Chapter 418: Temporary Shelter

The bright white flame ignited the membranous wings of the Cree Worms, and the fire instantly burned almost all of them into a huge fireball.

This is a very primitive white phosphorus bomb, without a very complicated manufacturing principle, the raw materials are also easy to extract, although not as lethal as those high-tech weapons, but it is unexpectedly easy to use against Cree worms.

Shu Yungui looked back, it was a mining car, the orange car was already scarred on the outside, even the front windshield was half broken, it was obvious that they had just experienced a hard battle to escape here, they must have been exhausted, but they were willing to stop and save people.

The mining cart flashed its headlights at him, and then began to steer, as if to signal Shu Yungui to follow.

Shu Yun was worried that he couldn't find where the human base on the Salamander Star was, it would be great to meet the mining cart at this time, he hurriedly followed, the mining cart was not fast, and drove forward along the potholed surface, as if he was not worried at all about the Krie worm attacking them, and after driving for about an hour, the car turned around and stopped at a raised rock.

Two men in outdoor suits jumped out of the cab, made a stop gesture at the Survivor, and then pointed to him under the rocks, as if to take them underground.

Could this be the entrance to the underground base?

The huge mecha definitely couldn't get in, Shu Yungui manipulated the mecha to sit down against the rock, turned off the brain-computer linker, and set up an "original space" for himself, and then slid out of the cockpit.

It was quite cold on the surface of the Salamander Star, and when he landed, he shrank a little, quickly raised the temperature in the "Ingenuity Space", and trotted all the way to the entrance under the rock.

The entrance was half-hidden under the heavy rocks, barely enough for a person of normal stature to pass, Shu Yungui leaned down and looked inside the entrance, there was a bright light inside, the person who got off the mining truck was drinking water, and saw him looking at the door, so he beckoned again, signaling that he could enter.

He took the "original space" and climbed down from the hole, the passage was narrow, but fortunately he was lean, and if he was a little fatter, he would probably get stuck.

Once he had gained a foothold in this space, he realized that this was not the entrance to the underground base, but a temporary shelter, which could be used to hide from the Kribugs because the entrance was narrow.

The two men who got off the mining cart, old and young, the older ones had gray hair and furrows on their faces, he opened his backpack, grabbed a handful of broken azurite rough and threw it into the campfire, the campfire that had only a little spark left instantly became vigorous, and the temperature in the entire space slowly rose.

The young one should not be more than twenty years old, he drank more than half of the water in the kettle, then handed the kettle to Shu Yungui, and asked him very familiarly, "Drink some?"

Shu Yungui really felt a little thirsty, he had fought for a long time and lost a lot of blood, and it had been nearly a whole day until now, and he was already quite tired physically and mentally, so he was not polite to the young man, took the kettle and drank it cleanly.

The young man looked at him like this, his face was covered with dried blood, and he couldn't help but ask, "Does your injury matter?" What about your companions? Are you the only mech left?"

Before Shu Yungui could answer, the older man threw the kettle to the young man and urged, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, hurry up and get water!"

The boy let out a stupid "oh" and stood up holding the old-fashioned aluminum kettle, there was no running water in this refuge point, the water they drank was groundwater, seeping out of the cracks in the rocks, the water flow was very slow, the boy held the kettle for a while, probably felt that his arm was tired, so he simply put the kettle on his head, and asked while receiving water.

"Has Command recently started surface construction again? Do you still need people in your mecha troops? Can I sign up?"

The young man asked a few more words, and was admonished by the elder: "Gan Qingsen, you can't control your mouth again, can you?"

The reprimanded young man pursed his mouth, stretched out his hand and made a zipper movement on his lips, shrugging his shoulders towards Shu Yungui, meaning that he would no longer speak.

"I'm sorry, the child is not sensible, we are going to leave after a short rest here, this is the refuge that our miners found themselves

So, the conditions are limited, but everything can be used casually."

The elder was obviously very polite and detached from Shu Yungui in military uniform, and he couldn't blame him, the soldiers who were sent to the Salamander Star were all here to supervise the task, and the relationship between them and the ordinary people was naturally not very good.

"That...... I'd like to ask, where is the closest entrance to the underground base? Can you show me the way?"

The man is still throwing the broken kyanite rough into the bonfire, this kind of rough stone has poor color, and the energy conversion rate of direct fire is low, so it has to be added constantly, but it is such a package of crushed ore, which can also be sold at a sky-high price in the Hope Star Field, and no one will be willing to use raw ore to burn the fire.

"Recent ...... It's about 200 kilometers to the east."

"Are you going to go back later? If you go back, I'll come with you, it just so happens that my mecha can still protect you, and I see that the mining truck outside is not lightly injured, and the mecha protection will be safer." Shu Yungui hurriedly said.

The man looked at him suspiciously, shook his head, and said, "We miners are all in shifts, and we will only return after leaving the underground base for two months, so we probably won't be able to go together."

"Do you have to mine for a long time? Didn't the Aurora never come back?"

"If the Aurora doesn't come back, we're going to keep mining, and if we don't work, who's going to pay us?"

The man looked at Shu Yungui carefully, frowned slightly, and said, "It feels so strange to hear you speak, aren't you mecha soldiers just taking care of the mine workers? Why did you get here alone? It's dozens of kilometers from the mine, and you can't find your way back to the underground base, you ......."

He hesitated, "Where the hell are you from?"

Since the other party was already suspicious, Shu Yungui didn't intend to hide his identity, and replied, "I'm from the Hope Star Domain, and I need to communicate with the Axolotl Human Command in some very urgent situations."

"You're from Hope?!"

The young man named Gan Qingsen suddenly became interested, he put the kettle that had taken a small half pot of water on the bonfire, leaned over and sat next to Shu Yungui, and asked him with great interest, "Is there an artificial sun on the Hope Star Field?" And many, many high-rise buildings? I've heard that the cars there are all suspended and can fly! Is it true?!"

"It's pretty much the same, but it's not going to be good right now......

Shu Yun couldn't help but sigh when he remembered the scene after the explosion of the Wright Star, and asked, "Are you...... Born on Salamander?"

Gan Qingsen nodded repeatedly, there were still a lot of kyanite debris in his messy hair, and he grinned, as if he didn't feel how bad the environment was in was that it was completely different from the older man with a heavy face.

"I was born on Salamander Star, my parents are both from the Hope Star Field, and they always tell me that the Hope Star Field is very good, and everything is better than the Salamander Star, I really want to go to the Hope Star Field to see it!"

Gan Qingsen snorted, fell backwards, lay on the ground and hummed, "But they said that the Dawn only transported mines but not people on the last trip, and it has to wait for the next trip to bring people back."

He suddenly rolled over, propped his head, and said, "But they also said that as long as you become a mecha, you can go to the Hope Star Field under the pretext of carrying out escort missions!"

Shu Yungui said "um", the young man's eyes were full of hope for his future life, Shu Yungui really couldn't bear to break his illusions, so he didn't tell him that he was destined to be abandoned by the government as early as when he was not born.

"We've been here for more than twenty years, and we've never seen anyone over there, you're the first, has something happened in the Hope Field?" The elder asked.

"The situation is more complicated, you can understand that the lighthouse government has lost the hearts of the people, now that the alliance has changed its regime, the new government does not plan to continue mining the azurite on the salamander planet, I am here to inform the human command on the salamander to end its work and lead everyone home."

To his surprise, when he heard that he was going to take them home, the old miner, who had experienced many vicissitudes, became excited, waved his arms and refused repeatedly, "Go back?!" How can I go back?! We have lived here for more than twenty years, except mining

, I can't drive anything else, how can I integrate into society when I go back? And where are we going to make money to support our families after we leave here?"

He seemed very agitated, his age, his aging body, and his education level that was seriously out of touch with modern society had made it impossible for them to imagine their lives after returning to the Hope Star Field, and they seemed to be able to rely on this job to survive in this life, and whoever let them go back would cut off their way of life in disguise.

Gan Qingsen didn't understand why he was so emotional, so he quickly got up and persuaded, "No, Lao Meng, don't you miss home? Didn't you say you still have a mother and sister in Hope? You can go back to living with them! What's so bad about that?"

"You know what?!" Lao Meng frowned and said, "My mother is not in good health, and the whole family relies on me to work here to make money to support them, if I go back, what will the family eat and drink?" My sister still needs money to study!"

Shu Yungui's eyelids jumped when he heard this, Lao Meng was one of the civilians who was deceived by the Lighthouse government with high salaries, the government promised that all life in the Salamander Star was free, so their wages were paid directly to their families, but they came to such an isolated planet, and they couldn't even communicate, who knows if the government paid their wages on time?

In fact, there is no need to think about it, Shu Yungui also knows that the purpose of the lighthouse government to send these people to Salamander Star is to reduce population pressure and defraud free labor by the way, how can it be possible to pay their relatives according to the contract? Anyway, the civilians who were sent there could not go back, and their lowly relatives had no way to ask for help.

Shu Yungui looked at Lao Meng, he seemed to have grown up in an extremely poor family, with calluses on his big hands, and he looked like a person who was used to hard work.

"I'll just say you don't know how to live."

Gan Qingsen reminded, "You've been here for more than twenty years, even if your sister was just born when you left the Hope Star Field, and now she's an adult, won't she earn money herself?" Can you figure out how old your mother is this year? Don't you want to go back and see them?"

Unexpectedly, Gan Qingsen, who was born in the barren land of Salamander Star, could see it, he shrugged Lao Meng's shoulders and persuaded him: "My parents often say that people's lives are very short, and some people see each other less than they meet, and no matter how much money they make here, it is actually not enough time to spend with their relatives."

Lao Meng was silent for a long time before he said, "Your parents are still young, they can find a good job when they go back, and you, what can't young people learn?" But I ......."

"Don't talk about yourself as old or eighty, aren't you only in your fifties? Do you know how to mine and drive before you come to Salamander? No way? But haven't you learned it all? After you go back, even if you don't know how to work in other mines, you can continue to work in other mines, you have more than 20 years of experience, at least you can be a technical guide."

Lao Meng sighed deeply, stared at the dimming flames, and sighed: "You little fool, the Hope Star Field has been using fully mechanized mining for centuries ago, you think it's a salamander, there is nothing, and the mining volume of other mining machines in one day is equal to our manual mining volume in several months."

Gan Qingsen let out an "oops" and said anxiously: "What are you talking about, what kind of thing is mining now? We're talking about all of us going home, do you understand? This little brother is here to take us home!"

"Back to ...... Go home ......."

The appearance of his hometown after more than 20 years of absence has long been blurred in Lao Meng's memory, but the appearance of his relatives is very clear, he is not afraid of going home, but he is worried that he will not be able to support his relatives after returning home.

Lao Meng's hesitation is also something that many civilians on the Salamander Star are worried about, this is indeed something that needs to be solved, but it is not worth their worry, after all, those remnants of the Ninth Star who can't even read words can be arranged by the coalition government to find suitable jobs, let alone these people who have a certain amount of knowledge and experience?

Shu Yungui patted Gan Qingsen on the shoulder, signaling him not to worry, and turned to Lao Meng and said, "Now is not the time to think about these things, the Kerry worm is rampant on the Salamander Star, and it will be more dangerous for everyone to live here for one more day, and I need to talk to the human command

Contact me to discuss the transfer of people back to Lite, and please help me and take me to the underground base."

"No problem! Leave it to me! I can drive at the age of fourteen, but I'll show you the way for the toughest minecart driver in the mine!" Gan Qingsen immediately raised his hand, with a heroic expression that was about to become a big hero.

Lao Meng glared at him: "We are still in the mission of transporting azurite ore, just now you have violated the law by firing white phosphorus bombs without authorization, now leave the mission area to lead the way, are you not afraid of being locked up?"

The newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, Gan Qingsen waved his hand and said, "Then what is there to be afraid of? Isn't it confinement? It's time for vacation, and besides, I'm leading the way for the people from Hope, and I haven't done anything bad."

Lao Meng is one head and two big: "Are you really stupid or fake stupid, didn't you listen to what he just said, the Hope Star Field has changed a government, but our army here is still left by the lighthouse government, they may not be willing to listen to the new government, if you lead him casually, when the time comes, you will be punished for defection, and your parents will suffer!"

"I don't care, I don't think there's anything wrong with the new government, at least they still have to take us back, why hasn't the lighthouse government you said have taken you back for more than 20 years? Didn't you say that you only worked for twenty years? It's been years now, what about them?"

Lao Meng couldn't refute it, he seemed to be vaguely aware of the unreliability of the lighthouse government, but he didn't want to admit it in his heart, because he had worked hard for more than 20 years, and once he admitted that the lighthouse government had problems, it would be equivalent to admitting that his hard work for more than 20 years had been wasted.

Gan Qingsen stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and said to Shu Yungui: "Let's go, I'll show you the way, Lao Meng, you stay here, wait until I send him to the underground base and come back to pick you up, if the people from the management office ask, you will say that I have to lead the way, and it has nothing to do with you."

Lao Meng stretched out his hand and grabbed him, but he didn't catch it, Gan Qingsen crawled out of the refuge point with his hands and feet, Shu Yun returned and wanted to persuade Lao Meng, but he was worried that Gan Qingsen would be attacked by Cree worms outside alone, so he didn't stay any longer and hurriedly chased him out.

"There is a location on the minecart, and the movement route will be monitored by the management office in real time, and I will return immediately after I take you to the nearest underground base entrance, otherwise they will really trouble me."

Gan Qingsen climbed the iron handrail to the cab, the minecart was much taller than ordinary vehicles, but it still looked very small in front of the mecha, he looked up and said enviously, "When can I drive this big guy."

"There will be a chance, you are young and in good health, and when you return to the Hope Star Field, you will sign up for the army, as long as you can pass the recruitment test of the mecha formation, you can become a mecha pilot."

Shu Yungui looked up at him and smiled, "Come on, I'm sure you can!"

Gan Qingsen smiled "hehe" and said confidently: "I also think that I will definitely be able to borrow your auspicious words and be a colleague with you when the time comes!"

He climbed into the cab of the minecart in a hurry, Shu Yungui also "rewrote the coordinates" into the cockpit of the mecha, retook the brain-computer linker, and was about to set off with the minecart, but he didn't expect the minecart leading the way in front of him to brake suddenly.

Shu Yungui looked at the ground and found that Lao Meng was stopped in front of the car, Gan Qingsen lowered the window and asked him what he was going to do, but he climbed into the cab without saying a word, it seemed that he wanted to lead the way for Shu Yungui with Gan Qingsen.

Gan Qingsen stretched out his hand from the window of the car and shook it, signaling Shu Yungui to follow, the speed of the minecart is limited, and it can't run too fast, because it is worried that the azurite rough will collide and rub and heat up and cause explosion, and at the same time, because the price of the complete azurite rough is much higher than that of crushed ore, so there are strict requirements when mining and transportation.

Shu Yungui reduced the speed of the Survivor to a minimum and flew slowly over the minecart, according to Lao Meng, it was still more than two hundred kilometers away from the entrance of the nearest underground base, and it would take at least more than an hour to drive past it at the speed of the minecart.

This period of time is just enough for Shu Yungui to organize the language, Lao Meng is right, the army on the salamander star belongs to the lighthouse government, they may not accept the management of the new government, if you want to single-handedly move those managers to join the coalition government, Shu Yungui needs a pair of three-inch no

Rotten tongue, and the necessary moment of surrender by force.

Of course, it is not the best choice to do it, the army has a lot of weapons, and listening to Gan Qingsen's words, they should also have mechas, once the fight is likely to involve civilian casualties, these people are also old citizens during the lighthouse government, and they have feelings for the lighthouse government, if the new government wants to take them back peacefully, they can't make them feel that the people from the new government will only use violence.

Shu Yungui grabbed his hair, this kind of thing should be handed over to Cheng Sikong to handle, his mouth can definitely "know it with affection, move it with reason", and tell everyone to go back with them unconditionally.

But if you change to yourself...... Shu Yungui was apprehensive in his heart, he seemed to be more inclined to use his hands than to defeat his opponent with words, after all, it would be too wasteful for a fourth-order mutant to speak without force.

Just when he was entangled between civil war and military war, it seemed that someone had made a decision for him, the ground in front of the minecart suddenly exploded without warning, Gan Qingsen slammed the steering wheel, and narrowly avoided the big pit in front of him, and then two mecha appeared in the sky, shouting at him with external amplification equipment. ap.

"Gan Qingsen, the driver of the ore transport vehicle Y660, you are out of driving range, stop immediately and be checked!"

Gan Qingsen didn't stop, he slammed the accelerator and shook it from the edge of the big pit, and continued to drive forward under the pursuit of the mecha.

Such a blatant provocation of the management office was intercepted by the mecha, and the ground next to the carriage exploded again with a "boom", Shu Yungui took a closer look, only to find that it was caused by the weapon of the mecha, which was an iron hook with a chain, which was the most suitable for grabbing the transport vehicle, if it was hooked by the iron hook, no matter how heavy it was, the vehicle could be overturned to the ground.

Thanks to Gan Qingsen's good driving skills, the mecha tried to hook the minecart many times but failed, but was punched by the Survivor mecha that suddenly rose in height, one of the mecha fell, and the iron claw in his hand was also snatched by the Survivor.

Shu Yun was worried that the Survivor had no weapon, and this time it was delivered to the door, he held the iron claw and waved, the iron claw felt good, he felt that the design of this weapon might be inspired by the animal husbandry industry, and it seemed to be very useful to catch sheep.

Seeing that his companion had been shot down, the other mech immediately distanced itself from the Survivor and asked vigilantly, "Which unit are you from?" Why are you obstructing us from enforcing the law?!"

"I need this minecart to help me do something, you'd better not stop me, let alone stop it, I'm here to do serious business, it's really not appropriate to fight when we meet."

Shu Yungui thought that his attitude was already very good, but it was a pity that the mecha on the other side did not follow his advice, all along, the army was the absolute leader on the salamander star, and no one dared to openly resist the army's law enforcement, the mecha pilot retracted the iron hook, and the ammunition compartment on his shoulder suddenly bounced open, not to mention shooting countless missiles at Shu Yungui!