Knock wonders from the space station

Chapter 282 Steady Exploration
Six lifting cables were quickly erected, each cableway is equipped with an automatic lifting hook, and the special steel cable is enough to bear the weight of the CMC armor.

"How's the disturbance here?"

After a while, the team member holding the instrument shook his head regretfully, "It's more serious! But the source of the interference is not the magnetic storm on the surface, but... a certain mineral here, which is a reading that has never been seen on the Ash Continent."

"Is there a new mineral that interferes..."

Looking at the faintly visible blue crystals in the cave, Lu Feng had some guesses in his mind.

——Today may be a bumper harvest!

"Team 1 goes down first, lifts two armed packers to establish a defensive line, and checks for hidden dangers around."

Lu Feng still adopted a steady and steady strategy. Since the space door cannot be opened at any time, a little carelessness may cause the expedition team to reduce its personnel.

Soon, members of Team 1 descended neatly into the main cave with a drop of more than 20 meters. The ground was covered with a layer of slippery moss, and the power boots felt like they were stepping on butter.

Surrounded by a large number of giant mushrooms taller than a person, the caps are blue-pink in a dreamlike way. If you look closely, the translucence inside seems to be flowing with liquid.

"Wait, what is that!"

Suddenly, a team member discovered something.

With the help of the light on the top of the cave, he saw a long tentacle, the base of which was hidden in the shadows, as if there was a giant monster dormant there.

When the two team members around heard the shout, they immediately turned on the searchlight, revealing the true face of the tentacles.

"Uh, is this... fungus?"

Under the snow-white light, several people saw a huge plant with a height of four to five meters. The stem of the blue-gray plant was two or three meters thick, and the surface had a texture similar to that of an earth mushroom.

The difference is that 5 thick tentacles grow out of the top cap of this big mushroom.

It looked hideous.

These tentacles hang down naturally, and the tips are slightly curled like real tentacles. There are also a large number of wriggling spore bumps distributed on the surface of the tentacles. From the outline, they are exactly the same as the suckers on the tentacles of an octopus!
It is no wonder that the expedition team will admit their mistakes.

This thing looks like an octopus upside down on the top of a tree, and the little thing looks quite unique.

After a false alarm, the team members began to carefully check the surrounding environment, and took the initiative to clean up some obstructive vegetation, and planned a place with a radius of 20 meters.

Soon, the second batch of logistics teams were released, and they carried a large number of multifunctional folding boards.

These flaps have panel locks on the edges and an adjustable stand that unfolds at the back.

It can be spliced ​​into a solid and flat metal floor, which is acid-resistant and heat-insulating, and can block the pollution of equipment and materials from the environment; it can also be erected as a protective wall, which is strong and durable, and plays a certain protective role.

These boards can also be assembled into mobile houses if there is a folding frame.

Exquisite processing precision can even guarantee the airtightness of the interior of the room!
After the Ministry of Future Science and Technology developed the product, it was immediately equipped in various expedition teams and became a necessary material for each mission.

The Xuanwu No. 1 that returned that night was filled with such special plates.

If there are enough boards, the expedition team can even build a special excavation base in the underground cave for subsequent excavation teams to station.

Soon, a metal platform 1 meter above the ground was built as a foothold.

Subsequent material boxes were hoisted down one after another, neatly stacked on the platform, a new power supply was assembled, several rows of bright searchlights were fixed on the top of the defensive low wall around the platform, and there were guards on guard behind the low wall. armed patrols.

Surrounded by unknown underground vegetation, this small outpost gives people a sense of peace of mind.

This is exactly what Lu Feng wanted.

After tossing until the next day, the underground excavation outpost has been deployed, and the cliff entrance with a 20-meter drop has been widened to form a cargo platform. The conveyor belt used to transport the soil was extended here to transport expedition materials.

At the same time, two large-caliber machine guns were erected on the cliff, just above the outpost, serving as a watchtower or something. The range of fire covered the surroundings of the outpost below, ready to provide fire support at any time.

Lifting cableways are also extended to 8, and connected in parallel, each time can bear a greater load.

The biological team also conducted preliminary sampling of the two main plants found.

Among them, the blue powder mushroom is temporarily judged to be harmless, while the spore mass of the tentacle fungus is corrosive to a certain extent, and will forcibly parasitize the exposed human body, just like the situation encountered in the Shiva colony.

Fortunately, all expedition members wear professional protective clothing, so they can conduct research with peace of mind.

"It's almost there...Team 1 is at the front and Team 2 is at the back, forming a search formation and heading towards the ruins of Prothean!"

Soon, 20 heavily armed guards formed several tactical groups, alternately covering and interspersed into the giant mushroom forest.

The environment here is not conducive to exploration, because these dense large mushrooms will seriously obstruct the line of sight, resulting in a lack of warning time for the team members, so the most elite guards must be competent.

The two teams advanced steadily.

Every time you go deeper, some team members will insert fluorescent road signs between the vegetation for guidance, and the follow-up logistics team will follow up, use portable cutters to cut down these obstructive mushrooms, and then lay steel plates to build a road. The road leading to the ruins.

After all, the Proxian Ruins is an excavation project that needs to be followed up for a long time, so all the exploration processes here are formulated according to long-term goals.

At the beginning, the expedition went smoothly, but problems soon appeared.

"Zi... The communication within the team has been disturbed. From now on, each team will use loudspeakers and radio headsets to communicate."

"understand!"

Suddenly, low and short voices came from the originally quiet team.

suddenly……

"Captain, I found a swaying spot of light in the bushes ahead, which looks suspicious!"

When Liu Yong heard the team member's report, he turned his head and saw some warm yellow light clusters swaying in the shadows among the dark mushroom forest, a bit like fireflies.

But what is suspicious is that these light spots will only sway around a certain center of circle, which seems a bit deliberate.

what……

After thinking about it, Liu Yong still turned on the light. If there is something there, it will undoubtedly alarm the other party.

Hissing——!
Sure enough, the illuminated thing let out an ugly roar—it was alive.

Liu Yong saw,

The screaming creature is an upright species, but half of its chest is filled with a huge mouth full of sharp teeth, and a long piece of cartilage grows on the top of its head, and a ball hangs in front of it Glowing tissue.

Just like the lantern fish in the deep sea!
"It's so ugly... By the way, wouldn't this thing be called a lantern beast?"

Liu Yong muttered, raising the rifle in his hand.

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(End of this chapter)