The off-road vehicle traveled westward in a bumpy way, and this time it took a whole day to reach the intended settlement.
In the car, Chu Jungui sat quietly and didn't speak. At this time, Li Ruobai squeezed into his private channel and said, "Why haven't you spoken all day?"
"say what?"
"Anything will do. Otherwise, should I go talk to these savages?"
"You should go talk to them."
"Hey! Do you think I'm a barbarian too?" Li Ruobai seemed to be particularly concerned about this.
"I think if you talk to them more, you will get more information."
Li Ruobai sighed and said, "I can't ask any more questions. I already know the current situation of this planet, and there are many similar precedents."
Chu Jungui was interested and asked, "What's the precedent?"
"After the Great Schism Era, humanity was scattered for a long time. Even in neighboring star fields, they might not know what the other party was doing. At that time, the way humans transmitted information was mostly through the Chen Tower, and messages were transmitted very slowly. . There are many colonial stars that have stagnated in their technology due to lack of communication with the outside world. Just like here."
"Is there still Chen Pagoda now?" Chu Jungui asked.
"There should be more in some deep space star fields."
The beginning of the age of human interstellar navigation began with an accident. At that time, humans on their home planet, which had just left the solar system, discovered a natural space channel near the orbit of Pluto. When a spacecraft ventured into the passage, it discovered that the other end of the passage was actually a strange galaxy hundreds of light-years away.
In order to locate the position in the vast starry sky, people built a device at both ends of this channel that can continuously transmit positioning signals, named Chen Tower. Since then, as human footprints have spread throughout various star towers, Chen towers have also been built one after another.
Over the past hundreds of years, human research on wormholes and space has reached a new level. It has been possible to observe high-dimensional space for positioning through indirect means. Chenta is no longer necessary and gradually abandoned.
However, many Chen Pagodas had a life cycle of one thousand years when they were first built, so even today, some Chen Pagodas are still emitting positioning signals.
The two briefly chatted for a few words, and Chu Jungui stopped talking again. Li Ruobai couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Why don't you speak?"
"say what?"
"Then you didn't talk all day. What were you thinking about?"
"daze."
Of course Chu Jungui didn't tell the truth. In his free time, most of his computing power was used in compiling various loaders. For example, although the compilation of light weapons combat has been completed, it still needs to be split into specific weapon categories, such as pistols, assault rifles, etc., and then it must be repeatedly optimized so that it does not occupy too many loading spaces.
Without the computing power support of the mastermind of the Business School, the compilation and optimization process would be extremely slow. Chu Jungui couldn't wait to spend everything on this, and he had to keep an eye on the surroundings. He had no time to chat with Li Ruobai.
Seeing that Chu Jungui remained silent, Li Ruobai still refused to give up and asked, "Do you want to know why we appear in this ghost place?"
"In no mood."
"How come you have no curiosity at all?"
"Because we have arrived." Chu Jungui pointed forward.
Li Ruobai was startled, adjusted the eyepiece, and vaguely saw a settlement on the horizon in the distance.
Om turned around and said: "We are already here. The leader here is a guy named Stonewall, who is quite fierce and cunning. I will try to communicate with them in a while, you just follow me and try not to talk. Also, Wrap your cloak around you."
Aum pointed at Li Ruobai.
Li Ruobai shrugged and reluctantly wrapped his cloak tightly to cover his armor. This was also the original plan. Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai acted as Aum's followers in order to obtain the necessary information without causing conflict. The most conspicuous thing about them is their armor, but it is impossible not to wear armor in a strange environment, so the best way is to wrap themselves in a cloak.
Li Ruobai quietly poked Chu Jungui and asked, "Don't you feel uncomfortable? This thing smells so bad!"
"Didn't you turn on the filtration system?" Chu Jungui asked strangely.
"It's open. But, I still feel awkward." Li Ruobai was a little embarrassed.
The armor on their bodies has a filtration system that can keep out various chemical or biological toxins, and eliminating odors is even easier.
Chu Jungui didn't expect that Li Ruobai still had some mysophobia. But now was not the time to discuss this. He jumped off the off-road vehicle and followed Orm. Li Ruobai also got out of the car carrying a backpack.
Several heavily armed hunters walked out of the settlement, looking at the three of them warily.
"I am Orm, the most powerful hunter in the eastern settlements! Now, I come to visit your leader, Stonewall. Tell him that I have some good things to share with him."
A burly hunter appeared, stared at Orm for a while, and said, "I know you. But why did you only bring so few people here?"
"I'm here to trade, not to fight." Orm replied.
"Okay, come with me, the boss is waiting."
The three of them entered the settlement and walked towards the largest four-story building in the center. Chu Jungui looked left and right seemingly casually, but he was actually scanning various buildings.
The buildings in this settlement are almost the same as those in Aum. There are also oxygen supply stations, water rooms and cold storages, but there are about a hundred more residents and the houses are better repaired.
"Jun Gui, look to the right." Li Ruobai's voice sounded in the private channel.
Chu Jungui looked to the right and could see the small square at the other end through a path. There was a row of shelves standing in the square, with objects wrapped in sacks hanging upside down. It looks like a corpse.
Chu Jungui remained calm. After scanning, he found that there were indeed corpses hanging inside.
At this time, the burly hunter led them up to the third floor and came to a very ornately decorated office. A man was sitting behind a desk, with his legs propped up on the wall, his back facing the three of them.
Hearing the footsteps, he put down his legs, turned the swivel chair, and turned around.
This was a sinister-looking man with a triangular metal plate embedded in his face. His pale eyes looked at the three of them with caution and cruelty.
He first looked at Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai, and finally his eyes fell on Aum, showed an exaggerated smile, stood up and gave Aum a warm hug, and said: "Aum! My brother, listen to my people Did you bring a good business? You know I like doing business the most."
Orm smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that your favorite thing is hunting and killing?"
Stonewall shrugged and said, "I like doing business just as much. It's also profitable."
"Speaking of making money, maybe our chance to make a fortune is here. I found this." Orm threw a metal fragment on the table.
Shi Qiang's pupils suddenly shrank, and his rich experience told him that this was a piece of metal that he had never seen before.
"How to do this business?"
Om said calmly: "Tell me first, have you seen anything falling from the sky recently?"
