A ferocious Flame-Bellied Monitor Lizard was half lying on the ground. Even so, it was still as tall as a person. Below its belly was the slowly flowing lava. Not only did the lava of nearly a thousand degrees not destroy its limbs, but it also provided it with the energy to persist.
This was a very suitable battlefield for the Flame-Bellied Monitor Lizard.
As far as the eye could see, dark red lava could be seen everywhere. Some of it flowed down the hill, and some simply gushed out between the heavily cracked ground. Although it was not as powerful as an explosive eruption, the scene of the earth cracking everywhere, as if it could completely collapse at any time, was equally thrilling.
In a similar environment, the Flame-Bellied Monitor Lizard had killed countless invaders, and its total size could even fill the crater behind it. Almost all of its prey could not resist the fire poison it sprayed, and it could not resist the destructive lava it controlled.
But at this moment, before it could cause any fatal damage to the metal creation in front of it, its tail and one of its forelimbs had been cut off, and it had lost most of its mobility.
The lava fire intertwined with the gray sky light, but it was difficult to illuminate the specially treated armor coating, as if there was always a blurry dark domain. This grayish-black metal creation was only about twenty meters away from it. In the past, it could have pounced, but now it could only desperately accumulate strength, use the special abdomen of the mutated evolution to absorb the heat of the lava, and then open its mouth wide …
"Buzz!"
The heavy alloy javelin, carrying lightning, entered the mouth of the Flame-Bellied Monitor Lizard, and a small part of it penetrated its back. It exploded like a high-explosive bomb, magma splattered everywhere, and scales flew everywhere.
Immediately, blazing electric flames shot out from the mouth, eye sockets, wounds, and even the cracks in the outer skin of the scale armor. The two-ton body of the Flame-Bellied Monitor Lizard shrank in the blink of an eye. Its special body structure, which had evolved from the mutation, was also completely destroyed by this round of damage.
The high temperature of the lava was finally revealed at this moment, and a small part of the body of the giant lizard was swallowed in a breath. However, in the burning flames of the giant lizard, there was still a blood-colored light.
Electromagnetic Vanguard 1 silently stepped forward, stepping on the flat head of the Flame-Bellied Monitor Lizard, and also on the slowly flowing magma, walking to the top of the hill.
The modified body based on the Sergeant X-2 model did not have the ability to resist the lava for a long time. However, when the high-temperature lava tried to devour the metal leg, it was repelled by an invisible force and slowly moved away.
No. 1 crossed the line of defense of the Giant Fire-Bellied Lizards and set foot on the top of the erupting volcano. Now, the volcanic area that appeared in the optical imaging system was a real volcanic area.
Within a radius of several hundred square kilometers, at least seventy to eighty percent of the craters were emitting thick smoke and lava. Dark red lines of fire crisscrossed the ground, cutting the area into pieces.
Luo Nan had actually completed the goal of the first stage after killing the flamebelly monitor lizard. Although the Guardians, who had retreated under the control of the Vulcan Ants, had already gathered in the central area and rebuilt the defensive line, most of them were unable to burrow underground and bathe in the lava to enter the core area.
Number 1 could do it.
Under Luo Nan's control, this combat machine stepped directly into the boiling pool of lava under the protection of a powerful magnetic shield … … Of course, it was just passing by. Soon, it locked onto a certain gap in the inner wall of the volcano. It blasted apart a chunk of rock that had just been congealed and piled up not too long ago, revealing a narrow crack illuminated by the lava.
"Mo Lun's civil engineering isn't bad."
What should be praised was that Luo Nan was able to utilize the terrain to the greatest limit with his meticulous senses and reconnaissance over the past few days. He was able to open up a subway line to bypass the congestion on the surface.
Number 1 was not the only passerby in this narrow passageway.
The lava was like a flowing stream beneath its feet, extending even further into the crack. The densely packed Vulcan Ants were lined up in rows within the hissing flowing lava. They borrowed the power of the lava to move faster. Their speed was not much slower than a normal person's walking speed.
The Vulcan Ants did not possess complete individual thinking, but they possessed a powerful group consciousness. Luo Nan could feel the faint evil intent that came from the nothingness, but this squad of Vulcan Ants was still restrained by a high degree of discipline. They ignored the damage caused by the stomp of the combat machine and continued to flow back to the core area.
The formation of the ant colony had yet to end when a buzzing sound assaulted them from within the dust-filled air. It was as if a swarm of locusts had passed through.
A dark red cloud of blood suddenly gushed out from the crevice to the side. There were hundreds of thousands of Winged Vulcan Ants. They did not have the ability to fly long distances, but they were still able to advance forward at a faster speed within this narrow passageway.
This speed was just about the same as Number 1's advancing speed. Number 1 was submerged within the cloud of blood as expected.
Lava and the cloud of blood extended forward within the long and narrow crevice. There was a certain section in the middle that flickered with electricity and fire irregularly. This was the phenomenon formed by the electromagnetic shield repelling and killing the surrounding Vulcan Ants.
The surroundings were densely packed with flying ants, and their feet were even stepping on the lava. They were just remote-controlled combat machines. They were not here in person. Otherwise, Luo Nan could not guarantee that he would be able to maintain a calm state of mind.
They were both Vulcan Ants. They crawled within the lava and flew within the crevice, but there was a large difference in their body shape and body structure.
But this was not strange in a volcanic area. According to Luo Nan's reconnaissance over the past two days, there were hundreds and thousands of Vulcan Ant nests within a radius of two hundred kilometers. They were widely distributed, and the direction of mutation evolution was a bit different within every nest. And since the lifespan of Vulcan Ants was short, they replaced each other extremely quickly. Therefore, they were able to rapidly form differences in a short amount of time.
This was simply a large-scale laboratory for genetic mutation.
The branches of this laboratory in the wilderness had their own areas of activity. They were very territorial, and sometimes they would even kill each other. But they all had the same origin. They all belonged to one.
The Mutant Nest. There was a direct relationship of subordination between the headquarters and the branches.
Now that headquarters was in trouble, the entire branch had returned to assist.
Luo Nan only had a few short days of observation. He did not know what these Vulcan Ants would do when they gathered together.
But he didn't want to add more variables to his plan, so he controlled Number 1 to speed up. The frequency of lightning flashing clearly increased within the blood cloud that pervaded the crevice. A series of crackling explosions rang out. Number 1's forward speed had already increased by three times, and the strength of the electromagnetic shield had increased correspondingly. This was to defend against the underground guardian that could come out at any time.
The electromagnetic shield was an advanced technology that had yet to be realized by Earth's technology. It was formed from the integration of the seed imprint that was implanted into the combat machinery. Thus, a powerful electromagnetic field domain was formed with Electromagnetic Vanguard as the fulcrum. The domain pervaded the surroundings, and it could be retracted and released at will.
This was the embryonic form of Jin Tong's extraordinary domain. Being able to realize this kind of effect proved that the potential of the seed imprint had been excavated to a new level. And under this stimulation, the corresponding information within the Divine Binding Hoop and the virtual brain system was activated one after another. They provided Luo Nan with even more detailed and thorough application technology.
Of course, the carriers of these application technologies were all indecipherable hieroglyphs. Luo Nan relied on the even more marvelous "I" word to decipher a portion of the hieroglyphs with great difficulty.
The Divine Binding Hoop was the sole spoil of war from killing Jin Tong. Presumably, it had caused quite a bit of trouble for its previous owner.
It had to be said that Jin Tong was truly a genius for being able to break into the Extraordinary Realm under these circumstances.
High level techniques required high level consumption. Two thousand kilometers away in the underground laboratory of Gear, Luo Nan regulated his breathing in the simulation chamber to adapt to the ever-increasing pressure.
Currently, the internal energy and transmission system of the Electromagnetic Vanguard 1 had already retreated to a secondary position in the driving force. The main source of power came from the remote interference of Luo Nan's soul strength. Just the electromagnetic shield alone consumed an astronomical amount of energy. In addition, there was also the natural consumption of long-range interference.
Even with Luo Nan's soul strength reserves, it was still quite strenuous. Fortunately, strands of marvelous energy seeped over from the depths of the void as Luo Nan approached the core region. The energy grew clearer and stronger.
"Good! Very good!" Luo Nan let out a sigh of relief. This supplement was nothing compared to the overall consumption, but it was an extremely positive feedback.
There was no energy in this world that was like water without a source or a tree without roots. There was bound to be a source and a process of transformation. Luo Nan was fully aware of the entire process. His heart was all the more certain and excited.
Number 1's speed increased once more. Not only was it advancing towards its predetermined target, it was also tracing back to the source of the energy transformation.
After advancing another ten kilometers or so, Number 1 had already swapped out two passageways in the ground. One of these passageways was a shortcut that had just been created due to the earthquake. It was precisely because of this timely change that it was able to evade the even crazier attacks and interception of the guardians. Even so, Number 1's left arm was scorched and deformed by a tyrannical Mutant that could transform into lava. A large chunk of the armor on its chest was lifted off, exposing the deformed components within.
As for the narrow passageway behind it, a layer of burnt ashes had already filled the entire passageway. The ashes slowly rolled along with the flowing lava.
Right now, there was a vertical distance of at least ninety meters between Number 1 and the surface of the earth. The roars of the Mutants had disappeared, but the violent upheaval of the earth brought about by the volcano and the earthquake still filled this passageway with noise. In the end, it formed muddy rumbling vibrations.
Luo Nan handed over the task of analyzing the ambient sounds to the auxiliary computing system. This was to avoid the topographical changes that could cause destructive damage. As for himself, his attention was completely penetrated into the depths of the surrounding dark void. He probed the abyss region.
There, a weak incantation was spiraling and circulating. It continued on without end. This was the music that surged as the energy turbulence of the abyss region passed through the special structural form.
As the output gradually stabilized, the incantation grew clearer and clearer. It grew louder and louder. In the end, it was simply like a majestic and even fanatical chorus.
"Blood! Blood! Blood!"
"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
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