condition is nitrous oxide poisoning!"

"And 'Mongolia' is not inactive either. It inhaled a large amount of nitrous oxide while going deep into the cave, which led to intermittent poisoning!"

(End of this chapter)