After the battle in the salt pan, Athena left "Nasero" directly and entered outer space, on the one hand, to escape for her life, and on the other hand, to divert the attention of the Tang side and hide the location of the Armed Forces of God.

It's a pity there's one thing she doesn't know, Egger? Stetelman is not a hostage, more of a time bomb.

Unlike the Armed Forces of God research base in Gypsyl, Mr. J's branch is located in the deepest part of the famous Candenian Trench in Nasero.

In such a high-pressure and cold environment far away from the mainland and at a depth of more than 10,000 meters, it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to build a deep-sea base.

Fortunately, the investment is high, the return is also high, and almost no one can approach it, and even the "Nasero" military does not know that there is a scientific research base hidden under the Candelia Trench.

For Tang Fang, thanks to Egger? Stetman made the right move, otherwise, in order to capture Athena, he was now afraid that he would have torn his face with the Lionheart's independent fleet and caused a sea battle.

The sparkling water was getting farther and farther away, and Tang Fang and Bai Hao had already burrowed into the belly sac of the king worm and continued to dive into the deep sea.

Armed with God deployed a number of underwater drones in different areas to detect anomalies in the area near the trench, but thanks to the detectors and the high-level Templars, the king worm crossed the shallow waters and entered the heart of the trench without any danger.

According to the images transmitted by the detectors, the Candenian Trench is extremely steep, like a rift that drills vertically into the ground, extending to a depth of more than 13,000 meters.

According to the information provided by Emma, the Candenian Trench is not a trench in the true sense of the word, because it does not arise from a special geographical environment formed by the collision of oceanic plates or between oceanic plates and continental plates.

The Candenian Trench existed on Nasero, before it was transformed into a habitable planet. It is a large rift valley with a northwest-southeast trend.

Later, after more than ten years of atmospheric environment transformation and surface oceanization projects, "Nasero" gradually became a terrestrial planet covered by the ocean, which appeared in the territory of human colonization. Correspondingly, the trench underwent several geological movements, and the central rift valley became steeper and narrower, thus forming today's Candenian Trench.

Seriously. If it weren't for humanity's reterraforming program, it would have been called the Great Rift Valley, not the Candelia Trench.

The Tang side did not have much interest in its origin, he only cared about the location of the Armed Forces of God in the trench, what the surrounding terrain was, and what early warning and defense facilities the other side had set up.

After stepping into the cosmic civilization, human scientists have not shown interest in the study of these trenches formed by the transformation of the planet's environment, so that this abyssal terrain has been almost forgotten by humans, and even marine life is afraid of its coldness and emptiness. The further down the road becomes, the rarer it becomes.

The king worm has already dived to a depth of 8,000 meters, and there is hardly a glimmer of light around it, darker than a night without moonlight.

If it is the layer of strong acid ocean on the surface of the Akron star of the Akubador star system, the king worm can dive to a depth of 10,000 meters at most, and "Nasero" is different, the corrosive ability of seawater is extremely weak, and the threat to the human body is mainly reflected in the pressure.

With a creature like the Zerg, which has a strong physique and adaptability, the water depth of 10,000 meters is not enough to pose a threat to their bodies. What's more, it is known for its rough skin and thick flesh.

It was the situation with the detector that worried him. When she was on Akron, Emma gave the observer diving limit between 13,000 and 15,000 meters. Now the observer has descended to 12,000 meters, approaching the limit of 13,000 meters.

Fortunately, Emma gave a new explanation, the density of the water in the strong acid ocean of Akron and the ocean of Nacello is very different, so the data obtained from the original analysis cannot be used in the current environment, even if the detector dives into the deepest part of the Candelia Trench. Nor will it be harmed.

Hearing this, Tang Fang was a little relieved, and was about to tell Emma to pay close attention to the situation below, when another scanned image and topographic map came from the detector.

A shiny red dot was marked on a narrow stone platform jutting out of a cliff at a distance of 12,809 meters above the sea, according to the scan data. The area of the platform is about 2 square kilometers, and the scientific research branch of the Armed Forces of God is located in "Kehanos", which is built on the topography of this platform, forming a building park covering an area of 0.4 square kilometers.

"It wasn't built in the trench to the depths."

Tang Fang placed the PDA on the smooth muscle structure in front of him, and the projector drew a model of the building community in the green and shiny abdominal sac of the king insect.

The entire park is made up of semicircular buildings connected in series, stretched out on a long and narrow platform. The building materials are high-density alloy and super concrete, which have strong compression, explosion and corrosion resistance. The buildings in the park are uniformly painted dark gray to blend in with the darkness of the trench, and only a few buildings can see the light through the glass structure.

What surprised Tang Fang in particular was that the image sent back by the detector showed the "big lobster" that he had encountered under the "Gypsyl", but unexpectedly, the two big men did not wander around the base and carry out patrol tasks, but fell on the open space on the side of the base, covered with large and small potholes, and looked like they were dead.

What's going on? Could it be that the Armed Forces of God branch has been attacked, and even the construction machinery unit in charge of defense work has been killed? Who can kill them in such a place?

He suddenly noticed that there were some traces of mud and sand on the stone platform next to the "big lobster", which looked like something had rolled over it, making a mess of the otherwise uniform sand layer.

"No......" he suddenly thought of a possibility.

Bai Hao asked, "What wouldn't be?" ”

Tang Fang pointed to the traces in the mud and sand, as well as the "big lobster" full of holes, and said: "Don't you think such traces and attack methods are very familiar?" ”

Bai Hao looked at it carefully for a while, and his eyes suddenly widened: "You mean...... This is what the cactus did to do? How can it be?! ”

The traces in the dust and sand on the stone platform are very similar to the marks left by the wheel snail running over the beach, and the large and small holes on the "big lobster" body also seem to be pierced by sharp thorns, just imagine, can knock the "big lobster" more than 30 meters high to the ground, and can also pierce so many holes, except for the cactus, there seems to be nothing else that can do it.

"How could it be ......" the corners of Bai Hao's mouth twitched a few times. I repeated what I had just said, but my tone was noticeably weaker, and it seemed that I had begun to accept such speculation, and was speechless about it.

Tang Fang scratched the slightly itchy scalp with his hand, and was also speechless. He also didn't believe his guesses a little, but other than that. Is there any other explanation? No matter how you look at the following situation, it is a chaotic situation caused by the madness of the cactus.

Fortunately, it just sprinkled its anger on the "big lobster" and did not tear down the surrounding buildings.

Not to mention, he guessed correctly, the two "lobsters" were indeed killed by MT-10002 test subject.

The battle at the Salt Works had shown that Subject MT-10002 had no concept of friend or foe when it went berserk, and several clones were crushed alive by it.

Both Athena and MT-10002 came from the Ark. Not subordinate to the United Kingdom branch of the Armed Forces of God in Turanks, which is subordinate to Mr. J. Athena is okay and has a relatively normal mind, but Subject MT-10002 is different, difficult to compare with humans, and has low intelligence.

When it was on the ark, it was kept as a pet by Noah, and would take it out every once in a while, although Athena brought "Nasero". Lifestyle habits haven't changed much.

A week ago, because it was a fixed time to release the wind again. Athena released it and moved around on the platform near the park.

One thing she overlooked was that Subject MT-10002 was a militant.

It certainly wouldn't be interested in the dark buildings of the park, nor would it be focused on tiny creatures like clones.

Eventually, it killed 3 blue whales and 17 megalodons, and then returned to the research park satisfied. Prepare to go back to sleep in the cage.

Coincidentally, during that time, 2 "big lobsters" returned to the platform from nearby waters.

As an Ipsilon engineering robot with a height of more than 30 meters, its strength is undoubted, and the experimental subject of MT-10002 has seen them as early as the Ark, just because Noah is present. It has the heart to fight and does not have the courage to fight, the only thing it can do is to restrain its minions, lie dormant quietly, and pretend to be an obedient and good baby.

It's different now, this is not the Ark, Athena is not Noah, as an aggressive creature with low intelligence, how can he hold back when he sees the object that has always been red.

As a result, the two "big lobsters" fell into blood mold, and were ravaged by it, and finally turned into two metal corpses full of holes.

Then, it was satisfied, and Athena was furious.

After that release, she never let it out of the cage again, until the ambush of the salt field failed and was cornered by Tang Fang, she ruthlessly released this crazy big guy who was not indistinguishable from me.

The two "big lobsters" were seriously injured, and even the mechanical intelligence brain crashed offline, so it was naturally impossible to repair them in a short time, and Tang Fang was about to arrive at "Kehanos", Athena and Mr. J both focused on how to set up an ambush to eliminate him, and temporarily ignored the repair work of the "big lobster", until today, they are still lying in the mud and sand next to the park, and as for the culprit MT-10002 test subject, it was also blasted into countless pieces by Tang Fang.

Tang Fang didn't know if his guess was right or wrong, anyway, the destruction of the two "big lobsters" was very beneficial to his next actions, at least the defense of the park was much weaker.

Next, with Emma's assistance, the detectors conducted a more detailed scan of the waters near the platform to determine what the park's defenses were other than the "lobster".

Because the park's inherent turrets and torpedo firing systems are hidden in the building complex, they do not have much impact on his infiltration behavior, but there is a drone similar to an octopus scattered in the nearby waters, which may pose a threat to the infiltration mission.

They are not active attack weapons, but small submarines that can scatter mines, and when they arrive at the mission area, the closed bud-shaped structure will be deployed outward, and the ball mines attached to the suction cups will be dropped into specific positions to defend against uninvited guests who intrude into the park's waters.

After analyzing the battlefield intelligence, Tang Fang turned off the PDA, looked at Bai Hao and said, "Are you ready?" ”

"Alright." The boy stood up, and the dark particles eroded his skin at an extremely fast speed, converging into a black battle armor, and then pressed down on Tang Fang's shoulder, and the dark particles turned into a tide. Wrapping his body out, it looks like there are 2 black knights at first glance.

"I'm leaving, Brother Tang."

Tang Fang didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Bai Hao grabbed his body, drilled out of the royal worm's abdominal sac, and entered the cold and dark water outside.

Whether it's harsh environment protective clothing. Or the Marauder Power Armor, neither of which is suitable for fighting in an underwater environment at a depth of 10,000 meters, the armor of the Zealot and the Templar can be, but as a human, he obviously can't wear it, so the best way is to let Bai Hao use the dark particles to create a humanoid deep-sea submarine to carry out the next infiltration mission.

He didn't know if the central core of the research park had a mechanical intelligence brain in charge of management like the Void Ripper, if the answer was yes. Assault would be self-defeating, and it would most likely be a repeat of the scene that had been seen on the Void Ripper, where the intelligent system would initiate a process of destruction and burn those precious samples to the ground. Moreover, this is the Candenian Trench, and if you attack it by force, it is likely to bring unimaginable consequences, so the best way to obtain the stem cells of the Ipsiloon is to obtain them. It's a secret sneak in.

First, they had to dodge small mines in the waters surrounding the park.

When the two sank into the water 1,000 meters away from the platform where the park is located. The Polluter (Scorpion), which has not had a chance to use since unlocking, appeared on the cliff on the side of the trench, and its size of nearly 20 meters made it look particularly terrifying, like an evil creeper hiding in a dark hell, and with a slight movement of its front paws, a large block of rock broke away from the cliff and fell downward.

On the orders of the Don side. Countless black bees erupted from the polluter's mouth, turning into a black cloud in the icy waters, enveloping the waters around the platform where the park is located.

It's like pouring a glass of ink into clear water, and the black like clouds and mist quickly fills up.

This symbiote called the black bee can not only fly in the air, but also have perfect mobility underwater. Neither high pressure nor deep cold can bring them any harm.

The mine's sensing system quickly detected the existence of the swarm, turned into torpedoes, sailed towards the swarm, and exploded into a cloud of fire, sending the entire body of water into turmoil.

But this does not have much effect on the spread of the bee colony, they are like a swarm of unquenchable plagues, which bring the waters above the park into their shade, and even light cannot pass through.

High-powered searchlights on the periphery of the park complex lit up, creating thick pillars of light in the water, but they had no idea what was going on, only that the water above was not visible.

Crucially, sonar systems are also in disarray, with mapping data showing that they resemble large particles of smoke that can move freely.

The staff in charge of monitoring the movement in the nearby waters were puzzled and couldn't figure out what it was. Is there someone making a small move in the sea above, or is it a tidal current of plankton?

Combined with the data transmitted by the sonar system earlier, the first speculation can be ruled out, but if it is the second hypothesis, why did this black plankton tide come to the depths of the trench and trigger the mine's sensing system, causing a chain of explosions?

He could only send reconnaissance drones to the waters above for a more detailed investigation to confirm the source of the swarm.

A minute later, when the reconnaissance drone left the launch capsule and entered the edge of the "black cloud," suddenly, the picture on the large screen of the combat command center vibrated violently, and a black shadow with wingspan was vaguely seen passing in front of the camera, and then the signal was lost.

At this time, a new situation appeared on another large screen. With the help of high-power searchlights, the cameras arranged on the periphery of the park transmitted a piece of video data that people cared about.

In the process of pressing down the "black cloud", there are many ribbed flesh wings, and the creature with huge chela in front of it is swimming in all directions, whether it is a sensing device used to measure environmental data, or a mine-laying drone, or an underwater navigation beacon or lighting device, all of which are within their attack range.

The half-human-sized creatures seemed to feed on metal, and in a short period of time, they would devour the equipment, so that more and more early warning units were paralyzed, and even the display arrays in the hall were lost.

At this moment, a clone synchronized the newly received image data to the large screen that had just lost the signal, attracting the attention of many people.

In the mud and sand on the outskirts of the park, the two special service robots converted from the construction machinery of Ipsil were surrounded by the creatures they had just seen and used them as food to bite.

To the slight reassurance of the head of the Operations Command Center, the creatures were extremely slow to devour the secret service robots, and were only interested in metallic matter, and had little idea of the super-concrete structures around them.

This means that even if they fall into the park, at most they will gnaw away the shell of some buildings and eat up some ancillary facilities made of high-density alloys, which will not cause fatal damage to the main body of the buildings in the park, which may have a certain degree of impact, but it is obviously not a catastrophe.

Of course, this does not mean that he will let those strange creatures attack the park, and shouted at the area where the defense team is located: "Activate the park's close defense system, kill these alien creatures with all your might, and be sure to minimize the damage." ”

"Yes." The leader of the defense team agreed, and according to the data transferred by the reconnaissance team, he arranged the attack plan and activated the weapons units in the park in turn. (To be continued.) )