The deep-blue energy blade sank entirely into the Honkai Beast's head. Its biomass carapace was like a crumpled sheet of paper beneath T-X's high-energy particle blade, and the melted keratin layer left the cross-section of the wound looking utterly ragged.
T-X hung the corpse from the hook of a small hovering drone nearby. The drone would take it back for further biological research.
The Honkai Beasts of the new world already looked vastly different from those on Earth. Though they appeared similar, they had gradually begun displaying their own traits; in truth, they were closer to having evolved. The wing cases of Assault-type Honkai Beasts had begun to fold inward, their flapping frequency had increased, and the carapace that had once partially covered the wing-case membranes had degenerated.
"Three Earth years, seven months, thirteen days, six hours, and forty-seven seconds have passed since activation. First Honkai Beast killed. They appeared far earlier than predicted by the risk assessment, also demonstrating that several mainstream arguments concerning the relationship between Honkai energy concentration and Honkai Beasts are incorrect."
Mars's extreme temperature fluctuations forced T-X to maintain high-power operation just to regulate its body temperature. The average summer temperature on the Utopia Plains was -60°C, while the day-night temperature difference was roughly 50°C. This severe burden caused T-X's operating time and efficiency to plummet.
"Over these three years, the base has expanded by 1.36 square kilometers. By rough calculation, the effective occupied area will not exceed 0.43 square kilometers. Industrial development progress is worrying. At present, only rotary-wing drones can be assembled. They are exposed without protection to cosmic rays, Martian winds, and dust storms. Their service lives are short, and their reuse value is limited."
Qin Su entered those words into the historical database. The revised risk assessment indicated that, within two