Chapter 57: The Creature That Broke Through the Ice
The extreme cold and dryness were Mo Ran's current experience, and the most lethal thing was not the visible factors, but the invisible tiny ice chips caught in the wind. Every dozen meters they had to get rid of the ice shards mixed in with the armor, otherwise their movements would be affected more and more, until finally the joints of the armor were completely frozen and they had to call for help.
One of the Protoss guards raised his right hand. "Detectors show an anomaly nearby." The guard whispered, and the group stopped half-crouching. This is a very unwise option, as if they stay in one place for a little longer, they will probably not be able to move again.
After about a few breaths, even the sluggish Mo Ran could feel a slight tremor sensation coming from the armor. The captain beside him looked at Mo Ran, and Mo Ran habitually put his hand on the ice, but with the protection of armor, he couldn't feel more tremors coming from under the ice, and could only see some small cracks on the ice covered with a thin layer of ice chips.
"What did you find?" Mo Ran asked softly, withdrew his hand, and held the gun beside him, the gun stuck in the stand made it take Mo Ran a little effort to come down.
"It's just that there's an unidentified biological signal under the ice." The Protoss guard at the head turned around and whispered. However, his movements were obviously a little stiff, and Mo Ran noticed that there seemed to be a lot more ice chips around him, and the tremors under the ice surface were also significantly aggravated.
"How big a biological signal?" Mo Ran asked in a low voice, after all, there were many ice crevasses under this seemingly solid ice surface, and those vibrations should not be obvious. But now he could clearly feel the vibrations coming from beneath the ice, something that made him feel horrible. What kind of creatures can move beneath such a hard ice?
Mo Ran didn't know, but now he didn't have doubts about this creature, after all, he could understand the fire leaves, and he could naturally understand the creatures born here, because the surrounding environment gave birth to such creatures, but the trembling ice surface made him a little uneasy.
The captain of the guard was quick to pass the information he had gathered into Moran's armor. During their exploration, a slender and huge creature was walking through the ice about three kilometers under their feet, countless huge ice crevasses stretched behind it, and the compressed sea water under the ice surface also poured into those ice crevices in an instant, and was frozen again after ten minutes.
On this planet, which is about four kilometers thick on average, the ice beneath their feet is more than six kilometers thick. The long, narrow creature weaved through the ice at a rapid pace. Mo Ran couldn't understand the behavior of this creature, just like General Zo Ruihong couldn't understand Long Yan and the Heavenly Wolf Legion, he also couldn't understand the behavior of this creature.
There shouldn't be much food on this planet, and he can't explain such a waste of body energy. However, from the direction of the creature's travel, it does not pass through the area of their team, but will break through the ice at a distance. Mo Ran passed this message to the captain on the side. "This creature will break through the ice about two kilometers away." Mo Ran whispered. "In terms of size, this creature is about fifty meters long, and it should be dangerous." Mo Ran left the decision to the captains around him, after all, they were here to search for creatures or other samples, and it seemed to be a good opportunity in front of him.
The captain couldn't help but smile bitterly. "The creature's current size is under tremendous pressure, and no one knows what it will look like when it comes out." He whispered, he was now a little struggling to make a decision, and looked around. "Let's take a look when it comes out!"
Moran nodded, then let the team walk towards the spot where the creature was about to rush out. The place where the creature rushed out was different from the direction of the ice road they were going to, but it didn't seem to be that a few hours now, and through this creature, they could also get to know the creatures here.
The team set off again, but this time the direction of the wind sent their team diagonally forward. The vibration of the ice surface became stronger and stronger, and although there was not much problem with the estimated direction, the next moment, the creature that had been rushing upwards diagonally suddenly changed direction and rushed straight upward.
This change startled Mo Ran and them, and then they immediately stopped, originally they were estimated to be two kilometers away, but now the creature would break through a few dozen meters in front of them. "Quick, run." The distance of tens of meters is not safe, the huge size of the creature will completely shatter the surrounding ice surface, and the ice road behind it that was destroyed by it is also slowly pouring into some seawater at this time, after all, the deep place has been frozen a lot again, and only a small amount of seawater can be gushed out.
Hearing Mo Ran's words, including the Protoss guards in front of them, the entire team fled directly in the direction of the wind. The cold wind of the wild hunt blew their entire team away in the direction of the wind, and there was almost nothing on the ice that could be forced, and after being blown away by the cold wind for three or four minutes, Mo Ran and the others felt the trembling of the entire ice surface, and then the huge ice crevasse spread, and some people who were not very lucky even fell directly into the ice crevice. Of course, protected by ropes in their armor, they didn't fall straight into the depths of those ice crevices.
In such a place, there is no difference between falling and dying. There was a loud roar in the distance, Mo Ran didn't have time to turn back, the friction between the armor and the ice couldn't stop him at all, the only good news was that those huge ice crevasses allowed them to use some equipment and androids, and finally it was difficult to stop.
"Report the casualties." Mo Ran shouted after he stopped. When they fled, the battleship in orbit directly killed the creature that had just rushed out with a single shot. "Commander, it's okay!" The adjutant's words rang in Mo Ran's ears at the same time.
"It's fine." Mo Ran checked the damage of the team, except for some equipment, no one was seriously injured, even if the huge ice crevasse caused a large number of sharp ice spikes, but in terms of the armor on their bodies, as long as they did not collide at high speed, there were not many problems.
Just as Mo Ran and the others were checking, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the sky. The howling sound was very sharp, Mo Ran couldn't help but stop the movement of his hand, and looked up, only to see a group of small creatures with thin wings hovering in mid-air, and a few joined the team from time to time.
"What is this?" Looking at the creature with its whole body defeated, Mo Ran whispered, this creature had a pair of thin wings connecting hands and legs, and the sharp whistling sound was not from their mouths, but their wings. They appear to be covered in a thin layer of ice, constantly hovering in mid-air.
The Protoss guards immediately raised their weapons, and as soon as those creatures rushed towards them, they would attack. However, the creatures did not pay attention to them, and after circling a few times, they plunged towards the ice, and then burrowed under the ice through some crevices.
As these strange creatures left, the Protoss guards also lowered their weapons. "What a horrible bunch of creatures." The captain whispered, they naturally understood the solidity of the ice, not to mention the huge snake-like creature before, even these human-sized creatures seemed to be able to easily cut through the ice.
Mo Ran didn't say anything, just nodded. If these creatures rush over, I don't know if their armor will be able to stop them.
"Let's not talk about that, let's go see the creature!" Mo Ran whispered. The huge creature that had previously passed under the ice had been under the watchful eye of the battleship, and the moment it rushed out, it was also directly penetrated by the energy weapons on the battleship.
The captain nodded, and the team struggled to reorganize, as for some of the equipment that had been damaged by hitting the shattered ice, there was no choice but to abandon it temporarily, and when they returned, they would find a way to take it with them.
Although there were already a large number of small cracks and ice crevasses on the surrounding ice, the speed of their movement was much slower, after all, many ice crevasses still had to be carefully walked.
Mo Ran glanced at the ice crack under his feet, although it was only half a meter wide, it was bottomless. The Protoss escort at the head released a small detector in the armor and briefly probed the road in front of him. However, the probes were caught in the ice chips after a few minutes outside, and eventually fell like stones.
"It's one of the safer planets." Mo Ran thought of his previous evaluation and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now it seems that the danger here is no less than that of the other planets! Sending the rope on his armor to make it easier for the people behind him to move, he looked up ahead.
Some huge ice crystals pierced the sky like crystal clear gems, looking at these ice crystals, Mo Ran suddenly felt that he had come to the world of mythology. And about 300 meters away, the huge creature was lying there. From the monitoring of the Protoss guards, he could see that the creature seemed to be dead, as it had not moved.
As the captain said, without the tremendous pressure of the surrounding ice and ocean, the creature has also grown a lot in size, but the expansion is limited. After all, without hard protection, such a creature cannot survive in this world.
"I suspect that the shell of this creature may be harder than some alloys!" The captain gasped softly beside Mo Ran, saying that their physical strength was much faster than before.