Chapter 349: Fire Ant Nest

No. 1 took two more steps forward and froze.

"Boom!"

The flames burst through the rock walls in front of them, sending a devastating wave of lava heat in their faces.

In the extreme environment of the sudden transformation, No. 1's perception and arithmetic functions were instantly disordered, and the metal body was a little stiff and out of control, but Ronan's mental induction was not affected, but spread along the fulcrum that had been stationed in this area.

Then Ronan "saw" that at the end of the crumbling rock wall, the spire-like "building" of the church collapsed, crashed into the roaring and boiling magma, and disappeared in an instant.

Don't wonder why there are such "buildings" in underground lava fields. In fact, when No. 1's body adapted to the extreme environment, it braved the tidal lava waves to the edge of the cracked rock wall. Here, the huge cavity in front of it, as well as the twisted and entangled demonic building complex in the cavity, only show it a "volcanic corner".

In this huge cavern with lava as the background, there are at least ten or more huge sealed structures, which are scattered and scattered.

They are all rock and adobe formations, ranging in size and rather rough. They are crisscrossed by "pipes" of the same material and crisscrossed by "pipes" that crisscross each other and the surrounding mountain walls, and at first glance they are buildings with clear functions.

Perhaps it was the reflection of the lava glow, or the material or other factors, these sealed structures emitted a dark red glow, as if they were burning all the time, like a giant torch, very eye-catching.

The dark red light emitted by these radiations is constantly flowing when you look closely, like a alien blood circulation system, which does not stop for a moment.

In such a volcanic lava environment, the so-called high temperature is like fire, which is not an exaggeration at all. But in this Hell "building complex", tens of millions of Vulcan ants are following the passage between the inside and outside, shuttling rapidly.

As far as Ronan's psychic sense could see, the dozen or so sealed structures exposed to the lava were almost full, and the more and more huge ant colonies were moving one after another, behind the rock walls at the far end, and even deeper into the lava below.

Yes, similar closed structures and passages are still widespread in mountains, in other parts of the earth's crust, beneath the unfathomably deep hot lava. They are the ant chambers and ant paths built by this huge Vulcan ant colony, and all of these together form the whole of the aberrant nest.

And that's just a section of the middle and lower part of the aberration nest.

According to Ronan's detection and observation in the past few days, this "aberrant nest" includes at least more than 200 ant chambers, as well as ten times the ant path. There is no obvious pattern in their distribution, some places are denser, some places are thinner, but the overall appearance is still in the shape of an inverted pyramid.

About a fifth of the lower end is completely immersed in lava, and that's Ronan's final destination, the "heart" of the entire aberration nest, where the queen of the Vulcan ant colony is located. It is also the core of the aggregation and germination of the consciousness of the entire Vulcan ant social group.

The violent shaking of the mountain and the strata continued, and No. 1 stood on the edge of the rock wall for three to five seconds, and another ant chamber was peeled off the rock wall, carrying tens of thousands of Vulcan ants and planted heavily into the lava.

Most of the ant chambers are embedded with the surrounding mountains and strata, and this area is probably due to volcanic activity, which caused the bearing strata to collapse, exposing the ant chambers inside.

It can be seen that the antchamber of the Vulcan ant is stronger than the surrounding rock formations, but it has lost its bearing foundation, and these strange creations are also difficult to maintain for a long time in the harsh environment.

Such devastating upheavals are the effects of natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes; There are also factors that forcibly interfere with the material level by energy turbulence in the abyssal region, which further fuels the troubles. In addition to this, there is a more direct impact from the depths of the lava.

At this time, the lava below was surging and completely irregular, as if a dozen giant monsters were fighting and struggling inside. So much so that the lower rock walls are still cracking and falling, and the cavities are getting bigger and bigger.

In this case, it is difficult for the auxiliary computing system of No. 1 to accurately monitor and judge the surrounding environment, which is equivalent to abolishing most of it.

"Scrap it and scrap it."

No. 1 has already completed its basic mission by advancing to this area, and it cannot be expected to play any role in the future. Ronan quickly made the decision to control the 1 to slide down the rock face, using the most direct way to approach the critical area.

The fractured stratum space is very badly concave, and there is almost nothing to borrow, and in this extreme environment, the basic design of No. 1 is not very passable, and the external rocket propulsion system is intermittent, and it is basically relying on electromagnetic shields, rolling like a ball to fall. As for braking or something, it's up to the alloy combat knife to help.

Such an embarrassed appearance completely wiped out the heroic posture of the sharp knife rush in the first few hours in front of No. 1.

Ronan couldn't care anymore, he controlled No. 1 to slide another forty meters or so, and the air around him was becoming more viscous. The loud noise—the noise from both the material plane and the abyssal void—had already burst and kneaded together, radiating a powerful spiritual pressure, distorted and chaotic, and an invisible vortex of turbulence rolled up in the Hellfire.

Now you can feel more clearly the collision of the two forces inside.

On one side is the chorus of "blood, blood, fire, fire", which seems to be fanatical, but in fact it occupies the dominant position of the void in the abyssal region, and the energy movement is extremely treacherous and wonderful;

On the other side is the huge heat source entrenched under the volcanic strata here, which is in a relatively rough and wild mode of operation, impacting back and forth, although there is a huge waste of energy at all times, but in this environment, it is almost inexhaustible.

"Good job on Moren's side, Vulcan Ant...... I really chose the right one. ”

The conductor of the "chorus" is undoubtedly Moren, the puppet who lives in the Blood Soul Temple, and the only thing left is that strong fighting instinct. So far, it can still come up with such a divine power method, even if it has the strong bonus of the Blood Soul Temple in it, it is worthy of being a strong person who is only one step away from transcendence.

As for the dominant force of that huge heat source, it is naturally only the Vulcan ant colony. It already has a group consciousness of laws and regulations, combined with the grand anthill structure all over the volcanic area, almost in an area of nearly 1,000 square kilometers, forming a complete energy recycling system. Even if there are all kinds of inefficiencies inside, they are inevitably constrained by the natural environment, but there is a huge base there, and it still has incredible power.

If you contend with it head-on, all the transcendent species on the earth, whether it is the physical side or the spiritual side, if one is counted as one, whoever comes will be crushed. Then there is nothing to do with Ronan, let alone any plan, just pat your ass and get away.

But today's facts have proved that even if there is an overwhelming advantage in strength, without the corresponding high-end transportation skills, it may not be able to gain the upper hand, and it will even be used by others.

If not, where does Ronan's current "tonic" energy come from?

At this time, Molun seemed to be driving a floating power generation platform, floating on the vast sea. Instead of toppling the platform, the waves provided strong tidal energy, helping the platform complete a series of energy transformations.

Now this transformation model is still rootless, but Ronan believes that it will not be long before there will be a big change.

"The progress of forcible colonization and transformation is okay, but it is still a little uncertain to put the 'seeds' in it...... It's really not good, let Raven do her a favor, is she out of class now? ”

In a trance, Ronan suddenly set off a lava heat wave more than tens of meters high in the huge cavity, filling the entire cavity almost at once, and also engulfing No. 1 directly.

"Buzz!"

The electromagnetic shield was at its highest level in an instant, which was already the instantaneous limit of Ronan's soul power to interfere with the material plane, so that in the depths of the overlapping dark red lava, there were blue-white electric fires that were stubbornly jumping, supporting them for at least two seconds, but in the end they were still shattered.

Ronan knew that the instantaneous energy concentration had caused a lot of damage to the combat machinery. But this is meaningless, because the surging lava waves directly slapped this combat machine apart, and the slight explosion of the fragments of the body was also drowned under the huge background noise of the hollow, and there was no value in saving it at all.

Such a strong impact is the result of the boiling evil thoughts of the Vulcan ant colony. But if you want to say that it is against No. 1, it may not be, according to the feedback from Morun's side, this is more like a venting action after repeated unsuccessful attacks by the group's mind.

It can be seen that more than a dozen ant chambers inside this huge cavity have collapsed because of the collapse just now, and this part of the "blood circulation system", which was originally quite complete, died in a large area in the blink of an eye.

Hurting others and hurting oneself is nothing more than that.

"Tsk, that's a rage. Fortunately, hafnium-tantalum alloy with high melting point was specially selected, and heat insulation treatment was also done. ”

The head module of No. 1 is still complete, and half of the chest and shoulder armor is the largest wreckage that Ronan's electromagnetic shield can protect. Its body function has been completely lost, and now its only function is to protect the metal block of the core from rapid destruction in the hot lava.

Currently, the wreckage of Mech 1 has completely lost its automaticity and is slowly sinking in the lava. In the extreme environment of deep lava, where the mode of action of mental and material interaction is severely limited, it is not advisable to force the impulse, and it is not a good time.

So for the time being, it can only be a mechanical beauty god who is a quiet spectator.

Ronan had anticipated this situation, and he was not particularly upset, but could have taken the opportunity to observe it more closely. At this time, the wrestling between Moron and the Blood God Ant, or more accurately, Ronan's closed system and the Blood God Ant community, was entering a white-hot stage.