wandering planet

While waiting for the screen to recognize the outline of the moving object, Linney continued to explain the previous topic.

The reason why the predators were determined to be lured down by the seemingly calm Black Sea is because the predators acted with obvious animality: they have a strong sense of territory.

After confirming the safety of a certain planet, the humanoid will land and patrol, and sweep the planet's resources.They are very patient, and will set off in different directions after landing to search everywhere.

Non-humanoid marauders measure territory boundaries by splitting.They split into countless spherical objects, rolling continuously on the ground, moving towards the predetermined direction.

"So as long as they determine that the Black Sea is safe, they will definitely leave the ship." Linney said. "I just don't know what form these predators are in."

"... Humanoid." Jiang Che whispered.

On one corner of the screen, the shape of the predator is clearly displayed.

They left the shadows below the ship and finally walked into the starlight.

The first thing that appeared in the light were a few huge pointed long heads, just like the creator did not grasp the proportion and aesthetic feeling when creating human beings and made the heads too thick and long by mistake. They are like several heavy ellipses, surrounded by a The same thick neck supports it.

Even from the same ship, the humanoid marauders take different forms.Some have long legs and thin hands, some have a pair of unusually long ears, and some walk with their backs bent and their hands dragging on the ground.It seems that when they borrow some kind of perfect object to create themselves, they have various differences in aesthetics.

Everyone who saw this picture, without exception, had goose bumps all over their bodies.

They looked like people, but they were too weird to be human—it was horrible.

Tang Mo asked suddenly: "Wait! What is this lump in their bodies?"

The shimmering, translucent bodies of these humanoid marauders look like postmodern sculptures blown from poor quality glass.The monitoring instrument originally only faithfully recorded the shape, but in the picture of the thermal imager at the bottom left of the screen, the figure of the predator showed something strange.

Their abdomens appear to harbor an irregular heat source, which shows up an extremely vivid red in thermal imaging cameras.

"..." Linney and Pierre, two students who have successfully graduated from the academy, observed for a while, and said uncertainly, "This is... the brain of a predator?"

"Only the brain has temperature, and other parts don't?" Ovid wondered, "This is impossible. Not to mention whether the predators have a brain that we can understand, their brains have such a high temperature, how can their bodies be completely cold? "

Except for the lump hidden in the abdomen, the other parts of the Marauder's body did not respond to temperature.

Linney added to Ovid's account: "Or that lump in the abdomen was all the viscera of the marauder."

"Organs?" Song Junxing asked in a strange voice, "We don't even know how predators reproduce. Are you sure they can have such complicated organs?"

"Predators are not paramecia." Linney held back his anger, "Don't talk back to me, it's pointless."

"Don't talk back, don't talk back." Song Junxing said, "Can I kiss?"

Lin Ni stared at him silently, his eyes filled with killing intent.

The rest of the people spoke up quickly, diverting the attention of the two of them: "They're scattered! Linney, come and take a look."

Jiang Che, who had been staring at the screen without making a sound, touched his chin.He is now more certain of his deduction: the appearance of the predator is actually a mimic.

Although they have been unable to approach and land on the Black Sea, they have been paying attention to and observing the Black Sea.They know that the creatures that occupy the Black Sea are humans, with hands, feet and heads.On this planet, it is obviously more convenient to act in human form.

Regardless of whether the mass in the abdomen is the brain or other organs other than the brain, the only thing Jiang Che can be sure of is that the part of the predator's body that does not respond to temperature is most likely their mimic part.Their real entity is the thing with extremely high heat.

The predators that fell to the ground did not touch each other, they chose two directions very tacitly, spreading out towards the east and west respectively.

"Very smart." Song Junxing said suddenly, "They have research on the Black Sea."

Starting from the military base where Building Zero is located, there is a huge forest to the east and west, and beyond the forest is the vast ocean.

There must be food resources out there that the looters want to grab.

Even though the target was clear, the looters still noticed Building Zero standing in the dark night.The dozen or so predators heading east stopped in their tracks. They dragged their feet and walked towards Building Zero.

In front of them are chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep that have already had their supper.

Jiang Che and the others were all engrossed, staring at the screen together.

The information they want to get is about to appear.

At this moment, Tang Mo suddenly spoke: "A total of 253 predators landed just now."

As soon as she finished speaking, a few dull sounds echoed in the control room.

The two cows standing a short distance in front of the marauders fell to the ground.

There were two fist-sized blood holes on each of their necks, but no trace of blood leaked out.

As the dull sounds exploded one after another, the animals in front of Building Zero also fell to the ground one by one.

"Did you see it?" Song Junxing asked nervously.

"No." Linney answered his question in a low voice, "It's too dark...the speed of the weapon is very fast..."

Ovid was a little surprised: "I can see it."

He pointed to the cautiously moving Marauder on the screen.

"I see their weapons." His fingers landed on a dark spot that, judging by the dim light from the Marauder's body, seemed to be its left arm.

Ovid traced the shape of the weapon with his fingertips.

"The weapons are in the hands of the predators. They didn't draw out the weapons or reload them." He thought about the words, "That thing is very similar to the laser gun used by Jiang Che."

Soon, as the marauders left the shadows, they finally saw the weapons on their left arms.

It seemed to be a heavy block of stone—or iron—dark, clinging tightly to the Marauder's limb.Several gray-black tentacles snaked out from the lower part of the weapon, fused together with the predator's arm, seemingly inseparable.

Linney observed the wound of the dead animal, and quickly made a judgment: "This is a small melta ray gun. The reason why no blood flows out is because when the melta ray penetrates the animal's body, it also destroys the damaged blood vessels. Burnt, the blood is clogged...or the moment the melta ray penetrates, they are already roasted, and there is no blood to flow in the body at all."

Ovid was taken aback.

At such a tense moment, he actually found that his stomach constricted and his mouth began to salivate because of Linney's words.

His Adam's apple moved, and he coughed lightly.

"They really only carry this weapon." Song Junxing said in a low voice after observing for a while.

Perhaps because the ships are loaded with powerful rays and melta weapons, the Marauders have always acted in a fixed way: first use the ships to kill the enemies on the planet, and then land on the ground to patrol and search for resources.

Because of this, they do not need to carry complex and heavy weapons on their bodies.

Linney quickly made a decision.

"In order to prevent the predators from finding out, we can only kill them one by one." He stuffed the orange-red graduate badge around his neck into his collar and put it next to his body, "Come on, cheer up, let's play shooting Game. Once we get the Birog ring, we will launch the Phoenix and send Jiang Che to Earth."

Jiang Che was being aroused by the "shooting game" he said. Hearing this, he said strangely: "Send me to the earth? Don't you come with me too?"

"Yes." Song Junxing explained to him, "I will send you to the earth. You are the host, and we are the guests. How you will receive it is up to you. Don't be too shabby, I want to drink the legendary 5000 pounds a cup cat shit coffee."

While Tang Mo was enthusiastically explaining to Pierre what cat poop coffee was and what a British pound was, Jiang Che and the others quickly changed into their combat uniforms.

Junche still uses his small laser gun, but neither Ovid nor Linney can continue to use their previous weapons.There were more than a dozen sniper rifles in the ammunition depot, and Song Junxing selected four after checking them one by one.

Putting the silencer on the muzzle of the laser gun, Jiang Che turned to look at Ovid.

Ovid is getting used to the new gun.He squatted on the ground with his arms close to his body, his breathing was slow, his eyes were almost attached to the scope, and his whole body was motionless, like a frozen statue.

"Okay, I believe he is a killer." Linney said while installing the silencer, "and he is a sniper who is used to hiding. Where did you train? There is such a hidden killer training base in Marseilles? "

Ovid was a little smug.He took off the scope and heaved a few breaths.The guns are fine, but the scope is a bit spent.

Like him, Lin Ni and Song Junxing also removed their scopes.Ovid took a few glances at the two men, thinking that you two looked like killers too.

Pierre was also assigned a sniper rifle. He was responsible for guarding Building Zero and protecting Tang Mo who was dispatched in the control room.

"Ovid, how many people have you killed?"

Ovid quickly put away his gun, first glanced at Jiang Che quickly, and then turned to look at Pierre to answer his question: "Actually, I haven't killed anyone."

Everyone looked suspicious.

"But my training results are very good!" Ovid defended, "so I also feel that it is a pity that I have no actual results..."

The eyes of everyone became even weirder.

Ovid: "No, no, that's not what I meant!"

"Let's go." Linney urged, "Check the communicator."

The four wore combat suits that could not be monitored by infrared rays and temperature measurement. After checking the communicator, they walked up the stairs leading to the ground.

Tang Mo's voice came from the earphones.

"The first floor is currently safe, but there are three looters wandering near the entrance of Building Zero, and fifteen more farther away." She said, "Song Junxing, I give you a piece of advice: I think you should install A security door."

"Good girl, your advice came too late." Song Junxing pushed open the secret door leading to the underground ammunition depot, and got out first.

Building No. [-] was quiet, only the sound of the wind outside the building could be heard.Marauders move in an odd way, with no walking or sliding sounds.

"Jiang Che, Ovid, listen up: According to what I just said, two people should go together. Song Junxing and I will go to the east, and you will go to the west. Pierre, don't let the looters enter Building Zero, and you must protect it even if you die. Tang Mo." Lin Ni said succinctly, "When Song Junxing and I go out, we will annihilate the enemies outside Building Zero. It's over."

Song Junxing glanced at him: "Don't you leave it to Pierre to practice?"

"Pierre is a graduate of the academy, and he knows how to handle a gun."

At this moment, the two of them were squatting in the corner of the wall, and under their feet was the secret door to the underground ammunition depot.

Building Zero was pitch black and eerily quiet.The chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep that were chirping, baa, baa, and moo were all silent.

"Tang Mo, tell me the location of the predator again." Lin Ni gave an order.

"One of them is coming to Building Zero." Tang Mo paused, and asked him anxiously, "Linney, the predator's ships are so big, and there are only 253 of them that have landed. Will there be more on it? .”

"No." Song Junxing answered quickly.

Marauder ships come out to hunt, mostly to get more resources.And because the ray weapons and melta weapons on the ship are quite powerful, most of the space on the ship is used to load resources instead of loading looters.

And in the entire universe, due to the harsh living environment, the number of predators is not particularly large.

"There are 253 in the ground, and I estimate that there are only about 300 in the entire ship."

Linney: "Do we have enough ammo?"

Song Junxing: "Very enough."

Linney frowned.He found that he was actually very nervous.This was the first time he had fought a Marauder, and it was face-to-face.He even forgot to ask Song Junxing the same key question: "How many?"

"Enough for us to play a very large shooting game." Song Junxing said.

Lin Ni didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned his head to stare at the door, but the corners of his mouth still moved, revealing a smile that disappeared quickly.

There was no light, so Song Junxing didn't notice it.

"We also have to pay attention to the leader of the marauders." He turned to remind Linney, "A ship has a leader, and the leader has control over the ship, including weapons."

Jiang Che and Ovid, who had been listening to the conversation on the communicator, were taken aback: "Boss?"

Jiang Che: "Ovid, didn't you go to the academy?"

"I dropped out of school after only one year, and I haven't learned much advanced content like predators."

Just as Lin Ni was about to explain, Tang Mo's voice suddenly rose, making his ears hurt—"It came in!"

There was no anti-theft door—not even the gate of Building Zero, where there was no concealed object, there was a faint light flickering.

With the entry of this predator, a strange sour smell also wafted over by the wind.

"Damn, what the hell is this body odor?" Song Junxing picked up the gun and pulled the trigger steadily and quickly towards the predator.

The muffler swallowed the harsh sound of the bullet firing.Linney only heard a muffled sound.

On the thermal imager, a small dot of flashing red light shot out at an almost invisible speed, passing through the predator's head in an instant.

The low voices of Lin Ni and Tang Mo sounded at the same time: "Song Junxing!!!"

Song Junxing didn't open his mouth, and the muzzle of the gun was slightly lowered. Almost at the moment when the first bullet hit, the second bullet had already been fired.

Carrying strong power and heat, the bullet burrowed into the predator's abdomen, and spun through the extremely high-heated "organs" before shooting into the wall.

The Predator twisted a few times and fell limply to the ground.The original shimmer on it seemed to disappear in an instant, leaving only the pungent sour smell permeating the first floor of Building Zero, which gradually became stronger.

"The calorie indicator in the predator's abdomen disappeared." Tang Mo reported immediately.

That is, the Marauder is dead.

Lin Ni was furious, and he groped and grabbed Song Junxing's clothes: "Is there something wrong with you! I told you to aim at the abdomen!"

Song Junxing quickly explained: "I forgot, really. Don't, don't pull it. The battle suit has been stored in the warehouse for a long time. I'm afraid the quality is not good..."

He tried to take Linney's hand away.The back of Lin Ni's hands felt cold, and it was Song Junxing's palms that covered them.

Linney opened his eyes wide in the darkness.

Song Junxing's palm temperature was very cold, and he was sweating coldly.

He froze for a while, then suddenly relieved.Not only him, everyone is nervous, but everyone also understands that they can't let their nervousness show and infect others.

"...Sorry." Lin Ni apologized to Song Junxing with great difficulty.

Song Junxing was pulled very close by him, and suddenly found that his face was not far from Lin Ni's.He licked his mouth, leaned over and kissed Linney on the cheek.

Linney: "........."

Because the communicator was right next to Linney's cheek, the rest of the people who stayed underground heard the obvious sound.

Not only the sound of kissing, but also the muffled sound of Lin Ni punching Song Junxing in the face.

Ovid was worried: "What's the matter with a kiss? There's no need to hit someone."

Jiang Che couldn't help but glanced at him.

Tang Mo calmly talked to Lin Ni: "Captain Lin Ni, I will give you a piece of advice: Please don't use violent means to damage our few combat power."

"Okay." Linney shook his hand, agreeing, "Listen to the scheduling."

He punched Song Junxing three times, but the strikes were not too heavy.Picking up his sniper rifle, he walked forward cautiously.

Song Junxing rubbed his face, feeling very happy: it was much lighter than last time.

Marauders outside Building Zero are collecting animal carcasses from the ground.Lin Ni solved the two closest to him first, and continued to approach carefully with the help of the ruins.

The ruins, which were disturbing to look at at first, became an excellent bunker at this time.Song Junxing was right behind him, and Tang Mo's voice sounded through the communicator: "The heat is gone."

When the heat is gone, it means the predator is dead.Linney gradually mastered the touch, but because there was no mask or mask, the sour smell from the predator was unbearable.Their blood is blue with a shimmer, but as the heat disappears after it flows out, the shimmer will gradually disappear.

It's just that the sour smell in the blood was so strong that Lin Ni had to stick his head into the crevice of the ruins to breathe carefully.

The ruins are good shelters, but at the same time, they also block the airflow, making it impossible for the sour smell to escape, almost forming a huge sour place.

Muffled noises sounded from the right one after another.Lin Ni turned his head and saw Song Junxing lying on the ruins, sniping continuously.

His posture was very steady, and his shooting was very accurate. After almost every muffled sound, he could hear Tang Mo's report.

Who trained him?Lin Ni couldn't help thinking, or during the five years in the Black Sea, he had been training himself all the time.Constantly going to the Sirius planetary belt to search for available parts and food, Song Junxing is different from these academics, he uses practice to cultivate.

The dispersal of the marauders gave the two snipers a chance. Ten minutes later, they had wiped out all the looters on the perimeter of Building Zero.

After Tang Mo made sure that there were no predators around, Song Junxing immediately stood on the ruins, raised his head, and took a few deep breaths of refreshing breath from the upper floors.

"Damn! It stinks! They don't take a bath!" He cursed a few words, looked down and saw Lin Ni looking at him, and called him to come up for fresh air together.

Linney thought this man was too weird.It was so weird that he didn't want to be with him.

Ignoring Song Junxing's invitation, Lin Ni turned and walked towards the east.Song Junxing took a few deep breaths of clean air, ran down the ruins, and followed Lin Ni closely.

The underground ammunition depot was quiet, Pierre was very nervous, and so were Jiang Che and Ovid.

"...No predators." Tang Mo's voice came from the communicator, "Okay, Jiang Che, Ovid, they have left the Black Sea military base and started to enter the plain area. You two can go up .”

Before going up the mountain, Jiang Che told Pierre again: "Protect Tang Mo."

Tang Mo was very impatient: "As I said, I don't need protection! It's safe here! And Linney and Ovid taught me how to use a gun!"

It was the first time for several people to hear Tang Mo lose his temper like this, and they were all surprised before agreeing with her words.

"Sing us a triumphant song," said Ovid. "Sing something very nice."

"Sing "Marseillaise" for you," Tang Mo said.

Ovid lay on the ladder, frowning: "Marseillaise? Is it a song praising Marseille? No, no, I don't like this kind of..."

Jiang Che was the first to reach the ground.He was taken aback by the smell, and then suddenly remembered that he hadn't had time to ask Lin Ni and Song Junxing what the "leader" of the predators was.

Knocking on the communicator, he whispered, "Linney, the predator's..."

Before finishing a sentence, Ovid's voice sounded from the secret door: "Wow! What a smell!"

A gust of night wind just blew from the door of Building Zero, carrying a strong sour smell.This taste blocked all the questions Jiang Che wanted to ask back into his stomach.He didn't want to say anything, he just wanted to hold his nose and leave as soon as possible.

"Go from the west." Tang Mo said, "After going out, look at the sky. The west side is the position of the Sirius planetary belt. Just walk towards Michelangelo [-]."