Chapter 306: Light and fluttering
Soon, the more than 300 people of this expedition team were armed into a commando team, and now it was foolproof, Fu Wei beckoned to the leader of the noble squad and asked him, "Where did you find the human aborigines?" ”
The captain of the aristocratic squad stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, following the direction he pointed, Fu Wei saw a strange geographical wonder through the sparse gaps in the tall trees, not far away on the huge impact plain, there are small plateaus in the form of cliffs, very abrupt, full of plants, and the ecology is actually self-contained.
The expedition landed on the edge of the impact plain, so the vegetation was relatively sparse, and on the plains close to the tropics, the vegetation was very luxuriant, and there was simply not enough open space for the expedition to anchor all the starships.
"Why don't you just land on those little hills?" Fowei asked.
The leader of the noble squad replied: "Because those aborigines live on those cliffs more than 100 meters high, rashly landing the fleet on them will cause unnecessary conflicts. ”
"Unnecessary conflicts? Could it be that those people have air defense facilities? Fu Wei asked in surprise, it seems that these aborigines are not particularly welcoming to outsiders.
The noble squad leader replied with a smile: "No, Captain Fuwei, these aborigines are about to degenerate into primitive people, they use homemade bows, arrows and spears and other cold weapons, but they are very belligerent, and when we first came into contact with some aborigines, we were met with a 'warm welcome'. ”
"Then let's walk and take a look, it's not far anyway, right?" Fowei asked.
"It's about half an hour away."
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The expedition team left the starship at the landing site and set off, the marines of the noble squad as the vanguard to explore the way, and when they found danger, they could report back in time, along the way, Fu Wei and the others did not encounter any danger, but the low roar from a distant place made everyone feel palpitations.
Listening to that roar, it seems to be emitted by a very large creature.
As she walked, Arlene explained everything on the planet like a local guide, saying that the glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic were very large, and that the planet had probably just experienced the Ice Age, similar to the early Triassic period of the Earth.
This is the period when reptilian creatures are about to rule the entire planet, and those 300,000 humans who inhabit this planet must face all kinds of challenges, and it is normal to be belligerent and xenophobic against the harsh living environment and the huge and ferocious creatures all day long.
Fu Wei listened very fascinated, until the rear of the team, a dense gunfire rang out, and the Zoro and the noble squad leader around him were all startled, and the nobles hurriedly contacted the marines who were exploring the way in front of the team, and immediately went to the rear of the expedition to support.
"Go check it out!" Fowy twisted his neck at Zorro, and the two of them took steps at the same time, running towards the back of the group.
As the gunfire intensified, Fu Wei took a closer look and saw that the pilots at the back of the group were using their assault rifles to confront some huge insects, which had been following the group of small humans carefully, but were spotted by the expedition members at the end of the group.
Dragonflies with wingspans half a meter long, huge cockroaches up to a meter wide, and some disgusting giant worms covered with sharp thorns, opened their pincer mouthparts and roared at the humans who kept firing, but there were not many of them, and soon they were full of holes, and pale yellow smelly blood flowed from the bullet holes of their bodies.
"No one is in trouble, is it?" Fu Wei asked with concern, and the drivers shook their heads excitedly, the battle that had just taken place was as exciting to them as if it had been a successful hunt.
"Gather the team a little, it's too long and it's not easy to take care of each other." Zorro said to the drivers, "Don't be hippie, you should have a clear understanding of the danger of this planet, these are just small bugs, and bigger creatures have not yet appeared!" ”
"Yes, sir!" The drivers put away their stubborn expressions, and finally stopped their hippie smiles.
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After this episode, the expedition continued to move forward, and no one noticed that behind the huge rocks in the glade, there were some huge bee creatures that were talking to each other, they were touching each other's antennae, communicating something, it seemed, they were extremely intelligent, and had already tried out, and the group of ugly creatures that they were eyeing walking upright, although they were small in stature, were extremely difficult to deal with.
A screeching sound from the mouthparts of a leader bee immediately scattered and flew deep into the forest—using their sharp pincers and spikes to drive away aggressive, gigantic creatures to be their vanguard.
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When Fowy, Zorro, and the noble squad returned to the front of the group, they found the pilots gathered together, not knowing what they were observing, and Fowei shouted from afar and asked what was wrong with these people.
"Captain, come and see, Miss Arlene has caught a jellyfish!" One of the drivers replied.
"There's no water here, where did the jellyfish come from?" Fu Wei asked suspiciously, the driver shrugged his shoulders, saying that he couldn't understand such a strange thing, Fu Wei had to trot all the way over, and after clearing the crowd, he found that in front of Arlene, there was an ugly and very scary "big bubble"!
This bubble floats steadily in mid-air, its body is covered with sensitive tentacles that can bend and fold freely, and its torso is very small, attached to the pale yellow transparent bubble, but it really looks like a jellyfish!
"Arlene... Hurry back... This thing might be poisonous! "Fuwei is very frightened, Arlene is too close to it, if it stung it, it will be trouble!
Unexpectedly, Arlene didn't pay attention to Fuwei's words, she was concentrating on holding a mobile device, and actually studied this strange creature on the spot, is this woman dying? Unable to put Arlene in such danger, Fowei reached for Arlene's sleeve and tried to pull her back.
Arlene didn't feel anything about Fuwei's pulling, she was too fascinated, but the big jellyfish actually stretched out a tentacle to pull away from Fuwei's hand that was tugging Arlene's sleeve! Fu Wei's scalp was numb, and he quickly retracted his paws, and jumped on the spot: "Arlene, you, you, you are careful——! ”
By Fuwei's shout, Arlene came back to her senses from that highly concentrated state, and she turned her head to Fuwei and the other frightened drivers and said, "Fuwei, it's okay, she's harmless." ”
"You... Why is she called this thing a female, a female? Fowei asked, puzzled.
Arlene tapped her fingers on the touch screen of her mobile device as she replied, "Hermaphroditic, but her personality is more feminine." ”
"This thing still has a character?!" When Fu Wei heard this, his mouth opened wide in surprise.
Arlene turned around, presented the mobile device in front of Fu Wei's eyes, and explained to Fu Wei excitedly: "Fu Wei, she is an intelligent life form, and her intelligence is on par with ours!" Her tentacles dance rhythmically, is a special language, and lo and behold! She just said to me, 'Your friend seems to be afraid of me.'" ”
Fu Wei looked at it, and on the screen of the mobile device, this sentence was indeed displayed, could it be that Arlene had already figured out how to translate the language of the big jellyfish in such a short period of time?
After Arlene finished speaking, she turned around and continued to tap on the screen of her mobile device as she continued to explain: "She said that her name is 'Qing Piaopiao', she is a silicon-based life form that can float in the air, the air bag on her back can adjust her weight, and it stores a gas that is lighter than the atmosphere, and her 32 tentacles are very flexible, a hundred times more flexible than a human finger.
The torso of this creature is full of neurons, her calculation and thinking skills are very developed, her intelligence is comparable to that of humans, her personality is very docile, she is very curious about us, and she just told me that we aliens are very welcome! Fuwei, this creature is the true aboriginal of Kyushu Star! They have been around for a long time, they are very adaptable and have safely survived two ice ages! ”
"Can I name them?" Arlene asked excitedly.
After hearing this, Fu Wei also felt that it was very amazing, this intelligent life floating in mid-air actually had its own language, and her seemingly aggressive tentacle rhythm was actually expressing something, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's up to you." ”
"Kyushu Star Jellyfish is a good name." Zorro leaned over and lightly touched the fluttering airbag with his fingers, but he didn't expect that the fluttering air bag instantly released a large cloud of foul-smelling cold gas, spraying Zorro's face, Zorro was lying on the side retching, causing Arlene to giggle.
"She said you were too rude." Arlene said to Zorro, "I'll call her the 'Thinker'." Do you like the name? Fluttering? ”
The result was very obvious, even Fu Wei understood the tentacle movements that Qing Piaopiao made next, and she was very satisfied.
"Arlene, you might as well ask, do you know where those 300,000 humans live? Has she ever crossed paths with them? Fu Wei suggested to Arlene, Arlene nodded, and continued to communicate with Qingpiao, the way of communication between the two is very special, Arlene has to type what she wants to say on the mobile device first, and after a makeshift written crude language translation software, it can be converted into body language that Qingpiaopiao can understand.
Arlene then showed the simulated tentacles on the screen of her mobile device to Piaopiao, her compound eyes growing on either side of her torso: "Piaopiao_know_ that _ on _ planet_ _ we _ _ _ human _ live _ _ where??"