area51novel Chapter 2040, Section 238: Becoming an Immortal King
Chapter 2040, Section 238: Becoming an Immortal King
Chapter 2040, Section 2.38: Becoming an Immortal King
The third level of the Mayan pyramid houses a drug laboratory soaked in blood.
The giant snake's tracks could not be hidden at all.
Team 4, shunning the semi-congealed blood trail, advanced towards the core area. Even with the double protection of optical camouflage and acoustic shielding, they would still inevitably be detected, given the path marked by bloody footprints. However, the "Superbrain Region Chain" of the Vortex Cybertronian superbrain, with its powerful real-time algorithms, completely erased the footprints. Not only were they undetectable by surveillance cameras, but even the more advanced infrared spectrometers couldn't distinguish them. Even standing right in front of them, ordinary people would find them undetectable with the naked eye. As Captain Nine-Tailed said, this was the ultimate mirror magic.
This comprehensive stealth technology is a powerful ability that makes the Vortex Foxes unique on Cybertron. Of course, besides more advanced technology, another way to see through their disguises is through powerful "psychic abilities." Similar to telepathy, they can see creatures that shouldn't be visible. And there is telepathy between beings of the same rank.
The sudden, accelerated flow of blood beneath their feet indicated that the wounded giant snake had clearly sensed the dangerous intruder and was searching for its target using unusual methods.
"Jump!" In the instant her blood rushed, Captain Nine-Tailed suddenly snapped to attention. She leaped into the air, and the "traction sonic wave" released by her Vortex Armored Boots firmly attached the female warrior to the ceiling.
"Acoustic Tractor Beam" is a high-tech laboratory technology that uses acoustic traction to capture and float objects above an acoustic generator.
The principle behind sound wave levitation is actually quite simple. As we all know, sound is a type of wave that travels through air, characterized by varying density. During propagation, areas of higher density have higher pressure, and areas of lower density have lower pressure. For example, when our eardrum receives sound waves, the air outside the eardrum is sometimes denser and sometimes less dense, resulting in varying pressure. This creates a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the eardrum; this pressure difference is sometimes positive and sometimes negative, causing the eardrum to vibrate, helping us to detect the sound from the outside world. Because sound waves in nature are always fleeting, the pressure difference created in space is also instantaneous, unless new sound waves continuously arrive.
Scientists have now found a way in the laboratory to make sound waves, after multiple reflections and superpositions, remain stationary in space, forming a fixed wave known as a "standing wave." On a standing wave, a crest remains a crest, and a trough remains a trough. In other words, areas with high air density remain high, and areas with low density remain low. This permanently creates a series of high-pressure and low-pressure points in space. At low-pressure points, the pressure difference between the object and the surrounding air can be used to levitate it against gravity. If the shape of the standing wave is continuously changed through the design and control of an onboard AI, the suspended object can move by changing the position of the troughs in space. In this way, sound waves act like an invisible hand, precisely guiding objects to move through the air.
Compared to technologies that humans haven't even left the laboratory for, Cybertronian Vortex Fox is a master of voice control. It's like "surfing" in sound waves, silently attracting a team of sound-absorbing creatures to the ceiling with a single, pulling sound wave. Extremely simple and easy. However, some things, from knowing the principle to easily achieving it, are not just empty words.
Before the gushing snake blood could even react, it lost its target.
Using the ceiling as a floor, the Wave Squad walked upside down as if on flat ground. The heavily injured golden python that had escaped back soon revealed itself.
The giant python, its body stained with blood, coiled itself in circles within the corridors of the third level of the Mayan pyramid, supported by massive pillars. The gaping hole on its head, melted by a welding torch with a scimitar, showed no signs of healing. Blood gushed forth like a bubbling spring. Researchers in biohazard suits busily worked around the dying python. One group was on the snake's head, attempting to fill the bleeding hole. But all their efforts were in vain; as it bled further, the python's life rapidly slipped away.
Just then, Santanico Pandemoni, the ancient vampire queen and "Death's mistress," also arrived at the scene.
Among the group standing atop the giant python, someone immediately removed their protective mask: "Your Majesty, your python has suffered an incurable and fatal wound." This person was none other than Jonathan Rice, the world's leading bioweapons expert, nicknamed "The Angel of Death," who won the Nobel Prize in Tomb Raider.
"This is impossible!" the ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni roared in fury. "Do you see how huge she is? It's just a mosquito bite that doesn't even hurt. How could such a small wound be fatal!" "As you can see, Your Majesty," Jonathan Rice, the world's leading bioweapons expert nicknamed "The Angel of Death," argued logically. "This wound has some kind of 'property' that we cannot understand. It cannot be healed, or even bandaged."
"What remarkable 'characteristics' could a mortal possibly have!" The ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni was immediately enraged by the conclusions of the world's top bioweapons expert, nicknamed "The Angel of Death," which completely deviated from her own scientific understanding.
“Your Majesty,” Jonathan Rice, a top bioweapons expert nicknamed “The Angel of Death,” gave a completely unprofessional answer in a professional tone: “It’s like opening some kind of ‘time portal’ on the forehead of your giant python. The wound carries time-space properties that we cannot understand, so it is simply impossible to treat with current conditions. I can even assert that this is a divine realm that is completely beyond the reach of current human medical achievements.”
"Are you talking to me about magic gates?!" The expression on the face of Santanico Pandemoni, the ancient vampire queen, suggested that she was quite familiar with the term.
“If this is your understanding, I have no objection.” As a Nobel Prize-winning expert in biological weapons, Jonathan Rice did not waver in his judgment.
"..." The ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni, unexpectedly, did not go on a killing spree in her rage. Instead, she suppressed her anger and gradually calmed down.
“Some superhumans do indeed possess certain extraordinary abilities.” Jonathan Rice, the top bioweapons expert nicknamed “The Angel of Death,” also deliberately lowered his voice: “Your Majesty, the ability you displayed when you first met me fell into the category of ‘supernatural.’”
“You desire the power of immortality.” The ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni smiled wickedly. “You also desire to walk in the daylight. And you want my favor to become an immortal king. Jonathan Rice, fulfill your promise, and all your wishes will come true.”
"But Your Majesty, the Golden Serpent is in imminent danger and can no longer mate with Queen Blood Orchid."
“I told you, fulfilling your promise will naturally bring you the result you desire.” With that, the ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni turned and left, without giving the golden python another glance.
“As you wish, my Queen.” Jonathan Rice, the top bioweapons expert nicknamed “Angel of Death,” bowed gracefully from the blood-stained snake head.
Having witnessed this important plot through the "eyes and ears" of the Extinction Squad, Wu Chen immediately thought of a possibility: "The Blood Orchid Queen, who has lost her mate, may give birth to offspring through parthenogenesis."
Indeed, as Wu Chen said, there are subspecies of snakes that can reproduce parthenogenetically.
The blind snake is the only known snake species that reproduces exclusively through parthenogenesis, and this is a permanent form of parthenogenesis. All individuals of the blind snake are female, and they can reproduce without male mating. Their reproductive process relies on a triploid genome (containing three sets of chromosomes within the cells), and they maintain the stability of the offspring's genome through a special gene repair mechanism.