Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

Hearing this, Mao Zhengzhi's expression suddenly became serious.

There is a saying that has been circulating among the older generations from the Earth Age.

Never question Professor Lu’s intuition, no matter how outrageous it may sound!

Since the beginning of the Earth Age, whether it is the crisis of genocide again or again, or the nitrogen-accelerated technological development, at every critical moment, Lu Yongchang's intuition has pointed out the right direction for human civilization!

"The expedition has stopped, and they will start returning soon."

Lu Yongchang turned to look at the vibrant planet in the holographic projection, with a look of deep fear in his eyes.

"I hope nothing happens..."

…

A shadow covered him from behind, blocking the light of the high-power searchlights.

Zhu Ziwen, who had experienced a life and death crisis, turned his head suddenly and controlled the exoskeleton armor to make an escape gesture.

"Dude, calm down, it's me."

Su Pengfei's voice sounded in the team's communication channel.

"The underground detectors did not sound an alarm, so there is no need to worry about their attacks." Perhaps because he saw Zhu Ziwen's extremely violent movements, Su Pengfei's laughter contained a little ridicule, "I said, buddy, when we are on the starship Are you not so timid?"

"What? Aren't you going to have some hot dinner?"

Zhu Ziwen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Forget it, Professor Lu's analysis results haven't come out yet, so I don't have much appetite."

Su Pengfei curled his lips: "Is the result that important?"

"If you ask me, they are just moving trees! If they really annoy us, we will burn them all down with a fire!!"

"Don't!" Zhu Ziwen's expression suddenly changed, "These trees are precious. If you want to burn them, Professor Lu will probably burn you too!"

Su Pengfei smiled, raised his hand and scratched the "iron skull" of the mechanical exoskeleton, and said with an embarrassed look: "Hey... I just said it casually, buddy, don't take it seriously!"

Zhu Ziwen rolled his eyes angrily.

Who knows if you are serious or joking?

He finally discovered it.

Academician Mao's evaluation of this group of people is indeed correct - barbarians.

He looked at the dark forest under the stars in the distance and sighed softly.

"This planet exploration...is so different from what I imagined."

"Hey." Su Pengfei sighed softly, "What's the point?"

"They are just some creatures living on the planet. What is truly terrifying is actually the power of the planet itself."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Ziwen asked curiously, "Isn't this the first planet you have landed on in actual combat?"

The position of planetary explorer emerged from Gliese's time.

He has not existed for a long time, and there are no other living planets in the Gliese 555 star system, so these explorers actually do not have much experience in actual landing on planets.

"train."

Su Pengfei grinned and said: "In order to train for landing exploration operations in various environments, we were thrown into the X area of ​​Dawn Star."

Hearing this, Zhu Ziwen had a look of surprise on his face.

The Dawn Star X region is a product of the planetary climate control system and is filled with high-intensity extreme weather all year round.

"Compared to Area X, this place is simply paradise."

Zhu Ziwen nodded silently.

This is really true.

Just when he was about to say something else, Xia Zhou's voice rang on the communication channel.

"Academician Zhu, it's time for us to retreat."

Zhu Ziwen was stunned and subconsciously asked: "Retreat?"

"Where to go?"

"Return." Xia Zhou explained in concise language, "A retreat order was issued from above to stop all exploration missions."

The sound of exoskeleton armor moving came from the side.

Su Pengfei controlled the huge exoskeleton armor and ran towards the starship.

"Brother, be smarter!"

Seeing this, Zhu Ziwen could only step forward and keep up with Su Pengfei's pace.

In the communication channel, there was some pleasant discussion among the teammates.

Obviously, the suspension of the exploration mission is excellent news for these planetary explorers.

But unlike these investigators, Zhu Ziwen didn't have the slightest smile on his face.

As a scientist, he immediately thought of the meaning behind this order.

Could it be...

The truth contained in this planet is more terrifying than he thought?

Zhu Ziwen frowned and thought carefully about every clue he knew. The exoskeleton armor ran forward briskly with the assistance of Zero.

"Beep!! Beep!!!"

As the piercing siren sounded, the blue miniature holographic image once again turned into blood red!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

Xia Zhou's roar sounded like thunder, instantly shattering Zhu Ziwen's thoughts.

The scene of wildly dancing tree roots emerged from his mind again.

His brain involuntarily issued commands to the mechanical exoskeleton armor.

"Boom!"

"Boom!!"

Driven by the abundant energy generated by the micro-fusion reactor, the mechanical exoskeleton's movement speed suddenly increased, and Zhu Ziwen inside rushed towards the starship quickly.

The distance between the two is not that long.

With the help of the mechanical exoskeleton, it took him less than five seconds to stand next to Xia Zhou.

Looking at the huge starship behind him, Zhu Ziwen felt a faint sense of security in his heart.

Su Pengfei's voice was also heard in the team's communication channel.

"Captain, is it underground?!"

Unlike his usual unremarkable appearance, Su Pengfei's tone at this time was full of iron and blood.

Zhu Ziwen subconsciously turned his head to look at Xia Zhou.

Although he was wrapped in a mechanical exoskeleton, he was still able to recognize the direction of Xia Zhou's gaze due to his familiarity with the mechanical exoskeleton.

He was looking at the forest on the edge of the "helipad"!

The high-power searchlights illuminated the entire helipad and the forest around it.

But even these searchlights could not penetrate the lush forest.

They could only dispel the darkness on the surface of the forest.

As for what was in the depths of the forest...

No one knew.

The stars in the sky flashed through his mind like a flash of lightning.

It was dark.

Those five-meter-long arthropods were about to start moving!

"Not underground." Xia Zhou responded, proving Zhu Ziwen's guess, "The enemy attack came from the forest."

"The radiation detector detected a large number of fast-moving unknown radioactive sources in the surrounding forest."

"It's the Lost Giant Bug!" Zhu Ziwen said in a deep voice.

"According to the observation data from some time ago, these giant bugs become active at night."

As he spoke, he used his permission to obtain the data from the radiation detector.

A three-dimensional detection image quickly appeared in the miniature holographic projection in front of him.

From the perspective of the radiation detector, the apron is a circular area with a little fluorescent green in the black - there is only a small amount of weak radiation here.

And around the circular apron is a vast green world.

This green is light green.

Like a newly sprouted leaf, it exudes a strong vitality.

This is the radiation emitted by the Lost Giant Tree.

Under normal circumstances, that is, during the day, the detector screen should be covered by this vast light green.

But now, countless densely packed, fast-moving dark green dots appeared in these light green backgrounds!

There is no doubt that these dark green dots are the radiation emitted by the Lost Giant Worm.