My Way

Chapter 1039 Mutant Golden Eagle
As a bystander watching from afar.

Ling Wuyuan had no idea what Ji Lang was thinking.

But through the fluctuations of causality, he was still able to quite clearly determine one thing: something was about to happen to Ji Lang.

This made him realize that soon he would be able to find out who was the culprit who had drawn his attention from afar...

So he leisurely watched as Ji Lang and the others, who had successfully arrived at the location, successfully set up a temporary camp around the not-so-large nuclear crater, and took out various equipment to carefully record various data there.

That's precisely because he watched the whole thing.

It didn't take long.

He then realized that Ji Lang and the others' main task was to study whether nuclear radiation had a special catalytic effect on meteorite energy and mutated organisms.

It's likely that sometime in the past, after a country used nuclear weapons against mutated organisms, some unexpected situation occurred.

For example, mutant creatures, under the influence of nuclear radiation, could become capable of spitting out light cannons!?
Ok……

This is a setting frequently used in various science fiction movies.

Nuclear weapons can both kill and enhance their targets.
at the same time.

Ling Wuyuan also visually determined that the nuclear crater was not actually that large, only about fifty meters deep, and a little over one hundred meters in diameter. If it hadn't been an airburst or an underground detonation, the nuclear bomb would have been equivalent to at most a few hundred thousand tons of TNT.

It is considered a relatively weak modern nuclear weapon.

In the exchange between Ji Lang and others.

Ling Wuyuan also knew that the closer they got to the meteorite crater, the more numerous and densely packed the various nuclear craters, large and small.

These items were mostly left behind decades ago to prevent the mutated biological tide from approaching the meteorite crater and the stationed troops; there are hundreds of them in total.

However, even so, the crater was eventually forcibly occupied by various mutated creatures...
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"The rate at which nuclear radiation decays has accelerated compared to before..."

"Why has it gotten faster again?"

"Could there really be mutated creatures capable of absorbing nuclear radiation? Some kind of nuclear-powered creature??"

"Not necessarily. According to the latest research, it's more likely that the meteorite located deep underground is absorbing nuclear radiation..."

Time passed slowly as the researchers diligently conducted their studies and Ji Lang and the others meticulously constructed the temporary camp.

Until night completely fell.

After a busy day, Ji Lang and the others finally began to rest.

However, the so-called rest was extremely rudimentary in terms of actual conditions.

They didn't even dare to light a fire, and everyone could only eat dried meat and compressed biscuits.

The main lighting equipment consisted of several special camping lamps with very dim brightness.

Those camping lights, though seemingly ordinary, emit a light that is remarkably similar to moonlight, which can largely evade the gaze of various mutated creatures.

and.

Throughout the camp, Ji Lang and his men also scattered a large amount of special powder to interfere with smells and mask human scents.

Other than that.

In the surrounding area, the group installed many infrared body temperature sensors, so that if any large, warm-blooded animal approached, an alarm would immediately sound.

However, even so, when the moonlight reaches its brightest moment.

A massive, dark shadow soaring rapidly high in the sky, unnoticed by anyone, keenly observed the human camp on the ground. It was a mutated golden eagle with a wingspan of nearly twenty-five meters!
The opponent, as massive as a bomber, could still easily display a terrifying flight speed of several times the speed of sound, even while slowly flapping its wings. This speed far exceeded the highest record of manned fighter jets before the cataclysm. Just by flying by, it could leave a rather obvious streak in the sky...

at the moment.

Even though it was late at night and a distance of three or four thousand meters from the ground, the scene inside the camp was still incredibly clear in its eyes.

It could even see quite clearly the expressions on Ji Lang and the others' faces.

of course……

It certainly wouldn't care about the expressions on Ji Lang's and the others' faces.

It's now.

While silently observing the prey below, he was also wondering if catching a few would be enough to feed the cubs in his nest...

For it.

It vaguely remembered that the prey below was actually quite delicious and very nutritious, the only drawback being that it was a bit lacking in meat.

and.

Based on its past hunting experience, this prey, depending on the individual, can sometimes launch a counterattack.

Once, while hunting in an area teeming with prey, it encountered a fierce counterattack—strange attacks that unleashed intense flames and powerful shocks, which severely impacted it at the time…

and so.

Although it felt that the prey below was suitable to be brought back to the nest to give the cubs a change of pace, the mutated golden eagle's intelligence, which was roughly equivalent to that of a ten-year-old child, still made it instinctively start to consider the pros and cons of the matter.

finally.

Feeling that the prey below wasn't too numerous and wouldn't pose much of a threat, it circled in the air for a while before deciding to catch a few to try it out first!
that moment.

With a powerful flap of its wings!
The surging airflow, like a hurricane, instantly dispersed all the clouds within a radius of several hundred meters.

then.

Its enormous body immediately began to dive straight down, like some kind of meteor falling at high speed!

And the deafening sonic boom was born as a result.

It was an extremely deafening noise, like a sudden burst of thunder!

However, because the mutated golden eagle's flight speed far exceeded the speed of sound, the deafening sonic booms went completely unnoticed by anyone at first, not even by the personnel on duty.

It only lasted two or three seconds.

The mutated golden eagle had already traversed a distance of three or four thousand meters, arriving at a low altitude only one or two hundred meters away from Ji Lang and the others.

It was also at this time.

As it rapidly approaches.

Feeling the slightly unusual wind pressure or airflow above their heads, the staff on duty finally realized something was wrong and raised their heads with somewhat bewildered expressions...

next moment! !

A gun loaded with large-caliber special ammunition is like the best alarm.

The instant the deafening gunshot rang out, all those who were resting simultaneously snapped back to reality…

(End of this chapter)