There was a faint rustling sound in the howling wind, and the temperature dropped rapidly, seeming to be colder than usual nights.
The thick clouds in the sky were occasionally illuminated by lightning in the depths, and at a startling glance, a small black dot vaguely flashed across the sky.
On the reverse slope of the high slope, groups of spiny beasts were already in place. Several of them were obviously larger than the other spiny beasts, with multiple eye-catching dark purple lines on their bodies. They each occupied one side, and the rest of the spiny beasts were in position.
The back beasts were all surrounding, divided into several groups, and they were clearly distinguishable from each other.
Around the cockpit, the scenery on the ground showed some subtle fluctuations, and it was obvious that a large number of lizard beasts were approaching quietly.
At this time, a shrill cry sounded in the air, and a large number of lizard beasts appeared on the ground. They were touching each other, looking a little flustered and confused, and they didn't understand why they had to withdraw from the invisibility state.
The two couriers fell from the sky one after the other, flew around the cockpit several times, and then landed on a section of the remaining fortification wall outside the cockpit. They stretched their necks and looked into the cockpit.
The cockpit door was open, but there was nothing inside.
One courier carefully flew into the cockpit, while the other stayed outside, nervously watching the actions of his companions.
The courier looked around in the cockpit and couldn't see anything. Naturally, it didn't trigger any traps. After looking for a long time, it flew out of the cockpit and barked a few times.
On the base at this moment, there are only remaining fortifications and the corpses of strange beasts scattered everywhere.
The two messengers flew around the base several times, but could not find any enemies. At this time, the ground shook, and dozens of giant rhino beasts appeared. A messenger shouted several times towards the giant rhinoceros beasts, and the giant rhinoceros beasts slowly stopped.
Down.
The two messengers communicated for a moment, and one messenger flew into the distance. In the forest several kilometers away, a huge group of alien beasts received the order, stood up from dormancy, slowly dispersed, and returned to the distance.
The remaining courier still refused to give up and flew around the base several times, but could not figure out why the enemy who had always been stationed here disappeared. The courier flew high into the sky again and searched everywhere, but still could not find any clues.
Without the enemy, this herd of animals, which was unprecedented in scale and was adopting the sneak attack strategy for the first time, would be useless.
In the distance, Lin Xi was driving the mobile base forward using his personal terminal. On the small map in the corner of the personal terminal screen, the route of the mobile base and the terrain details along the way were automatically recorded.
At this time, Chu Jungui climbed onto the roof of the car from below and sat down next to Lin Xi.
"We have traveled 371 kilometers, do we want to continue?"
"Let's find a forest to rest and replenish fuel."
Lin Xi nodded and said, "We have to build a scanner. The scanning range of personal terminals is still a bit small."
"We'll make it when we have a rest."
"Are we going to keep going like this?" Lin Xi asked.
"What do you think?"
"Let's walk again. It's been a long time since we encountered a herd of beasts. It seems that our direction is correct. The original place is indeed too close to the beast's nest."
Chu Jungui looked into the distance and said after a moment: "There is a forest at the foot of the mountain over there, and the terrain is relatively flat. Let's set up a temporary camp there. Even the winged beast's activity range does not exceed 200 kilometers, so
We should be relatively safe for the time being."
Lin Xi sighed softly and said, "I still like the beginning."
Chu Jun returned and said: "When we have some strength again, we will fight back."
Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and then she felt a little uneasy and asked: "Really? But...will I be a little willful?"
"Of course not. Since we are here, sooner or later we will have to face the secrets of this planet. If this planet really hides any big secrets, then there will probably be clues in the beast's nest. So sooner or later, we all have to
Going back."
Lin Xi sighed softly, "You are really good at comforting people."
She turned her body slightly and slowly leaned on Chu Jungui.
Chu Jungui immediately stiffened, motionless, like a steel statue. At this moment, he was inspecting all the components, but saw no sign of any abnormality in any component, and the tactical deception was not activated.
The mountains in the distance looked very close, but were actually quite far away. The mobile base slowly moved forward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and it took another full hour to reach its destination.
There is an isolated forest at the foot of the mountain. It is not too small and extends up to the middle of the mountain. The top of the mountain is close to the ion storm layer, and it is hit hard by terrifying lightning from time to time. The rocks near the top of the mountain are all transparent.
They have a metallic luster, and some are even faintly glowing.
Chu Jungui and Lin Xi were not in a hurry to get out of the car. Instead, they held their guns on guard and scanned the forest. After a while, Lin Xi looked at the scan results and said: "It seems that there are only sporadic beasts here, and no beast tide has been seen yet."
signs.”
"It's not bad, it's right here."
The two jumped off the roof of the car and explored deep into the forest.
The forest was very quiet, and the few strange beasts seemed to have regained their wild instincts. When they saw such a giant beast as the mobile base approaching, they all hid deep in the forest.
Lin Xi and Chu Jungui explored for a few kilometers and found no danger, so they returned the same way.
Lin Xi drove the mobile base back several hundred meters and finally stopped five hundred meters from the edge of the forest, preparing to set up a temporary camp here.
Chu Jungui opened the cargo hold, lifted a workbench from the warehouse, and placed it on the ground. Lin Xi pulled out a cable from the car and connected it to the workbench.
When the control screen appeared on the workbench, Chu Jungui smiled and said: "Okay, this is our second base. Do you want to give it a name?"
Lin Xi thought for a while and said: "I still like my first home, so let's call it the footprints. After all, it is the place where we first set foot on this planet. As for this place, how about calling it the horizon?"
"Everything is fine. What about our mobile base?" Chu Jungui pointed to the semi-finished base that showed signs of falling apart.
"Just call it the Pilot."
Chu Jungui wrote them down one by one and said, "Okay, I'll make a sign later."
"Why are you so serious?"
"Life must have a sense of ritual." Chu Jungui said casually. After the words came out of his mouth, he remembered that it seemed to be a common word for tactical deception.
"Okay, I'll just listen to you." Lin Xi seemed particularly obedient.
Chu Jungui sighed in his heart, tactics of deception are very effective against women.
Having learned the lesson of the first base's "footprint", Chu Jungui and Lin Xi were ready to run away at any time, so naturally they would not spend too much resources and energy on infrastructure. So this time the two of them were ready to run away at any time.
Instead of choosing a rock foundation, we found a convenient and flat piece of land, and simply shoveled and pressed the ground to level it.
After the workbench was started, Lin Xi started to build the third pulp power furnace. Chu Jungui moved the refining furnace, organic matter separator, and editor from the warehouse one by one, set them up, and then connected the power supply. A base