The woman really wasn't telling the truth. If we were to be the first to explore in the field on Earth, where would she have the means to know about these things? To have such a clear goal only proves that the boss has information that we don't understand. ”

"Old Zhang Tou later said to us, 'But according to the boss, this is our final goal, which is equivalent to the end of this operation. Before that, it was destined to be a long time to explore, so everyone didn't need to rush, and the first priority now was to set up a front-line camp and explore the palace steadily'. ”

"'Except for things related to living mechanical technology, any other technological achievements, or new discoveries related to alien civilizations and this planet, can be recorded and summarized in a timely manner, and the boss will provide additional remuneration after reporting.'"

"On the afternoon of February 19, we set up two tents in the first room as a makeshift camp, using the equipment we were carrying. Some people have asked whether it is possible to repeatedly transfer the necessary materials through the device since they can return directly to Earth, so that they can be more prepared. But Lao Zhang said that he had to wait a week before the device could be started again, otherwise there would be a shortage of energy. ”

"February 19th, night. I couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, so I got up and recorded my feelings. To live on an alien planet for seven days with a group of people who have known each other for less than half a month? I felt like I was having a strange dream, a dream from which I couldn't wake up......"

……

"Up to this point, the owner of the diary has experienced something similar to ours."

Yan Jingxing couldn't help but say.

"Even the mood is a bit like that."

For her, an alien adventure is like a brilliant dream, full of unpredictable and unexpected colors.

"Not bad. The only difference is that we relied on the UFO device that Jing Xing discovered under the guidance of a ghost astronaut, and he was hired by someone. Also, 'it takes a week for the unit to start...... This is new information to keep in mind. ”

Xie Yuzhi read as she quickly recorded the notes at hand, and a simple introduction to the relationship between the characters slowly took shape under her pen.

"It seems that the real crux of the problem lies in the employer, the woman they call the boss."

Yan Jingxing glanced at it and found that she had quickly sketched a stick figure of a mature woman in a black robe and about thirty years old with a pencil, and drew a question mark on the position of her face.

This is...... Sketch?

Yan Jingxing remembered the criminal investigation TV series he watched with his uncle before, which contained a plot in which the police drew a portrait of the suspect according to the insider's account.

Even this kind of thing can be done, is Miss Xie too almighty?

"In his diary, he also mentions the word 'prophet.'"

Xie Yuzhi raised his eyes and looked at Ji Chunzao.

"I remember, did you use the word 'prophet' when you translated the word 'sacrifice' in the alien script?"

Ji Chunzao tilted his head and thought about it, and said uncertainly:

"I think so......"

Her ability to read words and knowledge as a priest is difficult to explain in words, and according to Haruzao's own words, all meanings come naturally in her mind, so it is difficult to share them with others; If you want to explain clearly, you need to understand and organize your language.

"Well, I see."

Xie Yuzhi seemed to have her own answer, and she put her eyes back on the diary.

……

On February 20, Lao Zhang and his glasses beckoned everyone to gather and distributed the tools, food and water that everyone needed. The most important thing is the gun, which is used for self-defense. When was the last time you touched a gun? It seems that I still went to a village in Xiangdi to go down to the cave, and I was afraid of encountering car bandits blocking the road. ”

"I looked at it and saw that everyone used a gun, even the glasses scientist and the doctors in the team. This confirms my previous suspicions, in short, I can see that they are all talents, and they all have secrets. ”

"Another thing, we can breathe normally in the palace, which means that the oxygen tanks, the equipment for mountaineering and diving, are all in vain. I was thinking that maybe the boss knew something, but didn't know it in detail. Of course, on the other hand, if she really knew everything, she wouldn't need us to take the lead at all. ”

The gun in my hand was quickly used. Inside the palace, we found a creature similar in appearance to a leech, but larger than the average cat or dog, and would pounce on people when they saw them. ”

"It's very jumping, it's very reflexive, and it's hard to hit with precision; And the body is covered with a layer of mucus and strong muscles, even if you are shot, you will not die immediately. Later, our solution strategy was to alternately walk at the front and back of the line with two people with automatic rifles, and in the case of a strafing shot, even if three or four pounced at the same time, they would not be able to get close, but the supplies we carried this time were limited, and the bullets could only be used sparingly; ”

"Another way is to clean up with a spot shot from a distance. But this strange creature seems to like to hide in dark corners, making it difficult to notice. Later, Lao Zhang asked me to serve as an observer, wearing infrared night vision devices to follow the outside of the team, and once I noticed a swarm of leeches, I immediately led the team to bypass that position. ”

"On February 23rd, we stepped on the whole palace everywhere we could. Except for a few rooms that could not be opened, the rest of the locations had been recorded, resulting in a simple map. Considering that we would have to stay in this place for the rest of the year, we tried to work out the nests and roving routes of the leech monsters. Animals on Earth generally have a fixed route back to their nests, and perhaps you can start in this direction...... But it is bound to be a long-term project. ”

"In addition, we found what could have been a door to the ground. When we arrived at the door, Lao Zhang asked us to go back. The first and second groups of people only need to be responsible for exploring the palace, and the external environment will definitely be more complicated, and he wants to wait until he asks the boss before making a decision. ”

"What is interesting is that there are a large number of murals left by aliens in the palace, but there is not a single trace of alien life left by aliens, including equipment and instruments, and even furniture. The only thing we did was the sculptures and murals, which we rubbed and hoped the boss would recognize the value of these things. ”

"On February 25th, the second transfer will take place tomorrow morning. Speaking of which, this place is indeed very strange, and we noticed that the palace probably has air purification equipment, according to the glasses, you don't need breathing equipment, proving that the gas content in the air is very similar to that on Earth. It may be a small cosmic accident, but it could also be some kind of man-made environment. He took us to find a strange device, which looked very strange, like two lobes of a human being magnified dozens of times. ”

"This place is full of buildings of this style, either like internal organs or muscles, and some people joked last night that we are like cells walking in a huge human body."

"On the evening of February 25th, the owner came in person. We reported to her the results of our work, and to be honest, I was a little apprehensive, because we didn't have anything to gain at all, let alone any 'living machinery' or 'body', and we couldn't see any shadow at all. But the boss himself had a nonchalant attitude, smiling and encouraging us to 'do a good job'. ”

"I hate that smile."

"On the 26th of February, the boss announced to us that the expedition would officially leave the palace and head out of the earth - we could finally see the planet in its entirety; And the 'body' that the boss wants, somewhere outside the palace. ”

"March 11th ......"

……

"Wait, from this place, is this diary missing a large part?"

Yan Jingxing immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"Here, here, and here, there are mitches in the paper."

Because it is a photocopy, even the damage is obvious.

"And, from February 26th to March 11th, the time jumped by two weeks at once, what was the situation in between?"

Xie Yuzhi on the side sighed softly, she had obviously noticed this situation a long time ago.

"Huh~ This is too strange, isn't it?" Ji Chunzao pursed his mouth and complained, "It's obviously a critical moment!" ”

- That's right, it's clear that what's next is the key.

They don't come to read novels, but they hope to learn from the experience of their predecessors in the diary and find a way out of the forest.

Judging from the earlier records, what happened to the explorer and his companions in the palace was not much different from that of Yan Jingxing, for example, they did not meet aliens, only the hairless people who built nests.

As for the approach to dealing with hairless, it may vary. Yan Jingxing relied on superpowers, and the expedition team relied on thermal weapons brought from the earth, but the result was the same way, and everyone had to leave the palace in the end.

The problem is the forest outside......

Yan Jingxing flipped back a few more pages, unwillingly realizing that this record in the diary was indeed blank.

"Read on," Xie Yuzhi said, "since the diary is not over, at least it means that this person is still alive, which proves that even if there is a threat in the forest, there is a certain limit." ”

……

"On March 11th, the first bird's-eye view point in the northeast of the Ghost Face Forest. We have encountered the 'king of prey'. Unfortunately, the camp was razed to the ground in a few breaths of time on its migratory path, and all those who remained in the camp did not have time to flee and all died. They were all dead, dead in their sleep, or at least peaceful. ”

"Is this the 'overlord' that the prophet spoke of? It wasn't a monster that humans could fight, but a being at the top of the biosphere that ruled the planet. ”

……

Just after reading a few paragraphs, Yan Jingxing couldn't help frowning again.

They also bumped into the predator king? And because he did not immediately evacuate to the underground palace, he suffered heavy losses.

This means that the terrifying beast floating in the air may be moving along a certain route-

This is called "migration".

I don't know whether to say lucky or unlucky, but two groups of alien explorers who have been separated by an unknown number of years have just happened to bump into the timing of the predator king passing over the forest.

In addition, he noticed that the explorer's name for her boss had also changed.

Somehow, the explorers began to call the woman "prophet", and there was a certain emotional change in this.

……

"March 12th. The glasses were sacrificed, and he wanted to observe from the most extreme place in the safe range, so as to better record the characteristics of the 'Overlord', but he was unable to evacuate the observation point in time, and as a result, the entire mountain he was on was pulled into the sky by the attraction of the Prey King......"

"The Overlord doesn't pay attention to tiny ants like us who can only look up at the sky, but the storm and gravity that rolls up as it moves is enough to destroy everything on the ground."

"What the prophet meant was that we could only survive on this planet if we found the 'Element' - the highest crystallization created by the aliens using living mechanical technology, and the purpose of its creation was to gain the possibility of confronting the 'Overlord', so that the aliens could one day return to the earth and reclaim the world from the invasive species."

"March 20th. We're running out of supplies, and while we can replenish them by returning to Earth, we've gone too far into the forest and too far from the ruins of the palace. Only five people remained, and if they wanted to go back, they would have to face the dangers along the way again. ”

"The Prophet said that she could already feel that the place where the 'body' was hidden was very close to us. So, we decided to go all-in. ”

"March 21st, late. I couldn't sleep tonight, I thought about it for a long, long time, but there was a question that always haunted my mind. ”

"The prophet leads us in despair, saves us in crisis, and shows us the way to live. I should respect her, I should be grateful to her. ”

"But I'm still very confused, I still can't figure out one thing."

"- Since there is a weapon like the 'Body', do you really want to give it to a woman of unknown origin?"

"I think it's a strange question, and it shouldn't be just a thought like that. But I couldn't help it, so I went to discuss it with Lao Zhang. Among the followers of the Prophet, he and I were the only ones who did not follow the Prophet from the beginning, so we could still feel alienated and out of place with the other two followers. In any case, I usually chat with Lao Zhang the most. ”

"When I asked Lao Zhang this question, he had a very strange expression on his face, very shocked, and seemed to be very happy."

"'You weren't brainwashed by that woman? Great, great...... I thought that only me and glasses could remember what happened before, but now it's just me and the group of crazy people, so I still have company! ’”

"I don't understand what he said, but Lao Zhang has already told him his intentions."

"'Do you remember what the woman said? Only true warriors can be selected by the 'Body'...... Hmph, the gods are babbling, it's not me bragging, at least among these five people now, who is more suitable for the word 'warrior' than me? So, I'm going to get that 'body' before that woman and let them shoot themselves in the foot! ’”