The earth is scorched, ridges and hills are flattened, fires are eating away at the forest vegetation on the edges, and the world is at the end of the world in the most devastated regions—rivers of magma from hot molten rocks flowing freely on the fissured surface, smoke gushing out from craters and scorching the sky, and the vast wreckage of fortresses scattered everywhere in this newly formed "disaster plain".
Angrily pointed at the sky like a jungle of steel that had grown and mutated.The chasm that traversed the earth was in the midst of these apocalyptic visions, the jagged edges of which could be seen with charred tentacles, and rocks and clods of earth falling from the edge of the rift into the river of brimstone that connected Hell and the earth in mythology.And at the bottom of the big chasm, a faint red light could be faintly seen in the dimness.It was the nerve node of the firstborn that shimmered in the darkness.The drone swarm set up temporary bases around the Great Rift, and large equipment originally used for space engineering operations was dropped from orbit directly to the surface, assembled on the spot and turned into disintegrating beam generators that hung at the edge of the rift and pointed to the bottom of the abyss.There are now three groups of decomposition beam generators in operation, dismantling all physical matter in their path with powerful high-energy rays, and obstacles deep in the rift are being cleared by them.Some engineering drones are busily flying between these large devices, while many others have entered the chasm and are exploring and pioneering work in them.Occasionally, a bright light can be seen flashing from the depths of the Great Rift, which is an armed drone performing painful anesthesia, kinetic hypnosis, and physical deletion of the tentacles of the eldest child that is still active......
Anyway, it almost means the same thing.The Giant Tortoise Rock Platform lowered its altitude and entered the chasm smoothly and silently, and as the altitude continued to drop, the sky light from above slowly turned into a distant and blurred bright line, surrounded by the light of the material disintegration beam, only the swarm of drones flying around the ship.Hao Ren looked at the decomposition beam thoughtfully: "The mine gun is really the most powerful anti-armor weapon in the world......"
"Hey, it's fast to burn stones, and if you really encounter something with a little bit of technology, it's not as good as a main gun on this ship," Nolan said a little unconvinced, "What's so powerful about light being able to dismantle stones." ”Nangong Sanba glanced at the ship's young lady strangely: "Are you going to compete with a bunch of mine guns?"
”May touched Sanba's arm with the tip of his tail: "Brother, don't tease - Nolan finally repaired the main gun, but it didn't work for a single shot, so he held back the fire." ”On the other hand, Hao Ren didn't care about his ship's little temper, he was paying full attention to the excavation of the drone swarm and the situation in the depths of this big rift.This is a different "deep dive" operation from the past - he has also entered the inner core area of the eldest son before, but it is either the kind of juvenile eldest son of Holletta, or a good child like Zom who is harmless, the most risky one is on Purgatory, he led a team into the body of an adult firstborn who is still alive, the feeling of traveling through the depths of the planet full of tentacle jungles is impressive, but the eldest son on Purgatory has actually been completely sealed by the demon god Vivien, There is no threat until the seal is lifted.Not only is the firstborn of this planet alive, but his tentacles are also able to move freely, and although his consciousness has dissipated, his body is not restrained in any way, and for such a powerful mythical creature, the knee-jerk activity of his body is enough to cause devastating consequences.It's no wonder that Hao Ren will prepare such a big battle for this operation, and let the drone swarm come over to escort it."
How's the lullaby program going?"
He tapped on the console panel in front of him, bringing Nolan back to his senses from his broken thoughts."
The vanguard drone has carried the lullaby device into the depths of the fissure, where we have found a large number of ganglia that emit strong nerve impulses, and those ganglia have now been hypnotized."
Nolan said as he projected the bottom of the fissure, which showed a dark red underground canyon landscape, flanked by almost straight rock cliffs, and the valley floor was slightly retracted, a large number of tentacles and shimmering nerves grew in and out of the rock wall, and crisscrossed the valley floor, almost completely blocking the fissure, and between the intertwined biological tissues, you could see many nodules that emitted brighter red light, which were ganglia.The engineering drones were busily working around the ganglia, fixing metal beams to the rock walls and sturdy tentacles, and placing lullabies near the ganglia, the nodules flickering at a steady rate, apparently in a deep sleep.They slept so peacefully that they didn't know that three minerguns were burrowing in the top of their heads......
Hao Ren glanced at the decomposition beam of matter that was shining directly from the side of the spaceship and was ablating those tentacle blockages, and reminded: "Be sure to ensure the stability of the lullaby equipment, at least two sets of lullaby generators must be running at the same time in each area, otherwise this thing will have a lot of fun waking up." ”"Nolan understands.""
Is there a change in the deep signal response?""
There is no change," Nolan replied, "and the signal from near the center of the earth shows that the brain nucleus of the eldest son is still offline.The drone found two major nerve wires and could confirm that those two nerves were directly extending from the brain nucleus region, and we did not read any thought fluctuations from those two nerves. ”Hao Ren nodded and did not speak.The ship's altitude continued to descend, and it passed the tentacle blockage at the bottom of the canyon: this blockage had been burned by a powerful beam of material decomposition that would inevitably change dramatically in the physical structure of the planet during the primogen's parasitism into the planet's interior, and some planetary structures that would never have appeared under natural conditions were created.Inside a planet parasitized by the firstborn, the most common structures are continuous cavities and fault zones – the traces left by the firstborn during their growth and development.When this powerful mythical creature is first bred from the primordial seed, he will shape the ecology of the surface while burrowing deep underground, and in juvenile form, he usually lives near the earth's crust and constantly moves his position in order to care for the young ecosystem on the surface, leaving behind a large number of tunnels and cavern structures; During the transition from juvenile to adult, he will move to the mantle, immerse part of his body in magma to absorb energy, and the other part of his body will poke out of the surface to continue monitoring the biosphere, which will leave many penetrating "rock columns".
By the time he reaches adulthood, the eldest son has grown to the point where he can cover almost the entire planet, and his internal structure will move to the vicinity of the Earth's core, gradually replacing the role of the Earth's core (such as maintaining the planet's magnetic field), while his surface tentacles will spread across the globe.In this series of transfers, growth, and metabolism, the planet has left a large number of cavities and faults in the interior of the planet, and a planet would inevitably collapse if it became like this under normal circumstances, but because the tentacles of the firstborn replaced the rock pillars, the physical structure of the planet will actually be stronger than before.The Giant Tortoise Rock Terrace is advancing in such a series of cavities and faults.The drone-built excavation equipment shuts down after drilling through the earth's crust and part of the mantle, because it can find a hole enough to pass through it — even in a difficult place, a swarm of drones as escort aircraft can help dig through.Nangong May lay next to the projection device, looking at the picture transmitted by the external monitor and was amazed: "It's really spectacular." ”The ship had just passed a rock dome and was now flying over a hot underground lava lake, and in the red light emitted by the magma, several thick tentacles could be clearly seen traversing the entire fault, growing out of the magma, supporting and running through the rock tops above, and there were branching "branches" between the tentacles, and the surface of those branches could occasionally be seen flashing with light, as if there were fire spirits living in them.Nolan slowed down and cautiously flew between these huge tentacles, and the moment the ship crossed one of the tentacles, the external monitor sent back an incredible sight: everyone saw that the lava lake below suddenly disappeared, replaced by a large lush forest, and then the forest was swallowed up by yellow sand, and some ancient boulder buildings could even be seen in the yellow sand, and after a few seconds, the boulder buildings disappeared with the wind, and the desert turned into a white snowfield, There are medieval knights who are sturdy and stubborn in their trek through the snowy fields......
The moment Lily saw the snowfield, she became energetic, and swallowed hard to hold back the "whimper" in her throat."
There's a large ganglion around here," Nolan's voice woke everyone up, "The 'dreams' produced by the ganglion distort the real space in the underground cavern and create these things. ”Hao Ren reminded everyone: "But don't believe these scenes, although they are real for the time being, maybe when this dream will end, and the forest, snow, desert or something will become a magma lake again in the blink of an eye." ”"Unbelievable......
N-6 muttered to himself, "The Devourer of Planets has such powers......
"That's not all his power," Hao Ren glanced at the robot girl, "and he's not a symbol of disaster from the beginning as you think."
When this incident is over, I will leave you a document, and then you will be able to learn the truth. ”N-6 nodded gratefully, and the data terminal on one side spoke, "The presence of a large ganglion large enough to create an illusionary reality means that we are close to one of the brain nuclei." ”As soon as the data terminal's voice fell, Nolan said in a hurried tone: "Boss, I think I found something!"
Look over there!
”On the picture specially marked by Nolan, Hao Ren suddenly saw that the rock formation in front of him was fragmented, and a large number of crystal clear crystals were mixed in the broken rock formation, and several large black tentacles spread out from the bottom of the rock wall, and those tentacles were the central nervous lines connected to the brain nucleus.And they found it.