Chapter 101, The Hunter, Mark, First Contact
Desert, Gobi, wind-swept yellow sand, occasionally a few points of withered green.
With the engine whistling, a convoy sped between the cliffs.
Several mobile armoured vehicles, four or five armoured transporters, including several exoskeleton heavy armor, most of the personnel on board were heavily armed and wearing masks.
On one of the cars, a woman with short silver-white hair, mixed race features, and a delicate appearance sometimes had a sly look in her eyes: "Hey, Mark, no ecological samples have been collected in the last few missions, and the Ecological Research Institute specially asked people to explain before coming out, let's find an opportunity to collect some." ”
She is Ran Bing, the lieutenant of the Hunter Commander Mark, and although she is young, she is extremely outstanding among the Hunters in terms of ability and combat effectiveness.
"We have only been on the continent for less than two months, and we lack search and scanning, we don't know much about it, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to collect samples every time." The tall and muscular young man, who exuded hormones all over his body, spoke in a calm tone.
"And the Pole Eaters on the ground are reproducing faster and faster, and they are becoming more and more difficult to move, so they can only prioritize the task of collecting supplies, and everything else is secondary."
He is the commander of the Lighthouse Hunters, leading the Lighthouse's most combat-ready armament, and his primary task is to lead the Hunters from the dangerous land to bring back vital survival materials, and other issues are not a priority in the face of survival.
The lighthouse has just arrived on this continent, and it is still relatively new to this continent, and the first few missions have not gained much, and the energy of the lighthouse can only support the light navigation for another month, so even if it is dangerous, it can only increase the number of collection tasks.
At this time, a voice came from the communicator:
"Captain Mark, expect to arrive at the collection point in three minutes."
Mark calmly connected the communication between the cars and ordered: "Attention all personnel? Arriving at your destination? Test your gear and get ready. ”
A bulletin sound came from the headphones: "Normal concentration of charged particles in the air?" Normal air pressure? Detected a Polar Eater signal around the collection point and can't avoid it? But there are very few of them...... Yes? The voice in the headphones suddenly exclaimed that everyone couldn't help but be nervous.
Mark's face was pale, and he pressed the headphones and said, "What's wrong?" ”
"Teamwork? The signal of the Eater of Poles is disappearing! ”
Mark and Ran Bing glanced at each other? When they all saw the other party's surprise, Mark remained calm and asked into the communicator, "Is it because the detector is malfunctioning?" ”
They have hardly ever encountered such a situation, if it is due to electromagnetic interference? If the electronic device fails, that's fine. It's almost impossible for an undead monster like the Polar Eater to die? The detection signal is decreasing, which is very abnormal.
"Report to the Captain, the probe is operating normally." Sound back in the headphones.
Mark suddenly became solemn and ordered, "Attention the Hunters, the situation may be different?" Always ready for battle. ”
"Understood!" "Roger, Captain!"
The response of each car was heard on the communicator.
The convoy quickly crossed the canyon? Can you see with the naked eye, the wreckage of a broken spaceship a few hundred meters away? Buried in wind-blown sand and mud, only part of the hull is exposed.
To be cautious? Mark drilled straight into the black gravity body "Dawn"? Its personnel are equally combat-ready? However, when the convoy approached the ship, it was found that there was nothing unusual.
"The hunters get out of the car, the dusters stay in the car, and the vehicle does not turn off."
The gravity body driven by Mark got out of the car, Ran Bing jumped to the back of the gravity body with a laser gun, and the pulley at the bottom of the gravity body turned on, and it taxied directly towards the spaceship.
The rest of the heavy three-dimensional and combatants in the rear got out of the car to follow.
It was only when they got closer that they were stunned to find that there were no Polar Devourers around, but rather a lot of bones of some large creatures with black liquid flowing around.
"What's going on?" A man with a ponytail with mechanical prosthetics on his right hand and right foot, holding a gun in one hand and something like a detector in the other.
Except for the hunters, the surroundings are very quiet, and the normal makes people feel abnormal.
"Captain, there's someone at the exit of the ship!" Someone exclaimed.
However, the reaction of the rest of the hunters was not to believe it at all.
"Are you hallucinating with scarlet? How can there be humans here except us. The lighthouse report said that the underground is no longer suitable for human life! The man who said this looked skeptical, but soon his eyes widened.
"Really... True... It's really human! Hell yes!! ”
It was indeed a human being, and it was two people, unmasked, and they looked very young on the outside, looking towards them.
Mark raised his hand and said, "The rest of the people are on guard, I'll go over and take a look first." ”
"I'm with you." Ran Bing continued to lie on top of the gravity body.
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"I didn't expect to meet them, Mark looks a lot like the animation."
"Well, the 3D modeling is still relatively close to reality in general, except for some of the ones that are full of awl faces." Luo Chen saw Mark's movements and said casually.
It's been a month since he was able to transform into an Extreme Eater, and in a month, he hunted and preyed on the Extreme Eater ten times, devouring about three hundred Pan-Eater Beasts, and he hadn't encountered a single metamorphosis, but the huge size of the Pan-Eater Beast had been encountered several times, and every time he found it, he avoided it far away.
At the same time, because of the rapid resurrection time of the Pole Eaters, they generally look for small groups of dozens of Eaters, and those with more than a hundred are generally avoided. Otherwise, once entangled, it will be completely exhausted and fall into a war of attrition.
However, the necklace space only prepared food for two people for a month, although he was able to use the essence of life, Luo Chen was no longer very dependent on food, but Dongfang Undefeated was still a mortal after all, which was different from him.
So find the wreckage of this ship, hoping to find some compressed food. In the original book, the lighthouse has been maintained for more than fifty years by relying on these things, and the shelf life should be very long. As for meeting Mark, it was an unexpected thing.
"Based on the age of Mark we see now, it can be speculated that the current timeline should not be too far from the beginning of the original story."
The two hadn't spoken for a few words, and Mark had already driven the gravity body to the front.
"Hello..."The mask of the gravity body opened, and Mark asked with obvious wariness in his eyes, "You are humans on the ground?" ”
Mark spoke Chinese, and Luo Chen was not surprised. Because many of the landmarks on this continent, as well as the lighthouses, are mainly in Chinese characters, and a small amount of English, at least it proves that before the destruction of civilization, the world was dominated by Chinese characters and Chinese.
Dongfang was undefeated and silent, Luo Chen looked at the gravity body, his eyes showed obvious interest, and replied: "Of course we are the human beings of this continent, listen to the meaning of your words, are you not human beings on the ground." ”
The existence of humans on the ground is confirmed in the original book.
Mark and Ran Bing both had a look of surprise on their faces, but the ecological research institute of the lighthouse judged that the environment in hell was no longer suitable for human survival. However, these two living examples, and some words, subvert their cognition.
"Perhaps, we need to have a deeper conversation." Mark said in a deep voice.