Chapter eight hundred and nine returning empty-handed
What Summers said was indeed right. The group of them also left the factory and entered the wild. They soon discovered the scratches left by the pulley rolling through the soil, so they chased after it in a car.
The vehicle is the Iron Knight off-road vehicle prepared by Mr. Engineer in advance. It is one of the top off-road vehicles produced by the Alliance Propulsion Group. It has air cushion and gliding functions, and can even fly short distances.
The following week was a tracking battle that spanned hundreds of miles. Everyone chased them all the way from Shuangfeng Town to the foot of Mount Kililuo. On the way, they also encountered attacks by sand people and horse bandits and hungry people.
The beast herd. Of course, there was also a brief encounter with a larger group of sand people.
It was a sand people group of more than 200 people. Some of them had horses, guns, and many heavy weapons, and everyone looked very capable. Of course, the chariots and cannons were gone. After the Battle of Tulon
, the Community Guard conducted a six-month sweep of the entire planet and confiscated nearly a hundred heavy artillery and armored vehicles of "unknown" models. From then on, the heaviest weapon still retained by the Sand People tribe was the shoulder-mounted weapon.
of phasers and rockets.
However, placed in the wilderness south of the Kililuo Mountains, this is already a very capable team. It may even pose a certain threat to Twin Peaks Town.
After the Battle of Tulon, most of the sand people who were unwilling to obey the community had no choice but to obey. However, a considerable number of tribes still fled to the wilderness and continued to resist unruly... Of course, so
Over the past few years, these proud "names of freedom" have indeed gradually become like bandits and caravans, which can be considered a very sad thing.
Obviously, this part of their encounter was one of them. After discovering the "lonely" off-road vehicle, they pounced on it like a hyena seeing a lone antelope.
Kelvin felt that if it were like the last war in Tulon, where we had a whole refugee convoy. Although there were many people with cars and guns, the whole team, old and young, lacked food and clothing and were frightened. If they encountered such a large group of people in the wild,
The sand people's troops must be in trouble.
However, neither the ranger nor the engineer Mr. Summers, nor even the reporter, were mortals. Summers easily dodged several shelling attacks while driving the car, while Ash carried him from the back seat of the car.
He opened a Gatling gun and sprayed out angry blue fire at the rushing Sand Cavalry.
The firepower of the blue-fire Gatling is naturally very fierce, and while maintaining the density of firepower, Ash was able to shoot out the barrages with the effect of a rifle.
Looking at the reporter, she looked unarmed, but she took out a folded rifle from nowhere. She was lying on the back seat of the constantly moving vehicle, her hands, feet and body were very steady. She did not
She did not shoot at the Sand Miner cavalry that rushed over, but at the gunners who were operating phaser cannons and rocket launchers further away. Almost every time she fired, a Sand Miner gunner fell to the ground. When she finished shooting a magazine,
No more enemies showed up.
As for the cavalry, they all fled after leaving behind the bodies of more than twenty people and beasts of burden.
I now know that you all have special skills! Kelvin sat in the back seat with his own gun. He didn’t fire a single shot during the whole process. He could only watch the divine operations of his companions and lament the difference between mortals and supermen.
The gap between humans and dogs is wider than that between mortals and dogs.
"The movements of these sand people are not normal." Miss Moen said: "As far as I know, after the Battle of Tulong, the community's security control here was much stricter than before. A group of more than fifty sand people were in the wild
Anyone who wanders around for more than twenty-four hours will definitely call in the police."
"Probably because the raiders invaded, most of the Earth's army is shrinking near Tulong." Ash said casually.
Kelvin was a little worried about the safety of Twin Peaks Town, but Summers reassured him that the sand people had been maimed and would never dare to attack Twin Peaks Town. You know, that was Mount Kiliro.
It is one of the largest towns in the southern wilderness, with a permanent population of less than 10,000 people. Almost all young adults own guns, and it also has a self-disciplined defense system.
In short, everyone escaped without any danger. After a short period of repair, the direction of the robot's progress was found through the electromagnetic signal residue when the robot moved, but it was heading towards the mountains in the distance.
"The appearance of the Hengduan Mountains is indeed unusual," the reporter said.
"There are so many abnormal places." Ya Xiu smiled.
Summers said: "Indeed, the south of the mountain is a desert with sparse vegetation, and there are only a few oasis belts in the river basins suitable for civilization. The land in the north of the mountain near the inland sea is much fertile. Eight percent of the immigrants from the community in Xinyumen
Shidu hit there. However, there are vast plains on both sides of the mountain range, and there is no natural change in the altitude line."
"There is indeed something in that mountain." Taina Mohn pondered for a moment: "I heard that during the Battle of Tulong, Colonel Yu Lian also discovered the remains of the Enlightened One in that mountain?"
Hearing the name of his savior, Kelvin suddenly became interested. He didn't notice that although Ash next to him didn't turn his head, his ears were obviously tingling.
Summers had no reaction and just smiled: "I'm just a civilian, how can I know about the affairs of senior officers? What's more, I'm a big shot like Colonel Yu Lian."
The reporter lady seemed to agree with the other party's explanation and said no more.
Everyone continued on the road. Although there were many twists and turns in the process, they finally followed the traces left by the escape robot and found hidden canyons and caves in the south of the mountain. Immediately afterwards, there was this huge
The underground space is unknown.
Kelvin asked himself, although he was a fan of treasure hunting adventure movies and one of Professor Jones's casual fans, when it was his turn, he would never go inside such a dark and bottomless cave.
However, his friends all walked in one after another without even the slightest hesitation.
Fortunately, apart from encountering two poisonous snakes and a fire rock lizard as big as a calf, there were no other dangers in the cave.
They found the completely scrapped security robot at the bottom of the cave. As for the group of nanomachines that "possessed" it, they had naturally disappeared without a trace. Needless to say, if those nanomachines really existed, it would be very important.
He may have penetrated into this strange wall at the end of the cave.
Of course, Kelvin, an ordinary cowboy, had never imagined that he would have the opportunity to stand here and eat bread after such an adventure that would not show off even if he were to be featured in the movie "The Raiders."
the road.
Just as he was nibbling the bread in the self-heating dry food, Ash said to the other two people: "How about it, two professors, you must have seen enough, right? I just said it's not time yet?"
"The ancient books I saw last time said that the period of red fog is when it opens. As far as I know, Xinyumen will only have red fog during this period. This is the desert climate and the red color of Kililuo Mountain.
The mirage phenomenon formed by the mountains cannot be seen elsewhere.”
"That's very interesting. I actually have a similar statement here." Ash said with a smile: "I also heard about the emerald stage, the purple curtain, and the crazy symphony. Similar riddles like this can be heard every year
Tens of thousands of them have been dug out from ruins all over the world. And we are not sure whether the interpretation is correct or not."
The reporter lady nodded, a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Summers thought about it for a moment, but then said: "Where did you hear these riddles from Mr. Ash?"
Ash looked at the reporter and saw the other woman nodded inaudibly, then smiled and said: "Of course the senior who gave me the puzzle. He is an archaeologist from Hongshan University and a veteran relic hunter! But he is famous.
He wasn't big and didn't make much money, so he was probably obsessed with his messy research. He was still talking about these things before he died."
"Your adoptive father is very famous in this world." Miss Moen said: "His experience is one of Professor Jones' main sources of material!"
Guliang
"Really, really?" Mr. Kelvin was shocked.
"Of course it's fake. Professor Jones has thousands of sources of information." Ash said angrily.
The reporter lady turned her head noncommittally and said to Summers: "I did receive such news. Colonel Yu Lian found a relic of an enlightened person here. So, it's just that later, the community military found a relic of an enlightened person here.
The original site was re-explored, but nothing was found.”
"You are very well informed," Summers said.
"So, where did your news come from?"
Summers seemed to have answered the question unreasonably: "We are special. As well-informed as you are, we should probably have the answer."
The reporter lady looked directly into the other person's eyes, looked at each other for a few seconds, and then nodded.
Kelvin became more and more restless. Although he was just a cowboy born in an ordinary family and could not understand these people's riddles, he often watched and played "Treasure League", "Mysterious Starry Sky" and the like, but he also knew that these were all
It is the process of decrypting ancient ruins, and it also vaguely involves some more secret information.
Is it really okay for me, an ordinary person who just wandered into the scene, to just listen to it casually? He won’t be silenced just like that, right?
He didn't notice that Ash had moved a few steps to the side, as if he wanted to get further away from here and was ready to run away at any time.
Summers reached out and knocked on the wall gently, listened to the sound, and finally shook his head.
The reporter lady has already taken out high-definition shooting equipment, taking pictures of the wall and all the surrounding environment, while saying: "We still have insufficient information, and it is possible that there are still some unknown conditions required to activate the ruins here."
"Anyway, at least we have determined the location here, so it's not like we have gained nothing. So, can we escape? I always have a very ominous premonition."
The reporter pretended not to hear anything and continued to operate the two shooting drones floating in the air, scanning all the details of the scene. At this time, she was less like a trained reporter and more like a trained reporter.
The well-trained forensic police officers are investigating the scene of the case.
As for Mr. Summers, he constantly took out various equipment from his backpack and took the trouble to install them around the cave.
Kelvin was dazzled by what he saw. He suspected that Mr. Engineer's backpack might be from the fourth dimension, and there might be a factory hidden in it.
"These devices will transmit signals to us 24 hours a day and collect all the environmental information here. The oxygen content and air content here, the types and divisions of microorganisms, the changing patterns of humidity and temperature, and even more
Subtle changes in energy radiation are all useful information. It will be very helpful for our next exploration."
"Can this help you understand how this thing works?" Ya Xiu patted the wall.
"You can always give it a try. It doesn't cost any money anyway." The engineer smiled and explained to Kelvin: "Besides, if this ruins disappears like last time, we can at least leave some clues."
Kelvin said with a wry smile that even if you explained it, I still wouldn't understand it. However, he was still very grateful to Mr. Summers for his willingness to explain this to an illiterate person like him.
After completing these tasks, the group of four people returned the same way, and finally found the intact Iron Knight off-road vehicle outside the cave. However, when they drove the vehicle out of the canyon, Mr. Summers
First, I received an urgent message from my colleagues in the Engineers Guild.
"The predator's warship has arrived at Xinyumen?"
"It's not a battleship. According to the garrison headquarters, it's just an armed transport ship without orbital bombing capabilities. But they also issued an evacuation notice and activated the city shield. They also requested that all citizens who could not make it to Tulon should arrive as soon as possible.
Take refuge in the nearest town." The communication on the other side said: "Where are you now?"
Ash here has opened the map and clicked on a spot on Mount Kililuo: "We are here now, rushing from the Greydew Valley Tunnel to Tulong. The distance is about 800 kilometers. If nothing unexpected happens,
We'll be here within twelve hours."
Kelvin said hurriedly: "Then, what about Twin Peaks Town?"
Ash glanced at the other person: "Shuangfeng Town is less than 300 kilometers away from here...but the road is not safe."
Indeed, since more than 70% of the residents of Xinyumen live on this quite fertile plain between the north of the mountains and the inland sea, the garrison headquarters naturally gathered most of its troops here to live.
The sand people communities and city-states in this area are also relatively more respectful.
However, if it is in the wilderness in the south of the mountain, it is a different matter. The area close to the town is relatively safe, but 100 kilometers outside the city is an absolutely lawless place.
The wild animals and sand people gangs that everyone encountered along the way can already explain a lot of problems.
"But..." Kelvin opened his mouth slightly. He was worried about his pregnant wife and daughter, worried about Uncle Wang on the farm, and worried about his colleagues and friends in the factory. However, he had no reason to let these three accompany him on the adventure.
At this time, Summers said: "I'm not too confident about the safety over in Twin Peaks Town. So, let's divide the troops into two groups. Miss Moen and Mr. Fashobit, take my car and return to Tulong as soon as possible.
Requesting reinforcements. Kelvin and I return to Twin Peaks."
Seeing that everyone was silent, he smiled again and said: "You all know my skills. It won't be a problem if you encounter a few wild giant beasts or one or two hundred sand people gangs."
"But, transportation..."
As soon as Ash opened his mouth, Summers had already jumped out of the car, pulled out a bunch of parts from the trunk of the back seat, and after a dazzling moment of splicing and reassembly like a magic trick, he just put together a two-seater air mattress.
motorcycle.
"After all, I am an engineer. Isn't it reasonable to carry two vehicles with me?"
Miss Taina Mohn looked at the other party deeply and said cheerfully: "Then I will do as you wish!"