Abandoned camp, tin house.

A month ago, Green Fur and the others had just come here.

At that time, apart from dozens of people and nearly 100 pairs of hands, all they could count on was a C-type campervan.

When a substance passes through the tidal gate, every kilogram of weight added to a cargo such as steel consumes almost 10 grams of zero-crystal, and each additional person needs less than 3 grams of zero-crystal.

Since the invention of Tidalgate technology, scientists have not been able to figure out why this is the case:

The transmission of all life-like substances is more or less more economical in terms of zero crystals, while the amount of zero crystals consumed by steel, minerals and other substances is basically proportional to their weight, and the consumption in kilograms is about 10 grams.

There is a slight difference in the number of fractions consumed by different types of goods, but that is already tens of decimal places, and non-bulk goods can be counted as negligible.

Because of this, there has been an unconfirmed conjecture in the scientific community that there should be more factors than mass that affect the consumption of zero crystals, but no one has yet discovered it.

It is precisely because the consumption of goods and lives is different when crossing the tide gate that there is such a profession as a pioneer.

Either alone or with three or five friends, they come to a strange planet with the most basic survival equipment, use the local resources to develop enough infrastructure, and then sell these landing points to major powers......

…… And now this abandoned camp was established by a group of pioneers a long time ago. Later, due to some accident, all the pioneers died, and only one survivor remained, and after using the non-directional drift valve, he made it to the Black Domain of the Tidelands.

There is no need to talk about the later story, anyway, the coordinates of this camp that could have been exchanged for a lot of zero crystals fell into the hands of the boss of Black Sails.

Since there are no valuable resources on this planet, and the tidal flow path of this planet is simple, it only has a stable tidal phenomenon with an inferior star full of uncivilized aborigines, the Earth.

Stable tidal phenomena are the basis for the establishment of fixed tidal gates. A fixed tide gate can be transmitted in both directions steadily and relatively cheaply, and the amount of zero crystal consumption mentioned above refers to the consumption of a fixed tide gate.

If you don't have a fixed tide gate, you can only cross the sea of stars through the expensive and error-prone drifting valves.

It's okay to use this kind of thing occasionally, but the problem is that this thing is not sensitive to tidal currents, and only recognizes the most active currents. But the problem is that each planet is actually connected to as many tidal paths as stars in the sky, and God knows which path is active for a thousandth of a second at a certain time.

Once it does happen, it is easy to be thrown along the tide to some unknown planet and wait for death.

As for a tidal land like the Black Domain, it is rare even on the entire Star Path. It has a stable tidal phenomenon, and there are as many as seven planets that can establish fixed tide gates, and even dozens of planets that can be unilaterally delivered by directional tide gates.

At first, some slave traders in the Black Regions took a fancy to the abundant human resources of the earth and started to engage in the slave trade, but they were unable to transfer the population on a large scale cheaply, and finally had to abandon this trade route.

If it weren't for the fact that some big man had designated to go to Earth to pick up something, the boss of Black Sails might have forgotten that there was such a place in his resource bank.

Just in case, Black Sail's boss deliberately pointed the directional drift valve for slugs at this abandoned camp. After all, that thing is very important, and if it weren't for the slug's experience of messing around on Earth, the boss of Black Sails might have changed to a more reliable person.

Eventually, though, he thought the slugs wouldn't dare disobey his orders.

However......

When they first arrived at this abandoned camp, they were pleasantly surprised to find that most of the supplies could be found in the warehouse, and even the large equipment that the C-type camper could not make was readily available here, and it could be used with a little repair.

As for the tin house, not to mention, it is better to have a house than a tent, right? Of course, it was the way it is now, but when they cleaned up, they swept out the bones of many pioneers from the inside, and finally piled up a mountain of bones outside, among which the green fur personally held out the bones of a child......

The reason why I was so impressed by the bones was not because they were children, but because of the dense tooth marks on the bones.

Now, as Greenfur walks through this dark and damp corridor, the smell of mildew and decay constantly stimulates Greenhair's sense of smell, and many memories come to mind from the depths of his mind.

Looking back at the door, Scar, Lao Luo, and their ponies were standing far away, the gun in Scar's hand still shaking, and finally lit his head in the air.

“……”

Greenhair pursed his lips, turned and walked down the hallway.

At the end of the corridor is Roshan's room.

In fact, there is still a lot of space in this tin house, and it is not impossible for everyone to live in it.

But they would rather be frozen in tents, or crammed into those tin boxes (cars), rather than live under the same roof with Roshan, but of course - who has ever seen a rabbit with a nest built in front of a tiger's house?

For Roshan, everyone in the camp is rabbits, and the gate at the end of the passage is like Roshan's unfillable mouth, silently waiting for the silly rabbit to be automatically sent to the door.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

When the green fur knocks on the door, he thinks he is the silly rabbit.

"Your Excellency...... Roshan-sama, are you there? ”

“……”

There was no movement in the house.

"Click."

The sound of a bullet being loaded.

He didn't have to look back to know that it was Scar urging him, and after knocking on the door again and there was no response, Greenfur pushed open the iron door that looked like the mouth of a monster.

"Squeak ......"

The rusty doorshaft made a tooth-tickling, cacophony of rubbing.

It was pitch black inside the door, and nothing could be seen, but the smell of the corpses was stronger.

"Your Excellency?"

The green fur poked out half of his head and looked inside.

“…… I'll send you your documents ......"

“！！”

The green-haired voice stopped abruptly, and he stared horrfully into the darkness ahead, where a behemoth seemed to move.

“…… Hiss ......"

A strange voice came, and the cold hairs of the green fur stood up, and goosebumps grew all over.

"Missing ......"

“…… It's gone. ”

A rough voice murmured, making Greenhair shiver unconsciously.

"My lord, the news of the slugs has been found, all the information has been sent to your personal terminal, and I have sent you a hard copy, which is placed here...... Don't dare to disturb your rest...... I'll quit first......"

After the green hair said it boldly, he put down the documents in his hand and quickly turned around and ran, forgetting to close the iron door.

"Whew...... Whew......"

The sound of heartbeat echoed in Greenhair's ears, and the sound of breathing filled his eardrums.

More than ten meters away from the corridor, the white light reflected from the snow made the outside world seem to be overexposed, and the shadow of Scar and Lao Luo grew in the light.

It's almost ...... It's going to be safe soon......

But at this moment, Green Fur suddenly noticed that Scar and Lao Luo's expressions had changed, as if they had seen something terrifying.

"How......?"

"Ahh————hh

Greenhair was pulled back into the darkness by something, and the screams stopped abruptly as soon as he remembered them.

“……”

Outside the door, Scar and Lao Luo's eyes widened in horror as they watched a slime-stained tentacle retract into the darkness.

“…… What is that!? ”