Chapter 31: The Redstone Star

The geological changes are very drastic, and the terrible magma is far more violent than others can imagine, and the fragile mantle layer simply cannot imprison these magma under the surface that can swallow up any living thing or machine at any time. Even at the height of the orbit, it is as if it is about to be swallowed up by the magma that is spurting into the air.

Although this is not an impossible thing.

"Redstone Star...... What a hell of a thing. Do you know how much I hate volcanic landscapes? ”

Renault muttered, and his whispers didn't elude Tosh's ears. Looking back at the star map, a typical black face appeared in front of his eyes.

Thick lips, thick whip hair, dressed in an unknown high-tech suit, and most notably, his eyes that were white for unknown reasons.

"Oh, you're here. Redstone is full of expensive Dark Gold Crystal Mine, and due to the invasion of insects, the people here have to leave what they are outside of their bodies and run away. If you can help me collect enough gold, I will be satisfied. ”

"Mining minerals isn't what we're good at, and we don't have the big excavators we need to mine minerals."

Jim instinctively felt unreliable, so he subconsciously refused.

"That's definitely not a problem, Mr. Renault. There are ready-made mining machinery on the ground. And there's a lot of people on the ground, and you just have to protect them. ”

Tosh's actions were hard for Jim to refuse, and of course, there were also Rangers who couldn't reveal the blame.

In the first two missions, the alien artifacts recovered from the battle with the Tadarin Star Spirit and the Alien Worm have not yet been sold by the Mobis Foundation, and the ammunition consumed, the maintenance needs, and the energy consumption of the Hyperion voyage are all astronomical. The recent evacuation of AgrΓ­a is even more severe. The long line of guards, the bunkers built at important intersections that were too late to be dismantled because they needed to be evacuated, and the abandoned ammunition almost consumed the old bottom of the Rangersβ€”β€”β€”β€” the settlers did not have much money. If there is no income, the Rangers, a well-known rebel party, will be in the way and robbed.

"Sir, seismic motion detected." Matt said. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately narrowed the chat box of his conversation with Tosh, transforming the stereoscopic image of the star map into the ground scene observed by the optical detector.

The local creatures on Redstone that had survived the terrible heat suddenly struggled, and they swarmed to the high ground before burrowing into the ground. After a while, as the ground shook, everything that Crimson could devour magma erupted from the cracks in the low-lying terrain, completing the low-lying area directly.

"How many hours does the gushing magma last?" The corners of Jim's mouth twitched slightly.

"It won't be long, Mr. Renault. A time can be as short as a dozen minutes or as long as a few hours. Moreover, the locals have learned the approximate time of these magma activities by studying the geomorphological activities. This task is not very difficult. ”

As soon as Tosh's words fell, Matt interjected, "Not only that, sir, our probe is still on the surface of the planet, detecting the signal of the alien creature. ”

"Oh, that's great. Magma and bugs, the two things I hate the most. It's all here. ”

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The scorching wind blew the earth, and the pitch-black earth was as hard as a thick layer of carbon, and even a Marine with a full ton of armor could not step on the ground. Only marauders and fire bats, like human tanks, can leave a mark on the ground.

"Fire bats? Will the flames they spew be able to burn the bugs? It's already so hot here. ”

What Zhao Yi wants to say is that the insects will definitely adapt to the hot environment here while taking root on the surface, so the flame resistance will be too high. What are the results of fire bats against bugs with high flame resistance?

"Those pyromaniac flamethrowers aren't spewing cooking fires," said Pirris, who had recently been promoted, because the man had been drawn under him because he had killed a slightly higher commander on the transport plane last time, "They were spewing plasma flames." The temperature can be comparable to that of lava. There are no bugs in the world that can survive in lava. ”

Actually, there is, but the size of the insects living in the lava is not something that a single fire bat can burn.

After honestly accepting the chief's popular science, Zhao Yi closed his mouth and sniffed the filtered redstone star air slightly.

This team is guarding a large crystal vein. The mule, much larger than a siege tank, moves across the ground, swinging a huge chainsaw that easily cuts through the crystal ore and rocks towards the exposed crystal ore. The crystal ore, cut into small pieces, is thrown into the mule garage behind it, and when it is filled, it can be returned directly to the factory where the minerals are simply processed.

The pitch-black ground was scorching, and the heat passed through the steel soles and through the insulated insoles to the feet. As I stood for a longer time, my feet began to feel a faint burning sensation.

"You guys? Do you feel a little hot? I said foot plank soles. ”

No one paid attention to him, he just thought it was a bit boring to stand guard all the time.

Twenty marines, five raiders, five fire bats, two medics. This combination can easily fend off no less than fifty jumping insects, and twenty stinging snakes and cockroaches can attack without losing a single person. If no Wyvern arrives.

According to the monitoring of the high-altitude orbit of the Hubelion, it was found that there was an alien dragon tower on the main nest of the insects closest to the mine mule team and the ground team. This indicates that once this insect nest decides to attack this human force, it is possible that the alien dragon will be sent to attack. So they were followed by three SCVs. These SCVs carried parts of two missile towers and twenty-four rockets. It only takes a minute to build up an air defense system. At that time, unless it is the main nest of the alien insects that dispatches to crush the number of alien dragons, you can sit back and relax.

"Pyrrhis, this is the Hyperion."

I don't know how long I stood guard, but Captain Piris's communicator rang.

"Seismological activity is increasing, please evacuate immediately to predetermined heights. Also, when the earth's crust becomes more active, the electromagnetic interference will also increase, and it is likely that you will not be able to stay on the Hyperion for a while. Please be careful. ”

"Yes! Sir. ”

After cutting off communication with the Hyperion, Piris shouted at the mules mining the veins of bare surface. It was only after they had left first that Piris began to order the evacuation of his soldiers.