The surface of the fourth Halo, the crash site of the Dunkirk.
"It can be confirmed that the alien forces that had exchanged fire with us before have withdrawn in... uh, that direction, without setting up traps or using any tactics."
"General Grissom's fleet cannot be contacted, and although other crashed forces can be contacted, in this unprecedented terrain, neither side can inform the other of its position."
Cicero is transmitting the images he observed through the drone to all crew members, while Anderson is trying to contact the fleet or other downed units.
Nearly fifty crew members are orderly moving the needed materials out of the ship, setting up temporary camps, and keeping vigil around them. Of course, many people will be caught by that rising from the horizon, across the sky, and coming from the other side from time to time.
The "picture scroll" falling on the horizon attracts attention.
Of course, because of the emergency ship-wide broadcast, Kangna also attracted a lot of curious eyes when patrolling the temporary camp, so she simply displayed the N7 logo on the armor openly, and added
The previous feat of "defeating the enemy alone" can be considered to have a certain effect on calming people's hearts.
As for why Cicero was not injured, the reason is very simple. Because he is afraid of collisions and the situation on the surface of the halo is unknown, so when he first entered the gravity circle of the halo, he used various means to protect himself like an iron barrel.
Firmly fixed on the driver's seat, it perfectly avoids vibration and impact damage during a crash.
"Commander Shepard," Anderson usually calls Conner by her code name when there are many outsiders: "We can't communicate with the fleet now, and there may be aliens around, but the supplies are sufficient. What do you think?
Do?"
[Contact friendly forces, stand firm and wait for help. (Model)]
[Take advantage of the victory to pursue it and eradicate it. (Rebellion)]
【Clear the surrounding area and investigate the ruins.】
As far as the impact of the options is concerned, this is indeed the case. When a large force is dispersed, it is common practice to proactively contact them and set up a defense line, but it is a bit risky to proactively pursue those escaped aliens.
However, the first two are tactical responses. The original purpose of these landing troops is to investigate what is going on with these "halos". Even if they fight and win those mute aliens, they may not know what is going on here.
Something happened.
"My suggestion is to search the nearest man-made structure and conduct in-depth defense centered on it and the Dunkirk crash site." Kangna pointed in the direction of the previously scanned ruins.
"Good suggestion, how many people do you want?" Anderson didn't have much objection to this.
"I'll just go by myself to avoid alarming others. Oh, and you have to bring your dog with you." Kangna pointed to Bass.
"Indeed, if there are many people there, it may give the aliens a chance to break through. If you are the only one, although the danger level will increase, the enemy will also underestimate the enemy because you are the only one." Anderson thought for a while,
Agreeing to Kangna's plan, he patted Bass on the head and said, "Go ahead."
"Woof! [If there are no ordinary people around, we can go on a killing spree]." Bass ran to Kangna's feet and started wagging his tail.
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According to the scan results, the nearest ruins are only ten minutes' walk from the crash site, but Kangna and Bass only walked for 7 or 8 minutes. The environment has not changed much, but the various species around have changed at least five times.
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"This is indeed a zoo, right? What do your kindred spirits say?" Connor asked Bass while walking with her rifle in hand.
"[It's a bit strange, they don't seem to have any intelligence, and none of them can respond to my thinking connections.]" Bass stared around and looked around.
“Are there many canines that respond to you?”
"[Not many, but not many. Let's put it this way. Among the more than one hundred military dogs in the N7 training base, at least fifty can simply reply to me, and a few can even complete the conversation and follow my instructions.
Instructions to do things.】"
"That's really strange. Could it be that the creatures on the halo don't have to develop wisdom because they don't have the pressure to survive?"
"[This is hard to say.]"
"If my conjecture is correct, this strange phenomenon should be related to the fact that the aliens are determined not to speak, but if you are specific...oh?"
While Kangna was conducting analysis, a butterfly with pink wings landed lightly on her nose. After she blinked in surprise, it calmly fluttered its wings again.
"[I probably treat you as the same kind of person, quack quack.]" Bass smiled strangely.
"It is not afraid of creatures larger than itself at all. This is enough to prove that in these haloes, even natural enemies and predators do not exist." Kangna tried to raise her hand, and the "butterfly" immediately fell on her finger.
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Huh? Strange, does the body part of a butterfly look like this?
【Let the butterflies fly.(Model)】
【Making specimens.(Rebellion)】
【Eat the butterfly.(Taotie)】
Hmm...this strange option appears again.
"[I have some doubts about whether you are a living thing...]"
Aww.
"[...Doubtful.]"
Buzz stared dumbly as Conner swallowed the butterfly in one gulp.
However, Kangna was even more stunned than it was, because at the same time as the butterfly entered, a new information panel popped up.
"This..." Kangna couldn't help scratching her hair when she saw the same prompt: "I thought it was a zoo, but it turned out to be a training ground?"
"[Huh?]" Bass, who couldn't see the prompt, looked confused.
"[Commander, it is possible to find creatures with the same appearance as Pokemon in distant alien planets.]" Etty was saying something that she didn't even believe.
"The number of samples is not enough," Kangna turned her eyes and quickly locked on a new target, a cicada on the tree nearby.
This time the target seemed to be sharp enough. When Kangna rushed over, she had already fluttered her wings and flew up, but it was no use. Kangna used her agility as an N7 graduate and swallowed it with a leap in the air.
[Confirmation information: Sonic Cicada (Ninjask), attribute: insect.]
"Tsk..." Kangna looked at the new news and licked her lips: "This is incredible."
