A few hours later, the three of them once again eliminated all the attacking crude oil beasts.
In order to deal with possible threats, Joseph redesigned new defensive weapons and strengthened his personal equipment.
"Their attacks are getting faster and faster, and there should be their nests nearby."
At Johnny's request, a land bike was built.
It has a cruising range of up to 300 kilometers, has a high-strength steel body, and is equipped with powerful kinetic energy weapons.
After planning a new route on the map.
The three of them planned to take a look at the place where the crude oil beasts appeared, and maybe they could find their lair.
Not long after, they set off.
Dust was flying, and with the rapid movement of the land vehicle, the scene in the sky also changed significantly.
A halo of light can be vaguely seen across the sky, shocking people's hearts.
Joan controlled the vehicle, Johnny compared the data with the modified small computer, and Joseph sat on the roof of the car, ready to face emergencies at any time.
After driving more than fifty kilometers and killing many crude oil beasts, they actually discovered the lair of the crude oil beast.
A meat membrane like a greenhouse covered hundreds of square meters, with a hole on both sides. From time to time, weak crude oil beasts crawled out and quickly shed their shells.
The three of them watched from a distance for a moment, and after weighing the firepower of both sides, decided to destroy the nest.
The explosive bomb with a burning effect was thrown, directly igniting the area where the crude oil beast's lair was. The flesh membrane ruptured, and a violent flame erupted from the lair, just like a gas pipe burst.
Naturally, the crude oil beast that had been stolen from his home would not sit still and wait for death, and immediately attacked Qiao An and the others.
And their defensive strength also exceeded everyone's expectations.
The crude oil beast is twice as big, with a hard carapace attached to its outer layer, and its moving speed is quite high.
Seeing this, the three of them knew that they could not resist forcefully. If they were surrounded, they would not be able to escape if there was any problem with Lu Xingche.
After destroying the nest, they immediately headed towards the camp.
There are defense facilities in the camp, and the large area of turrets gives people a sense of security.
A large number of crude oil beasts chased behind the land vehicle. Joseph controlled the kinetic energy weapon on the roof of the vehicle and sprayed 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's thoughts were indeed verified.
Due to the destruction of their nests, there were far fewer crude oil beasts to attack than before.
The three of them also built a communication station comfortably.
Not long after, with their combined efforts, the prepared parts were gradually integrated, and a two-hundred-meter-high communication base station was completed.
Although it looks primitive, the wavelength it emits can at least be scanned by the star base.
"Finally! We did it!" Qiao An sighed as he looked at the communication base station.
It took me nearly a year to accomplish this feat, and I am really proud of it.
Although it is not starting from scratch with the help of the data blueprint, it is not difficult to achieve such an achievement with only three people on a strange planet.
"Hahahaha! Connect the energy quickly and get ready to go home!"
Joseph laughed, perfected the transmit power settings of the device, and shouted.
Johnny was also smiling at this moment, no matter how many discoveries he made, the equipment that could not be used for further exploration would be useless.
As Qiao An pressed the launch command.
The entire camp emitted a subtle ripple, and a light wave invisible to the naked eye shot straight into the sky, rushing towards the unknown depths of space.
In the central control room, there is a simulation screen of communication base station transmission.
It will extend beyond the planet with a bundle of wavelengths. In the sensor of the star base, an obvious signal source will be found spreading from the black hole.
By then, Daxia will discover the location of the three of them and launch a rescue operation.
The idea was great, but unfortunately it backfired.
The three of them were surprised to find that the signal emitted by the communication base station could not penetrate the planet.
On the contrary, after reaching a certain height, the wavelengths are momentarily chaotic and then dissipated.
"What's going on? Why can't the signal be transmitted outside the planet?"
"It's strange, it shouldn't be. Although the communication base station does not have the ability to communicate over long distances, there is no problem in transmitting signals."
"Is it because the power is not enough?"
The three of them were a little puzzled by this sudden change.
According to all data models and analyses, communication base stations are able to break through the scope of this planet.
At the time of research surrounding this issue.
The crude oil beast lairs thousands of miles away have felt the signal source emitted from the camp.
They are moving towards this side one after another...
In the camp, the three people moved the communication base station two kilometers away and re-debugged it, and the results were consistent.
After Qiao An and Joseph's analysis, the contents of the database stored on the scientific research ship were added.
They got a fact.
This relic planet has treasures, and its range of influence covers the entire planet. This is why their communication base station cannot transmit signals.
In the research room, the faces of the three people were a little ugly.
They didn't expect this result.
After data comparison, the impact of such signals is basically the same as the shielding effect of relics.
In previous relic explorations, the unexcavated treasures only affected a few kilometers or even dozens of kilometers.
What is now covering the entire planet is simply unprecedented.
"What now?" Johnny asked looking at Joan, he was really shocked.
After a year of hard work, I finally got this result, which makes me feel powerless.
"Ahhhhh!!!" Joseph walked out the door and roared angrily. He really couldn't accept that he was still in this bad place.
Qiao An looked at the data in silence.
If this method fails, then the only option is to build ships.
But just building a communication base station took a year, let alone a space ship flying into the stars?
And this is on land, not in space. The ships to be built on land must not only meet the requirements of traveling in the atmosphere, but also meet the standards of deep space navigation, which is much more difficult.
Besides, the materials required for construction are at least a hundred times, or even hundreds of times, that of a communication base station.
With just three people, no one knows how much time it will take.
Although the three of them were distressed, the crude oil beast did not watch what was happening.
It didn't take long for them to sweep in, and the camp suffered the largest attack by crude oil beasts to date.
Wave after wave, sometimes even thousands of crude oil beasts attacked together.
If Joseph hadn't just upgraded the defense facilities, the entire camp might have been lost.
The war lasted for nearly a month.
The crude oil beast's offensive stopped, and a pile of corpses were piled outside the camp, exuding a strange smell.
After a brief period of discouragement, the three quickly regained their fighting spirit.
"Isn't it just a ship? Look how we build it!"
"You're right. After eliminating these crude oil beasts, we can just improve the production line and let the output explode."
"Farke! Farke! Farke! Let me get the fission reactor out!"
After cleaning up the crude oil beasts around the camp, Joan, Johnny, and Joseph rose up again and expanded to the surrounding areas.
Within a few months, all the nests within fifty kilometers were wiped out.
More advanced conveyor belts are spread over dozens of kilometers, and now the entire camp is an ultra-modern manufacturing factory, producing precision components one after another, which are then combined into a new generation of weapons or production facilities.
During this period, the crude oil beast once again evolved its form, and its strong medium-sized body became the norm, and a layer of carapace was attached to its appearance.
Flying, hiding on the ground, and direct attack, the three attack methods are constantly coming.
But they were all destroyed one by one by the defensive buildings designed by Joseph.
Another year has passed.
The three of them separated for the first time, each establishing a new camp and a new production line at one end of the planet.
Today, one unit of alloy resources can be produced in one month.
By the next year, after optimization, one unit of alloy can be produced in half a month.
The three people carry simple aircraft every day, like flying soldiers in the 22nd century, opening up production lines and improving the production process.
Thanks to Johnny's efforts, they also brewed the planet's specialty beer.
When the three of them have nothing to do, they will get together to have a drink.
Time passed quickly.
In the third year, Joseph successfully completed the construction of the fission reactor. Although it was a large structure ten kilometers in size, 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 together to form a large-scale construction center of more than 200 kilometers. The stacked conveyor belts even reached a height of 100 meters. At this time, the hull project had been approved.
In the fifth year, the ship's scanning array was completed, the sublight engine test was successful, the thruster project was approved, and the armor coverage was successful.
Then, in the middle of the sixth year.
A two-kilometer launch pad has been built, with a nearly 100-meter space ship placed on it, and final debugging work is underway.
The three of them stood on the high platform, holding glasses of beer in their hands and smiling at each other.
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
Qiao An still had short black hair, but his face was weathered and looked much more mature.
"Hahaha, I think if I return to Daxia, I should be able to retire directly after publishing an autobiography. I have already thought of a name, so it will be called "My Interstellar Crossing"."
Joseph now has a dark complexion, blond braids and sunglasses, looking full of summer style.
"Hey, I hope everything goes well."
Johnny became increasingly silent over the years.
The three of them talked and laughed for a long time, and finally became reluctant to part with this planet.
But think about it, the golden period of my life is basically spent here.
It's like a relationship. When you break up, are you reluctant to leave the other person?
No, no, what everyone is reluctant to let go of is the past self and all that has been sacrificed.
Finally, the overall debugging of the ship was successful.
Everything works fine.
The three of them began to prepare to board the ship.
"Wait! At such an important moment, do we need to hold a ceremony?"
When stepping onto the launch pad, Joan suddenly stopped and said to Johnny and Joseph.
The two of them looked back at him, knowing what Qiao An was talking about, wasn't it the mysterious Eastern power.
But this time, the two of them gave him the universal gesture, and then boarded the ship without looking back.
Thinking about it before, every time I did this, strange misfortune happened.
Johnny and Joseph are really scared, and they still have to rely on themselves.
Joan thought for a moment, shrugged and followed their footsteps.
"Well, at least I asked sincerely."
The Homecoming ship is about to enter the launch phase, and the three people are sitting in the cockpit observing all the data to prevent accidents.
This is a ship developed based on the performance of a frigate. It is made hundreds of meters long because the existing technology can only reach this point.
If they want to optimize themselves to the level of the Great Xia Empire, the three of them will have to work hard for at least another thirty years.
The vision of returning to Daxia smoothly led them to call the ship the Homecoming.
"everything is normal!"
"Can launch!"
"ignition!"
A roar spread across the sky, and smoke filled the earth.
"Boom~"
The first-stage rocket carrying Homecoming was successfully launched. This was just to save energy. As long as it reached a high altitude, Homecoming could sail on its own propulsion device.
Although the fission reactor was built, other components were still not advanced enough. This was a necessary compromise, but it didn't matter.
At an altitude of 10,000 meters, the rocket locking device fell off.
The Homecoming's thrusters are activated, starting to break away from the planet's gravity and break through the atmosphere!
Soon, the contents of the ship began to float due to the lack of a gravity device.
The three of them didn't pay attention, concentrating on looking at the data panel in front of them, reading the navigation.
"It's done!"
"YES!"
With the breakthrough of the atmosphere, they could not help but cheer as they descended into space again after so many years.
"Hahahaha, I love this starry sky so much!"
Joseph looked at the magnificent black hole in front of him and shouted with a smile.
Then, the Homecoming began to start its sublight engine and headed out of the black hole.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief and were finally able to go home.
Ten hours later.
Johnny frowned as he looked at the panel. He opened his eyes wide and made a strange sound.
"No, why haven't we left the alien range yet?"
As soon as these words came out, Qiao An and Joseph were stunned and quickly called up the data overview.
I found that after the ship sailed for so long, it was basically like staying in place.
"No way, this..." Qiao An had an ominous premonition in her heart.
Joseph was stunned and veins appeared on his hands.
"No! No! Why is this happening!?"
Thirty hours later, their reactor needed to be recharged and they had to stop the sublight engine.
At this time, they were only 5 kilometers away from their position thirty hours ago.
Another day later, they tried in other directions and found the same result.
The three of them were desperate.
There was silence in the cockpit.
The remaining sanity allowed them to land on the alien planet again.
At the same time, the three people also discovered something strange on the planet.
They left the planet for almost two days, but according to the timer 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 crude oil beasts and turned into ruins.
Gravitational expansion effect?
The three of them thought about this physical phenomenon in unison.
But it was quickly rejected. This planet is not that close to the black hole. Logically speaking, there should be no gravitational expansion effect.
Furthermore, if there is a gravitational expansion effect, it should be that time outside becomes faster, not that time here accelerates.
All kinds of doubts radiated in their minds, but it didn't matter.
After so many years, everyone’s fighting spirit has been completely wiped out.
Not surprisingly, this planet is their final destination.
After landing, Joseph found a good place for himself and planned to spend the rest of his life.
After Qiao An restored the industrial area and continued to produce construction materials, he did not give up.
After Johnny and Joan repaired the industrial area, they took a batch of components to the back of the planet.
It was an area of eternal night, extremely cold, and the crude oil beasts were extremely ferocious.
This is a very dangerous choice.
Time passes year after year.
Fast forward to the ninth year.
Perhaps it was the only way out, Johnny came back from the Eternal Night area, and brought an extremely important news.
A solution that would allow everyone to leave the planet.
In the camp, four people sat on chairs, facing the data screen detected by Johnny.
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 looks a bit fake.
But Joseph didn't care, he looked a little decadent, but he treated Ellie like a real person.
Qiao An and Johnny didn't say much. People always need something to rely on.
For example, Qiao An became obsessed with the imaging system. He often planned and modified the conveyor belt to allow it to transmit images, which was a joy to play.
Johnny captured a number of crude beasts and tried to communicate with them, but unfortunately there was no result, but he learned a lot about animal behavior.
"Why is this tidally locked planet so peaceful?"
"Why is the crude oil beast in this form?"
"Why can't we leave this planet?"
"The answer is, legacy."
Johnny opened the image screen. After color correction, everyone can clearly see the scenery of the Evernight area.
Frost is the only theme, but it's not that cold.
A strange heat emanates from the earth's veins, and crude oil beasts appear and act from time to time.
In the map, a signal source is marked somewhere.
"Although I don't know why there are creatures like crude oil beasts on this planet."
"But what is certain is that they are not native species to this planet, and it is very likely that they arrived here accidentally."
"The location of the treasure 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, which can cover the entire planet."
"The original crude oil beast gradually evolved into what it is today by relying on the power emanating from the relics."
After hearing this, Qiao An thought for a while and asked, "You mean, we have to break through the defense line of hundreds of thousands of crude oil beasts, and then seize the treasure?"
Johnny nodded, indicating that he was right.
"Forget it, this is another waste of effort. I suggest everyone stop bothering."
Joseph put a hand on Ellie, gave a disgusted look at the two of them, and then looked at Ellie, "Do you think what I said is right?"
Ai Li: "Yes, yes, you are right??(^_-)"
Joan and Johnny looked at him, shook their heads, and continued the discussion.
In the end, Joseph was really not interested and returned directly to his camp.
The remaining two people discussed the feasibility of the plan.
"What will happen if the treasure is taken away?" Qiao An asked.
Johnny blinked and looked at Joan.
"If my guess is right, this planet will be torn apart by a black hole in a short time..."
The two fell silent.
But whether successful or not, there are only three endings.
Either die in the Evernight area, or nothing happens after getting the treasure and die on the planet.
Or, they lift the blockade of the planet and successfully return to deep space.
Finally they decided to give it a try.
Joan, to go home.
Johnny, for the search for truth.
Neither of them gave up completely and started heading towards the Yongye area.
New camp, new construction factory.
Rows of defensive towers stand on the surface, extending all the way to the location of the relics.
The attacks of crude oil beasts are getting stronger and stronger. In addition to evolving rapidly, the changes in tactics are also becoming more and more humane.
On several occasions, the two of them were almost successfully surrounded and suppressed by each other.
When things get increasingly difficult.
Joseph finally came out of the shadows and decided to try harder with them.
The three of them hugged each other with tears in their eyes and sighed.
Ever since Joseph regained his enthusiasm, the three people's Yongye development career has gone a lot smoother.
A large mecha was even built. It seems that Joseph has not completely given up hope of returning home.
Finally, they finally reached the core area of the Crude Oil Beast.
There are a total of 100,000 large crude oil beasts stationed here. There is no possibility of shortcuts. They must be completely eliminated before everyone can access the treasures hidden underground.
The decisive battle begins.
Four large armed mechas were running rampant on the ground, cooperating with the turret attacks to continuously clean up the crude oil beasts on the ground.
Joan, Johnny, and Joseph could only control three mechas.
But under Joseph's design, Ellie's AI could simply accept attack and avoidance commands, and this was how the fourth mecha appeared.
Thousands of crude oil beasts' nests were uprooted, and the giant crude oil beasts that spit out liquid caused over 10,000 casualties, and even the flying ones fell like rain.
The war had been going on for more than four months, and they had already entered the cave.
Although there are many crude oil beasts inside, it is limited to the narrow space, so the four mechas will not have much problem against the enemy's offensive.
Going a hundred meters underground, they finally saw the mother worm of the crude oil beast.
A giant worm with a body length of a thousand meters, its body shimmering with strange light, beating constantly.
Like most arcade game settings, the enemies blocking the road ahead are relatively difficult, but the final BOSS is much simpler.
There is an argument derived from this, called game currency economics. When you invest coins, it is best to fail the first few levels and leave. If you pass the previous levels, you will be allowed to pass the level smoothly and leave early.
The female insect has no ability to resist.
The four mechas chopped melons and vegetables before their souls returned to Tianyu, and a strange thing fell to the ground.
Qiao An didn't check much, just picked it up and ran away.
If Johnny's theory is true, the planet will undergo great changes after losing its relic effect!
Turns out, Johnny was right.
The death of the mother insect caused all the crude oil beasts to gather together violently.
The changes in the relics shook the entire planet, and it was about to show its proper posture.
"The crustal data is abnormal! Run away!"
Stones had already fallen in the cave, and Joseph quickly shouted when he saw something was wrong.
Joan and Johnny rushed forward.
Joseph followed closely behind, and the AI mecha reared behind.
"Boom~"
Suddenly there was a sudden tremor, and a huge boulder fell in front of them, directly blocking everyone's way.
"Open it for me!"
Qiao An turned on the mecha's explosion mode, and all the ammunition blasted forward.
"Bang!"
The boulder was directly blasted into pieces, blasting open a road.
The three of them ran all the way up, and the exit of the cave was already in front of them.
But at this time, the rear suddenly collapsed.
And the speed was extremely fast. Joan and Johnny were fine, but Joseph was a little slower.
The two of them jumped out of the cave and shouted as a burst of smoke rushed out from behind.
"Joseph!"
There was a burst of smoke in front of Joseph, and there was a constant rumbling behind him. He couldn't stop. If he took a wrong step, he would be doomed.
"Almost there!" He saw the light in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the wall next to him collapsed, slowing down his steps.
The entire mecha fell downwards.
Joseph was stunned. Could it be that he would stop here?
Suddenly, a push came from behind him.
It's Ellie! The mecha controlled by Ellie pushed him towards the exit.
"What!?" Joseph was shocked. He clearly did not give such an order.
At the critical moment, Joseph jumped out of the cave and landed next to the two of them.
The cave collapsed completely and was buried.
"Huh, we thought you were going to get cold..."
Qiao An sighed and looked around. On the ground in the distance was a dark figure of a crude oil beast.
The earth is already shaking, and it is not suitable to stay here for long.
"We have to leave quickly. We must leave this planet on a ship, otherwise we won't be able to escape!"
Johnny shouted.
Joan and Johnny were about to leave, but found that Joseph was still at the exit of the cave.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing him like this, the two of them asked in confusion.
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?
AI!
Joseph actually created a personalized AI?
"No, it's just a coincidence. Don't think too much, we have to leave quickly!"
Johnny sighed, he couldn't care so much now, he had to go.
"No!"
"I want to take Ellie back, I know she has feelings!"
Joseph ignored it and started digging directly out of the cave.
Joan and Johnny frowned, this guy was really confused.
I wanted to drag him away forcefully, but he raised his weapon and took aim.
"Don't stop me. You can leave first. I'll be back later!"
Seeing Joseph's appearance, the remaining two people looked at each other and then looked at the herd of crude oil beasts that was about to attack.
"Damn guys, how could we give up on our teammates?"
"Damn it, you're stubborn!"
Joan and Johnny cursed and followed Joseph to dig.
The tremors of the earth became more and more severe, and a chasm opened in the distance, and countless crude oil beasts fell down.
The intense excavation work made the three of them sweat.
A shock made them fall to the ground in fear, and they gritted their teeth and continued digging the cave.
Emperor Tian pays off his conscientious people.
Joseph really discovered the mecha controlled by Ellie.
He knocked open the core of the mecha, pulled out the hard drive containing Ellie, and put it into his mecha.
"Thank you!" Joseph said to Joan and Johnny with tears in his eyes.
The two of them didn't say much. There were some words that didn't need to be said anymore.
run.
Run fast.
They crossed the chasm, destroyed the monsters, and ran along the conveyor belt to the prepared ship.
The planet's gravity begins to weaken.
In the sky, they even saw a continent breaking away from the planet, and the atmosphere began to dissipate.
Fortunately, they boarded the homecoming successfully.
The improved Homecoming no longer requires a first-stage rocket boost.
The thrusters erupted in place, and the Homecoming sailed toward the sky.
It flew upwards until the alien star was left behind.
Not long after they left, the entire alien planet first turned into an oval shape, and then became fragmented.
Not long after the sublight engine was turned on, a message came from Daxia's stellar base.
"This...this...is the Daxia Moyu Star Base. Please...identify yourself!"
In the cockpit of the Homecoming, Joan, Johnny, and Joseph looked at each other.
They succeeded!
