Chapter 287: Underground Beasts
Why are you bothered? β
Seeing that she bent over and retched for a long time, without vomiting anything, but the corners of her eyes were overflowing with tears, Meng Chao couldn't help but say, "I am a student of 'Monster University', and this case is related to the upstream and downstream practitioners of the entire monster industry chain, as well as my alma mater, I have an unshirkable responsibility to find out the truth."
"But you can lie comfortably in a mansion and enjoy the priority mining rights and interests of the red jade vein, why do you want to go to this kind of place and have trouble with your 'agile person' physique?"
"I ...... ...... vomit"
Lu Siya was a little annoyed that Meng Chao saw her embarrassed appearance, but she could only take the disinfectant wipes handed by Meng Chao, wiped the corners of her eyes and mouth, gritted her teeth and said, "If you want to find out the real culprit who killed Lin Chuan, the mastermind behind the concoction of the 'White Ghost', you have to climb to the top of the Alien Beast Investigation Bureau, if you want to climb up, how can you do it yourself?" It is comfortable and safe to hand over the clues to others and stay in the rear by yourself, but those who can make meritorious contributions, be promoted, win the trust of big people, and have the qualifications to access more core secrets have also become others.
"What's more, as I said just now, I will fulfill Lin Chuan's last wish and change the status quo of Dragon Cityβit's just that in my way, I won't be ...... Vomit...... It's hard to stop! β
Meng Chao was a little moved.
Regardless of the fact that Lu Siya is a woman, she is purely ambitious, and wants to climb to the top in both the Qingtian Group and the Alien Beast Investigation Bureau.
still really wants to avenge Lin Chuan and create the future of Dragon City in her way.
At least, the last prospecting mission and this investigation case, she did the words "take the lead".
"The truth is close at hand."
Lu Siya pressed her chest tightly, just relieved a little, and took a deep breath unconvinced, her face was pale from the smell again, but she endured the churning between her chest and abdomen, and said with difficulty, "As long as we can find an out-of-control giant sandworm and detect a mutant rabies virus in its body, basically, we can confirm the previous inference - Jin Yongqiang has poisoned the No. 4 garbage dump and Sega Tiancheng twice, trying to create a pet beast out of control, to slander the 'Lingchuang Creatures', and help his 'Tiangong Machinery' to win a lucrative large order."
"Most of this case has been resolved.
"I have to go down, you can stay here and help me guard and answer."
Meng Chao hesitated.
The black entrance to the sewage pipe in front of him reminded me of the strange nightmare of last night.
A huge and friendless, demonic giant sandworm opened its bloody mouth, enough to devour everything in the underground world, and even eroded the foundations of high-rise buildings, causing countless buildings to collapse with a bang, and tens of millions of citizens became undead in the ruins before they could react.
Meng Chao's eyeballs tingled.
[Mystery of the Demon God, Quest Progress +2%, Current Progress 4%, Contribution Value +1000]
Meng Chao's heart sank.
Previously, the progress of the task was 2%.
jumped two percentage points in one breath, could it be said that if you find this sewage pipeline, you will find the key to the task?
What does the runaway giant sandworm have to do with the terrifying demon god? Could it be that by injecting a mutant rabies virus, the giant sandworm can evolve into a demon god? That's too simple and crude, isn't it?
"I'll go down with you." Thinking of this, Meng Chao blurted out.
Lu Siya took a deep look at him, nodded, bent her waist, and got into the sewage pipe.
Ordinary people must wear a full set of equipment and even carry an oxygen tank on their backs to enter such a sewage pipe that has been in disrepair and is collapsing everywhere.
Meng Chao and Lu Siya both awakened their extraordinary powers, and the nasal mucosa, alveoli, and blood cells were all greatly strengthened and improved under the infiltration of spiritual energy.
Even the deadly methane gas that filled the depths of the pipes only made the two of them a little dizzy.
The cat walked down the slightly sloping pipe for three minutes, and after a corner, they found the place where the pipe had collapsed.
The crack in the pipe wall is connected to a slender and twisted gap, and the black and dark can't see the situation at the end of the gap, so he shouts inside, and from the analysis of the echo, there is a lot of space.
The tattooed man had just told the two of them that this place had been attacked by underground monsters a long time ago.
Later, it was eroded by giant sandworms and other creatures, which was like a three-dimensional labyrinth.
Fortunately, after going deep underground, the stench of garbage on the ground became thinner and thinner, and Lu Siya was able to use the dual abilities of prospector and agility to distinguish the smell of giant sandworm excrement in the depths of the crevice.
She pressed her palm lightly into the crevice.
As the words came out of his mouth, spiritual patterns emerged from his arms, dancing like a life, and like the ripples of a gurgling stream, slowly flowing into the depths of the rock crevices.
The unthinkable happened.
The rocks on both sides of the crevices continue to sand and "rustle" off, the crevices continue to expand, the sharp edges and corners are smoothed, and finally, the rock walls are smooth enough for two adults to walk through.
They leave the sewage pipe and burrow deep underground.
There is no spar vein here, and there is no dim brilliance, looking up, there is a black and dark area all around, and you can't even see your toes, only by closing your eyes and concentrating on your breath, can you perceive a circle of spiritual energy ripples, outlining an intricate and mysterious world.
Lu Siya found more traces of the giant sandworm that had crawled.
In particular, there were a few crevices that had been rubbed hard by giant sandworms.
"These giant sandworms are very large, and they are probably more than two or three meters in diameter."
She was amazed, "Is the giant sandworm concocted by the 'Spirit Creation Creature' so exaggerated?" β
"I don't think so."
Meng Chao thought for a moment, "The diameter of the ordinary giant sandworm is between one meter and five to two meters, and the length will be controlled within twenty meters, because it is a product of genetic modification, the difference in body size will not be too big, and theoretically, it is impossible to have a 'super giant sandworm' with a diameter of three meters." β
"Fortunately, the giant sandworm has a relatively tame personality."
Lu Siya paused, and suddenly said, "What is this?" β
In the darkness, dozens of scarlet points of light suddenly appeared.
It's a swarm of rats.
Dozens of ferocious rats stared at the two of them intently with wide red eyes.
Lu Siya snorted coldly, releasing a strong killing intent.
The violent magnetic field stirred by the powerhouses of the Heavenly Realm was not something that ordinary rats could resist, and these fierce rats "squeaked" twice and scattered in a hurry.
Meng Chao's eyes were quick, the chain blade was spinning, and he caught two more fierce rats.
One of them decomposed on the spot, and sure enough, the organs all underwent varying degrees of mutation, which was a symptom of infection with a variant of rabies virus.
The other end is placed in the Mithril Stabilization Solution, ready to be taken back for further testing.
"There's something up ahead."
Meng Chao said, "The fierce rat that was dissected just now, there are meat scraps that have just been swallowed in the esophagus and stomach, but the meat is a little erosive, they should have a dinner here, be careful of your feet." β
"I smell it."
Lu Siya said softly, "It should be the smell of the rotting giant sandworm." β
Not far away, they found the corpse of a giant sandworm.
More precisely, "wreckage".
Judging from the degree of decay, the giant sandworm was dead for at least a week, and was almost eaten by snakes, insects, rats and ants, leaving only a few genetically modified supporting bone plates that did not belong to annelids, and control chips embedded in ganglia.
Meng Chao carefully clamped several chips with tweezers.
Using the mobile phone to illuminate, I saw the words "Lingchuang Bio" engraved on the chip.
It was confirmed that this was one of the missing giant sandworms.
Of course, there are only a few scraps left after gnawing at it, and there is no way to tell whether it is infected with the mutant rabies virus.
Besides, Meng Chao also didn't know what the symptoms of the mutant rabies virus would be when it attacked in annelids.
He could only collect as much rotten meat scrap as he could, store them one by one, and prepare to take them back for testing.
At this moment, deep underground, it seemed to tremble slightly.
Meng Chao and Lu Siya were both alert.
"Earthquake?"
The two looked at each other suspiciously.
"I think, almost, right?"
Meng Chao shook the sealed bag in his hand, "We found the remains of the giant sandworm, and after gnawing the remains, we found the ferocious rat that seemed to be infected with the mutant rabies virus, and then, as long as the virus is detected from the wreckage, it is hard evidence, not to find the remaining few giant sandworms - this thing is a natural hole-making expert, just the two of us, without a professional team and tools, we may not be able to find it tomorrow." β
Lu Siya hesitated.
"Don't forget, the last time you insisted on going your own way, the end was that the two prospecting teams were almost completely wiped out." Meng Chao reminded her.
Lu Siya blushed, gritted her teeth and said, "Is that my willful intention?" It's Lin Chuan and the White Ghost! β
"It's Lin Chuan and the White Ghost who took advantage of your willfulness."
Meng Chao said, "I think you should learn a lesson and trust my instincts - didn't you say that my intuition is very spiritual?" β
Lu Siya pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, listen to you, let's go back the way we came." β
The two turned around and drilled out.
As soon as he took two steps, he froze at the same time.
"Your instincts are really smart."
Lu Siya said quietly, "...... It's so spiritual. β
At some point, their path was blocked by a giant sandworm that had no friends.
The diameter of this monster is at least three meters, and it seems to be extremely swollen in a short period of time, and its body is covered with ring-shaped markings, and there are pimple sarcomas between the markings, which are extremely hard and keratinized.
The ring-shaped fangs used to crush garbage and rocks are several times sharper and denser than ordinary giant sandworms, and even in the dark underground, they emit a chilling light.
When a dozen rings of fangs swirled and trembled at the same time, no one doubted that it was enough to shatter and devour the hardest rock or the skull of a mighty man.
Meng Chao saw that the front end and side of this "super giant sandworm" were precipitated with a string of fragmented numbers.
This is the special number of the "Spirit Creation" to manage the biochemical work beast.
It means that this guy is one of the missing giant sandworms.
But I don't know how it has grown to such a terrifying level in just half a month.