A few hours later, the trio once again wiped out all the Crude Oil Beasts that attacked.

In order to deal with possible threats, Joseph redesigned new defensive weapons and strengthened his personal equipment.

"They're attacking faster and faster, and there should be their nests nearby."

At Johnny's behest, a land-based truck was built.

It has a cruising range of up to 300 kilometers, has a high-strength steel body, and is equipped with a decent kinetic weapon.

After planning a new route against the map.

The trio planned to follow the Crude Beast's haunt to see what was going on, and maybe they would be able to spot their lair.

It wasn't long before they set off.

The dust was flying, and the scene of the sky had changed noticeably in the rapid movement of the land car.

You can vaguely see a halo across the sky, which is terrifying.

Joan controls the vehicle, Johnny compares data to a small computer that has been modified, and Joseph sits on the roof of the car, ready to face the unexpected.

After driving more than fifty kilometers and killing many crude oil beasts, they really discovered the lair of the crude oil beasts.

The flesh film like a greenhouse shrouds hundreds of square meters, and there is a hole on each side, and from time to time a weak crude oil beast crawls out from the inside, and then quickly molts.

The three of them watched from a distance for a moment, and after weighing the firepower of both sides, they decided to destroy the lair.

The detonator with the burning effect was thrown, directly igniting the area where the Crude Beast's lair was located, and the flesh membrane ruptured, and a fierce flame erupted from the lair, as if the gas pipe had burst.

The crude oil beast that was stolen naturally would not sit still, and immediately attacked Qiao An and them.

And their defensive strength has exceeded everyone's expectations.

The Crude Beast, which is twice as large, has a hard carapace attached to its outer layer, and its movement speed is not low.

Seeing this, the three of them knew that they couldn't resist hard, and if they were surrounded, they wouldn't be able to run away if there was a problem with the land car.

After destroying the lair, they immediately headed for the camp.

There are defenses in the camp, and the large turrets give a sense of security.

A large number of crude beasts chased after the land truck, and Joseph controlled the kinetic weapon on the roof of the car to shoot blue fireworks.

Ten kilometers away from the camp, the three of them successfully escaped the pursuit of the crude oil beast and returned safely.

In the days that followed, Johnny was confirmed.

Due to the destruction of the lair, there are far fewer crude oil beasts attacking than before.

The three of them also built a communication station comfortably.

It didn't take long for them to work together, and the prepared components were gradually integrated, and a 200-meter-high communication base station was built.

Despite its pristine appearance, the wavelengths emitted are at least scanned by the starbase.

"Finally! We did it! Joan looked at the communication base station and sighed.

It took nearly a year to accomplish this feat, which is a bit of pride.

Although with the help of the data blueprint, it is not considered to start from scratch, but it is not unreasonable to achieve such an achievement with only three people on a strange planet.

"Hahahaha! Connect to energy and get ready to go home! ”

Joseph laughed, set the device's transmit power perfectly, and shouted.

Johnny was also smiling at the moment, even if there were more discoveries, there was no way to explore the equipment further.

As Joan pressed the launch command.

The entire camp emitted a slight fluctuation, and a wave of light that could not be seen by the naked eye shot straight into the sky, rushing towards the unknown deep space.

In the central control room, there is an analog picture of the transmission of the communication base station.

It will extend beyond the planet in a cluster wavelength, and within the sensors of the star base, a clear signal source will be found on the side of the black hole.

At that time, the location of the three of them will be discovered on the side of Great Xia, and then a rescue will be launched.

The idea was beautiful, but unfortunately it backfired.

The three of them were surprised to find that the signal emitted by the communication base station could not break through the planet.

On the contrary, after reaching a certain height, the wavelength is instantly disturbed and then dissipated.

"What's the situation? Why can't the signal be emitted outside the planet? ”

"It's strange, it shouldn't be, although the communication base station does not have the ability of ultra-long-distance communication, it is no problem to transmit signals."

"Could it be that there is not enough power?"

The three of them were a little puzzled by this sudden change.

According to all the data models and analysis, the communication base station is capable of breaking through the confines of the planet.

At the time of the research around this question.

Thousands of miles of crude oil beast nests nearby all felt the signal source emitted from the camp.

They all moved in this direction.....

In the camp, the three people moved the communication base station to two kilometers away for recommissioning, and the results were the same.

And under the analysis of Joan and Joseph, plus the contents of the database stored by the research ship.

They got a fact.

This relic planet is precious, and its area of influence envelops the entire planet, which is why their communication base stations are unable to transmit signals.

In the research room, the faces of the three of them were a little ugly.

They didn't expect this to be the result.

After data comparison, the impact of such a signal is basically the same as that of the relic.

In the past exploration of ruins, the unexcavated relics only affected a few kilometers or even tens of kilometers.

Like the one that now envelops the entire planet, it's like never before.

"What now?" Johnny looked at Joan and asked, he was really a little hit.

After a year of hard work, in the end, this result made people feel a sense of powerlessness.

"Ahhh!!!hhh Joseph walked out the door and roared, he couldn't accept that he was still in this place.

Joan looked at the data and was silent.

If that doesn't work, then you'll have to build ships.

But it took a year to build a communication base station alone, let alone a space ship flying to the stars?

And this is on land, not in space, and the ships to be built on land must not only meet the requirements of driving in the atmosphere, but also meet the standards of deep space navigation, which is much more difficult.

In addition, the materials required for construction are at least 100 times, or even hundreds of times, that of a communication base station.

With just three people, I don't know how much time it will take.

Despite the distress of the three of them, the Crude Beast would not be observant.

It didn't take long for them to sweep in, and the camp was hit by the largest Crude Beast attack to date.

Wave after wave, there was even a thousand crude oil beasts attacking together.

If Joseph hadn't just upgraded his defenses, I'm afraid the entire camp would have been lost.

The big war lasted for nearly a month.

The Crude Beast's assault stopped, and piles of corpses piled up outside the camp emitting a strange smell.

After a short period of discouragement, the three quickly regained their fighting spirit.

"Isn't it just a ship? See how we make it! ”

"That's right, after eliminating these crude oil beasts, it's time to improve the production line and let the output explode."

"Fack! Fack! Fack! I'm going to get the fission reactor out! ”

After cleaning up the crude beasts around the camp, Joan, Johnny, and Joseph rose up again and expanded in all directions.

In the space of a few months, all the nests within 50 kilometers were destroyed.

More advanced conveyor belts are spread for tens of kilometers, and now the entire camp is an ultra-modern manufacturing plant, producing one precision component after another, and then combining it into a new generation of weapons or production facilities.

During this time, the Crude Beast evolved its form once more, and its strong, medium-sized body became the norm, with a carapace attached to its exterior.

Flying, retreating, and direct attack, the three offensive methods are constantly attacking.

But they were all wiped out one by one by the defensive structures designed by Joseph.

It's another year.

The trio split up for the first time, each setting up a new camp and a new production line on one side of the planet.

Today, 1 unit of alloy resources can be produced in a month.

In the next year, after optimization, 1 unit of alloy can be produced in half a month.

The three of them carry improvised aircraft every day, just like pilots in the 22nd century, to open up production lines and improve the production process.

Thanks to Johnny's efforts, they also brewed the planet's specialty beer.

When the three of them are fine, they will get together for a drink.

Time passed quickly.

In the third year, Joseph successfully completed the construction of the fission reactor, which was a large structure of 10 kilometers, but it indicated that energy was no longer a problem, and the production line was upgraded again.

In the fourth year, the three camps were integrated to form a large construction center of more than two hundred kilometers, and the stacked conveyor belts even reached a height of one hundred meters, and by this time the hull had already been established.

In the fifth year, the ship's scanning array was completed, the sub-light engine test was successful, the thruster project was approved, and the armor coverage was successful.

Then, by the middle of the sixth year.

A two-kilometer launch pad has been built, on which a nearly 100-meter space ship is placed, and the final commissioning work is underway.

The three of them stood on the high platform, holding a glass of beer in their hands, and smiled at each other.

"Good work, guys."

Joan still has short black hair, but her face is weathered and looks much more mature.

"Hahaha, I think if I go back to Great Xia, I should be able to retire directly after publishing an autobiography, and I have thought of a name, it will be called "My Interstellar"."

Joseph now has a dark complexion, blonde braids and sunglasses, looking full of summer style.

"Hey, I hope everything goes well."

Johnny has become more and more silent after all these years.

The three of them talked and laughed for a long time, and finally they were a little reluctant to get up on this planet.

But think about it, the golden period of my life is basically spent here.

It's like a relationship, are you reluctant to give up with each other when you break up?

No, no, what everyone is reluctant to give up is who they used to be, all those who have paid.

Finally, the overall commissioning of the ship was successful.

Everything is working perfectly.

The trio began to prepare to board the ship.

"Wait! At such an important moment, should we hold a ceremony? ”

As she stepped onto the launch pad, Joan suddenly stopped and said to Johnny and Joseph.

The two of them looked back at him, and they also knew what Qiao An was talking about, wasn't it the mysterious power of the East.

But this time, the two of them gave him a universal cosmic gesture, and then boarded the ship without looking back.

Before I thought about it, every time I did this, I encountered strange bad luck.

Johnny and Joseph are really scared, and they still have to rely on themselves.

Jo Ann thought for a moment, shrugged her shoulders and followed in their footsteps.

"Well, at least I asked sincerely."

The Homecoming is about to enter the launch phase, and the three of them sit in the cockpit and observe all the data in case something unexpected happens.

This is a ship developed according to the performance of the frigate, and it is made to be 100 meters long because the existing technology can only reach this point.

If they want to optimize to the level of the Great Xia Empire, the three of them will have to work hard for at least another thirty years.

And the vision of a smooth return to Great Xia led them to call the ship Homecoming.

"Everything works!"

"Can be fired!"

"Ignition!"

A roar echoed across the sky, and smoke filled the land.

"Boom~"

The first-stage rocket carrying the Homecoming was successfully launched, which was just to save energy, as long as it was high altitude, the Homecoming could sail on its own propulsion device.

Although the fission reactor was built, the other components were not advanced enough, which was a necessary compromise, but it was not in the way.

At an altitude of 10,000 meters, the rocket locking device fell off.

Homecoming's thrusters kick in and begin to break free from the planet's gravity and break through the atmosphere!

Not long after, the contents of the ship floated due to the lack of gravity devices.

The three of them didn't care, looking intently at the data panel in front of them, reading the voyage.

"It's done!"

“YES!”

With the breakthrough of the atmosphere, after so many years, they once again descended into space, and they couldn't help but cheer.

"Hahahaha, I love this starry sky to death!"

Joseph looked at the magnificent black hole in front of him and shouted with a smile.

Then, the Homecoming began to start its sub-light engine and headed out of the black hole.

All three breathed a sigh of relief and were finally able to go home.

Ten hours later.

Johnny looked at the panel and frowned, his eyes widened in a strange sound.

"No, why haven't we left the alien range yet?"

As soon as these words came out, Joan and Joseph were stunned and hurriedly called up the data list.

I found that the ship had been sailing for so long, it was basically like staying in place.

"No, this ......" Qiao reassured with an ominous premonition.

Joseph's eyes were split, and his hands were bruised.

"Nope! No! Why is this happening!? ”

Thirty hours later, their reactor needed to be recharged, and they had to stop the sub-light engine.

At this time, they were only 5 kilometers away from where they were thirty hours ago.

Another day later, they tried in other directions and found out that it was the same result.

The three were desperate.

There was silence in the cockpit.

The only sanity they had left allowed them to re-descend on the alien planet.

At the same time, the trio also discover the strangeness of the planet.

They had been away from the planet for almost two days, but according to the timers left on the ground, more than a year had passed on the surface.

The entire industrial area has become somewhat dilapidated, and many places have been completely destroyed by the crude oil beast and turned into ruins.

Gravitational expansion effect?

The three of them thought about this physical phenomenon in unison.

But it was quickly denied that the planet was not so close to the black hole, and it stands to reason that there should not be a gravitational expansion effect.

Furthermore, if there is a gravitational expansion effect, it should be that time is speeding up outside, not time accelerating here.

All kinds of questions spread in their minds, but they didn't matter.

After so many years, everyone's fighting spirit has been worn out.

Not surprisingly, this planet is their final destination.

When Joseph landed, he found a good place for himself, intending to spend the rest of his life.

After Joan completed the restoration of the industrial area, he continued to produce construction materials, and he did not give up.

After Johnny and Joan restored the industrial area, they went to the back side of the planet with a batch of components.

It's the Eternal Night Zone, it's unusually cold, and the Crude Beasts are fierce.

It's a very risky choice.

Time passed year after year.

Soon it was the ninth year.

Perhaps the Endless Path, Johnny has returned from the Eternal Night Zone with an extremely important message.

A solution that can get everyone off the planet.

Inside the camp, four people sat in chairs, in front of them was a picture of the data that Johnny had detected.

Why four people?

Because Joseph brought Ellie with him, he not only equipped her with a mobile device, but also equipped her with a simple question and answer system.

It's just that the face is not natural enough, and it looks a little fake.

Joseph doesn't care, though, he looks a little decadent, but treats Ellie like a real person.

Joan and Johnny didn't say much, people always have something to rely on.

For example, Joan is obsessed with the video system, and plans to modify the conveyor belt from time to time so that it can transmit pictures, which is a lot of fun to play.

Johnny catches a number of crude beasts and tries to communicate with them, but unfortunately nothing comes of it, but animal behavior understands a lot.

"Why is this planet tidally locked but so calm?"

"Why is the Crude Beast like this?"

"Why can't we leave this planet?"

"The answer is, relics."

Johnny opens the image screen, and after color grading, everyone can clearly see the scenery of the Eternal Night area.

Frost is the only theme, but it's not that cold.

A strange heat emanated from the leylines, and from time to time crude beasts appeared.

In the map, a signal source is marked somewhere.

"Although I don't know why there is such a creature as the Crude Beast on this planet."

"But what is certain is that they are not native to this planet, and it is very likely that they came here by accident."

"And the location of the relics is the core area of the Crude Oil Beasts, which should be their original place."

"The effect of the Relic should be to absorb that strange power, resulting in the ability to envelop the entire planet."

"At the beginning, the crude oil beast relied on the power emitted by the relics and gradually evolved into its current form."

Qiao An thought for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "You mean that we are going to break through the defense line of hundreds of thousands of crude oil beasts, and then seize the relics?" ”

Johnny nodded, indicating that he was right.

"Forget it, it's just a waste of effort, I suggest you don't toss."

Joseph put one hand on Ellie, looked at the two of them in disgust, and then looked at Ellie, "Did you say what I said right?" ”

Ellie: "Yes, yes, you're right??" (^_-)”

JoAnn and Johnny looked at him and shook their heads and continued their discussion.

In the end, Joseph was not interested in this and returned to his camp.

The remaining two discussed the feasibility of the plan.

"What happens if you take the relics?" Joan asked.

Johnny blinked at Joan.

"If my guess is correct, this planet will be torn apart by a black hole in a short time......"

The two fell silent.

But whether it succeeds or not, there are only three endings.

Either die in the Eternal Night region, or get the relics and nothing happens, die on the planet.

Or, they lift the blockade of the planet and successfully return to deep space.

Eventually, they decided to give it a go.

Joan, to get home.

Johnny, for the search for the truth.

Neither of them gave up completely, and began to make their way towards the Eternal Night region.

New camp, new construction plant.

Defensive towers stand in a row on the surface of the earth, stretching all the way to the site of the relic.

The attacks of the crude oil beasts are getting stronger and stronger, and in addition to the rapid evolution, the changes in tactics are also becoming more and more humane.

On several occasions, the two were almost successfully surrounded and suppressed by each other.

It's getting tougher.

Joseph finally came out of the shadows and decided to try with them one more time.

The three of them hugged each other with tears in their eyes and sighed.

Since Joseph's heart resurgence, the trio's eternal night development career has gone a lot smoother.

Even a large mecha was built, so it seems that Joseph has not completely given up hope of returning home.

Finally, they finally reached the core area of the Crude Beast.

Here, there are a total of 100,000 large crude oil beasts stationed, and there is no possibility of shortcuts at all, and they must all be completely wiped out before everyone can come into contact with the hidden treasures underground.

Armageddon began.

Four large armed mechs roamed the ground, cooperating with the turret attacks to continuously clear the ground of the crude oil beasts.

Joan, Johnny, and Joseph could only control three mechs.

However, under Joseph's design, Ellie's AI can simply accept attack and dodge commands, which is why a fourth mech appears.

Thousands of crude oil beast nests have been uprooted, and the giant crude oil beasts that spew out the solution have suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the flying ones have fallen like rain.

The battle had been going on for more than four months, and they had already stepped into the cave.

Although there are also a lot of crude oil beasts in it, they are limited to narrowness, and the four mechs are not much of a problem when attacking the enemy.

Hundreds of meters underground, they finally saw the mother worm of the crude oil beast.

The giant worm with a body of thousands of meters long, its body flashed with strange light, and it kept beating.

As with most arcade games, the enemies in front of you are more difficult, and the final boss is much simpler.

This has derived an argument, called game currency economics, when you put coins, it is best to fail in the first few levels and leave, if you carry the previous levels, then let you clear the customs smoothly and leave early.

The mother worm is not capable of resisting.

The four mechs chopped melons and vegetables to make their souls return to the sky, and a strange thing fell to the ground.

Joan didn't check it much, just picked it up and ran.

If Johnny's theory is true, the planet will inevitably change dramatically after it loses its Treasure effect!

As it turned out, Johnny was right.

The death of the mother worm caused all the crude beasts to return in a rage.

And the change of the relics has made the whole planet shake, and it is about to show its proper posture.

"The earth's crust data is anomalous! Run! ”

Stones had fallen from the cave, and Joseph shouted when he saw that the situation was wrong.

JoAnn and Johnny rushed in front.

Joseph followed closely, and the AI mech was behind the hall.

"Boom~"

Suddenly, the mountain shook, and a boulder fell in front of him, directly blocking everyone's way.

"Open it for me!"

Joan turns on the mech blast mode, and all the ammo blasts forward.

"Bang!"

The boulder was directly shattered, blasting a path open.

The three of them ran all the way up, and the exit of the cave was already close in sight.

But at this time, the rear suddenly collapsed.

And it was extremely fast, Joan and Johnny were fine, but Joseph was a little slower.

The two jumped out of the cave directly, and a puff of smoke rushed out from behind, and they shouted.

"Joseph!"

There was a burst of smoke in front of Joseph, and there was a constant rumble behind him, and he couldn't stop, as long as he took a wrong step, he would be finished.

"It's almost there!" He saw the light in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the wall next to him collapsed, slowing him down a bit.

The entire mech fell downward.

Joseph was stunned, could he stop there?

Suddenly, a thrust came from behind him.

It's Ellie! Ellie's mech pushes him to the exit.

"What!?" Joseph was shocked that he had not given such an order.

In the thrill, Joseph jumped out of the cave and landed beside the two of them.

And the cave completely collapsed and was buried.

"Whew, we thought you were going to get cold......"

Joan sighed and looked around, and the surface in the distance was a black and oppressive figure of a crude oil beast.

The earth has shaken, and it is not fit to linger long.

"Gotta go, we must leave this planet on a ship, or we won't be able to escape!"

Johnny shouted.

Joan and Johnny prepare to walk away, only to find Joseph at the exit of the cave.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing him like this, the two asked puzzled.

Joseph laughed miserably, "You know, it was Ellie who pushed me out of the cave just now. ”

The two were stunned, what does this mean?

Artificial intelligence!

Joseph actually came up with a personified AI?

"No, it's just a coincidence, don't think about it, we have to get out of here!"

Johnny sighed, he couldn't care so much now, he had to go.

"No!"

"I'm going to bring Ellie back, and I know that she has feelings!"

Ignoring this, Joseph went straight out of the cave and excavated it.

Joan and Johnny frowned, this guy was a little stunned.

He tried to drag him away forcefully, but he raised his weapon and aimed it.

"Don't stop me, you can go first, I'll come later!"

Looking at Joseph's appearance, the remaining two looked at each other, and then looked at the incoming group of crude oil beasts.

"Damn it, how can we give up on our teammates?"

"Damn, count you in!"

Joan and Johnny scolded and followed Joseph to dig up.

The tremor of the earth became more and more severe, and a chasm broke in the distance, and countless crude oil beasts fell.

The intense excavation operation made the three of them sweat.

A jolt made them fall to the ground in terror, gritted their teeth and continued digging the cave.

The emperor lives up to his wishes.

Joseph had also unearthed the mecha that Ellie was controlling.

He knocked open the core of the mech, pulled out the hard drive containing Ellie, and put it into his mech.

"Thank you!" Joseph said to Joan and Johnny with tears in his eyes.

The two didn't say much, and there were some things that didn't need to be said again.

Run.

Run fast.

They crossed the chasm, destroyed the monsters, and ran along the conveyor belt to the ships that had been prepared.

The gravitational pull of the planet begins to weaken.

In the sky, they even saw a continent detached from the planet, and the atmosphere began to dissipate.

Luckily, they were able to board the homecoming.

The improved Homecoming no longer requires a first-stage rocket boost.

The thrusters erupted on the spot, and the Homecoming headed for the sky.

Fly upwards until the alien is left behind.

Shortly after they left, the entire alien star became elliptical and then shattered.

Not long after the sub-light engine was turned on, a message came from the star base of Great Xia.

"Z.... Over here... It's the Great Xia Moyu Stellar Base, please.... Identify yourself! ”

In the cockpit of the Homecoming, Joan, Johnny, and Joseph glanced at each other.

They, they succeeded!