Courtship Period

【drop--】

[The intelligent system of the escape cabin has been activated and is detecting the surrounding environment. The oxygen content is 30%, and the temperature is 30°C...suitable for human survival. 】

【Starting to wake up...】

The neutral electronic sound entered the ears, and Ban Xia felt that she had just taken a long nap on a sunny afternoon.

Probably because he slept for too long, he realized that he should wake up, but his eyelids were extremely heavy and it was difficult to open them.

The subtle sound of the electronic equipment running in the ear was particularly hypnotic. Ban Xia tried to open her eyes several times but failed to open them, and almost fell into a deep sleep again.

"Ah-"

"Chirp—"

A sound similar to birdsong came from outside, and it was noisy, as if a flock of birds had landed.

Where did the flock of birds come from?Ban Xia's closed eyelids moved slightly.

"When—when—"

Something's beating upstairs, no, not upstairs!The sound is too close!

Ban Xia suddenly opened his eyes, the surroundings were instantly bright, and his vision was blurred for a moment.

Ban Xia narrowed his eyes slightly, and when his eyes got used to the light, he saw a transparent hatch above his body, and the sky outside the hatch was blue, as clean as if it had been washed by water.

This is... where?

Ban Xia blinked blankly, and then heard a soft electronic female voice ringing in her ears.

[Wake up successfully. 】

[Please note that the nutrient solution in this escape cabin is about to run out, please leave as soon as possible. 】

wake?Escape pod?

Ban Xia slowly turned her head to look at her side. There was a pure white metal wall with light blue numbers dancing on it. Her body temperature was 37.1°C and her heart rate was 62 beats per minute.

Is this... the escape pod of the spaceship?

Ban Xia's pupils suddenly dilated due to shock, not only because he found himself lying in the escape cabin, but also because a big vermilion bird's head suddenly appeared above the hatch.

The big bird's black and round eyes met Ban Xia's gaze. This large bird with an extremely long neck lowered its head, and its black beak suddenly hit hard on the hatch.

"when--"

Ban Xia almost subconsciously wanted to back up, but his weakness and the limited space in the escape cabin made it impossible for him to complete this action.

He could only stare nervously at the long-necked bird that suddenly appeared, and his solemn expression was reflected on the transparent hatch.

Doubts floated in Ban Xia's heart.

Was the sound I just heard the bird pecking at the escape pod?

A large bird with a strange appearance, not any kind I know, where am I?

Ban Xia still remembers that he was going to Polaris to take up his post, but the spaceship crashed on the way, he and the crew left in the escape pod, and encountered a wormhole... When he woke up again, he came here and saw this big bird with a long neck.

What is this place?

Some animal lover?Ecological Park?Primitive planet?

Ban Xia pursed her lips and looked at the long-necked bird pecking at the escape pod outside, it was difficult to judge for a while.

Although from his perspective, he could only see the other party's head and a section of neck, but he could feel that the bird was much taller than the average adult.

Are there such birds on the planets to which the alliance belongs?

The long-necked bird shook its head, as if it was dizzy from the shock. Just when Banxia thought it was going to give up and compete with the escape pod, the big bird turned its head and "clucked" a few times, and soon, Banxia heard one after another. Birdsong responded.

Hey, how many birds have to be around here?

One, two, three... Vermilion bird heads appeared in Banxia's field of vision, filling up the sky above the escape cabin.

"Chuck?"

"Choo Choo Choo?"

The long-necked birds were screaming and pecking at the escape pod from time to time.

No matter how you say it, the escape capsule is also a product that can be used in space, and it will definitely not be damaged by a few birds, but Ban Xia's eyelids twitched.

It is impossible for the Union to allow citizens to raise so many large birds. In other words, he should not have been discovered by some animal lover and brought home.

It is not very likely that this is the ecological park. Such a large escape capsule should be intercepted before it floats within a kilometer above the ecological park.

In the same way, in any place where the star network is completely covered, an escape pod with the alliance military mark will not be allowed to wander outside.

Then there is only one possibility left, which is an undeveloped primitive planet.

The long-necked birds gradually lost patience with the impenetrable escape hatch, and most of the heads on the hatch were missing.

Ban Xia speculates about the situation of this planet.

There are already animals on the planet, whether they were born from this planet or introduced from aliens, but the monitoring system has not yet been laid, and the aliens cannot be accurately captured, which makes his escape pod drift outside.

Having roughly understood his situation, Ban Xia only hoped that this planet would not be too backward, and at least there would be an airport for him to go to Polaris to take up his post.

The last few long-necked birds also left amidst the cries of their companions, but the chaotic birdsong lingered all the time.

Just listening to the calls, Ban Xia could imagine what a huge flock of birds was not far from the escape pod.

His escape pod appears to have fallen into the habitat of this long-necked bird population.

That's not good news, and it's not known whether the birds were carnivorous or herbivorous.

The escape pod will isolate the star network, Pinellia can't contact the outside world, and it's unrealistic to wait for the birds to leave in the escape pod.

Ban Xia unplugged the nutrient solution delivery tube connected to the wrist, and tried to move his limbs in the escape cabin slightly.

Limbs could not lift strength, they were sore and stiff, and it was extremely difficult to move.

Banxia sees her current appearance through the reflection on the transparent hatch cover:

His short black hair was a little messy, and mottled light was reflected in his black pupils. The same black military uniform was fitted to his body meticulously, making his complexion extraordinarily pale.

The nutrient solution that was about to be exhausted, the weak body, all these reminded Ban Xia that he didn't just take a nap in the escape cabin.

The military escape pod will have enough nutrient solution for seven days. He had already drifted in space for a day before being sucked into the black hole, and now the nutrient solution is almost exhausted, which means that he has slept in the escape pod for at least five days.

I don't know if the soldiers from the spaceship have landed on this planet... If you don't contact the military headquarters as soon as possible, the officers in the family will probably go crazy...

Ban Xia thought a lot in a erratic way.

After the whole body is fully active and the limbs have some strength, Ban Xia takes out an anesthesia gun from the space bracelet on his left wrist.

The cold touch of the gun body made Banxia concentrate. He listened to the birdsong outside and roughly judged that there were no birds within ten meters of him, so he raised his hand and tapped on the touch screen on the inner wall of the escape cabin.

【Click——】

The sound of the escape hatch opening sounded, Ban Xia pushed the hatch cover and sat up without hesitation, looking at the surrounding environment for the first time.

His escape pod landed on the edge of a lake, and on the left was a jungle. The trees in the forest were extremely tall, as if they had grown naturally for thousands of years.

On the right is the blue lake, where flocks of vermilion long-necked birds gather, combing their feathers with their beaks, or burying their heads in search of food underwater.

Previously, I could only see part of the long-necked birds in the escape cabin, and the feeling was not obvious. Now I saw their whole bodies, and I felt even more shocked.Hundreds of large vermilion birds over three meters high stood in the lake, as if a flame was burning on the surface of the lake.

Ban Xia didn't have time to take a closer look, because many long-necked birds were already looking at him, and the ones closest to him were running towards him with "clucking".

Stepping out of the escape pod and stepping on the shallow grass submerged by the lake, Ban Xia was ready to run into the jungle with a gun in hand.

Ban Xia had never seen this kind of large bird before, and he didn't know if they were animals protected by the alliance, so he didn't dare to do anything to them easily.

bang -- bang --

There was a heavy sound, as if something heavy was beating the ground, and the calm lake water was shaken by waves. Ban Xia had just taken two steps, but was so shaken that he could not stand still and almost fell down.

The earth, the lake, the forest, everything around seemed to be shaking.

earthquake?

Ban Xia stabilized her still weak body, and didn't know whether to run into the jungle. If it was an earthquake, neither the lake nor the jungle would be safe.

"Cuckoo-"

The long-necked birds screamed, with a hint of fear in their voices. Ban Xia turned his head and saw that the few long-necked birds that had just run towards him had already slipped back into the flock.

The long-necked birds screamed, flapped their wings vigorously, and took off together after a run-up.

Is this an escape?

As a human with no wings and no aircraft, Banxia looked at the escape pod that had not closed the hatch, hesitating whether to lie down again.

The escape pod can save him for a while during the earthquake, but if there is no search and rescue personnel after the earthquake and he is trapped in the escape pod, it is really over.

and many more……

There seems to be something wrong with this vibration?

It didn't look like the vibration caused by the fracture or dislocation of the rock formation, but it seemed that some big guy was coming here.

"The big guy that can shake the ground, is it a heavy mecha?"

Ban Xia listened intently for a while, "No, the sound is too chaotic, without the sense of human mechanical regularity."

It seemed that a group of extraordinarily large animals were approaching the lake.

The flock of long-necked birds flew away in a panic, and Pinellia didn't dare stand alone on the grass.

Looking around, Ban Xia selected a giant tree outside the forest and quickly ran over.

The vibration became stronger and stronger, and Ban Xia vaguely heard the sound of trees breaking. He looked at the tree surrounded by at least a dozen people, and chose to trust the other party's "waistline".

Pinellia has performed tasks in various areas with harsh environments, not to mention climbing a tree, he even climbed the flower stems of xenoplanted Kao.

But his current body is too weak, and climbing a giant tree makes him exhausted.

Banxia supported the trunk, squatted down on a branch about half a meter thick, and looked up into the jungle.

The trees not far away were shaking, and some birds and winged insects jumped up and down.

Ban Xia frowned slightly. These birds and insects were species he had never seen before. For the first time, Ban Xia felt that his biological knowledge was so lacking.

The heavy sound was getting closer and closer, Ban Xia saw a huge black shadow crashing into the trees and slowly appearing from the woods.

The first thing that appeared in Banxia's sight was a pair of long and thick curved fangs, followed by a leg covered with long brown hair... No!That's not a leg, it's a proboscis!

Ban Xia watched in astonishment as the giant beast with long nose and fangs approached, and a word came to mind—mammoth.

"It doesn't seem like a mammoth..."

The long-nosed monster has a long mane on the head and back of the neck. The base of the mane is white, and the color becomes darker towards the tip.

Some of the pointed manes are vermilion, some are blue and blue, very gorgeous.

Ban Xia once saw mammoths made by biologists in the ecological garden of the old star, and they were not so fancy.

Are these big guys a race unique to this planet?

With doubts, Ban Xia took out a frameless monocle from his coat pocket, and called softly: "J03."

[The optical brain has been activated, J03 is at your service. 】

The monocle floated up automatically, and stopped firmly in front of Banxia's left eye, floating quietly.

Banxia turned her head to look into the jungle, the monocle moved with his movements, and was always suspended about one centimeter in front of Banxia's eyes.

Ban Xia stared at the long-haired giant, and the data of the long-haired giant appeared on the lens.

[A male of unknown race has been detected. 】

[Body height 5 meters, body length 8 meters, incisors 3.5 meters long...]

unknown race?

Is there no relevant information even in the optical computer database?

Some doubts arose in Ban Xia's heart, and then another giant long-haired beast came out of the jungle, followed by the third and fourth...

These behemoths are so huge that every footfall can hear a heavy sound.

The giant beasts sometimes tore a handful of leaves from the trees with their proboscises, and sometimes rolled up a handful of grass from the ground, and walked towards the lake while eating.

Fortunately, the giant tree where Pinellia was located was tall enough, and the leaves were concentrated on the crown at the top, which did not attract the attention of the long-haired beasts.

After all the long-haired beasts had gathered by the lake, the earthquake-like feeling gradually stopped.

Nearly a hundred long-haired beasts occupy almost the entire lakeshore. The long-haired beasts' long noses hang down into the lake water, absorbing the lake water and sending it to their mouths.

Banxia found that these long-haired giants were surrounded by a group of small birds of different colors. They were small but compared with the long-haired giants. Each of them was nearly 30 centimeters.

Those brightly colored birds flew down from the giant beast, drank enough water by the lake, flew back to the giant beast's back, and pecked at the giant beast's hair. None of the giant beasts had the intention of driving them away.

Symbiotic relationship?

With a thought, Ban Xia turned on the camera mode of the optical brain, and took a picture of this scene of harmonious coexistence.

After taking the picture, Ban Xia opened the search bar, entered the picture, and was going to look up the information of this long-haired monster on the star network.

On the optical brain page, small blue-green chrysanthemums turned and turned, but no search results came out.

[Xingwang went to chase stars, please try again later. 】

"Why is the network speed so poor?" Ban Xia looked at the star network signal icon in the upper left corner of the optical brain.

All five grids in the signal column are empty.

Ban Xia frowned slightly, is this planet so backward?Neither has global star network coverage.

There is no way to check the information, Banxia tried to open the planet map, and saw the rotating blue-green chrysanthemum again.

Sure enough... Without the star network, there is no way to find nearby human settlements and airports from the map.

I can only rely on myself.

Ban Xia caressed the space bracelet on his left wrist, and an electronic eye for detection appeared on his hand.

Connect the electronic eye to the optical brain, and Banxia controls it to fly.

Repeat the process just now, and then release two electronic eyes.

The electronic eyes spread out over the jungle, and the images they detected would be simultaneously displayed on the optical brain.

Soon, a map centered on the giant tree where Pinellia was located was gradually drawn.

Ban Xia sat down on the branch, rested and recovered her strength, while paying attention to the formation of the map.

Until it was getting late, the flaming clouds burned half of the sky red.

Ban Xia carefully looked twice at the map drawn by the images sent back from the electronic eye. The map is full of pure primitive jungle features, without any human buildings.

Isn't this jungle too big?

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Ban Xia's heart.

On the one hand, he doesn't know how long it will take him to get out of the jungle. On the other hand, highly developed planets rarely have such a large jungle. Even if it is a tourist planet, there will be many human buildings in the jungle.

And Ban Xia didn't see any human buildings from the electronic map.

Probably... this is a maverick planet?

The control range of the electronic eye is limited, Banxia can't stay here and continue exploring with the electronic eye, he has to go into the jungle.

"hold head high--"

A long howl came from the lake, Ban Xia turned his head to look, and saw the biggest long-haired beast still got up, it walked towards the jungle, raised its long nose, and let out a high-pitched cry.

Behind it, the long-haired beasts stood up one after another, followed the long-haired beast who seemed to be the leader, and walked slowly towards the forest.

Ban Xia's eyes fell on the broad back of the long-haired beast.

Maybe I can hitch a ride?

Ban Xia knew very well that with his current physical condition, it would be difficult for him to walk a kilometer, and he needed a means of transportation.

Roughly simulating the route of the long-haired beast in his mind, Ban Xia got up and jumped to the branch beside him.

The branch was just high enough from the ground that if the Shaggy Beasts walked under them, he could easily land on their backs.

The leader of the long-haired beast walked towards him.

When the leader of the giant beast passed under the tree, Ban Xia leaned forward slightly.

Leap of faith!

"Chirp—"

Successfully landed on the back of the giant beast, startling several birds of different colors, but the leader of the giant beast just shook his head and continued walking into the jungle without any reaction.

Ban Xia breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt a gaze from behind.

Ban Xia turned her head to look, and met the eyes of a giant long-haired beast following behind the leader.

The long-haired beast curled a handful of fern-like plants into its mouth, and when Banxia looked over, the long-haired beast raised its long nose and stretched it towards Banxia, ​​and a handful of green ferns fell into Banxia's arms .

Ban Xia glanced at the plants stained on her coat, hesitated for a second, and said politely: "...Thank you?"

Behemoth: "Ang."

"Roar--"

A deafening sound wave suddenly exploded in the sky, rolling over the head like thunder, covering the cry of the long-haired beast.

The roar fell, and the surroundings were silent.

There were no birds chirping, no insect chirping, and even the long-haired beasts all stopped.

What was the sound just now?

There was a ringing sound in Banxia's ears, and he still felt dizzy. He looked up at the sky, and the bright clouds like flames dyed the sky red, but there were no dark clouds.

what is this?Is it a bolt from the blue?

Banxia tilted her head and rubbed her ears, and heard the voice of Guangnao Intelligent J03.

[Please note that a powerful alien race is approaching, and the other party emits strong courtship pheromone towards you. 】

"Oh?" Ban Xia raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Alien?Aliens live on this planet? !

Ban Xia's eyes lit up. He had no doubts about the authenticity of the reminder given by the optical brain J03. The three electronic eyes released had a hormone collection device. J03 must have analyzed something before it made a sound to remind.

In the human alliance, those who can be called alien races are all races whose intelligence is almost the same as that of humans or higher than humans.

The Human Alliance has now become friends with nearly a hundred alien races, and some alien races who like to travel will temporarily live on the human planet.

It's good to have aliens, so he doesn't have to work so hard to find human gathering places.

It's just that it's temporarily unclear which race of aliens this "alien race" is, and whether it is friendly to humans.

Ban Xia recalled the alien races known to have pheromones in his mind, while scanning the surroundings, looking for the alien races that might appear.

A race with pheromones...

Is it the Zerg who likes to greet with tentacles when they meet?Or a mermaid with a jewel-like long tail that turns into foam after half an hour out of the water?Or a family of fake rabbits that look like rabbits, feel like rabbits, and are said to taste like rabbits...

Just thinking about it, Ban Xia listened to Guangnao and continued:

[This optical brain automatically generates three plans for you: [-]. Accept the courtship of the other party, and the alien race will bring you back to the lair excitedly.Second, refuse the other party's courtship, and the foreign race will force you back to the nest.Three, run away immediately, the alien race will catch up with you, beat you up and take you back to the lair. 】

Ban Xia: "..."

Does this make any difference?

Banxia suspects that the optical brain has become a mentally retarded brain because it cannot connect to the star network.

Take me back to the lair by force?

Heh, I haven't heard such a funny joke for a long time.

Now the human alliance is very strong. Among the known alien races, as long as the IQ is still online, they will not want to confront the human alliance.

Ban Xia calls out the real-time shooting interface of the electronic eye, ready to find out if there is any existence of that alien race.

Since the optical brain can analyze the pheromone, it means that the opponent is not far away from him, unless the alien race is a powerful race that can spread the pheromone tens of thousands of meters away

Suddenly, the sky darkened, as if something covered the sun.

Is it dark clouds?

Ban Xia raised her head and met a pair of huge golden vertical pupils.

"?!!"

Pinellia respiratory arrest.

Where are the clouds?It was clearly a huge monster flying over the jungle, and the monster's wide wings spread out to cover the sky and the sun.