Mountain City.
Chen Jian, lurking in a building on the edge of the city, observed the monster faintly visible in the mist through the window.
On the PDA, information about the monster was continuously updating.
[Height over 20 meters]
[Contains numerous known biological characteristics]
[No significant attack organs discovered]
[No feeding or hunting behavior observed]
[Able to withstand close range low-yield nuclear blasts to a certain extent]
[No obvious scars on the surface]
[Slow movement speed, less than 10 kilometers per hour]
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Constantly refreshing the information, Chen Jian asked Ji Xing beside him:
"Are you sure this is the monster you encountered before?"
"This creature doesn't look like it could wipe out an elite Holy Blood Team at all."
"It has high defense, capable of withstanding a 20 kiloton tactical nuke from under three kilometers."
"But... what about its attack methods?"
"Are you sure it attacked you, and it wasn't you attacking each other under the influence of hallucinations?"
"No, absolutely not."
Ji Xing shook his head and said:
"Most of this monster's body is probably hidden underground; I suspect it's some kind of 'sandworm'-like creature."
"The part above ground is just bait to lure prey, while the real body merges with the terrain, forming a huge trap area."
"By the time we saw it, it was actually too late."
"We had been in the trap for too long... in the blink of an eye when we could barely react, we had already suffered heavy casualties."
"The scene I saw at the time was very blurry, but I could vaguely see that the monster was attacking from underground."
"This judgment aligns with what we're seeing now."
"Its slow movement speed is likely because the underground part of its body is too massive, which drags it down..."
"Makes sense."
Chen Jian nodded slightly, switching his smart goggles to the infrared observation mode.
From this angle, he could clearly see the connection between the monster's body and the ground.
He hadn't noticed before, but now that Ji Xing mentioned it, he looked more carefully and immediately noticed the clue.
The monster's body was connected to the ground quite tightly, and the heat signal generated by its body even extended to the surface, forming a high-temperature area resembling a swamp.
If it were merely "crawling" on the ground, it couldn't possibly cause such a diffuse high-temperature area.
Wherever it was, the ground should have a heat trace matching its body shape, and that would be normal.
But clearly, this didn't match the current situation.
Chen Jian furrowed his brows slightly and continued to say:
"But if its body is connected to the ground... how does it move?"
"Through the stretching of its body tissues? Or does the underground part of its body also move along when it moves?"
"It can't be the latter."
Ji Xing adjusted his prone position slightly, raised the bomb gun to his eye level, and after carefully aiming, said:
"Distance 6.2 kilometers."
"At this distance, we have no equipment that can reach that monster."
"The maximum range of the mortar is only 5 kilometers, it simply can't reach."
"But if we continue to advance... the risk is too high."
"I clearly remember that I had to run at full speed for at least 10 minutes to get out of danger."
"So if we calculate backwards, considering its pursuit speed, the trap area is at least around 5 kilometers."
"We're already on the edge of danger, moving further forward... we can't avoid it."
"Understood."
Chen Jian himself didn't plan to push any further forward.
He wouldn't attempt anything risky until He Shuo was ready and the microreactor was delivered.
However...
Perhaps we could try using a drone?
Chen Jian pondered for a moment and then said:
"Fly a drone over."
"An 8.6mm caliber bullet won't be able to inflict substantial damage on it, but it should have a harassing effect."
"Even if it just gets it to move, that would be good."
"The more information we gather, the easier it will be for subsequent actions."
"Understood!"
Ji Xing, hearing this, didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately launched the Turtle Drone.
In the open environment, the drone's signal range increased correspondingly, and after a few minutes of flight, the Turtle Drone, carrying half a unit of ammunition, successfully flew above the Class 1 monster.
Looking down from an altitude of 500 meters, the figure of the monster appeared increasingly grotesque and terrifying.
The flesh, torn by shockwaves and scorched by radiation, cracked and covered the twisted skeleton, as if flesh had been forcibly pasted onto a shriveled puppet.
The flattened body lay collapsed on the ground, like a limp worm.
But obviously, it wasn't a worm-like creature.
Those rigid skeletal frames couldn't possibly give it the ability to "wriggle."
So, just how does it move?
At this point, the drone's altitude had already been lowered further.
Ji Xing looked at Chen Jian, who then gave an affirming gesture.
In an instant, the 8.6mm caliber machine guns on the Turtle Drone fired intensely.
Smoke filled the air, and where the firelight flashed, a rain of bullets poured down densely.
The bullets pierced into the monster's body, clashing with the bones and bursting into sparks, yet the monster seemed utterly unaware, still squatted motionless on the ground.
"What's going on?"
Chen Jian clearly noticed that the monster's flesh had been torn open; even if its nerve conduction speed was slow, it should have reacted by now, shouldn't it?
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