How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 35 Underground Cavity

Boom! Boom! Boom! ...

The violent collision between the shell of the titanium snail and the rock wall of the tunnel recalls the sound of metal knocking. The turbulent flow of the vortex makes the titanium snail unable to maintain balance in the water, and can only drift like this, resigned to fate.

The formation of the vortex is due to the existence of an underground cavity that leads to the ocean, and now Hogu and the titanium screw it hosts are inevitably falling into the depths of the ground in this way.

Plop!

The sound of falling into the water, the influx of sea water provided enough buffer for Hogu.

"Luck is really back home, thanks to the choice to use titanium alloy as the bone, otherwise it would really have to re-develop from microorganisms."

"By the way... where is this?"

Huogu looked around, surrounded by darkness that could not be seen.

"...It seems that the visual sense needs to be adjusted."

After receiving the instruction, the hypochlorous acid that reacts with visible light in one of the eyes of the titanium snail is replaced by the photolyzed water element under infrared radiation, and the viewing angle is changed from the visible light viewing angle to the infrared viewing angle. It was originally pitch black The environment in one piece also took on a new look in a blink of an eye.

"so big!?"

Huogu was amazed at the sight he saw before him, a huge underground cavity with a height of hundreds of meters, supported by thick stone pillars.

"It's spectacular..."

"How did this structure come about?"

Huogu looked around and soon understood the reason for the formation.

There are a large number of cracks on the hollow ground, and these cracks will continuously emit fine water vapor, just like the kind that spews out after a kettle is boiled.

The underground cavity it is currently in should have been filled with liquid water originally, but the temperature of the early planet was very high, and the liquid water absorbed heat and turned into water vapor, which was squeezed out from those tiny gaps, thus creating such a landform.

Withdrawing his mind from the external environment, Huogu began to think about his own affairs.

"Well, I'm like this now... it should be considered safe, right?"

Huo Gu looked at the surrounding environment without confidence, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

"It appears to be safe."

Thinking of what he had just experienced, Huo Gu felt a chill. The area with a radius of hundreds of nautical miles was changing. If converted into land kilometers, it was 720 kilometers. In terms of the scope of damage alone, it was already roughly equivalent to A quarter of the Tsar nuke.

Huogu had envisioned many possibilities before, and also overestimated the opponent's strength as much as possible, so he chose a location hundreds of nautical miles away as the starting point for the rhizome system deployment.

However, it was never expected or underestimated.

That kind of large-scale crustal movement, similar things have happened on the earth. Every time it happened, it was often accompanied by a mass extinction. Thanks to the fact that it is still in the Hadean period, all the planetary ecosystems are microorganisms , and well adapted to post-volcanic environments.

"Hey, I just want to live a stable life in a relatively stable environment. How did I touch the nerves of that unidentified guy?"

Humiliation and unwillingness emerged in Huogu's heart, however, more of it was powerlessness, a sense of powerlessness in the face of an opponent with unparalleled strength.

beat?

What to fight with?

The opponent's true face and location are unknown, so targeted attacks are naturally out of the question, and the destructive power is still at the level of nuclear weapons.

And what about Hogu?

It is an ordinary, mortal creature, weak and helpless, not to mention nuclear weapons, ordinary volcanic eruptions, if it does not escape, it will be a dead end.

"I really want to surrender..."

"Um?"

Huogu came to his senses slowly, paying attention to his surroundings with excitement.

"Now... am I not in a relatively stable and safe environment?"

"In this underground cavity, there is no strong current and pressure, and there is no need to worry about floating to the crater during rest, except for the lack of light."

"Since that guy didn't pursue further and cut grass and roots, can it be understood that that guy can't detect the creatures deep in the ground?"

So why not live in this underground cavity for the rest of your life?

"No... no, it's too useless. This is not the way I, Huo Gu, should live. Wouldn't it be no different from a mouse in the gutter?"

"Although, between dignity and life, I will choose life, but this does not mean that I will not consider maintaining my dignity on the premise of guaranteeing life."

"Besides, as long as that guy still thinks about how to attack me, then I won't be able to live in peace for the rest of my life. Even if I don't have the ability to detect the ground now, what will I do in the future?"

"..."

"All other things are put aside for the time being. Before that, we must ensure the collection of organic materials and develop ourselves first."

"Gourd, start erecting the rhizome system."

The gourd carried by the tail of the titanium snail swam out. It attached to the bottom of the water not far from Huogu, agitated itself, and after a period of time, it grew into a cone-shaped creature.

It began to absorb water, just like its other counterparts, but the difference was that the top mouth became a drainage port, and the lower six mouths became water suction ports.

There is no way, its size is too huge, and the upper mouth is already higher than the liquid level, so it can only be turned upside down.

During this period, titanium snails, gourds, and rhizome debris were washed down from above, and the collection of materials needed for the rhizome system was also accelerated a lot because of these progress.

Soon a rhizome system grows from under the cone organism and grows from the water to the shore.

Spreading all the way, the cave wall, road surface, and stone pillars were all covered with a layer of nets made of vines. It was said to be a huge hollow, but compared with the islands on land, it was still nothing.

"Huh? This underground cavity is actually connected to other places."

Contrary to Huogu's expectations, several caves leading to unknown areas were discovered on several walls of the huge hollow.

"Where will it lead?"

Suddenly, through the visual system on the rhizome, Hogu focused his attention on a rock near the entrance of a certain cave.

That thing stands quietly on the side of the cave like the gatekeeper totem of the primitive tribe. It looks like a statue, but when you look closely, it is a very natural stone, and its appearance is between artificial and natural.

This made Huo Gu unconsciously emerge the concept of underground people in his mind...

It hastily dismissed these unrealistic fantasies.

"What's going on? How come there are so many unrealistic fantasies recently? This is the Hadean Era, an environment not suitable for the survival of large creatures, so..."

When Huo Gu said this, he got stuck, and his eyes were fixed on the suspected handicraft stone beside the cave for a long time and could not move away.

"...Sure enough, it's better to go inside to confirm."