William and the others walked up aggressively.
Fro the direction of the sound coming from the bushes, a huge monster that looked like a saber-toothed tiger rushed out.
The saber-toothed tiger moved very fast. In just two or three seconds, it had arrived in front of William and the others.
It opened its huge mouth, revealing the sharp fangs within.
The most eye-catching thing was the two fangs that looked like sharp sabers and were as long as an adult's arm.
"Take that you f*king tiger, Daddy's not afraid of you."
William rushed over with the alloy shield, just in time to block the saber-toothed tiger's attack.
The next second...
"Bam!"
The saber-toothed tiger's head fiercely rammed into William's shield. The huge impact almost knocked William over.
However, after his previous experiences in fighting enemies, William had also grown a lot. His machete was still sheathed on his back as he used both his arms to support the shield.
At the same time, he used a special method to distribute the impact of the saber-toothed tiger's collision.
"Boom!"
William turned his body slightly, and the saber-toothed tiger was slammed into the ground due to the inertia from itsattack.
Sears, who was at the side, took advantage of the situation and ran over. He held a mace in both hands and jumped high. Then, slamming his hands down with all his might, he smashed mac onto the saber-toothed tiger's head.
The saber-toothed tiger immediately started to wince in pain.
He raised his head high, attempting to bite Sears, who was beside him. Seeing this, Brad, who was far away, raised the heavy crossbow in his hand and aimed at the saber-toothed tiger.
"Whoosh!"
A gust of wind whistled past.
As the long arrow made of a special alloy was shot in between the saber-toothed tiger's eyes, and the shaft of the arrow seemed to be rapidly transforming.
The shaft seemed to burst open. It had ruptured from its end, releasing a tough and flexible chain that tightly wrapped around the sabre-toothed tiger's mouth.
These types of animals had a very strong biting force, but they usually did not pack the same amount of strength when it came to opening their mouths.
Taking crocodiles as an example, the strength of their jaws could reach up to five tons of power, but just an ordinary rubber band was enough to keep their mouths shut.
Once their mouths were sealed, they would lose more than half of their fighting capabilities.
The other members of the exploration team were holding cold iron chains in groups of two.
"Tie 'em up!"Douglas ordered.
"Aye!" Everyone found their positions and tugged on the chains in their hands.
In less than a minute, the saber-toothed tiger was tied up by the hard cold iron chains. Its four limbs were tied up in such a way that there was no way for it to generate any strength.
Douglas took a tube and walked over. Inside the tube was a highly potent anesthetic. It was specifically made to be used on large creatures like this.
Just a whiff of it was enough to knock out a human.
"Hold it down. I'll inject it with the anesthetic," Douglas instructed.
"Roger."
Douglas put on a pair of glasses with two magnifiers on its lenses. Looking at the saber-toothed tiger, he adjusted the glasses with one hand, trying to find the location of the meridians.
Due to the layer of subcutaneous fat on the saber-toothed tiger being relatively thick, if the anesthetic was injected into the fat, it probably would not be of much use.
"Here." Douglas searched for a while before he finally found a vein. Then, he picked up the tube and held it up against the blood vessel.
The tube was made of a high-strength alloy. After Douglas pressed the button, the two sides of the cylinder slid down and turned into a few mechanical tentacles, which were attached to the saber-toothed tiger's skin, attaching the tube onto the tiger.
Once that was done, the anesthetic in the tube would be released.
It was a dark green solution, more than a hundred milliliters in total.
A thick and long needle was immediately inserted into the saber-toothed tiger's skin, and the solution started being injected into the tiger.
Not long after, the saber-toothed tiger's prideful head hung down. It had been knocked out.
William walked over and kicked the saber-toothed tiger in the head. He said unhappily, "You lucky bastard."
Douglas said, "This tiger is more useful alive than it is dead."
Brad said, "Let's go and see how Gaia is doing."
"Yeah." Everyone said in unison.
Most of them went to the entrance of the cave to check up on Gaia, leaving three of them to guard the saber-toothed tiger.
Based on the saber-toothed tiger's size, the dosage that Douglas used could make it sleep for an entire day.
Even if the saber-toothed tiger was naturally resistant to this kind of medicine, it would probably be able to put it out for at least a few hours, so there was no need to leave too many people to guard it.
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At this moment, a very dangerous situation was happening on the operating table in the cave.
When William and the others came in, they happened to see Gaia controlling the robotic arm to cut open his own chest.
When Sears saw this scene, he immediately screamed as his face turned pale.
When Gaia heard the sound, he turned around and forced a smile.
"This is bad. An infected spore made it into the heart."
"What?"
William's body stiffened. He wanted to charge into the cave immediately, but he was stopped by Brad and the others.
"If you rush in now, it will only cause more trouble."
"Douglas, what should we do?"
Everyone's faces were red. They could only ask Douglas for help. They hated how useless and helpless they were in this situation. It was almost a perfect surgery, but such a mishap still occurred.
"I'm gonna go f*cking murder that b*tch." William took out his machete and pushed everyone away. He wanted to rush out and kill the saber-toothed tiger.
"What's the point of killing it now?" Douglas scolded.
He looked at Gaia who was undergoing surgery and sighed.
"He was so close!"
Gaia's performance had utterly impressed Douglas. Even he could not achieve such a level of proficiency in surgery.
He explained Gaia's situation to everyone. "While Gaia was dealing with a spore cluster, another one has a stress reflex due to the noise and is moved into the heart. Even my previous captain could not have done better in such a short time."
Douglas said expressionlessly, but his eyes were already red.
If Gaia really died here... Then, no matter who stopped him, no matter how much research value this place had... He would destroy it all.
Let them join Gaia...
IN DEATH!!!
Suddenly, Gaia's body began to twitch uncontrollably. Pale yellow sweat started to drip out like crazy, as it became difficult for him to breathe.
Douglas'eyes immediately turned red. He quickly reported Gaia's situation.
"Blood pressure dropping, heart rate increasing... He's suffocating!"
He paused for a moment and said through gritted teeth.
"There is a risk of death. We have to save him as soon as possible."
"Damn it, it doesn't matter even if the surgery fails. Once you recover, we can do it all over again." Sears could only try to deceive himself with such a lie.