Winning the car, Pete reluctantly pointed to a safe house for Zhang Xu.

The importance of the safe house directly determines the results and gains of star chasing. When meteors fall densely, everyone will have to go into the safe house to take refuge, and wait until the meteors are scarce or stop before going out to collect meteorites and meteorites, and these two groups are professional star chasers, and whoever can master more safe houses will have the opportunity to seize meteorites and meteorites.

Of course, more safe houses are not always better.

First, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to build a safe house, which hides a lot of precious equipment, such as meteorite condensers, the cost of a condenser is 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, if one or two safe houses are damaged, this trip is equivalent to nothing, not to mention that the vehicles are also placed near the safe house, so that it is convenient for meteorites to quickly attack and collect meteorites and meteorites when they are scarce or no longer falling. Second, because this is a desert area, there are too few bunkers to build safe houses, and there are fewer options for building safe houses, and there must be a certain distance between each other, not too dense, which determines that the number of safe houses cannot be too much.

The Star Club, on its part, has built three safe houses in the outlying areas, all of which are sideways in one direction, deliberately avoiding direct competition with the Black Star. Because of the small area in the middle core area, although Black Star occupies a favorable terrain, there are relatively few points that can be used to build safe houses, only three, not too far from each other and there is no obvious cover, basically by digging holes manually, laying a thick layer of sand cloth and a thin layer of metal on top to offset the impact of meteorites.

Giving up the safe house means that in addition to the instruments in the safe house, everything that builds the safe house has to be given up, and what makes Zhang Xu especially covet is the thin layer of metal.

Waving his hand to disperse the rest of the people, Zhang Xu pulled Lin Ping and rode his motorcycle to the safe house built by Black Star in the central area.

"What kind of metal is this?" Lin Ping pushed away a thick layer of yellow sand on top of the safe house, and below it were pieces of dark black metal that shone a meter square and shimmered with flowing luster.

Zhang Xu had a light in his eyes, touched the metal plate very preciously, and explained to Lin Ping: "This is a good thing, just like this, the cost of one square meter will cost more than 10,000, and it has no price, and the price in the New York black market has been speculated to 30,000 square meters, US dollars." The bulletproof car where important people sit, in addition to the basic bulletproof steel plate, will be sandwiched in a layer of this alloy plate, although the hardness is not high, but the cushioning effect is particularly good, can resist the impact of about 20 tons. Black Star: They dare to build a safe house in the core area of Meteorfall, relying on this kind of metal plate. ”

Lin Ping couldn't help but swallow his throat, it turned out that the two of them meant this when they said to give up the safe house? Looking at the metal plate covered on it is not less than five square meters, the construction cost of a safe house is at least more than one million, such a bet is indeed big enough.

With Zhu Xun's excellent driving skills, the Xingchen Club occupied an additional safe house, which was far away from the three self-built safe houses, Zhang Xu rearranged Lin Ping and himself to enter the safe house in the central area, and the others were redeployed. After finishing the route and setting the safe house, Liu returned to the camp. The remaining four people have a safe house, and the walkie-talkie contacts the opportunity, and Zhang Xu adjusts in the center.

After a long day's work, by dusk all the obstructions on the forward and retreat routes had been cleared, and the connecting routes between the safe houses had been rehearsed many times. Zhu Xun took Meng Xinke and Qi Baofeng to drive an off-road vehicle, and circled the entire meteorite area several times, discussing what might happen when chasing stars and encountering Black Star at night and how to deal with it, all the arrangements were very detailed to ensure that this time was foolproof.

As night fell, there were also a lot of figures and vehicles at the edge of the desert, these people were nearby tourists, who came to watch the meteor shower, and more of them were astronomy enthusiasts, after all, it was rare to be able to judge the location of the meteor shower so accurately, and it was at least more than twenty miles away from the camp of the two star chaser teams, and there were several hills in between.

Zhang Xu sent a walkie-talkie to everyone to facilitate contact and use when chasing stars. Lin Ping took the walkie-talkie and looked through it in his hand, it was different from ordinary walkie-talkies, it was very delicate, and it was inlaid with a layer of metal sheets. Zhang Xu said that this walkie-talkie is specially customized, the signal is very strong, and it can have a clear conversation within five kilometers without interference.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, the moon had climbed the hill and everyone had entered the safe house, waiting for the meteor shower to arrive.

The night is dark, and the night in the desert is very beautiful, a little more peaceful and cool than the day.

Zhang Xu and Lin Ping shrank in the safe house, and Zhang Xu was still repeatedly telling Lin Ping about the precautions at night.

"The meteorfall will last for an hour, and we will move half an hour after the fall starts, but since we are in the central area, we will have to wait forty-five minutes before we act, and we must follow me so that we don't get separated from the group, and we must beware of the people from the Black Star. They will do whatever it takes to grab the meteorite and meteorite, and even drive our car to the meteorite drop area, don't panic, be calm in any situation, and contact us via walkie-talkie as soon as you get separated. The two gangs have nothing to do with you, you hurry back to the safe house to protect the supplies, and we will take care of the rest. ”

Listening to Zhang Xu's repeated advice in his ear, Lin Ping understood that chasing stars was not a simple matter, in addition to facing the danger of falling meteors and being hit, he also had to always beware of sneak attacks from Black Star. And Lin Ping wants the yang iron that may appear in the meteor, the probability of this special meteorite appearing is not high, and he must get as much meteorite as possible to have a chance to find out the yang iron that may exist in it.

There is still more than an hour to wait, according to Liu Chen's field observation and observation of the stars, the accurate landing time of this meteor shower is around 8:30 p.m., and there will be a time error of 10 minutes before and after.

By 7:30 a.m., everyone was out of action, all huddled in safe houses, and the vehicles were hidden on the anticline slope to avoid being hit by meteorites.

8:20 a.m.

The time is getting closer and closer, everyone's nerves are highly tense, Lin Ping is no exception and even a little excited, observing the meteor shower so closely, he is also the first time in his life, this is a rare experience, but also a very dangerous experience.

The moonlight shone on the yellow sand, with a faint shimmer, and countless short dwarf plants in the endless desert swayed at will in the cool breeze of the night, and from time to time the wind and sand blew into the safe house and landed on the sand prevention mask.

The sight outside is quite clear, and the people in the Star Club are quite interested, chatting and joking on the walkie-talkie.

"Be careful, the meteor shower is coming, and there have been meteorites in the starry sky, partially entering the earth, and they will be there soon." Liu Bian's voice sounded on the intercom.