It turned out to be a misunderstanding.
The Ghost Agents and the Special Forces were all gone.
After about half an hour, Jiang Chen calmed Ayesha's emotions in the room next door and asked her to go home first to wait for him. He also promised not to try the instrument again. Finally, Ayesha went home. Jiang Chen turned back to the lab and looked at Amos, who was sitting there drinking coffee. He smiled apologetically.
"Um … I'm sorry about Ayesha."
"Forget it." Amos waved his hand. "I understand her feelings very well. On the day my wife died, I almost went crazy. It wasn't until the doctor appeared in front of me with Milian that I regained the meaning of life. "
"… I'm not dead yet."
"Ahem, sorry." Amos looked away awkwardly, touched the bridge of his nose, and asked, "Right, what happened to you in that room? I only saw a flash of white light, and then I lost connection with the drone. "
"You can't imagine what I saw." A mysterious smile appeared on Jiang Chen's face. "I saw Mars 3.7 billion years ago, an ancient civilization that has existed for almost 100,000 years. It's a long story. Do you have anything to eat here? I'm a little hungry. Let's talk while we eat … "
After all, it was one of the laboratories with the highest budget of Future Group. Dr. Amos had a lot of food here.
Jiang Chen ate five sandwiches wrapped in cabbage and Black Forest ham before he felt a little warmth in his stomach. As Dr. Amos looked at him in surprise, he reached for the beer and pork leg. He sat at the table and ate while he talked about what happened in the past three days in a chatty tone.
The lunch lasted for a full hour.
"I see." After listening to Jiang Chen's description, Dr. Amos sighed, leaned back in the chair, and looked at the ceiling.
"Why are you sighing?"
"I'm wondering if we can pass the sieve of the universe." Dr. Amos smiled. "The destruction of the Gaia civilization unfortunately provided an argument for the Fermi paradox. Even a civilization powerful enough to dig through the planet was eventually erased by time. "
"Therefore, we still have a long way to go." He wiped his mouth with a napkin and shrugged nonchalantly. "But I'm used to solving the immediate problem first before thinking about more distant problems."
Tens of thousands of years ago was too far away.
Even if the Earth civilization were to face a crisis of life and death, it would not be a problem for him to worry about.
"Indeed, these things are too far away." Dr. Amos leaned back in his chair and smiled. "How are you going to deal with this problem?"
"The 'key' is with me. Send it to Mars with the next batch of supplies."
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to excavate the ruins." Dr. Amos pondered. "With the current scale of the Mars colony, I'm afraid they don't have the ability to carry out such a large project."
"I know. That's why we have to hurry." Jiang Chen turned on his watch and gently pushed a holographic screen in front of Dr. Amos. "In fact, Celestial Trade made a plan a long time ago, but now it's all brought forward."
"Tiangong City Plan?" Looking at the words on the holographic screen, a look of interest appeared on Dr. Amos' face.
"That's right —"
Just then, the [Warning] icon suddenly appeared on the holographic screen, flashing with a dazzling red light.
Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback. He looked at Dr. Amos, who was also dumbfounded, and saw the disbelief in each other's eyes.
…
"How long do we have to wait?"
Inside the rover, James looked at the unchanging desert as he drank his coffee and asked with a frown.
Three days had passed, and there was no movement underground.
Although the rover had a week's worth of supplies, and eating, drinking, bathing, and sleeping were not a problem, it was quite boring to just wait. Compared to staring at a pile of sand and a drilling well, he preferred to stay in the colony.
Wang Qiang grinned. "Is that so? I think it's good that nothing happened. Maybe we can go back after we finish the rest of the coffee — "
At this moment, a trembling sound came from underground.
The two looked at each other and exchanged puzzled looks.
Wang Qiang put down the coffee in his hand, put down his leg on the bridge, and looked out the window with a frown …
"What's that sound?"
"Earthquake?"
"Impossible, the geological activity of Mars is quite stable — SH * T —!"
Dust burst into the air!
The chassis was hit hard, and the rover was flipped over as if it was hit by a cannonball. It rolled several times in the desert before stopping.
A giant centipede-like beast crawled out of the sand dune, revealing its hideous figure.
Under everyone's astonished gazes, its open and closed incisors were like a pair of sickles. Its mouth was filled with steel needles, and it let out a shrill cry. The carapace on its body exuded a cold light under the dim sunlight.
It's a Devil Worm!
If Jiang Chen was here, he would definitely scream out loud because this guy was too similar to the one he saw in the memory of the Gaia civilization! It was a species from 3.7 billion years ago, why would it appear here —
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "
Although they were surprised, the soldiers who were on standby near the armored vehicles reacted immediately. The Gauss rifle in their hands flashed with oppressive white light, and bullets accelerated to multiple times the speed of sound burst out. The centipede-like monster exploded with green blood.
"Squeak —!"
It wailed in pain, and its chain-like tail swept toward the soldiers, stirring up waves of yellow sand.
It smashed its head against the ground, trying to escape underground.
At this time, the bowl-sized cannon ejected from the top of the armored vehicle finally aimed at the giant centipede-like monster and unleashed its ferocious firepower!
The orange-yellow bullets flew across the desert on Mars and penetrated the tenacious Devil Worm countless times. The dark green blood splashed in the air and dripped on the sand, making a sizzling sound.
Finally, the Devil Worm that had half of its body drilled back into the sand fell powerlessly on the sand …
"Nathan, go check the rover and help our engineer. Li, go and take off the hook lock on the vehicle and tie it to the monster. Be careful of its blood, it should contain some kind of highly corrosive organic acid. "
He put away the rifle in his hand and made a warning gesture to the soldiers behind him. The captain frowned at the centipede-like creature on the ground and cursed.
"Sh * t, what is this thing?"
"Martian?"
"I remember an idiot raised a flag before we left. Who was it?"
"It was Jim!" While grinning, the Korean named Lee tied the hook firmly onto the monster's body. "I still remember that idiot —"
Before he finished, the sand exploded again!
Another Devil Worm drilled out from the ground and slammed the soldier who was walking back into the air. The scythe-like incisors suddenly bit down, and blood rained down from the sky.
"Li!" The captain's eyes widened, and he turned the muzzle to point at the new monster. "Fire! Fire! "
Bullets once again flew in the desert, accompanied by the roar of the Devil Worm.
The earth was trembling, like warm water gradually boiling, as if something was brewing.
In the unknown depths of the underground, three billion years of sleep was disturbed, and ancient creatures were awakening. They finally discovered these guests from afar, and they were restoring the hunting tradition in their genes.
Obviously, this monster was not the only one!
"Mine 071 has fallen, abandon the suitcase X-1101, and all units evacuate immediately! I repeat, evacuate immediately! "
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