A group of people slowly floated through the hole in the center of the ship's wreckage silently, all cautious, even Itzhax.The huge caverns, the cracked armor plates, the ship's structure hidden in the darkness, these things made Vivien, who had always been bold, a little nervous, and the strange tentacles that grew out of the holes gave her goosebumps all over her body.Hao Ren and Itzhax floated at the front of the group, the latter summoning a cloud of evil flames to dispel the darkness of the cavern, but the dim light made the huge tentacles around them seem even more eerie, and they piled up along the surrounding armor wreckage like a shadow monster spreading out of the abyss of sin.Elizabeth had led the people to explore the cave once, she climbed onto the shoulder of Izax to show him the way, and the group found an entrance to the side wall of the cavern under the guidance of the little girl: there seemed to be an additional explosion there, and some of the tentacles were blown off, revealing a passage through a black hole.Hao Ren took the lead in drilling into the passage and found that the number of tentacles in the passage was slightly smaller, but it was also occupied by the "eldest son".Thick roots pierced the surrounding walls and ceilings, growing in a meandering way.Of course, just like everywhere else, the tentacles here are "dead".Hao Ren put the data terminal out: "Check the surrounding situation." ”The data terminal emitted a faint blue light, and muttered as it scanned the hallway walls for key clues that might be hidden behind the walls, "This ship has not been documented in the Imperial Database, and it doesn't seem to be a product of a civilization under the Empire, but it looks like it's advanced." ”Lily followed behind Hao Ren with her tail between her legs, holding her ice and fire claw blade in both hands, and from time to time nervously poked a certain tentacle passing by, as if to confirm that the "eldest son" here was not completely dead, and said to Hao Ren while poking: "It seems to be dead......
This poke feels a bit like a cement ......," Elizabeth pointed the way, and looked at Hao Ren curiously, as if they were facing a great enemy: "Are these tentacles terrifying?"
Have you seen it?
”"Yes, this thing is very powerful, and it is basically killed in seconds when the power of mortals is opposed, but I have only seen this thing in another world," Hao Ren nodded, "I don't understand how it appeared here......
Could it be that the eldest son can still pass through the void?
When did it become so easy to cross?
”Elizabeth was surprised: "Very powerful?
Better than Dad?
”Izax smiled and nodded: "It's so much better, I can't kill this thing even if I pull a meteorite down - I didn't expect one to die here." ”Elizabeth's eyes widened suddenly, and she remembered that she had led people to explore here for several days, and finally began to be a little scared.On the other side, the data terminal had scanned a large area of the path, and it had made some discoveries about the state between the tentacles and the ship: "The 'firstborn' seems to be growing with the ship. ”"Symbiosis?"
Hao Ren was amazed."
Well," the data terminal floated up and down, "the tentacles have invaded the various structures of the ship, and this is not the result of a moment.Based on the distribution of the tentacles and the deformation of the ship's structure, the invasion process should have been going on for some time - a growth process. ”Vivien created a blood mist that covered the surface of the tentacles of the path, easily corroding a large chunk of the latter, and at the same time collecting biological samples of these tentacles, she showed an interesting expression: "I didn't expect the 'eldest son' to die a natural death......
I thought they were going to be everywhere. ”Hao Ren asked curiously, "How did this thing die?"
”"Starving," Vivien's mouth turned up, "the tentacles are basically lost in nutrients, and some of the biological tissues show signs of self-digestion, which can be seen by comparing them with the 'firstborn' samples I found in the dream plane before, and these tentacles here are obviously malnourished. ”Hao Ren was taken aback: "Starve to death!?"
The eldest son can starve to death with such a buggy thing?
”"Aren't you talking nonsense, no matter how powerful it is, it's a creature, it always consumes energy to move, and it's not a guy like a goddess who can create everything out of nothing," Vivien dissipated the blood mist and said her guess, "I guess this 'eldest son' fell here by accident."
It should have been a plane crash. ”Lily was holding the fire and was very happy to "mow the grass" there, when she heard Vivien's words and looked up and asked, "How do you know it was an accident?"
”Vivien's eyes widened: "Nonsense, the 'eldest son' is obviously very intelligent, will a guy with a normal brain find a place where he can starve to death to settle down - it obviously crashed into this spaceship and was injured and couldn't escape." ”Lily glanced Vivien up and down: "But everywhere you go before you meet the landlord, you can starve yourself to death......
Vivian: "......
I'm in a different situation!
”"Okay, okay, can you two not take time out of your busy schedule to quarrel?"
Hao Ren hurriedly stood between the two enemies, "Lily, you continue to scratch the wall."
Vivian, you have a point—I also think it's a plane crash, don't forget that there's such a big hole in the spaceship, and based on the diameter of that hole, I don't look like the people on the ship are opening the door in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere......
"The group marched along the passage completely eroded by the tentacles to the depths of the ship, and the further they went, the wider the road became, and it seemed that they had entered the main corridor of the ship from a certain path, but the situation here was just as bad: the eldest son had completely merged with the ship, Its tentacles occupy all corners of the ship.And after a few forks in the road in the main corridor, the scene ahead suddenly became clear.They arrived at a rectangular hall that looked like the ship's main control room.The hall is also littered with eroded tentacles, or roots, that make the hall feel like a strange jungle, and in the "jungle" gaps, you can see a number of alloy pillars of different sizes, which were supposed to be the consoles of the ship, but have now become climbers used by the eldest son to support his roots."
It's like the 'core.'"
Hao Ren could see at a glance the peculiarity of this place: a large number of roots seemed to spread from here, and around the hall, a thick taproot, much larger than other places, could be seen extending through the holes in the wall, and the intertwined tentacles on the ground were also intertwined with the center of the hall.In the center of all the roots, a large mass of dead biological tissue can be seen.I can only describe that pile of things as "a mass of biological tissue" - the appearance of the "firstborn" has always been rather abstract, and you don't know how to classify it even if you get a biologist to come over......
Lily lifted the fire and floated forward cautiously with great joy, snorting with a serious face, "I smell death......"
"Don't be scared, you can smell hair while wearing a life support collar," Hao Ren came to the center of the hall and stopped at the side of the large mass of unspeakable biological remains, he leaned down to look at the withered and dead tissues with some emotion, "This 'eldest son' is much smaller than the one we are dealing with in the twisted woodland, and its body looks like it is so big.Is this a cub?
”"Severe malnutrition has led to no growth."
Vivien said as she looked at the center of the wreckage, hesitated for a long time and did not fly over by herself, but took out a small bat and threw it forward, and the little bat fluttered in the air and disappeared unhurriedly......
Vivien: "......
Come back!
Come back!
”Hao Ren covered his face: "There is no air in this place, don't embarrass your bat." ”After Vivien blushed and turned the bats into a blood mist to recover, Elizabeth pointed to the middle part of the large pile of indescribable things: "The energy cores were taken out of it, and they were wrapped in a layer of fossil shells and constantly glowing, so I dug them out." ”Hao Ren looked up and found that there was still something left in the place of Elizabeth's finger: some thick shells like plant pods were scattered there, and a few broken "petioles" could be seen around the thick shells."
The 'Power Core' is the seed of the firstborn?"
Nangong May touched her chin and muttered."
Compared to this......
Hao Ren frowned, "I feel that this 'eldest son' in front of me is not the same as the one we met in the dream plane." ”(To be continued.) )