Fruit

The events depicted in the movie did not occur. Godzilla was indeed extremely weak and powerless against the approaching Gunboat, forced to watch helplessly as they drew near.

"It's truly spectacular." These Gunboat are generally over thirty meters long. Compared to Godzilla, which is over a hundred meters long, they are not small at all, but rather large.

"Yes, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that such a creature exists."

"Look at the blue shimmer on its dorsal fin, it's so beautiful."

"..." The Captain was silently added to the list of those who could not be alone with his colleagues.

General Masai was also watching all this remotely through the probes on his Gunboat. Although he felt a similar sense of awe, he couldn't truly grasp the shock of it because he wasn't there in person.

However, since this thing is almost dead, we should bring it back to study it; perhaps we'll make some surprising discoveries.

"The order has come. The general wants us to take this big guy back to Irwin Base (formerly Chloe Base)."

How much longer until it kicks the bucket?

"That's hard to say; this thing is beyond our comprehension."

"How do we take it away? Can our Gunboat tow it?"

"There shouldn't be any problem. We have twenty-one Gunboat here, enough to tow thirty or forty thousand tons."

"But it's still alive, how can we tie it up?"

"Perhaps we should ask for its opinion."

"..."

Everyone was playing dumb. When Godzilla was still alive, it was fine to wander around it, but when it came to actually operating it, everyone was a bit timid.

Five minutes later.

"We can't just wait like this; if we wait any longer, it will be considered disobeying military orders."

"Let's launch another attack. It might be less complete, but at least it'll be safe."

Because the energy beams of the Gunboat were severely degraded as they passed through the seawater, the Riken Race actually launched three more attacks before finally blowing Godzilla's head off.

This was even because Godzilla was injured and had virtually no way to dodge.

In fact, Godzilla does have the ability to fight back in the face of death, and could at least take a few Riken Race Gunboat down with it, but to prevent the battle from damaging the surrounding environment, it wasn't given any more screen time.

Ten minutes later, after confirming that Godzilla was indeed dead, numerous Gunboat released ropes and hooks, which were then wrapped around various parts of Godzilla's body in an attempt to pull him away.

Unfortunately, Gunboat are not dedicated transport vehicles, and Godzilla was much heavier than the Riken Race had imagined. In addition, during the final attack, Godzilla's struggle caused part of the cave to collapse, and he was crushed by many rocks. These twenty or so Gunboat were unable to pull Godzilla out.

Left with no other option, they could only report the situation and wait for support.

"Newbie, where are you going? Don't wander off," a Captain suddenly said over the comms.

The so-called newcomer is Kaida, who was promoted to Captain of the Special Operations Team by Chloe, so the veteran Captain jokingly call him a newcomer.

"Treasure hunting? Isn't that how it's always portrayed in movies? Monster lairs usually hold treasures," Kaida replied.

"..." Everyone was speechless. Movies are all made up; what reference value do they have?

However, this time the plot from the movie actually came true.

Ten minutes later, Kaida's voice came through the communication channel. "Everyone, come and see what this is?"

"What is it?"

"Could it be that this kid has actually found a treasure?"

Driven by curiosity, many Gunboat headed towards Kaida's location.

"What's this?"

"It appears to be a plant."

Turning behind Kosla and continuing deeper into the cave, the group saw the so-called "treasure"—a reddish-black vine plant with many fruits that shimmered with a purplish-red glow.

"Although I'm not an expert in this field, I can still see that it's unique," Kaida's voice came.

"I can tell too."

"Nonsense, the radiation here is so intense that we wouldn't last more than half an hour without protective suits. The fact that these plants can grow normally here means there's definitely something wrong with them."

"Those fruits look very delicious."

"Haha, you can try it and tell us how it tastes."

"Damn it, I'm not stupid."

"Why can't we eat it?" a team member quietly asked their Captain.

"Are you stupid? This thing grows in a radiation environment. If it carries even a little radiation, eating it will at best give you several radiation sicknesses, and at worst, it will kill you." The Captain was furious. Luckily, the other guys didn't hear this, otherwise, if they knew that there was such a stupid guy in their team, they would probably laugh at him for a long time.

"..."

"Perhaps we can take some back for the experts to examine."

"Agreed. We're just idling around anyway, and this might be another achievement."

Several underwater robots, equipped with radiation shielding containers, carefully cut and collected some plant samples and a few fruits.

The robot had just returned when reinforcements arrived. After some detailed surveying work, some small engineering vessels blew up Godzilla's lair.

Several transport ships, each over a hundred meters long, landed on the sea surface. Ropes, half a meter in diameter, were sent to the seabed, wrapped around Godzilla's body, and then slowly pulled him out of the water before flying towards the ground base.

--

After much effort, the Swarm finally managed to bring some things into the sights of the Riken Race.

Taking into account the compatibility issues between the Creep and the space creatures of the Swarm, and to avoid revealing their true nature during future battles against the Riken Race, Rowan specifically designed the new plant to be completely different from the Creep. It had been a long time since Rowan had undertaken such intensive research and development work, rushing to complete it in such a short time.

Fortunately, this thing doesn't need to be as complicated as when we developed the Creep. After adding some interesting things and unique shapes to suit the physical characteristics of the species on Riken Star, we added some Node Strain genes so that they could provide node information. The rest is just to make it different from the Creep.

Considering the possibility of advanced civilizations, the Swarm had not taken precautions against these problems beforehand, and the Creep and the like should have already been exposed. Therefore, this plant must be made so that it is not noticeably connected to the Swarm.

Moreover, this is the most important point, and what Rowan cares about the most, because he often uses information asymmetry to create various "coincidences," so he is very wary of some "coincidences."

He always believed that there is no love without a reason in the Dark Forest.

Rowan needed more information to make a judgment; he had to figure out the true origins of that Ancient Spaceship. Before that, he had to make some preparations, and the structure of the Swarm also needed to be adjusted.

What has already been exposed cannot be dealt with, and what hasn't been exposed needs to remain hidden while laying the groundwork for something else.