In a corner of the cemetery where the smoke still lingered, Alex found the nuclear fusion engine of the Messenger of Destiny. It was half buried in the pit, riding on the twisted wreckage of a starship. The radiation emitted by the wreckage formed a high temperature and heated it.

The air continued to steam, making the light and shadow become hazy. The spacesuit kept beeping the alarm, but the shield believed it could withstand the current level of threat, so Alex started working directly.

Yatai Earth's nuclear fusion engine is as tall as two people, and its total weight is about three tons. Although it is not a big guy, it still needs the anti-gravity engine of the small somersault cloud to pull it out of the pit. The engine's

One side was deflated due to the impact, but after taking that part apart with a computing stick, the reaction constraint chamber inside was intact. This was the result Alex needed most.

"Let me see which ones can be used directly..." Alex poked his head inside the engine and observed carefully. "The fuel tank is intact, and the ignition needle looks fine. You can take it and use it directly. Oh, the control box

It's falling apart. Maybe it can be repaired, but it's of little significance. Let's just use it as materials. The energy transfer output part looks pretty good..."

The nuclear fusion engine retains about 80% of its integrity, so Alex can repair it and use it directly. He plans to turn the small somersault cloud into a somersault cloud, that is, to gain the ability to travel at warp speed, which requires an engine.

Warp engine, warp route calculation and control, and the shield system of the entire starship. Since it is flying inside the sky and earth, there is no need to install environmental circulation and life support systems, and there is no need for ultra-high-speed navigation in the atmosphere at sub-light speeds.

This is equivalent to eliminating the most troublesome systems.

"Tiantu itself is a massive star. When conducting warp navigation near its surface, you must pay great attention to the influence of gravity. The greater the warp speed, the greater the risk of gravitational chaos. Therefore, using the Alien Association's warp engine is better than using a composite

It's better to evolve humans." Alex calculated: "At the same time, we have to guard against detection by heavenly beings, so the new little somersault cloud must have the ability to camouflage."

The Liuma has this kind of hidden ability. The camouflage equipment under the gravitational wave radar was built by Alex himself. Now it is just a matter of doing it all over again. After deciding on the plan, Alex started construction, but

The first thing is still to dig deep to avoid the threat of the killer star.

The twisted starship wreckage was a ready-made bunker. Alex picked the largest and thickest one, and then dug down from its bottom to build his own studio like a mole. He expected that the entire construction project would take twenty

After many days and three killer star cycles, digging holes will bring him a lot of convenience.

After mastering the elemental body, digging holes became a very easy task. Alex put his palms on the ground, and then ordered the elemental body to reorganize the soil in contact, move them sideways and compress them, and then he can

Create potholes. Since this change only involves macroscopic aspects such as density and shape, and does not affect the microscopic level of molecules and atoms, its energy consumption is on the same level as shoveling soil with a shovel. With micro-nuclei

After the fusion of particles, this kind of work can no longer be called consumption.

Wherever Alex's hands touch, the soil automatically recedes and then piles up around it, using a higher density to save space. I wonder if you have ever seen the little crabs on the beach that quickly dig into the sand to avoid enemies. They blink in the blink of an eye.

With just a little effort, Alex could be completely hidden underground. Alex was about the same speed as them. While ejecting a cube of soil with a side length of one decimeter, he quickly drilled into the ground and disappeared quickly.

It is easier to dig on hard ground than in a fluid environment. The objects that the elemental body needs to transport and sort out can easily stabilize themselves. Therefore, the pit under the wreckage of the battlefield starship is easier to dig than under the river. He dug down for more than ten meters first.

meters, and then spiraled downward layer by layer, and soon created an underground cave half the size of a basketball court and three meters high. On one side of the cave, he continued to create a deep pit, where he would excavate the

The soil blocks are filled in, and the groundwater in the original soil layer is also guided into it, forming a pool.

The deeper you dig, the wetter the soil becomes and the greater the number of microorganisms. Alex believes that there is a huge ecological circle under the sky and earth, with its own complete ecological cycle system, which can sustain the survival of a large number of animals and plants.

.So if you dig deeper, you might be able to find a stable and huge food source.

"Water is enough for now, but it wouldn't hurt if we could know the situation below." Alex dragged the small somersault cloud and the nuclear fusion engine in, and then created a safety exit according to the principle of three cunning rabbit holes. He tried to go down diagonally

Create a long channel, and use the mineral detection component of the mine cannon on the small somersault cloud to guide the direction.

Materials with engineering value are all on the surface, and there are no minerals that can be mined underground. There is only a mighty underground river. Alex moved towards the underground river and dug an entrance and exit at the top of it.

It was pitch black below the entrance of the cave. With the help of the shimmer created by the particles and the low-light analysis function of the vision touch screen, Alex knew that this was a huge cave environment. The underground river forcibly occupied the space of the cave, and everything was magically created.

The stalagmites were all washed down and turned into smooth underground water pipes.

There are fish, aquatic plants, and fast-moving plant branches, leaves, and sediment in the river. Alex understood when he saw these. If he traces the source of the river, he will definitely find an underground or semi-underground ecosystem. This

That's where the river comes from. It may lead to the next ecological circle, or merge into a larger underground river. Alex can't predict the scale of the entire underground world now. But if you think about it carefully, the sky and earth are so big.

According to common sense, the world should also be very large.

The underground river can provide Alex with sufficient drinking water, food and nuclear fusion fuel, and can also be used as an escape route in times of danger. Alex covered the entrance of the cave and then began to dig up an alternate exit diagonally. The entire passage required

It was wide enough to allow small somersault clouds to fly out normally. The amount of work was no smaller than digging an underground studio. When he finally returned to the ground, the killer star had already appeared from the horizon.

There is still some time before it comes to the top of the head to exert its power. Alex can still come out for a breather and observe the environment around the exit. This is about three kilometers away from where he made the working cave downwards, which does not count.

Too far away, those twisted wreckage are still clearly visible. They were originally distributed within an area of ​​more than ten kilometers, and some smaller fragments can fly further, and traces may be found hundreds of kilometers away.

Alex is on a gentle slope, and not too far below lies half a starship. He is using the touch screen to analyze the structure of the starship to see what can be exploited.

thing, but unexpectedly saw a running person. It was a human being, wrapped tightly in a brown leather coat, and carrying a box with four antennas and a rotating disk behind him. He first spun around.

After two laps, his body posture was quite anxious, and he almost didn’t know where to put his hands and feet. At this time, the rotating disk pointed towards Alex, and the man raised his head and glanced, and then stepped forward

He opened his legs, kicked the ground hard with his long black leather boots, and rushed over as fast as he could escape.

---Communication center report: Directional detection signal found, pattern similar to depth sounding and flaw detection radar; radio communication channel found, unencrypted, content is being translated.---

"Prepare signal takeover and suppression." Alex didn't know whether the opponent was an enemy or a friend, so he took out his computing stick and prepared for battle and charge. If the guy with the telescope and respirator on his face was

For the enemy, Alex will use the communication center to suppress the signal, preventing him from having the opportunity to communicate with the outside world, and then beat him to death with a stick.

---The radio content is clear text, and the encoding method is very similar to that of heavenly beings. It has been partially deciphered: Where is it? Hide quickly---

"Access this channel and find all signal source directions."

The communication center quickly found three signal sources. The nearest one was of course the approaching runner, and the other two were at the other end of the hillside. There might be something wrong with the runner's signal transmitter, which was just receiving the signal.

Not a word could be said to the outside world. The other two were constantly trying to contact each other, and the content seemed very urgent.

They were using some kind of variant of Celestial Language, and most of the words were the same, so Alex could guess the meaning based on the context. He was proficient in the study of language and emotional compression, and knew how to use dialogue in emergency situations.

The words he uses will be as simple, straightforward, and basic as possible, and he will only express his meaning in the most direct way. By the time the guy starts running uphill, Alex has already deciphered 80% of the words that appear in the communication channel.

They kept asking the runners to return to the tunnel quickly to avoid being killed by the photothermal radiation of the killer star. They kept asking about the location of their companions and asking him to reply immediately. Time was very tight, and they only had a few minutes before they could

You must move down the tunnel, otherwise it will be too late to enter the safe area.

Combining this information, the equipment behind the runner should be a mineral detector. Signals similar to flaw detection can be used to find the entrance to underground caves. And he obviously regards the cave dug by Erics as his own retreat tunnel. Now Eric

There are several choices before Kes: the first is to ambush him in the cave, eliminate this hidden danger, but also eliminate this important source of intelligence; the second is to stand up and tell him the correct location of the cave, but this will not only

Losing information, and more seriously exposing yourself, the only "gain" is not needing to kill people and the false self-satisfaction of "I am a good person".

Both options were not very good. Alex frowned slightly, and then ordered the communication center to interfere with their use of channels, emitting background noise similar to strong electromagnetic radiation, completely cutting off the possibility of communication between them, and causing killers at the same time.

An illusion of a star arriving earlier than expected.

Sure enough, the other two signal sources sent out the communication content "We will evacuate intelligently. The entrance of the cave will be buried in three minutes. We hope to see you again." Then they began to move their positions. The signal weakened and they should have gone underground. At the same time, Airei

Kes grabbed a handful of dirt from both sides of the tunnel and smeared it on his face. Holding the computing stick in combat-charged state in his hand, he crawled most of his body out of the hole.

The climber who was using his hands and feet was startled when he saw Alex. His arms turned like windmills and he almost rolled down the slope. He yelled "Help" and "Where are you all?"

, there was already a cry in the voice, but there was nothing in the communication channel except Alex's interference noise.

"You can hide!" Alex pointed to the tunnel under his feet, and then waved to the runner. He was using the same variant of Tianren language as the runner, and a few simple words were enough to piece together the required meaning.

"Danger is coming, use my tunnel!"

The runner hesitated for a moment, looked back at the rising killer star, and noticed that there was already a distorted glare in the direction of the zenith, so he nodded vigorously. "Thank you!" he shouted, and at the same time spread out his hands to show his empty

Palm, continued to run towards Alex's hole.

So Eric also stretched out a hand to him, greeting him with an empty but full of rescue palm. The moment the composite evolutionary man's space suit touched the runner's leather gloves, ten fingers tightened, and Eric

Si pulled the runner into the tunnel with force.

"It's still not safe here. Come with me to the depths." Alex turned on the environmental search light on his spacesuit. The soft halo illuminated the narrow single-man cave, allowing the runner to be seen more clearly. It was a thin and small man.

But the young man with long arms and legs has no gender in his figure. However, after taking off the goggles, his eyebrows look more feminine, so we will use her to represent him for the time being.

"Thank you. My name is Dangga, or you can call me Dangdang. I'm from the Hewang tribe. Who are you?"

"I don't have a tribe, I take care of myself." When Alex encountered a word that he couldn't get around, he used standard Tianren language to patch it up. "Can you understand me?"

"Well, according to the Mingtong language of heaven and earth, it seems that you are a knowledgeable person." Dangdang pointed to the hole behind him and asked: "It's relatively narrow here, let me help you close the hole. What's your name?"

"

"Thank you." Alex nodded and said, "You can call me Ike. I have no ill intentions towards you. The killer star is coming soon, why are you still running around outside?"

"I fell down and rolled a long way. When I got up, I couldn't find the direction of the tunnel entrance." Dangdang took out a shovel from behind, quickly shoveled down the entrance of the tunnel, and then followed Alex deeper into the tunnel.

Walked away and said as he walked: "I'm still learning how to recognize the direction on the earth's surface, which is my weakness. And my communication station is broken. I can hear them but can't speak to them. My friends must still be everywhere.

Find me."

"I can take you to your friends - if you know where they are."

"Let me try..." Dangdang patted her chest a few times, and the antenna and disk behind her rotated, making a buzzing sound. After a while, she shook her head: "I must have gone in the wrong direction.

We can't find our tunnel for the time being. I beg you, let me hide in your tunnel for a while. When the killer star leaves, I will leave again and go outside to look for traces of the tunnel entrance."

"No problem." Alex nodded and said, "My tunnel passes through the waterway. You can rest there and replenish food and water. Do you have any taboos?"

"Except for not slandering or violating heavenly beings, our tribe has no special taboos. Moreover, our tribe attaches great importance to the grace of saving lives and the grace of sharing. I owe you a huge favor."
Chapter completed!