Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 214 New Materials

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Furthermore, based on previous observations, this insect has an internal cavity with a diameter of approximately 5 meters, and existing equipment is not yet able to accurately detect its location when moving through the existing tunnel.

Most importantly, this creature has the same tooth structure at both its head and tail.

"Tsk."

The good news is that the currently discovered unknown creatures are not the same species as silicon-based life forms, and the two may fight each other.

The bad news is that the newly discovered unknown creatures are not the same species as the silicon-based life forms, and they will face a new enemy.

Sitting in the command center, Lorraine nudged Ouyang Nian, gesturing for her to look at the image displayed on the screen.

"This looks like a chitinous carapace, doesn't it?"

Ouyang Nian zoomed in on the picture and pointed to the pale beige object between the outer shell and the flesh, which was clearly a different color.

Lorraine shook her head, indicating that she did not know, and there were no robots on site for testing biological materials.

To test its specific material composition, the sample must be transported back to the flagship store and tested in the laboratory.

At this moment, Lin Shu, who was strolling around on the ship, came to the command center and overheard the conversation between the two.

"If it's just a simple test, determining its general classification is still achievable."

Upon hearing Lin Shu's voice, Lorraine turned her head to look.

Meeting their gazes, Lin Shu first gave them a brief explanation.

Chitin, also known as chitin, is a type of polysaccharide that is usually between pale yellow and white in color.

It is soluble in concentrated hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid and acetic acid, but insoluble in alkali and other organic solutions.

"The ship currently has a small amount of sulfuric acid, strong alkali, and medical alcohol in stock, which should be sufficient for preliminary testing."

But as he spoke, Lin Shu's gaze shifted to the outermost biological structure.

Seeing Lin Shu frowning in thought, Luo Lin and Ouyang Nian did not interrupt her, but waited quietly by her side.

After a moment, Lin Shu frowned, shook his head, looked at Luo Lin, and asked.

"Could I go and take a look at it in person? The outer shell of its body doesn't seem to be made of any biological material that we know of."

"This... let's forget about it. There's still a large section of a moving living organism underground. It's too dangerous to go there now."

At the same time, Bai Jin quietly left the sand table, blocking Lin Shu's only way out of the cabin.

"Never mind then, I'll go over when it's safe."

As soon as Lin Shu turned around, he saw Bai Jin blocking the entrance to the command center.

"Ugh."

Seeing Bai Jin's guarded demeanor, Lin Shu sighed and sat back down next to Ouyang Nian.

"Send me all the information related to this bug so I can study it first."

Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief. After sending the relevant information to Lin Shu, she contacted Bai Zhi, who was waiting on the ship, through the data board and asked her to prepare the experimental consumables that Lin Shu needed.

As the group finished their conversation, the long worm was about to reach the collapsed tunnel.

The button was then pressed, and a current stream traveled down the detonating cord, eventually detonating the detonator at the end of the cord.

Almost instantly, a long, narrow flame shot into the sky through the two drill holes.

Subsequently, the ground near the well began to shake, and cracks appeared in the soil near the borehole, showing signs of collapse.

Finally, a large amount of air rushed in from both sides of the tunnel that exposed the outside world.

The ground tremors lasted for a full three minutes, during which time the cyclone suddenly disappeared.

Two minutes later, the cyclone near the glassy crater disappeared, and the crane returned to the vicinity of the well, moved the well forward along the tunnel, and started drilling again.

Fifteen minutes later, before the drilling rig could even make a hole leading to the tunnel, a white patch appeared in the middle of the glassy pit.

Given that this insect was likely to be extremely resilient, when the white creature appeared in the center of the crater, the mechanical dogs did not hesitate to issue an attack order to the four fighter jets in the sky.

This time, three pulse lasers were directed at the ground above the insect's tail. Then, Attack 4, which had been waiting there, broke away from the formation and dropped the three heavy bunker buster bombs mounted on its belly.

At the same time, the mechanical dogs fired two rounds of artillery at the white figure in the tunnel.

The insect then began to struggle frantically amidst the onslaught of high explosives and white phosphorus incendiary bombs.

This time, nine laser pulses were evenly spaced on the ground above the tunnel. After receiving the laser signals, Attack 1 through Attack 3 lined up and launched their attacks in an orderly manner.

Nine plumes of smoke rose from the ground, followed by a violent tremor that sent thick clouds of dust billowing up.

As the robotic dogs returned to the vicinity of the tunnel, a small artificial valley appeared in the optical probe.

According to the laser rangefinder, the valley has a drop of 23 meters, and it seems that just one more bombing would expose the tunnel to the light of day.

However, to prevent this extremely resilient worm from escaping, a robot carrying optical fibers was once again deployed underground via drilling.

Speeding along the tunnel, the little guy arrived in front of the long worm underground before the fighter jets could return with their weapons loaded.

At this point, the worm was still moving slowly, but the reconnaissance robot could vaguely observe some solution on the worm's outer surface.

Although the material was very attractive to Lorraine, he still did not intend to capture the worm alive.

By measuring the length of the optical fiber, the robotic dogs roughly determined the location of the long worm. Subsequently, a series of pulsed lasers were evenly distributed above its remains.

As a small canyon nearly 50 meters deep and over 80 meters long appeared before the mechanical dog, Lorraine received the corresponding kill notification and reward.

[Killed a medium-sized burrowing worm]

[Kill Rewards: Mining Bug Illustration, Material Selection Pack *30, Burrowing Bug Slime *10]

Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the kill reward appear.

The four then left the command center, donned power armor, boarded a Peregrine 35 helicopter, and, accompanied by four Wasp attack helicopters and a communications relay drone, arrived at the edge of the dried-up lake.

When the four people arrived at the scene, the construction machinery had already begun to dissect the remaining samples according to Lin Shu's idea.

Ouyang Nian stayed by Lin Shu's side, serving as both Lin Shu's assistant and bodyguard.

Lorraine, accompanied by Platinum and the mechanical dog, descended to the bottom of the canyon to inspect the section of passage that had just been cleared.

Lorraine bent a finger and tapped lightly on the smooth wall, followed by several muffled thuds.

"That sound like someone is knocking on a brick-and-mortar wall?"

Lorraine drew a small golden mace from his waist, took a step back, and swung it with all his might.