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Volume 4 Chapter 271 Enemy Attack (Part 1)

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    Chapter 271 Enemy Attack (Part 1)

    In the deep and dark underground caves in the Kanas Mountains, Robin and his team groped their way through the maze-like underground tunnels, carefully searching for any possible clues along the way that could reveal the enemy's traces, in order to capture the enemy who was about to be killed by lightning.  The 'dragon' emerged from the cocoon amid the thunder.

    At this time, three hours had passed since Robin led his team deep into the ground. Colonel Mark, Ans Ayer and others who were far away in the army fortress had passed the previous exploration personnel as soon as Robin decided to continue going deeper.  The communication message sent learned the news.  This suddenly caused the entire army fortress to panic in an instant. The panicked Colonel Mark and Ans Aier almost gathered more than half of the troops as quickly as possible to come for reinforcements, and they were originally in the Kanas Mountains.  The squadrons carrying out the exploration mission were immediately ordered to assemble here and go deep into the cave first to reinforce Robin's team that had gone deep alone.

    It can be said that because of Robin's arbitrary behavior, the military deployment of the entire Hayden Planet began to tilt sharply towards the Kanas Mountains. The consequences of this completely broke the originally stalemate fighting situation on the Hayden Planet.  All bets were placed on Robin's rash action without warning.

    But at this moment, Robin, who was used to acting on intuition, didn't realize that his risky behavior would cause such a big change in the situation.  Now he focuses almost all his energy on exploration. Faced with the many forks that appear from time to time in the cave, as well as the complex terrain with huge height differences, Robin and Zoro spend every second  All of them are used to judge the route, and based on the clues found from time to time and the terrain images continuously sent by sonar detection, we try our best to choose the correct path and continue moving forward.

    "The scratches on the rocks here have begun to increase, and fresh corrosion marks have been left on many stalactites. This should be caused by some kind of strong acid. In addition, there are also residues left by some crustaceans that shed their shells.  Broken things, I think we should be very close to our goal."

    In a relatively wide open area in the cave, Zhuoluo finally found the biggest discovery of his trip.  Through these large traces left behind, Zoro believed that their current location was very close to the temporary nest of the Insat people.

    "Organisms that have the instinct to shed their shells, such as arthropods and reptiles, often eat their old shells after molting to replenish the calcium lost during molting. These debris should be leftover during their ingestion.  But as a rule, they will never leave any food that is beneficial to their bodies. They will eat their old shells cleanly. So, judging from this clue, those who have just completed  The creatures that shed their shells should have left in a hurry. And" Leona looked at the multiple test data on the instrument in her hand and said with certainty: "And after my DNA test, the DNA of these fragments is completely different.  So in other words, this shows that these debris are left by multiple species shedding their shells at the same time, which is completely inconsistent with biological laws, so the only explanation is that something is feeding them, and only on a racial scale.  Only when there are a certain number, they have the ability to raise and mutate multiple species on a large scale at the same time.¡±

    "So we have found the Insat army? And maybe they have discovered our invasion, so they left in such a hurry?" Robin's voice revealed an uncontrollable tone.  excited.

    "Your Majesty, I need to tell you some bad news. Our sonar device at the entrance of the cave has just stopped working, which indicates that something has seen through our disguise and destroyed our sonar detection device. So now we have  We have lost our 'eyes'. In addition, in the information fed back by the sonar not long ago, we found that there are detection obstacles in an area not far away, so we are unable to obtain terrain detection data in that area." The leader of the exploration  Reports of personnel looking pale.

    "Oh? Which area is blocked?" Robin immediately became vigilant after hearing this and looked at the three-dimensional terrain map in the hands of the prospectors.

    The surveyors used their hands to outline a large area on the three-dimensional map: "From here to here, there is an area of ??nearly 10,000 square kilometers where sonar information is chaotic and detailed detection data cannot be obtained."

    "What a magical creature." Leona thought for a while, then shook her head and smiled bitterly: "It seems that the Insat people have already figured out how to deal with our sonar devices in their own biotechnology."

    "Huh?" Robin looked at Leona in confusion, not understanding why Leona said that.

    "From the perspective of the biological world, no ability can be invincible. All things are interdependent. This is an eternal truth in nature. Just like in the early stages of life development, predators evolved to find prey more easily.  With the emergence of advanced organs like eyes, somePredators at the bottom of the food chain have developed the ability to camouflage, which minimizes the role of their eyes.  The predator soon developed the ability to smell, but the prey began to change its sweat glands and other odor organs based on the sense of smell, using pungent smells to compete with the predator's olfactory system.  So in the biological world, any ability can only maintain an advantage for a while, because its enemy species will soon find a way to counter it.  This is also the reason why species at the top of the food chain are always the easiest to become extinct. In terms of evolution, all their structures are designed to strengthen and highlight the ability in a certain aspect, and when this ability is restrained, it is their turn.  It¡¯s time to perish.  "

    "You are talking about living things, and our sonar technology is technology. This should be different." Robin didn't quite understand why Leona would take the topic so far.

    "No, all our scientific and technological achievements are based on the biological instincts of certain creatures in nature. Just like the sonar systems and radar and other technological equipment we use now, in the initial stage of invention, we found them in bats.  Inspired by the hunting instinct of bats. Therefore, although we have made this biological instinct more diverse and advanced through technological means, in essence we are still not divorced from the influence of sound waves and radio waves.  Category, this means that our technological behavior is also a biological ability that can be overcome." Leona lowered her head to organize her words and continued: "Take bats as an example. As a mammal that mainly focuses on hunting,  In addition to having eyes, noses, ears and other organs that have been successfully evolved in mammals, bats have also evolved the unique hunting ability of sonar from their hearing. Therefore, from a biological evolution perspective,  This is a great ability. However, as the enemy species and food of bats, as long as insects such as moths are given enough time and opportunities, they will sooner or later evolve some ability to compete with bats' ultrasonic detection. In nature, this  This kind of creature may take tens of thousands of years to evolve, but if the Insat people with peak biotechnology are involved, then this evolution time will be greatly shortened. After all, we have used sonar technology to detect them  "We've been doing detection for many years, so there's no reason why they don't know that we have this technology, and there's no reason why they shouldn't make up for their shortcomings in this technology."

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    After listening to Leona's words, Robin and others looked at each other in confusion and asked bitterly: "Soif the current situation is really like what you said, then it will be very difficult for us in the future.  Are we going to use sonar technology to deal with them again?¡±

    "The popularization of technology takes time. It is impossible for a species with a vast territory to evolve the same ability at the same time. Just like us humans, when a new technology is born, the scope it can cover often only exists for the inventor.  Around the world, only through communication between people can technology be spread out and cover all mankind. I think the same is true for the Insat people. After all, we have not received any information from the Insat people yet.  Such reports from the anti-sonar system indicate that the group of Insats before us may be the first to develop this kind of biotechnology. And as long as they are prevented from contacting the Insats from the outside world, they will  If the genes of this cultivated species are spread to the Insat people outside, we will have the opportunity to continue to use sonar technology on other planets to maintain technological leadership. Of course, sooner or later, the Insat people on other planets will also  Invent the same anti-sonar technology. However, the enemy and we in nature are originally engaged in a survival competition chasing each other. If we can gain a little more time, we will have the opportunity to expand our advantages and research our technology to a better level.  Stay one step ahead of them.¡±

    "Hi! Hi!~ I think the chat time is over."

    Zhuo Luo and Li, who were looking for traces at several forks in the road, suddenly moved back quickly and shouted with ugly faces: "The enemy is attacking! There are quite a few, no! It should be very many!"

    "Which direction?" Robin immediately stepped forward with a gun after hearing the words, while Li had already begun to use a sling to climb up the dome covered with fang-shaped stone stalactites in order to occupy the commanding heights first.

    "From all directions, there are sounds of a large number of creatures gathering here at every tunnel entrance. It seems that we are surrounded." Zoro looked at the pale-faced prospectors and asked nervously: "Robin, now we are  Whether to retreat or to hold on, you have to make up your mind right away.¡±

    "Guard! This is the best opportunity to seize the main force of the Insat people. We must not let it go." Robin gritted his teeth and ordered decisively: "Combatants are outside and non-combatants are inside. We must form a defensive formation.  Set up a defense line. Correspondent, immediately send a distress signal to report our position, and ask Ans Air to send reinforcements immediately!~"

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