At this time, the sound of an engine came from behind.
An armored vehicle stopped not far behind the drill. A field researcher wearing a heavy protective suit jumped down from the armored vehicle with a toolbox in his hand.
"Look, our Santa Claus is here." The Marine Corps soldier holding the rifle in front of his chest whistled as he looked at the researcher staggering toward him. He joked in the communication channel.
Santa Claus.
That was what the Marines called the field researchers.
The reason why they were given this nickname was that after they put on the red heavy protective suit, they did look like a potbellied Santa Claus. Of course, although this nickname carried a bit of mockery, it was not derogatory.
The researcher walked in front of Zhang Hai and asked calmly.
"Where is the sample?"
"Right in front." Zhang Hai pointed in Corniga's direction. "Be careful, we're not sure if it's dangerous."
"We know better than you how to identify the danger of creatures."
After saying this, the researcher walked toward the drill bit with heavy steps.
Zhang Hai curled his lips, held the rifle, and looked at the back of the researcher walking to the drill. He made a middle finger in his mind.
"Captain, I feel that the frequency of its pulse seems to be faster."
When Zhang Hai heard Corniga's voice, he frowned slightly.
"Are you sure?"
"Uh, maybe?"
"We'll know once our 'expert' takes a look." Another Marine soldier joked, but the rifle in his hand didn't have the slightest intention of relaxing.
From the MLL Island War to the present, the soldiers standing here could be said to be the elites of Celestial Trade. Whether the opponent was a human or a Martian species, they could proudly claim that they had experienced hundreds of battles. However, it was precisely because of this conceit that they would be extra careful in every mission, careful not to let this mission become the last mission …
The researcher walked to the side of the egg, threw the toolbox in his hand on the ground, and picked up the layers of dust.
"Hey, be gentle." Koenig, who was standing a few steps behind him, quietly complained. But when the researcher looked back at him, Koenig shrugged and stopped talking.
The researcher skillfully took out a variety of instruments from the toolbox. He first connected two wires to the egg, then pressed a few buttons on the touchscreen keyboard on his arm.
"Life signal is stable … Bioelectric current is weak."
After talking to himself, he took out a nano-needle from the toolbox and stabbed it into the beating egg.
Zhang Hai didn't know why, but when the needle was inserted into the egg, his eyebrows twitched a few times. But in the end, he still resisted the urge to stop him and forcibly convinced himself to believe in this expert's choice.
Fortunately, or rather, the researcher really had some skills. He successfully extracted a tube of green liquid from the egg.
"A highly acidic liquid that might contain corrosive bacteria?"
The researcher looked at the liquid in the test tube and said to himself.
He shook his head and put the test tube back into the toolbox. He then took out a razor-shaped scanner gun.
This scanner gun could emit two kinds of strong and weak penetration rays at the same time to scan the external and internal structure of the object and create a simple composition. It was a portable "ultrasound tool" with enhanced power. However, because of the strong radioactivity and the possibility of a trace of radiation residue, this kind of thing was only suitable for use on things other than humans.
The researcher pointed the scanner gun in his hand at the egg and opened the holographic screen in the helmet.
"Then … let me see just what kind of thing you are."
As he muttered to himself, he pressed the switch on the scanner gun.
The three-dimensional composition appeared on the holographic screen, and these images were simultaneously transmitted back to the SS Expedition floating in the synchronous orbit.
Looking at the abnormally large transparent carcass in the pulsating egg, the researcher's eyebrows furrowed tightly.
"What is this …"
"When can we leave here? I have a bad feeling that this place is not very safe." Zhang Hai looked at the researcher squatting next to the egg and couldn't help but remind him. "If you still have something you haven't confirmed, I suggest you first spray it with cryogen, then put it in the specimen box and bring it back to the colony's isolation room …"
"I don't need you to teach me how to sample." The researcher said coldly and stood up. "Before determining its vital signs, rashly using the cryogen may completely stop its vital functions."
"Then can we start sampling now?" Koenig said, "I feel the same as the captain. This thing always gives me an ominous feeling."
"Okay." The researcher dropped this sentence coldly, took out a fire extinguisher from the toolbox, and aimed the nozzle at the egg.
This was the cryogen used for sampling. Unlike the injectable cryogen that must be used in the hibernation chamber, this cryogen was for external use.
When the switch was pressed, a white spray sprayed out and wrapped around the surface of the egg.
However, at this moment, the researcher frowned slightly.
He didn't know if it was his illusion.
The egg seemed to be beating faster.
"Low temperature will accelerate its life activities in a short period of time to generate more heat to maintain normal life activities?"
He silently noted this discovery in his mind. Just as he was about to increase the output of the cryogen.
In an instant, the egg suddenly shrank to the limit.
Zhang Hai's eyebrows twitched without warning. Almost reflexively, he rushed to the side and shouted in the communication channel.
"Fu-!"
Boom!
The egg suddenly exploded. Green droplets, like flying arrows, swept toward the drilling rig and the Marines next to it like a storm. The researcher standing nearby was hit in the chest by the shock wave of the explosion and flew backward into the drilling rig. Koenig, who was not far behind him, was also hit by the green droplets.
The deafening sound echoed in the tunnel and penetrated everyone's eardrums. Such a terrifying explosion, even on Mars, where the gas density was extremely low, was so clear that it could be heard.
However, the more terrifying thing was yet to come.
"Ahh-!"
The researcher struggled to climb up from the ground. The place that was drenched by the green liquid was like a fire, emitting thick white smoke.
He desperately wanted to wipe off the liquid on his body, but soon his eyes began to widen and gradually became bloodshot …
"His spacesuit is damaged. Hurry up and help him out. Put him on the armored vehicle! Koenig! Dammit! "
Zhang Hai cursed. He suddenly took two steps forward, grabbed the researcher's collar, and pulled him to his side. Then he took out the gel spray and sprayed it on the damaged part of the spacesuit.
The jelly-like gel pasted on the spacesuit and plugged the damaged part. Gradually, the bloodshot in the researcher's eyes faded, but the light in his pupils also faded. If it weren't for the life signal detector that could still detect his life activity, Zhang Hai would almost regard him as a dead person.
On the other side, the seriously injured Koenig was also rescued by his comrades and dragged back from the edge of death.
"Send them back to the vehicle … Call the command center! We have two people injured here, a researcher and a Marine Corps soldier! I repeat, we have two people injured here … "
However, at this moment, there was a miserable scream in the distance.
Cold sweat instantly appeared on Zhang Hai's forehead.
He supported the unconscious researcher with one hand and used the free hand to hold the rifle on his waist.
Almost at the same time, a monster that he had never seen before drilled into the tunnel from the front of the drilling rig …
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