ccnovels Chapter 1276 - 492: Night Falls!
Chapter 1276 - 492: Night Falls!
Boom!The propulsion system on "Dragon Girl" flared up instantly, and the powerful thrust left an afterimage of her figure at the spot. The VK electric blade ripped through the air with a sharp hum. Two crossed flashes of azure light flickered and disappeared. The monster didn’t even have the chance to let out a hiss before viscous dark-brown liquid sprayed wildly from the precisely cut body, and its grotesque head rolled to the ground, its multi-faceted eyes fading swiftly.
Watching this scene, Lin Xian immediately let out a sigh of relief: "Can it be killed? Seems I was overthinking it..."
However, before the blood on "Dragon Girl’s" electric knife could drip down, a faster shadow silently descended from the dark ceiling! Another one, and the Dark Energy Scanner hadn’t detected it. In an instant, dozens of glowing tendrils, like living Poison Snakes, accurately wrapped around "Dragon Girl’s" right arm joint, which had just completed the slash and was yet to retract. A strong energy interference pulse surged through the tendrils, causing a screeching short-circuit. The hydraulic tube at the elbow blew open in a mist of oil, electric sparks frantically danced, and the entire arm instantly went limp, with the VK electric blade’s glow completely dimming.
"Sever the link! Cut off the arm!" The sudden change caught Lin Xian off guard, but he responded decisively.
The monster seemed capable of devouring energy integration, a disintegrating force at the physical level, more terrifying than corrosion.
Without a moment of hesitation, upon receiving Lin Xian’s command, "Dragon Girl" rotated the VK electric blade on her left arm backhand, and the icy blue light precisely swept across her own right shoulder joint, swoosh! Sparks and severed cables flew, and the heavy metal right arm, along with the glowing tendrils wrapped around it, fell to the ground.
Almost simultaneously with the arm hitting the ground, "Dragon Girl’s" remaining left arm raised like lightning, its palm armor sliding open to reveal the interior which charged rapidly and emitted a blinding incandescent light like the Sun. The next second, three silver plasma beams shot out violently, pinning the monster directly and precisely to the wall. There was no explosion, just the glaring white light and the teeth-grinding sizzling vaporization sound as the monster silently burned away in the pure energy torrent, leaving only a charred mark on the ground and the pungent smell of ozone.
At this moment, Lin Xian immediately deployed a dozen or more drones, prepared beforehand, lighting up and quickly scanning the entire storeroom area. After confirming no other life forms were present, he finally breathed a true sigh of relief.
In the shelter room, Lin Xian watched through Holographic Vision as the ground in front of Dragon Girl became just a patch of dull metal debris from the severed arm, cold sweat trickling down his forehead.
So close!
Fortunately, Lin Xian had a robot to probe for him; repairing an arm was a simple task. This monster wasn’t particularly formidable; Dragon Girl could settle it with a single stroke, but the tendril’s ability was indeed troubling for Lin Xian. Once caught, even an interstellar-level power armor couldn’t withstand it? Wouldn’t that spell doom?
With mixed feelings, Lin Xian pondered while letting the drones and Dragon Girl explore the storeroom comprehensively. Just then, he noticed something peculiar on the screen.
The cargo bay section still had a reserve energy system supplying power at low consumption!
In the footage, the drones found a segment of open functional pipeline, directly connected to a small Extreme Energy Capacitor system in another compartment, and those two bizarre monsters seem to have been devouring this. Moreover, it appeared the place had been without power for several hours.
"Devouring energy...have human electricity and Dark Energy become interchangeable?"
Hiss~
At this moment, the Dragon Girl Mecha remotely opened the door of the cargo bay. As soon as it opened, a blast of white chill mixed with faint crimson mist spewed out in the footage, compelling Lin Xian to act, sending all drones inside immediately. This time, he quickly discovered that while much of the supplies inside had begun to decompose like before, the rate of decomposition was unlike anything seen before, and some even remained relatively fresh, appearing still edible...
But only canned goods and seemingly unspoiled pure water were free from decay. Fresh or ordinary foods in other refrigerators had entirely molded. The molding wasn’t related to the refrigeration, as the drones detected the fridge temperature had not risen too high, indicating the power was indeed cut off not long ago. Yet, in such a short time, food had already molded, surely related to the earlier crimson mist.
Suddenly, Lin Xian realized the problem: this cargo bay section might hold a technology capable of independently preserving food against decay, disrupted once power was cut, allowing the crimson infestation!
"It must be!"
Lin Xian stood up immediately, his heartbeat accelerating uncontrollably. If his guess was right, it implied the Phoenix Society already had a method of preserving food and surviving amidst the crimson, suggesting that the Phoenix Society might still exist!
"Humanity is not extinct yet!"
Lin Xian’s voice trembled a bit, as he donned the Power Armor and traced his way to the cargo bay section. While transporting supplies back, he aimed to locate the storage device or instrument containing the supplies, complete the scan and manufacture it, otherwise, these supplies might not be preserved tonight, only making him happy for nothing.
Lin Xian moved swiftly, wasting no movements, and quickly reached the compartment. He immediately dispatched dozens of transport drones to carry out the supplies he needed. Then Lin Xian initiated a Mechanical Scan of the entire compartment.