I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 670 - 568: Collision

While Chen Xin piloted the White Dragon and led the Titan team into the danger zone to begin searching for alien life forms, their actions were also detected by the aliens.

As Chen Xin had suspected, these alien life forms indeed have superior command nodes and a cognitive network.

However, the superior command node was not the mothership that Chen Xin had previously guessed, but something that has yet to appear.

The mothership does possess high intelligence and has some command abilities, able to serve as a command node for the alien life forms.

But this command node is similar to frontline junior officers, merely a sub-command node for the aliens with very limited scope and number of subordinates it can control.

In a sense, the existence of the mothership is merely an extension of the superior command node, akin to a signal amplifier used to transmit orders from the superior command node to sub-command nodes.

One thing that Chen Xin and the biologists correctly deduced is that these alien life forms do communicate using electromagnetic signals through an organ in their bodies that resembles a biological transmitter.

However, the subordinate sub-bodies only have communication abilities, while various command nodes can forcibly control subordinate sub-bodies through electromagnetic signals, much like a gamer controlling a character in a computer game, enabling them to "see" and "hear" everything the subordinate sub-bodies experience, and direct them to act upon their commands.

Whether to charge into bombing and gunfire, or commit suicide once captured.

Alternatively, use them as surveillance cameras to monitor invaded areas.

For Chen Xin's White Dragon, the alien's superior command node has a "profound impression," since their initial encounter involved a collision between a controlled combat sub-body and the White Dragon.

However, alien emotions are entirely different from humans. Although the superior command node has a "profound impression" of the White Dragon, it doesn't mean having any special thoughts or feelings towards it.

Simply due to an impression and the recognition within the superior command node that these massive iron cans exhibit astonishing combat strength, capable of easily killing combat sub-bodies, much stronger than those small fleshy humans.

This provokes immense "curiosity" in the superior command node towards these iron cans, wanting to understand what these iron cans truly are, hoping to unlock their formidable secrets to enhance their clan's combat strength. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Thus, while humans consider capturing a live sample of the alien life forms, the aliens' superior command node is also preparing to capture human Titans.

Both sides coincidentally chose the alien activity area that humans designated as a danger zone as their battleground.

Above ground in this area are the searching human Titan team and armored units, while underground are digging worker sub-bodies and numerous combat sub-bodies, alongside special vesicle sub-bodies specifically prepared by the superior command node to capture human Titans.

The vesicles launched by these sub-bodies are not high-temperature corrosive liquids, but highly adhesive and can quickly coagulate into gel-like substances, similar to threads or mucus expelled by spiders or other organisms for hunting, capable of capturing prey once hit.

In fact, Chen Xin's strategy is similar, but due to material constraints and the necessity of capturing live samples, Chen Xin uses electroshock capture rounds installed on the Lu Shu instead of adhesive.

Once targeted and fired, a conductive net woven from highly visible metal wires and high-strength molecular materials unfurls in the air, enveloping the target and releasing a synchronized high-voltage electric shock to achieve the effect of paralyzing the target.

The choice for electric targeting rather than other capture methods is mainly because, to date, biologists haven't found other means that would render alien life forms immobile.

Anesthetic does not work well, ordinary anesthetic rounds cannot penetrate the alien's chitin exoskeleton, and their size demands huge doses of anesthetic to potentially subdue them.

Considering the aliens' activity level, attempting to inject anesthetic en masse following capture on the battlefield is hardly a realistic endeavor.

Rather than wasting effort injecting anesthetic in aliens, one might as well directly stun and bind them for transport.

Indeed, during previous warfare, high-voltage electric shock was tested and found effective on alien life forms.

However, earlier attempts at electroshock on aliens encountered unresolved technical details. Though live samples were captured, they committed suicide before reaching the laboratory.

This time, Chen Xin resolved several technical detail issues to make capture via high-voltage electric shock feasible. This is his greatest reliance in driving this operation.

In truth, at this moment, Chen Xin has already detected the presence of alien life forms in this area through the biological detection radar onboard the White Dragon.

This is an adjustment made following the lesson learned from the first encounter when conventional radar failed to detect these alien life forms.

Through detecting life signals and vibrations, the presence of alien life forms in this region displays on the White Dragon's radar screen.

"It seems like these aliens plan to surround us, everyone get ready for combat!" Chen Xin transmitted the detected data to other units, preparing everyone for battle.

Both parties aim to capture each other alive and have prepared for battle.

Naturally, the fight erupted as anticipated by both sides.

The alien life forms struck first, bursting through the ground from beneath, and surged towards Chen Xin's group like a tidal wave, surrounding them.

In the face of alien life forms, the entire Titan team promptly arranged into a defensive formation and deployed the dense system defense system and 75mm short-barrel handheld cannons that Chen Xin specially equipped for this operation, engaging the aliens in combat.

Likewise, Chen Xin raised the White Dragon's equipped long-range weapons, initiating fire and simultaneously seeking opportunities to capture alien life form samples.

Although the original capture mission evolved into direct confrontation, Chen Xin does not intend to waste this opportunity. He said to Mo Qingyan, "Qingyan, keep an eye out for opportunities. I'll try to create an opening for you, once you receive my signal, launch the Lu Shu's electric shock net. Don't worry, Alan will cover you."

"Understood, I know what to do!" Amidst the surging alien life forms, Mo Qingyan, although very nervous, gripped the joystick tightly, loudly responding to Chen Xin.