Chapter 352 "Commander"

In the blink of an eye, thousands of flame rats were wiped out in sevens and eights.

Only a very small number of fish that slipped through the net were left without being pierced by bullets, and the special oil with a very low ignition point in the body did not come into contact with the air, so they did not burn, and were still running away in a daze.

Meng Chao threw out the chain, entangled the two flame rats, and dragged them in front of him, without even pulling off half of the hair.

First, tie a flame mouse firmly with chains.

Then he took out a full set of harvesting tools, pointed at the other flame mouse, and sprayed a condensate that was tens of degrees below zero.

When the Flame Rat was too frozen to move, and a thin layer of frost had condensed on the outside of the eyeballs, he calmly cut the knife from the back of the neck, peeled off the scalp, and completely removed its skull.

Meng Chao's vision has not yet been cultivated to the point where it can replace a microscope.

He placed a pair of psionic microscopes dedicated to anatomy on his eyes, and concentrated on studying the brain of the flame rat.

After admiring it for a while, he used a long needle thinner than a hair to peel off the central nervous system of the flame mouse.

Only then did he use a scalpel blade as thin as a cicada's wing to decompose the brain into slices less than a millimeter.

After thoroughly studying the rat's brain, he began to dissect the internal organs and analyze the combustible substances in the flame rat's body.

Ten minutes later, Meng Chao had the answer.

"These beasts should have been lurking here for a while—their stomachs are all filled with fermented garbage fuel, which proves that they have long been hiding in the fuel warehouse of the power plant, gobbling it up, and even stuffing their stomachs.

"However, I think they are just small soldiers charging into battle, and there must be a 'commander' hiding behind them."

Lu Siya asked, "Why?"

"First, don't you think it's too easy to kill these flame rats?"

Meng Chao said, "The scale and duration of the fog this time is rare in the past six months. If I were a strange beast with extraordinary intelligence, I would never let go of this golden opportunity. How could I just send mere mice to make trouble?

"Secondly, their intestines and stomachs obviously cannot completely digest the junk fuel. Even if they were not shot and burned to death, they would swell to death in a short time. This shows that they are not driven by instinct to eat junk fuel to satisfy their hunger , but controlled by some kind of... higher level intelligence.

"Third, their brains are too small and too simple. It's hard to imagine that these flame rats can generate real intelligence and carry out such a complicated task as 'cooperative combat' together with the monsters that broke into Dragon City.

"Sister Ya, come here and see a small hole on the forehead of this flame rat?"

Lu Siya observed carefully, nodded and said: "I see, there is still a ball inside..."

"Cranial parietal eyes, the scientific name for this thing is 'cranial parietal eyes'."

Meng Chao said, "In ancient times, many vertebrates had more than one pair of eyes. In addition to the normal eyes, there was also a pair of eyeballs that often grew on the top of the head. However, it is difficult to demonstrate the specific function.

"Some biologists believe that the 'parietal eye' is used to perceive light and adjust the sleep time of creatures; others believe that the 'parietal eye' can help creatures perceive changes in the planet's magnetic field and achieve very precise positioning functions. Like a magnet in a pigeon's head; some experts believe that the human 'pineal gland' evolved from the 'parietal eye'.

"Like most mammalian monsters, the rat monsters' skull eyes have been closed during the long evolutionary process.

"However, through simple genetic modulation, it is not difficult to make the mouse monster show some 'returning' traits and re-grow the 'skull top eye'.

"As for its function... If I'm not mistaken, it should be used to perceive the changes in the spiritual magnetic ripples and receive information."

Lu Siya frowned: "Receive the message?"

"You can think of it as a biological information receiving chip."

Meng Chao said, "The 'commander' hiding in the dark amplifies its brain waves in a certain way, causing subtle changes in spiritual energy ripples. This change is perceived by the flame mouse through the parietal eye, which is equivalent to the 'commander'. The flame rat will launch a suicide attack only after the commander' has issued an order to the 'soldier'.

"Perhaps, the purpose of this round of attack is just to confuse us and make us think that all the invaders have been wiped out."

Lu Siya took a deep look at Meng Chao.

I saw Meng Chao's incredible performance in so many training sessions.

And his private analysis and evaluation of some training subjects was something Lu Siya had never heard of.

The current Lu Siya believed in Meng Chao's judgment very much.

She immediately asked, "Is there a way to find 'Commander'?"

"I can try to find the approximate range of the 'Commander', and the exact coordinates will depend on your extremely keen spiritual perception."

As Meng Chao said, he poked a few soft long needles thinner than a hair into the ear canal of the other flame mouse.

His eyes were slightly closed, his expression focused, and a drop of cold sweat fell deep on his forehead, as if he was undergoing a super-difficult microsurgery.

The flame mouse was only bound by chains, and its central nervous system was not frozen. It stands to reason that it should be able to feel pain.

But Meng Chao inserted four long needles into its ear canal in succession, and the cow hairy needles longer than fingers completely submerged into its brain, but it didn't scream, and its eyeballs still rolled around, as if it didn't feel any discomfort .

Lu Siya said: "What are you doing?"

"I'm severing the neural connection between the 'parietal eye' and the brain."

Meng Chao said, "In this way, the parietal eye may become a simple... magnet-like organ, just like the magnet in the pigeon's head."

Lu Siya said: "And then?"

"Then, it may lead us to the 'commander.'"

Meng Chao said, "You should know that pigeons can accurately find their own nests even if they are hundreds of miles away. It is precisely based on this characteristic that humans have bred 'carrier pigeons', right?

"I guess, the 'commander''s brainwaves can't be too strong. In order to avoid interference, when it gives instructions to these flame rats, the two sides must stay together. It is very likely that the 'commander' is dormant, that is, their lair.

"As long as I cut off the nerve connection between the 'skull parietal eye' and the brain, the flame mouse will no longer be controlled by any external commands, and the instinct of fear and survival will overwhelm everything again. Then, it is very likely to sense the magnetic field and escape back to it. The safest place—the lair where the 'commander' is."

As Meng Chao said, he shook off the chain.

The Flaming Mouse, with a long needle stuck in its head, ran out in a hurry.

"Chase!"

Meng Chao, who broke through the three-star spirit gathering realm, naturally couldn't be run away by a little mouse.

Lu Siya was even floating in mid-air, and she could see it clearly.

Along the way, Meng Chao stopped the factory guard team and the action members of the Alien Beast Investigation Bureau from firing.

Until the flame mouse fled near the cooling tower, it suddenly disappeared in a flash.

Meng Chao narrowed his eyes, raised the tip of his nose, and quickly found a very hidden crack in the ground under the cooling tower.

"It seems that we need to find the structure diagram of the underground facilities of the whole factory to know where the mouse is hiding." Meng Chao said.

"Don't be so troublesome." Lu Siya smiled slightly.

With five fingers spread out and a firm grip, a powerful and unparalleled spiritual magnetic force field was released from the whole body, blasting into the ground like a ground-penetrating bomb, as if creating a small-scale earthquake, causing a large number of rocks to be squeezed together.

For the first half minute, nothing happened, only smoke and dust spewed out from the criss-crossing cracks in the ground.

Soon, a black shadow leaped out from the thickest ground crack and crawled towards the cooling tower.

If you look closely, it is a shining giant python.

Its scales are translucent purple, giving people a crystal clear feeling, as if even the internal organs are faintly visible.

The scales rubbed against each other, creating sparks, and electric arcs wrapped around its body, making it look like a dragon flying through the clouds.

It has a huge tumor on its forehead, drumming and sucking, like a war drum chasing souls, beating the human brain and heart hard.

"A nest of snakes and rats, this thing is the 'commander'!"

Meng Chao brandished the chain blade and charged forward.

After breaking through the realm of three-star spirit gathering, his speed increased by another step, and his feet stomped hard on the ground, which could produce the effect of shell bombing. Borrowing a cloud of smoke to cover his figure, he had already leaped high and arrived at The top of the lightning python's head

"Zizizizi!"

The scales of the lightning python instantly became completely transparent.

A mass of plasma formed in the throat at a speed visible to the naked eye, gushing out like a volcanic eruption, just hitting Meng Chao in midair.

However, what was torn apart by the arc was only Meng Chao's phantom.

This is not a simple afterimage or optical camouflage.

It was Meng Chao's awakened past life memory, from the ghost brigade training camp, the extremely brilliant "light splitting phantom technique".

In addition to dragging out afterimages at super high speeds.

It is also necessary to infuse the magnetic field of life into the afterimage, so that it can be lifelike and fool monsters or enemies.

The real Meng Chao was still dormant in the smoke and dust from his pedaling.

The moment the lightning monster spit out the plasma, the two chain blades shot out at the same time, forming a spiral killing formation, wrapping around the opponent's Qicun.

The lightning monster bounced up like falling into a hot oil pan.

Meng Chao's chain blade also seemed to violate the laws of physics. It turned to another direction at an incredible angle, and chased after Qicun of the lightning python.

The lightning monster made a mouse-like, "squeak" scream.

The sarcoma on the head was covered with bloodshot eyes, and swelled to the limit, releasing a sharp mental attack.

Meng Chao narrowed his eyes, as if he was having a splitting headache, the chain blade lost control and drooped like a dried earthworm.

"Overjoyed" light appeared in the eyes of the lightning monster python. It turned from defense to offense, opened its bloody mouth, and bit Meng Chao's neck.

In the depths of Meng Chao's eyes, there was no trace of mental confusion and confusion, only ice-like calmness, and an unstoppable killing intent leaked from cracks in the ice layer.