Chapter 508： underground space

The hull shook more and more violently. Zhou Ai and Roy on the second deck held tightly on the guardrail to stabilize their bodies. Their facial expressions could not be seen under the mask, but they didn't look good.

This is no better than the ocean of habitable planets, I am afraid that even the bones will be gone.

Looking at the approaching storm surge, Tang Fang sighed, muttering to himself: "Sure enough, I will return without success?"

The storm surge is nothing in its eyes. No matter how strong the acid rain is, no matter how strong the lightning strike is, no matter how high the wave is, as long as you hide in the Protoss transport plane, you will naturally be safe. The key is that the storm surge does not know when it will retreat. Ma's analysis of satellite cloud images showed that the nearby sea abyss was also within the range of the storm, and it was difficult to subside within 3 or 5 hours.

If you drive the landing craft to go to the other hemisphere, you will lose time without saying, maybe there will be no results.

"Commander... the results of the acid water sampling and analysis of the injuries of the puppy and the cockroach are coming out, which is very strange."

Emma seldom uses the evaluation language "very strange", which shows that the system's analysis of acid water must be very different from the official Star Alliance report.

He greeted Zhou Ai and Roy to go down and set off on the boat, leave this sea area, then sit back in the cockpit and sink his consciousness into the system space: "What do you mean, be more specific."

Emma transmits data such as the pH value of different sea depths, the proportion of seawater components, and the comprehensive water pressure to the digital display system of the harsh environment protective clothing, and then explains the specific meaning of "very strange": "The composition of acidic substances in the sea The organic acid gas in the strong acid vapor zone of Namixing is similar, except that the former is soluble in water and the latter is attached to the ground."

Where did Nami Star’s strong acid vapor come from? Tang Fang knew that it was not the chemical reaction from the depths of the earth's crust that Mengya officially introduced, but from the evil eye of epic creatures, to put it plainly. They are the excrement of evil eyes.

The acidic substances in the green ocean of "Akron" are similar to those of Nami Star. Does that mean that the planet also has evil eyes?

According to Valentin’s research results, aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish feed on free zeros in the ocean. It has nothing to do with acidic substances, and then compare the "Acron" green ocean data reports officially provided by the Star Alliance in these years. It can be concluded that the concentration of acidic substances in seawater is increasing year by year, which indicates that something must continue to inject a mixture of zero elements and acidic substances into the seawater.

The trace amount of zero element is the food for aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish. Acidic substances are the basis for the formation of a strong acid ocean. The evil eye feeds on zero element. In addition to organic acids, there will inevitably be a trace of zero element residue in the excrement. Akron is another planet with abundant reserves of zero elements.

Based on the above situation, there is a high probability that the "Evil Eye" is hidden in the depths of the "Akron" Sea Abyss or in the formation.

Tang Fang decided to take a look at the bottom of the sea. But the biggest problem encountered is how to resist the corrosive effects of seawater and the strong water pressure. Even if the Immortal and Protoss transport plane can dive into the seabed of tens of thousands of meters, how can he enter the ground? Is it possible to find a shallower place and use cockroaches to dig a tunnel? That will evolve into a protracted project.

What he lacks most now is time, which he cannot afford to spend here.

"If the acidic substances in the seawater are the same as the acidic substances of Namistar, they are all organic acid structures, wouldn't it mean..."

A pair of high-power turbines stretched out on both sides of the third deck of the landing ship, making a deep buzzing sound, and the sea water directly below was like a sheet swelling under the strong wind, splashing around.

The landing ship slowly lifted off under the lift of the air current. At a height of a few meters, the tail engine flames were strong, and two fast-dissipating smoke rails were pulled out from the rear. Go away in a blink of an eye.

The dark clouds were still gloomy and thunderous, and the sea area where the landing ship was located was quickly swallowed by the storm surge a few minutes later.

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Half an hour later, the landing ship came over a deep ocean depth of 32,000 meters in the northern hemisphere of Akron and slowly landed on the sea.

This is different from the previous location, but it is a calm sea area selected by Emma after analyzing the satellite cloud picture. In the next 48 hours, the sea area will remain calm and clear.

This depth of 32,000 meters is not the deepest abyss of "Akron", but the official monitoring data report of the Star Alliance over the years is integrated. This is one of the areas where the concentration of acidic substances fluctuates the most, and there are most likely "evil eye" drainage pipes on the seabed.

After the landing ship stopped. Tang Fang did not release the Immortal to go to the bottom for the first time, but walked to a rear deck equipped with a crane. After releasing a worm, he gave a somewhat uncivilized order to the big guy with a blank look.

The queen moved six slender legs to the edge of the deck, protruding his **** out of the deck, and with a pop, he discharged a tuft of bacteria blanket into the sea.

Roy, who was watching the wind on the second deck, quickly blindfolded his eyes. Zhou Ai curiously asked him why he did this. He said that the monster was called the "Queen of Insects." The girl twitched her mouth, but she was silent. This kid is always bullied by Bai Hao, and his pedantic energy is the same as Valentine.

Tang Fang didn't notice the conversation between the two on the second deck. He grabbed the guardrail at the stern and leaned over to look at the sea.

The weight of the bacterial blanket tumor exceeds the buoyancy of the sea surface, and it sinks immediately after falling into the water, and because the acid water is light green, it is difficult to observe underwater changes.

After waiting patiently for more than ten seconds, there was movement under the water, and the smooth sea surface was gradually surging. A red tide appeared on the originally green water surface and spread quickly to the distance. The sea retreated to both sides like a low tide and landed in the sea behind the ship. Suddenly, a floating island of fungus blanket with a diameter of nearly 100 meters appeared, and it trembles slightly with the fluctuation of the sea.

Zhou Ai and Roy stayed where they were, staring straight at the red-brown island, not knowing what to say, or admiring, or complaining.

They have not experienced the Battle of Nami Star, so they don't know that the bacterial blanket tumor can "ferment" the colony environment in which the adult colony relies on organic tissue. The two people's idea is very simple. Can a lump of "stool" evolve into a floating island? Still in a sea of ​​strong acids like "Akron", how could this be possible!

Tang Fang did not have time to explain to the two of them that this scene on the sea gave him great encouragement.

A cluster of bacterial blanket tumors can expand to a floating island nearly 100 meters away, so what about 100 clusters of bacterial blanket tumors? There are more than 80 worms in the system space, why not create a fungus blanket tunnel to the depths of the sea?

Thinking of this, no longer hesitate, and pass the command to build the fungus blanket tunnel to every worm queen.

One after another wormholes formed on the floating island. The first batch of insects walked to the edge of the fungus blanket and continuously discharged the fungus blanket tumor into the sea water.

In just a few minutes, the area of ​​the fungus blanket floating island is getting bigger and bigger. Expanded from the original 100-meter level to the kilometer level.

The second, third, and fourth batches of worms appeared one after another, and some of them jumped directly into the water. Enduring the corrosion of the acid water, the bacteria blanket tumor was discharged below the floating island.

There are also some queens who use the "buried" skill to sneak into the bottom layer of the fungus blanket floating island, and directly attach the fungus blanket tumor to the edge of the fungus blanket, allowing these reddish brown substances to expand and expand.

Zhou Ai felt that the world could no longer stop Captain Tang. In just a few minutes, he actually built a floating island that grew larger and larger over time in a marine environment like "Akron". Officials know that he has such an ability, and God knows what those forces that covet the resources of the "Akron" formation will do.

Roy's idea is simple. Brother Tang is so handsome, he can't be constrained by any kind of predicament. Some rich people in human society pay a lot of money to buy small islands. Look at them and build them yourself!

Tang Fang collects the exhausted insect queens into the system space in batches, and releases them after they recover. The cycle repeats, and the floating islands extend to the seabed in increments of 100 meters.

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An hour later, the floating island has expanded to several kilometers in diameter, and its bottom is wider. It is dozens of kilometers long, and it fits into the narrower and narrower sea abyss, almost filling the inner space of the sea abyss.

The landing ship has moved from the sea to the mushroom blanket island. Zhou Ai and Roy jumped off the deck and looked at him blankly on the tough blanket.

As Tang Fang walked towards the center of the fungus carpet floating island, he said in a deep voice, "Akron is really not a good place."

Zhou Ai questioned: "How do you tell?"

"The aqbd-1 asexual jellyfish body is not the aboriginal people of the planet...There is something even stranger hidden below."

"You mean there is a situation in the abyss?"

Tang Fang nodded, recruited a certain number of puppies and cockroaches from the system space, and gave them an "open way" command.

The cockroach launched the "Buried" skill to find the fungal blanket tumor in the central area of ​​the floating island, and destroyed one by one. The puppy quickly cleaned up the shrunken fungal blanket material, creating a large cavity with a diameter of more than 100 meters.

He produced another Nighthawk. Three people boarded the cockpit and slowly descended down the bottomless hole.

The height of 32,000 meters. The cleaning work alone took nearly an hour, when the Nighthawk descended to the bottom of the large cavity. The floating island formed by the fungus blanket has filled the lower layer of the sea abyss. No matter it is sea water or acidic substances, the nutrients of the colony are absorbed and swallowed, leaving only the mottled rock layer.

Three sets of super-power searchlights are installed under the nighthawk's fuselage, which illuminate the entire ground as bright as day, and even the bacteria blanket material remaining in the crevices of the rocks is clearly identifiable.

Tang Fang subconsciously looked at the sky above his head, and his eyes were dark. Only a small, well-shaped ring-shaped light source emitted a dark white light. It was already faint and difficult to distinguish when it reached the depths of the sea abyss. If there were no nighthawks, the place where the three people stood would be dark .

He grabbed the hanging cable from the nighthawk's bottom compartment and slid down, leading the two of them to the lowest point of the sea abyss, and digging out the dry fungus blanket material with his hands, revealing a dark hole below, and spraying green steam. It must be the source of acidic substances in seawater.

Roy avoided subconsciously, "Akron" alone was staggering by the corrosive power of sea water, not to mention the strong acid steam.

Zhou Ai’s breathing was a bit short, and she could be seen very excited, because the three were the first humans to reach the depths of the abyss of "Akron", and also because of the "thing" in Tang Fang's mouth, although he did not explain in detail. But the clever girl has already thought of a deeper meaning, and I am afraid that the culprit who created this strong acid ocean is the "thing" in Captain Tang's mouth, and such a thing is not a good thing.

She looked at Tang Fang's face, did not speak, just looked at it.

Tang Fang naturally understood what she was thinking and said, "Yes, I want to find it!"

Zhou Ai didn't say any more, and pulled Roy back to the side.

The combination of Cockroach and appeared in the field, and began to dig down the hole that sprayed with strong acid steam, and according to Tang Fang's order, the hole was widened into a tunnel that can accommodate two people in parallel.

Because of long-term immersion in the water. The cave was filled with organic acid solution with strong corrosive ability. Tang Fang could only use the bacterial blanket tumor discharged from the queen to convert the organic acid solution into bacterial blanket, and then let the worms clean them. Although this is a bit slower, it is still a safe way to advance. Because in this way, the problem of acid solution can be solved, and the strong acid vapor that escapes can be filtered out.

Under the lighting of the harsh environment protective clothing, a group of 3 people slowly advanced into the depths of the ground. I don’t know how long it has been or how deep they dived. The insect swarms responsible for clearing the road in front suddenly broke out in a riot. The cockroaches did not know what to attack. The entire tunnel began to shake violently.

The shaking continued for more than ten seconds to subside, and Tang Fang took a deep breath. Release your hand holding the wall.

According to the fragmented image data returned by the cockroach that opened the road in the front, he seemed to see a giant like a fleshy sac flying back under the attack of saliva and the claws of a puppy. The shaking of the tunnel just now was due to the fleshy sac. Caused by hitting the rock walls on both sides of the tunnel.

At present, the widening of the tunnel has stopped. The cave, which goes straight down to the depths of the strata, becomes more and more spacious. Now it has expanded from the original size of half a meter to 8 meters in diameter, which is enough to accommodate several people walking side by side. To Fang's surprise, the organic acid solution was also completely transformed, as if the meat sac-like thing was a large meat plug, which was used to isolate sea water from entering the formation.

Of course, the meat sac has another task-excretion. It is used to discharge acid gas, and the road the three of them walked is no less disgusting than the downpipe of a flush toilet.

Tang Fang didn't dare to tell Zhou Ai about this. Because he didn't know how girls would react, and women love to be clean, so he had better let this matter in his heart.

Because there was no acid water ahead, he took back the Zerg unit and replaced it with 2 Immortals and 3 Fanatics to open the way in front. In this way, even if the frightened flesh sac organ kills a carbine and faces the Immortal’s phase interference cannon . Certainly not pleased, he and Zhou Ai and Roy were one kilometer behind the vanguard. In order to get enough reaction time when there is a crisis.

Go ahead and follow the message from Emma. The three of them have been more than 40 kilometers underground, and it seems that there is still a long distance ahead.

Tang Fang could only bear his temper and continue to move forward. On the other hand, he was distracted to pay attention to the situation of the pioneers ahead. Zhou Ai and Roy did not say a word, and honestly followed behind him.

The tunnel contains high-concentration acid residues, as well as sulfide, methane and other gases that can cause death. Fortunately, the harsh environment protective clothing completely prevents the human body from contacting the external environment, making the three people feel a little depressed, but can withstand Gotta live.

After walking about 2 kilometers further, a message came from the fanatic that he was not far from the tunnel exit. This made Tang Fang breathe a sigh of relief and puzzled at the same time, wondering why the fleshy sac-like thing was let down.

He thought of the allusion that a stick beats a wolf and both ends are afraid.

The so-called hemp stem is a kind of plant stalk that looks very hard, but is actually easy to break and break. People hold it to drive away wild wolves, but they dare not really hit it. Bluffing, and the wolf didn't know what it was, and was also afraid, so there was such an allusion.

It is normal for the flesh sac to hide under the ground of "Akron" for so many years, suddenly encountering fierce creatures such as cockroaches and puppies.

Wanting to understand the mystery, he stopped hesitating, and greeted the two to walk forward quickly, and rushed to the tunnel exit after a while.

It is said to be an exit, in fact it is more like a cliff. The entrance of the cave is opened on the surface of a rock wall, and it is a thousand meters above the ground. Tang Fang used c-20a to photograph the bottomless abyss below, and also photographed the uneven left and right sides of the entrance. The huge stalactites and some exquisite and crystal-clear spars reflected a little bit of light, and occasionally water drops fell, and it took a long time to hear the sound of falling in the stone depression and breaking.

He did not immediately find his way down, but instead summoned a detector to scan the space structure in front of him and draw a topographic map to be synchronized to the central computer of the protective clothing for harsh environments.

Unlike the large hole in the formation of Planet 5, this area is more open. More than 1,000 meters in front is an open area with an area of ​​tens of square kilometers. It is actually just a platform protruding from the rock wall. UU Reading www.uukanshu . A few thousand meters below the com platform is the real underground space, and there is a wide underground river flowing quietly at the bottom.

"It's so tall."

Roy leaned out and looked at the dark abyss below. His voice was trembling. He had no fear of heights, but he was a little afraid of the dark, especially in this gloomy environment that could be described as hell.

Tang Fang patted him on the shoulder to show comfort. Without saying much, he summoned a king worm, rolled up the bodies of the three of them, and flew slowly onto the open platform diagonally above.

During the flight, Roy clung to the long tentacles of the king insect, for fear that someone would accidentally throw him down. How long would it take to fly at an altitude of several kilometers before falling to the ground and falling to death... just like many people As said, death is not terrible, but the process of waiting for death is terrible.

Tang Fang felt a little funny, and he could only summon a Iron Crow to give the half-sized son and Zhou Ai courage. Although the combination of a nighthawk with a body length of more than 30 meters and a super-power searchlight is more suitable for such a deep environment, but considering the fleshy creatures With the existence of, he finally chose the Raven, at least the 12mm electromagnetic gun can provide additional fire protection. (To be continued)

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