After putting the metal box away, the soldiers stood up straight and saluted Director Chen before turning to leave.
After the soldiers got into the elevator and left, Director Chen called out, "Come over here and give me a hand."
The researchers hurriedly pushed the box over. In the process of pushing the box, they could feel a strong force coming from the box.
It was as if there was a giant beast that didn't know exhaustion ramming into the metal box.
Director Chen waved at them. "You guys take two steps back."
They quickly retreated. Gao Peng hid in the laboratory and stood quietly behind the glass door to observe.
There was the sound of something crawling on the rock wall above them. Gao Peng was familiar with this sound because Da Zi made this kind of dense footsteps when it crawled. It was like countless fingers gently tapping on the wall.
The sound was getting closer and closer.
Gao Peng looked up. Above him were exposed rocks. There were only cast steel pillars and rebars holding up the space.
A black shadow fell quickly.
Smack.
It landed on the ground. It was stable, but it didn't move. It seemed to have fainted from the fall.
After a while, it got up and shook its head. This was a monster similar to a millipede, but its body was many times larger.
[Monster Name]: Broad-Toothed Iron Worm
[Monster Level]: Level 29 (Commander-tier)
[Monster Grade]: Perfect
[Monster Attribute]: Metal
[Monster Condition]: Healthy (Confused)
[Monster Weakness]: Fire
[Monster Ability]: Metal Transformation Level 1
[Requirements for Promotion to Epic Grade]: …
This Broad-Toothed Iron Worm was a full five meters long. It was made up of four sections that looked like leaves. Each leaf-shaped body was covered with sharp legs. On its back was a greenish-yellow carapace. The carapace was covered with leaf-like patterns.
It seemed to be in a daze from the fall. In a daze, it spun around twice on the spot before suddenly running towards Director Chen. It laid its butt on the ground like a spoiled child, rubbing its head against Director Chen and nudging him.
Director Chen smiled and patted his familiar's head. "Go open that metal box and tame the monster inside."
The Wide-toothed Iron Worm nodded and climbed onto the iron box. Then, it laid its entire body on the iron box and buried its head in it. It continued to gnaw on the iron sheet, making an ear-piercing grinding sound. The hard iron could only become its food.
Soon, a large hole was gnawed out of the iron box, and the Wide-toothed Iron Worm kept gnawing through the hole.
A ball of yellow quicksand slid out of the broken hole quietly …
It was like a ball of jelly, soft and boneless.
Just as he was about to climb out, the Wide-toothed Iron Worm that had been lying quietly on the metal box swung its tail.
The tail hit Liu Sha, causing him to roll back with a plop.
The sand was pulled back into the box.
After a while, he realized that the Wide-toothed Iron Worm hadn't noticed him.
Liu Sha changed his direction and quietly escaped.
The Wide-toothed Iron Worm was getting impatient. It stopped moving and turned around. It stood up like a cobra and looked down at the monster.
Only then did Gao Peng see the specific appearance of the sand monster.
It was a small monster that was 1.5 meters tall. Its head was round and a little fat. Its body was made of sand, but it didn't fall apart. It was like a layer of fine sand had been sprinkled on top of a jelly.
The sand monster was a little confused. It kept wriggling backward and finally leaned against the outer wall of the metal box.
Then, it watched as the boss ate the metal.
The sand monster tried to touch the metal sheet with its hand and found that its hand wasn't as hard as the metal sheet.
In the end, more than half of the metal box was eaten. The Wide-toothed Iron Worm was finally full. It patted the sand monster's body with its tail in satisfaction, indicating for it to follow.
The little sand monster had a strong desire to live. It quickly followed the Wide-toothed Iron Worm's footsteps, afraid that the boss would be in a bad mood and eat it like a dessert.
"This evolved from Milliped?" Gao Peng was a little confused. He looked at the Wide-toothed Iron Worm and asked.
Then, he realized that he had misspoken and quickly apologized to Director Chen.
This kind of evolutionary information couldn't be easily revealed to others.
"Yes, it evolved from Milliped," Director Chen said with a smile. He patted the head of the Wide-toothed Iron Worm. "Before the Cataclysm, I studied biology. I was doing a research project on Milliped. I didn't expect that after the Cataclysm, I would be fated with them."
Although the little sand monster was only Level 5, if there weren't any familiars present, this little sand monster alone would be able to easily defeat everyone present.
So, they didn't let their guard down. First, they placed the little sand monster on the experiment table. Then, they used the metal chain to secure its body. Then, they went back to the tool table to retrieve the tools.
After a while, the little sand monster seemed to find it quite fun. Like a ball of jelly, it slowly wriggled out of the metal chain. Then, it wriggled back in …
At some point, a few researchers surrounded the little sand monster and looked coldly at it.
You seem to find it quite fun, huh?
"This sand monster seems to have no bones." Little Wang frowned and sighed. "And it doesn't cooperate with our experiments."
Another researcher adjusted his glasses and said doubtfully, "But what's interesting is that this sand monster doesn't seem to be very aggressive towards us. It doesn't seem to have a strong desire to attack. I don't know if that's a good thing. Maybe we can infer from its personality that the Desert Ruler has a good temper?" "Maybe it's a species that doesn't have any aggressive tendencies?"
"Don't be so arbitrary. It's impossible to determine the habits of an entire species with just one monster," Director Chen said with a frown.
"Continue the experiment."
This time, Director Chen directly brought the Wide-toothed Iron Worm over. The little sand monster, which had been restless all this time, finally quieted down.
.....
"It's too magical. It's really too magical," one of the researchers muttered.
In the palm of his hand was a ball of sand that was constantly wriggling.
This ball of sand had been cut off from the sand monster. Then, as if it had a life of its own, it kept wriggling in his palm. It felt a little rough to the touch. This was the roughness of sand. Moreover, this ball of sand seemed to be a whole entity, as if it was attracted to it by a magnet.
However, this ball of sand did not have an active consciousness. It was wriggling on instinct.
Then, the researcher placed this ball of sand on the surface of the sand monster's body. The next moment, the skin on the surface of the sand monster's body caved in, swallowing the ball of sand and the researcher's palm.
The researcher's expression changed. He wanted to pull his hand out, but a terrifying suction force made it impossible for him to struggle.
Rustle, rustle …
The sound of sand moving could be heard.
"Tch." The Wide-toothed Iron Worm warned in a low voice.
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