Section 07 Cohesion
The track rolls forward.
The attacks of the swarm came twice, but no more achievements were achieved except burning itself to illuminate others.
After bringing back the eggshell and insect shell specimens, Explorer 3 set off again to explore along the cleared channel.
The underground roads are complex, and as the exploration continues, the real-time 3D maps are becoming increasingly large...
After repelling the attacks of insects and exploring them for a full 10 hours, the full view of this underground cave was presented to everyone.
This underground space has intricate passages, but from the top of the map, the entire cave is in a standard circle.
However, when they controlled the robot to clean up the entire cave, they still did not find the two parasitic humans. Even the traces they had existed were just a few lines of suspicious footprints, but the footprints were elusive and always came to an abrupt end in incredible places.
"...The search was completed, there was no abnormality." The man in glasses leaned over to Chen Zheng and whispered.
This is the third thorough search, but they still have no new discoveries, as if the two infected people have disappeared out of thin air.
"The engineer continues to lay lighting lines and others rest." Chen Zheng decided to give up temporarily.
As the people in the tent dispersed in groups of three or three, the man in glasses approached Chen Zheng and asked softly: "What should I do next?"
"If you search for it tomorrow, if it really doesn't work..." Chen Zheng thought about it, he finally made up his mind, "You can arrange to produce 50 sets of protective clothing and 25 sets of portable flamethrowers. Then let Scar and the others bring some light weapons."
"Are you going to... bring someone in?"
"Relying on machinery will inevitably have blind spots, and sensors are still defective than human senses." Since he made up his mind, Chen Zheng no longer hesitated, "Even if there is some sacrifice, there is no way."
"Do I want to make some more slavery rings?" the man in glasses thought for a while.
"What is that?" Chen Zheng asked.
"It is a device to prevent slaves from being rebellious, installed on their chests. Once they rebelliously disobey or if their master is dissatisfied, they can activate the slave ring through remote control and inject toxins into their hearts to kill the slaves."
"No, doing so is harmful or useless." Chen Zheng shook his head.
Forced refugees to endure their lives is beneficial and harmless. After all, Chen Zheng is not an alien, and he still expects these people to become his real residents.
"But...will they be willing to take risks if they don't do this?" The man in glasses couldn't understand.
"Look at it." Chen Zheng didn't explain anything, but just asked someone to find Lao Wang and started chatting with him behind closed doors.
...
The next morning, the robot returned in vain again.
Chen Zheng, who had been staring at the screen, sighed and brought Lao Wang and Scar in power armor to the tent next to him.
In the tent next to me that had just stood up this morning, dozens of people were standing or sitting, gathering together in groups of three or three, whispering something.
These people were wearing chemical protective suits, and there were temporary fire spurts and some light weapons at the bottom of their feet.
When they saw Chen Zheng coming in, they stopped talking, and Chen Zheng was waiting for him to speak.
Chen Zheng looked around and saw that there were people from all over the fifty people from all countries, including blonde, brown hair... blue eyes, black eyes... but no matter what country or race, their expressions were surprisingly consistent.
With a little solemnity, a little hope, and something else that cannot be said.
Chen Zheng cleared his throat and said, "Since you are all sitting here, I believe you have some understanding of the situation we are facing now."
"I believe everyone has guessed that this is an alien. And I can tell you solemnly that this is a very dangerous planet. Especially now, if we cannot clean the cave in front of us, if we cannot find the two infected people hidden, once we drag it to spring... look at it and you will know what will happen to us."
As he said that, Chen Zheng took off the cloth covered by Explorer One.
Looking at the corroded robot, a heavy breathing sounded suddenly from the tent.
"No one here, including me, doesn't want to return to Earth. Maybe some people think that the hope of going home is already very slim, and they will only die of aliens in their lifetime..."
“…but I said, no.”
"Did you see this cave? The hope of returning to Earth is here."
"It takes a lot of minerals to return to Earth, and somewhere in this cave is hidden in the kind of thing we need. Eliminating infected people and getting mines is our mission."
"Everyone is an elite from all over the country who can stand alone. I won't say much about anything else. I promise here: Once the mission is completed, everyone will be rewarded."
"And you will no longer be refugees, but my guests, enjoy special supplies in the camp. Once the passage with the earth is opened, you will be on the first list of return to the earth."
"If you are injured, I will do my best to treat you. If you die here... your family will receive a $10 million pension."
"Finally, I would like to emphasize: Be sure to pay attention to safety. As long as you have a breath, I can save you back. Once you die, your wife will only spend the 10 million for you-I don't know whether your wife will be happy, but I'm sure your child's stepfather will be very happy..."
"……Ha ha ha ha……"
Several foreigners were amused by Chen Zheng, but some Asians looked a little ugly.
"So, no matter who you are for, don't die."
After saying that, Chen Zheng took off his coat, exposed the protective suit inside, and picked up a cannon fodder gun from the weapon stand in surprise eyes: "Let's go."
"Let's go."
In just three Chinese characters and a few words, the smiling ones are cheered up.
It was not until this moment that they understood one thing: they were really not cannon fodder.
Although Lao Wang said it very well before, they all knew that such a mission would be a life-and-death death. But what else could they do? It was normal to be in an alien world, living under someone else's roof, and being ordered to explore an unknown cave or something.
However, it was not until this time that they realized that the top leader of the entire camp, this mysterious boss who rarely appeared on the road in front of the public, was going to risk with them!?
It felt like the difference between soldiers listening to the difference between “Give me” and “Follow me”.
The morale of the entire team was immediately boosted.
Seeing these agents from all over the world, with different nationalities and dissatisfaction in languages passing by with high morale, Lao Wang couldn't help but look at Chen Zheng with admiration again.
"...I really didn't expect that there were so many heroic means..." Lao Wang couldn't help looking at Chen Zheng with admiration.
Chapter completed!