That thing looked very strange. Its head was simply too small compared to its entire body, and a thick layer of hardened keratin almost covered its entire head. At the back of its head, the keratin layer and bony plates extended backward, covering one-third of its torso. It was spread out at a certain angle, so that it could easily block all the attacks from the front. The parts that were not covered by the hardened keratin layer looked extremely thick. Although the two-thirds of its torso did not have thick keratin armor, there were many protruding thorns, making it look even more ferocious.
Their legs were thick and short, and the soles of their feet were shaped like hooves. Overall, they looked very cumbersome, but no one would have thought that such a seemingly cumbersome fellow could run so fast!
This thing was very well armed. Some people had once said that small animals had low intelligence. In order to survive, they would evolve their bodies into a strict defensive state, making up for their lack of intelligence with the defense of their bodies.
Silin did not know if these things had high intelligence, but even if they were not, they were definitely not idiots. When they attacked, they aimed their heads at the enemy and attacked in a straight line. They tried not to expose the parts of their torso that were not covered by the hardened keratin layer.
Although it was only a short glance, everyone had their thoughts. After all, they were veterans, so there was no need to say much. They adjusted their angles and continued to shoot. This time, the focus was on their legs. If they were accurate, one bullet would be able to make them lose their ability to move. In fact, it was not a bad idea to shoot their limbs, but the bushes and some dense grass in the forest covered their thick and short limbs very well. Even the heat sensor might not be able to accurately sense them all the time.
Fortunately, there were only about 30 of them. If there were more, they would have to fight in close combat. When they finally got rid of these guys, everyone let out a temporary sigh of relief. However, they did not dare to relax too much. Temporary peace did not mean temporary safety.
A few people walked over and shot the ones that were still breathing. Dias walked towards the closest one. This one was the closest to them, so it was also the one that suffered the most.
Looking at the thick keratin covering that thing's head, Dias fired a shot. Seeing the effect of this shot, everyone was speechless. Based on the gun in his hand, a single shot was enough to leave a huge hole in the chest of those polar bears, but when it hit this thing, it only took off a piece of its skin. If he shot the same spot a second time, he would be able to penetrate the skin, but he didn't know how deep it would go and how much damage it would cause. After all, when it was alive and in a state of attack, the tension of its muscles was different. Perhaps it had some life-saving skills.
"If there's another wave of these things, we might have to use armor-piercing bullets," someone sighed.
Micro armor-piercing bullets were not used to deal with armored vehicles or some armed aircraft. Instead, they were specifically used to deal with creatures covered in armor, including humans and some other creatures. However, everyone had a limited number of armor-piercing bullets, so they hadn't used them before.
"I really didn't think that there would be such well-armed creatures on this planet. That hardened stratum corneum and bony plates are way too hard. If these things were as dense as rats …" Cary didn't finish his sentence, but everyone shuddered at the thought. How terrifying.
As Kari spoke, the detector sounded an alarm again. This time, it sounded very urgent. This alarm meant that a foreign lifeform was approaching. It was the same as the previous alarm, but the previous alarm didn't sound this urgent!
"What's going on?" someone said.
Everyone entered a state of high alert.
But not long after, black bugs the size of a fist burrowed out of the ground. These bugs crawled out of the places where the dead creatures were lying. The black bugs burrowed into the wounds of the horny creatures. Not long after, a large number of black bugs wrapped around the creatures, and then the pile of creatures shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. When these bugs finished eating and burrowed back into the ground, all that was left was a layer of stratum corneum and bone.
These were the forest's cleaners. As long as any animal died, they would burrow out of the ground and eat the dead animal. Then, they would return to the ground and hibernate, waiting for the next feast.
Kari let out a long sigh of relief. "That scared me."
As soon as he said that, the alarm sounded again. This time, it wasn't urgent, but that didn't mean it would be easy.
"F * ck! There's no end to it! "Kari said angrily.
Silin frowned. He had just heard the sound of a bird. Although it wasn't loud, probably from a distance, and it was short, it was definitely the kind of bird he had seen before.
"It's a snake! Damn, these snakes can change color! "Through the scanning, the mask revealed the true appearance of the newcomers. It was difficult to accurately spot these snakes with the naked eye.
Snakes were temperature-changing creatures, different from the heat signals released by the horny creatures. But the scanning device still displayed them perfectly on the mask, so everyone could know the specific location of these snakes.
"F * ck, why are there so many snakes? I didn't see a single one before. Why did so many suddenly appear? "That's right, why? Everyone was puzzled. But while they were puzzled, they still had to deal with it.
Since it was just snakes, there was no need to retreat.
"Don't use the flamethrower. Use ultra-low temperature condensation," Dias said.
"Got it."
Everyone took out a tube-shaped object. When the snakes came within 15 meters of them, they pressed the button on the tube, and white mist sprayed out. When the snakes came into contact with the white mist, they instantly hardened and froze. If the snakes behind wanted to come over, they could only go around the frozen snakes in front. Because even if they hadn't come into contact with the frozen snakes, the previously active snakes couldn't take it anymore. The temperature was too low.
With the ultra-low temperature condensation, it didn't take much effort for the group to freeze the snakes. After the snakes were frozen, they smashed them with telescopic sticks.
Looking at the white chunks that were smashed on the ground, Dias waved his hand and continued forward.
But after a few steps, the alarm sounded again.
One wave had just subsided, and another wave had risen.
It was the horny creatures from before. But this time, there were more of them, no less than a hundred!
Kari looked at the miniature submachine gun he was carrying and sighed. The bullets of the submachine gun were really useless against these creatures. It was better to change to armor-piercing bullets.
"Retreat!" Dias said immediately. This kind of environment was too disadvantageous for them. At the same time, Dias also sent out a distress signal, asking for help. He also sent some information about these horny creatures.
Outside the planet, on the starship, Shotton looked at the situation of the six teams on the screen. Of the six teams, three had sent out distress signals. Shotton estimated that the remaining three teams wouldn't have it easy either. It was only a matter of time before they called for help.
"Second team, get ready!"
After giving a few instructions to the people beside him, Shotton took his equipment and went to support the second team.
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