"Ahhhhh!"
It was still dark and cold ….
Screams were still ringing out.
"Hurry up and shoot! Shoot! "
The soldiers who had gathered in the cave shouted. They took out their weapons and fired wildly in front of them.
They were originally facing a dark place. In the dark, there were some very dangerous things moving around. As long as they didn't use light to attract them, there wouldn't be a problem.
Although they turned off all the lights, a strong light that didn't belong to them suddenly lit up.
By the time the soldiers realized that the thing emitting the light was a creature covered in fur, the dangers in the dark cave had already pounced on them.
"Ahhhh!"
Accompanied by the soldiers' screams, a large amount of hot light streaked across the sky. They hit the creatures flying out of the cave like raindrops.
These creatures looked like a group of 'birds'. They had sharp beaks and a winged structure. Each of them was only ten centimeters in size, but they looked like they were made of stone. There were so many of them that when the light came, thousands of these creatures filled the soldiers' vision.
Lin found the information of this creature inside the aircraft. They were called 'Sharp Ice', a creature that was extremely sensitive to light. They would madly attack any place that had light. Their ecology was unclear.
Beep! Under the heat of the energy weapons, many of the 'sharp ice' were penetrated and disintegrated in an instant. They seemed to be very weak against high temperature.
However, they would also hit the soldiers who were shooting at them. The 'sharp ice' couldn't penetrate the soldiers' armor. A large amount of 'sharp ice' kept hitting the soldiers. Lin found that they were slowly encased in sharp ice.
The encased soldiers seemed to be frozen. They stopped attacking and didn't move or make any sound. They just floated in the air ….
"Stop attacking!"
Suddenly, the captain shouted, "Attacking will only attract more sharp ice. Hurry up and hide in the dark!"
Lin found that the captain was shouting. He was already in a dark place. It looked like he was letting his teammates attack first to attract the sharp ice while he hid first. When everything was fine, he would call his teammates to hide.
That was indeed what he was doing. Lin noticed his actions from the very beginning. He didn't give any orders at all. Instead, he was looking for a place to hide.
After hearing the captain's words, the soldiers seemed to have woken up. They stopped shooting at the sharp ice and flew to a darker place.
However, it was still very bright behind them. The pom-poms were glowing behind them, and the soldiers couldn't tell where the pom-poms were. They only saw the figure of the pompom at the beginning.
It was impossible to guess the location of the pompom and attack it, so the only thing they could do was to … move forward.
The only way to be safe was to fly into the cave where the sharp ice came from. In fact, the captain was in that cave.
When the soldiers realized the current situation, they immediately flew towards the cave in front of them.
As a result, many of the soldiers were covered by a large amount of sharp ice as they flew forward. They quickly became like their companions floating in the air.
There were also many soldiers who managed to escape into the caves under the attack of the sharp ice.
After entering the darkness, they seemed to be invisible. A large amount of sharp ice flew past them, but they did not seem to notice. The soldiers who entered here could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When Lin saw that most of them had escaped, she stopped the pom-poms from glowing and followed the soldiers into the cave.
This was a spacious place, perhaps hundreds of meters wide. However, the height here was very low, only three meters. The creatures that entered here could not fly. Fortunately, the soldiers here were not that tall.
Now, the remaining fifty soldiers were gathered together, while more than twenty of their companions had turned into floating … ice sculptures.
"Captain … the creature called the pom-poms has been following us!" After gathering in the dark cave, one of the soldiers said, "They were the ones who attracted the sharp ice to attack us!"
"It seems that the explosion didn't kill them all …" The captain said, "But, I think these creatures called 'pom-poms' … because the main ship was destroyed, there are only a few of them left. They might be chasing us for revenge. We just need to be careful. Once we find them, we'll be fine after we kill them!"
It seemed that the captain believed that a few pom-poms came for revenge after the pilot blew himself up … and the other team members agreed.
So, they decided to be on full alert and continue moving forward.
Lin followed them. In the dark environment, the pom-poms seemed to be using radio waves to detect their surroundings. Plus, the helmets showed the position of the team members, so the soldiers would not run into anything.
However, they did not have the ability to observe the details of their surroundings like Lin did …
While following the team, the pom-poms used 'night vision' to observe their surroundings. There were a large number of 'stalactites' on the ceiling of the cave. Sharp stone pillars grew downwards. At the end of the stalactites, the sharp ice that attacked the team earlier hung upside down.
They swayed slightly but did not do anything else. It was as if they were sleeping.
A large area of the cave was covered in these sharp ice. They were quite densely packed. Lin tried to have the pom-poms poke at a piece of ice hanging on the ceiling. It … did not respond.
It seemed that only a bright enough light could cause them to move. If the pom-poms glowed here, would this team under the dense ice be dead?
Probably not. Since the captain knew that the pom-poms might be following them and still dared to enter the cave, it meant that they might be fine here.
However, Lin did not plan to light up. She had already seen how the sharp ice attacked, so she wanted to continue exploring with them.
"Captain, we are almost there." "Yes, that place is not far ahead."
Lin suddenly heard a soldier talking to the captain. Looking ahead, Lin noticed that the structure of the cave had changed greatly. The 'stalactites' on the ceiling and the sharp ice hanging on the rocks became fewer and fewer as the team moved forward. After a while, they completely disappeared.
At the same time, the team arrived at a more spacious place. The ceiling of the cave was now 30 meters high, and there were many potholes on the ground.
It was as if the place had been bombed by a lot of bombs.
After the team moved forward in this unique environment for a while, the captain suddenly said, "You can turn on the lights here. The sharp ice won't notice us here."
As he said that, the soldiers turned on the lights on their armor. The dark cave suddenly became brightly lit. As for the sharp ice in the distance … with the vision of a normal creature, they should be able to see the light here, but they did not react.
It seemed that they still had a certain range of attack.
However, Lin also noticed that as long as one of the sharp ice moved, the others would follow even if they did not see the light, so they had to make sure that none of the sharp ice was in range.
As the cave became brighter, Lin felt that the soldiers had become more courageous.
They were no longer as cautious as before, and moved much faster.
As they moved forward, Lin noticed that the potholes around them were getting bigger and bigger. There were already some potholes about 10 meters in diameter. Just as Lin was wondering how they were formed …
"What's with these potholes?" Another soldier asked the same question.
"They are left behind by some creatures." The captain said, "These are traces left behind when they are searching for food. But don't worry, those creatures will not return to where they have eaten …"
'Rumble …'
Before the captain could finish, Lin noticed that the ground of the cave was shaking. A hundred meters away, a … creature appeared?
It did not seem to be a creature … because it looked more like a machine.
This thing had a square body, and there were 10 mechanical arms around it. Most of them were circular saws or drills.
It was about 10 meters tall, and Lin noticed that there was a red light on its surface that kept flashing.
"That's … the legendary specter!" Suddenly, a soldier shouted, "I didn't think there really was such a thing …"
Specter?
These creatures did not have the word 'specter', but the original meaning was that they moved without an operator, so they could be called specters.
In the distance, the pom-poms in the aircraft had begun to search for information in their systems.
This thing did seem to be a specter, not a living creature. However, Lin had found some information about it. It was said that this machine was left behind by a troop that came here to collect resources a long time ago.
There was no news of that troop for a long time after they came here. Later, when a search party was sent out to search for them, they found that the excavating machines they brought with them were moving on their own, but there was no operator inside.
Thus, these things were called specters, and the reason was unknown.
Later, the commander came here not only to find the dream core, but also to find out what was going on.
It was said that these 'specter machines' could not be damaged. They seemed to have a way to automatically replenish their energy, repair malfunctions and damage, and continue to 'live'.
Furthermore, they were quite aggressive.
'Clack clack clack clack …'
Lin simulated the sound of the Spirit Machine in action. It was now waving its mechanical arms as it charged towards the army … Oh my God.
PS:
Thanks ~ Shangguan Phoenix ~ for the tip ~
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