Chapter 72 Countermeasures
I saw that where Shogoth passed, the ice and snow were deeply sunken, revealing the dull ground, and the ground was also plowed into a deep ravine, and the snowflakes that landed on Shoggus would disappear the moment they touched Shoggus.
If Tony was right, Huggers must have made himself bigger by devouring the matter of the land he passed, and Jarvis's report confirmed his suspicions.
"Sir, it has been detected that a creature codenamed Shogoth will devour matter, please refrain from hand-to-hand combat." Jarvis came to the same conclusion as Tony through the scans.
"Looks like this is a tricky guy indeed." Tony had a rough idea of why Steve was so embarrassed, and that this substance-devouring being was really hard to deal with.
However, Tony's armor itself is designed to not be melee, so Tony only shares the news in the headset and starts his own attack to try to stop Shogues.
Equipped with Stark's latest weapon, the MANPADS flew towards Shogoth like a goddess, and after noticing that the first wave of missiles was instantly devoured on contact with Shogoth, Tony set the missile to explode five centimeters away from Shogoths to ensure that the missile could have a certain lethality.
Unfortunately, in order to reduce accidental damage and unnecessary damage, the shock wave and explosion power of this MANPADS were greatly reduced, which also led to the failure of Tony's missile program.
The overly weakened missile exploded in front of Shogoth like fireworks, but unfortunately it did not cause any damage to Shogoth, and under the smoke and dust was Shogoth's increasingly large body.
And Xiugus also launched his own counterattack, his round body stretched out two tentacles and shot at Tony in mid-air and Qu Yizhi who was pressing on the side.
Tony kept flickering and moving in the air, trying to get the tentacles to tie himself up, but after he succeeded in getting the tentacles to tie himself, the knots that had been tied together fused together, and the tentacles struck Tony again.
Although Qu Yizhi on the side was far away, because he was on the ground, the space to hide was limited, so Qu Yizhi condensed the ice shield to block the attack of the tentacles, and at the same time used the huge power of the tentacles to dodge backwards, and the ice crystals condensed by Qu Yizhi were not instantly swallowed by Xiugus like other substances, which was also the key to their ability to escape from the ancient base.
But Shoghes not only has the ability to devour matter, it can easily crush any substance it touches, and then devour it, the harder the item can resist, the longer it can resist, and it cannot swallow substances of the same level as Uru metal, vibranium, and Edman alloy, of course, the latter point is unknown to them, and the fact that the ice layer of Qu Yizhi can slightly resist the crushing force of Shogues is enough to prove its hardness.
However, the current situation does not allow them to think too much, seeing that their knotting method is ineffective, Tony turned around and fired a laser beam at the attacking tentacles, since the location of Shogues can still be observed by the naked eye, then this means that the other party is not absorbing light, although I don't know whether this is because I can't see the energy contained in the light or can't absorb the light, this is a breakthrough point for Tony.
The tentacles that were hit by the laser beam were repulsed, and Tony's face was filled with a smile when he saw that his attack worked.
Soon, however, the smile could no longer be maintained, and Tony's laser beam forced the tentacles back into Shogoth's body, but the effect of the laser beam on Shogoths was rapidly decreasing.
"Sir, the creature codenamed Shogues is rapidly adjusting its biological structure." As soon as Jarvis's words fell, Shogues's change appeared on the monitor.
The surface of the original bumps (full of wrinkles, tentacles, and twisted eyeballs) has become smooth, much negating the damage caused by Tony's rays.
Seeing that Shogoth had adjusted his body structure in a short period of time, Tony, as a top scientist, really wanted to study it, but as soon as he thought of the fate of studying Shogoth's race, Tony dispelled his thoughts, this kind of thing is better to be buried here forever.
And the tentacles that originally attacked Qu Yizhi also quickly returned after being attacked on the body, which relieved Qu Yizhi, who was constantly dodging, but seeing the changes in Xiugus, Qu Yizhi couldn't help frowning his eyebrows.
After adjusting the reflex organs, Shogues began his own transformation again, transforming the parts that were not threatened by the laser into their original appearance again, and then split out two tentacles to attack the two of them.
Tony hurriedly adjusted the output direction of the laser, but Shoggers also changed very quickly, it quickly said that the small piece of reflective skin moved to the point of the laser, and where Tony's beam moved, its reflective skin moved.
"It can't go on like this, the speed of change of Shogues is too fast, even if I run out of energy, there is no way to stop it." Tony dodged the tentacles in the air, occasionally firing laser beams at them, but the tentacles would also instantly replace the reflective skin, greatly reducing the power of Tony's rays.
Tony, who was dodging in the air, noticed the curved ice crystals, which showed a beautiful brilliance under the refraction of the starlight, which also made Tony's mind suddenly flash.
"Hey Miss Qu, I have a great idea." Tony no longer flew in the air, but flew in the direction of Qu Yizhi, and Xiugus, who had stopped in place, also attacked in the direction of Qu Yizhi when he had a definite direction.
Seeing Xiugs behind him, Tony accelerated and single-handedly carried Qu Yizhi into the air.
"Okay, Mr. Stark, what good idea have you come up with?" Qu Yizhi looked at the two tentacles under her and gasped slightly, she couldn't hold it anymore.
"Can you make a giant concave lens? The kind that can cover Shoguers. Tony's voice came from the headset, and Qu Yizhi also understood the other party's thoughts in an instant.
Although Shogues was able to adjust the reflective skin to greatly reduce the power of Tony's rays, that skin was not as flexible as its original skin, which was reflected in the confrontation just now, and once Tony's beam could envelop the entire Shogoth, then a large enough beam would be able to freeze Shogoths in place, so that they could escape safely.
Qu Yizhi hurriedly nodded in affirmation: "Don't worry, Mr. Stark, this is on me." ”
And Tony was also relieved after getting Qu Yizhi's affirmative reply, this terrible creature of Shogoth is really difficult to deal with, and in Tony's calculations, once Shogoth finds that his countermeasures fail, then they will inevitably quickly evolve new countermeasures, and their vitality lies in the speed of Shogoth's countermeasures.