After dealing with these folk affairs, Yu Yifeng finally returned to business...
The dead are gone, but the living will continue to live. Humanity will not stop its development because of sadness.
Scientific and industrial matters must continue, and mining is still the top priority.
Within a month, the flight base parked above the Noah continued to fall. According to the plan formulated at the meeting, a new mining base will be established in the Arctic region of the planet Knick.
Of course, everyone learned the lesson this time. The engineers first had to make great efforts to check whether there were underground cavities in the land below.
Human beings don't want to work in vain anymore.
After a month of hard work, the final answer was finally obtained: people used a drill bit similar to drilling oil and drilled down to a depth of more than 10,000 meters, and no signs of underground cavities were found. In other words, this land is genuine.
It is solid and there is no possibility of collapse!
Theoretically, this is also the case. The geological activity in the Arctic region is weak, there are no volcanoes, and there is no geothermal heat, so it is impossible for those black insects to breed underground, and there will be no underground holes.
Now, humans can finally mine in the Arctic with peace of mind...
Although the temperature in this ghost place is too low, with the temperature all year round being more than 200 degrees below zero. In this low temperature environment, the mechanical failure rate has greatly increased, and people have to add some maintenance factories...
However, there are many mines and it is safe!
The original extinct volcano base was basically abandoned, excavators no longer mined, and various factories just transported the final processed metal products to the North Pole via airships.
Immediately afterwards, the packed flight bases took off again, carrying a large number of surface workers to work in the Arctic region.
This is all good news...
Busy work, coupled with the fast pace of life, gradually dissipated the sadness in people's hearts, and the whole society returned to calm and began a new life.
Human beings themselves are a fickle species, and time can dilute everything. Especially when human life span is only more than a hundred years, any sadness can be soothed by time.
Immediately, a month later, the news about the indigenous lizards in the Knicks was finally reported, triggering a wave of discussion.
Everyone seemed to have encountered the most novel and interesting things, discussing the indigenous people and various underground ecosystems with enthusiasm!
This is the first time that humans have had close contact with intelligent alien creatures!
The new human civilization will send a diplomatic team to conduct "peaceful and friendly" diplomatic communication with the indigenous lizards.
The time for the expedition team to set off...is today!
"Is everyone ready?" Yu Yifeng asked loudly on the surface of Kix. Looking at the heavily armed people, he felt a little excited in his heart.
"Ready!"
Everyone’s voices included excitement, anxiety, uneasiness, and longing, all mixed together into a strong desire to explore!
"Then... let's go!"
Yu Yifeng, wearing modified power armor, waved his right hand and jumped into the cave first.
There are more than forty people in this group. In addition to the original eight soldiers, there are also a large number of biologists, sociologists, geographers, doctors, reporters, etc.
They will also conduct a comprehensive inspection of the underground.
Of course, the rest are all soldiers with guns and live ammunition!
After all, there are dangerous creatures underground, and there might even be an unknown civilization...
People also brought a variety of daily necessities and trading supplies.
The load capacity of the power armor is very strong, so there is no need to worry about the load. The load-bearing supplies of more than 40 people can allow people to live underground for a long time.
The original plexiglass helmet was also replaced with another nano-synthetic material.
Although the physical properties of this material such as impact resistance are not as good as those of the original organic glass, its acid resistance and corrosion resistance are greatly improved, so you don't have to worry about being easily corroded by black insects.
Coupled with the special pharmaceuticals synthesized by humans based on indigenous herbal medicine, the possibility of black insect harassment is greatly reduced.
Nothing special happened along the way. The team moved forward in an orderly manner. Except for a few scientists who had never been in a cave before and were amazed, everyone else behaved relatively calmly.
Compared with indigenous intelligent civilizations and hidden unknown civilizations, these underground creatures are much less attractive.
Finally, after three days of trekking, people found the approximate location of the indigenous village...
"Captain! Signal, signal appears! Mobile phone signal..." An electronic communications expert suddenly shouted in surprise.
These caves are twists and turns, and the eight soldiers could not remember the specific roads for a long time, and only had some vague memories. Therefore, it was very difficult to find the indigenous villages. People could only find a general direction to walk.
However, when the soldiers left, they gave the indigenous lizards a mobile phone that could send location signals. Now the communication devices carried by the large troops can be connected to the mobile phones, which means that people are very close to the indigenous villages!
"Can you find the source of the signal?" Yu Yifeng's heart moved slightly, but he still asked calmly.
"Right here, at this location." The expert pointed in the direction of a cave.
After everyone walked forward for another hour, the underground temperature also began to rise rapidly. It has now reached 28 to nearly 30 degrees Celsius. People suddenly felt a burst of red fire and a black swarm of insects, which was the magma from the underground crater!
"We found the place, this is the crater area! It should be here, in the direction of the indigenous village." One of the soldiers shouted excitedly.
Everyone swallowed a mouthful of saliva, their heartbeats began to accelerate, and everyone became eager to fight.
At this moment, even the most indifferent people can no longer be indifferent. People are a little nervous, anxious, curious...all kinds of emotions are present.
Yu Yifeng knelt down and suddenly saw the triangular forked footprints of a lizard man.
"Wu Hao, Leo, you guys come to the front, they may know you. And... without my permission, no one is allowed to shoot at will, and no one is allowed to shout at will, do you understand!"
"clear!"
The discipline of this team is relatively strong. For such a dangerous and important task, it is impossible for a loose person to be selected.
Everyone walked lightly, turned two more corners, and immediately saw a vine-like rope lying on the ground, mostly buried in the soil, and the ground here seemed to have been dug.
"Be careful, this is their trap. There will be traps at every intersection leading to the village!" Wu Hao said quickly.
He carefully walked around the trap, squatted down and pulled the rope hard, causing the entire ground to collapse.
"ah?"
Several lizards popped out with their heads protruding.
When they heard the noise, they thought they had caught some prey, so they quickly ran in from the opposite hole. When they saw the tall human power armor, they were stunned.
The group of lizards were so frightened that it took a few seconds to realize that the people had not fallen into the trap. They ran back crazily and shouted: "Ahamathah!"
"It's time for Ahamath!"
"It's alive!"
“There really is a language!”
Many biologists saw a real lizard man for the first time and were extremely excited and agitated. Their eyes collectively glowed with a wolf-like light, as if they had seen flesh and bones after being hungry for three days...
However, without Yu Yifeng's order, no one acted rashly, they just stayed where they were.
"Wu Hao, they don't seem to recognize you!" Some people were discussing in a low voice.
"...Maybe it's not the same group of lizards. There should be more than one leader, right?"
According to the simple human translation version, "Ahamathach!" means "there are enemies and danger." When these lizards saw humans, they actually ran back to report the situation.
At this time, the strongest group of lizards will come out to fight and guard their village.
Sure enough, in less than three minutes, a large group of lizards appeared in front of people...