Chapter 266: Passive Contact
The titular commanders of this expedition are the heroes and heroines - Holloway and Dr. Sean, but the actual ruler is Miss Vickers, who lives in the independent compartment of the spaceship and is absolutely unwilling to take risks, but there is also a real mastermind behind the scenes that most of the crew does not know - old Weyland, who hides in the hidden hibernation cabin......
But ordinary people are ordinary people, and in front of more than 1,100 spiritual abilities, everything is a floating cloud. No matter how strong the strength is, turning over the hands into clouds and raining the hands, they can only obediently be the commanders, under Wen Yu's impatient hypnosis, the entire scientific expedition team quickly assembled and assembled, went down to the ground through the ramp opened by the air chamber, and took a few landing vehicles, and began to drive straight towards the nearest Titan base.
The plan of the reincarnators is very simple, the clues and traces of the other reincarnators are all zero, and there is nothing to hide on this uninhabited planet...... Then quickly enter that base, get the corpses of the Titans, give them to the ordinary crew, and let them drive the Prometheus away from the planet, and then the reincarnators stay to do the rest of the mission.
The planet is slightly smaller than Earth and slightly larger than Mars, with gravity about four-fifths that of Earth, plus the altitude here is also above 1,000...... With extremely low temperatures, insufficient air pressure, and a small amount of toxic gases in the air, the reincarnators were able to survive in this environment naked after collectively strengthening their cell vitality, but they still enjoyed the services of respiratory masks and spacesuits with peace of mind.
The vehicle started and drove towards the target unhurriedly, this kind of vehicle designed for alien exploration only wanted reliable and stable performance, not speed, Zhang Haolin had to quietly use his ability to speed up the vehicle a little faster when it was difficult for ordinary crew members to detect. Outside the car, the desolate hard plains can be seen for kilometers at a glance, and unless the enemy can be invisible, it is impossible to hide people or things...... If it weren't for the fact that the other two teams weren't here, they must be preparing an ambush inside the base.
"Still haven't noticed any mental fluctuations. This time, our enemies are not machines, they should be able to be detected through mental scanning. ”
"No, just some very faint spiritual sparks in the surrounding air...... It should be a small bug on this planet. Wen Yu shook his head: "Moreover, I found that my spirit scan could not probe the underground and the inside of that ruin. ”
"The underground is the Titans' hangar, and the ruins are the Titans' research institute, maybe they mastered the method of isolating the spirit scan thousands of years ago." Zhang Haolin advised: "It may also be the hands and feet of the other two teams of reincarnations. Be careful when you enter it. ”
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The vast white sphere in the sky overhead, the delicate texture of the cloud ribbon on its surface, and the beautiful star rings surrounding it, this novel visual effect makes the reincarnators feel as if they are deep in a dreamlike world, unlike the relationship between the Earth and the Moon, in this planetary system, the most suitable for life is a satellite.
This simple difference can lead to many differences, the most influential being the tides and the cycle of day and night:
The gravitational pull of massive or nearer celestial bodies can have some effect on the planet, which on Earth is reflected in the regular ebb and flow of tides under the influence of the sun and moon; But LV_223 is controlled by a big guy who is more than 300 times more massive. This makes the tidal phenomena on this planet spectacular...... No, this can't be called a tidal wave anymore: the LV_223 has a lower percentage of water covering the planet's surface than the Earth, but the usable land area is very small, because the ocean will run around with the planet's rotation, forever facing the gas planet!
On this planet, everything that is not higher than a kilometer above sea level is an ocean, just an ocean, or about to become an ocean. There are only a few peaks on the planet that will never be flooded, and it is for this reason that the Titans' base is built on hard ground next to the highest peak on the planet. That's why the Prometheus landed on the edge of the Titans' base...... All coincidences are the inevitable result of a series of details.
On Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks sunlight. But here in LV_223, the gas planets blocking the light of the stars will form a long dark night - this leads to the fact that the alternation of day and night here is not a simple halve, but a complex alternation of light and dark determined by the combination of rotation and revolution, the rotation will cause a "medium and dark night" every few hours, the revolution around the planet will lead to a "short night" every tens of hours, and the time of the medium and short nights will also produce a "long night" when they collide together...... In general. The percentage of hours without sunshine is slightly higher, and the average temperature is several degrees cooler than normal as a result.
After a few kilometers of travel, the expedition team had arrived at the nearest Titan base, opened the door and got out of the car, ready to start the investigation.
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"Ani. Use your ghost to find your way, and others are on their toes. Zhang Haolin stepped on the ground, looked around vigilantly, and then took the lead towards the entrance of the base: "Let's go, guys, I'll open the way, follow closely." ”
"Hmm."
A black humanoid figure that only the reincarnator could see appeared in front of everyone, and took the lead in drilling into the hemispherical Titan base, Zhang Haolin followed and leaned in, while hiding in the shadow of the building, liquid metal poured out of the ring, quickly wrapped the whole body, and left a large pool on the ground, each reincarnation will separate a part and wrap it around the person, turning into a protective force that wraps the whole body and can be turned into hard armor at any time.
If the other two teams of Samsara are indeed in the vicinity and have malicious intentions towards them, then hiding in these bases and ambushing them is obviously one of the feasible options. After conducting a magnetic scan of the building, Zhang Haolin found that the thousand-year-old Titan structure was very strong and could react to magnetic abilities, which meant that at least the enemy could not bury them by blowing up the building...... As for what other means the enemy may have, Zhang Haolin is not very afraid, compared to a few worlds ago, there are almost no absolute shortcomings and weaknesses in the team with a complete structure: the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth!
"These buildings were supposed to be taller, after all, they were used by the tall Titans to get in and out, but now I don't know if they have sunk a little or have been buried by sand and gravel on the pedestal, and even we have to bend down to get in."
Inside the entrance is a cylindrical corridor, about five meters high and wide, pitch black and black to reach out without five fingers, the other end of the invisible head seems to be a monster with a wide open mouth, as if to suck everyone's souls in. The crew of the Prometheus began to feel uneasy. The darkness seemed to choke their throats and paralyze their vision, cold sweat began to slowly seep out, and those who entered first began to fumble for lighting.
The reincarnators seem to be much better - whoever they are, they have more or less night vision. Wen Yu followed closely behind Zhang Haolin, and as soon as he entered the building, he began to urge the spiritual power with all his might, and the building materials used by the Titan clan could isolate the spiritual power. However, this kind of physical isolation cannot completely invalidate the spiritual scanning like the mental power shielding, and can only greatly weaken the scanning effect of the spiritual power partition wall - but along the unobstructed corridor, the spiritual power can easily rush forward a few hundred meters, and the condition of the road ahead is basically cleared at once.
"Still haven't found anything."
"Then let's move forward." Mao Dong urged: "We should go east, where there is a complete Titanian corpse. ”
The light of the flashlight turned on, illuminating the path under the tall dome of the building's internal corridor, and the ordinary crew members followed behind the reincarnation without any objection, advancing without saying a word. The reincarnators communicate with each other through spiritual links, and ordinary crew members are too nervous to think of any topics. For a moment, all that was left in everyone's ears was the sound of panting, the crackling sound of space boots stepping on the rubble, and their own heartbeats, and nothing else.
"Feifield, map the interior space, we need to know the whole internal structure."
The geologist, who had kept himself like a little hooligan, crouched down on the spot, took out a few spherical objects from his bag that could be held in one hand, and with a slight twist of the instrument, the spherical flying objects automatically floated up, flashing red and flying deep into the building. Quickly began mapping the void structure inside the building.
"Whatever is inside, these detectors can find it."
"Can you set it up? Have the detector alert you when it finds a moving object? The reincarnators stood still and waited for the geologists to finish their operations before proceeding.
"Of course, I can set it up now." Without hesitation, the operator of the probe replied and began to operate on the controller in his hand: "But I don't think I can find anything moving......"
"Wait......" Watching the detector released by the human crew disappear into view along the corridor, Mao Dong, who was watching coldly, suddenly became nervous: "Wen Yu, you just said that 'there are small insects flying in the spirit scan'." Are you sure it's a small bug, there shouldn't be a little flying bug on this planet? ”
"There is life on this planet, simple plants, small life...... It's not surprising that there are flying insects. Zhang Haolin was a little strange: "Do you want to say that those insects are...... A probe sent by a hostile reincarnation? ”
"Since even the crew of the Prometheus can come up with this kind of flying probe. Then the other party only needs to reduce the size of the detector a little bit......"
A cold feeling rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and suddenly made Zhang Haolin's hairs stand on end: "Damn, I should have thought of it a long time ago, Wen Yu, share the location of those 'little sparks' in your spiritual scan with me, I want to check-"
"Share it with me!" Mao Dong interrupted Zhang Haolin's words: "My agility is higher, get those things away from me!" ”
Between the lightning and flint, Weng Wei, Ani and Cai Tingting still didn't understand what was going on, Zhang Haolin, Wen Yu and Mao Dong had already started to move, and the magnetic field controller quickly removed the liquid metal wrapped around Mao Dong's body, and the latter turned into an afterimage under the guidance of the spiritual ability, and quickly rushed to the corner of the corridor a few meters away, waving his hand and grabbing a small thing flying in the air.
"Catch-" "Smack! ”
Before the speedy powerhouse could finish speaking, a crisp pop accompanied by a slight flash of light sounded in his hand, and everyone looked at Mao Dong, who suddenly appeared a few meters away, and his fist with a puff of white smoke - he spread his fingers, and there were slight burn marks on the spacesuit gloves in the palm of his hand, and a small pile of gray debris.
Zhang Haolin's face was difficult to see: there is no doubt that he has been exposed, and there are extremely small and non-magnetic detectors floating in the air around him, and he has been tracking and monitoring them since they left the spaceship! These tiny detectors seem to have the ability to self-detonate or attack, and they immediately self-destruct after being caught by Mao Dong!
"What's going on?" The crew of the Prometheus asked curiously, "What just broke?" ”
"Nothing, let's keep going!" Zhang Hao Lin Qiang suppressed the fluctuations in his heart and returned to his normal expression, and told the other three teammates who did not know the truth about the situation discovered by Mao Dong in the spiritual link, and under the spiritual guidance of Wen Yu, he began to quietly attack these small detectors around him, and with a slight flick of his fingers, several highly magnetic marbles flew out, and several small flying insects were blown up in the air at once, forming a slight flash of light in the black corridor.
These detectors are smaller than mosquitoes, but they don't seem to be very flexible, Zhang Haolin easily knocked down a few, and the remaining ones immediately retreated to a hundred meters away, away from the danger zone.
"Our every move has been seen by the other side, and we don't know which team the other team is...... But this method is not like something that the alien can perform. Mao Dong calmly analyzed: "But we can't do anything with those detectors in the distance, so we can only do it according to the original plan...... Oh no, if I were on the other team, I'd attack the unsuspecting Prometheus at this point, if they had one of them on their mission. ”
"Raise the Prometheus alert, and turn on all external scanning equipment." Wen Yu Bingxue was smart and did not hesitate to give an order to the team leader, Dr. Holloway: "Let all the crew members put on spacesuits, stay in the strongest rescue cabin, and wait for us to go back!" ”
"What's going on?" The ordinary members of the expedition suddenly became nervous, looking left and right, trying to figure out what strange things were around them that made the reincarnators so close to their enemies.
"Don't talk about it, keep going!"
Wen Yu's collective hypnosis made all the crew members quickly quiet down...... But there is a guy who will not be controlled by mental abilities, and the robot David showed an anthropomorphic and curious expression, and turned his head to look at Wen Yu: "Did Miss Revane find anything abnormal?" ”
"From now on, don't use any of your abilities, and don't let your fighting style be exposed." Zhang Haolin said with a calm face, and frowned slightly: "This robot is in the way, why don't you control it first, do you know how to turn off the biochemical robot?" ”
"No, if the Prometheus is attacked, only this robot will drive the Titans' spaceship, we need to protect it, although we don't have reward points or side plot points for him to survive......" Mao Dong quietly woke up Zhang Haolin through the spiritual point, and then opened his mouth to explain to David: "Just now we found a probe floating in the base, and there are obviously people here who are still alive." ”
"yes, got it, let's move on." The robot didn't have any curiosity, and when it got the answer, it nodded and continued to follow the crowd.
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PS: At the beginning of this volume, the number of reincarnations was written as 8, but no one found out? (To be continued.) )