I am your natural enemy

We found some unexpected situations just after we arrived, which made all the Taoist soldiers more cautious.

There are indeed some caves and other places in the world where high concentrations of carbon dioxide will continuously overflow. The specific gravity of carbon dioxide is higher than that of air. If there is no external interference, it will indeed sink.

But this is a wilderness, and the valley gathers wind and draws air. The wind speed is not high at this moment, but it is not enough to blow away the carbon dioxide that sinks to the bottom of the valley.

Everyone immediately felt the precautions that they had been told before coming.

We cannot judge things here with inherent common sense.

We must be vigilant about everything, even weeds and stones.

The drone did not dare to fly rashly, so it could only go to the top of the mountain first to set up equipment, solar panels, spare generators, signal receivers, various detection equipment, etc.

After the initial installation was completed to ensure that the communication between each other had at least three guarantees, some of the talents began to spread out and began to detect markers.

Finding a place suitable for the initial camp is a must, and collecting samples is also a top priority.

But they didn't know that some of these samples would be used as coordinates.

The samples collected also included the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide river at the bottom of the valley.

Such a high concentration of carbon dioxide is also an important resource.

This barren mountain is almost entirely rocky, and there is no arable land at all. The most intuitive thing is that if there is a need in the future, carbon dioxide can be directly used to synthesize starch. The relevant technology has long been completed from 0 to 1, and now it is at the stage of 1 to 10.

Although the production of carbon dioxide is the simplest step in this series of processes, if there is something, we have to think about how to use it.

Later, the high concentration of carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide river will be used to make other equipment, replenish some weapons, and so on.

Except for the invisible river at the bottom of the valley, other explorations were very smooth. After two hours, the surrounding terrain was mapped out, from weeds to stones, and then to things suspected of ore here, they were all collected.

But the downside is that no living creatures were seen, not even a bug.

When it got darker and darker, a cold breath began to appear in the air. The captain cautiously issued an order to reunite at the camp.

Monitoring equipment placed in some places sounded an alarm, detecting a sudden surge in carbon dioxide concentration.

The newly drawn topographic map clearly showed that the carbon dioxide river flowing at the bottom of each valley began to plummet, but at the same time, like a rising tide, it began to raise the "water level".

In just a few minutes, the carbon dioxide at the bottom of the valley rose, flooding a large area here and submerging this hilly terrain.

The detection equipment showed that within a few kilometers nearby, only a few hills were not completely submerged.

Now they all know why there are no living things in this ghost place, not even insects.

Any creature that needs oxygen may not survive here. Creatures that have the strength to avoid being "drowned" at this time may not live here. This is a dead place.

This place is quite suitable as a Taoist camp, because Taoist soldiers don't need to breathe or eat at all. In some ways, they are quite like undead.

After the tide stabilized, the captain decisively gave orders to continue exploring.

Previously, the carbon dioxide rivers were all over the valleys of this hilly area, flowing rapidly in the valleys. In some places, the river was even 20 to 30 meters wide, and it was very difficult to cross the river.

Although the tide is rising now, the rapidly flowing carbon dioxide seems to be still, and the flow speed is very slow. This is actually the best opportunity to explore outside.

Just as they began to continue exploring, a strange cry appeared, a chirping sound mixed with a hissing sound.

The leader of the exploration team immediately raised a hand, and everyone stopped.

Another soldier took out the equipment to capture those sounds, and the built-in database of the equipment automatically matched.

"Viper snakes, brown rats, red squirrels..."

The equipment quickly gave more than a dozen possibilities, and it was impossible to determine what it was. The soldier Daobing could not tell it by himself.

"Turn off the heat source, lie down, and be silent." The leader suddenly sent a message.

The whole team lay down, the heat source was turned off, and the Daobing did not need to breathe, motionless, like a stone.

Gradually, they saw something swaying on a distant mountaintop that had not been completely submerged, and the sound came from there.

A few minutes later, a big bird flew in the sky. Under the moonlight, when the big bird flapped its wings, it would flash with colorful light, and its cry was like a person giggling.

The big bird flew over here, circled in the sky for a while, and immediately folded its wings and dived towards the mountaintop below.

After flying closer, you can vaguely see that the big bird has three heads, and on the top of the mountain that has not been submerged, there is something that has drilled out from the ground and is swaying gently there.

When the big bird swooped down and stretched out its claws to grab that thing, all the sounds from the top of the mountain disappeared, and a piercing roar of a beast exploded there.

The swooping big bird was affected, and its body paused slightly, and the thing that drilled out from the ground disappeared. A big yellow cat rushed out from the ground at the moment when the big bird was affected.

The big cat's huge claws first slapped off the left head of the big bird, and then hooked the right head with the other claw, and bit it with its mouth wide open, biting the middle head and the right head at the same time.

With a quick turn, it fell to the ground, and its two hind claws tightly grasped the body of the big bird, pressing it under its body, breaking one of the big bird's wings.

In the blink of an eye, the dust settled. After waiting for several minutes, when the big bird stopped struggling, the big cat was seen biting the big bird, standing on the top of the mountain, looking in all directions, and finally turned around and disappeared on the top of the mountain.

The few soldiers lying on the ground in the distance did not move. After waiting for more than ten minutes, a one-eyed big cat head suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain. The big cat looked at it again vigilantly, and found that there was no change, so it disappeared again.

Half an hour later, the team leader raised his hand and gestured to signal his teammates to retreat first.

After retreating a distance, they immediately reported what they had just seen, and only then had time to watch the video they had taken.

One-eyed, earthy yellow cat, with great strength, strong explosive power, and fast speed, its characteristics are extremely similar to the target.

They reported this first and found a highly suspected mission target.

Now we understand how the creatures still living in this area hunt.

If there is nothing on the ground, they will lure the prey in the sky.

On the other side, the temporary campsite has been confirmed to be a place some distance away from the valley and some distance away from the top of the mountain.

This place will be flooded at high tide, but if you go up a little further, you can escape the flooded range.

Those who have received the latest intelligence have begun to use equipment to explore the general structure of the underground.

Most of the underground is hard stone, but there are also a large number of detectable cavities in it. Many places of these cavities are connected into one piece, forming a huge network covering the underground.

The highly suspected mission target just found should live underground.

It is not yet certain why the underground is not flooded by high concentrations of carbon dioxide.

When they found that these high-concentration carbon dioxide were obviously flowing rapidly from high altitudes to low altitudes, they put the priority of underground exploration behind. Unexpectedly, they were still misled by common sense.

Not long after, another team sent a message that they had found similar sounds in the direction of their land reclamation.

The captain made a prompt decision and immediately issued an order.

"All teams 2 and 3, gather towards the 15th team immediately and try to capture live targets."

Their primary task is to capture the mission target, and the secondary task is to build a camp, collect samples, and explore the land.

Dozens of soldiers and Taoist soldiers immediately entered combat mode and quickly approached the target.

When they found a big bird flying over, soldiers on several nearby hills had already set up snipers, and they could kill it when necessary.

A few minutes later, the big bird swooped down, and a big khaki cat rushed out of a gap on the top of the mountain and took off into the air.

The soldiers in the distance took the lead in using anesthetic needles to include the big bird and the big cat in the target together.

The big bird was hit by an anesthetic needle and immediately flew up in panic. It flew only ten meters high and began to fall back to the ground.

The big cat, which was hit by five or six anesthetic needles, turned around and ran away as if nothing had happened.

On the distant hilltop, a soldier lay on the ground, set up the sniper rifle with a slightly exaggerated caliber, fired a shot, and the cave entrance on the top of the mountain exploded with a bang, directly cutting off the big cat's retreat.

The big cat roared and circled on the top of the mountain. It was hit by the anesthetic gun three times, but it was still alive and kicking. Finally, it was forced to rush down from the top of the mountain and entered the area below that was flooded with high concentrations of carbon dioxide when it saw that it could not return to the original cave.

The big cat ran quickly on the hillside and ran straight to another mountaintop that was not completely flooded that it had discovered before.

Not far away, there were two puffs in front of it, and two black balls flew over. When they were halfway through, they suddenly opened and turned into two large nets of two or three meters in size.

The big cat avoided one side, but was directly trapped by the other side and was trapped by the large net.

The big cat was trapped in the net, with its nostrils and mouth closed, and it was still struggling. The special net was almost torn.

The soldiers surrounded it and waited for the big cat to be exhausted.

There were people next to it who kept recording the time. The big cat was injected with at least ten anesthetic needles, all of which were increased doses. Logically, even an adult African elephant weighing several tons should lie down now.

But this big cat was indeed injected, but it was still alive and kicking.

After waiting for a full five minutes, the big cat's movements began to slow down. Its closed nostrils opened again and inhaled the high concentration of carbon dioxide here. After waiting for another three minutes, the big cat completely fainted.

The soldiers wrapped the big cat with the big net three times, and then picked up the unconscious big bird and carried it to the place where it came from.

In the camp, some soldiers had already exited the landing state and went back to report the news.

They gathered their personnel and began to enter the defensive state.

In the temporary camp, some soldiers were digging holes and pits to expand the entrance to the mountaintop.

In the second half of the night, when the yin energy was at its strongest, fog began to appear in the air, and the wind blew, making a humming sound.

The gray fog blended into the ordinary fog. As soon as the outermost alert soldier came into contact with the gray fog, a red light suddenly lit up on his chest, and the Yang Qi suddenly burst out, forcing the gray fog back.

And the alert soldier was also protected by the protective measures and was forced to go offline. The empty shell Taoist soldier fell to the ground.

"Drop the supplies and enter the cave." The captain made a prompt decision and commanded everyone to retreat.

They couldn't tell the gray fog that blended into the ordinary fog at all. They could only watch the soldiers who had no time to dodge. The chest burst out red light, and the protective measures were forcibly activated, kicking them off the line.

In just a few seconds, most of them were kicked off the line. The rest of the people entered the stone cave that was dug with difficulty. Sure enough, the fog and the high concentration of carbon dioxide did not enter the ground.

The big cat that had suffocated to death was taken by them, but the other big bird did not have time.

They saw the soul of the big bird in the mist, as if it was pulled out of its body by something, and was swept into the mist, gradually torn into pieces and disappeared in the mist.

Time passed bit by bit, and after an hour, the mist dissipated. When it was almost dawn, the high concentration of carbon dioxide that submerged here also began to recede, returning to the state of daytime, and only flowing at high speed at the bottom of the valley.

They took the bodies of the big cat and the big bird, as well as various samples collected, and several empty shell Taoist soldiers who were forced to go offline, and retreated to where they came from.

After a soldier went offline to report, a minute later, the space in front of them seemed to be stretched open, and the door was opened to welcome them in.

At this moment, there were still soldiers left in the camp, and they moved all the empty shell Taoist soldiers back to the camp.

Before dawn, at an altitude of two thousand meters, a white eagle soared over here. Its eyes, which were obviously a bit spiritual, swept across the earth and saw the obvious difference on the ground and the traces of the explosion on the top of the mountain.

A thumb-sized demon poked its head out of the feathers of the white eagle and sniffed downward.

"It's those monsters that look like humans but are not humans again. They seem to have the power of thunder and fire. Don't lower your altitude. Let's go. Don't take risks. Hurry back and report."

The demon gave an order, and the white eagle continued to soar and fly away.

On the other side, at the bottom of the underground hive, routine disinfection was carried out, and then there was a sealing equipment to put the bodies of the big bird and the big cat in it. Some of the empty Taoist soldiers who were attacked and forced to be kicked off the line were also taken back for testing.

After all the samples were sealed, the black box opened the door of the channel and directly borrowed the channel to send them to another place, eliminating the risk of transportation.

On the other side, Wen Yan finished his night practice and went to the dark island again. After returning from the routine salvation, he received the news from the black box.

The first time he went to the Great Wilderness to open up wasteland, he gained a lot.

First, the most important point is that Taoist soldiers are very necessary.

After only half a day of exploration, 80% of the Taoist soldiers triggered forced protection and were forcibly kicked off the line.

Moreover, it was not because the Dao soldiers were damaged that they were kicked offline, but because they encountered some monsters that would target souls.

The Dao soldiers might not be seriously affected, but no one would be willing to take the risk if it was not necessary.

If people went, it would mean that there would be 80% casualties in the first exploration.

Second, a corpse of a Huan beast was obtained, but no living one was caught.

Huan beasts are almost immune to anesthetics. In high concentrations of carbon dioxide, they can hold their breath for more than five minutes. When they can't hold their breath anymore, they can still hold on for another three minutes before losing the ability to resist. After that, it should be a few minutes before they are truly suffocated to death.

What can be confirmed at present is that Huan beasts have extremely strong detoxification capabilities and very high resistance to poison.

At least four hours after death, their livers are still active.

It is very valuable for research, and it seems that there is a high probability that it will be helpful to the current situation.

The intestinal flora of Huan beasts is different from that of the present world. The types are similar, but they are very ancient and the evolutionary direction is also different.

It is a bit like some so-called super bacteria in hospitals that evolve in specific directions.

Unfortunately, the sampling results are not ideal, because all the samples were killed by bacteria in the world...

Third, the corpse of another alien beast brought back has just begun preliminary research. At present, only the feather structure is found to be very special, and there is a special gland in the body of the alien beast, which contains undetermined substances.

Fourth, new coordinate items and various samples were brought back.

It can be confirmed that there are many rocks and jade mines over there. Among the samples brought back, jade suitable for making evil spirits was found, as well as a large amount of warm jade.

The place over there with weeds and rocks can actually be said to be a jade mine of extremely high quality. The reserves are uncertain, but it is definitely not small.

Wen Yan looked at the preliminary information and breathed a sigh of relief. It was worth it for him to drag Zhang Qihui to do it for so long, and he also went to the server field specifically.

The Taoist soldiers are still very useful. As long as the outpost is firmly established, it will not lose money even if they mine in the future.

The price of warm jade has begun to rise significantly in the past two months, and it has risen even more fiercely in the past few days. In a few days, it has doubled.

Because after the scorching sun shines, the uses of warm jade have become more diverse, it's that simple.

No matter how much the scorching sun department holds back the news, it's useless. Even if only a small number of people know about it, this small number must be people who can mobilize more funds and resources.

Among these people, as long as a small number of people start to plan and hoard, the price of warm jade will definitely rise.

In the past, you had to look at the appearance and purity, and the scraps were sold by pound, which was very cheap.

Now the price of warm jade with poor quality or scraps has increased wildly.

Wen Yan didn't care about these things, which were the headaches of the Lieyang Department. He was relieved after confirming that a Huan beast was really caught and there was a great possibility that it would be useful.

Whether it was researching drugs or curing diseases and saving lives, they were not what he was good at. Now he had to think about doing something he was good at, such as fighting.