Less than ten minutes after the lifeboat left, the airship parked over the foot detachment received a distress signal from the lifeboat: they had been attacked.

Ah Jun ordered to rush to the aid immediately, but due to the several scientists on the airship and Mrs. Zhuang and other flight fighters, the airship had to send another lifeboat, but before the lifeboat crew could take off, the pilot and lookout of the airship saw an explosion in the night sky in the distance - the lifeboat was shot down.

The explosion occurred twice, once in the air. After the explosion, traces of the falling lifeboat on fire could be seen, and a second explosion occurred shortly after it landed, and a forest fire broke out at the explosion site, but it was quickly extinguished.

Ah Jun personally took several expedition members and ambulances with good marksmanship, set off in another lifeboat and went to the rescue in person.

Just as they were leaving the mothership, at least two dozen man-eating birds flew back from the bombing site, and they rushed out of the darkness, razor-sharp wingtips slashed across the alloy body of the lifeboat, and the hull was rubbed into sparks, and the expedition members tried to shoot back, but the completely enclosed hull restricted their movements, and fortunately, it was so.

The man-eating birds didn't seem to want to attack them, and the act of passing by just now was more like a warning, Ah Jun seized this opportunity to order all the lights to be turned on, and under the strong light, the piranha birds were dispersed and flew in the direction of the airship.

Jun immediately contacted the airship, and all outsiders immediately entered the cabin, and turned on all the lights, not to shoot until the man-eating bird had a clear intention to attack.

As Jun had speculated, the man-eating birds made a noise under the bright light, made a feint a few times, and then flew away and disappeared into the darkness.

They have a strong sense of organization and discipline, high levels of artificial intelligence, and a strong sense of purpose in doing things.

Ah Jun later wrote down his evaluation of the man-eating bird in his expedition diary.

The lifeboat landed at the scene of the explosion, and only one boat was filled, and the strong smell of "barbecue" was poured into everyone's noses, and the team members with weak stomachs immediately vomited because of the irritation of this smell.

There were no extra filtering respirators on the lifeboats, so everyone had to use handkerchiefs dipped in water to make simple masks to resist smoke and meaning.

Ah Jun noticed a very strange powder around, and he didn't have time to stop it, and one of the team members had already reached out and put some on his fingers and put it under his nose to smell - this move was dangerous, but the team member didn't seem to be harmed, and he said to Ah Jun, "Sir, it's a bit like a fire extinguisher." ”、

Ah Jun looked around, although there was still smoke, there was really no open flame, but that kind of white foam abounded. So he asked the team member, "Are you sure?" ”

The team member said with confidence, "Yes." I worked as a firefighter before. ”

But Ah Jun still emphasized: "Everyone should try not to touch suspicious things with their hands." At the same time, I thought to myself: I still came in a hurry, in this case, I need to prepare at least two sets of protective clothing.

There are indications at the scene that the man-eating birds sprayed the foam in order to extinguish the fire and avoid a possible forest fire.

"They seem to be protecting the forest ......"

Before Ah Jun could continue to think, someone exclaimed that he had found the airship, and Ah Jun hurriedly followed.

The airship had been blown through the cabin by two explosions, the airframe had been severely deformed, and all entities had been scorched.

The first body to be found was the pilot's, still secured to his seat with a seat belt, and a man-eating bird's metal beak still stuck in his chest, apparently the man-eating bird smashed directly into the windshield of the airship, killing him.

Subsequently, Ah Jun and others found three more corpses, two ordinary humans and one rabbit man.

Due to the explosion and crash, all the bodies are no longer in their original places, so it is difficult to deduce what else happened at that time.

The body of the rabbit man found had male features and would certainly not be a beautiful tooth, but no trace of the beautiful tooth or another rabbit wounded person was found at the scene. They may have fled after the crash or they may have been taken captive by man-eating birds.

Of course, the latter result was not what Ah Jun wanted, and he immediately arranged a search, but because it was not yet dawn and the current manpower was limited, he could not find any clues about the beautiful teeth until dawn.

But their reinforcements arrived.

Reinforcements came from the base camp, led by Colina, and almost the elite was exhausted.

The addition of the living force greatly enhances the efficiency of the search, and Meiya and another rabbit man are finally found nearby.

A large part of the rabbit man's remarkable hiding ability comes from the cave, Mei Ya and another rabbit man used a broken tree to dig a burrow under the tree to hide and take away the search of the man-eating birds, but they were also in a semi-coma because of the aggravation of their injuries and physical exhaustion, and if it weren't for the fact that Colina released a batch of tiny clones to search, they really couldn't be found.

What is admirable is that Meiya actually took away the specimen of the man-eating bird in addition to the emergency evacuation.

The witty and heroic behavior of the rabbit people such as Meiya has won everyone's respect, and even the titanium major of the steel city-state, who usually beckons his subordinates to stay away from the charming rabbit people, but this time he took the lead and carried the injured rabbit warrior onto the stretcher of the rescue airship.

Meiya had a brief period of waking consciousness after being rescued, and the first thing she did was to tell Jun that the specimen box containing the remains of the piranha was safe and sound.

Ah Jun hugged her, kissed her forehead, and said pityingly, "Next time, please protect yourself first." Meiya nodded, with a happy smile, and fell into a deep coma.

The radio on the rescue airship sent a message from the base camp, telling Jun to return to the base camp in person and report directly to the city-state alliance's exploration committee.

Ah Jun offered to set up the defense of the camp before leaving, and after the opinion of the base camp was relayed, the committee agreed to Ah Jun's request.

Ah Jun believed that because the flight ability and attack power of the man-eating bird were very powerful, it was very dangerous for the dismantled airship to be parked above the foot detachment, and it could not achieve mutual support with the ground detachment, so he ordered to immediately open up the landing ground in the forest, and the airship landed, leaving only the professional expedition team members to organize the defense posture with the airship as the core. The rest of the non-combatants were evacuated, and all the specimens collected by the rest of the trekking detachment were left in place, except for those that had been returned to the base camp with Mei Ya.

Ah Jun had a vague feeling that the reason why the man-eating birds attacked the lifeboat was because they didn't want the remains of their companions to be taken away. So, God knows if there are any taboos in the specimens collected by scientists these days, and the situation of the airship being attacked, Ah Jun doesn't want it to happen again.

Everything was arranged, and Ah Jun entrusted Cheng Gang with the position of acting captain, and escorted the non-combatants back to the base camp by himself.

After Ah Jun returned to the base camp, he participated in a conference call with the committee without having time to rest.

After listening to Jun's report, there was also a controversy within the committee: the members of the committee, represented by the steel city-state, decided that we were facing a formidable enemy, and that the expedition should be our advance party, and that we should not only send our best fighters to the expedition, but also strengthen their weapons and equipment so that they could fight any enemy that appeared.

But the representatives of the metropolis and the agriculture and forestry city-states think: since our existing urban resources are enough for us to survive, what are we going to provoke such powerful creatures? Behind closed doors, isn't it good for a small country and widows to live? Our ancestors were all pacifists on Earth, and they came to this Eden world to escape the war, so why should we provoke war? Let's withdraw our expedition and stop causing no more fearless casualties.

This argument was immediately rejected by the representatives of the Iron City-State: it was not us who started the war, it was "they" who started it, and "they" not only sent clone spies to our city, but also sent mechs to attack the prison in Fort Town in order to take heaven!

When these two factions were arguing, the city-state represented by the Ark Alliance proposed that it was still very necessary to maintain contact and reconnaissance for the enemy who might pose danger, but this kind of difficult operation should be handed over to professionals, and the expedition team could be withdrawn, but the bases that had been built could not be abandoned, and more elite and professional reconnaissance and communication troops should be sent in.

Although the representatives of the parties argued about it, one thing was unanimous: we, a lost race of fellow citizens, were deeply hostile to us, and war was ultimately inevitable.

Finally, the committee symbolically asked Jun about his opinion, and Jun shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm just a bounty hunter, and I just take money to do things, so I suggest it...... There are only two points, one is to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the expedition members, especially those who are still in the forest, and the other is not to take any shocking actions that may exacerbate the conflict without further understanding. ”

Ah Jun's words obviously did not attract the attention of the committee members, and after politely thanking Ah Jun for his efforts, they began to quarrel again that seemed to be endless. Ah Jun was troubled by the noise, so he ended the communication and left the communication room.

Kelina waited at the door, and as soon as Ah Jun came out, she greeted her, and complained: "Is there a mistake, I am also the lord of a city, why am I not qualified to participate in the meeting." ”

Ah Jun said with a smile: "According to the bill of the city-state alliance, only cities with a population of more than fifty thousand are eligible to send representatives to the meeting of the standing committee of the alliance, how many residents are in your city, fifty?" ”

Colina pouted and said, "That's if I don't want to, if I do, let alone 50,000 people, even 55,000,000." ”

Ah Jun knew that she was talking angrily, so he said, "I see, you don't want to assume the name of a city lord." I've heard that Hina and Councilor Kim are having a hot fight these days, I'm afraid that no one lives in our house in Blackwater City, so it's better for you to move back after this matter is over. ”

Colina muttered, "You just want to drive me away~"

The two were arguing, Irina also came out of the conference room, and Ah Jun smiled: "You can't stand it anymore?" ”

Irina shook her head and said, "They are going to send a team of representatives to come over and inspect on the spot." ”

Ah Jun sighed and said, "This is to add to the chaos." ”

Irina and Corina chimed in at the same time, "Who's to say it's not? ”