MTL - Deep Sea Survival: Start a Submarine (Deep Ocean Survival: A Submarine From The Start)-Chapter 136 ?Thalamus fungi from the deep sea

Latest website: Shortly after the reconnaissance team arrived near the ghost ship,

A sudden change happened suddenly.

The reconnaissance team didn't know what they encountered. When Simon's exclamation fell, there was chaos in the communication channel of the entire team!

All kinds of gunshots and screams came one after another, and the earphones rang in a mess.

Since there is no encryption restriction for short-distance communication, all the voices in the headset are common.

Hearing this situation in Meng Lei's ears, it was like a voice chat room in which the function of turning off the microphone had not yet been realized in the early years. As soon as he entered, all kinds of cluttered voices immediately filled the entire eardrum, and it was almost difficult to distinguish what a person was talking about. .

As a result, Simon's voice was completely lost.

In addition, the signal itself was extremely unstable at that time, and the sound of the electric current and the shouting were intertwined, and it became an extremely strong noise.

So Meng Lei couldn't figure out what happened to the investigation team.

However, through the roar that Simon exclaimed before the incident just now, and the indistinct communication of everyone.

Meng Lei probably still learned something.

Knowing that there are a large number of enemies, and they are quite terrifying, even Simon is terrified!

You know, Simon, a burly man, dares to face the swift and fierce dragon in the mud.

Even when he was fighting head-on with the painted skin parasite, he never showed even the slightest fear on his face.

But at the moment, Meng Lei could clearly tell the difference. There was a trace of nervousness and panic in Simon's tone.

It's enough to see how terrifying what the reconnaissance team encountered!

"Quick, everyone evacuates! Let's go back to the boat first!"

At this time, Meng Lei didn't have time to ask carefully.

In a hurry, at the first moment of the riot, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and then immediately shouted filial piety in the communicator, ordering the reconnaissance team to evacuate in time.

On the other side, the screams of everyone in the team became stronger, and the battle seemed to be extremely fierce.

Gunshots, explosions, and howls are intertwined,

The chaotic and noisy sound is like being on the battlefield, and the adrenaline is soaring!

Fortunately, the crew members Chen Yu personally selected for Meng Lei have good fighting qualities and psychological qualities.

The panic only lasted for a moment, and soon returned to normal.

Although it was still noisy, it was obvious that the team was retreating in an orderly manner.

At this time,

Simon's voice also stood out again, and was finally clearly captured by Meng Lei.

In the earphones, Simon kept yelling at the crowd at the top of his voice:

"Don't fight, bring the wounded, grab the propeller and evacuate as soon as possible, be careful not to be touched by those green cell bodies!"

"After two people with rifles broke with me, this ghost is too scattered, grenade launchers are ineffective in an open environment, use rifles to stop them from approaching! Quick!"

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Simon's loud voice let out a hysterical growl, and the situation was clearly in critical condition.

What shocked Meng Lei the most was that in such a short period of time, the investigation team had already suffered casualties?

Otherwise, how could Simon possibly say something like taking the wounded?

"Damn it! What the **** is that?"

Meng Lei was in a hurry, and it was hard to imagine what happened to the other party.

Undoubtedly, the opponent he encountered this time was far more terrifying than the Mire Xunmenglong.

An armed reconnaissance team of 15 people didn't even have time to take a fighting stance when they met, and they collapsed at the touch. Even if they encountered a crawler group, they wouldn't be so embarrassed!

After pondering for a while, Meng Lei shouted loudly in the earphone:

"Simon, how is the situation now? Do you need me to sail over here for assistance?!"

When the voice fell, Simon was panting heavily and roared anxiously:

"No, Captain, don't come here, and don't let other submarines approach!

The beacon station and the submarine in front are all controlled by the thalamus, and they have to be pulled into the water in the past, don't come here! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei's heart skipped a beat.

"Thalamus? What the **** is this?"

Meng Lei frowned in confusion. It was the first time he had heard of this term, and it was extremely unfamiliar.

From the name alone, he couldn't even imagine what kind of monster this was.

It's so... offbeat.

But Meng Lei also knew that now was not the time to ask questions.

The exploration team was in critical condition, and he didn't want Simon to be distracted again, so as not to cause irreversible consequences.

At the moment, Meng Lei called Hans to the bridge command room through the public broadcast in the ship, hoping to learn some information about this monster from Hans.

"What?! That's a thalamic boat?!"

However, after hearing this new term popped up from Meng Lei's mouth.

Hanston's eyes widened, and his face showed a touch of shock and solemnity that he had never seen before, even more than when he learned that the painting skin of the Rongyan Outpost had exploded.

"Yes, Simon said that the submarine and beacon station ahead were controlled by the thalamus."

Meng Lei nodded heavily, looked at Hans suspiciously, and asked:

"What the **** is this thing? Is it difficult to deal with?"

Hans took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, then nodded slowly, then shook his head helplessly, and sighed:

"It's more difficult than it is, it's simply incomprehensible!"

Meng Lei's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, but he didn't answer. Instead, he stared straight at Hans and waited for his next words.

After a pause, Hans continued:

"How do you say it, the thalamus has been studied by the Alliance for a long time, and so far it has not been able to give a specific conclusion to determine what type of creature it belongs to, or a plant!"

"It is said that the pioneers of Tia who came to the alien colony did not find the existence of this kind of thing in the ocean, at least not in the shallow waters, even if there is no sign.

Later, with the deepening of exploration.

When the pioneers stepped into the deep area, the thalamic fungus entered people's field of vision for the first time.

Yes!

Its original essence is actually a fungal creature! "

As Hans spoke, he danced and explained to Meng Lei, for fear that his knowledge level was limited and his description was not thorough enough.

And Meng Lei also looked at Hans seriously, and according to the description of the other party, outlined the concept of the thalamus in his mind.

What he never imagined was that,

What I encountered this time was no longer a deep-sea monster in the conventional sense, but a fungus!

A rare and terrifying deep-sea fungus!

"Under normal circumstances, thalamic fungi are usually in the form of spore groups, dormant floating in the dark seawater.

In the beginning, it was first discovered in the ballast tanks of submarines.

When the submarine dives, the seawater enters the ballast tank through the water pump, and the thalamic spore group also enters the ship.

At this time, under suitable temperature and water flow conditions, the spores will start to wake up quickly.

Then, it will secrete some kind of sticky substance and stick itself to the water pump or the bulkhead of the ballast tank to achieve the purpose of fixing the parasite.

At this time, the spore group does not yet have the ability to attack and prey.

They will grow rapidly with the help of the organic matter and plankton brought by the water flow in the ballast tank.

This process is very brief, often taking less than six hours for the parasitic flora to generate the first core.

At this time, its shape will begin to change.

If the core is immersed in sea water, it looks like a flesh-and-blood lake, but a living heart.

Slightly exudes red light, constantly beating in the dark.

And if the core is exposed to the air, then it will become a colorful overlord flower, ferocious and eye-catching!

The evolutionary routes of two different forms will diverge here.

The parasitic flora derived from the heart core, or some kind of differentiation organ, will begin to consciously dominate the growth of its own hyphae.

It grows wildly in a very short period of time, and then crawls the entire ballast tank!

At that time, you will see a very scary and gorgeous picture.

The growing parts of the mycelium below the seawater are all hyphae and neurons similar to human blood vessels. They will continue to superimpose and proliferate, and eventually turn into tumor-like flesh and blood vesicles.

At first glance, it is like walking into a flesh and blood mill, and it is like the body of some large creature, **** and terrifying! "

When he said this, Hans's face gradually turned pale.

It seems that I recalled some bad things, and I still feel heart season.

And Meng Lei couldn't help holding his breath, and the picture sketched in his mind made him feel very uncomfortable.

It's as if you're on the scene, walking into that terrifying world completely constructed of flesh and blood!

Even if you don't see it with your own eyes, Naobu can imagine the horror of that kind of environment!

After a short pause, Hans took a breath and continued:

"The mycelium exposed to the air above seawater takes on a different form.

They are like some kind of legendary vines, attached to the bulkhead of the submarine. The network of plants with intricate roots composed of mycelium will not miss any space for climbing, and can completely wrap the entire inner wall of the submarine. .

These hyphae then grow into giant, showy flower buds with thick fleshy petals.

At that time, the entire submarine will become a strange and gorgeous sea of ​​flowers, which looks extremely unreal! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei had some superficial understanding of this parasitic flora.

However, he did not find anything particularly dangerous.

At best, the picture is weird and terrifying, but it doesn't have much impact on the submarine and the crew in the submarine.

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Then the problem comes again.

Why did Hans and Simon feel so nervous and afraid of this parasitic flora?

Meng Lei raised his own question and looked at Hans with a solemn expression.

"Captain, listen to me first, and the next thing is the most terrifying part of this fungal creature!"

Hans took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts, and said in a deep voice:

"The recovery and growth of this parasitic fungus can meet its own energy needs only with the help of organic matter and plankton in the early stage.

However, as the colony continues to proliferate and multiply, the energy required will become larger and larger!

At this time, they will pass through tens of thousands of mycelium, probe for nearby electromagnetic pulse signals, and penetrate deep into the submarine's circuit network.

Then, while frantically proliferating to expand the prey area, it actively stretches the mycelium toward the submarine's circuit system until it fully touches the abundant current energy.

Because of the hyphae of thalamic fungi, they are extremely conductive.

Therefore, in the subsequent growth process, they will use more efficient electrical energy as food to meet their own growth needs. "

Hearing this, Meng Lei interjected suspiciously:

"No, the circuit voltage in the submarine is so high, this thing actually steals electricity so blatantly, and is not afraid of being electrocuted?"

Hans shook his head and said solemnly:

"No, the thalamus is said to be a parasitic fungus, but it has extremely high intelligence and evolutionary capabilities.

The initial core is just the first organ he condensed during the growth process. With the continuous growth and development, it will generate a variety of different alternative organs according to the surrounding environment!

Therefore, it will also generate various insulating layers from the mycelium according to the strength of the voltage, so as to safely extract electricity from the submarine.

Even, it can finally extract a steady stream of energy from the nuclear reactor, making itself grow rapidly!

Until it expands to such an extent that it cannot be ignored!

And its irregular swallowing of the submarine's power system will also cause the circuit system inside the submarine to be disordered, and eventually the entire ship will be paralyzed and sank in this cold and dark deep sea..."

Speaking of which, seeing Meng Lei hesitated, Hans knew what he was thinking.

So he smiled bitterly and continued:

"Captain, what I just said was just the first hazard.

You may ask me, why don't you find it early and remove it early, and kill the hidden danger in the cradle before it grows.

So next, I'm going to tell you the second point! "

Meng Lei nodded, and Hans continued:

"The thalamic hyphae buried under water will form a large number of acid vesicles during the growth process, which are the tumor-like flesh and blood vesicles I mentioned just now.

Once heated or squeezed by external force, these vesicles are instantly detonated.

Then it releases a strong corrosive concentrated acid, melts into the seawater, covers the surface of nearby organisms, and dissolves the enemy's whole body to fester!

This is the first means of self-protection in the early stage of the thalamus!

And this is not the most deadly, as long as the vesicle is destroyed at a long distance with a thermal weapon, it can still get close to its core and destroy it.

The most deadly thing is..."

After a short pause, Hans looked at Meng Lei with a dignified gaze, took a deep breath with a shudder, and said:

"The most deadly thing is that those flower buds exposed to the air will immediately release a large number of spores in the air when they grow to the final stage or are hit by external forces.

These spores will be dispersed throughout the submarine in a very short time ~www.novelbuddy.com~ through the ventilation system in the submarine!

At that time, all crew members who breathe this biological spore into the body will be unknowingly infected by parasitic infection.

Eventually, these spore colonies will wake up with the help of the body's weak bioelectricity.

Then draw energy from the flesh and blood, take the human body as the entire energy source, take root in the flesh and blood, and complete its own growth! "

Having said this, Hans shivered uncontrollably, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

"People who are parasitized by the thalamus are more painful than the painted skin parasites!

He could only watch his flesh and viscera slowly dissolve from the inside, and his bones were entangled with countless mycelium, drawing nutrients from the bone marrow.

Eventually, the whole person is completely assimilated by the thalamic flora from the inside out.

The limbs turned into vines and branches, the torso became a rhizome, and a **** flower bloomed in the skull cavity! "