How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 507 Underground Facilities

"Be careful of those rocks! Don't hit them!"

Several foragers that changed their shape galloped on the water like a speedboat, which allowed them to quickly shorten the distance between themselves and their destination, but such aggressive behavior was also accompanied by danger. If such a high speed hits a rock in the water , serious damage is bound to occur.

For this reason, collectors must be extremely vigilant.

In the distance, the metal structure that looks as small as gravel is zooming in at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"We're almost there!"

As the distance drew closer, all the collectors became excited.

It didn't take long for the collectors to end this dangerous gallop on the water, re-change the biological body structure, and return to the original flat biological form that resembled a 'canvas'.

The stopped gatherers looked at the huge metal structure in front of them.

The appearance of the four-sided platform is equivalent to a stadium. It has the feeling of a Mayan pyramid. The whole is made of metal and the surface is very smooth, but it is inlaid with a large amount of coarse sand. It seems that it has withstood the baptism of Mach tsunamis many times. The rapid water flow kept the surface of the metal body smooth, but the huge force forced the coarse sand mixed in the waves into the surface of the metal body, and it became what it is now.

"What metal is this?"

Hearing this, one of the several collectors stepped forward and tentatively knocked on the surface of the metal structure with its tentacles, making a crisp sound of gold and iron clashing.

Charge the electric energy to start the monomolecular blade, and wave it vigorously.

Clang!

Accompanied by a flash of sparks, the monomolecular blade scraped a shallow scratch on the surface of the metal structure, and then, the harvester put the tentacles that disconnected the electric energy into his mouth.

"The main body is a carbon-iron alloy, but it is mixed with other impurities. It should be directly smelted and cast from the minerals, and the impurities in the minerals have not been removed."

"This is a man-made object, but what is its function? A simple signaling device? Or, is this a spaceship?"

"It doesn't look like it. There are too many metal impurities in this square prism. It is obviously cast out of crude manufacturing. The possibility of a spaceship can be ruled out first."

"Considering the complex and dangerous environment on the surface of the planet, combined with the rough processing of metal, this thing should be something similar to a shelter."

"Look around first. If it's really a refuge, there must be a gate connecting to the inside. If this thing is really a refuge, then the probability of finding other intelligent species besides the Serenes is almost inevitable."

They surrounded the metal body of the four-sided platform. After searching around, they found something suspected to be a gate on the top of the four-sided platform. The reason why they said it was suspected was because the collectors were not very sure. The baptism of the Mach tsunami, even if it is really a gate connecting the interior, will inevitably be twisted and deformed by the manic current like this.

"Break directly."

The collectors showed their monomolecular blades. After charging and cutting, the gate was forcibly opened a hole by the monomolecular blade. For the monomolecular blade, the hardness of these metals is far from comparable to it. Opening the metal gate on the top of the prism is as easy as breaking a piece of pudding.

Several collectors entered the interior of the metal structure of the quadrangular platform one by one through the broken hole, and then they repaired the hole in the gate from the inside, so that when the next wave of tsunami hits, the frantic water flow will flow through the hole. Pour it in.

"It's so dark..."

There is no light source. In order to solve the vision problem, several collectors replaced with infrared vision capabilities, relying on the subtle heat radiation emitted by the material itself to observe the environment.

Inside the gate is a shaft-like corridor, and on the wall of the shaft is a metal vertical ladder that keeps it going up and down.

However, the collectors did not step down this vertical ladder. They relied on the tentacles of their bodies to gradually descend by supporting the well wall.

After descending about two kilometers, the gatherers reached the bottom of the shaft.

"Be alert, don't let the intelligent species in this metal building find us, or something might happen, and don't use visible light unless necessary."

"learn."

The collectors moved around, their speed was very fast and flexible, but at the same time, they were also extremely quiet, even if someone got closer to half a meter, they couldn't hear their footsteps.

The underground space is not that big, it only covers an area of ​​10,000 square meters. There are two tables, one is a dining table, the other is a desk, and there is a simple water filter.

"Look what I found, a structural blueprint."

The collector obtained a drawing that had been drawn from the desk.

"The four-sided platform structure looks familiar..."

"What is familiar? Didn't we come into contact with it not long ago?"

"...Uh, so this is the structural drawing here."

After being reminded by the same race, the collectors reacted belatedly.

"I also have a new discovery here. You see, it is a bowl for eating. Judging from the traces left on the bowl, this bowl was still in use a few months ago."

"There is only one bowl, which means the number is one."

After exploring the entire space, the collectors found four doors, leading to nowhere.

"There are four doors here, which one shall we go to first?"

The collectors couldn't make up their minds, and they were a little worried that their random choices would alarm the intelligent creature here.

"Don't rush to make a choice, I have a structural blueprint here... well, I don't understand the language, so just pick one and open it."

Although the blueprint is in hand, the annotations on it are completely incomprehensible. It is difficult to tell what is behind the four passages simply relying on the geometric structure on the blueprint.

So in the end, the collectors chose a door randomly and opened it carefully.

"It's so dazzling."

As soon as the door was opened, a glare of light shone on the collectors. After getting used to the light, the collectors saw an extremely bright plasma.

This plasma exists in a ring structure, and most of the structure is transparent. It is the main body of the transparent tunnel constructed by hafnium compounds. The tunnel is connected in series with rings composed of metal hydrogen to confine the internal plasma.

"This is... a magnetic confinement nuclear fusion furnace."

Collectors recognize the true face of this device, they have seen similar things before.

"It seems that this area is responsible for energy supply, let's go to other places to see."

After a brief search, they found nothing more. Apart from the fusion reactor, there was only one connecting line in the room, so they chose to leave.

Open another door, and there is also light shining on the collectors, but unlike the fusion reactor, the light in this room is not dazzling, but very soft.

The space of the room is very large. After a simple ranging analysis by the collector, it is about 25 square kilometers.

A large number of vegetation are arrayed in this huge space area, and above the vegetation is a lighting device. The soft light in the room is released by this large number of lighting devices.