The tracks roll forward.

The swarm attack came twice, but nothing more was accomplished than burning itself to illuminate others.

After bringing back eggshell and insect shell specimens, Explorer 3 set off again to explore along the cleared passage.

The roads underground are intricate, and as exploration continues, the 3D maps drawn in real-time are getting bigger and bigger......

After 10 hours of exploring, repelling one swarm after another, the underground cavern is fully revealed.

This underground space has intricate passages, but when viewed from above the map, the entire cavern is a standard circle.

However, when they controlled the robot to clean up the entire cavern, they still did not find the two parasitic humans. Even the traces of their existence were only a few lines of suspicious footprints, but those footprints were elusive, always abruptly ending in unthinkable places.

“…… The search is complete, and there are no anomalies. The man with glasses leaned over to Chen Zheng and whispered.

This was the third time they had searched thoroughly, and yet they had found nothing new, as if the two infected had just disappeared into thin air.

"The sappers continued to lay the lighting lines, and the others rested." Chen Zheng decided to give up for the time being.

As the people in the tent dispersed in twos and threes, the man with glasses leaned over to Chen Zheng and asked softly, "What should I do next?" ”

"Search once tomorrow, if it really doesn't work......" Chen Zheng thought about it, and finally made up his mind, "You arrange to produce 50 sets of protective clothing and 25 sets of portable flamethrowers." Let Scar bring some small arms with them. ”

"Are you ready to ...... Brought someone in? ”

"Relying on machinery must still have dead ends, and sensors are still flawed compared to human senses." Now that he has made up his mind, Chen Zheng no longer hesitates, "Even if there are some sacrifices, there is no way to do it." ”

"Do you want me to make some more slavery rings?" The man with glasses thought for a moment.

"What's that?" Chen Zheng asked.

"It is a device to prevent slaves from mutiny, which is mounted on the chest, and in the event of their rebellion, disobedience or any dissatisfaction of the master, the slave ring can be activated by remote control, injecting toxins into their hearts to kill the slaves."

"No, that's not good." Chen Zheng shook his head.

It is beneficial and harmless to force refugees to put their lives at risk, after all, Chen Zheng is not aliens, and he is counting on these people to become the real inhabitants of his command.

"But...... Would they be willing to take the risk otherwise? "The man with glasses couldn't understand.

"Let's see." Chen Zheng didn't explain anything, but asked people to find Lao Wang and chat with him behind closed doors.

……

The next morning, the robot returned again in vain.

Chen Zheng, who had been staring at the screen, sighed and took Lao Wang and Scar, who was wearing power armor, to the tent next to him.

In the tent that had just been erected this morning, dozens of people were seen standing or sitting, gathering in twos and threes and chatting quietly.

The men were wearing chemical hazmat suits and had improvised flamethrowers and some light weapons around them and at their feet.

When they saw Chen Zheng come in, they stopped talking and waited for Chen Zheng to speak.

Chen Zheng looked around and saw that among the more than 50 people, there were people of all nationalities, blonde hair, brown hair, ...... Blue eyes, black eyes...... But no matter what country or race, the expressions on their faces are surprisingly consistent.

With a little dignified, with a little hope, with a little other things that can't be said.

Chen Zheng cleared his throat and said, "Since you are all sitting here, you must have some understanding of the situation we are facing now. ”

"I'm sure you've all guessed that this is an alien planet. And I can tell you in all seriousness that this is a very dangerous planet. Especially now, if we can't clean up the cave in front of us, if we can't find the two infected people who are hiding, once we drag it out until spring...... Look at it and you'll know what happens to us. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zheng pulled off the cloth covering Explorer 1.

Looking at the corroded and pitted robot, heavy breathing suddenly sounded in the tent.

"There is no one here including me who does not want to go back to Earth. Some people may think that the hope of returning home is very slim, and they can only die of old age and aliens in this life......"

“…… But I said, no. ”

"See this cave? The hope of returning to Earth is here. ”

"It takes a lot of some kind of mineral to get back to Earth, and there's the kind of thing we need somewhere in this cave. Eliminate the infected and get the mines, that's our job. ”

"You are all elites of various countries who can take charge of themselves, I won't say anything else, I hereby promise: once the task is completed, everyone will have a good reward."

"And you will no longer be refugees, but my guests, with special provisions in the camp. Once you have opened the way to Earth, you will be on the list of the first to return to Earth. ”

"If you are injured, I will do my best to treat you, and if you die here...... Your family will receive a $10 million pension. ”

"Finally, I want to emphasize: you must pay attention to safety, as long as you still have a breath, I can save you back, once you die, the 10 million can only be spent by your wife for you - I don't know if your wife will be happy, but I am sure that your child's stepfather will be very happy......"

“…… Hahahaha......"

Several foreigners were amused by Chen Zheng, while some Asians were a little ugly.

"So, whoever it is for, don't die."

After speaking, Chen Zheng took off his coat, revealing the protective clothing inside, and picked up a cannon fodder gun from the weapon rack under the surprised eyes of others: "Let's go." ”

"Let's go."

In just three Chinese characters and a few words, the smiling and black-faced people are all vibrating.

Only at this moment did they understand one thing: they are really not cannon fodder.

Although Lao Wang said it very well before, they all knew that such a task would inevitably be nine deaths. But what else can they do? It's so normal to be on an alien, under a fence, to be ordered to explore an unknown cave or something.

However, it was only at this time that they knew that the top leader of the entire camp, this mysterious boss who was rarely on the road in front of the public, was actually going to risk with them!

It felt like the difference between soldiers listening to "give me up" and "follow me".

Immediately, the morale of the whole team was boosted.

Seeing these agents from all over the world, different nationalities and languages passing in front of him with high morale, Lao Wang couldn't help but look at Chen Zheng again.

“…… I really didn't expect it......" Lao Wang didn't know whether to sigh or shake his head sarcastically.