It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

In the soil on the left side of his body, a brown "giant snake" with a diameter of nearly one meter suddenly drilled out!

According to the auxiliary data given by Zero, the exposed part of the giant snake has reached 12.6 meters.

Plus the part hidden in the soil...

It's hard to imagine, what a colossus this is!

The giant snake with a length of more than ten meters twisted its body continuously in the air, and attacked him at an extremely fast speed!

It happened so suddenly, and Zhu Ziwen, who has been living in the laboratory and has no relevant experience, can only stare blankly at the "giant snake" dancing wildly in the air!

Chapter 602 No, this is not a snake!

Perhaps it was because of the massive secretion of adrenaline, at this time Zhu Ziwen only felt that his concentration was constantly increasing!

Coupled with the high-precision holographic image provided by Zero, in less than a second, he discovered various details that he would not have noticed before!

Looking at the scorched soil stained on the body of the "Giant Snake", and the brown body with a lot of tiny tentacles...

only……

He didn't seem to see the snake's sensory organs or feeding mouth?

Could it be that these functions of this snake have degenerated due to its long-term living underground?

At the juncture of life and death, he suddenly calmed down, and pieces of information obtained by the biological laboratory and detectors flashed in his mind.

A message received not long ago slowly emerged in his mind.

At the time, they were still on the starship, which was preparing to enter the atmosphere of the Lost Star.

At the moment of contact with the atmosphere, Professor Lu sent a message to everyone.

The content of the information is not much, and it probably means that it is suspected that there may be a large man-made facility hidden underground in the Lost Star, which can monitor the changes on the surface.

Therefore, Lu Yongchang issued an order.

After the planetary exploration team landed on the surface, cooperate with the detector to carry out the underground detection and modeling work of the lost star.

At that time, this information also aroused the curiosity of many people.

Including Zhu Ziwen.

Because he participated in the design of the planetary fortress in the Gliese 555 star system, he is also more inclined to this conjecture.

But now, he completely rejected his previous thoughts!

The scene in front of him, coupled with this piece of information in his memory, was like a bolt of lightning piercing through the fog in his mind!

Do not!

This is not a giant snake!

He suddenly widened his eyes, and wanted to shout out his discovery with a face full of horror, but found that his throat seemed to be blocked, and he could only make a "cuckling" sound.

[The mechanical exoskeleton has been taken over remotely. 】

A line of bright red text floated before Zhu Ziwen's eyes.

"Get down!!!"

The voices of Su Pengfei and Xia Zhou sounded together.

Almost at the same time, an irresistible force was transmitted from the mechanical exoskeleton.

Under the coercive guidance of this force, Zhu Ziwen threw himself on the dirt in front of him fiercely!

"boom!"

A loud bang sounded from overhead.

With the help of the high-definition camera on the mechanical exoskeleton, Zhu Ziwen saw a ball of faint blue light with a golden electric snake jumping on its surface, and it hit the "giant snake" fiercely.

plasma cannon.

A thought flashed through Zhu Ziwen's mind.

In the next second, the "Giant Snake" was cut off in the middle.

The back half of its body quickly retracted into the soil, leaving only the interrupted half of its body twitching slightly on the ground.

The faint blue plasma splashed everywhere, and the high temperature brought about dried up the moisture in this half of the body in an instant.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, it burned violently.

The combustion process is particularly violent because of the high concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere.

Not long after, it turned into a pile of ashes, laying quietly on the ground, with wisps of blue smoke rising.

[The alarm has been lifted. 】

[You have regained the exoskeleton control authority. 】

Zhu Ziwen stared blankly at the line of writing in front of him.

It wasn't until the bright red hologram returned to azure blue again that he belatedly realized what had happened.

"I……"

He moved his lips, and his voice was extremely hoarse: "I'm still alive?"

"Oh!"

Accompanied by the sound of the exoskeleton colliding with each other, a huge force came from behind, making him stagger.

"Dude, what are you talking about?!"

Su Pengfei's carefree voice came: "With the captain here, it's hard for you to die!"

Zhu Ziwen controlled the mechanical exoskeleton to turn around, looked at Xia Zhou who was slowly walking in front of him, and lowered his head to him with an extremely solemn expression.

"Thank you."

He thanked him in a hoarse voice.

"How is your body? Didn't you get hurt anywhere?" Xia Zhou asked softly.

"No, it's alright."

Zhu Ziwen hurriedly replied.

Xia Zhou shook his head helplessly: "Academician Zhu, remember, this is on a different planet, and anything could kill you."

"Don't act on your own. If you really find something, you can tell us first."

Zhu Ziwen nodded again and again, and said with a face of shame: "I'm sorry..."

Thinking back now, what I did just now was ridiculously stupid!

"Okay, just be more careful next time."

Xia Zhou raised his hand, patted Zhu Ziwen's shoulder lightly, and turned his head to look at the lump of ashes lying on the ground.

"This thing... is it a snake? Why does it look a little bit wrong?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ziwen looked serious, and denied it without hesitation.

"No, it's not a snake!"

"It's a tree root!"

"What?" "Tree roots?!" Xia Zhou's and Su Pengfei's suspicious voices sounded at the same time.

Obviously, Zhu Ziwen's answer directly overturned the cognition of the two of them.

"I need to report this discovery to the professor immediately."

Zhu Ziwen didn't explain much, and said in a hurried tone: "If my guess is true, the danger of this planetary exploration operation may far exceed our expectations!"

Seeing the serious look on Zhu Ziwen's face, Xia Zhou nodded solemnly.

"it is good!"

"The investigation operation is suspended, and we are on standby!"

……

"Ziwen?"

In the azure blue holographic image, Lu Yongchang's face appeared.

As usual, he still had a flat, gentle smile on his face.

"What? Did you find anything new?"

Zhu Ziwen didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Professor, I was attacked just now."

"what?!"

The gentle smile on Lu Yongchang's face gradually disappeared, and his expression became severe: "What's the matter? Are you not injured?"

"Where's Xia Zhou?"

"You can be attacked just after landing on the Lost Star? What does he eat?!"

"Ahem..." Zhu Ziwen blushed, and explained with some embarrassment, "Professor, it's not about Captain Xia, it's about me."

"If it wasn't for Captain Xia, I might have already..."

Hearing what Zhu Ziwen said, Lu Yongchang's expression was a little pale, and his tone slowed down a bit: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Without any hesitation, Zhu Ziwen hurriedly explained everything, and at the same time pointed the camera at the pile of fully burned ashes in the distance.

Chapter 603 Plant Civilization

After a few minutes of explanation, Lu Yongchang looked at the "incident video" thoughtfully.

"You mean, the roots of these giant trees can attack life like animals?"

Zhu Ziwen nodded quickly and said in affirmation: "I'm afraid it's more than that."

"Professor, do you still remember the abnormal vibration during the first landing operation?"

"At that time, detectors in various places detected abnormal vibrations almost at the same time."

Lu Yongchang nodded lightly, frowning slightly: "What do you want to say?"

"I..." Zhu Ziwen raised his hand anxiously and scratched his forehead.

After all, he is not a biology major. When it comes to professional knowledge, he is a little bit blind.

"I feel that these giant trees may be alive... No, I can't say that, it should be said that they are conscious."

"They can pass through..."

"Tsk!" Zhu Ziwen clicked irritably, "Professor, I don't know how to express it..."

"You mean, these giant trees are life forms with consciousness and thinking, and they can communicate with each other in real time, right?"

A familiar voice sounded from the side.

The next moment, Academician Mao Zhengzhi leaned in front of the camera.

There was a faint light of excitement in his eyes: "Interesting, this is an interesting point of view!"

"Plant civilization, I have long imagined such a life form."

"I didn't expect to meet here!"

Lu Yongchang frowned: "Civilized?"

"Can these giant trees be called civilization?"

"Professor, don't think so." Mao Zhengzhi flipped through the video data sent back by Zhu Ziwen, and said excitedly, "What's wrong with the plants? Can't plants develop intelligent civilization?"

"Intelligence has never been the privilege of animals."

"Think carefully."

"During the first landing operation, the probe started sampling after the successful landing."

"Because the specific conditions of each region are different, the sampling process is also different."

"But the abnormal vibration phenomenon appeared at the same time!"

"If these tremors are caused by these giant trees, what does that mean?"

"Communication network?" Lu Yongchang's face changed slightly, and he asked in a low voice.