Chapter Twenty-Seven: Darkness Comes

The team travels all the way to the abandoned camp, and there is a small incident in the middle, the little man Jack seems to be very interested in Redick, and tries to get close to talk to him several times, but is stopped by John and Shasha, for which he is quite unhappy.

Owen and Caroline entered the ship with the batteries and began repairs, while the others had nothing to do but wander around.

Chen Fan wandered over to Aman and his three disciples, who were fiddling with the water maker.

After a while, clear water flowed out of the faucet of the water maker, and several people were so excited that they couldn't stop cheering.

Chen Fan looked at it for a while and felt that there was nothing to look at, "The water in my brother's pocket is enough for you to drink for a year and take a bath." He pouted and turned to leave.

Turning back to the spaceship, he saw the dense crowds inside from the back door of the spaceship, and walked up to Caroline, "How is it?" Can it take off? ”

"After being tested by the spacecraft system, everything is fine, and no problems were found, but the spacecraft power is not enough to start the power, and batteries are needed."

"How many batteries do I need?" John asked a question that everyone was concerned about.

"I'll do the math, there are 90 batteries here, and 20 batteries on the ship's side, and we need 4 batteries to get into the air."

"One battery is 35 kilograms, and five is 175 kilograms, so heavy?" Xia Sha on the side silently calculated, "I saw a solar tram before, I can fix it and maybe make him move." ”

Seeing that everyone was busy with their own affairs, Chen Fan didn't bother and moved into the camp again.

Turning a corner, I saw Reddick peering in front of a room not far away.

"Hey, man, did you find anything?" Chen Fan stepped forward to say hello.

"There are some suspicions, ...... here" Redick was about to say something when John appeared behind him.

"You've missed some of the excitement, come here!" John tapped his gun and motioned for Reddick to follow him.

Chen Fan shrugged his shoulders and said that you are unlucky.

Reddick tore off the canvas on the door and saw Jack, a little man dressed like him, and immediately smiled: "You also missed the excitement, let's go." ”

At this moment, Reddick glanced into the room where he had not entered, and a small cultist from Oman had crawled in through a hole in the wall.

He curiously fumbled around, fumbling for a while, and he inadvertently opened the ceiling of the house.

As the light shone into the room, the little monsters hiding in the room were stimulated by the sunlight, and immediately aroused their ferocity, and flew away to attack the little cultists.

The little cultist, who was screaming miserably, was led by a horde of small monsters and hid in a dark room.

Leaning against the door he had locked in, he suddenly heard a strange sound behind him.

Although he knew that it was not good, he couldn't help but turn his head slowly and curiously, and by the faint light, a hideous head appeared in front of his eyes at this time.

'Bump. ’

"Ah~~~~"

"What howl, kill the pig? How dare you come in such a dark place alone, not afraid of death? Chen Fan's complaint came from behind him, and at this time, in the hearts of the little disciples, it was no less than Tianlai.

And the group of monsters that were about to attack the little cultists just now suddenly drilled into a wellhead and disappeared under the illumination of Chen Fan's strong flashlight.

At this time, the crowd who heard the screams of the little cultists violently broke through the locked door and broke in.

Aman breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was nothing wrong with the frightened little cultist.

"What's the situation Chen Fan?" Caroline hurriedly asked Chen Fan, the only calm person at the scene.

Pointing to the little cultist who was sitting on the ground, "Curious, I drilled around, and I was attacked by a monster when I came in, but fortunately I was close just now and caught up in time, otherwise he would be the next Zack." ”

"What about monsters?" John watched vigilantly with his shotgun.

"Well, they're all in that well over there." Chen Fan pouted at the exploration well.

Several people gathered around and looked towards the exploration well, only to see that it was pitch black below the exploration well, as if a huge mouth of the abyss was wide open and ready to choose someone to devour at any time.

John stepped forward, took out a burning rod, pulled the fuse, and threw it into the exploration well.

As the burning rod fell into the bottom of the well, everyone looked over and saw that the bottom of the well was covered with human bones, and everyone shuddered.

"Looks like Reddick is right, this exploration team has been eaten by these monsters." Owen's deep voice repeated a fact.

"The other houses don't have locked doors, only this one is locked." John said.

"Their doors were heavy, and they thought it was safe, but they forgot to raise the mouth of the well, so they all died." Reddick added.

"Let's go! There's nothing to be afraid of, those monsters just like to hide in the shadows, and we're safe when we move during the day. The group was beckoned by Owen to leave the room.

Outside, Chen Fan saw Caroline fiddling with things in another room, and walked over immediately, "What are you looking at?" ”

"These are some of the samples left by the exploration team at that time, and the date shows that they were twenty years ago."

"Is there anything special?" John asked, passing by.

"I don't know, but I always feel like something is wrong." Caroline's face was full of confusion.

"Sure, why didn't the exploration team flee during the day, but were all eaten." Chen Fan expressed the doubts in Caroline's heart.

"That's right!" Caroline, who remembered something, didn't care about the two of them, and went straight to a room.

Without explaining anything, Caroline began to fiddle with the model of the galaxy in the room.

As the galaxy model rotates, the last time is fixed at 22 years, and then all three suns of the entire galaxy are blocked by the planets to start a total solar eclipse.

For a moment, everyone who was at the crux of the same problem was stunned.

Then everybody moved, repairing the hull of the ship, repairing the solar car.

At this time, John found the three most prestigious members of the team, Chen Fan, Caroline and Owen.

"John, aren't you in a hurry to find a way to get the batteries back, what are you looking for a few of us?" Owen asked John suspiciously.

"I should tell you the story of Redick's escape, Redick can fly a spaceship, and I captured him when he hijacked a prison ship and escaped."

"And then? So what? At least we can navigate or something. Caroline asked.

"Don't you see what I mean? Since he can hijack once, there will naturally be a second time, and he will kill the crew and escape by himself. John tried his best to explain.

"At least he hasn't hurt anyone until now." Chen Fan interjected.

"Listen John, you negotiated terms with him in the first place, and in that case we have to abide by the promise, otherwise Redick will find out that we are using him, and guess what will happen then?" Owen expressed his opinion.

"Listen carefully, if at the last minute, we get the batteries and fix the wings when they're ready to take off." Caroline interrupted John, "He didn't lie to us, then we're going to do what we agreed." ”

"He's a murderer, and if the law wants to treat him like this, there's nothing I can do." John accentuated.

"I said, these guys haven't even taken off yet, and they're starting to make trouble inside the bar? I think as long as Reddick doesn't make a move to endanger his companions in the end, we still have to abide by the agreement, and there is a bottom line for people to live well! Chen Fan finally expressed his opinion.

"I'm not going to let him hijack or cut the pilot's throat as he wants, and he won't think about it if I'm there." John left the next sentence and left.

There was silence in the cabin, and Owen and Caroline continued to test the ship's software.

"After the eclipse starts, let's save your life for the time being, and when the time comes, try to save as many people as possible, and the more people who survive in the end, the more energy the system will absorb." Chen Fan sat and thought secretly in his heart.

At this point, Reddick crept into the cabin and closed the rear hatch.

The thing that closed the hatch suddenly alarmed Chen Fan, who was in deep thought, and looked up, "Reddick, is there something wrong?" ”

Chen Fan's voice made Owen and Caroline, who were at work, raise their heads to look at Reddick when they heard this.

"Haven't you got the ship ready yet?" Reddick untied his oxygen concentrator and gun and hung it on the shelf.

"Not yet, but it's about the same, we'll go over and get the battery and put it on in a moment and we'll be able to take it off." Chen Fan explained to Reddick.

"So, what is it that makes you so hesitant at this moment? Unless...... What did he tell you? Redick removed his sunglasses from his eyes and stared at the three of them with his eyes rolled over.

"Yes, John told us not to trust you, after all, you have a criminal record, so everyone is hesitant." Chen Fan happily stated the facts.

"I've always wanted to talk to you alone, but John never gave me a chance, do you think John is upright? Can you believe what he says? Chen Fan motioned for Reddick to continue.

"You said he said I was a murderous felon, so why didn't he just kill me when he had such a serious accident on the way to the escort? I think you can see that he is not a soft man. Reddick paused.

"Because I am worth more alive than dead, because he is not a policeman at all, although he has a police officer and a police uniform, he is a bounty hunter. He needs to take me for the reward, he's greedy for money, why so much money, I think you should ask him why he's shaking so much. ”

"You mean John, he was a drug addict?" Owen reacted.

"It's almost dark, and you'll know when it's dark, I always believe that in the face of death, no matter what relationship or team, it will be torn apart." With that, Reddick turned and opened the back cabin and walked out.

"Let's go, the ship has been tested, I'll go see what John wants to do." Caroline stood up and said.

"Then you guys, I'll go see how the solar car is repaired." Chen Fan didn't bother to care about these goosebumps, so he found an excuse to prepare for a walk.

Walking to Xiasha's side, "How is Xiasha?" ”

"Okay, the car will start in the sun." Xia Sha clapped her hands and said confidently.

"You say, it's the era of interstellar immigration, why is this scientific research car so pitted, why don't you install a battery or something in the car, otherwise the car will break down when it gets dark." Chen Fan complained about the car.

"No, this car has a battery, but it has not been used for a long time, and it is idle here so it can't be driven, and this car can be fully charged and can drive for a month without a problem." Shasha explained.

"Huh? Is that so? I really don't know, I thought there were no batteries, you know, I don't know much about these high-tech products. Chen Fan, who made a big joke, touched his head awkwardly and forcibly explained to himself.

"Ma Dan, the plot of the movie kills people, since this car is so advanced, it must be thrown into the space for a while, and good things can't be missed." Chen Fan said secretly in his heart.

"Come out and have a look!" At this moment, Caroline's shouts could be heard outside.

Hearing this, Chen Fan and the two immediately walked out.

After coming out, the sky began to darken, and a huge planet slowly rose in the distance, blocking the sunlight and making the sky gradually darken.

Chen Fan looked at the scene of such a situation and sighed, such a spectacular scene was a landscape that those astronomers on the earth had so much to look forward to.

"If we're going to crash a spacecraft to get batteries, let's take a solar car as soon as possible, otherwise when the sky gets dark, the solar car without light will break down."

As Shasha's words fell, everyone began to act, shouting at each other.

The car then started, and once everyone was in the car, Shasha began to speed up, rushing all the way in the direction of the crashed spaceship.

Along the way, Chen Fan secretly observed Xia Sha's operation technique, this car was very simple, not much different from those cars in the Earth period, and it didn't take long for Chen Fan to learn.

In just ten minutes, the car came to the crashed spaceship in Shasha's rampage.

Everyone jumped out of the car, and a few sturdy ones immediately ran into the cabin and began to disassemble the battery.

After a while, the battery was removed, and Chen Fan, John, Reddick, and Owen walked out of the cabin with a battery.

Throwing the battery on the car, Chen Fan looked up at the sky, at this time, the huge planet had basically blocked the star, the light dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the entire sky was completely black in a moment.

At this time, everyone stared blankly at this scene.

Suddenly, there was a strange sound from a distance, which made everyone nervous, and they knew that as darkness fell, the monsters broke through the cage.

"How many are there? Reddick? John asked him.

"It's beautiful, a piece!" Reddick stared blankly at the distant sky and muttered to himself.

Hearing this, Chen Fan unleashed his exploration power with all his might, and his mental power began to sweep across a radius of one thousand meters.

Immediately, Chen Fan sensed that the overwhelming monsters were flying towards everyone.

"I think we should avoid it first." Chen Fan suggested.

"Quick, let's go to the passenger compartment." Owen shouted anxiously.

As the words fell, everyone rushed towards the passenger compartment.

Chen Fan, Xia Sha and Reddick, who were at the back, looked back from time to time while running.

Seeing that the little monsters were close in front of them, the three of them flew and jumped into a pit.

At this time, only Xia Sha of the three people couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly, Chen Fan relied on perception to see the monster's movement trajectory clearly, Redick could also see things in the dark with his own eyes, only Xia Sha could only be blind, and she could only see a little bit of vaguely in the light at this time.

So, after feeling like she had dodged the monster's pounce, she got up and ran towards the passenger compartment, but she didn't see the monster come from behind her again after going around in a circle.

The roaring stop from the spaceship did not reach the ears of Shasha, who was concentrating on speeding at the moment.

Seeing that the monster was close at hand, Xia Sha was about to be split in the next second.

Seeing this, Chen Fan burst into thought to lift himself, flew towards Xia Sha, knocked her to the ground, and then formed a protective shield behind his back.

Listening to the screaming sound whistling in her ears, Xia Sha was shocked into a cold sweat, if it wasn't for Chen Fan who threw herself down just now, then her fate could be imagined.

"Be careful, these monsters have sharp claws, and if you grab them, a piece of flesh will fall off your body." Chen Fan's voice came from the side.

At this time, Chen Fan and Reddick had already stood up and patted the dust on their bodies.

Pulling up the frightened Shasha, the three of them ran to the side of the hatch. And the people who saw the whole process just now still looked like they were still apprehensive.

"We should be in." Barris looked frightened and helped Jack into the cabin.

A louder, clearer chirp could be heard in the darkness in the distance, and Caroline nervously asked Reddick, "Reddick, what's wrong?" What's going on over there? ”

Redick watched the stone pillars in the distance collapse one after another, and larger and more monsters flew out, and replied, "As I said before, you shouldn't be afraid of me. ”

"Let's go, those were small monsters just now, but this time bigger and stronger ones have come out." Chen Fan dragged Xia Sha into the cabin.

At this moment, the last bit of afterglow in the sky was completely enveloped by the planets and disappeared into the sky.

In the darkness, everyone groped their way through the cabin with flashlights.

From time to time, there was a crashing sound on the bulkhead, which frightened everyone from daring to breathe too much.

"What are these monsters doing? Looking for us? Jack whispered as he leaned on the bulkhead.

"These monsters are supposed to rely on sound reflections to detect their bearings, and like bats, they should have poor eyesight in the dark." Chen Fan thought for a while and said.

"John, you've got a large-caliber shotgun, go ahead and take a look." Caroline suggested.

"I'm almost scared, why don't you go and see it?" John immediately rejected her proposal.

At this time, Barris, who was oppressed by the dark environment and the threat of monsters, shouted, "I don't want to stay here for a second, I want to get out of here." After saying that, he squeezed away a few people on the side and ran to the back.

After a flurry of chickens and dogs, everyone came to a cabin again.

Chen Fan saw the flashlight and the chaotic situation, and turned out a large full-range flashlight (refer to the flashlight that Jack started in the Flying Eagle Project, this is an extra-large one.) ), unscrew the lid.

Suddenly, the flashlight emitted a dazzling light, and several people nearby couldn't open their eyes, and the entire cabin was illuminated transparently.

"Chen Fan, why didn't you take out such a good thing earlier, it caused us to be in the dark for so long." Jack complained that Chen Fan didn't take out the lamp earlier.

"I'm using this for emergencies, it can only last for a while, what will I use when I run out?" Chen Fan rolled his eyes.

As the entire cabin was illuminated, everyone's impetuous hearts suddenly relaxed.