Chapter 16: Alien Plant Attack
Robinson pondered for a moment and said, "Daniel, I think we should immediately gather everyone and report the news, the camera system of Smith's spacesuit has automatically recorded the attack of alien plants, and after everyone sees it, they naturally know the danger of these alien plants." And we need to inform the Nimi and the other expedition volunteer teams as soon as possible. ”
Daniel glanced at the other party with a calm face, and said in a stiff tone: "Have you watched those videos?" ”
Robinson nodded.
Although Daniel was annoyed in his heart, he had no reason to object, so he had to say helplessly: "Okay, you go and gather people, you can do this matter." ”
Robinson didn't say a word, he immediately issued a signal for the convening of the whole group, and three minutes later, everyone at the temporary base gathered in a conference hall at the command post.
After seeing that everyone had arrived, Robinson turned on the projector in the hall, and a fluorescent light was projected on a huge screen in front of the hall, and the people in the hall were silent for a while, and began to watch the screen, and the projector began to show the image of Smith and his party encountering an alien plant attack when they returned.
In the picture, a space armored car is traveling in the jungle at its usual speed, and Smith and the others in the armored car are talking and laughing with each other, as if someone has told a funny joke, and the people in the armored car are laughing loudly.
At this moment, several wrist-thick green vines suddenly came out of the jungle with lightning speed, climbed onto the body of the armored car, the huge suction cups growing on the vines were firmly attached to the body, the speed of the armored car dropped sharply, just in the blink of an eye, the armored car was tied up tightly by these sudden green vines, like a meat dumpling.
The engine of the armored car was still roaring, but at the moment the car had completely stopped and could not move.
Seeing the image on the screen, everyone in the hall exclaimed, covering their mouths in disbelief. They really couldn't imagine where these green vines came from, how they could take the initiative to attack humans, and what was even more terrifying was their incredible tenacity and strength!
As we all know, space armored vehicles are powered by nuclear power, and the ordinary engine power has reached 100,000 horsepower, and the maximum can reach 200,000 horsepower!
100,000 horses pulled together, 10,000 horses galloping, what a huge kinetic energy, but such a huge kinetic energy, now it is pulled by these vines, if you don't see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid that everyone won't believe this fact.
At this moment, the magnetic shield of the space armored vehicle became an ornament, which could withstand the attack of a huge thermal weapon, but there was nothing that could be done about this powerful and pure biological force.
On the screen, the shocked and frightened expressions of Smith and the others in the armored car were the same as those of everyone in the hall at this moment, and they began to scream in horror, hysteria, and chaos, which was diametrically opposed to the performance of laughing just now.
But the people watching in the hall did not mean to laugh at their ugliness, and anyone who encountered such a sudden and unthinkable situation would inevitably panic and be distracted, like the kind of person who has collapsed before Tarzan and his color has not changed, and even if there is, he is afraid that he is also crazy.
The power of the armored vehicle was quickly increased to the limit, like a beast roaring, 200,000 huge horsepower, emitting earth-shaking huge energy, those green vines began to be pulled by this huge force and couldn't help "squeaking", but what was shocking was that they still persevered, stunned that they were not broken, and the armored car still stayed in place, unable to move. …,
Smith and the others in the car who had slowed down a little bit activated the weapon system of the armored car with all their might, and the fierce sound of "da-da-da" sounded, and from dozens of launch ports on the entire body, at a firing speed of hundreds of thousands of rounds a minute, began to spray a metal storm frantically outward.
Countless bullets slanted out, forming a spectacular metal barrage.
Seeing this, someone in the hall began to shake their heads. In fact, the pouring bullets could only hit the green vines located at the launch port, and most of the bullets were empty.
Even the green vines located at the launch port, within the range of bullets, showed amazing strength and tenacity, and after withstanding the metal storm for about ten minutes, they were gradually disintegrated and stammered.
But this did not help much for the armored vehicles to get out of trouble. There are only a few green vines that have been hit, and the number of vines is too many, and once the armored vehicle is found to be moving, new vines will come out, and once it is found that the armored vehicle is about to move, it will once again suppress the armored vehicle that is about to move.
And the amount of ammunition for armored vehicles is, after all, limited, and it is impossible to maintain such barrage firing endlessly.
The metal rag finally stopped, and the people inside the armored car discussed for a while, and a small launch port was opened from the roof of the armored car, and a slender metal pipe stretched out.
Seeing this, everyone in the hall knew that they were going to use a flamethrower. This flamethrower can spew flames of up to 20,000 degrees, and it is a powerful weapon against many powerful alien creatures, but whether it can deal with this terrifying green vine is still a question for everyone in the hall.
Although Smith and others escaped after knowing the Dao, everyone still didn't know the Dao in the process.
From the long, thin metal pipe, scorching flames began to erupt. To everyone's surprise, the green vines that had just shown terrifying strength showed their weak side in the face of this scorching fire.
The green vines swept by the scorching flames quickly carbonized and broke, and the green vines, which were still powerful just now, began to collapse, and under the attack of the scorching flames, they were defeated and retreated. Some of the green vines that had not yet been burned began to retreat on their own initiative, showing their fear of the scorching flames.
After a while, the crisis of the armored car, which was tied up like a dumpling not long ago, was lifted, and the green vines on the body disappeared without a trace.
The people in the armored car cheered, and the armored car began to start again. This time, everyone used their flamethrowers to drive all the way, and there were no other green vines on the way to stop them, and they didn't encounter other dangerous alien plants, and soon rushed out of this dangerous jungle and drove towards the temporary base.
At this point, the on-screen video stops, and the image locks onto a green vine the size of a bowl.
Although the screening stopped, the shocking scene on the screen just now still surrounded the hearts of everyone in the hall and could not be calmed down for a long time.
Carnivorous plants, humans have not never seen, similar man-eating flowers, man-trapping vines, on some planets, humans have already discovered. But most of these carnivorous plants only catch some arthropod insects, and some prey on large animals, nothing more than the paralysis and toxicity of pollen or branch thorns, so that passing prey is paralyzed and poisoned, and then swallowed.
But compared to the green vines I just saw, all these carnivorous plants are not worth mentioning at all. Just like an ant compared to an elephant, the ability between the two is not at all in the same order of magnitude, and the difference is very far.
Those green vines just now can even be captured by a space armored vehicle with 200,000 horsepower, and such a powerful and terrifying plant cannot be believed if you don't see it with your own eyes. …,
An inexplicable fear unconsciously rose from everyone's hearts. Some people who were optimistic are beginning to face up to the dangers of the planet again.
Originally, I thought that this planet was peaceful, and even large animals could not see the existence, and there was no danger, but now after seeing this terrifying alien plant, this concept was instantly overturned.
Jiang Ping secretly rejoiced at the moment, fortunately he was just walking around the temporary base and did not go deep into the jungle, otherwise he would be more than lucky if he encountered this kind of green vine.
A solemn voice broke the silence of the hall, and Robinson, the deputy captain, stood up to speak, only to hear him say: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that you have a certain understanding of the danger of this planet after seeing the image just now. The power of the green vines just now was terrifying, and it was impossible to imagine that it was a plant. Luckily, this plant is afraid of scorching flames, which is their distinctive weakness. However, we don't know if there are any other terrifying alien plants on this strange planet that resemble this green vine. So ......"
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and said in a firm tone: "In order to ensure the safety of our expedition volunteers, I declare that from now on, without the order of the base, everyone can only stay at the base and cannot go out without authorization, and violators will be punished according to military discipline!" ”
After his words came out, no one spoke out against them. In fact, even if he didn't say it, after seeing the terrifying image just now, no one would dare to leave the base alone and go out.
The only one who was a little dissatisfied was Daniel, who felt that the person who announced the decision should be him, the captain, not Robinson, the vice-captain. But Robinson had already said it, and he couldn't say anything more.
Seeing that there was no objection, Robinson continued: "The temporary base will immediately send this image to Nimi, back to J26 base, back to NASA. I'm sure news from NASA will come soon, and we'll just have to wait for orders now. ”
Speaking of this, his eyes swept over the people in the hall and sighed, "Let's disband now." ”
Everyone got up and left silently, no one made a noise, and everyone's hearts were like pressing a boulder.
The golden crow sun dissipated its residual heat and gradually turned behind the planets, and night fell. The entire base was silent, except for those who had arranged for the vigil, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, no one was still in the mood to laugh and play, everyone was waiting for the news from the Nimi the next day.