Volume 2: The Undersea City Chapter 73: Fusion
According to known information, the material that makes up the eggshell is very different from the body of the flesh-eating worm - this is actually a "culture medium" created by the Alpha aliens, which is specifically used to provide protection for the larvae of the flesh-eating worm and nutrients for their initial development. When the larvae of the flesh-eating worm enter the second stage, they will be taken out of the eggshell and implanted into a host called a "meat livestock".
These fleshy egg shells are covered with a large number of broken spores, and each of these spores means that there was once a larva of a flesh-eating worm here... Judging from the density of the spores and the area of the egg shells, there must be more than 100,000 flesh-eating worms in this area that is only 100 meters deep.
"The scale of this hatchery is really amazing." Ke Lan hung the machine gun on his waist and controlled the thrusters to approach the rock wall.
The photosensitive white flocs on the eggshell are actually a very special kind of algae. They can separate and filter various organic substances from seawater, store them in the body, and then convert them into nutrients to supply the carnivorous worm larvae in the eggshell.
"If the larvae of the flesh-eating worms leave their eggshells after entering the second stage... where will they be sent? Somewhere else, or deeper into this hatchery?"
Ke Lan has dived to a depth of 700 meters below the abyss. The reaction brought by the high pressure has gradually begun to appear on his body. He can clearly feel the terrifying force from the outside of the diving suit, which is constantly squeezing his body, especially his lungs. Every time he inhales, it becomes extremely difficult - his lungs seem to have become a balloon flattened by a heavy object. If he wants this balloon to support the heavy object, the inside of the balloon must also have a pressure that can compete with it.
"I hope...there's nothing wrong with the injection system..."
Without hesitation, Ke Lan flipped a red switch on the inside of her wrist. In an instant, two thick needles emerged from the inside of the diving suit and pierced into Ke Lan's forearm.
"Hmm... uh..."
The feeling of the high-pressure injected pressurizing agent entering the body is not comfortable at all, it can even be described as painful. Ke Lan feels as if the blood vessels in his body are going to burst in the next second, but just when it is about to reach the critical point of "bursting", along with the effect of the enhancer, the body's ability to withstand it is forcibly raised a lot, forcibly pushing down the high pressure.
However, although the medicine can strengthen Ke Lan's body, it can't eliminate the pain that almost penetrates into his bones... He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have mixed a few more painkiller injections into the mixed medicine...
Fortunately, this process only lasted about a minute. After the injection of the pressor stopped, the pain was greatly relieved, and Ke Lan's breathing finally became normal again.
"What kind of injection booster is this? It's clearly a cramming booster..."
Complaining secretly in his heart, Ke Lan once again focused his attention on the abyss below.
We are almost 800 meters deep, and still haven't found the bottom of the abyss. How deep is this hatchery...
“Success! Finally succeeded!!”
In the silent darkness, an abrupt cheer suddenly sounded, as if a huge rock had fallen on the calm lake, causing Ke Lan to shudder and almost blast out the torpedo in his hand.
"who is it?!"
"The 1,751st fusion experiment was finally successful!" The voice appeared again, with a crazy tone.
Only then did Ke Lan realize that this voice did not come from the outside world, but came from deep in his mind.
And...it is the language of the Alpha civilization.
Could this also be something that was instilled into my memory? In addition to text information, there is actually an audio file?
"After increasing the number of seedlings to 640 million, we finally cultivated an individual that can successfully fuse with the Seed of Corrosion... Thank you for the guidance of the True God..."
The previous sentence was still praising the true God of the Alpha civilization, but the next sentence was suddenly filled with indescribable fear -
"Out of control! Completely out of control--" The "recording" stopped abruptly here. Although there were only a few short sentences, the amount of information contained in it shocked Ke Lan greatly.
Fusion with the Seed of Erosion... Did that voice mean to fuse the flesh-eating worms and the Seed of Erosion?
Isn't this kind of bug highly toxic to the Seed of Corrosion? Ke Lan still remembered how the Seed of Corrosion was killed in the Exile Settlement, but now, this voice actually told him that the Alphas had successfully merged the two creatures? !
640 million seedlings... Could it be referring to this Abyss Hatchery? Was the "1,751st Fusion Experiment" mentioned by that voice completed here?
No wonder... No wonder this recording suddenly appeared in my mind. It must be because I entered this experimental area and met certain trigger conditions, so this information was "unlocked"!
It mentioned the Fusion, and, the last sentence meant - "The Fusion is out of control!"
“Oops!”
Ke Lan suddenly had an extremely ominous premonition. Without thinking, he activated all the thrusters on his body, trying to escape from the abyss - but at this moment, an irresistible huge suction force came from the bottom of the abyss. The suction force was so terrifying that a huge vortex composed of undercurrents of sea water was formed directly in the abyss!
This force pulled Ke Lan's body, dragging him downwards...
That fusion is hiding at the bottom of the abyss hatchery!
"It's too late...to escape..."
In the blink of an eye, Ke Lan and the bodies of the security agent were sucked into the vortex. In the face of such power, any struggle was meaningless. It was as if he was thrown into a giant washing machine, and he could only let the water drive his body to spin crazily...
“It’s… It’s all over…”
…
It was unknown how long it had passed before the undercurrent finally stopped. Ke Lan, who was completely dizzy, opened his eyes with difficulty. Everything he saw was blood red...
The white flesh membrane on the surrounding rock walls has been replaced by dark red bloated masses of flesh. This is the state of the eggshell when the nutrients have not been exhausted. Countless spores are slowly wriggling, and through the translucent outer membrane, the curled up body can be vaguely seen inside.
But these things are definitely not flesh-eating worms - they are made up of a group of transparent tentacles, and in the center of these tentacles is a dark "core".
However, Ke Lan did not have time to pay attention to these things at the moment. Less than twenty meters below him, countless tentacles as thick as a man's arms stretched out from the darkness. They had "captured" the body of the agent. A large number of tiny tentacles "grew" out from the ends of the tentacles, wrapping the entire body and the deep-diving suit worn on the body into a huge "cocoon".
