Time flies by. During this period, the environment around Outpost 48 has undergone tremendous changes. All the mountains have turned into cold frozen soil. Except for some thin vegetation, all the trees have withered and the temperature has dropped to It only looks like two or three degrees, and it only gets a little higher during the day.
People who have been wearing spacesuits for a long time cannot actually feel the temperature changes. During this time, they are all preparing weapons with high lethality. After all, the information about Beast God Valley has clearly shown that ordinary weapons have no effect there.
This time Lu Ning brought everyone with him.
The Thunder Net and Needle Vein do not need to be close to the Beast God Valley area, but a temporary support base must be established at a slightly distant location. Lu Ning and Mo Lianren each drove a landing craft and flew together to the continent where the ground environment was extremely harsh.
This continent was called the Lava Continent by the advance team. Due to the densely distributed active volcanic belts, most of the land was covered in volcanic ash and lava layers. The vegetation was sparse and the surface was covered with cracks, which made people feel quite uneasy.
Only the two areas on the west side and the southeast corner can still land spacecraft. Since the southeast side is closer to the pole, people from polar outposts usually land there. Lu Ning saw several signals in the air.
"It looks like there are quite a lot of people coming." Qiu Shu looked out the window. "We can receive seven signals now. We came relatively early."
Lu Ning snorted. She didn't believe Luo Xiao's words that not many people responded.
After the spacecraft landed, two people came over quickly. They didn't look like the captain or deputy captain.
"Hello, captains." One of them said in a very smooth tone, "We are here to welcome you. Since everyone is willing to come and work together, we are comrades fighting together. I don't know..."
"Stop talking nonsense, where are your troops? We saw several spaceships when we came over." Mo Lianren didn't want to listen to his nonsense.
"Oh, everyone knows that the terrain here is harsh. The captain barely managed to find a place for the meeting. I still hope that only the captain and deputy among you can go there." The man was not annoyed.
Lu Ning glanced at Qiu Shu, then nodded: "Okay, lead the way, our people will set up a garrison on the spot."
"Thank you very much." The man rubbed his hands and turned around with his companion to lead the way.
"Captain, this guy is a bit unpleasant." Spades said in the team communication, "I always feel like they are planning something."
"Don't worry, I just went over to see what the fuss was about. You guys find a place nearby to set up a temporary camp and don't let outsiders get close. We'll go over and have a look and then come back." Lu Ning waved her hand and talked with Qiu Shu, Mo Lianren and her deputy The team moved forward together.
This location can only be said to be slightly better. There are no uneven terrains caused by intensive ground fissures and volcanic eruptions. However, there are occasional vibrations under the feet, and large cracks can be seen not far away. Indeed, as Mo Lianren said before, it would be too much to say that this terrain was formed by the collision of two tectonic plates. The tectonic plates are not moving very fast. How could it be possible to hit such an almost complete fragmentation?
"Hey, you two, tell me who are the teams here?" Mo Lianren shouted to the two in front.
"Of course, there are already a lot of teams coming, and there should be more to follow." The man replied hurriedly, "First of all, AL responded the most. I belong to the 004 team, and this one belongs to the 005 team. Our captain heard about the 007 team He responded quickly after the incident. In addition, DU-014 came with 007. The two teams seemed to be exploring together. In addition, there were three teams, BW-009, 011, and HJ-010. This is what has been done so far. The support team has arrived.”
"Sure enough, most of the Natural Evolution team did not participate." Lu Ning said in a low voice, "NE-002 coordinated most of the team's actions. If a team comes over later, it is likely that they have received instructions."
"Captain, we still need to see what kind of characters these captains are. Although there is a bit of a weird atmosphere, I think there are people who really want to find out what's going on here." Qiu Shu said.
"Um."
After walking for a while along a low bush path that had been dug out, a small forest appeared in front of us. Through the slender trees, you can see what appear to be several tents inside.
"It's over there. Even we can't participate in the captains' meeting. Please go there on your own." The person who had been in charge of negotiations stopped, moved out of the way, and made a "please" gesture.
"Let me ask, your companion doesn't seem to like talking very much. Is it okay to let him be responsible for greeting you?" Qiu Shu suddenly pointed at the person next to him and asked.
"Hahaha, after all, I have always been disliked for being noisy. Even if one person talks about two people, it doesn't matter."
Qiu Shu didn't say anything, as if it was just a joke. Soon, Lu Ning and the four of them walked into the forest together.
The tents there were built in a very primitive way. In addition to two stools, the sitting area was filled with rocks that had been moved to the middle. Probably because of environmental issues, they didn't bother to spend energy on these unnecessary things.
A fire was lit in the center of the camp, and fourteen people were standing or sitting around it. It seemed that every team that came over had both captains and deputy captains, and they paid enough attention to this operation.
"Looks like he's new here." A man standing slightly on the edge, half leaning against a tree, said.
"Hey, welcome everyone." Another person sitting on the stone next to the fire turned to say hello.
The nameplates of the two are HJ-010 and BW-009 respectively, but I don't know whether they are the captain or the deputy.
"Haha! I knew there would be more people coming, how about it?" On the other side of the fire, someone jumped up immediately, and her voice directly revealed her identity - Luo Xiao.
"I didn't expect you to find so many people." Lu Ning glanced at her.
"Don't be angry! After all, I called everyone according to the communication list! Haha! Sure enough, there are still many people who like to explore places like this, right?"
"I would say that the right thing to do is to sink this place directly with intercontinental missiles." AL-005 said coldly, "I am just afraid that you will provoke some A-level monsters and everyone will suffer."
"How is that possible!" Luo Xiao waved her hand, "You are too nervous. Although I don't look very reliable, I will think about these things carefully!"
"for example?"
"For example, I have laid inducers under some surrounding volcanoes. Even if I accidentally provoke any powerful monsters, I can use the volcano to send them directly to the sky!"
AL-005 snorted, noncommittal.
"Our goal is to investigate." HJ-010 said, "The terrain here is too strange. The situation in the Beast God Valley is also extremely special. We need to find out the cause of the formation here and see if it is related to the Phantom Star Virus. In addition to the clues, it would be better to study the evolution of the phantom beasts."
"It is our mission to adopt an attitude of research rather than an attitude of destruction." BW-009 tried to smooth things over, "I think you all came here because you want to get first-hand information, right?"
"That's right. How long have you been here? I wonder what preparations you have made in advance?" Lu Ning asked.
"Planting bombs, I'm with Captain DU-014." Luo Xiao didn't hide her actions at all, "We haven't been here for long, maybe ten hours, so we can't do much."
The rest of the people did not follow up and spoke. They had not been here for a long time. It would take a while to set up their own camp. In addition to the previous discussions, it was natural that they did not check the nearby area.
"My guys did some geological exploration."
Finally, HJ-010 spoke, and this one seemed to be the captain.
"Oh?" AL-005 was obviously interested, "I wonder if there are any surprises?"
"The depth of the ground fissures here is much deeper than we thought. To be honest, it is not strange for magma to erupt directly in some places. The environment of Phantom Star is a standard continental ocean planet. Although there are plate movements, it is close to the volcanic belt. The underground cracks are obviously not naturally formed on this kind of planet."
"Maybe it's underground pressure." AL-004, who rarely speaks, said.
"This may basically be rejected. It is impossible for underground pressure to explode again where there are already cracks. Just like if there is a hole in a balloon, the gas inside will gush out from here instead of accumulating. But in geological dating, There have obviously been many stratigraphic tearings here, which must be unnatural conditions.”
Lu Ning thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think it could be a fantasy beast?"
"B-class fantasy beasts can't do it." HJ-010 did not rule out this possibility. "Most of the tears in the ground are destructive cracks that seem to be detonated. There is no problem with B-class fantasy beasts smashing cracks on the ground. But it is abnormal to cause such a degree of damage to the entire stratum. If it is really a phantom beast, it must be Class A."
"We can't deal with the A-level phantom beasts." BW-011 sighed, "The weapons we prepared are not lethal enough."
At this moment, there were more figures outside the woods, and there seemed to be quite a few of them. Everyone stopped talking and looked over. But when the person finally appeared, Lu Ning felt a little nervous. She believed that the others had different reactions to the person.
AL-001, with five other captains. Walked in together with their respective deputies.
"Hey, Lu Ning, these are all people from the Astronomical Light, and No. 001..." Mo Lianren whispered in the communication.
"Everyone, I have heard the report of this operation. Let me introduce myself. I am Captain 001 of the Astronomical Light, Wen Beiluo." The captain opened his hands slightly and introduced himself, "In view of this This mission was initiated by my subordinates, and it may involve B-level or even A-level creatures and a complicated terrain, so I decided to lead the team myself."
"Your subordinate? Who is it!" Luo Xiao frowned, "You are just a number..."
"No. 007, you are indeed very capable, and I appreciate talented people. Therefore, I don't care about your previous rude remarks to No. 002, because it was just his arrogance. And now, you are my subordinate." Wen Beiluo clicked on his personal terminal, "Just thirty minutes ago, I sent a general gathering message to all members of the Astronomical Light. This is a temporary authority granted to me by the alliance. I have the right to integrate all of my ships. team, for operations that require more than the number of people in the squad.”
"What?" Luo Xiao immediately opened the terminal, but at this moment, AL-004 spoke: "Indeed, I saw the news."
"Hey! Why didn't you tell me in advance?" Luo Xiao turned to look over.
"I don't have to change something that is bound to happen."
Wen Beiluo laughed: "Don't be so resistant. I know very well that it is very unpleasant to suddenly parachute a boss, so I will not always exercise this right. I just need everyone to cooperate with me during this operation. Of course. You can put forward any ideas you have, we all need to discuss them."
"To put it lightly, this is an action initiated by me." Luo Xiao crossed her arms, "I can obey orders and hear Beiluo, but at least you have to make me feel that it's okay to follow you, right?"
"Oh, of course, when a new officer takes office, he has to show off his skills." Wen Beiluo stretched out his hand behind him, and the adjutant behind him took out a box and put it in his hand. It was a metal box like a lockbox. Wen Beiluo After twisting it a few times, a video opened.
"I conducted a deduction on the geological evolution of this continent. Oh, of course I used some small methods. Through this deduction, we can easily make geological comparisons to determine the natural and non-natural components. Correct The rate should be above 99%. In addition, my people have also completed a new achievement, the phantom beast detector. As the name suggests, this is a detection device specially made for phantom beasts. I think you have also experienced the detection of phantom beasts by previous detectors. The pain of various malfunctions, right? And now we don’t need to worry about that.”
"Really?" HJ-010 asked immediately.
"Of course it is true, and we have produced many finished products. Each of your team members can receive one." Wen Beiluo said easily, "And thirdly, with the investigation tools and detection tools, we also need weapons, right? Is that so? I have also prepared some special bullets that can ignore the phantom layer defenses possessed by some phantom beasts... Ah, I wonder if you have ever encountered phantom beasts above level B, they generally have similar properties."
This man is quite cunning.
Lu Ning's impression of Wen Beiluo could only be described as average, but his quick way of winning people's hearts must be admitted that he hit the nail on the head. As soon as he came forward, he came up with three things that would definitely be of great value in the next action. There was no pressure to take away Luo Xiao's right to speak, and it even made Luo Xiao unable to say anything against it.
In fact, why can't other people see that this person is a smiling tiger? Even though his attitude seemed good, his domineering behavior was clearly revealed. The only good thing is that he does not have command authority over other fleet teams, which means that except for the AL number, the others do not need to follow Wen Beiluo's orders.
"Lu Ning, I will not let my troops be equipped with this guy's stuff." Mo Lianren said directly in the communication.
