9. Departure

Qin Xiyue looked at the scene in front of her, and was a little skeptical about whether all this was real or virtual.

She even began to wonder if the twenty years of her life she had experienced before were real.

Just when she was in a trance, someone complained in her ear: "What kind of fame, stick this body of sand, is there a place to wash?"

Qin Xiyue suddenly came to her senses and looked at the man.

It was a female pioneer with no ears, but two finger-like antennae on the top of her head, black eyes, no eyebrows, and a nose and mouth that were very close to those of Earthlings.

The female pioneer was as Druru had said, blown away by the ship's winding currents, like a human-shaped sesame candy.

"Wash, the water on this magnetite is more precious than anything else, wash what wash, wait for it to dry and pick it off." ”

Someone next to him answered.

There are quite a few people like that female pioneer.

Not everyone is as enthusiastic as Druru and tells others about the pit they have stepped on, most people have the same thoughts: if I step on the pit and you step on it, my heart will be balanced.

Just as the pioneers were struggling with the sand sticking to their bodies, a loudspeaker suddenly sounded above the safety zone:

"All newly logged pioneers, please go to the East End Plaza to meet!"

"All newly logged pioneers, please go to the East End Plaza to meet!"

"Don't wait for the arrows to guide, this is the real world, no arrows, no arrows!"

"If you can't find a place, ask the safety zone staff or check the signs!"

"Pioneers who do not arrive at the East End Plaza after thirty minutes will be fired!"

When Druru heard the first notice, he turned to Qin Xiyue and said, "Xiaoyue, Sauron, you wait for me to ask for directions." ”

By the time the last announcement was played, he had already returned, "Satsuki, Sauron, come with me." ”

This efficiency is no one.

The three of them went to the East End as fast as they could, and soon arrived at the East District Plaza.

The square is square, and four super bright searchlights hang at the four corners, illuminating the originally dim square as if it were day.

On the left and right sides of the entrance, hundreds of transport vehicles of various models are parked.

On the opposite side of the entrance, there are ten huge material exchanges.

Each switch is more than ten meters high, more than five meters long and wide, and it is square, looking like a huge metal box.

Ten staff members in dark blue and white-trimmed uniforms stood by the material exchange.

These staff members look very different from the artificial polymer bodies, and they wear space helmets on their heads, so they can't see their faces.

Qin Xiyue was a little skeptical that they had used their ontology to descend on this planet.

The ten staff members saw Qin Xiyue and the three of them, and one of them beckoned to them: "The pioneers who came first will receive the supplies first, and you guys hurry up." ”

When Qin Xiyue heard this, she hurriedly ran towards the nearest material exchange, and so did Druru and Sauron.

The screen of the material exchange is located at the bottom right of the entire large box, at eye level with the man-made polymer body, and is easy to operate.

Qin Xiyue clicked on the purchase (rental) materials page, there are not many things on this page, there are only a few options:

Level 0 Pioneer Material:

Local currency, 1 material point/10,000 yuan;

1 ton magnetic energy transport vehicle, 30,000 material points/vehicle, 300 material points/day;

Diesel transport truck with a load of 1 ton, 5000 material points/vehicle, 0 material points/day;

Chrome alloy steel axe, 200 material points/piece, 10 material points/day;

Chromium alloy steel pickaxe, 200 material points/piece, 10 material points/day;

Chrome-alloy stainless steel knife, 200 material points/piece, 10 material points/day;

Chrome Dagger, 200 material points/piece, 10 material points/day;

Man-made polymer body (level 0), 10,000 material points/tools, 50 material points/day;

Diesel, 20 points/100 liters.

Qin Xiyue chose: chrome alloy steel axe, chrome alloy steel pickaxe, chrome alloy steel dagger, 1-ton diesel transport vehicle, 200 liters of diesel.

These things are owed on credit, which is also part of the newbie welfare, after today, when the balance of the material point is 0, don't think about getting a hair from the material exchange.

After submitting the selection, there was a slight noise in the material exchange, and then the gate of the exchange slowly rose, and the materials selected by Qin Xiyue, including the diesel transport vehicle, were all transmitted out by the ground conveyor belt and parked in the open space in front of the exchange.

Qin Xiyue wanted to take a closer look at the materials she received, so she heard the staff next to her shout: "Pioneers who have received the materials, please leave the East District Square as soon as possible to avoid causing congestion at the exit, after leaving the safety zone, choose the direction without wheel traces, it is best not to change the direction on the way, otherwise it is easy to get lost, there is no reference on the magnetic storm star that can discern the direction, remember to remember!"

Other pioneers arrived one after another, and every material exchange began to get busy.

Qin Xiyue hurriedly picked up the car keys on the conveyor belt, first carried the tools and weapons to the passenger seat, and then laboriously carried the three barrels of diesel fuel to the cargo box and put it away, and poured the remaining diesel fuel into the fuel tank of the transport truck.

After the preparations, Qin Xiyue said goodbye to Druru and Sauron, started the diesel transport truck with the key, and drove towards the exit of the East District Plaza.

The three of them had a tacit understanding that they did not mention the matter of teaming up to pioneer together, after all, every transport vehicle has a time cost, and there are many people in an area to pioneer the land, and it is difficult to even recover the cost.

The aisle is wide enough to accommodate at least ten transporters side by side, but even so, the aisle looks a little crowded.

Qin Xiyue was glad that she came out early, otherwise she might have been stuck behind.

There was no road after the transporter drove out of the safe zone, but the traces of the wheels on the sand were very obvious, as if they had been plowed by a rake, and there were two deep furrows.

After careful identification, she found a direction with no wheel tracks, and drove that way.

Although the sand is not very flat, the shock absorption of the transport vehicle has probably undergone special treatment, and it is not very bumpy, Qin Xiyue locked the steering wheel at a fixed angle, and just stepped on the accelerator to let the transport vehicle move forward.

More than an hour later, a rocky beach appeared in the dim light.

Qin Xiyue stopped the car, pinned the dagger to her waist, held the chrome alloy steel pickaxe with both hands, jumped out of the transport car, and walked towards the rocky beach.

On a rocky beach like this, there is a high probability that there will be ore.

In the field of magnetic storms, there is only one way to roughly identify whether a stone is an ore or an ordinary weathered stone: use a pickaxe to chisel down with all your might, and if it is chiseled with all its might, it will be an ordinary stone nine times out of ten, and if it is not chiseled at once, there is a high probability that it is an ore.

This method is still provided by the intelligent assistant, and although it is not accurate, it is better than nothing.

Qin Xiyue cautiously approached the rocky beach, holding the mine pickaxe in both hands and making several feints, but it did not attract any attacks.

Only then did she really gather her strength, and she lifted her pickaxe and slammed it down on a stone the size of a watermelon.