"What's the hell this unlucky kid is doing?"

Hearing the wolf girl's words, Mu Chen's first reaction was that the little tree man was in trouble again, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Although this little tree man is cute and cute, and is loved by all the crew, he is really naughty enough to cause a little damage every once in a while.

A few days ago, this guy went to play in the space farm of the Grim Reaper, and he didn't know what he did, so that the rice in the rice field grew as tall as a fruit tree overnight, but it frightened those researchers, Mu Chen just taught him a lesson, but it didn't take two days to heal the scar and forget the pain.

"Don't be so fierce, I really don't blame him this time." The wolf girl smiled and persuaded, "You can follow me to see it." ”

The two of them went all the way to the Alien Biology Research Laboratory, which is a department dedicated to dissecting and studying Zerg creatures, and storing a large number of Zerg corpses collected by drones, mainly to find the weaknesses of the Zerg and find a quick way to defeat them.

Mu Chen pushed open the door violently, ready to find the troublesome little tree man to practice, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.

This is the storeroom used to store the Zerg corpses in the research room, because the battle with the Zerg army has just ended, a large number of fresh Zerg corpses are stored in the storeroom, and the small tree man in the middle of the warehouse is standing there with his eyes closed.

Gollum's body stretched out countless slender rattans, each of which was attached to a Zerg corpse, as if drawing nutrients from it.

The connected corpse is drying up at a rate visible to the naked eye, quickly shrinking into a ball like a sucked bag of milk, and then the rattan is quickly attached to the next corpse to continue to absorb nutrients.

The person in charge of the research room was an old man with gray hair, and Mu Chen knew that this old man known as Xu Lao was an expert in the study of alien creatures, and he was a well-deserved leader in this field, so he also respected him very much.

"Mr. Muchen is here?" Old Xu's body was quite healthy, and he walked over quickly to say hello to Mu Chen.

"Old Xu, you're welcome, what's the situation?" Mu Chen asked anxiously.

Although he usually causes trouble for himself, Xiao Shuren is his partner after all, and Mu Chen is still quite nervous about the accident that happened to him.

"At present, we are still observing, and it is tentatively speculated that the Gollum Tree Man seems to be able to absorb substances that are beneficial to itself as nutrients from the Zerg to accelerate their own growth." Xu Lao replied seriously.

"Growth? Didn't you see any changes in him? Mu Chen asked strangely.

"The growth period of the little tree people seems to be very long, and the changes caused by absorbing these energies are difficult to detect with the naked eye, but our instruments still captured some data, and the general situation is that every time it absorbs the nutrients of a giant horned flying insect, the Gollum will grow about a micron taller, and at the same time, it can draw nutrients from 200 Zerg corpses, which is very fast, and it only takes about 15 seconds per corpse on average."

"This kind of thing doesn't hurt him, does it?" This is what Mu Chen is most worried about, you must know that the mucus in the Zerg's body is very corrosive, and the researchers will wear special protective clothing when dissecting them to avoid accidents, and the little tree man directly absorbs the mucus into the body, no matter how you look at it, it feels very dangerous.

"Rest assured, we haven't found any negative effects at the moment, Gollum's body seems to have a strong resistance to this slime, we tried to apply some slime to him, but he absorbed it instantly." Old Xu smiled and comforted Mu Chen, and explained it to him in detail.

"Whew, that's good, I thought this guy was in trouble again...... "Shepherd."

Dust finally put his heart in his stomach.

"Mr. Mu Chen, we hope to extract some cell samples from the Gollum Tree Man for research, and we hope to ask for your consent, after all, you are his master." Xu Lao said solemnly.

"I don't have a problem with that, as long as it doesn't hurt him."

With Mu Chen's permission, the researchers walked over to collect samples from Gollum's body, with very light movements, for fear of disturbing him, and used scissors to remove a leaf from Gollum's body.

Before Mu Chen could stop him, he saw Xiao Shuren open his eyes in a puff, reached out and snatched the leaf back from the researcher's hand, glaring at the other party fiercely, as if complaining about why he was destroying his hairstyle.

Seeing that Mu Chen was also there, the little tree man ran over with the vines all over his body, showed Mu Chen the cut leaves, and said something in his mouth, looking at it like he was complaining to Mu Chen, not to mention how aggrieved he was, and he was very dissatisfied with the researcher's sneak attack on him.

"Look at your stingy appearance, as for being so distressed, people will extract something from you and study it, don't make such a fuss." Mu Chen said angrily.

"Gollum!" The little tree man was very dissatisfied with this answer, haven't you heard that the head can be broken and the hairstyle should not be messed up? It's easy for me to grow some hair, I'm going to be bullied by Yaoyao Demon King at home, and now I'm hiding outside the solar system, and I can't escape the fate of being pulled by someone's hair, it's too difficult for me!

"Okay, okay, I'll go back and buy you a cart of red wine as compensation, that's all right?" Mu Chen said with a smile.

At the mention of red wine, Xiao Shuren immediately stopped getting angry, but he still cautiously stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of Mu Chen, as if asking, "Is it okay to have two carts of red wine?" ”

This little appearance amused everyone, look at his little bit of energy, if there is a real need, the whole earth can pull red wine for him overnight, and now just two truckloads of red wine will buy him.

"One and a half cars, I can't fit in the room if I buy too much." Mu Chen smiled and bargained with the little tree man.

Gollum thought about it for a moment, then nodded, and reached out to hand the leaf back to the happy researcher, with some reluctance on his face.

"Gollum, is there anything uncomfortable about you absorbing the things from these bugs?" Mu Chen asked out loud.

The little tree man shook his head dumbly, and patted his stomach with his small hand made of vines, indicating that he had enjoyed eating.

There is no one with this heavy taste, and the mucus in the worm's body looks disgusting, but this guy Gollum treats it as food, and he is not afraid of eating it to spoil his stomach.

Xu Lao thought for a moment and said to Mu Chen: "The Gollum Little Tree Man may be a very rare carnivorous plant, similar to the insectivorous plants on the earth, just like the pitcher plant and the Venus flytrap, which use color or smell to attract insects, trap them with sticky tentacles or leaves, and absorb nutrients from the insects' bodies. ”

"You mean this guy eats bugs?" Mu Chen asked in disbelief, he had always thought that it was enough to bask in the sun and pour some water, and drinking red wine was purely for the sake of gluttony, but now he knew that his taste was so unique.

"That's probably what it means." Elder Xu smiled and nodded, "But the specific situation still needs to be known through further research." ”

"If you need help, just ask, I'll figure it out for you." Mu Chen glanced at Gollum as he spoke, and scared the little tree man into hiding in the corner, for fear that he would want to pull his hair again.

"Hehe, collecting these samples is enough for research, but there are some things that require the cooperation of combatants."

"You're done

Tube commands. Mu Chen said without hesitation.

Mu Chen attaches great importance to the scientific research of the Earth Federation, and the tilt of resources is also very large, and he fully supports their research, in order to be able to further climb the technology tree of the Earth Federation.

Science and technology determine fate, the more you understand the major civilizations and races in the Universe Alliance, the more Mu Chen understands this sentence, the earthlings do not have a strong physique, nor do they have incredible abilities and telekinesis, if they want to gain a foothold in the universe, they can only rely on the technological level of other races, this is the only way out for the earthlings, there is no second option.

Xu Lao is very satisfied with Mu Chen's attitude, it can be said that he has lived for most of his life, and it is the first time he has met the federal chief who supports scientific research so much, and he has almost given what he wants, and has greatly improved the status of scientific researchers, which makes all those engaged in scientific research grateful.

"It's not too difficult," Xu Lao said with a smile, "We speculate that this absorption capacity of the little tree people has not yet reached its limit, and it would be great if there were more Zerg corpses." ”

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone to collect it now, the live Zerg may not be easy to find, but you want as many dead as you want." Mu Chen waved his hand and let the wolf girl arrange it.

"No, no, no, don't worry, we need as complete the worm corpse as possible, the bigger the better, if we can find a giant Zerg to come over, it would be perfect."

This is not an easy matter, you must know that you don't think so much about dealing with these insects, all you take is the way to eliminate evil, and you have to rely on luck to find a giant horned flying insect with a complete body, not to mention those giant insects that are hundreds of meters in size, they have long been shattered.

Mu Chen's face is difficult, to complete this task, he can only find a way to catch one insect alive, you must know that this is much more difficult than killing 10,000 insects.

"Also, we have a hypothesis that needs to be confirmed, and we may need the help of the combat department as well."

"You said, if I can do it, I will definitely find a way to do it." Mu Chen didn't dare to say it to death now, otherwise it would be embarrassing if he couldn't do it, this group of scientific research maniacs was more terrifying than him with this kind of battle maniac, thinking of some strange things.

"We think that the little treants may have the ability to purify planets covered in slime, and that there is a lot of corrosive slime on planetary bases occupied by mother worms, and if we can send Gollum to such a planet, we may be able to purify the planetary bases in a gentle way, so that there is no need to destroy them with heavy weapons."

"But this is just some speculation for us, and we have to test it in the field to determine whether it has an effect."

Mu Chen's brows furrowed deeply, this requirement meant that the combat troops had to carry out landing operations again, and they also had to find a way to land without the Frozen Zerg planetary base, which was very difficult and dangerous.

"It's best if we researchers can also follow up and ......observe on the spot," Xu Lao said with some embarrassment, he also knew that these requirements were indeed a bit difficult, and one careless would cause a lot of sacrifices for the combatants.

"Do you have to do this?" Mu Chen asked out loud.

"Yes, this is the only way to determine if the little tree man Gollum is a natural enemy of the Zerg." Xu Lao said seriously.

"Old Xu, you have a problem for me." Mu Chen sighed and said, "I'll figure it out, but it's impossible to send researchers up, you can command the marines to help collect data through the camera, but no non-combatants are allowed to participate on the battlefield, this is the principle of the Reaper fleet, it's not negotiable." ”

"That's fine." Xu Lao nodded and said.