Chapter 596
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The ring-shaped drone somersaulted back and forth within the steam cloud. No matter how miserable it was, it persisted and remained the same. It displayed its extreme stubbornness. After going back and forth a few times, Luo Nan had a general understanding. This should be some kind of field sampling work. From the direction of the electromagnetic waves, the operator was several hundred kilometers away. Perhaps they were still in Spring City.
This was a relatively safe method of scientific research …...
Luo Nan didn't really care. Of course, he didn't want others to pay attention to his actions and cause unnecessary interference. So he controlled the combat robot to go down from the side of the hill, avoiding any possible surveillance cameras or radar.
Those things were still a bit of a hindrance, but the place Luo Nan wanted to go was still quite far. A small detour was nothing.
Luo Nan made a detour from the side of the hill. The drone in the sky completed another roll and shuttle within the steam cloud. This time, it swayed and shot out a net-like object. It seemed to encircle some matter that was ejected from the crater of the volcano. Then it turned around and left.
The sampling was successful?
Luo Nan's mental senses focused a bit. He saw that there were two or three one-centimeter long fiery red ants encircled within the specially-made fine net. These fellows could be considered large among their species. They were struggling fiercely, but they didn't have many methods to deal with the specially-made bug net.
The ring-shaped drone accelerated in a straight line, quickly distancing itself from the steam cloud. Clearly, its target here was undoubtedly these ants.
The source of interference was gone. Two thousand kilometers away, Luo Nan frowned from within the simulation pod. What a coincidence? The other party was also interested in the Vulcan Ants?
Oh, this wasn't strange at all. After all, the Vulcan Ants were the star Mutant species of this volcanic area. They represented a typical Mutant species ecology. They had been very popular in recent years. Many research dogs were counting on them to publish papers and graduate.
"Just take a sample and go back for analysis. It's best if we don't meet again."
It was impossible for Luo Nan to make the volcanic area his private hunting ground … … With the current level of technological advancement, there would be satellite imaging even if there were no drones. Playing with a single drone was just a dream. He could only eliminate the interference as much as possible.
Luo Nan suddenly discovered that the speed of the drone, which was already far away in the horizon, had suddenly slowed down while he was pondering. It swayed back and forth. In the end, it was unable to advance any further. It slowly descended. It seemed that there was a malfunction.
Luo Nan's mental senses kept track of it from beginning to end. He saw the struggling appearance of the machine, and he could imagine the unwillingness of the remote controller several hundred kilometers away.
"It has nothing to do with me."
Luo Nan decided to temporarily lower his moral level and ignore the situation over there. He wanted to complete his own plan earlier and calm his mind earlier.
The target area of Luo Nan's plan was located 140 kilometers away. The target was over there. The forward operating base was over here. The distance between the two was quite far. It wasn't that Luo Nan was looking for trouble for himself. It was just that the most famous manic zone of the volcanic area was not far away from the forward operating base.
Not far from a rather inconspicuous dividing line towards the southwest, in this desolate area that was covered in volcanic ash and lava, piles of bones of different colors appeared. There were even corpses that had not been completely devoured and completely corroded.
Not to mention the corpses of the animals, just by looking at the bones alone, one would be able to see the bones. They were also very strange. Gray, black, white, red, green, and many other colors were mixed together. It was practically impossible to find two piles of bones that were more or less the same.
Luo Nan crossed the dividing line and went two to three kilometers in. Finally, a living creature appeared before his eyes.
It was a skinny and bony canine creature. Calling it a canine was only a rough estimation based on its outer appearance. The half-rotten fur on its body, as well as its abnormally swollen head and some of its limbs and joints, had already caused this fellow to be severely deformed. It was very hard to distinguish it in detail.
Anyone who saw this sort of situation would think that this fellow could fall to the ground at any moment.
But when the Electromagnetic Vanguard 1 entered the territory of this canine creature, a strangely sharp howl came from its throat. Its four limbs exerted force at the same time, and it charged towards the Vanguard 1 like an artillery shell.
The half-rotten wounds on the canine creature's body spurted out turbid liquid at practically the same time due to the excessive force exertion. There were even some impurities mixed within. The liquid exploded and dispersed in the instant it left its body. It was as if it brought forth a dark gray and green cloud.
"Plague Hound."
Luo Nan silently recited the name he had given to this canine creature. As for the more authoritative scientific name … … Sorry, there was no need for that.
The Electromagnetic Vanguard 1's left arm bent and rose up. The built-in Gauss Rifle module sprayed a standard bullet out of the muzzle at high speed under the effect of a powerful electric field.
The plague hound was still ten meters away from the Vanguard 1 when the bullet pierced its skull. The enormous kinetic impact caused its entire head and the thick front half of its body to be smashed into smithereens.
The exploded limbs and flesh were still in midair when they were scorched by the leaping electric fire. They transformed into strands of green smoke that dissipated into the air.
This was certainly not the result that could be achieved with a purely kinetic firearm. The other half of the corpse could be seen to be like the scaly monster in the rock crevice. It was rapidly burned to nothing within the blood-colored flames.
Crisp crackling sounds rang from within the flesh and blood of the corpse as it burned. Several dozen one-centimeter-long fiery red ants attempted to charge out from the flames, but in the end, they were turned to ashes one after another. These ants were exactly the same as the samples captured by the crashed unmanned drone. They were the star Mutants of this volcanic area.
Vulcan Ants.
"The parasitic state is becoming more and more unstable. According to the research data, this nest of Vulcan Ants has reached the time for a new generation. At this time, the ant colony's control is at its weakest, but the queen's combat strength is at its strongest … … Excellent. The stronger the better. "
The current scouting network Luo Nan was using was his mental senses and the A.I.
Vanguard 1's intelligent sensing module, which was constructed together. The layers were rich, and they complemented each other.
He soon confirmed that the manic Mutants under the parasitic control of the Vulcan Ants had received abnormal stimulation from this direction. They had temporarily stopped hunting and killing each other. With a shake of their bodies, they had transformed into loyal and devoted guardians. They swarmed in his direction.
This was the result Luo Nan hoped to achieve. Therefore, the Electromagnetic Vanguard 1 did not dodge or evade under his control. It continued to advance toward the target area a hundred kilometers away according to the previously set route.
However, it had only taken a few steps when the Gauss Rifle module, which had just achieved success, lifted up once more. The bullet hummed and rumbled as it fired. It struck a perfectly straight diagonal line within the dusky smoke and dust. It accurately struck a large eagle with its wings spread and circling two kilometers away. It was nearly seven hundred meters in the air.
The outcome was more or less the same as that of the plague dog. The large eagle was instantly blasted into smithereens. However, what shot out wasn't flesh and blood, but precise mechanical parts.
The lightning in Vanguard 1's eye sockets extinguished twice, and Luo Nan retracted his words.
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