The day after the Leishan left port, the first hiding hole in Base No. 1 was excavated, and then other hiding holes were started one after another, starting from No. 1 to No. 12.
In order to avoid being swept away by aliens, each hiding hole is located in a different direction. The reason why only twelve hiding holes are dug is not because the soldiers have any special feelings for the twelve, but because there are only twelve sets of life-support equipment in the base.
Since Base No. 1 has many special engineering machines, and there are aliens outside the asteroid that may attack at any time, the urgent situation forced the engineers to use all their strength, and the hiding hole was dug extremely quickly.
On the fifth day after the Leishan left port, the No. 9 hiding hole was completed first, but completion was just the beginning. Later, the hiding hole had to be reinforced, the walls inspected to prevent air leaks, various supplies and life-support equipment moved in, and the wall holes sealed to prevent aliens.
People can see the flaws... all kinds of miscellaneous things pile up together, which consumes more time than digging a hole.
After that, the hiding hole was completed almost every day, but various renovations continued until half a month later.
Fortunately, the aliens did not come in during this period. The soldiers in the base immediately dispersed into the hiding hole, preparing to seal the hole and wait for the final moment.
Before entering the hiding cave, the soldiers left a few backup options. One was the communication lines pulled out from each cave. With these wires, one could stay in touch with the outside world even while hiding in the hiding cave.
The second is a variety of traps, ranging from the simplest trip wire grenades to heartless cannons set off by sound, light, and other technological means... Soldiers have never lacked creativity, and even if they make do with simplicity, it is still enough to make the aliens drink a pot.
The third is to prepare explosive sites. Once the aliens invade the base, they can blast the asteroid from the inside and completely dismember it. There will be at least hundreds of large fragments, and the fragments where the hiding hole is located will be mixed in. There are so many fragments.
, the aliens won’t intercept all of them, right?
The last thing is to find a way to disguise the hiding hole.
Base No. 1 is now a large construction site, and it is an underground construction site. There are piles of various building materials, and there are no less than ten types of materials with sealing effects.
The problem is that none of the materials are like peridot. After the hole is sealed, a blind person can tell that something is wrong.
But this is not a problem for everyone. Since there is no way to hide it, then just do the opposite and directly confuse the audience.
So the soldiers were like headless flies, digging holes everywhere inside the base, some deep, some shallow, and some connecting two unrelated spaces.
After drilling the holes, seal all the large and small holes. As a result, sealing materials are smeared everywhere in the asteroid, making it difficult to find the hiding holes.
Moreover, the soldiers also combined traps and deception methods, such as placing two grenades behind the sealing material, or simply placing a pack of explosives. As long as the aliens dig up the sealing material, they will definitely blow you up.
At this point, the soldiers had done their best and nothing else was left out, so they entered the hiding holes one after another, sealed all the entrances, and only relied on radio to communicate with the outside world.
Leishan observes the situation near the asteroid every day, looks for alien warships, and reports alien movements to Base No. 1.
Ye Han quickly discovered something was wrong. The alien warships had been hovering near the asteroid, but they just stayed there and had no intention of attacking the asteroid.
What do they want to do? Are they trying to gather support?
At this time, the Leishan was already halfway through its voyage and would reach the end of the world in more than twenty days. Ye Han couldn't help but pray secretly, hoping that his comrades in the asteroid would hold on until the Leishan arrived.
Even if the Leishan is no match for the alien fleet, it can at least divert the alien warships away and create an opportunity for the trapped personnel to escape.
A few days later, the aliens finally made some noise. A round alien spacecraft arrived at the asteroid and landed directly on the asteroid's surface.
Ye Han secretly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he quickly instructed Luo Qi to report the situation to Base No. 1, and told Base No. 1 to report back immediately if he found anything.
There was no movement after the spacecraft landed, and there was no news from Base No. 1 for the time being.
All the crew members on the Leishan, including Ye Han, were speculating on what the aliens meant.
Some people said that the aliens were doing this for mining; others said that the spacecraft had some kind of detection equipment; others said that it was a landing ship that wanted to drill a hole in the asteroid and attack it.
Everyone has a lot of ideas, but all of them are baseless speculations.
More than two hours later, Leishan received a message from Base No. 1: "Leishan, this is Cave No. 7. Something is wrong. We heard an abnormal sound here, very faint. Cave No. 6 also heard it. Other caves are temporarily
Not found."
Ye Han immediately said: "Ask them if they can determine the source of the sound!"
Aliens are best at digging holes, so the previous guess of a strong attack may not be reliable.
Twelve minutes and six seconds later, Leishan received a response from Base No. 1: "Unable to confirm, the sound is very weak and intermittent and cannot be heard clearly."
Ye Han suddenly felt that it was a tricky situation. The methods used by the aliens this time were a bit weird. He didn't even know what they had done, and he didn't know how to counterattack!
For the current plan, we can only take one step at a time, and remain unchanged in the face of all changes.
Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Contact Base No. 1 and advise everyone to prepare for battle. If that doesn't work, blow up the asteroid in advance!"
There is no affiliation between Leishan and Base No. 1, so Ye Han can only make suggestions but has no authority to order Base No. 1.
"Yes!" Luo Qi immediately obeyed and conveyed Ye Han's intention.
Another twelve minutes passed before Leishan received a reply. All members of Base No. 1 were ready for battle!
However, this preparation lasted for most of the day. Apart from the abnormal noise getting stronger and stronger, there was no other discovery at Base No. 1.
And the so-called stronger is only the data measured by acoustic instruments, not the sound heard in the ears is louder.
Half a day later, exactly twenty-six hours after the alien spacecraft landed, Leishan suddenly received a roar from Base No. 1: "Warning, hole No. 6 is broken, we are losing pressure, we are losing pressure...
No, why did the wall crack? Something got in... What is this... It's moving, it will move... Fire, fire..." Then there was the sound of gunfire.
Ye Han's pupils shrank, and he deliberately asked Cave No. 6 to transmit the picture back, but the distance between the battleship and Base No. 1 was still too far. Even if the message was sent out immediately, it would take six minutes to receive it.
Moreover, Cave No. 6 is fighting aliens. Is it really appropriate to ask for pictures from them at this time?
At this time, another horrified shout came from the communication: "It's a tentacle, this thing is a tentacle..."
"No!" Another voice interrupted, "This is a root, the root of a plant!"
It is now 3:30 in the afternoon on January 27th. I have been working hard these past few days and finally saved a few chapters, all of which have been set for scheduled release. Tomorrow I will go to the First Hospital of Jilin University to stay with me, and I will try to code two more chapters tonight.
