The Fall

The illusory bodies of Atmospheric Creature, whether due to their physical structure or the influence of electromagnetic fields, possess a strength far greater than imagined.

The Spore Sac meteorite, which was slowly ejected from the Origin Star System, is 3 meters long and weighs more than two tons. With the added speed, its mass is enormous.

The Atmospheric Creature managed to slow it down with just a few pulls. Although it also sustained some damage, its performance was still quite remarkable.

The fifth attack had arrived; its tentacles, crackling with blue Electric Arc, moved with incredible speed and wrapped around the Spore Sac meteorite. Its body paused, and the Spore Sac meteorite was momentarily suspended in the air.

This attack completely exhausted its own impact force, leaving only the gravitational influence of A7B5 on it. Although the Atmospheric Creature's attack broke off several more of its tentacles, it did not loosen all of them.

As multiple tentacles pursued and entangled the Spore Sac, its descent completely halted. Pulled up by Atmospheric Creature, it began to slowly rise.

However, at this moment, within the Swarm Network group, Rowan and the Intellect also reached a conclusion. Under Rowan's instructions, the propulsion system within the Spore Sac began to operate.

Large quantities of hydrogen and oxygen were produced, but they did not react completely in the reaction chamber. After only a preliminary reaction, they were ejected along with a large amount of heat and the two mixed gases through the channel.

The two gases ignited and exploded along the pipe, causing severe damage to the pipe walls, but that was no longer an option. Once these deflagration gases were expelled from the body, an even more violent explosion occurred.

The Spore Sac was covered with vent holes, and almost simultaneously, explosions occurred outside these vent holes. In an instant, the Spore Sac meteorite seemed to transform back into a giant fireball.

During the explosion, the tentacles of the Atmospheric Creature that were wrapped around the Spore Sac meteorite were subjected to some blast impact and burns. To be honest, Atmospheric Creature are the kind of beings that can sever or discard their tentacles at will; in the previous attacks, it had lost at least twenty tentacles.

Logically speaking, this impact and burn should not have caused it any fatal damage.

However, the sudden sound and light effects did startle it, and it quickly retracted its entangled wrists, even rising some height to move away from the Spore Sac meteorite.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Spore Sac concentrates all the explosive gas into the tail spiracle and ejects it. Combined with the effect of gravity, it accelerates its descent towards the ground.

That bluffing maneuver can only be used once. Even if the Atmospheric Creature only has a few seconds' memory, the internal conditions of the Spore Sac don't allow it to do it again.

While these pipes were designed to withstand high temperatures, they could not withstand explosions. The explosive gas just now passed through them at high speed, causing extensive damage and blockages.

If the Spore Sac were to explode a second time, it could very well explode inside the body because the explosive gases could not be expelled, turning the sporangium into a firework.

Before long, the Atmospheric Creature seemed to realize it had been tricked. Enraged, it unleashed a burst of blue Electric Arc, turning its entire body blue and obscuring even the internal cloud structure.

It was as if Thor had descended to earth, like a giant ball of lightning over thirty meters long, rushing toward the Spore Sac meteorite with suffocating pressure.

It was only a short delay that allowed the Spore Sac meteorite to travel a considerable distance. Moreover, as the altitude decreased, although the blue Electric Arc on the Atmospheric Creature flickered even more brightly, it seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, its speed decreasing more and more.

Finally, it seemed to have reached a critical point. Its entire descending body, as if it had hit an invisible wall, was flattened in mid-air.

It seems the Swarm Intellect were right; the dense air at low altitudes is like land and rock to it—its body simply cannot pass through.

Although the Atmospheric Creature continued to angrily ram the invisible wall, its physical structure simply did not allow it to do so. Just as a human cannot dive 2,000 meters underwater without protection, relying solely on willpower and an oxygen tank.

In the end, it could only remain in the air, flashing with already dazzling blue Electric Arc, as if bidding farewell, watching the Spore Sac meteorite gradually disappear into the distance.

A cloud of ice shards mixed with sand and dust exploded up, creating a shockwave. The Spore Sac capsule meteorite blasted a radial pattern across the ground before finally landing.

Although the previous operation severely damaged the inside of the Spore Sac, the seeds and Insect Egg on the Creep Seed were not harmed because they were heavily wrapped in stored nutrients.

After going through a familiar process, the Creep Seed are released, take root, sprout, and begin to grow.

Because it was unclear whether there were other organisms on land, the Creep created its rhizome cages extremely deep underground, where the Insect Empress and many auxiliary insects would undergo preliminary development.

A7B5 was very large, so the Swarm Meteor launched at it was the largest ever, a total of four. Of the four, two were equipped with hydrogen-oxygen reaction propulsion devices, and the other two were simply jet propulsion devices.

One has already landed safely, and with some experience gained, the one with the hydrogen-oxygen reaction device isn't too much of a concern. However, the two with only jet propulsion devices will likely be at the mercy of those Atmospheric Creature if they encounter them.

Thirty minutes later, the second Spore Sac meteorite entered the atmosphere of the A7B5 satellite. This meteorite also carried a hydrogen-oxygen reaction device, and Rowan and the Intellect in the group were on high alert, ready to deal with any possible attack.

Moreover, in order to pass through the area where Atmospheric Creature were active more quickly, the Spore Sac meteorite did not reduce its speed to the normal level, but instead fell to the ground at a speed slightly faster than normal.

Once we've passed through this dangerous area, we can reduce the speed by unleashing explosive gas at full power, at the cost of damaging the internal structure of the Spore Sac.

In any case, once the Spore Sac lands, its mission is complete. Even if it's not damaged, it will be recycled by the Creep later. If it's a little charred, at most it will taste a little worse, and Rowan thinks the Creep doesn't care about that.

However, those Atmospheric Creature did not seem to be numerous. This Spore Sac meteorite, trailing a trail of fire, passed through the area without being attacked and eventually landed safely 200 kilometers southeast of the landing site of the first Spore Sac meteorite.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and rested for a while. An hour later, the third Spore Sac meteorite entered the atmosphere of the A7B5 satellite.

This is a Spore Sac meteorite without a hydrogen-oxygen reaction device, and how it will land safely is yet another new test for everyone.

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