The meeting didn't last long. After all, although the species of giant insects has been determined, no one has really come into contact with them.
And Luo Ran also hoped that Lucas would not hurt it for the time being, so the military has nothing to do at the moment.
The giant worm is ex1, and it comes from an unknown underground. The red lines on its back and the surface of unk are the magma energy in the underground.
It has now been determined that the worm came from the ground in the east of Luobing. The excavation project in the east of Luobing was too frequent and too deep, and even changed the geology and attracted the worm.
The ex1 was originally small, but it would absorb the energy from the movement of the land and the crust to create a hard shell on its own to protect itself from foreign enemies and magma. During the manufacturing process, it would release radiation energy, just like humans breathe oxygen and then release carbon dioxide.
It is this energy that changes the characteristics of the stone and makes it unk.
Luo Ran also evolved into 3s or above after absorbing the radiation of the bug, and the hair gene changed to silver.
Now that the eldest prince has fallen, no one wants to entangle and keep the bug and let it produce unk, and the second prince also handed over the decision to Lucas, so Lucas has the final say.
In the end, Lucas decided to go and see for himself, and Luo Ran insisted on following.
The two got on the battleship and went to the cave where ex1 was currently inhabiting.
Now they are in the frontier of falling ice, where they are handed over to the empire, not far from Chonghua City.
On the outskirts of Chonghua City, relying on the snowy mountain where Luo Ran and Keliman discovered Cyril's walkie-talkie before, it is also the current stronghold of Xingkou, a new ice mine that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The first time the giant worm was discovered was in the snow-capped mountains. It seems that it has not gone far, and is still nearby.
It is also possible that the Xingkou is still mining a large amount of unk non-stop nearby, so the energy fluctuation is too large and interferes with the bug.
Luo Ran and Lucas were in the aircraft, and Luo Ran sighed: "ex1, maybe it is our greedy materialized image. If we hadn't exploited resources too much, it wouldn't come up, causing so much trouble."
"Well." Lucas said, "You'll follow me closely later, you know?"
"Understood." Luo Ran smiled: "Admiral, I have said many times that I can still work and move when I am pregnant. Don't stop taking me because of this."
"I want to take care of you." Lucas said angrily: "You are indeed vulnerable now!"
"Oh, it's here." Luo Ran changed the subject and pointed to the window.
It was getting dark outside, and they were slowly entering the cave.
Followed by a large group of troops, geological teams and researchers.
The closer you get to the depths of the cave, the louder the sound of the detector is, giving a warning.
Lucas and Luo Ran got on the light and small aircraft and left the battleship.
Passing through a small passage, I saw a behemoth clinging to the stone wall of the cave, occupying almost the entire stone wall.
The giant insect has a square head, and only one foot is as big as Lucas and their small flying machine. On the back of the giant insect is a piece of hard armor, and the hard armor is covered with dark red floodlight lines.
The giant worm seemed to be sleeping and making hard armor, and the surrounding stones slowly turned silver.
rustling…
Afterwards, the bug seemed to sense that there was an outsider and moved his body.
dusty.
Then, the worm rushed towards the aircraft where Luo Ran was.
!
Although the worm is big, its movements are not clumsy, like a warrior.
However, the creatures living under the underground magma cannot be clumsy.
Everyone was startled, but they were ordered not to shoot at will, so they just guarded and activated their weapons, ready to fight at any time.
The strange thing is that the bug didn't attack anyone, and ran after Lucas and Loran's aircraft, trying to smash through the glass of the aircraft with its feet, as if trying to rob Lukas of Loran.
Lucas maneuvered the aircraft, flexibly avoided the bugs, and scolded in a low voice, "Grass! It targets you."
"Well." Luo Ran frowned slightly.
"You have radiation on you, it doesn't want to eat you!" Lucas cursed: "Retreat! You retreat first!"
After the army retreated from the small passage, Lucas planned to catch up. This is a mine cave that Lucas and others found specially to facilitate evacuation. Because it is too small, it will collapse after the bugs catch up, thus blocking the road.
"and many more… !"
Luo Ran has been watching the bugs carefully.
Since Xia Zhi said ex1, Luo Ran has carefully read and memorized the habits of this bug.
This bug can actually breathe fire to attack the enemy, and if it is in a state of rage and attack, the lines on the back will be brighter, producing the energy of spraying flames. But at the moment, the bug was just using its feet, a way it wasn't good at, to stop him.
Luo Ran pressed her temple tightly.
Maybe he's the one who survived by absorbing the bug's radiation, he's a humanoid unk, so he can feel the bug's emotions and thoughts.
"Admiral." Luo Ran took Lucas's hand and said, "Let's jump out."
"Are you crazy?"
"Trust me and jump out." Luo Ran said, "I won't put you in a dangerous situation."
"… "
Lucas said: "Okay, I'll change the aircraft to the spirit driving mode, and let's start the capsule together."
Lucas has absolute trust in Loran.
"one… "
"two… "
Lucas cooperated with Luo Ran while dodging the attack of the bug.
"three!"
"Boom!" The two of them were ejected from the capsule, and the parachute opened. At the same time, the glass of the aircraft was shattered by insect feet, and fell into powder because no one was controlling it.
Lucas wasn't worried. There were all small passages here. He could hide in with Luo Ran, but the bugs couldn't get in.
The bug stopped attacking when he found that Luo Ran had landed on the ground, and looked at him blankly.
Luo Ran couldn't find the bug's eyes, but could only feel that he was being watched.
"… "
"… "
It was quiet all around, and one person and one insect were staring at each other.
Lucas stood aside, his hand on his weapon, ready to be alert.
After a while, Luo Ran stretched out his hand.
The worm stretched out its front feet.
Lucas: "… "
Luo Ran closed his eyes, felt it carefully, and then whispered, "It thinks I'm its child and wants to take me underground."
Worms don't know that human bodies can't handle the temperature of the ground.
"Why?" Lucas frowned, only feeling unbelievable.
"Because I am what he 'bred'."
"Then will he steal someone?" Lucas didn't move his hand from the gun on his waist.
"...I don't know, I only know that he won't hurt us or humans." Luo Ran touched the giant insect's forefoot.
Luo Ran tried to take two steps back.
The worm rustled forward a little.
And, seeing the worm stretched out its huge feet, probably for fear of disturbing Luo Ran, the movement was very small and slowly put it on Lucas's shoulder.
Lucas: "?"
Lucas was also afraid of disturbing the bugs, so he didn't shoot, just frowned slightly.
Then, the bug pushed Lucas away.
Pushed away from Luo Ran.
Quite disgusting.
Lucas: "… "
Luo Ran smiled and said, "Admiral... We may have to forcefully rush out."
Although the worm won't hurt Luo Ran, they want to take him away, and people can't go underground.
Luo Ran tried to use mental communication with the bug, but the bug couldn't understand it.
"Okay." Lucas contacted the people outside with the communicator hanging in his ear and asked them to prepare the aircraft.
Wang Qiuyang led the team to sneak in silently,
Afterwards, Lucas changed the anesthesia gun, raised his hand and knocked down the worm unprepared, grabbed Luo Ran and rushed towards the small passage.
"squeak!"
The insects were huge, and the anesthetic could only last for a while, and then they caught up.
The two jumped into the aircraft and rushed towards the exit.
"squeak--"
After the bug hit the passage, the passage collapsed, isolating it on the other side of the stone.
…
This trip was quite rewarding. The researchers collected odor samples and were able to conduct more in-depth investigations, and Luo Ran also found out the purpose of the bugs.
As for how to deal with it, we have to wait for the detailed report of the researchers to see if there is any solution.
After Lucas knew the whole story, he didn't really want to kill the bug, unless there was no other way.
"and this."
Inside the battleship, Luo Ran took out a small plant from his pocket with a smile.
The leaves are pale blue with silvery light, soft and small.
"What is this?" Lucas frowned.
Luo Ran said: "This is a plant that grows in the unk cave. It is the food I ate in the cave when I was a child. I remembered it after seeing it just now."
Luo Ran also remembered what Xiazhi said before, that all things grow and restrain each other.
There is no way to alleviate the side effects of unk. He is a living Liezi, who has absorbed radiation but can live until now. His mental power was also injured because of Lucas, not because of radiation. But during the time Luo Ran was in the cave before, there was nothing else to do except drink the cave's water and eat this plant.
"… Um."
Lucas thought to himself, this Luo Ran is quite capable... On the way to avoid the bugs and escape, he can bring back such a thing quickly with his eyes and hands.
Luo Ran handed the leaf to the researcher and smiled: "Just waiting for Xia Xia's test results."
…
— xxxx —
After going back to rest, Lucas and Luo Ran went to visit Rong An who was still resting in the battleship ward.
Rong Duo also came.
Originally, Rong Duo was not with the army, but after she heard about it, she really wanted to come and see, Luo Ran made an exception and asked the team to escort her, just in time to take care of Rong An on the battleship.
Pushing open the door, he saw Luo Xingyuan was there.
"How is it?" Luo Xingyuan asked, "Did the trip go well?"
Luo Ran replied: "It's okay, then we'll wait for the test report, and then we'll have a meeting to decide."
"Okay, don't be too tired." Luo Xingyuan glanced at Luo Ran's stomach.
Luo Xingyuan finally had a smile on his face that had been calm for the past few days because of Rong An's affairs.
That was his precious little nephew or niece.
Rong Duo looked at Rong An, who was leaning against the head of the bed. She had been in a coma for a few days and finally woke up. Half of her face was covered with bandages, and her eyes were red as she stood aside.
Rong Duo held a pot of hot soup, shrugged her shoulders and cried.
"elder brother… "
Rong Duo choked: "I, I..."
"It's okay." Rong An said helplessly, "Xiao Duo come here."
"Woo woo..." Rong Duo shivered: "I'm sorry I seem to have lost... hiccup, courtesy... woo..."
"It's really okay, Dr. Xia and the others said that prosthetics can also walk." Rong An rubbed Rong Duo's hair and said, "Don't cry, Secretary Luo is going to laugh at you."
"Hiccup..." Rong Duo leaned against Rong An's shoulder and buried his head in his chest, breathing in.
"It's okay." Luo Ran smiled: "I haven't officially thanked Adjutant Rong yet."
Luo Ran bowed deeply to Rong An.
"Thank you for saving me."
Lucas also said, "Thank you, Rong An."
It was Rong An who protected his Luo Ran.
"It's really fine." Rong An was flattered and said, "Many other soldiers have been injured more than me, I'm already fine, it really doesn't matter, Secretary Luo doesn't need to care about it in the future, everyone else will do the same. , this is my responsibility."
"Thank you anyway." Luo Ran said seriously: "I will definitely help with anything in the future."
"That, that..." Rong Duo was still very excited at the moment, blushing and choked up: "Brother can't continue to be an adjutant..."
Rong An is now disabled, and even if his prosthetic limbs can walk, he can no longer perform the duties of an adjutant.
Rong Duo turned her head and looked at Luo Ran with red and swollen eyes: "Can Secretary Luo help dispatch my brother to the logistics?"
Rong Duo knew that it would be very sad if Rong An lost his job in the military.
Rong An immediately frowned and stopped: "Xiao Duo, we will do this later..."
"I take care of him." Luo Xingyuan suddenly said.
Rong Duo was stunned, and Rong An was also stunned.
Luo Xingyuan said seriously: "Don't worry about Xiao Duo, I will take care of your brother in the future, and there are many other clerical staff around me if I am not an adjutant."
"what… ?"
Rong An frowned and said, "You don't need to..."
"I said, I will take care of you in the future." Luo Xingyuan ignored Rong An, just smiled at Rong Duo: "Is that okay?"
"...Okay, okay?" Rong Duo was stunned, realizing that Luo Xingyuan's care seemed to be more than just the boss's care for his subordinates.
Rong Duo probably never thought that she and Luo Ran would become in-laws in her life.
…
After leaving the room, Lucas touched his chin thoughtfully.
"What's the matter, Admiral?"
Lucas said: "Rong An called your brother by the name, 'you'."
"… "
Lucas turned his head and said with a bit of grief: "But you are using the admiral and you."
"… "
Luo Ran said helplessly: "It's been too many years, I can't change my mouth."
"Then change it now."
Lucas said with a straight face: "Call my name."
Loran paused for a moment, and said bluntly: "Lucas..."
Lucas is like a lion that eats meat, and he exclaims: "Yes!"
"… "
"Call again!"
"...don't make trouble."
"Then call me brother." Lucas blocked the person against the wall and said fiercely: "Quick, call it brother Lucas."
"… "
It's an inch to the clam.
"Lucas... brother." Luo Ran was very helpless, lowered his head and said with red ears: "Alright, Admiral, there are people coming and going in the corridor."
"Then you have to call me Lucas in the future, not you."
Luo Ran glanced at Lucas, and suddenly felt a little teasing.
"Go... Lucas."
"Um?"
"I use you because..." Luo Ran said with a smile: "You are in my heart."
"… "
"Soil love story, I learned it from you." Luo Ran raised her eyebrows.
"… "
The lion of the empire, his face flushed red.