wandering planet

Escaping from the range of the marauder's body odor, both Jiang Che and Ovid took a few breaths.The shadow of the Predator was no longer visible, but the two quickly discerned in the darkness that the position where the Predator was heading was exactly the direction of the Phoenix.

Not daring to delay, they ran immediately.

Tang Mo's voice came from the communicator: "Don't run too fast! Pay attention!"

They left the monitoring range around Building Zero, and Tang Mo could no longer see them from the monitor.

Fortunately, the communicator is equipped with a locator, and the underground control room can show the whole picture of the Black Sea. There are two flashing bright spots in the east and west directions, which are gradually moving away.

"Remember the points when you kill the looters, and tell me how many you kill." Tang Mo said, "The total number of landed is 253, don't forget this."

Jiang Che remembered something related to the leader again, so he asked Tang Mo and Pierre if they knew.

Tang Mo naturally needless to say, but even Pierre didn't understand: "This is related to actual combat, I am not in this direction."

"Can I ask Lin Ni or Song Junxing?" Jiang Che said, "This is very important. Is there any difference between the leader and the ordinary predators? What should we pay attention to when we encounter it?"

"I don't think we will meet the leader now." Lin Ni replied after receiving Tang Mo's question.

Now Lin Ni and Song Junxing are far away from Jiang Che and Ovid, their communicators cannot communicate with each other, and they can only communicate with each other through the control room of Building Zero.

Tang Mo confirmed it again: "I won't meet you?"

"The leader will not leave the ship, it has control over the weapons and will stay on the ship the entire time," Linney said.

The leader of the raiders is generally one per ship.They are generally humanoid or non-humanoid, and most of them are humanoid.These leaders often have a very obvious feature: they are closer to humans in appearance, and have developed intelligence, which is the core of the predator ship.

However, since humans and predators have different languages ​​and expressions, it is difficult to communicate with each other.In the hundreds of years of research career, although the Marseille Science Agency has intercepted several captured predators, very little information can be obtained from them.

Song Junxing thought for a while, then suddenly interrupted: "We should get on the ship first and deal with the leader."

"Didn't you notice? The ship didn't land at all. We didn't have rope ladders or rope guns, so we couldn't get up. Even if we went up and killed the leader, we would be trapped. The more than 200 predators who landed would rush back to the ship. We can't even escape."

Song Junxing thought for a moment and agreed with him.

General Lee Swright's instructions were correct: the raiders must be cut into pieces and killed one by one for a greater chance of success.

He moved forward with his gun, and soon killed a lone marauder.

It is very close to the forest here.It became more and more difficult to find the predators after they entered the forest, Lin Ni and Song Junxing both cautiously slowed down.

Linney's marksmanship is very accurate.He ran out of bullets, squatted in the tangy sour smell, and changed the magazine with one hand.

Song Junxing hid in the bushes next to him on guard, turning his head to look at him from time to time.

"You are also very powerful. This gun is a new gun released on the Black Sea side. It was only popularized in the fleet 30 years ago." Song Junxing said, "At that time, you were still on Faust, and you hadn't left the galaxy core yet. ball?"

"Huh?" Linney didn't understand what he wanted to say.

"You know how to use it." Song Junxing smiled.

The stars are sparse and obscured by trees.Only the corpses of the predators beside the two still had a faint light.

In the fading light, Lin Ni saw the smile on Song Junxing's face.

baffling.he thinks.

"The firearms are actually pretty much the same." Linney replied, "The basic principle of the sniper rifle has never changed. Look at Ovid, he also knows how to use it. Besides, aren't you just a demonstration? The action is beautiful and accurate. Also high."

Song Junxing shook his head triumphantly.Shaking, he suddenly thought of something.

"Linnie, are you all knowledge points from 30 years ago?"

"Huh?" Linney didn't understand what he wanted to say again.

"Won't the Marauders evolve during these 30 years?" he mused. "Their leaders really don't leave the ship?"

Tang Mo called Jiang Che and Ovid, but did not hear back.

"The direction they are going is the direction where the Phoenix is." Pierre said, "Song Junxing mentioned that there is a magnetic field around the canyon. Is it because of this that the communicator can no longer be used?"

"The leader's question was brought up by Jiang Che... Let's tell him when he comes back." Tang Mo stared at the four small bright spots on the map of the Black Sea and fell silent.

This trip to Earth turned out to be more exciting than she had imagined.

Tang Mo's original intention is very simple, one is to avoid usury, and the other is to complete his dream trip back home.But they were inevitably involved in the secrets of the past and assumed greater responsibilities.

She wasn't unhappy, or anxious.She knew she had nothing to worry about—everyone around her had more and weighed more than her.

How is "Marseillaise" sung?She silently recalled.

"Pierre, can you sing the Marseillaise?"

"Grandmother taught me, but I can't sing." Pierre answered her in a small voice, trying to figure out something behind her, "French is so difficult... I can understand a little, but I can't speak it. "

Instead, he became interested in Tang Mo: "Aren't you Asian? Why do you still know how to sing "Marseillaise"?"

"In the place where I live, there are people who look like antiques. They use old tools, old electrical appliances, and listen to and sing old songs." Tang Mo smiled, ""Marseillaise" is my He said that their ancestor was a foreign language teacher. Did you know? Languages ​​on the planet are different, and they are different from country to country and from region to region.”

"I know. They don't have a common language and communication is difficult."

"So there is such a profession, they specialize in teaching people who want to learn a new language how to pronounce, read and write." Tang Mo recalled the previous things, "I think this is also very interesting, as if there is a natural gap, And we’re all learning each other’s customs and cultures, trying to understand each other’s lives.”

Pierre raised his head: "But this is very tiring. You may not know that we study a lot of courses in the college. Although there are elective courses in local languages ​​​​of various countries, few people will study them. We can all Communicating in Maasai, the local language is not very important.”

At this time, Tang Mo found that there was a lack of common language between himself and Pierre.

She didn't know what Pierre was messing with, but when she looked back, she saw that he was holding a hunting gun in his hand and was stuffing a rope into it.

This is the gun that Jiang Che and the others used to hunt winged snakes on Nini.It was originally placed on the lifeboat, but later when they moved supplies, they moved to the ammunition depot together.

"What are you doing?" Tang Mo suddenly had a bad feeling, "You want to use a hunting gun to hit the predators?"

"No, no, no, the hunting gun can't be hit." Pierre finally assembled the hunting gun, "I want to board the predator's ship and kill the leader."

Tang Mo was stunned for a moment, then he rarely got angry: "You are crazy!"

"We don't have rope guns, and hunting guns are the same." Pierre looked very serious, "Linney and the others are active on the ground, and I can just take advantage of this opportunity..."

"But your task is to guard Building Zero!" Tang Mo wanted to take back the hunting gun from him, "As a soldier, you can't act without authorization! Don't go to die!"

"My shooting performance is actually quite good." Pierre firmly held the hunting gun in his hand, "Tang Mo, I am very afraid of death. We have gone to the earth, and I still have to go back to Marseille. Because I am afraid of death, I am very afraid of death." Being able to protect oneself, concealment and concealment are among the best in the class."

Tang Mo wanted to dissuade him, but Lin Ni's voice suddenly came from the communicator.

——"Pierre, I agree with your actions."

Shocked and angry, Tang Mo turned his head and yelled something that no one could understand in the direction of the communicator.

Linney tilted his head, his face quite surprised.

"Tang Mo scolded me... She actually scolded me..."

Song Junxing stepped over a corpse that was slowly cooling down, and turned to comfort Lin Ni: "It's the rebellious period, parents should worry a little bit."

Linney: "Who's whose parent?"

"As a mother, you should pay more attention to your child's mental health." Song Junxing twitched his lips, "In this way, father, I can make money outside with peace of mind."

Lin Ni: "Song Junxing, how do you want to die? To be beaten to death by me, or to be shot to death with a sniper rifle?"

Song Junxing grinned, but didn't make a sound.He nimbly jumped onto a big rock, raised his gun before he could stand still, and calmly pressed the trigger after observing for a few seconds.

A light pop came from below.

Lin Ni lay down on the boulder and found a deep ditch in front of him. A predator fell in the ditch and was killed by the bullet Song Junxing just shot.

Song Junxing was still on guard.Lin Ni looked at his back and thought, what does he look like?He speaks freely, is not afraid of death, is not afraid of any rules, and is full of crooked ways, which is annoying.

By the way, he looks like a ranger.

I stayed alone in the Black Sea for three years, full of lies, ignored the regulations that the administrators were not allowed to leave the Black Sea, traveled to other planets countless times to find the materials available for the Phoenix, and then came back here, ate the food I found, and was alone again Repair Phoenix.

For people in the Sirius belt, Song Junxing may be a predator.

"Falling in love with me?" Song Junxing snorted, "What are you staring at me for?"

"There is a blood-sucking mosquito above your left ear, less than five centimeters away from you. If you are bitten by it, your left ear will lose hearing within 24 hours, and it will become red and swollen. If it is serious, it will..."

Song Junxing quickly slapped the mosquito to death.

"I was thinking about what you just said. You're right, I haven't updated my knowledge in 30 years, what happens to the leader of the Marauders now, none of us know. It may land, it may not even be Not on the ship—the Marauder's ship may not need a leader anymore."

Song Junxing thought for a while, and suddenly understood.

"So you agree with Pierre's approach... you want him to check it out?"

"You can criticize me," Linney said. "It's really dangerous."

"I also agree with your approach." Song Junxing replied like this.

The six of them are closely linked together, and there is no such thing as who has to protect whom.Pierre is also a fleet member wearing a graduation badge, so he should be capable of carrying out this task.

The only thing that puzzled Song Junxing was Tang Mo.

"Tang Mo is the weakest among the six of us, and has almost no fighting ability. You should persuade her to go back to Marseille."

Linney stared at the dark bushes in front of him, and accurately shot a predator wandering alone.

"She voluntarily boarded the lifeboat. What position do I have to dissuade her? She was not forced by anyone. She chose to go to Earth by herself. Even though she knew the road ahead was dangerous, she never said she would go back to Marseille. Tang Mo is an adult. She Can take responsibility for my choices." He whispered back, "And I adore her...we all adore her. She makes me feel alive."

Song Junxing turned to look at him.In the dim light, he felt that Lin Ni's expression was a little strange.

"We crossed the universe and returned to the earth, isn't it just so that people like Tang Mo can survive in the future?" Lin Ni said, "You may not understand, but if we set off together, you will understand. Song, don't Simply divide everyone into combat power. Tang Mo has no combat power, but her existence is enough to give everyone hope."

He smiled.

"Even to hear her song, we have to live."

Song Junxing really didn't understand.But he didn't argue any more.

But he decided to try to understand.

"Then Tang Mo can sing "Brother, don't touch your hands carelessly"?" He asked, "Or be more elegant, "Widow's Heart", I can listen to it too."

Lin Ni: "...Song Junxing, tell me how you want to die. I will help you, okay?"

Tang Mo didn't hear Lin Ni's words.Full of apprehension, she watched Pierre open the secret door and climb to the ground.

"Go back," Pierre told her. "You can see me in the control room. You are my eyes. You have to help me keep an eye on what's going on around me."

Tang Mo said another sentence that Pierre couldn't understand.

Since he didn't understand, he took it as Tang Mo encouraging himself.

After closing the secret door, Pierre held his nose, walked forward with his waist down, and left building zero.

There was a pungent sour smell inside and outside Building Zero, and he almost threw up.

Jiang Che was asking him: "Pierre, besides hunting guns, it's better to have some grenades."

Pierre quickly replied: "I brought it!"

Before Tang Mo told Jiang Che about the leader, Pierre had already set off.He ran to a slightly higher place, which was more ventilated, and the sour smell was not so strong.Tang Mo informed him that everything around was safe, and Pierre reported the leader to Jiang Che.

"The leader is on the ship?"

"It should be." Pierre squinted his eyes, lying on the ruins and looking at the distant ship.

The Marauder's ship hovered in the air, without any point of support.If this ship is also built to imitate human ships, then the position of the Birog ring should be at the stern of the ship.Thinking of checking the entire ship after entering the ship, Pierre felt a little nervous.

But more is the excitement that is accompanied by tension.He had never performed such a task before, and this time he proposed it himself, but Lin Ni immediately agreed-this was a great surprise.

"There are no traces of predator activity around the ship." Tang Mo reminded him, "Speed ​​up, the wind is blowing."

Pierre looked down at his battle suit.The battle suit can block the prying eyes of infrared and thermometers, but it can't cover up his smell.He gritted his teeth, knelt down and grabbed a few handfuls of blood and sticky stuff from the corpse of the predator beside him, and applied it on the outer layer of the battle suit.

By the time he got under the ship, the stench no longer had any offensive power.Pierre even felt that he could live in harmony with the predators for a lifetime, he was already used to this taste!

Below the ship is still the ruins of the military base, which is an excellent concealment.

Pierre pulled out his hunting gun, his heart pounding.He had removed the arrowhead of the hunting gun and replaced it with a thick suction cup.

He could see a black hole in the black rock beneath the ship.That's where the Marauder came down, and that's where he's going to get in.

"If I die, please tell my parents, Pierre has never been timid until his death..."

"Stop talking." Tang Mo interrupted him, "I won't say anything. Please tell them yourself if you have anything to say."

Pierre endured Tang Mo's stinginess, gritted his teeth, and raised his hunting gun at the black rock next to the cave entrance.

The fastened suction cups shot out, roaring straight for the Marauder's ship.

It clings tightly to the black rock.

Pierre tugged a few times, but it didn't loosen.The suction cup is very stable.

"...I'm off," he said into the comm.

The five people who were not here at this time heard his words.

"It's done." Jiang Che had been listening carefully to Pierre's movements, "Pierre started to climb."

Ovid changed a magazine without raising his head: "We really can't get in touch with Linney?"

"Ah."

Ovid looked annoyed: "We should go east. If the looters find the Phoenix, maybe Song Junxing has some way to stop them."

There is no point in saying these words.Jiang Che was silent and alert.They have entered the forest.There is a glimmer of light everywhere in the forest, and there are predators at work.

They seem to be looking for or identifying something, constantly picking up stones and plants on the ground for observation.

Since the predators were not scattered, Jiang Che and Ovid did not dare to act rashly.The predators on the outskirts of the forest have basically been cleaned up, and only here is left.

Both Jiang Che and Ovid climbed up the tree, holding sniper rifles, looking for the target.

Predators don't seem to be able to hear very well. They need to communicate with each other by touching each other, and the transparent mimic parts will be entangled and almost merged into one.

Ovid turned his head and asked Jiang Che: "Does your injury still hurt?"

"It's just a skin injury." Jiang Che comforted him, "It will be fine in two days."

This is the counterattack he received when he sniped the predators outside the forest just now.The predator was Jiang Che's target. He had been standing still, but suddenly bent down the moment Jiang Che fired.The bullet penetrated its abdomen, but did not cause any fatal injuries to its "organs".

The predator immediately raised his left arm, and the weirdly shaped weapon shot out a fiery ray from the mouth, and came towards Jiang Che.

The moment Jiang Che fell to the ground to avoid, the muffled sound sounded again: Ovid killed the enemy.

But the battle suit on Jiang Che's arm was damaged, leaving a burnt mark.Jiang Che didn't feel the pain for a moment, but when the pain gradually cleared up, he even smelled the smell of burnt flesh.

"It will heal soon." Jiang Che said, "I used to cook at home, and it was common to get scalded or burned by oil."

Ovid didn't answer him, his face full of guilt, his brows furrowed.

Just about to say something to distract him, Jiang Che's eyes flickered, and he suddenly caught a glimpse of a predator in the forest.

It was very weird, and the light on its body was stronger than that of other predators, but it was its figure that caught Jiang Che's attention.

It has two hands and two feet, no tail, and a regular shape of the head, no horns, let alone an oval or other weird irregular shapes.

What surprised Jiang Che even more was its walking posture.Compared with the slightly dragging gait of other predators, the movements of this predator's leg raising and hand waving are very natural. At first glance, it looks like a normal person walking in the dense forest—it's just that this person may have just participated in fluorescent medicine. Running at night, his body is covered in fluorescent powder.

Jiang Che poked Ovid, and Ovid also noticed the predator.

Its unusualness made both of them vigilant at the same time.

Slipping down the tree one after another, Jiang Che and Ovid hid in the bushes and headed towards the predator.

"...Damn." Jiang Che cursed in a low voice, "It's going in the direction of the Phoenix!"

The two bypassed the dense area of ​​predators, spread out, and outflanked that unusual thing.

Jiang Che climbed up the tree, stepped on the thick branches, and pointed his gun at the figure not far away.

Ovid hid in the bushes, and the moment the opponent stood still for a while, he raised his gun and aimed at its abdomen-then he was stunned.

The belly of this predator is not translucent!He couldn't see its "guts".

Ovid cursed under his breath, and still shot it in the stomach.

The Marauder staggered—missed!The bullet only passed through the base of its thigh.

It will fight back!Both Jiang Che and Ovid had this idea in mind at the same time.

All marauders will fight back after being attacked, as long as they are not dead for a while.

The two were about to continue their sniping, but found that the predator didn't fight back—it actually turned around.

Jiang Che's sight was covered by branches and leaves, so he couldn't see it, but Ovid could see it clearly.

He saw the predator's face.

Cold sweat climbed up his back in an instant.

This predator has a human face.