It's nightfall again.
There was a faint rustling sound in the howling wind, and the temperature dropped rapidly, seeming to be colder than usual nights.
The thick clouds in the sky were occasionally illuminated by lightning in the depths, and at a startling glance, a small black dot vaguely flew across the sky.
On the reverse slope of the high slope, groups of spiny beasts were already in place. Several of them were obviously larger than other spiny beasts, with multiple eye-catching dark purple lines on their bodies. They each occupied one side, and the rest of the spiny-backed beasts were surrounding them. They were divided into several groups, and they were clearly distinguishable from each other.
Around the cockpit, the scenery on the ground showed some subtle fluctuations, and it was obvious that a large number of lizard beasts were approaching quietly.
At this time, a shrill cry sounded in the air, and a large number of lizard beasts appeared on the ground. They were touching each other, looking a little flustered and confused, not understanding why they had to exit the invisibility state.
The two couriers fell from the sky one after another, flew around the cockpit several times, and then landed on a section of the remaining fortification wall outside the cockpit. They stretched their necks and looked into the cockpit.
The cockpit door was open, and there was nothing inside.
One courier flew cautiously into the cockpit, while the other remained outside, nervously watching the actions of its companions.
The courier looked around in the cockpit, but couldn't see anything after looking around for a long time. Naturally, he didn't trigger any traps. It watched for a long time before flying out of the cockpit and barking a few times.
On the base at this moment, there are only remaining fortifications and the corpses of strange beasts scattered everywhere.
The two messengers flew around the base several times, but could not find any enemies. At this time, the earth shook, and dozens of giant rhino beasts appeared. A messenger shouted at the giant rhino group, and the giant rhinoceros group slowly stopped.
The two messengers communicated for a moment, and then one messenger flew away into the distance. In the forest several kilometers away, the huge herd of alien beasts received the order, stood up from hibernation, slowly spread out, and returned to the distance.
The remaining courier still refused to give up and flew around the base several times. He still couldn't figure out why the enemy who had always been stationed here disappeared. The messenger flew high into the sky again and searched everywhere, but still could not find any clues.
Without the enemy, this herd of animals, which was unprecedented in size and adopted the sneak attack strategy for the first time, would be useless.
In the distance, Lin Xi was driving the mobile base forward using his personal terminal. On the small map in the corner of the personal terminal screen, the route of the mobile base and the terrain details along the way are automatically recorded.
At this time, Chu Jungui climbed to the roof of the car from below and sat down next to Lin Xi.
"We have traveled 371 kilometers, do we want to continue?"
"Find a forest to rest and replenish fuel."
Lin Xi nodded and said, "We have to build a scanner. The scanning range of personal terminals is still a bit small."
"We will make it when we rest."
"Are we going to keep going like this?" Lin Xi asked.
"What do you think?"
"Let's walk again. It's been a long time since we encountered a herd of beasts. It seems that our direction is correct. The original place is indeed too close to the beast's nest."
Chu Jungui looked into the distance and said after a moment: "There is a forest at the foot of the mountain over there, and the terrain is relatively flat. Let's set up a temporary camp there. Even the winged beast's activity range will not exceed 200 kilometers, so We should be relatively safe for now.”
Lin Xi sighed softly and said, "I still like the beginning."
Chu Jun returned and said: "When we have some strength again, we will fight back."
Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and then she became a little uneasy and asked, "Really? But...will I be a little willful?"
"Of course not. Since we are here, sooner or later we have to face the secrets of this planet. If this planet really hides any big secrets, then there will probably be clues in the beast's nest. So sooner or later, we all have to Going back."
Lin Xi sighed, "You are really good at comforting people."
She turned her body slightly and slowly leaned on Chu Jungui.
Chu Jungui immediately became stiff and motionless, like a steel statue. At this moment, he was inspecting all the components and saw no sign of any abnormality in any component, and tactical deception was not activated.
The mountains in the distance look very close, but are actually quite far away. The mobile base slowly moved forward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and it took another full hour to reach its destination.
There is an isolated forest at the foot of the mountain. It is not too small and extends up to halfway up the mountain. The top of the mountain is close to the ion storm layer, and it is hit hard by terrifying thunder and lightning from time to time. The rocks near the peak have a metallic luster, and some are even faintly glowing.
Chu Jungui and Lin Xi were not in a hurry to get out of the car, but held their guns on guard and scanned the forest. After a while, Lin Xi looked at the scan results and said, "It seems that there are only sporadic beasts here, and there is no sign of a beast tide for the time being."
"It's not bad, right here."
The two jumped off the roof of the car and explored deeper into the forest.
The forest was very quiet, and the few strange beasts seemed to have regained their wild instincts. When they saw such a giant beast as the mobile base approaching, they all hid deep in the forest.
Lin Xi and Chu Jungui explored for a few kilometers and found no danger, so they returned the same way.
Lin Xi drove the mobile base back several hundred meters and finally stopped five hundred meters from the edge of the forest, preparing to set up a temporary camp here.
Chu Jungui opened the cargo hold, took out a workbench from the warehouse, and placed it on the ground. Lin Xi pulled out a cable from the car and connected it to the workbench.
When the control screen appeared on the workbench, Chu Jungui smiled and said: "Okay, this is our second base. Do you want to give it a name?"
Lin Xi thought for a while and said: "I still like my first home, so let's call it the footprints. After all, it is the place where we first set foot on this planet. As for this place, how about calling it the horizon?"
"Everything is fine. What about our mobile base?" Chu Jungui pointed to the semi-finished base that showed signs of falling apart.
"Call it the Pilot."
Chu Jungui wrote them down one by one and said, "Okay, I'll make a sign later."
"Why are you so serious?"
"Life must have a sense of ritual." Chu Jungui said casually. After the words came out of his mouth, he remembered that it seemed to be a common word for tactical deception.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Xi seemed particularly obedient.
Chu Jungui sighed in his heart, tactics of deception are very effective against women.
With the lessons learned from the 'footprint' of the first base, Chu Jungui and Lin Xi were ready to run away at any time, so naturally they would not spend too much resources and energy on infrastructure. So this time, the two of them did not choose a rock foundation. Instead, they found a piece of land that was easy to level and simply shoveled and pressed the ground until it was flat.
After the workbench was started, Lin Xi started to build the third pulp power furnace. Chu Jungui moved the refining furnace, organic matter separator, and editor from the warehouse one by one, set them up, and then connected the power supply, the prototype of a base was ready.
