Chapter 63 The balance of the underground ice layer is broken, and the ancient bacterial mutants are revived

After rescuing the person, Zhou Yan immediately reported the matter.

Antarctica scientific research station.

When Feng Yongqing, the head of the resident base, heard the news, he was surprised and excited.

He didn't expect that Zhou Yan and his team actually discovered an ice space in Antarctica. You know, in an ice space like this, there is a high possibility that there are some ancient species that have not yet become extinct.

Half an hour later.

A small spaceship appeared above the crowd. After the spaceship landed, Feng Yongqing brought a group of people carrying a lot of equipment down.

"Hello, Captain Zhou." After coming down, Feng Yongqing smiled and stretched out his hand.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan stretched out his hand and shook it, then told him what happened here again and took him towards the ice crack.

After reaching the edge of the ice crack, Feng Yongqing looked down.

We discovered that there was indeed some fluorescent water flow at the bottom of the ice crack, and there were faint waves appearing.

Obviously, there are living things swimming in it.

He then asked people to use a detection robot to go down and detect the geological environment below, and then began to build a virtual terrain structure map below.

A danger level analysis was conducted based on the ice layer below, and a safe detection route was calculated.

Looking at the three-dimensional space layout diagram projected in front of him, as time passed, the detector gradually went deeper and a more complete underground environment was detected.

The more he explored, the more Feng Yongqing felt an indescribable shock and amazement.

Because the underground is like a world made entirely of ice.

After the topographic map below was completed, Feng Yongqing wanted to go down and take a look.

After all, in a strange underground space like this, there is a high possibility that there are things that have disappeared in the long river of history. It is impossible not to be curious.

"Captain Feng, we don't know if there is any danger down there yet. Let's go down and investigate. Once we're sure there is no danger, you can go down."

Seeing Feng Yongqing's actions, Zhou Yan immediately stopped him.

He didn't dare let them go down like this now. After all, no one knew whether there was really no danger down there.

Hearing this, Feng Yongqing thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I'll trouble Captain Zhou."

Feng Yongqing knew Zhou Yan’s concerns. These scientific researchers were not good at fighting. If there was really danger below, Zhou Yan and his team would have to be distracted to protect them.

Afterwards, Zhou Yan and his team checked the equipment in their hands and began to dive using the tools.

Although their armor has the ability to fly, the energy stored in their armor is limited and cannot be wasted unless absolutely necessary.

Soon, Zhou Yan and his companions arrived at the location where they rescued Luo Fangning and others last time.

This is a very narrow crack in the ice, barely enough for one person to pass through.

Seeing this, they did not think about widening the ice crack.

Because this is a weak geological area, once the balance is disrupted, it is likely to cause collapse, and then they will be buried alive.

After passing through this narrow space, they felt their vision widened.

A world made entirely of ice appeared before their eyes.

Among these low mountains made of ice, you can see some scattered pits, which are scattered in an orderly manner and complement the mountains.

"Black Dragon, activate the all-terrain sensing system and start scanning."

"All-terrain awareness system is activated and scanning is in progress."

In an instant, an invisible light wave quickly spread out, and at the same time, a three-dimensional map of the scanned terrain appeared in his eyes.

Afterwards, several people took off the weapons from their backs and held them in their hands, ready to deal with any possible danger at any time.

Time passed second by second, and several people searched along the small water vein underneath, but they did not find any living creatures except those strange fish in the water.

Looking around, Zhou Yan looked at the surrounding environment.

Then, turn on the flight function of the armor, fly to the top, and look down at the environment below.

Looking at this world made of ice, Zhou Yan discovered that from his angle, the pits below seemed out of place, just like a few small black dots on a painting.

However, they just checked these holes and did not find any dangerous places.

While thinking about things, Zhou Yan fell from the air.

The teammates around him immediately came over and asked, "Captain, what's going on? Did you see anything wrong?"

Zhou Yan shook his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with the rest, except for the holes scattered in the mountains made of ice. I feel they're a little weird and out of place.

To prevent accidents, everyone should check again, especially those strange potholes. "

"Don't worry, Captain. We will make sure there won't be any mistakes when we do our job."

They were used to Zhou Yan's cautious nature, and they always focused on stability when doing tasks in the past.

When they checked again, the heat from Zhou Yan and his companions' bodies and the connection to the surface caused the balance of the ice layer that had remained unchanged for billions of years to be broken silently. And some of the dormant microorganisms began to revive gradually.

Inside those strange pits, the originally clean and tidy surface of the ice slowly secreted a little bit of sticky liquid like black water stains as time passed.

These are all variants of ancient bacteria that have the ability to absorb heat energy to evolve.

Now affected by the external heat, they absorbed the heat and began to evolve and aggregate crazily.

For a moment, time seemed to fast forward for them.

the other side.

Zhou Yan came to a pit, and then he saw that the ice walls that were originally empty were actually oozing with some black water stains.

When he saw these things, he clearly remembered that they were not there just now.

After all, it's all made of pure white, clean ice.

If there had been a black water stain like this just now, there was no way he couldn't have seen it.

Zhou Yan stretched out his hand and wanted to see what these things were, but the next moment a feeling of palpitations came over him again.

The severe palpitations made his heart stop for a moment, and then it started pounding.

"Master, the system has detected that your heart rate is abnormal and is rising rapidly."

After hearing the reminder from the armor's intelligent system, Zhou Yan instinctively retracted his outstretched fingers.

Then he thought of his other teammates and his expression changed.

He quickly called several people and said anxiously, "Xiaofeng, Yuchen, if you see any black water stains in those holes, don't touch them with your bodies. Please reply if you get it!!"

the other side.

After hearing the captain's anxious voice in the team channel, Feng Ming was stunned for a moment, then looked at the black liquid in his hand.

"Fuck, this thing is not poisonous!!"

At this time, some of the others also touched the water droplets in the pit. After hearing Zhou Yan's words, they couldn't help but panic and said, "Captain, you just said that these black water stains can't be touched. What's going on?! Can't they be poisonous?"

"Captain, I also touched the black water stain. That thing can't be really poisonous. Don't scare me. I haven't married yet."

Zhou Yan's heart sank when he heard the voice coming from the team channel.

He didn't expect that two of his teammates would be affected so soon, but the problem now was that he didn't know how dangerous those black water stains were.

He only knew that the thing was harmful because his body's instinctive fear would not harm him.

He has possessed this ability since he was a child. Like his grandfather Zhou Ning, he has some special perception, or early warning, of dangers in the outside world.

"Captain, I feel something is wrong with my body. My body temperature is dropping rapidly and uncontrollably, as if something is consuming my body temperature."

"It's the same here. The system detected that my body temperature is abnormal and is dropping rapidly."

At this time, the armor of several teammates who came into contact with the black water stains began to send out abnormal physical alarms, and their body temperatures dropped rapidly.

At this time, they can only use the health functions of the armor to supply energy to the body and ensure that the body temperature does not drop to the critical value.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan rushed out immediately, and soon, several people gathered together.

Then he saw Xiaofeng, Lu Tianyong and Li Xuyun being supported by others.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

"It's okay, just a little cold."

"I... I feel like I'm standing in the snow without any clothes on. I'm shivering from the cold..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan immediately said: "Something is wrong here, let's leave here quickly, and with the current technology of the empire, no matter what kind of ghost thing enters your body, there will definitely be a way to treat it."

Hearing this, several people hurriedly returned with the three weak people.

Soon they returned to the ground. Seeing their condition, Feng Yongqing quickly picked up the medical equipment and ran over.

"Captain Zhou, are you in danger?" He said as he swiftly opened the medical box.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan said quickly: "We don't know what the hell we touched. It was a black water stain. My brothers only touched it for a while, and then their bodies became abnormal. Now their body temperatures are dropping rapidly."

After hearing Zhou Yan's words, Feng Yongqing's movements immediately paused.

"You encountered something that looked like black water stains, and then your body temperature dropped uncontrollably?! Did you encounter a colony of thermophilic bacteria? No, thermophilic bacteria don't have such powerful abilities.

Moreover, the vitality of that kind of bacteria will be killed by the human immune system..."

"Captain Feng, what should we do about their current condition? Do you have any way to treat them?"

"You are most likely infected with a special ancient bacteria. We cannot go to the hospital before confirming whether it is contagious. If it spreads, the consequences will be disastrous.

In this way, we will go directly to the base hospital of the scientific research station, where there are various medicines and an isolation room. "

As he spoke, Feng Yongqing had the three people moved onto the spacecraft and quickly flew towards the scientific research station.

(End of this chapter)