179: Chapter 181 The Eye of the Earth, A Brand New Region

North of the Wailing Mountains, plateau terrain.

In a world of rocks composed of limestone, granite, and quartzite, a small-scale army was particularly conspicuous.

"General Thomas, any further ahead is the territory of high-level Rock Monsters; we cannot continue to penetrate deeper."

"Have the Scouts found out what is on the Wailing Mountains?"

"No, General, the distance is still too far."

"Call the detector operator to speak with me! Damn it!" Thomas was a bit annoyed.

As a hero unit of Australia, he was ordered by Lord Gauss to investigate the anomalies on the Wailing Mountains.

But after a whole day of detection, they still hadn't distinguished what that suddenly appearing vertical object was.

And because of the obstruction by the high-level Rock Monsters in front, they could not continue forward.

The arrival zone where Australia is located is the Eye of the Earth, the arrival zone with the richest mineral resource reserves in the Forbidden Ground.

Along with the rich resources came powerful Rock Monster species.

Although not as famous as the Tyranid Swarm and the Yuan-Kai Stone Men, the Rock Monster race is also a top-tier Xenomorph force.

Especially in wild encounters, the ability of Rock Monsters to achieve Fusion with the surface is terrifying.

The threat Rank of the current area where Australia is located has reached Rank 3, and the strength of the Rock Monsters has also reached the range of the highest Rank of the 3rd Generation to the 4th Generation.

With Australia's current army, it would be very difficult to fight the Rock Monsters in the wild.

So with the high-level Rock Monsters blocking the way, they could not get closer to the Wailing Mountains.

However, the good news is that the offensive desire of the Rock Monster race is not strong.

Even when reaching a Rank 3 threat level, there are rarely any siege battles.

"General." The detector operator trotted to Thomas.

"Report the situation!"

"Yes!" The detector operator saluted.

"The target is too far away from us, and we cannot detect specific information."

"However, according to our analysis of the relevant parameters, it can be inferred that it is not a man-made product."

"The environment of the Wailing Mountains is extremely harsh; climbing to the highest point and then building an object nearly a hundred meters high, this is impossible for human power to achieve."

"Then what do you say it is? Could it be that a tree grew out overnight!?" Thomas said with disdain.

"We speculate that it is a Forbidden Ground creation, perhaps a regional landmark, or some kind of signal connector, or perhaps some device for the next stage."

Thomas stroked his chin and began to think.

This point of view is indeed reasonable; Forbidden Ground creations or technology are not rare.

Things like shallow mineral vein migration technology, or the protection shields activated before every arena match, are all Forbidden Ground creations.

Being able to build a megastructure under the conditions of the Wailing Mountains is absolutely impossible with the current general level of human technology.

"Notify the team, prepare to return." Thomas ordered.

The detection results that can be obtained now are just like this; continuing to waste time will not have any additional gains.

Moreover, since the Rock Monster race can block them from exploring outward, they can also block outsiders from exploring inward.

Even if someone really comes from that side, they have to pass the Rock Monster barrier before they can threaten the territory of Australia.

Soon the troops assembled, and Thomas led the main force to return, leaving only a small team as an outpost reconnaissance unit.

...

[You have approached the edge of the arrival zone; continuing forward will open up the boundary.]

[You have approached the edge of the arrival zone; continuing forward will open up the boundary.]

The System prompt rang in Su Yang's mind.

The first and second teams of the Expeditionary Force led by General Li Xin and General Meng Tian were about to leave the Wailing Mountains and enter a new region.

Finally arriving! Anticipation rose in Su Yang's heart.

Looking at the towering mountains in the distance, he was even more excited.

Mines, mines, only with mountains can there be mines.

This area looks resource-rich at a glance.

The country located in this rich resource area must also be a fat sheep.

At least its resources and other aspects must be stronger than Spain.

Su Yang ordered to accelerate; perhaps the war with humans will truly begin today?

...

Boom boom ---

The huge engine roar of the black iron chariot echoed in the valley.

General Meng Tian cleared the way, and the main force traveled along the road through the rugged valley.

Compared to the relatively flat Insect Hive Forest, this plateau terrain is more difficult to traverse.

Even the laying of the Qin Highway could not continue the previous straight-line method and had to detour around some large mountains.

Fortunately, the Blazing Steed can travel on all terrains, so reconnaissance and exploration operations will not be affected.

Although the marching route was a bit tortuous, the process was very smooth.

The only thing that made Su Yang feel strange was that they had entered the new region for nearly 2 hours, and had not encountered any indigenous species yet.

Could it be that the Xenomorphs in this region are peace-loving?

And besides the indigenous species, no traces of human activity were found.

The scope of the arrival zone is too large; if there are no traces or clues, finding a country by luck will consume a lot of time.

He switched to General Meng Tian's perspective; before his eyes was a rocky mountain terrain, with various strangely structured rocks blocking the path forward.

General Meng Tian bypassed the small rocky mountains one by one, laying the road.

Suddenly, a sound of gravel falling rang out, and a stone about half a meter long fell from a rocky mountain more than ten meters high.

The stone hit General Meng Tian, who was moving at high speed, and with a bang, it exploded into pieces.

[Killed Rank 9 Gray Plain Little Rock Monster, command points +30 (30% bonus)]

?

General Meng Tian looked back in confusion.

Su Yang's eyes flickered; a kill notification!

That stone just now was the Xenomorph of this region!

"Scan the surrounding rocky mountains!" Su Yang ordered the Scout units.

The Scouts turned on the biological scanners to scan the dense small rocky mountains, and soon a large amount of data appeared on Su Yang's panel.

[Biological Scan Panel]

[Rank: 9]

[Xenomorph: Gray Plain Little Rock Monster]

[Tribe: Gray Plain Rock Monster Tribe]

[Generation: 3rd Generation Highest Rank]

[Type: Common Infantry Unit]

[Characteristics: Uses ramming as the main source of damage, possesses high resistance to sharp weapons, completely transforms into rock in a static state, cannot be detected]

Gray Plain Rock Monster, the indigenous Xenomorph of the Eye of the Earth arrival zone!

This time he really struck it rich; Su Yang's eyes flickered.

The Eye of the Earth can be said to be the region with the richest mineral resources in the Forbidden Ground!

Clatter ---

While Su Yang was excited, a mutation occurred on the Expeditionary Force battlefield.

The originally quiet gray rock forest began to stir after the first Rock Monster tried to ram the chariot and died.

All the rocky mountains began to tremble, and one after another, Gray Plain Little Rock Monsters fell from above.

Only then did Su Yang see their specific appearance.

Each of these little Rock Monsters was about half a meter in size, with strange shapes, generally square.

They seemed to have no facial features, and other body parts were also difficult to distinguish.

The attack method is to rotate and rush towards the enemy, causing ramming damage.

The troops fell into the encirclement of the Rock Monsters; theoretically, the situation should be quite critical.

But in Su Yang's eyes, the scene now was a pile of stones jumping and dancing around the black iron chariot.

The ramming of the Little Rock Monsters could not cause damage to the steel armor, but it caused full damage to themselves.

Each impact caused a part of their rock-composed body to fall off.

Compared to the Tyranid Swarm, Su Yang even felt that this group of Rock Monsters was somewhat cute!