"… that is … a failed experiment … no, to be precise, the experiment was a success, but there were some problems with the control."
In the pitch-black forest, raging flames danced under the thick smoke.
Lin's spies and more than 10 Ershi Min, including the Head Manager and … Yan Se Min, were observing the scene before them.
The thing burning was a building. Lin and the Ershi Min were originally in this building, but now … it had become a sea of fire.
This was mainly because … the Head Manager had told them to lift the building into the air. However, for some unknown reason, the building was' overloaded 'during the process, causing it to rise at an extremely fast speed.
This caused the building to hit the ceiling … because this was an underground cavern. Naturally, there was a ceiling in the sky as well. In order to avoid being destroyed by the impact, the Ershi Min, including the spies, opened the windows and jumped out.
They were all equipped with flying backpacks, so the landing process was relatively smooth … the spies, on the other hand, had to improvise a pair of wings on their backs to land on the ground.
After landing on the ground, the building also hit the ceiling of the cavern, then fell down and finally became a sea of flames …
It was not a wreckage, because it still maintained its general shape. Lin felt that the building was quite sturdy, but clearly … they could no longer go inside.
"What do we do now?" Most of the Ershi Min had this question. Lin's question was about what kind of creature the sea urchin was. Clearly, all the Ershi Min here knew what that creature was.
Yan Se Ershi Min gave Lin this answer. The sea urchin seemed to be … an experimental creature created by them. However, it was not under their control. This was a common occurrence.
"It has attacked this place several times …" The Head Manager said. "However, this is the first time it used … this tactic of burrowing out from the ground, damn it! The base is now completely destroyed! And there is no way to get through … "
"What do you mean by no way to get through?" Yan Se Ershi Min asked in confusion.
"That is what it means!" The Head Manager said. "Regardless of whether it is the other bases or the higher-ups, there is no way to contact them. The signal is completely cut off. Could this be the doing of that thing as well …"
"It is possible that it has such an ability." Yan Se Ershi Min said. "However, the second base is not far from here. We can go there first."
"… Alright." Looking at the burning buildings and the almost destroyed base, the manager had no choice but to agree to this plan.
Lin was rather curious as to why it had let the building fly just now. The sea urchin was already seriously injured. If it continued to attack, it should … be able to take care of it.
However, the Seneschal had caused the building to fly, causing the destruction. Lin believed that he had used the gravitational system inside to fly.
But why would it be … overload? It was a strange place, but there was no Ershi Min to ask about it. They looked around the base and realized that there were no survivors or useful vehicles, so they decided to move on to the second base.
As for the sea urchin, it was nowhere to be seen. It was probably hiding underground. The general manager thought that it was injured and would not attack, so this was a good opportunity to act.
As they began to move, Lin asked more questions about sea urchins to the bright-colored Ershi people.
It obviously didn't want to answer, but after Lin asked it many times, it finally … told her that the sea urchin was the product of a special plan.
This project was called the 'Void Adaptor Project.' The project started because of the discovery of many special creatures in the underground cavern.
The original purpose of the project was to breed creatures that could live in the void because some of the creatures in the void had amazing adaptability.
However, after a while of this project, they found that the creatures they bred were not only able to adapt to extreme environments, they also had great value … as biological weapons.
Then, they began to breed biological weapons. This sea urchin was one of the products of this biological weapon. The reason it looked like this was because … it looked like a real sea urchin.
Of course, it wasn't a real sea urchin. At its bottom, there were many … legs that could move. The thorns could also be fired. It could also release some electrical waves.
At first, the creature was very small, about one meter in size. Later, when it grew to two meters, it escaped. When it returned, it had already grown to ten meters in size. It was unknown why it was filled with hostility and attacked the Ershi people's base.
That was why this place was so dangerous.
Additionally, the sea urchin had a … relationship with another type of native here.
The native called 'Feathertooth' that Rin saw earlier was said to have evolved from a type of creature called 'Wacodon'. However, this type of native was not the only one here. There was another type of native that was even smaller, a type of … ant.
Ershi Min couldn't confirm how intelligent these ants were. However, they knew how to use explosives. They would obtain … some 'natural' explosive powder from some plants in this forest. Then, they would pile up these explosives and detonate them, blowing up any target they wanted to blow up.
Not long ago, they found that the sea urchins seemed to have formed a relationship with these ants because they would work together. The sea urchins … might even be able to command these ants. The huge figure that they saw near the base was probably its doing.
Earlier, when the sea urchin emerged from the ground, the Seneschal speculated that the ants had helped it create a tunnel because sea urchins couldn't dig holes.
At the very least, they had never dug one before.
Due to various reasons, the laboratory that produced the sea urchins had eventually stopped operating. That was what the bright-colored Ershi Min said.
When it said those words, the Seneschal and the other Ershi Min were filled with … 'You're telling it these things?' However, the Seneschal didn't stop it. As for the bright-colored Ershi Min, although it was unwilling to do so at first, it still … explained it quite clearly.
It would appear that they were carrying out an interesting plan here. Rin also felt that … the reason why Ershi didn't want to communicate with them wasn't simple.
In short, if they continued to go deeper, Rin felt that they would encounter some of Ershi's organs. They could … sense them here.
A small part of Ershi's nervous system might be in this forest. Although they didn't know why it was so close to the surface, they would be able to learn a lot if they could find it.
However, for now, they should go to their base and take a look. It seemed that the second base wasn't far away, but …
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