When they got close to Planet Hell, they could clearly see the planet on the big screen. Everything around the planet was gray and hazy, and Lung had sent out many detectors to test the various parameters of the planet. Although the air pollution was over the limit, for Lung, Silin, and Huimao, even if they didn't wear a protective suit, they would still be able to withstand it.
From the images sent back by the detectors, the planet had indeed changed greatly. It wasn't completely blood red like what Lung had said, but was just mottled blood red mixed in with the earthy yellow background.
"The images from a few decades ago didn't look like this. There was more blood red back then, and the current situation should be caused by the movement of the earth's crust," Lung said.
"Huh, what's that?!" Huimao couldn't help but jump from Silin's shoulder to the control panel, getting closer to the screen.
In the image sent back by one of the detectors, an unknown beast more than ten meters tall with thick black fur all over its body suddenly leaped out from the side of the mountain rock. Its feet looked like hooves, and when it roared, it revealed a mouth full of sharp teeth. There were traces of blood on its body, but it wasn't fresh red blood, but rather blue.
This beast was running with all its might, as if something was chasing after it. Suddenly, a shadow flashed past, and a huge impact pounced on the beast.
"A dog?" Huimao tilted his head to take a look, and said uncertainly.
The thing that had pounced on the beast looked like a dog, but it wasn't exactly one. Upon closer inspection, there were many differences between it and a dog, such as its claws, and its face … There was something out of place about it.
After the 'dog' pounced on the beast, it bit down on the beast's neck, and no matter how much the beast struggled, it wouldn't let go. In the end, when it was flung out, it was flung out together with a large piece of meat in its mouth. As more and more blood flowed out of the beast, the beast no longer had the vigor and speed it had at the beginning. It didn't run far before it was bitten by the 'dog' that had pounced on it again, and the number of wounds increased. The 'dog' was practically tearing the beast apart, tearing chunks of flesh from the body that was three times its size, bit by bit.
Bluish blood splattered everywhere, and gradually, some small carnivorous animals that had been hiding also emerged, but since the 'dog' was there, they didn't rush forward.
The ferocious beast had already stopped struggling. It was completely dead. After confirming that the ferocious beast was dead, the "dog" gasped for breath. Blue blood dripped from the corner of its mouth. Its body was covered in sticky blue blood. Without looking at the big fellow that had been torn beyond recognition, it lifted its feet and left, leaving only blue footprints behind.
After the "dog" left, the small carnivorous animals that were peeking their heads out to enjoy this effortlessly delicious meal.
"That's the Hellhound," Lung said.
Silin brought up the image of the dog-like creature. "Is that them?"
"They are not pure dogs. They were created by humans." Lung laid back on the chair and said slowly, "They have the genes of both dogs and humans in their bodies, or humans with dog genes implanted into them, or dogs with human genes implanted into them. Some used wolves, but in the end, those people found that dogs were more effective than wolves, because wolves are too wild and hard to control, while dogs have a higher degree of control.
In the past, before this planet experienced a catastrophe, these fellows were used to guard other experimental creatures, such as prisoners that were prepared to be used as experimental subjects, or other animals. They could remember the aura of each experimental subject, not just the aura on the surface, but the aura that originated from their genes. Then, no matter where these experimental subjects escaped to, they would be able to track them down, chasing them for the rest of their lives until they died.
Later on, the catastrophe of the planet came. There was a large-scale earthquake, and the earth's crust moved violently. The original protective net was almost completely paralyzed. Volcanoes erupted, and the world was covered in gray. The virus in the experimental base leaked out, and the experimental subjects escaped. The rampaging virus and experimental subjects completely changed the world, and later on, the ruler of the planet found that this planet was no longer habitable.
The virus and experimental subjects could be dealt with as long as there was time, but what they couldn't deal with was the increasingly frequent movement of the earth's crust. So in the end, they gave up on this planet. What was left behind were all kinds of viruses, all kinds of 'monsters' that escaped from the laboratory, and 'dogs' whose lifelong goal was to hunt down these escaped 'monsters'. Later on, this planet gained the name 'Hell', and these 'dogs' were called 'Hell's Guard Dogs'. They were also the last guardians of this planet. "
"So, some of them were originally human, but they were modified into this neither human nor dog form?" Silin said.
"Yes." Lung switched the image and filtered through the images sent by the scanners. He picked out one that wasn't too clear. There was too much dust that had been kicked up, so the image was slightly obscured, but the key parts were still clearly visible. "That's the original form of a human."
Silin and Huimao looked over. Unlike the 'dog' from before, this body now looked more like a human. Its face was also similar to that of a human, but its entire body was covered in long fur. There was also a tail behind it, and its ears were a little pointy. When it ran, it was also like a wild beast, using both its hands and feet instead of just walking on its feet like a human. They could also hear some roars. Aside from its somewhat human-like appearance, its habits and lifestyle were no different from that of a wild beast.
This was something that had been developed when they were first modified by the experimental base. In other words, the people in the experimental base had never treated them as humans.
Some of the fur on the tip of Huimao's tail stood up, and he suddenly thought about what would happen if he was caught by those mad scientists. Meow, that's so scary!
"Do you want to go in?" Lung collected the various parameters of the planet's environment and placed them on the interface for Silin and Huimao to see more clearly.
"Since we're already here, of course we have to go."
Silin was not afraid of those things, and what interested him was whether there was any valuable information left behind in the original experimental base after the catastrophe. Moreover, the virus resources on this planet were very rich. Since those wild beasts could withstand the virus and not die, then with his physique, it should not be a problem. Moreover, in places where the earth's crust was moving frequently, it was easier to find some things buried deep underground.
Because the outer layer of the planet was covered in gray, Silin Helong did not use teleportation. Instead, he directly piloted the spaceship that Silin had modified. The starship was set in stealth mode to prevent others from attacking the starship while they were on the planet.
Passing through the gray area, Silin saw the situation on the surface of the planet, and it was similar to the image sent back by the probe. They found a high altitude area, and after scanning and finding no large wild beasts, they parked the spaceship there.
The moment Silin walked out of the spaceship, he felt the restlessness of the planet. He took out a small tube that was as thick as a finger, pressed a button on the side, and the tube began to suck. There were several layers of filtration membrane inside it, and it would absorb the bacteria according to their different physical and chemical characteristics.
After collecting the microbes in the air and putting away the tube, Silin looked not far away. Huimao had long since run out to play with some small animals hiding in the underground cave.
Lung took out a metal ball, and after activating it, a few tentacle-like things appeared on the metal ball, and then it floated in the air. The tentacles moved and pointed in a direction.
Lung waved his hand. "Hey, Silin, there's a water source here!"
Where there was a water source, there would be a lot more species, and they might be able to see some strange creatures.
"Let's go, stupid cat."
"Okay, right away!" Huimao reached his paw into the cave, and then chased after Silin Helong.
After walking for a short while, they found a stream, which was probably formed by the melting of snow from high up in the mountains. There were some animal bones beside the stream, and it looked like they had been here for a while. They were probably killed when they came here to drink water. Silin looked at the deep teeth marks on the neck bone and the bones around it. "This should be the work of a 'hellhound'."
"Yeah, they usually only hunt fugitives, they won't eat fugitives, so they threw them here to benefit other animals." Lung reached out to play with the water in the stream and said.
"Let's take a look around?"
Lung nodded in agreement. "This mountain should have been formed because of the movement of the earth's crust a hundred years ago. They said that we would definitely find some ancient fossils there. That's money! "
As it turned out, this trip was worth it.
Lung's detector found the fossil of an ancient creature. Young master Lung obviously wouldn't dig it himself, so he ordered a robot to bring tools over from a remote control device in his hand. After processing it, he threw it directly onto the aircraft.
Silin took the opportunity to take some samples. Ancient creature samples were too expensive, and many people weren't willing to exchange money to buy samples. Now that he had this opportunity, Silin naturally wouldn't let it go.
Just as Silin Helong was busy with the ancient fossils, the detector that he had released earlier sent a message.
"Seems like we found the original location of the base." Lung looked at the message and said.
According to the information sent by the detector, the place wasn't too far from here, so Silin Helong directly used his hoverboard and flew over.
The base had long been buried, and there was no entrance to be found on the surface. Silin Helong chose a position according to the scanned underground map and dug a hole.
This position was one of the entrances to the research base, and after going down the hole, he would be able to find the passage very quickly. Since this place had been buried for too long, the air inside was filled with volatile gases of a lot of lethal poisons. That was why Silin Helong wore a mask. As for Huimao, the guy wasn't afraid at all.
"I heard that people had sent people to search this research base many times in the past to see if there were any good things left behind. However, they never found anything, or if they did, they were buried too deep. At the time, this place should have been buried deep due to crustal movements, and it only rose again after many movements. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have been able to enter. Our luck is pretty good. After this time, there's no telling when this base will be buried deep again. "Lung said happily.
There was an energy lamp floating in front of them, illuminating the corpses on the ground quite clearly. Judging from the bones, many of them didn't look like humans, but that didn't mean they weren't humans in the past. There were a lot of prisoners in Sector S, and it was common for them to fish out some people who fit the criteria for experimental subjects and conduct experiments when necessary.
After walking through the passageway, they began to see some rooms. Some were open, and some were tightly shut. However, judging from the ones that were open, these rooms were used to store basic tools and materials.
After walking for a while more, they began to see some separated laboratories and some places where they stored their experimental specimens. Of the liquid tanks that stored the specimens, only two were intact. The rest were broken.
Inside the intact liquid tank were two monsters that had been modified beyond recognition. One of them was probably an adult experimental subject, and the other was an unborn fetus. It was a severely deformed fetus.
"The selected prisoners will be provided with specialized food. Some of the successful experiments will be used to reproduce their offspring, and if their offspring turn out to be outstanding, they will continue to be used as working parents. The value of their research will be even greater … especially when it comes to embryos" Lung explained.
Silin Helong knew very well about the madness of a mad scientist. They were the kind of people that could not be restrained by morality or law. For the sake of research, even they themselves were treated as experimental subjects, and they were cruel to others and even more cruel to themselves, much less to unborn fetuses, infants, and children.
The specimens in the other storage room were all Hellhounds. The experimental subjects sealed inside the liquid tanks looked a little like a human, and a little like a dog. In fact, it was possible to find elements of both on every experimental subject. Nose, eyes, mouth, ears, claws …
A few of them were infants that had just been born. Those should be failed products, and the most typical failed products would be sealed as experimental records.
"I once heard that there weren't originally this many Hellhounds. Among the successful experimental Hellhounds, the outstanding ones would be chosen to reproduce, and then the third and fourth generation … The Hellhounds before the Calamity were all born from outstanding parents. At the time, the outstanding Hellhounds would be sold to other prisons to guard the prisoners. However, the Hellhounds were much less useful in prison zones, and some of them were treated as entertainment tools by the wardens. They watched them fight each other, and in the end, these Hellhounds would either die or be crippled. Therefore, the real Hellhounds are only found on this planet 'Hell'. "Lung said while looking at the half-human, half-dog babies sealed inside the liquid tanks that did not even open their eyes.
"Won't they resist?" Huimao asked.
"Resist?" Lung laughed. "Everyone who resisted died. Not long after they were born, the scientists would be able to tell which of them might resist and kill them."
Huimao shuddered. Sure enough, it was better to stay away from scientists.
After looking through a few more rooms, they arrived at the place where the experimental subjects were locked up. The tightly sealed cages were filled with all kinds of corpses. The life support system was still normal, and the experimental subjects locked up inside should have died from fighting each other. Some were torn to pieces, and when there was no food, the companions next to them could also be used as food.
The other cage held some of the more troublesome experimental subjects. They could only be locked up in isolation, and they had to be chained up with special chains. There were Hellhounds and other experimental subjects among these chained experimental subjects. Regardless of whether their skeletons looked like humans or beasts, judging from the place where they were locked up and the chains they were chained up, these fellows were all very powerful.
Hmm?
Silin noticed a fellow that looked like a mummy. Its body was chained up with special chains, and it was not breathing. It really looked like it was dead.
Huimao wagged his tail, indicating to Silin that this fellow was alive.
Silin Helong exchanged glances, and then carefully approached it.
He opened the door of the cage outside, but the 'mummy' didn't move at all.
The chains that were chained up were all nested in a corner, and half of them were blocked by the body, so it was impossible to tell how long they were. Looking at the scratches on the ground, there were many scratches in a certain area, but beyond that area, there were no scratches. Based on the situation of the previous experimental subjects, the chain wasn't too long, probably around this area.
When Silin approached, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and Lung didn't continue approaching either. The place where they stopped was about two meters away from that area.
Silin glanced at the mummy-like fellow again, and suddenly his eyelids twitched. He pulled Lung and retreated abruptly. At the same time, when Silin pulled Lung back, the mummy-like fellow in the corner opened its eyes and pounced at them. The claws on its raised forelimbs extended with a whoosh, and the extended claws were almost two meters long, while the mummy-like fellow's range of movement was more than one meter beyond the scratches on the ground!
This was a meticulously arranged trap!
The scratches on the ground were all purposely created. It was to make you think that you were outside of its range of movement, when in fact, you had already entered its hunting zone.
The mummy-like body erupted with great power, and Silin had no doubt that this fellow's claws could easily cut them into pieces. Although it was wearing a mask, they could still smell the rancid and fishy smell coming from it.
It moved very quickly, and when Silin chose to retreat, it had already moved.
As Silin retreated, he raised his hand and fired three shots, two in the eyes and one in the head.
Bang!
The mummy-like head exploded, and gray blood splattered everywhere.
Looking at the dead headless fellow and the broken chain, Lung let out a long sigh. "If you see a fellow like this in the future, just shoot! Shoot first, then talk later! I won't go near it even if you kill me! "
Huimao walked closer to look at the fellow whose head was blown off, and sniffed. "What a strange smell, I wonder what species it is."
"It probably has the genes of a few types of beasts, but it can't be those beasts with strong endurance, or else this fellow wouldn't have lived until now." Lung said.
Silin looked at the place where the chain was broken. There was already a gap there from the bite, or else this fellow wouldn't have been able to break it so easily. However, this fellow was the one who blocked the gap.
It knew how to set up a trap, and knew how to block the gap in the chain. Everything was planned.
"Are those experimental subjects all this intelligent?" Silin asked.
"I'm not sure, but since it's a successful experiment, it can't be simple."
Beep beep beep —
As they spoke, the alarm on Lung's hand rang, and Silin and Huimao also noticed that something was wrong.
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