Chapter 214: Senseless Sacrifice
When he said this, Guo Jin looked at Kong Ling and asked a key question to the point.
"Kong Ling, are these insects strong in their reproductive ability?"
Kong Ling raised her eyebrows, glanced at everyone and said: "Speaking of which, you are relatively lucky, the sickle insects have relatively high requirements for the environment for breeding, and the temperature and humidity will affect their egg production, and now that there is a big flood, the humidity must exceed their needs." ”
"But there's chaos on the Blue Star right now, I'm not sure if this will affect their reproduction, and all in all, until you deal with these sickle worms yourself, it's all just a pipe dream."
"I suggest that you just treat these sickles as powerful evolved animals, after all, whether it is an evolved animal or a sickle insect, it is not something that ordinary people can fight against, for now, it is the safest way to hide in an underground safety base."
Kong Ling briefly introduced the situation of the sickle worm, and then said a bunch of correct nonsense.
Cowering in a safe base?
Everyone knows that at this time, it is better for ordinary people not to go out and fight these scythes again, but this is not something that can be chosen casually, they can't be trapped underground for the rest of their lives.
Even if you barely avoided other natural disasters and relied on this safe base to survive the outbreak of the disaster, but what about the future?
Sooner or later, the supplies will run out, what should I do if I run out of food? What should I do if the oxygen in the underground machine is absorbed? What should I do if the underground base is broken down in all aspects? These are things that need to be maintained over a long period of time.
If these sickle insects don't retreat and continue to breed outside, then they will be trapped in the base, and sooner or later they will die, and they will hide in the base and not go out, and they will die of grievances.
For a while, except for Kong Ling, the expressions of several other people in the room were ugly.
A community with a shared future for mankind seems to have finally confirmed the essence of this sentence at this moment.
In the last days, human beings are indeed a community, and it will be difficult to survive without joining the group.
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"Dr. Wang, do you have to go into the water if you want to survey? This flood is so turbulent, I'm afraid I won't be able to come up if it goes down, or forget it. ”
At this time, on a hillside near the flood, Han Xin asked his Flying Eagle team members to guard everywhere.
Although the most dangerous thing right now is this flood, if there is an attack from other evolved animals, it will be troublesome, so you can't let your guard down for a moment.
However, he can prevent danger, but he can't prevent some people from dying, Han Xin now looked at Dr. Wang as if he wanted to go into the water, and couldn't help but say such a word of persuasion.
He knew that as a layman, he should not interfere with Dr. Wang's professional behavior, but according to his judgment, this kind of turbid and surging flood was really not suitable for people to go down.
Dr. Wang also withdrew his tentative foot, sighed, and said as he stared at the flood that was constantly forming various small whirlpools with a complicated expression.
"Captain Han, I don't want to, but now if I don't figure out the cause of these floods as soon as possible, I won't be able to sleep well, what I said to Jiang Ningqin before is not alarmist, I really think that it is very likely that there is a problem with the rotation of the Blue Star, which has caused a chain reaction."
"If the position of the polar glaciers changes dimensions and becomes a tropical or subtropical region, then the blue star will really be swallowed by the sea next, and I don't want to see that day, at that time, even if our underground base is waterproof, we won't be able to last long."
"If the base is flooded with seawater, and when the oxygen generator at our base breaks down, or the oxygen material runs out, we will suffocate under the sea sooner or later, so I have to quickly investigate whether it is the cause of the sea level rise, and if not, it would be great."
After listening to Dr. Wang's explanation, Han Xin was not as tough as before, but after all, he was responsible for the safety of this field survey team, and said after thinking about it.
"Dr. Wang, I hope you are just worrying about the sky, after all, I really can't accept the result you said, if the entire continent on the Blue Star is swallowed by the sea, we humans will have no place to stand at all, and we humans will not have to run away when the time comes, all of them should be drowned ghosts."
"You desperately want to find out why, I want to, but the worst-case scenario is that your guess is right, if the guess comes true, we came here today, it is indeed worth the trip, but we have come to a terrifying conclusion that cannot be changed."
Han Xin's tone was solemn.
"Because no matter whether the guess you say is right or wrong, it can't affect its happening, if it's true, you can't reverse it with your own strength, if it's false, you go into the water to verify it but are washed away, I don't think it's worth it."
"All in all, I don't agree with you going into the water, otherwise something happens, I can't afford it, you can take a team of people to survey on the shore, there are really some difficult tasks, you can give it to me."
Anyway, Han Xin only had one meaning, and he didn't want Dr. Wang to take risks for such a crazy conjecture.
Because no matter what the outcome is, it can't be changed, and even if you sacrifice at this time, there is no point.
Dr. Wang sighed, he knew that what Han Xin said was right, as a smart scientific researcher, how could he not understand what Han Xin said? He just wasn't reconciled.
But right now, there is no way to be unwilling.
"Captain Han, then do as you say, let's first probe the depth of the water, and then salvage the things in these floods, so that we can roughly guess where these floods are coming from."
After saying that, he began to beckon his scientific research team to start probing, some people began to salvage things, and others took samples of the flood.
Seeing that Dr. Wang was not persistently trying to go on, Han Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and he also stood by the flood with a gun, looking at the muddy flood with a solemn expression.
It was this moment of distraction, and suddenly, a miserable scream sounded, which quickly pulled Han Xin's consciousness back.
"Ahh What is it! ”
"Plop—"
Just now, the team was slack, and it was tense in an instant.
Han Xin looked towards the screams, only to see a researcher being dragged into the water by an unknown creature.
Dangerous!
Captain Han blurted out: "Retreat!" Fall back! Get off the shore, get off the shore! ”
With that, he fired an ice pick straight at the place where the researcher was being dragged down.
Burst! Burst! Burst! Burst! Burst!
The icicle fell into the water as fast as it could, making a splash like a bomb exploding in the water.
The other researchers also came back to their senses after a brief moment of shock, and ran desperately uphill, and the team was instantly devastated in an instant.
The members of the Flying Eagle Squad also reacted at the moment of the captain's action, helping to pull those researchers to a safe place for protection, and a few other people came over to help Han Xin guard the surroundings, and everyone's eyes were firmly fixed on the area where the researcher fell into the water, but unfortunately, there was no response.
After Han Xin threw the icicle, there was a brief silence before Dr. Wang asked cautiously behind him.
"Captain Han, what, how, can you still be saved?"
When Dr. Wang said this, he was not confident enough, such a surging flood, and his own people were still dragged down by unknown things, he couldn't make any more requests, just asked.
Han Xin glanced back and shook his head: "No, that thing is moving too fast, I can't even see what it is." ”
Han Xin may seem a little cold when he says this, but there is no way, he can't let others take risks, and he won't let himself take risks, after all, so far, he hasn't even figured out what kind of creature it is.
Rushing out from under the water and dragging people down, is it an underwater creature? But what underwater creatures are so agile?
Han Xin couldn't think of it for a while, could it be a shark? But if it's a shark, the movement just now is too small.
After all, it didn't show up much, it only made a splash and dragged people down, and even if it was a shark, could it really attack humans in such a turbulent current?
Han Xin began to carefully recall his startling glance, although he didn't see it too clearly, he didn't know what kind of creature it was, but he seemed to vaguely see a ...... Pincers?
It's not that Han Xin didn't think it was a crab, but the crab's pincers didn't look like that, but it looked like a ...... No, no, no! How is that possible?
Han Xin denied it frantically in his heart, but the thought of the picture he had just seen had to distract him.
"Captain, what should I do? We, are we retreating or ...... now," a member of the Flying Eagle Squad asked in a whisper.
Han Xin glanced at him, hesitated for a moment and said: "We can't withdraw, we came out today to survey the flood data, and an unknown creature suddenly appeared, and I'm sure, it's definitely not an ordinary evolutionary animal, maybe it's a plant, we can't just leave." ”
If Han Xin was just leading an ordinary team of Adepts, he might not have such a great curiosity, but they were doing things for the base now.
The appearance of the flood and the appearance of this unknown evolutionary animal, or evolutionary plant, is a red flag for the base, in case this thing comes ashore......
Han Xin didn't dare to think deeply, and said to everyone: "All retreat up, don't get close to the water's edge, let's discuss, you guys, keep an eye on the water area, but don't get too close." ”
Han Xin arranged for several members of the Flying Eagle Team to keep an eye on the flood, while he took Dr. Wang not far away, frowning and discussing countermeasures.
Dr. Wang's face was a little pale, and he didn't know if he was frightened or cold, so Han Xin patted Dr. Wang's face.
"Dr. Wang, cheer up, we'll come out and gather information, I'm sorry for the researcher who was just taken away, but we have to figure out what dragged him down."
"Did you just see clearly? If you don't see it clearly, is there any speculation? What underwater organisms fit into this situation? Could it be a crocodile or a shark? ”
Han Xin guided Dr. Wang to start imagining.
Dr. Wang also gradually calmed down, he pushed his glasses with some trembling hands, glanced at the muddy flood, and frowned.
"I, I don't know, it's possible that crocodiles and sharks are all possible, but they shouldn't be able to move in such a turbulent flood unless they have evolved."
"But if it's really a crocodile or a shark, it's impossible to make such a sudden move, drag people down and then disappear, these two creatures are very domineering food animals, and it is impossible to move so little when hunting."
Hearing Dr. Wang's words, Han Xin's brows furrowed tightly, if it wasn't a shark or a crocodile, what would it be?
Han Xin thought of the scene he had just seen, and his mind began to speculate wildly.
But it shouldn't be, I don't understand, Han Xin no longer forced himself, but stared at Dr. Wang, and only spoke after a while.