One day later, when the exploration team gradually went deep into the fog, the reefs became more and more dense, and the waterways in many places were extremely narrow. The 500 ton exploration ship could not enter at all, and the crew had to drive the magic boat to explore everywhere.
"Hum..."
The high hardness magic alloy drill can easily break the rocks, and the debris will fly everywhere.
"The depth should be almost there. Stop..." A middle-aged explorer in a thick NIMA protective suit said out loud that his voice sounded rather dull because he was wearing a helmet.
Another young explorer, who operated the magic drilling machine, immediately stopped drilling and steered the drill bit to rotate in the opposite direction, slowly retreating from the hole, bringing out a lot of gravel.
The middle-aged explorers picked up a piece of gravel, checked it over and over again, and made their own conclusion:
"this is ordinary rock, which does not contain any metal components..."
It is also one of the main tasks of this exploration to drill the rocks in the foggy area and explore whether there are valuable minerals.
To this end, the exploration ship specially carried a 1-ton simple magic drilling machine, accompanied by two experienced explorers, who were full-time responsible for operating the machine and identifying ores.
So far, however, little has been achieved.
The team found only one black iron ore and one bauxite.
After rough exploration, two explorers judged that the total reserves of black iron ore are no less than 30 million tons, and the maximum is no more than 50 million tons.
This number sounds amazing, but it is insignificant compared with Tiejia Island, which has 10 billion tons of reserves.
Bauxite reserves are slightly more, at least 80 million tons, but there is no shortage of bauxite near the Haichao islands.
In addition, this place is remote and surrounded by fog, transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the mining value is pitifully low.
"Hey, guys, please help to lift the drill into the boat..." The Explorer yelled at the magic boat not far away.
The magic boat immediately drove over. Four big sailors jumped onto the reef and lifted the heavy drilling machine together and placed it on the carrier platform at the back of the magic boat.
After the machine is fixed, the magic boat moves to the next drilling site.
……
For Renault, exploration is a leisurely holiday.
He can see all kinds of landscapes, wash and slice all kinds of creatures, put them on the grill, or put them in the hot oil pan to enjoy delicious food.
For others, it was a dangerous and hard journey.
……
"Ladies and gentlemen, there are many strange small round holes on the surface of the reef in front of us. I suspect it may be the nest of some kind of creature..." A marine observer standing at the top of the magic boat put down his telescope and said solemnly.
After the tragedy of diess, the exploration team was a lot more careful in their actions, and no longer ran around with good magic weapons as before.
"Then." The leading sailor asked, "Graeme, look around again. Is it possible for us to bypass this reef?"
Grimmer nodded and raised his telescope again.
However, after observing for a while, he gave a negative answer:
"Sergeant Lucas, the waterways nearby are very narrow, I''m afraid our boats can''t pass through It seems that there is a relatively wide waterway 7 km away, but it needs to go around a big circle.... "
Sergeant Lucas, the first marine, was silent for a moment and said flatly:
"we have a drilling mission. We don''t have much time to delay. Let''s just rush through!"
He turned and looked at the sailors, and issued a series of orders:
"bossy, Dennison, you two, get the jets ready..."
"Fayez, you control the bow of the" double headed snake "heavy machine gun..."
"Others, pick up your magic action air gun and be ready to shoot at any time..."
The sailors all drank:
"yes!"
An atmosphere of extermination enveloped the magic boat.
……
What Sergeant Lucas called "magic action air gun" is actually an alien version of automatic rifle.
It is a new type of magic air gun designed by the weapon research institute led by the rune magic mechanic Murphy. Its biggest feature is continuous shooting.
The gun is equipped with a magazine, which contains 24 bullets. Combined with the pneumatic charging system installed in the gun body, the user does not need to manually load bullets, and the shooting interval is shortened to 0.2 seconds.
Compared with the old magic air gun, the firepower density of the new air gun is increased by at least five times. In other words, a soldier holding a continuous air gun is equal to five soldiers holding a magic air gun.
Today, the army and Navy, led by the tide of the sea, have been fully equipped with continuous firing air guns, while the old air guns have been withdrawn from active service and are only used for recruits and reserve training.……
"Hula Hula... "
The propeller stirred up the water and pushed the magic boat forward.
As soon as the magic boat approached the reef, transparent liquid immediately flowed from the small round hole on the surface of the reef, and hundreds of black tentacles swarmed out and waved all over the sky.
These tentacles are soft and slender, with a large number of spines distributed on the surface, wrinkled skin, and a large number of them. This scene makes people feel numb.
"Spitting fire!"
Sergeant Lucas yelled.
"Hoo Hoo... "
The two sailors held the nozzle, and instantly ejected two flames. The length of the flame tongue reached 15 meters, and they met a large tentacle.
This is the new weapon of the army - flamethrower.
Its principle is very simple, that is to use high-pressure gas to atomize the "light oil" with low ignition point and rapid combustion, and then spray it out from the nozzle.
The nozzle is integrated with a set of thermal magic heating device, which can instantly ignite the mixture and shoot the fierce burning high temperature flame to the target.
Thanks to the characteristics of the alien world, the chemical explosion is greatly suppressed by magic energy, the flamethrower does not have to worry about explosion, and the safety is very high.
The color of the flame from the injector is dazzling, which is the phenomenon that the flame temperature exceeds 1500 ℃.
"Zizi Zizi... "
As soon as a large area of tentacles touched the flame, the mucus on the surface was immediately evaporated. Then, under the action of high temperature, the tentacles were quickly dried, and soon became scorched black, and finally burned.
This tentacle monster is very quick to react. When it detects that the other party is not easy to be provoked, it immediately plans to give up.
The burning tentacles automatically break and fall into the sea. The other tentacles retract into the round hole at a faster speed.
"Continue to blow fire Burn it to the stone
Sergeant Lucas gave a grimace and a new order.
"Hoo Hoo... "
The jet of the flame increased to the maximum of 20 meters.
The next moment, the reef melts!
"Hiss Hiss... "
The hot lava rolled down, and a large white fog rose when it touched the sea water. The fog around the reef suddenly became vast. Fortunately, the strong sea breeze kept blowing the fog away, so that people could see the shadow of the reef vaguely.
However, lava is not a direct threat to sea monsters.
Because the speed of reef melting is not fast, it is impossible to melt the whole reef in a short time.
But that''s enough.
The heat of the flame baking is continuously transmitted into the reef, and the temperature begins to rise in a straight line.
Sea monster is a kind of aquatic organism, which has poor tolerance to high temperature. It can''t stand it for long.
30 degrees
50 degrees
70 degrees
"Something came out..."
After seeing a dark shadow coming out from the other end of the reef, observer Graeme gave an alarm for the first time.
It''s obvious that the sea monster can''t bear it at last. It''s going to run away.
"All fire!"
Sergeant Lucas called out the order without hesitation.
"Hiss Hissing... "
A double headed snake heavy machine gun and a row of air guns set off a terrible metal storm.
The dense rain of bullets rushed forward and shot the sea monster with holes and body fragments flying everywhere.
……
On the exploration ship 2 km away, Otto Lei, who is with the ship and has extraordinary water system, points to the body of the strange fish on the deck and talks about it endlessly:
"Lord, this is the mutant fish we just found Hey, you may not know that it can actually crawl on the shore and run faster than ordinary people... "
Renault listened and looked at the strange fish.
It is about 3 meters long, not big, strange and vicious.
There is a row of low spines protruding from the back, which is very eye-catching. The fins are quite thick, with claws on the top, which are similar to the inverted hook. There are a lot of scratches on the surface of the fins, which are obviously the traces of crawling on the land.
There is a sarcoma on both sides of the fish head, with a large number of pores on the surface, which is very ugly.
This makes Renault unconsciously think of the sarcoma on the neck of the "aquatic black Orc".
He surmised to himself that the sarcomas of strange fish might play the role of "lungs" for breathing on land, which is the opposite of the aquatic black orcs.
"Lord, this guy is extremely fierce. When he saw the exploration team, he rushed to us Its claws are incredibly sharp. In the process of crawling, when it touches the stone, it leaves a deep scratch. "
"However, it was not the opponent of magic weapons. The sailors shot it with only a few rounds of Volley..."
Renault glanced at the dead fish with bullet holes and frowned imperceptibly. Then he stretched out his eyebrows and returned to the original state of no abnormality. He said with a smile:"Let''s take this one to the kitchen Well, its meat quality should be good. Tell the chef to make a "sauerkraut fish" for dinner
"Yes Otore answered, and called his men to work with a smile.
Renault looked at the sea and looked at the vast sea of fog far away. At this time, he looked calm, but his heart was full of waves.
With a silent sigh, he whispered:
"this is absolutely abnormal Why are there so many mutant sea monsters in the misty sea? What happened here? "
Adanis, who is lying beside Renault, shakes her furry ears and wags her tail.
He reached out and rubbed the cat''s head a few times, and adanis snored comfortably.
"Annie." "Can you feel the strange waves in the fog?" Renault asked softly, gazing at the mountains
Adanis tilted her head and gazed into the distance. A moment later, she nodded hesitantly.
This action shows that it has a faint feeling, but it is not clear.
"But my feelings are very clear."
Renault stroked adanis''s big head and said slowly:
"in fact, early last year, after we built the 20 meter high giant" subgrade weather magic sensor "in Odin Island, the magic sensor sensed that there was abnormal magic energy gathering in the fog sea all the year round, which was almost as strong as a large storm."
"In the middle of this year''s harvest month, magic sensor found that the fluctuation range of magic radiation index of misty sea suddenly increased by 50% I have a strong feeling that something unexpected is about to happen... "
"In the past few days of exploration, I noticed that there are too many mutant sea monsters here In just two days, we actually met 13 mutant sea monsters, all of which are unprecedented types. "
"It''s so strange Why do these mutant sea monsters stay in the misty sea? Why not move to other waters? For example, the nearby tidal Islands With their strength, they should live better in other places. "
"Damn, I should have come in and had a look..."