Meng Chao did not decline the responsibility. He observed and analyzed the monsters in Hidden Fog on a temporary control panel.
'These monsters … are so deformed!'
The first monster he placed on the control panel stunned Meng Chao.
This thing was like a two-headed blue striped lizard that was commonly seen in the wild.
It had acid sacs and poisonous glands, and it was a rather dangerous reptile-type monster.
But on its sides were three pairs of blade-like limbs, which were commonly seen on arthropod-type monsters. They shone with a cold light, as if they had a lot of metal attached to them.
Even though many of the monsters looked like they were amalgamations of many other creatures, their limbs and organs were fused together rather closely and harmoniously.
But the fusion between the limbs and organs was relatively tight and harmonious. It was definitely not like the monster … who was crudely made and pieced together.
It was the same for the second monster.
Attached to the python's head and body was a thick and long scorpion tail.
The dark red scorpion tail gave off a faint, bloody smell. The entire tail was covered in thick and long needles that looked like those of a porcupine or a hedgehog.
At the same time it increased its attack power, it negated the python's original strength and mobility, which made it look like it was neither fish nor fowl.
The third monster had the appearance of a saber-toothed tiger, the body of a bobcat, and the skin of a black panther.
His streamlined body, coupled with his explosive muscles that resembled crystal bombs, was originally the most suitable appearance for hunting.
But it had a pair of wide wings on its back. It looked like it had been torn off the back of a falcon-type monster and sewn to its back.
The problem was that falcon-type monsters mostly had hollow bones. To reduce their weight, their organs had been upgraded to become super lightweight, which was why they could be pulled up by the lifting force when they flapped their wings.
The bones and organs of this "small saber-toothed tiger" were still those of a land predator.
If it wanted to fly, it needed even more lifting force, so it had to spread its wings to be more than ten meters away.
And to move its huge wings, the muscles from the base of its wings to its chest were too full and swollen in a deformed manner.
Not only did this reduce its ability to hide and kill, it also increased the amount of energy it needed on a daily basis, which meant that it needed more food, more time to hunt, and more energy to kill.
Besides, in this sort of environment with towering trees, obstacles, and traps everywhere, it was meaningless to grow a pair of wings that could cover the sky.
The trees would not only prevent it from soaring into the sky, but they would also block its line of sight when it was patrolling in the air. Even if it really discovered its prey and wanted to swoop down to kill it, it would be easily blocked by the canopy and branches, causing it to fall and even get stuck between the branches, bushes, and thorns.
In conclusion, there was no need for this "small saber-toothed tiger" to have such a pair of wings.
Meng Chao's hands turned into gray fog. He controlled more than ten lancet blades and cut open the stomachs of the three monsters at the same time to observe their organs.
Then, he compared the small Saber-toothed Tiger with the griffin, a flying liger-type monster that had evolved rather successfully.
He noticed that the griffin's organs, the same as the small saber-toothed tiger. and Meng Feng Demon.
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"Say," Meng "Griffin". Brainsaid. "Genius" G "Ming Meng".., he, and said., "Griffin".
The answer Brainiac gave was "Griffin".
The homework the flunkies handed in was this "small saber-toothed tiger".
It was no wonder then why the seemingly fierce monsters were easily pierced through by human firearms. They did not even need to use weapons.
Meng Chao reckoned that with the natural weaknesses of these deformed monsters, even if the exploration team did not open fire and they escaped the swamp covered in lichens and Blood Flowers, it would be impossible for them to survive for long outside.
"Interesting."
They dissected eight monsters in a row, and all of them were the same. They looked deformed and ugly, and the distribution of their contents was all over the place. It was incredibly unscientific.
"What do you mean?"
When Long Feijun saw the contemplative expression on Meng Chao's face, his interest was piqued.
"Senior Brother Long, don't you think that these monsters … are too ugly?" Meng Chao asked.
Long Feijun was a little stunned. He laughed in spite of himself. "Monsters are all ugly."
"No, that's just a normal person's point of view. In the eyes of harvesters, many of the monsters have speed, strength, explosive power, and even extreme survival abilities. They have a strange sense of beauty."
Meng Chao shook his head and said, "When the Crystalline Nine-headed Dragon charged out of the fog and sunlight shone through its crystalline body, it shone with a myriad of colors. Who can deny that this is a powerful, domineering, and brutal beauty?
"Even the small Demonic Halberd Pig looks like a well-equipped armored vehicle that can conquer everything when it covers its body with a lot of minerals in the mountain to form an indestructible armor and increase its speed.
"There are also some monsters. At first glance, they look like they are two completely unrelated creatures that have fused together.
"For example, the Grade One superbeast, Seven-star Wolf Spider. It has the characteristics of an arthropod and a canine-type monster, but these two completely different organs coexist in perfect, precise, and harmonious manner in an unbelievable manner. It makes people wonder just what sort of uncanny craftsmanship was required to create such a miracle of life!
"But the monsters here don't have a brutal sense of beauty, and neither do they have a scientific fusion. Many of their organs seem to have their own ways, and some of them even conflict with each other. They're crude, half-finished products. No, they're failed products.
"Logically speaking, these monsters shouldn't even be able to live for a day … No, they shouldn't even be able to live for an hour."
Long Feijun thought for a moment and said, "But our people saw with their own eyes that they were still alive and kicking when the methane exploded."
"That's why I said that it's interesting," Meng Chao mumbled.
"These monsters shouldn't have appeared in this world. Even if they did, they shouldn't have been able to survive.
"That's not right. All monsters shouldn't have appeared. There isn't a single natural environment that can allow creatures to fuse the characteristics of mammals and arthropods.
"And these monsters are especially …"
Meng Chao thought about it and lowered his head to continue dissecting and analyzing them.
He also activated the supernatural power of a five-star superhuman and finally managed to scrape out some faint green adhesive liquid from the depths of the monsters' organs.
This was an important matter, so he gave up on operating with his naked eyes. He placed the adhesive liquid under a crystal microscope and analyzed it. Then, he entered the image and data into the tactical computer.
Then, they saw an extremely special type of cell on the screen.
It had chloroplasts, huge vacuoles, and cell nuclei. It also had some of the characteristics of fungi.
It was as if animal cells, plant cells, and even fungal cells had been fused together. It had powerful energy absorption and mass-energy conversion efficiency, which meant that it had great vitality.
These monsters had clearly died a long time ago.
The faint green adhesive liquid he extracted from their bodies was still as active as before.
In fact, it was still spreading thin threads all over the glass slides.
It was just like the green lichens and the red threads from the Blood Flowers that Meng Chao had observed earlier.
"Lu Siya and the others also noticed these strange cells. What are they?" Long Feijun frowned.
"Perhaps this is the reason why these deformed monsters are still jumping around in front of us, even though it's impossible for them to be born. Even if they were born, they would have died from organ failure in the first second, but they're still jumping around in front of us."
Meng Chao mumbled and sank into deep thought.
At this time, another team that went to scout the UHV transmission tower returned.
"The effect of the bombardment was very good. All the ultra-high voltage transmission towers have been melted into garbage and solidified. It is impossible for them to rise again. Of course, the vines, branches, and mosses that entangled them have all been burnt to ash, too. As long as they are cleaned up, it will be the best landing ground. It will not be a problem for almost a hundred armored airships to take off and land at the same time!
The captain said excitedly, "We even found this!"
They carefully removed a piece of moss-covered cable from a metal cylinder filled with frozen mithril stabilizer.
There was a thin layer of ice on the moss, like a frozen poisonous snake.
There was a dark purple ghost claw at the end of the cable. The claw was covered in white fur, and even its grayish-white fingernails were present. It looked very life-like.
"We found it at the edge of the valley. It should have been snapped in half by the shockwave and thrown out. When we discovered it, it was still alive and kicking," the captain said.
"Don't worry, no one touched it directly. We immediately froze it."
Meng Chao and Long Feijun drew closer and observed the ghost claw at the end of the cable. Their eyes were spinning and shrinking, and they finally saw clearly that the white fur was actually mycelium.
"This is Polymorphic Charcoal Horn Fungus. It's commonly known as Dead Man's Finger. It's a true fungus that even exists on Earth."
Long Feijun sighed in relief. "Looks like these UHV transmission towers have really active vines as nests. They're also infested with moss, lichens, and fungi. That's why they're moving while swaying. At first glance, they look like they're alive.
"As for the flailing tentacles and the demonic claws, they're naturally the work of the lichens and Polymorphic Charcoal Horn Fungus."
"What about electricity?"
Meng Chao asked. "I personally saw a cable being connected to electricity, and it blew up a crystal engine."
"Many of the etherealized plants have the same characteristics as electric eels. They can gather together and increase bioelectricity to electrocute their prey," Long Feijun explained.
Meng Chao thought about it, and for the time being, he could only accept it.
At that moment, due to the increase in temperature, the "frozen" cable gradually "woke up".
More accurately speaking, the moss, branches, and lichens covering it came to life.
As they watched the ghost thing squirming, twisting, and struggling like a poisonous snake, and the Polymorphic Charcoal Horn Fungus at the end expanding and shrinking like a ghost claw, even though the group knew the truth, they could not help but feel a chill crawl down their spines.
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