First generation female Alpha

Although he was wearing a mask, it could still be seen that Zhong Liuying's expression was not very comfortable, it was obvious that he was enduring something.

Hearing the questions from the two, he didn't even answer the first time, but he took two deep breaths before saying, "There are abnormalities in the space here, and they are changing."

Cen Zhao frowned upon hearing this: "What's changing?"

Zhong Liuying took another breath: "Space is three-dimensional and can be represented by three-dimensional coordinate axes. Do you understand this?"

"Ah."

"It is the coordinate line that is changing. The change is not natural. It should be caused by external forces. I can feel it because I am also affected."

Cen Zhao frowned deeper: "You mean, the space is distorting, and this distortion is caused by external force?"

"Yes."

"What about the source, can you feel it?"

"There's a lot, in every direction."

Cen Zhao and Qu Yao looked at each other, and they both saw the same answer in each other's eyes.

Qu Yao sucked in a breath of cold air, and at the same time his eyes lit up: "If those bugs can do this, they will definitely be able to extract the most suitable raw materials for space research!"

Cen Zhao immediately thought of the device equipped with subspace.

If similar materials can really be found on these bugs, coupled with Zhong Liuying's ability, the vision of the mecha space button will not be far from being realized!

Thinking of this, Cen Zhao felt burning in his heart, stared at Zhong Liuying with burning eyes, and asked him: "Can you still hold on?"

Zhong Liuying shook his head, felt it, and nodded lightly: "It's okay, it's not particularly uncomfortable, it might be fine after a while."

Cen Zhao touched his mask and glanced at the time: "Now we have found a new target. While looking for the exit, we should also find the source of the space anomalies, preferably bugs, so that we can take them out for research. I only hope that those bugs don't It’s too big, otherwise we won’t be able to carry it.”

Qu Yao dug out for a long time in his small bag, took out two bottles not much bigger than his thumb, and threw one to Cen Zhao: "This is insect bait, it is effective for most insects, but for these It is not very clear whether the bug is useful or not, so take it first and be prepared."

Cen Zhao took it: "How to use it?"

"Throw it casually. If the effect is good, the bugs will chase after it. If it doesn't work, it's like throwing a stone."

"Okay. Let's try to restrain the pheromone first. Let's move on. It's best to catch one or two bugs while finding the exit."

So the three carefully restrained the pheromone while continuing to move forward.

The way they came has no reference value, so they can only ensure that the direction of progress is always upward.

Zhong Liuying used his supernatural ability to sense the source of the spatial changes, while guiding the three of them to save time.

Soon, the three of them confirmed that the source of the space mutation was those bugs, because they quickly approached them after the pheromones converged, which put a lot of pressure on Zhong Liuying, and the goosebumps never went away. Shaking physiologically, I couldn't control it at all, so I could only feel safe by walking close to Cen Zhao.

"Stop! There's a bug ahead! We're about to meet it!"

The three of them stopped at the same time, looked up at a hole diagonally above, and heard the rustling sound coming from there.

In order not to scare it away, the three of them restrained the pheromone as much as possible, but they couldn't completely release it, so as to avoid the bug's sudden approach and unresponsiveness.

After 2 minutes, the target object appeared in their field of vision.

The three of them gasped in unison.

This is a kind of bug that looks different from all the bugs they have seen before. Compared with living things, it looks more like some kind of artificial mechanical imitation creature. The obvious metallic luster, if you insist on describing it, is probably the legendary "colorful black", with a breathtaking beauty.

However, this kind of beauty is limited to the color, because this bug looks really ferocious, and it is not easy to mess with at first sight, and it is not small in size, it is as big as two or three heads, and the whole is long and the middle is segmented. Many-legged arthropods, the mouthparts on the head have serrated teeth, which can crush the rock wall with a single bite.

It was this bite that allowed the three of them to see how it changed the space.

Obviously it just took a bite of the rock, but the space where the rock existed was swallowed up by it in one bite. After a few bites, the passage that was straight just now was bitten into a bend by it.

"Interesting." Qu Yao underestimated in a low voice, took out a bait, flicked his thumb, and went straight towards the bug.

The insects, who were concentrating on eating the rock wall, made a defensive posture when the bait approached. They blocked it with the part of their head that was not sure if it was the horn, and cut the bait in half directly on the rock wall. There was a crisp sound, but the horn was unharmed.

The worms approached half of them to explore, then turned their heads and continued to eat the rock wall, showing no interest in the bait.

Seeing this, Cen Zhao stuffed the small bottle back into Qu Yao's hand, but Qu Yao didn't say anything. After taking it, he put it back in his bag and patted it distressedly, thinking it was really a waste.

The bugs were already very close to the three of them, less than ten meters away, but they didn't seem to notice the existence of the three of them at all. From this point of view, their eyesight should be poor, and the detection should rely on other perception methods.

Cen Zhao squeezed his pheromone into a bunch as much as possible, and slowly poked towards the bug.

When the pheromone reached halfway, the bug stopped gnawing, made a posture of raising its head, and turned its "face" to this direction.

Seeing this, Cen Zhao sent the pheromone forward another ten centimeters.

The bug was very decisive, turned around and left.

Cen Zhao immediately withdrew the pheromone, but the bug still obliterated the shadow in one swipe. The speed was astonishingly fast. If the three of them hadn't had good dynamic vision, they might have thought it had teleported away.

"Go, go up and see what's special about the place it gnawed."

Cen Zhao pushed Zhong Liuying.

Zhong Liuying froze for a moment, but still obediently climbed up, approaching the rock wall that the worm had been gnawing on for a long time to study.

Cen Zhao looked at Qu Yao who was collecting debris from the rock wall, and asked her, "Is that bug hard to catch?"

"It's very difficult to catch." After collecting enough samples, Qu Yao retrieved the bait that had been cut in half, held it in his hand and looked at it, and found some unknown substances on it, so he didn't throw it away, and found another bait. A sample bag was packed and put into the bag, and then he continued, "The attack power is very strong, the speed is very fast, and there are spatial abilities. The hardness of the rock wall here has surpassed that of pan-B-level metal. Just like a biscuit, unless it has special S-grade metal, it can't stop it from taking a few bites."

Cen Zhao was a little unwilling: "If trapping is not enough, then find a way to kill him and take him away."

Qu Yao thought for a while and said, "Do you have a miniature bomb/bomb in your hand? You can wrap a layer of broken rock on the outside, let it eat it, and then detonate. But there is still room for it to swallow, if the bomb enters the secondary space If it’s not in its body, it’s useless.”

Cen Zhao took out something the size of a capsule from his waist: "It's there, it's okay if it doesn't work, I'm afraid it will blow its mouth."

Qu Yao "snatched" the capsule from her hand and curled his lips: "There are so many bugs, blowing up one and other things, try first and then talk."

While the two were talking, Zhong Liuying had already finished his investigation and waved at them.

"I found that the space swallowed by it is recovering on its own, but at a very slow speed. If we stay here for two hours, we might be able to see it return to its original state."

Cen Zhao touched his chin through the mask: "It's no wonder that the bottom has not been gnawed down. I guess these bugs have a dormant period, which also gives the space time to recover, allowing a specific biosphere to form here."

Qu Yao suddenly let out a "huh" and reached out to pick up a small ball that was almost the same color as the rock wall. The other two didn't realize that there was something different there after she picked it up.

Cen Zhao asked, "What is this?"

Such a regular-shaped ball doesn't seem like a natural product, could it be something made by the bug just now?

"It seems to be..." As soon as Qu Yao started to speak, he saw another small ball obliquely above, and not far from the ball, a small ball appeared unexpectedly at some point. Brightly colored bugs.

This worm is the same as the one that piled up dirt on the ground. Its short legs crawled very quickly, and it quickly approached the ball. It was clean, and continued to move forward after eating. It didn't turn back until it noticed the pheromone, and quickly disappeared from their sight.

Qu Yao blinked: "I have a guess."

Cen Zhao: "Say."

"Although the rock wall here seems to be formed naturally, it should have been modified by the secretion of the worm just now. Only the demonstration of this kind of texture will the black worm eat and excrete this." Qu Yao shook Shaking the small ball in his hand, "And this is the food for colorful bugs."

"What about those beetles that are abundant on the ground? It seems that there is no place for them in this closed loop?"

"According to the quantity, those bugs should belong to the pioneers. They were bred in large numbers, expanded the territory, and did not need to eat. They will die when they are exhausted. These two days should be the breeding season, and there is not enough underground space, so they expanding outward, forming what we see."

Cen Zhao nodded: "The guess is reasonable. In other words, there should be one or more core worm nests underground, and there should be female worms in the core that are responsible for hatching these worms. If we want to study these worms, we should catch a few small soldiers alone. It's useless, you should start with the female worm."

Qu Yao curled his lips: "But we can't even get close."

"Catch a few and return to the ground first. There are always more solutions than difficulties, right?"

"makes sense."