Alligator's Ark of Tomorrow

"Leave the underwater portion to me."

"I control the sky."

There is a sequence to learning, and each profession has its own expertise.

Both researchers belong to the Scientific Research Department of Rheinland Biosciences and are experts in outdoor exploration.

Rhine Life didn't bring many professional archaeologists with them on this mission because they knew that after entering the Foehn Basin, scientific research was secondary; the most important thing was to bring back the medicine that could suppress mineral disease.

Six underwater drones dived into the river to search for any marine life that might be present, while six Longteng drones flew into the air to observe.

Due to Terra's unique natural environment, radio drones will experience poor signal reception beyond a certain distance when operating without a base station.

So when the drone is exploring, the engineering vehicle unfolds its body, allowing two researchers to get on and operate it, and then follow behind.

After they were lowered down, the lift platform retracted, and Rhine Life staff above the waterfall lowered two more wasteland motorcycles down.

"Mr. Gard, have you ever ridden a motorcycle like this before?"

Serea straddled the motorcycle, twisted the throttle, and the once quiet motorcycle roared like a ferocious beast.

Seeing this, Gard finally couldn't help but say, "If Zumama saw these things, she would be very excited."

"Zuma?"

“She’s from the neighboring tribe and has a good relationship with Gavial. She’s very interested in these machines.”

“I see. If you don’t mind, I can introduce her to Columbia Engineering School after this is over.”

Is it okay?

“Since he’s someone you know, Mr. Gard, then there’s no problem.”

Since we're doing this favor anyway, we might as well go all the way. Rhine Life has partnerships with many universities in Colombia, so introducing one or two students is no problem at all.

I've never ridden a motorcycle, so I don't know if electric vehicles count?

The kind where the speed must not exceed 25 km/h.

After carefully observing Serea's technique of starting the engine, pressing the clutch, and turning the throttle, Gard plopped down on the motorcycle, pressed the clutch, and turned the throttle.

As a result, the motorcycle flew off in a flash.

"Wait, Mr. Gard, don't drive so fast!"

Thump!

Before Seria could finish speaking, Gard made a sudden turn and the entire crocodile plunged into the water.

Seraya: "..."

Ten minutes later, the motorcycle engine restarted, and Gard, having wrung out his pants, sat behind Seria, behaving as obediently as a child who had made a mistake.

Gard's motorcycle was successfully scrapped by Gard. Rhine Life only brought two wilderness motorcycles with them for this operation. Seeing that the other two researchers had already gone far away, Seria had no choice but to let Gard sit behind her.

"I'm sitting still!"

The motorcycle engine roared, and Serea twisted the throttle, sending the motorcycle shooting off like an arrow.

He was very fast, but in Seria's hands, he was nothing like Gard.

Serea's driving skills are not only fast, but also stable!

In less than half a minute, the two caught up with the two researchers who were running ahead.

The motorcycles are too fast, and the roads in the wilderness are difficult to navigate, so it's a bit bumpy. Anyone who has ever ridden a motorcycle with a girl in front of them knows what that feeling is like.

It was impossible to stop one's thoughts from wandering, let alone with a great beauty like Seria sitting in front of Gard.

Her long, silver-white hair was tied into a ponytail around a pair of dark red dragon horns. Serea's waist wasn't particularly slender; if she pulled her clothes up slightly, you could definitely see her abs.

However, compared to Gard, Seria's waist is quite slender.

Gard felt that he could easily lift Seria up by putting his hands together.

She was riding along just fine, but then Serea noticed something was wrong. As someone with similar expertise in the medical field, Serea naturally knew what it was.

Serea said in her usual aloof tone, "Mr. Gard, please sit up straight."

"Oh? Okay."

At first he was a little reserved, but after hearing what Seraya said, Gard quickly straightened his back and sat up straight.

Then the accident happened.

The motorcycle sped over a steep slope, and Serea's body detached slightly from the motorcycle due to inertia before falling.

The two researchers in the car ahead heard a loud "bang" and turned around.

Seria and Gald have crashed out.

The two men's expressions changed, and they quickly stopped the construction vehicle.

"Director Seria, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

The moment the vehicle overturned, Seria used her Originium to protect herself. However, when she turned her head and looked at the crocodile that had fallen to the ground and rolled several times, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Seria's face.

That bastard Adakris, how dare he do that to her.

They're not even the same race!

However, Serea also knew that sometimes, some reactions were unavoidable.

Although she was very dissatisfied, Seria held back in the end and did not run over and pick up Gard to beat him up.

"Hmph, Ulysses, Gene, have you found any trace of those Sea Legions?"

"Ah, not yet."

"After all, we don't even know what Haisi looks like."

Seeing the expression on Serea's face, the two researchers quickly operated the drone, pretending to check the abnormal activity in the river through the images transmitted by the drone.

Suddenly, one of the researchers exclaimed "Huh?"

"My Otter Unit 4 seems to be entangled in something. Let me see what's going on... Mr. Gard, is this the thing you mentioned, the Haisi?"

The researchers exclaimed in surprise, and Gard, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead, immediately got up.

To be honest, he didn't even know what Hai Si looked like here, but he didn't let the wrong person go unpunished.

If sea brethren can reproduce asexually, one sea brethren can become two sea brethren, and two sea brethren can become four sea brethren.

In two years, Akahula will be finished.

Walking towards the direction where the underwater drone was trapped, Gard took the battle axe from his back.

Calling it a battle axe is not quite accurate; strictly speaking, the weapon in Gard's hand should be described as an axe.

The difference between an axe and a halberd is that the blade of an axe is narrower than that of an axe, while the blade of an axe is wider and more curved, resembling a crescent moon.

This thing followed him after he loaded the crocodile template.

It can be considered his accompanying weapon.

As Gard walked away, he turned back and said, "Seria, protect your people. Our cooperation is limited to you helping me find Hai Si. Leave the battle with Hai Si to me."

"Humph."

Hearing the cold snort from behind, Gard shrank back, realizing he had misunderstood Serea's meaning.

However, Serea also hurt him, so we should call it even, right?

Clearing his mind of the jumbled thoughts, Gard's expression turned serious again after he reached a deeper part of the river.

He squinted and could see something entangled with the underwater drone, seemingly treating it as food.

Just as Gard approached, the creature that was entangled with the drone stopped moving.

A whip-like shadow, almost invisible to the naked eye, suddenly lashed out at Gard.

Gard's gaze sharpened, and instead of retreating, he advanced towards the whip. The whip struck Gard's body, but it did not cause Gard's expression to change in the slightest.

Ouch!

With each step, water splashed everywhere.

The axe in Gard's hand slammed down heavily.

Boom!

A tarantula died instantly.

"It seems to be just a low-level dinosaur."

Seeing the creature he had smashed into pieces with his axe, Gard breathed a sigh of relief and walked along the direction the river was flowing.

"Go on, next one!"

......

Chapter Fifteen: You Stole My Head?

"What exactly are these creatures called Haisi?"

"It doesn't feel any different from a regular Originium Bug."

"Can we try to catch one or two to take back?"

Inside the Survival-3 engineering vehicle, two researchers chatted as they operated the drone to explore the river.

At first I thought it was a very dangerous mission, but now it seems like it's not so bad.

All they had to do was stay in a safe place and move their fingers, with Director Serea in charge of ensuring their safety. Those creatures called Haisi were turned into a pile of minced meat before they could even get close to them.

"I actually hope this mission is a bit dangerous."

One of the researchers shrugged. If something unexpected happened, Gard wouldn't be able to refuse them outright the next time they asked for his help.

"The premise is that those sea creatures can break through that big guy in front of us. Did you see that? Those sea creatures can't even withstand one hit from him. I really don't know what the point is of us wasting so much effort searching for them."

There are a total of seventeen waterfalls cascading down from Akahura. As these seventeen main streams flow towards the sea, they branch into many tributaries, eventually converging into a single main stream that flows into the ocean.

Monitoring so many rivers is a very troublesome task; it's a massive undertaking.

So in addition to the drones, the group also installed buoys at all the pool outlets below the waterfall. If any strange creature enters the entrance below the waterfall, the buoys will sound an alarm.

These are all desperate and clumsy methods, as Gard does not have Argoll's technology to detect Haizi's movements.

As long as the Sea Si are not allowed to enter Akahura for the next few days, the pheromones in Gretia's blood will completely dissipate after a few days, and the Sea Si will naturally retreat.

Because the sea creatures prefer the ocean to the land.

"Gald, are we just going to search river by river like this?"

Not far away, after refusing the two researchers' request to ride in the engineering vehicle together, Seria looked at Gard, who was walking along the river, and asked with a frown.

"This is too inefficient."

The distance from Akahula to the coast is about 70 or 80 kilometers, and it would take at least ten days to complete the survey round trip.

Is there enough time?

"The best way is to find a high-level sea creature, because the pheromones emitted by high-level sea creatures will attract other low-level sea creatures, and the range is also larger."

Killing a Devilfish might trigger an attack from Marineids within a radius of several kilometers, but capturing a Marineid, whether it's a Devilfish or not, will swarm towards it.

Gard was carrying the carcass of a Terrorfish. So far, more than a dozen Terrorfish had attacked him, but not a single Sealing had.

However, this way, once you walk through a river, you can basically determine whether there are any sea creatures left in it.

Serea nodded in response to Gard's words.

Although she no longer had a vehicle, walking dozens of kilometers was nothing to her.

Let alone a dozen kilometers, even if it were a forced march of hundreds of miles, Seraya wouldn't even blink. The women of the Waifan tribe are naturally strong.

Suddenly, Serea noticed that the two researchers in the engineering vehicle had started whispering to each other again.

“Ulysses, did you hear how Director Seria addressed him just now? She actually called Mr. Gard by his first name. When did their relationship become so good?”

"Shh, shut up. Do you think it's your job as a working-class person to gossip about your boss? Be careful, or Director Serea will give you a hard time later."

"Director Serea shouldn't be that kind of person, right?"

"Heh, who knows what's on a woman's mind?"