Chapter 6: Hiking

The scavenger camp is located outside the suburbs, which is relatively safe and has a geographical advantage, so the scavengers have to walk a little more for the relics inside the city. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Shen Heng carried 20 kilograms of supplies on his back and walked on a dense forest path composed of dirt and rotten branches and leaves, and the 0.8 times standard gravity made him feel just right, which not only gave him a good physical exercise, but also did not squeeze himself to death.

Kharkov led the way, his physique was stronger, and while carrying supplies, he held a composite knife directly in his hand, just the length of his arm, which could cut down weeds, shrubs, and even active aliens in his way.

The dense forest grows unique alien plants, with distinct branches and leaves, and trunk structure, but it is different from the more well-known rainforests of Indonesia and Amazon on Earth, showing more alien style.

After walking a kilometer, they will immediately stop for a short rest to regain their strength and rehydrate, and then set off again, without even the need for voice communication.

They quickly walked five kilometers and completely disappeared in the lush dense forest, the camp behind them was completely gone, and in front, Kharkov temporarily stopped, looking at the surrounding vegetation and the soil on the surface, and hesitated.

"Could it be that after a long time, the road signs have disappeared?" Shen Heng spoke, he looked around, the path they took was different from the other scavenging teams, it was considered to be their own path, which was also a means to protect themselves, on the other hand, if they took the general road, it meant that they would not have any gains along the way, and all the relics that could be looted had already been taken away by hundreds of people in the past.

"It should be here!" Shen Heng's memory appeared in his mind, corresponding to something, he turned his head sideways and noticed a branch that crossed the path, flicked it hard, and then pressed down to break it, and then there was no cover, and everyone saw that the logo and arrow of the Tunguska Group with the fluorescent paint logo appeared in front of him.

"Hell yes!" Kharkov exclaimed, "Sir, you really haven't been to C-star?" ”

The rest of the people were speechless, they didn't even have the familiarity of Shen Henglai, who had never been to Star C?

"I promise I haven't been here, but I've collected all the information about C-stars."

"I also have a lot of information in my hands, and I always lie in the USB flash drive and sleep a lot, and occasionally I go to my mobile phone to check it." Kharkov whispered that he didn't want others to think he was stupid.

"I guess my memory is pretty good." Shen Heng added, as for the secret of the learning device, as a technological creation of the Third Age, he would definitely not disclose it at will.

Figuring out their directions, they continued on their way, the road in the dense forest was not easy, there were often cross-cutting cliffs, bushes that obscured their view, and they had to stop and understand their surroundings before moving forward.

By 12 o'clock at noon, the rotation period of star C was only 14 hours, so it was getting dark, and they walked 15 kilometers according to the plan to come to the place where they were stationed, a cave that had been discovered a long time ago, so only one person was on duty at night to block the gate, which was enough to ensure the safety of everyone and not be invaded by any life.

Chen Ze went to prepare lunch, Kharkov and Pudovkin were very confident in Chen Ze's cooking skills, at least much better than the sweet and greasy military dry food.

Shen Heng sat down to rest, moving his tired and sore limbs due to lactic acid accumulation, his body was far from being exercised to the limit of human beings, he had to go through the first scavenging journey, patiently and meticulously exercise to make himself strong.

Chen Ze came back soon, holding in his hand the red leaves that could be used as fruits on the C star, an unknown white-haired alien with a long tail, and was busy preparing dinner.

"Haha, Chen, this roast rabbit with your medicinal sauce can only be eaten on the C star."

"No, after all, there is such a life as a long-tailed rabbit on Star C."

As the former home of the ancient sages, Star C has a vast distribution of plants on the planet, accompanied by a small number of alien animals, such as the long-tailed rabbit mentioned by Chen Ze, which is one of them, which is more afraid of life and likes to escape.

"In this area, due to the arrival of a large number of scavengers, the number of alien animals is much smaller than at the beginning, and most of them have retreated to the depths of the dense forest, so we must be lucky to encounter some alien life."

Even if they knew that the chief knew a lot about Star C, both Kharkov and Chen Ze would briefly introduce the ruins and the situation of the planet until they finished eating and planned to sleep and rest.

According to the schedule, today happened to start with Shen Heng, the captain, he sat at the door of the cave, feeling a trace amount of air penetrating the adaptation suit, penetrating the pores, entering the body, taking away the heat, and making people feel comfortable.

Behind him, Kharkiv, Pudovkin and Chen Ze were nested in their sleeping bags, and they could be seen in a very special posture, and their weapons were close to them, which meant that as long as there was a crisis, they could wake up immediately.

"It is worthy of being a veteran scavenger from the Alpha Special Forces who has trained the perception of crisis as the instinct of life." Shen Heng sighed, knowing that it would take seven hours before the sky turned white, and then they had to move on until they reached the edge of the No. 2 business district, where a temporary camp for long-term use was set up for scavenging.

The surroundings were silent, only the leaves swayed, Shen Heng thought that the dense forest of Star C was safe compared to heavily armed humans, and he didn't know if he had a chance to encounter danger today.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded, and Shen Heng found that three ferocious-looking insect-like beings appeared in front of him, their arthropods were strong, and their exoskeletons were bulging like horns, refracting illusory light, as if they were a kind of insect that was good at predation and carnivorous.

Shen Heng recognized that the Titan Worm, that is a kind of non-native life of the C star, initially, they were children's pets cultivated by the ancient sages, similar to the cute and pure life of the silkworm baby, unfortunately, after 500 million years, without the control of the ancient sages, even the safest pets will evolve, restore their wildness and adapt to the life of the fittest in nature, causing the Titan Worm to suddenly become an alien life standing at the top of the C-star food chain.

It can be said that most of the danger of C-star's scavenging activities comes from these Titans, in the wild, the distribution of Titans is relatively small, and when they reach the urban area, the Titans will completely occupy the underground environment, threatening the lives of scavengers all the time.

"Get up!" Shen Heng screamed, kicked the three people who were still sleeping on the ground, and made them wake up, and he was going to fight first to see what level of his combat power had reached now.

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