Chapter 385 Metal Gears?
Elder Zhao heard this, glanced at Elder Qin with some surprise, frowned slightly, and said:
"How could Little Chen possibly know what this is?"
"He has been in the research institute studying the corpses of those monsters, and he hasn't seen this thing with his own eyes."
Elder Qin explained:
"What I meant was to ask Little Chen if this thing has any research value."
"If it doesn't, then we won't need to hesitate; we can just destroy it directly to avoid any long-term complications."
"The situation is so tense right now that we cannot let this unknown monster delay our plans. If it pulls any more stunts, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Upon hearing Elder Qin's words, everyone suddenly realized what he meant and nodded in agreement!
However, when they looked back at the terrifying monster on the screen, they couldn't help but swallow hard!
They thought to themselves: "Even if this monster has research value, given the powerful strength it is currently displaying, we aren't sure if we can even capture it!"
Su Chen was still in the research institute, fully focused on his research work, completely unaware of the new situation arising on the battlefield outside.
His previous project attempting to study the immortal gene had temporarily hit a setback and failed.
During the process of studying the immortal gene, he always felt as if he had touched upon some kind of mysterious taboo. Whenever he wanted to delve deeper, attempting to break through that critical point, an invisible force would prevent him from proceeding further.
That feeling was both extremely strange and terrifying, as if a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness were staring closely at him. If he took one more step forward, he would fall into an abyss from which there was no return.
Every time this happened, his heart would beat wildly, as if it were about to jump out of his throat. Sweat would pour down his forehead like raindrops, his entire body would become incredibly heavy, and he would nearly faint several times.
But Su Chen had an unyielding spirit in his bones. He knew clearly that if this research succeeded, it would bring tremendous changes to humanity. Therefore, despite the numerous difficulties, he did not give up his determination to continue the research.
He adjusted his research direction and decided to first focus his energy on studying the corpse of that Armored Monster.
He carefully cut the Armored Monster open from the middle; the process was like dismantling a mysterious work of art, with every action being exceptionally cautious.
As the sharp tool sliced through, the monster's body was gradually separated, and its internal structure was fully exposed before him.
Su Chen reached out and gently touched the monster's hard outer shell, immediately frowning!
He could clearly feel that the hardness of this outer shell was extraordinary, even comparable to metal.
He tapped it with his finger, and a crisp, solid sound rang out, as if he were tapping against a piece of steel.
He couldn't help but be filled with doubt, thinking to himself:
"How on earth did this monster's shell become so hard?"
He took out some of the monster's tissue and rubbed it carefully in his hand. Afterward, he was even more certain of his thoughts; this monster's outer shell was indeed incredibly hard, rivaling metal.
In order to figure out the mystery behind it, he took these tissues to the laboratory and used various advanced instruments and equipment to decompose and examine them at a microscopic level, analyzing their composition, structure, and chemical bonds.
Soon, the test results came out, and this result greatly surprised him.
It turned out that the monster's outer shell was actually mixed with seventy percent metal!
He couldn't believe his eyes and tested it repeatedly several times, but every single result showed the same conclusion.
In other words, this monster had cleverly fused metal elements onto the basis of biological materials to greatly enhance its own defensive capabilities!
It was just like in the field of biotechnology, where through complex genetic engineering technology, living organisms are made to secrete proteins containing metal ions, thereby building an incredibly sturdy outer shell.
Su Chen cast his gaze back toward the cut-open monster and discovered that there were obvious sections inside the monster, with some large chambers similar to engine rooms.
These chambers were filled with constantly pulsing tissues and energy sources that emitted strange light!
The rhythm of that pulsing seemed to have a certain mysterious cadence, and the colors of the light were also iridescent.
Furthermore, there was an intricate piping system connecting various parts of the monster's body, just like the circulatory system within a living organism. Densely packed pipes crisscrossed to form a massive yet orderly network.
Colorful liquids flowed within the pipes. These liquids seemed to be the medium for energy transmission, or perhaps nutrient solutions used to maintain the normal operation of internal tissues.
They flowed slowly through the pipes, sometimes speeding up and sometimes slowing down, as if they had a consciousness of their own.
Moreover, these pipes had fine and complex branching and valve structures. Some valves looked like biological valves; they could precisely control the direction and flow of the liquid, ensuring the stable operation of the entire "power system"!
Just like the heart valves in the human body control the flow of blood, every detail demonstrated the ingenuity and complexity of this monster's body structure.
What surprised Su Chen the most was that there were some chambers among them that looked like "armories"!
Inside, there were peculiar structures similar to biological weapon launchers.
Contractible and extensible muscle tissues were tightly connected to the launch ports. Those muscle tissues were full of a sense of power, as if they could erupt with immense thrust at any moment.
The launch ports were surrounded by circles of keratinous rings. Su Chen speculated that these rings might be used to focus and enhance the emitted energy beams or biological ammunition, such as the powerful plasma the monster was previously able to fire.
The design of this entire biological weapon system was so ingenious that it far exceeded his imagination, as if it were a perfect fusion of nature and high technology.
The more Su Chen looked, the more he felt that the monster's body structure was truly miraculous. Its outer shell was as hard as iron, and inside, it possessed such a complex and powerful structure capable of firing biological ammunition!
It was like a meticulously designed, heavily armed biological tank!
Whether viewed from the perspective of defense, power, or attack capability, it possessed an extremely high standard, forcing one to harbor deep doubts about the origins of this monster and the design logic behind it.
Just at this moment, Su Chen suddenly heard a faint sound resembling metal colliding.
This sound was extremely faint. If he hadn't cut the monster in half, and if he hadn't been particularly close to a specific part, it would have been impossible to hear at all.
He followed the sound, each step taken very lightly and slowly, fearing that he might disturb the source of this mysterious sound.
In the end, he discovered that the sound was coming from a mass of flesh.
This mass of flesh looked unremarkable and did not seem to have any major differences from the other tissues inside the monster's body, but at this moment, it appeared exceptionally eye-catching because of this mysterious sound.
Su Chen took a deep breath and took out a small knife as sharp as a scalpel.
He carefully and gently cut open that mass of flesh. As the flesh was slowly cut open, his eyes widened directly, his face full of shock and confusion, and he was completely stunned.
He slowly reached out, took the thing from inside the flesh mass into his hand, and then, under the illumination of the light, finally saw what that thing looked like.
To his utter disbelief, it was actually a small...
Metal gear???