After the officer led the second and third squads on the road for twenty minutes, they finally stopped at a place.
"Report, according to the footprints, the porcupine disappeared here before!"
Another scout responsible for exploring the path knelt down and looked at the remaining footprints on the ground. He didn’t know how long it had been since no one had passed by here, and there was an inexplicable layer of loose soil on the ground. So the footprints left by the previous scout could be said to be... clear and distinct.
The officer of the team heard this and looked forward, only to find that where the row of footprints finally extended, it turned out to be a huge pit!
This deep pit is about two to three hundred meters in diameter, covering an area of seven or eight football fields. It is like a geological collapse. Because of the cavity in the ground, the surface eventually collapsed, and the scout before The footprints disappeared on the edge of the pit.
Seeing this scene, the officer immediately stretched out his fist and made a stop-alert gesture. Suddenly, everyone ten meters away behind him immediately stopped and formed a defensive gun formation in a circle.
Seeing this, the officer ordered the scout to slowly approach the edge of the pit ahead with him.
The two of them were not walking very fast. They moved forward little by little with their guns in hand. But before they got close, the officer suddenly felt something in his heart. He took out a palm-sized drone from his body, and then took out a remote control as thick as a finger. The drone started to drive, and suddenly, the drone flew towards the deep pit with a low sound of wind.
Immediately, a screen began to appear on the night vision goggles worn by everyone, and the footage from the drone began to play.
As the drone slowly approached, everyone gradually saw the side of the pit clearly, but they saw something bright red squirming on the opposite edge a few hundred meters away.
Some of those squirming things looked like pythons, and some looked like the tentacles of some kind of creature.
"What the hell..."
The officer's steps became lighter. He raised his gun and kept his eyes level. He approached the edge of the pit cautiously while staring at the sight of the drone on the split screen, but the drone had not yet completely flown over the pit. , suddenly, a blood-red shadow suddenly rushed out of the deep pit, and the drone was completely shot down before it had time to dodge!
At the same time, a huge red tentacle suddenly sprang out from the edge of the pit, striking in the direction of the two of them like lightning!
"Fire!"
The officer roared and pulled the trigger repeatedly, but the electromagnetic rifle in his hand did not produce the familiar banging sound. Instead, there was a series of low buzzing sounds. When the sound was passed into the ears of the two people, he was heading towards them. The thick tentacles that attacked exploded with a sound, and a series of cavities the size of a human head exploded in the tentacles!
Bang bang bang…
Suddenly, the bright red flesh and blood exploded as if it was free. Because the tentacle could not withstand more force, it finally exploded from it!
Blood splattered all over the officer and another civilian scout!
Fortunately, the two were wearing tight protective clothing, so they were not harmed.
Bang!
The tentacle slowly retracted, and at the same time, the other half of the tentacle fell like rotten flesh at the feet of the two people.
However, before the two could breathe a sigh of relief, several tentacles quickly stretched out from the edge of the pit. The officer's heart tightened, and he instinctively pulled the trigger of the electromagnetic rifle in his hand, forming a metal storm in front of the two!
Buzz buzz buzz buzz…
Three tentacles exploded out of thin air, but the remaining two still broke through the bullet barrier. One of them wrapped around the scout, and with just a flick, the scout was thrown in without even saying a word. In the pit!
The remaining one was wrapped around the officer's body, but it happened to block the muzzle of the electromagnetic rifle. The next second, before the tentacle had time to exert force, it was blown up with a snap!
The officer walked around the door of the King of Hell's Palace and suddenly broke into a cold sweat. He quickly backed away without thinking. At this time, a group of people behind him finally came to the officer and shot the remaining tentacles to pieces one by one!
"Hoo, ho, ho..."
There was a trace of palpitations in the officer's eyes. He led everyone to retreat a hundred meters away before stopping. The tentacles that were constantly stretching out from the deep pit also had a limited sensing range. After feeling that the target had disappeared, he took his time. Shrank back.
"Captain, are you okay?"
Only then did anyone look at the shocked officer, but then they discovered that the arm position of the officer's protective suit was torn when the tentacles were wrapped around it. Not only was it torn, but also the arm under the protective suit was torn off. A large piece of flesh, revealing a bloody wound underneath.
"It's okay, it's just a skin injury..."
The officer waved his hand and let the soldier who was working part-time as a medic take out a bottle of wound adhesive and spray it on his wound. Soon the wound was covered with a layer of glue and stopped. Blood.
The officer felt that the burning pain suddenly slowed down a lot and was replaced by a cool feeling.
This wound adhesive is produced by the biological department of Blacklight Technology. It contains disinfectant substances, which can not only clean and disinfect wounds, but also act as a nano-layer protective film, which is breathable, can stop bleeding and help wound scabs heal, but the price is too high. Outrageous.
Only foundations with deep pockets in the world can afford it.
"What kind of monster is in that deep pit..."
A soldier next to him couldn't help but ask, "Are they the aborigines of this world?"
"Probably… "
The officer nodded. He reluctantly took out the walkie-talkie and adjusted it to a channel that the other three teams could hear. "This is the Dongwu team. We are now at coordinates 145.436.053. We encountered the enemy just now. Now I I will send you the video just now and ask you to come and assemble immediately. I repeat, please come and assemble immediately!”
After saying all this, he pressed the button of the intercom, directed the camera device on his head into the intercom, and then sent it directly.
To be on the safe side, everyone retreated another hundred meters. Anyway, the tentacles in the pit didn't look like intelligent things, so everyone started to set up camp, leaving only two soldiers on guard duty.
The officer sat in front of the camp and touched the wound on his arm, but for some reason, a strong sense of hunger suddenly emerged in his stomach. He was so hungry that he felt dizzy, as if he had hypoglycemia.
This feeling came inexplicably. Everyone had obviously eaten a full meal before entering this world. Even though several hours had passed, they were not so hungry.
However, just in case, the officer took out a highly concentrated glucose injection from his backpack and inserted it through the closed rubber opening next to his protective suit.
After a nutritional injection was completed, the officer felt that his hunger had weakened a lot. He touched the wound on his arm again, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. After all, he had been exposed. Now he could only pray that the air in this world would be gone. It's toxic...
Everything the officers encountered was not only passed to the hands of the other three teams, but also to the temporary transfer base in front of the light spot. Then the news spread along the optical cable out of the Rosen Bridge and to the command ship in the real world.
Then, a group of researchers started a heated discussion about the huge tentacle monster in the video. Several of the researchers even trembled with excitement, shouting that they must get some tentacle samples, because these will be human beings. For the first time in history, alien life was discovered... No, it should be life from another world.
Immediately, orders were issued one after another, once again transmitted through the optical cable to the world on the other side of the light spot, and then transmitted to everyone's walkie-talkie.
"Damn it!"
Seeing all kinds of outrageous commands on the walkie-talkie screen, he almost had the urge to drop the walkie-talkie. The group of inhumane researchers not only asked for flesh and blood samples of the tentacle monster, but also said that it would be best to capture one of the tentacles alive. See See what kind of monster is behind the tentacles.
Don't these people know that their team just lost two soldiers
At this time, about three hours had passed, and the sky had turned dark. A bright full moon rose from the east, illuminating the entire earth. In this strange world without any trace of human beings, the moonlight actually appeared. It is unexpectedly moving, giving people a poetic and picturesque feeling of "the bright moon rises on the sea, and we share this moment in the world".
Of course, it would be better if there wasn't that deep pit and that group of weird tentacles.
Just when everyone was feeling sad, there was a sudden rustling sound on the intercom, and at the same time a voice came from it, "The Columbus team has arrived at the coordinate position and is currently located directly behind you."
Before this voice could finish speaking, another voice followed, "Zheng He's team has arrived at the target location and is currently at the 3 o'clock position of Dongwu team."
Everyone was overjoyed and quickly looked behind them. Sure enough, at 3 o'clock and directly behind them in the dark night, there were two light spots slowly approaching.
When the three teams were close enough, the two sides exchanged signals and finally gathered together. By now, the North American, Beihai, and Central Continent regions had gathered together, but only the European team had not yet arrived.
But this is inevitable. At that time, the Beihai District chose to explore in the north, while the European District chose the south. The two teams were the farthest apart, so they would naturally be the last to arrive.
"How's it going? Have you collected the tentacle samples that the research department asked for?"
The North American captain asked immediately.
"Already got it."
The officer took out a transparent glass box, which contained several pieces of bloody stuff. "But we can't do the living tentacles the other party requested. Maybe you two teams can give it a try."
"You are hurt?"
Li Qiang, the captain of Zheng He's team in the Zhongzhou District, suddenly saw the wound on the officer's arm. "Since you were exposed in another world, according to regulations, you should return to the camp immediately and go to the real world for isolation and treatment."
"To hell with isolation treatment!"
The officer from Beihaizhou District couldn't help but said angrily, "I know my body very well and there is nothing wrong with it!"
As he spoke, he took out a highly concentrated glucose injection and injected it into his body.
"I hope so."
Seeing that the other party was somewhat resistant to isolation treatment, Li Qiang shrugged and did not continue to persuade.
Then the three of them waited for a while again. It wasn't until the European team arrived and the four teams arrived at one place that they officially began to discuss countermeasures.
What they have to do is actually very simple, that is, collect as much information as possible about these tentacles and this cave, and then pass it on to the rear, so that the Foundation can master as much information as possible about this other world.
Not only that, as the first batch of vanguard troops, as long as they can be sure that they and others can successfully survive in another world without being harmed by some kind of force majeure, then more members of the task force will naturally come in the follow-up, and even some There will be troops from four continents stationed.
Moreover, news came from the rear that helicopters, armored vehicles and even engineering teams are already on their way and will basically arrive tomorrow. By then, everyone will have more guarantees for survival.
After some discussion, the other three teams also launched their own drones one by one. They also learned from the Dongwu team's lesson and knew which tentacles seemed to be able to sense vibrations in the air, so all three drones flew successfully. Extremely high, completely suspended above the cave dozens of meters high, I could finally see the inside of the pit clearly.
The diameter of this pit is about three hundred meters, and the inside looks extremely deep and dark. Even night vision equipment cannot see the bottom. It is also startling to see that there is no one there. On the camera lens, only the edges of the potholes could be seen, and they were all densely packed with tentacles!
These tentacles grow from the edge of the pit and deep into the soil, like hairs made of flesh and blood growing out of the sides of the pit. The only difference is that they are different from animal hair. These hairs are all living things, wriggling like maggots. Any slight disturbance is enough to trigger the opponent's attack.
Looking through the night vision goggles, the potholes in the black and white images are like the entrance to hell. They are so dense and uncomfortable that they look as disgusting as possible.
Then, everyone tried to use other methods to detect these tentacles. They used flares and incendiary bombs, and then found that these tentacles did not respond to light at all. Instead, a few incendiary bombs that exploded on the tentacles could cause the tentacles to be alert.
Once they discovered that they were burned, those tentacles instinctively retracted to the walls on the sides of the pit, preventing the incendiary bombs from doing anything.
After collecting a certain amount of information, the four teams had no idea of continuing to explore, and because the night was getting darker, everyone was wrapped in protective clothing and unable to relieve themselves and rest. So after some discussion, the four teams started again Return the way you came.
After an hour of traveling, the four task forces of the Foundation returned to the entrance. At this time, a group of XTN engineering robots had set up a large disinfection room and living area at the entrance. These were all made of special airtight materials. Once built, it is extremely sturdy and can completely isolate the outside from the inside.
Then, everyone took off the protective clothing they had worn for a day in the disinfection room at the door, and then checked for unknown infections through blood tests. After confirmation, they entered the living area and made repairs inside.
It wasn't until the team leader from Beihaizhou District entered that he weakly took off his protective clothing, revealing a pale, sweaty face.
The officer touched the sealed wound on his shoulder, then stood in front of the disinfectant nozzle, silently letting several disinfectants spray all over his body, and then walked to the blood collection machine, and asked the other party to prick his finger with some anxiety. one time.
A few seconds later, the green light flashed on the screen of the blood collection device, and at the same time a mechanical voice sounded, "No. 04564, no signs of microbial infection found, allowed to pass!"
"call!"
Seeing this, the officer was completely relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief silently. He thankfully put on the clothes provided in the disinfection room, and then walked into the living area as if he was receiving amnesty.
However, when he turned around, he could see a faint circle of dense red rash on his shoulder blades on his back, and a trace of blood slowly seeping out through his clothes...