The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"It's not like." Cicely swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "It's a living thing."

Seeing her reaction, Pippi Shrimp couldn't help but clenched her fists. This is a small gesture that she will unconsciously reveal when she feels nervous:

"Hey, hey...don't scare me..."

"It's probably pretty big," but it was clear that Cicely wasn't joking, her face slowly turning livid - the voice was getting closer, not at all slow.Soon, not only Cicely, but also others could feel the slight vibration from under their feet, "It's slowly swimming in the lava below... huh?"

"Oops, I don't think this place can stay..."

Before she finished speaking, Cicely slapped her shoulder armor and shouted:

"Everyone, hurry up and get on the landing craft! The driver starts the engine! Go into the air immediately!!"

The well-trained marines immediately chose to obey the order. They just ran towards the landing craft, but the ground shook violently, and huge cracks immediately began to spread.Just like the description in the "Mahaparinirvana Sutra", I suddenly saw the movement of the eighteen phases of the earth, and heard the sound of drums in the sky.The soldiers barely stood their ground one by one, and the gyroscope of the power armor began to work normally, which prevented them from falling down and rolling into the magma below.

Puffs of scorching gas erupted from the cracks, and the ground became brittle and prone to collapse.The power armor is not enough to crush the ground, but the heavy landing ship will—the ground under the landing support frame collapsed under layers of cracks, and red lava immediately overflowed the alloy support frame.The landing craft tilted dangerously, as if it was about to fall into the deep ravine that suddenly opened.

The driver's panicked voice suddenly sounded through the communication——

【team leader!I can't stand it anymore, I have to take off immediately! 】

"Don't be dazed!! Open the hatch and take off immediately!!" Cicely put on her helmet and shouted loudly, "Everyone open the jet pack!! Just rush in!!"

【clear! 】

At that moment, the driver bit the bullet and stepped on the propulsion pedal.

The downward-pointing propeller immediately ejected high-temperature propellant flames, and the impact generated by the emergency takeoff seemed to detonate a small bomb on the spot.The ground that had been cracked and collapsed completely collapsed under this blow, and the soldiers who hadn't had time to leave the place were blown away by the blast in an instant, but these experienced clone warriors had already adjusted their postures before landing, opened The thrusters on the back and the posture control nozzles around the body, soaring into the sky above the constantly exploding and collapsing ground!

The hatches on both sides of the landing ship have been opened, and they fired magnetic ziplines towards the landing ship in the air, pulled themselves into the landing ship, smashed the walls inside, and even had a few He didn't rush straight into the cabin door, so he could only hang outside and slowly rub against the door.

"Great... great..." A soldier who managed to fix himself looked at the tumbling lava below and heaved a sigh of relief, but before he could finish his breath, the driver's roar exploded in his ears ——

[What a ghost!Hurry up! 】

This was not an earthquake, as the source of the tremors was now slowly moving through the lava and slowly emerging from the surface.

After a violent shock, the thing broke through the lava and rushed out.

Opening the lava, what leaped out like a whale was an extremely hard carapace. Looking from above, there were sharp undulating objects similar to sawtooth on the carapace.

Its body is black, with lava sticking to it and glowing reddishly.The astonishingly large head has a huge mouth worthy of this size, which can swallow the landing craft at will, and there are claws similar to pincers around the mouth.It struggled to jump out of the lava, and its huge body hundreds of meters jumped into the air unreasonably, biting the landing craft fiercely.

"What the hell is this!!" Blood Raven Warrior almost cursed. He watched the thing catch up, but the driver seemed to have no time to react, so he immediately rushed to the cabin door, pulled out the grenade pistol and shot at the slave on the ground. The giant mouth shot out from below.

The blue plasma cluster exploded between the mountain-like body and the rock-like teeth, not to mention affecting it, it couldn't even irritate the other party.But his actions alerted the others, and everyone picked up guys and shot at the monster from the open hatch. A few seconds later, two 75mm Gatling rail guns also began to join the bombardment.

All kinds of shells burst into sparks beside the monster's head, which couldn't cause any damage to the monster, but successfully prevented the monster from moving forward.It fell back to the ground again, and the landing ship took this opportunity to pull up, rising higher and higher, completely leaving the monster's attack distance.Realizing that he couldn't successfully bite the little thing, the monster roared angrily. The terrifying sound wave shook the air and rumbled, reverberating in the air for a long time...

Before leaving the atmosphere, the hatch closed slowly.Whether it was the communication channel or the cabin, there was no sound for a long time.

It was not until a long time in the past, when the landing ship began to leave the gravitational circle, that someone asked in a puzzling voice, both talking to himself and asking everyone:

"Can such a barren ecosystem on this planet support predatory creatures larger than cruiser-class dark worms?"

This question goes straight to the essence, but no one can answer it.

"No wonder this terrorist dared not set up any automatic sentries. With this thing here, how can ordinary people go to the surface to defuse bombs..."

Indeed... For a creature of this size, which is obviously beyond common sense, the most effective method is naturally to mobilize the battleship to bombard it with the main cannon - you really have to use the main cannon, you have to treat it to a monster of this size. Think of it as a cruiser.

But, do you dare to use the main gun?

First, I don’t know where the buried time-space vibration bomb is, and second, I don’t know what the principle of the time-space vibration bomb is, whether there is a possibility of detonation, and whether there is any special thing in it that will leak out and cause pollution.What if, when shooting that monster, the time-space vibrating bomb was shot together, what should I do?

"It's so sad..." Cicely shook her head, she feels super tired now"——When I just came out, I thought I was ambushed by the dark worm, and I almost scared me to death. Tsk...Since the other party If there is no sentry post, then we will let go of the scan. Even if the scan does not find the warhead, we must find out how many of these worms there are.”

"Then what?"

"Yeah...then what. We'll have to kill this thing to find that warhead, but how do we kill these guys safely?"

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The body of the lotus seed that appeared in this chapter

tazo worm

Mantis Shrimp

Honduras white bat: 37-47 mm in length, is the smallest vegetable-eating bat in the Americas, and is distributed from eastern Honduras to western Panama.Commonly found in woodlands, this small animal rests in the center of the leaves of a plantain or banana tree it has bitten

PS3: Someone asked about the works in this volume

Privateer pirates such as Kato Jasmine from "Violent Space Pirates"

Dead Ha and Ghost Ship from "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" (2013 edition)

Harlock and Arcadia from "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" (1977 version)

Chapter 769 Chapter 696: The Curse of Tokaga (Forced)

It didn't take long for the strange news from the front to reach the command center on the Very Panther.

At the very beginning, when she heard that the Marine Corps was attacked by a big bug on the planet named Tokaga and returned home, and the search progress was almost zero, Oregana was completely confused——

That... are you really all right?We didn't fight the worms once or twice. We didn't lose against Arachi at the beginning, and then against the Zerg. Moreover, the children of Japari have sufficient experience in dealing with aliens.

Just like the Catachan Jungle Fighters are good at fighting in the jungle and cheating, and the Armageddon Iron Legion is good at driving orcs, the Cursed Son is good at fighting against non-human alien creatures—put two lotus seeds with wild liberation mode on Locked in a room with an alien, even if there are only things like benches or elevator handles that can barely be used as weapons on the ground, the winner will definitely be the floating lotus seed, probably at this level.

You are now saying to drive the local bugs back to the universe?How many bugs are there on the ground?

After watching the video, I realized that there were not many bugs, but they were very big.

A creature of this size is usually not regarded as a biological unit on the combat power analysis table in the hands of the commander, but is completely regarded as a [large land battleship]... and can jump short distances, and can dive into the lava below the surface , it is estimated that the combat power evaluation score will be higher than that of the Archangel.

It's strange that the marines can't beat the bugs, but there's nothing wrong with the land battleships. (nod)

Considering that orbital bombing is not allowed until the location is known, Oregana ordered the Eye of the Storm to scan the planets as much as possible while paying attention to the movements of nearby space ships, to determine how many such bugs there are—indeed, to kill It's OK to blow this kind of bug directly with naval guns, but it really can't be blown up.

The reason is actually easy to understand.

Because Oregana said that if she knew that there were such bugs living on this planet and was still digging in the ground, then the bombs might be buried by the bugs wherever they were buried.What would I do without something like a psionic repellent?

First of all, study the structure of this worm, and see where implants can be placed inside... Until now, except for the Falus gem man who can be shaped indefinitely, everyone has basically used implants.Generally speaking, the more reliable method is to replace part of the reproductive organs (if any) - because most higher animals will not die after castration, and it is obviously no problem to cut and put things.Moreover, most of the genitals that drilled into the ground were internal genitalia and would not choose to stay outside, otherwise the prostate brake would affect the speed of digging.

There is no need for any function, no need for control, guidance, or recording, as long as it is not broken.

Afterwards, the projectile was wrapped with a hard shell, and then buried in the worm's body - with such a big head, the lifespan should not be short. (touches chin in thought)

Oregana's style of doing things has always been [the way you want to get, you must consider the other party's thought of it], if Deathha adopts this method, the consequence of hunting and killing bugs at will is very likely to destroy the things you are looking for ( Imagine some scenes in Sniper Elite), so be careful and careful.

At this time, you have to ask the locals. Although most of the planets in this buffer zone are not colonized, and the development is relatively small, well-informed privateers should know something.

"That's how it happened. Our people discovered that the ghost ship buried something in Tokaga—we guess it's a space-time shock bomb, but it's difficult to recover because of the interference of strange large creatures in the area." She chewed the small dried fish and opened it. The comm asked "Captain Jasmine, what do you know about Torkaga?"

"Don't call me Captain, just call me Jasmine. It's off-duty time now." The JK pirate on the opposite side of the communication was not wearing that gorgeous pirate outfit, but was sitting in the cafeteria casually in casual clothes. A simple set meal with vegetables, mashed potatoes, croquettes and a Coke.She was pressing her phone while putting mashed potatoes in her mouth, and she looked no different from a normal high school girl eating in a family restaurant.

This is also one of the local characteristics... Minors are not allowed to work more than eight hours a day, and must leave work when the time comes, and it is illegal to work overtime.If they were real pirates, they would naturally not care about such things if they were doing illegal work, but what they did here was legal.So every afternoon after dinner time, the captain of Bentenmaru was represented by ship doctor Misha Grandwood.

It's no wonder that for a while, the people on the opposite side didn't look right at Liu Lizi.At first, I thought it might be [such a young child is actually serving as the captain], but later I found out that it was [how many hours did she work today?Why are you still staring at the work site at the dock in the middle of the night?Is it really okay? 】……

There's an overly leisurely atmosphere, you guys...

"Well, okay," Oregana scratched her head, "Jasmine, anyway, are you familiar with Tokaga?"

Sure enough, the expression on the face of the well-informed space pirate immediately changed after hearing the word Tokaga:

"Tokaga, that planet is very evil, and Luca usually says that he can go there as little as possible."

The psyker?

She is the most active person on Bentenmaru besides Jasmine who is in contact with Tartarus - when she was repairing the ship at the dock, she always came to chat and drink tea with Liu Lizi and the spirit behind her. The cats are playing, and they have developed a strong interest in the half-spirits, and even learn to smoke scorpions... Of course, they didn't learn the last one.

It seems that the degree of favorability is quite high, and the spirit behind explained that this is the reason why the goodwill and malice held by the other party will reach the opposite consciousness without hindrance when contacting the consciousness with psychic energy, and it is easy to understand each other.

Her ability is genuine, and the reason for her reluctance to go there is also very clear—the atmosphere of the subspace near the 'hole' is very strong, which usually means danger.The fighters of Tartarus are less able to perceive this danger because of their own camp. It is closer to the same impression as [a citizen's swimming pool with a lot of strange seafood, although it is not easy to swim, but it is always possible to swim], But other local psykers seem to be a little apprehensive.

"Evil door?" Oregana became interested, and she asked, "What exactly happened? Were any ships attacked by giant bugs there?"

"That's right, a few centuries ago, because of the minerals of this planet, some colony ships wanted to land on it. Later, because strange things happened all the time, the colony group withdrew after suffering a lot of losses, and no one was there anymore. I want to live on this planet."

"Strange thing?"

"That's right." Jasmine nodded and said, "There are a lot of rumors, most of which are urban legends such as horror stories. What is certain is that the giant predatory creatures that inhabited above caused great damage, making the colonization difficult. Let’s expand. It is said that at that time, there were devices that could generate a special magnetic field to keep those large ground-dwelling creatures called ‘giant beetles’ away from the colony, but the effect was not very good.”

It is a good idea to use a special magnetic field to let the creatures that use the planet's magnetic poles to navigate themselves get lost and stay away.According to this line of thinking, maybe we can find a way to catch these bugs.However, Oregana didn't miss the two key words 'horror story' and 'urban legend'.

Elsewhere, you can read a horror story as a joke, because it might have come from a made-up or lip-syncing process.However, if this place has anything to do with the Warp... it's best to take it to heart.

Because there's a good chance it's true...

"Hmm..." Oregana swallowed, she didn't want to miss a little detail, "What are the specific stories?"

The story may contain some intelligence, and this information is likely to affect the subsequent insect-catching plan.

"This is not a story suitable for listening to at night." Jasmine put down the spoon, with a gloomy expression on her face, "Pear Rika...that's the story my mother once told me about Tokaga. She was marrying My father’s previous surname was Blasta, and the head of Tokaga’s first colony regiment, the chief executive at the time, was named Blasta.”

"Is it a descendant of those who witnessed it!!"

"However, after so many years of embellishment and embellishment, it may have been completely out of shape. Don't believe it all."

"Um..."

"The story begins about two years after the colony ship landed..."

At that time, the development of the colony had just started to improve, but some disturbing and strange things happened...

In the beginning, it was the navigator who vomited blood for an unknown reason. For several consecutive nights, people saw a huge ring of fire hunting and igniting in the night sky.Inside the ecosphere, parrots kept as pets were seen flying in reverse, and days after the vision, all the clocks in the colony stopped for 2 minutes at midnight.

The Chief Executive's daughter attacks her father, tries to bite his throat, and remembers nothing afterwards.The constant shadows cast on the steel walls of the buildings, the sudden multiplication of colonists, the impossibility of family units, the meaningless date of birth, forced the then administrator to expand the scope of the colony and establish new settlements.

And one night later, the communication between the main body of the colony and the pioneering land was suddenly cut off. At first, everyone thought it was attacked by indigenous creatures, but when they arrived, they found that everyone was missing——When the heavily armed soldiers faced The open land was empty, and then I found a room to enter. I saw that there was no one in the living room with warm lights, but the half-played toys were thrown on the floor, and the cold milk and cereals were on the dining table. The kettle on it is still warm.

There are half-drunk cocktails on the counter in the bar, the ice cubes that are about to melt are still soaked in the tea-colored liquid, and a few complete standard airtight suits are thrown on the street, as if someone is wearing this on the street Walk, and then suddenly disappear, leaving only clothes on the ground.And in the main control room at the end of the street, there is only darkness inside the airlock, and the airlock cannot be opened and entered from the outside by inputting any commands.After the soldiers destroyed the entrance of the airlock with a door breaker, they found that there was really only a dark void inside, and there was nothing else.

It is conceivable how scared those soldiers were at that time...