Creep Organization

Under external stimuli, some gene fragments hidden deep within the Creep are activated.

These genes cause a small subset of the Creep to mutate, enabling them to break down these unpalatable toxins back into "delicious food."

"Look at those patches! Haven't they recovered a bit since then?" one observer suddenly asked in surprise.

"How could that be? The main components of those highly toxic substances are polymers formed by addition polymerization. Even without considering the effects of toxins, these compounds are basically impossible to degrade. If they aren't cleaned up, this land will be essentially ruined." The crew member who spoke up clearly knew more about incendiary bombs.

"But I think those dark brown patches have really shrunk." The observer refused to believe it and trusted his own eyes. He had a unique talent for distance measurement and rarely made mistakes.

As the hands moved, two images of the same area, taken two hours apart, were slowly superimposed, with the dark brown venomous spots marked by two different colored dotted lines.

When the two images are completely superimposed, it is very clear that the area of the toxic spot a few minutes ago is significantly smaller than that two hours ago.

"Holy crap! It's real, this thing is actually still recovering!" the science-explanatory crew member exclaimed.

"Report this to the captain immediately!"

Riken Race were incredibly efficient. In less than two minutes, the commanders of the three fleets had received the news. The new weapons that were expected to be highly effective only slowed down the enemy's growth.

Time passed quickly, and two hours quietly went by.

"Sir, we have carefully analyzed and compared the previous videos, and after another two hours of observation, we regret to inform you that they are indeed recovering, and at an increasingly rapid pace. Perhaps in another two hours, they will have recovered to their previous size."

Upon hearing this, Hamis's expression darkened. It seemed that the purplish-gray fleshy tissue could withstand extremely high temperatures and also possessed a strong decomposition ability.

It's not just toxins; those Ground-Based Artillery, though covered in them, are rapidly decomposing according to various external data analyses.

These things have a very strong digestive capacity.

Although they still don't know what the other is.

It's alright, though. When the Space Octopus crashed into Laze Planet, many of its parts were blown up, and some of the broken body parts are still floating in the planet's orbit, and some have already been collected.

Furthermore, after the Electromagnetic Cannon cannons on the planet's surface were destroyed, the Riken Race also extracted some tissue samples from them.

The research team aboard the ship is conducting urgent experiments and analyses, and we believe they will soon have some results. It's a pity that no related functional ships accompanied this mission, and the instruments on the warships are relatively rudimentary; otherwise, we should already know what's on the other side.

The bombing continued. Although ordinary energy weapons could not completely destroy the purple-gray patches, they could slow down their development.

Moreover, as the strongest race in a star system, the Riken Race has not had any rivals of the same level for a long time, and even if there are occasional internal conflicts, they are not large in scale.

Therefore, almost all the soldiers recruited this time were new recruits with no combat experience.

Isn't this an excellent opportunity to train troops?

Although thousands of Mature Form remain hidden in the hilly area, and the Swarm in other areas have lost their ability to fight back, it is still a real combat exercise, which is far better than simply virtual training.

The fighter jet formations that were patrolling the hilly areas were rotated out in batches to participate in bombing operations in the main theater of operations.

They practiced various attack maneuvers, such as diving to unleash a volley of attacks and then rapidly ascending, maintaining distance for continuous rappelling, and so on.

Time passed slowly, during which the fighter jets returned to the carrier group several times to replenish their energy and undergo simple repairs before setting off again to join the exercise.

"What on earth is going on?!"

The recreation room of a warship was knocked down and converted into a makeshift large laboratory. A researcher, looking at the scene that had been repeated countless times, exclaimed in annoyance.

Before me lay a patch of purplish-gray Creep tissue, which slowly dissolved into a thick liquid that flowed across the lab bench.

All the researchers at the Ricken had bloodshot eyes, whether from exhaustion or anger, it was hard to tell. They hadn't slept or rested for over 70 hours.

The three legion commanders, the Mother Planet's combat command center, and a large group of related personnel were all waiting for the results of their experiments.

But they were stuck at the very first step of the experiment, let alone achieving any results.

Researchers have discovered that the bodies of these alien creations are divided into two parts: one part is ordinary body tissue, and the other part is an aggregate that they call the "core".

Ordinary body tissues are really ordinary, mostly containing nutrients. Although the protective cells surrounding them offer some inspiration to the Riken Race, due to the limitations of the technology tree, it remains merely an inspiration.

The core technologies of alien creations, their functional systems, bio- Electromagnetic Cannon, bio -Plasma Engine, and even Bio-Controlled Fusion Organ, are both individual organs and a whole. Any attempt to explore their secrets will trigger a series of chain reactions.

Researchers' mere attempt to collect and analyze cell samples from the "core locations" triggers the cells' self-destructive behavior.

They employed almost every possible method, regardless of the instrument used to collect the sample; as long as it was inserted into the "core," it would trigger cell collapse, turning what was originally a healthy piece of body tissue into a foul-smelling liquid devoid of any information in a short period of time.

Researchers have even used rapid freezing to lower the temperature to near absolute zero in a short period of time in an attempt to seal the body cells of extraterrestrial creations and prevent their self-destruction.

But all attempts ultimately failed. And it makes sense, considering that the void between two star systems in space is a region close to absolute zero. When these alien creations were still "alive," they could move freely there, so it's reasonable that the low temperatures couldn't contain them.

Researchers have no idea how this is possible; based on their current behavior, they would turn into a thick liquid as soon as they are hit by a shell.

But in fact, they can travel through space, engage in high-intensity combat, and withstand the bombardment of Energy Cannon!

That's not scientific!

Unless their cells have protective programs programmed into them, how do they perceive external conditions? How do they distinguish which attacks need to be defended against and which require self-destruction? Do they possess their own consciousness?

That would require each organ, even each cell, to have its own consciousness! But how is that possible?

Moreover, they are already "dead"! Even if they possessed consciousness, they should have perished by now.