The buggy was a bumpy ride west, and this time it took a full day to reach the intended settlement.

In the car, Chu Jungui sat quietly and did not speak. At this time, Li Ruobai squeezed into his private channel and said, "Why don't you talk all day?"

"Say what?"

"Whatever you want. Otherwise, am I going to talk to these savages?"

"You should go and talk to them. ”

"Hey, you think I'm a barbarian, too?" Li Ruobai seemed to be particularly concerned about this.

"I think the more I talk to them, the more intelligence there will be. ”

Li Ruobai sighed and said, "I can't ask anything more." I am generally aware of the current state of the planet, and there are many similar precedents. ”

Chu Jungui was interested and asked, "What precedent?"

"After the Great Schism, for a long time, humanity was scattered, and even if it was a neighboring star field, it might not know what the other party was doing. At that time, the way humans transmitted information was more by Chenta, and the transmission of information was very slow. There are many colonies that have stagnated technology due to a lack of communication with the outside world. Just like here. ”

"Is there still a Chen Tower?" asked Chu Jungui.

"In some deep-sky star fields, there should still be. ”

The beginning of the Age of Human Interstellar Exploration began with an accident. At that time, humanity, the parent planet that had just escaped from the solar system, discovered a natural space passage near Pluto's orbit. When a spaceship ventures into the passage, it discovers that the other end of the passage is actually an unfamiliar galaxy hundreds of light-years away.

In order to locate in the vast starry sky, people built a device at both ends of this passage that can continuously emit positioning signals, named Chenta. Since then, as human footprints have become more and more spread across the star towers, one by one the towers have also been built.

For hundreds of years, human research on wormholes and space has reached a new level, and it has been possible to observe high-dimensional space by indirect means for positioning.

However, at the beginning of the construction of many towers, the life cycle was based on thousands of years, so until now, there are still some towers that are constantly emitting positioning signals.

The two chatted briefly, and Chu Jungui stopped talking again. Li Ruobai couldn't help it and asked, "Why don't you speak?"

"Say what?"

"Then what are you thinking about all day without talking?"

"Daze. ”

Of course, Chu Jungui didn't tell the truth, in his free time, most of his computing power was spent compiling various loaders. For example, although the small arms combat is compiled, it still needs to be split into specific weapon classes, such as pistols, assault rifles, etc., and then it needs to be optimized repeatedly so that it does not take up too many load slots.

Without the computing power support of the main brain of the participating business school, the compilation and optimization process is extremely slow. Chu Jungui couldn't wait to spend everything on this, and he had to keep an eye on his surroundings from time to time, how could he have time to chat with Li Ruobai.

Seeing that Chu Jungui was silent, Li Ruobai still didn't give up, and asked, "Do you want to know why we are in this ghost place?"

"I don't want to. ”

"Why don't you have any curiosity?"

"Because we've arrived. Chu Jungui pointed ahead.

Li Ruobai was stunned, adjusted the eyepiece, and vaguely saw a settlement on the distant horizon.

Orm turned around and said, "We've arrived." The leader here is a guy named Stonewall, who is quite fierce and cunning. I'll try to communicate with them in a moment, and you just follow me and try not to talk. Also, wrap your cloak. ”

Aum pointed at Li Ruobai.

Li Ruobai shrugged his shoulders and reluctantly wrapped his cloak tightly to cover the battle armor on his body. This was also the original plan, Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai played the role of Aum's entourage, so as to get the information needed without causing a conflict. Their most conspicuous thing is a battle armor, but it is impossible not to wear it in an unfamiliar environment, so the best thing to do is to wrap it in a cloak.

Li Ruobai quietly stabbed Chu Jungui and asked, "Don't you feel uncomfortable? This thing stinks!"

"Didn't you turn on the filtration system?" asked Chu Jungui strangely.

"It's on. However, I still feel awkward. Li Ruobai was a little embarrassed.

Their armor has a filtration system that keeps out all kinds of chemical or biological toxins, and it's easy to eliminate odors.

Chu Jungui didn't expect Li Ruobai to have some cleanliness. But now was not the time to discuss this, as he jumped out of the buggy and caught up with Orm. Li Ruobai carried a backpack and also got out of the car.

Several heavily armed hunters stepped out of the settlement, watching the three of them warily.

"I am Orm, the most powerful hunter in the eastern settlement! Tell him that I have some good things to share with him. ”

A burly hunter appeared, stared at Orm for a moment, and said, "I know you." But why did you only bring such a small number of people?"

"I'm here to make a deal, not to fight. Aum replied.

"Well, you come with me, the boss is waiting. ”

The three of them entered the settlement and walked towards the largest four-story building in the center. Chu Jungui seemed to be looking left and right casually, but he was actually scanning the various buildings.

The buildings of this settlement are not much different from those in Orm, with the same oxygen supply station, water room and cold storage, but there are about 100 more residents and the houses are a little better.

"Jun Gui, look to the right. Li Ruobai's voice sounded in the private channel.

Chu Jun returned to the right and looked, through a small path, he could see the small square at the other end. In the square stood a row of shelves on which things were hung upside down in sacks. It looks like a corpse.

Chu Jungui remained silent, and after scanning, he found that what was hanging inside was indeed a corpse.

Then the burly hunter led them up to the third floor to a richly decorated office. One sits behind a desk with two pods against the wall and his back to the three.

Hearing footsteps, he lowered his legs, turned the chair, and turned.

It was a grim-looking man, with a triangular metal plate embedded in his face, and pale eyes with caution and cruelty, looking at the three of them.

He first looked at Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai, and finally his eyes fell on Aum, showed an exaggerated smile, got up and gave Aum a warm hug, and said, "Aum! ”

Orm smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that your favorite thing is hunting and killing?"

Stonewall shrugged and said, "I love business just as much, and it can make money just as much." ”

"When it comes to making money, maybe our chance to make a fortune has arrived. I found this. Orm threw a scrap of metal off the table.

Stonewall's pupils contracted suddenly, and his experience told him that it was a piece of metal he had never seen before.

"How is this business going on?"

Orm said unhurriedly, "Tell me first, have you seen anything fall from the sky lately?" ”