Chapter 15: The Terror Planet
The professor at the front of the march habitually cleared the bushes, and suddenly found a plump fruit that had fallen to the ground, and subconsciously prepared to be recognized by a fat man who was familiar with various alien plants.
And when he turned around, he suddenly found that there was no one in the team.
"Where's the fat man?"
Hearing him ask, everyone was also stunned for a moment, only to realize that the fat man was gone.
The professor suddenly had a bad premonition, and hurriedly commanded everyone to go back, looking for the fat man who had fallen behind.
And they didn't go far before they saw the fat man who was sitting in place, as if he was trembling with fear from something.
Cooper hurriedly shouted, "Fatty! What are you doing! Then he walked forward quickly.
But halfway through, his body froze, and there was a look of fear in his eyes.
I saw a huge "spider" standing on top of the forest, and its eight appendages were deeply embedded in the earth, supporting its heavy body.
Under the bright red eyes, there were constantly spitting mouthparts, and saliva flowed out of them, dripping onto the head of the fat man who was at a loss for what to do.
Everyone didn't know how the fat man provoked this terrifying alien creature, or the professor was the first to react and took out the laser cutter he carried with him.
This high-energy laser for cutting metal can also kill creatures at a distance, and is one of his few weapons.
He aimed his crosshair at the spider and shouted, "What are you doing!" Hurry up and bring the fat man here! ”
The others suddenly came to their senses, and hurriedly prepared to drag back the fat man with his legs that did not obey him.
The professor also fired at this point, sending the green cutting beam to the spider.
But after the high-energy laser that can easily cut through the ordinary alloy hits the spider, nothing happens like a stone sinking into the sea.
The spider didn't even get angry feedback, but after seeing the fat man being dragged away, some wanted to chase him back.
The Professor's expression changed again and again, this cutter was already the most powerful weapon in his hand, but at this time, he couldn't help this alien creature.
He had no choice but to follow the students and pull out his flare gun.
Over the years of extraterrestrial exploration, he knew that the best way to deal with such large alien creatures was to make them fearful.
And light and fire are the best weapons to intimidate primitive creatures.
In addition to emitting light, flares are also a good source of combustion, and when they explode on the ground, they will form numerous ignition points and spread rapidly.
The forest here provided the fuel, so the professor spotted a dense bush and fired a flare.
A striking light suddenly lit up, and even the giant spider froze for a moment.
Then there was the accelerant scattered everywhere, and the forest that was set on fire.
The fire suddenly grew in size, and soon a flaming wall was formed, and the high tongues of fire scorched into the sky, blocking the path of the giant spider.
The professor was also overjoyed because of this, and he felt like he had escaped.
However, in the next moment, the giant spider not only did not retreat, but seemed to be enraged, directly swept away the burning trees, and came straight towards them.
The sound of a huge moving "thump" echoed through the forest, and this time even the professor was frightened and ran away desperately.
But how two legs can run more than eight legs, the distance between them is still rapidly closer.
The young man in the penultimate position had a cold gaze and secretly glanced at the fat man who was running last in a panic.
“…… This alien creature seems to have been provoked by the fat man, and if he is handed over, he may be able to escape. Beneath his expressionless face was a malice that no one could detect.
Seeing that no one noticed him, the young man simply slowed down a little, kept the same position as the fat man, and then tripped the fat man.
How could the fat man, who was running away in a panic, expect this kind of change, and fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity, and rolled a few times before stopping.
In some of the dizzy eyes was the smile of the young man's successful plan.
No one else noticed that someone had been left behind, and the fat man's body stiffened as a thick appendage had been thrust into the dirt beside him.
He looked up tremblingly, and his mouthparts suddenly grew larger.
"Ah——!!!h
The fat man's screams pierced everyone's ears, and when Cooper turned around, he saw a fat man half of his body swallowed by a giant spider.
His heart sank, and his gaze swept over the young man who had fled without leaving a trace.
But it was time to escape, and no one said anything.
After running for a long time, it was not until they were completely out of the forest that they stopped to breathe.
At this time, a dark cloud hovered over everyone's heads.
The tragic death of the fat man is still vivid, and it is clear that they were too careless before.
"......'Under the long-term influence of high technology, explorers tend to ignore many dangerous factors that should be paid attention to, and end up dying at the hands of indigenous people with arrogance and arrogance'......"
The professor reads a line with a bitter face, a quote from the popular interstellar book "Cosmic Crusoe", which tells the reason why explorers hate foreign lands.
After everyone heard this famous line, they were also silent for a while.
Although they attach great importance to this place on the surface, they still have the arrogance of being an interstellar civilization deep down.
Even if there was a civilization here, they felt in their hearts that "it's just an antique, and your technology is outdated".
Otherwise, they would not have rushed close to this planet, and then inexplicably lost control of the ship, making one wrong move until one of their companions died.
The rotation of the planet is still going on, and soon the sky here will turn black.
Eventually, everyone fell asleep in silence, but each had a different mind.
…………
In an artificial forest next to the guardianship core, the synthesizer controlled by Li Wenyuan was sitting on a tree stump and sighing.
Lillian, on the other hand, sat with her waist straight, but her gaze drifted to the game console that was placed aside from time to time.
In order to teach a primitive person to speak, Li Wenyuan spent a lot of effort to explain the lesson plan with a three-inch tongue.
In the end, it was concluded that he was not fit to be a teacher.
It's not that he doesn't teach well, it's that the students are so stupid that they make him doubt that he has something wrong with his abilities.
“…… Well, Lord Guardian, can I go play? ”
“…… Go, go, alas......"
Seeing Lilian's cheering appearance, Li Wenyuan held his forehead and brought up the scene from the other side of the earth.
A fat alien is entwined with something like spider silk and then hangs upside down on a tree branch, unconscious.
Not far away, a giant spider is moving frequently in the background, occasionally spewing liquid to extinguish the fire, or cutting off the source of the fire with its tall and powerful appendages.
"Hey, are the gardening robots moving again?" When he saw this giant spider, Li Wenyuan was a little surprised.
This giant spider-like "creature" is actually an old-fashioned robot, and its model in the database is much older than a synth, and it is about a museum-grade artifact.
As its name suggests, it is a horticultural robot that prunes pruning, but the trees it usually repairs are tall trees fifty or sixty meters tall.
Its hardware was too old to connect to the Guardian Matrix, and when Li Wenyuan discovered it, it was in a standby state that lasted for an unknown amount of time, buried deep under the soil.
Since he couldn't find a way to wake up, Li Wenyuan simply ignored this gardening robot.
Unexpectedly, the group of aliens didn't know how to activate it, and one person was even caught, which made Li Wenyuan very interested.
So he called up the surveillance footage of the area.
I saw these aliens walking cautiously in this synthetic forest, constantly clearing the bushes that blocked the way along the way.
Looking at it, Li Wenyuan suddenly realized how they activated the gardening robot.
The professor at the front felt that it was too troublesome to travel in the forest, so he directly swept forward with a laser cutter, cutting off a large area of shrubs and dozens of tall trees in an instant.
It must be convenient for them to hurry, but the gardening robot that detects that the gardening has been "destroyed" must not be happy.
So it woke up directly from standby, ready to arrest these "outlaws", but because of the fire caused by the professor, it temporarily changed its target and changed it to extinguishing the fire.
And the fat man is just a person who is caught up by chance, and he is hung on a branch by a gardening robot, waiting for his former owner to come and check on these "outlaws".
"I was so embarrassed on the first day, these aliens don't seem to be very good......" Li Wenyuan in the virtual world was a little distracted.
"Let's get them to the ruins and save them a whole day's ......."
With that in mind, he took control of a synth and approached Cooper's camp.