Him and their stars

Summers is right. A group of them also left the factory area and entered the wild. They soon discovered the scratches left by the pulley rolling through the soil, and chased them in a car.

The vehicle is the Iron Knight off-road vehicle prepared in advance by Mr. Engineer. 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 spanning 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 herds of animals. Of course, we also had 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 tanks and cannons are 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 weapons that the Sand People tribe still retained were shoulder-mounted phasers and rockets.

However, placed in the wilderness south of the Kililuo Mountains, this can already be regarded as a very fighting 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, over the past few years, these proud "names of freedom" have indeed gradually degenerated into gangs of bandits and caravans, which is a very sad thing.

Obviously, this part of what they encountered was one of them. After discovering the "lonely" off-road vehicle, he 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, would be short of food and clothing and frightened. If they encountered such a large group of people in the wild, The Sand People's Army must be in danger.

However, neither the ranger nor the engineer Mr. Summers, nor even the reporter lady, are ordinary people. Summers drove the car and easily dodged several of the opponent's artillery fire, while Ash carried a Gatling gun from the back seat of the car and sprayed angry blue fire at the rushing sand troopers.

The firepower of the blue fire Gatling is naturally very fierce, and while maintaining the density of firepower, Ash is able to shoot out the barrages with the effect of a rifle.

Looking at the reporter, she looked unarmed, but she pulled out a folded rifle from nowhere. She was lying on the back seat of the constantly moving vehicle, her hands, feet and body posture very steady. She didn't shoot at the charging Sand Troopers, but at the gunners operating phasers and rocket launchers further away. Almost every time she fired, a Sand Miner gunner fell to the ground. By the time one magazine was completed, no more enemies appeared.

As for the cavalry, they all fled after leaving behind the bodies of more than twenty people and beasts of burden.

I know now, you all have unique 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 lamented that the gap between mortals and supermen was wider than that between mortals and dogs.

"The behavior of these sand people is 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 predators 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, but Summers reassured him that the sand people had been maimed and would never dare to attack Twin Peaks. You know, it is one of the largest towns in the wilderness south of Kililuo Mountain. It has a permanent population of less than 10,000 people, almost all young adults have 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." Ash smiled.

Summers said: "Indeed, the southern part 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 northern part of the mountain near the inland sea is much fertile. Eight percent of the community immigrants 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 Moen 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 perked.

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. Then, 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 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 nanomachines that "possessed" it, they had naturally disappeared. Needless to say, if those nanomachines really existed, they would probably have penetrated into the strange wall at the end of the cave.

Of course, Kelvin, an ordinary cowboy, had the opportunity to stand here and eat bread after such an adventure that wouldn't show off even if he was featured in the big movie "The Raiders." It was something he never imagined. of 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 mist is when it opens. As far as I know, Xinyumen will only have red mist during this period. This is the desert climate and the red color of Kililuo Mountain. The mountains create a mirage phenomenon that cannot be seen elsewhere.”

"That's very interesting. I actually have a similar saying here." Ash smiled and said: "I also heard about the emerald stage, the purple curtain, and the crazy symphony. Similar riddles 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 when she nodded inaudibly, he smiled and said, "Of course it's 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!"

"Really?" Mr. Kelvin was shocked.

"Of course it's fake. Professor Jones's sources of information include thousands of people." Ash said angrily.

The reporter turned her head noncommittally and said to Summers: "I did receive such news. Colonel Yu Lian found the remains of an enlightened person here. Then, it's just that later, the community military The original site was re-explored, but nothing was found.”

"You're 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 have the answer roughly."

The reporter lady looked directly into the other person's eyes, looked at each other for a few seconds, and then nodded.

Kelvin grew restless. Although he is just a cowboy born in an ordinary family and cannot understand these people's riddles, he often watches and plays "Treasure League" and "Mysterious Starry Sky", but he also knows that these are all decryptions of ancient ruins. process, and 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? Wouldn't he be silenced just like that?

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, and said: "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. A well-trained forensic police officer is conducting a case scene investigation.

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, and he didn't know how serious it was. 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 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 you figure out 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, even if you explain it, I still can’t understand it. However, he was still very grateful to Mr. Summers for being willing 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 out of the canyon, Mr. Summers first received an emergency message from his colleagues in the Engineers Hall.

"The predator's warship has arrived at New Yumen?"

"It's not a battleship. According to the garrison headquarters, it's just an armed transport ship without orbital bombing capabilities. It's just that they also issued an evacuation notice and activated the city shield. They also requested that all citizens who cannot 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 in Mount Kililuo: "We are here now, rushing from the Gray Dew 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 was in the wilderness south of the mountain, it would be a different story. 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 beasts or a gang of one or two hundred sand people."

"But, transportation..."

Ash just spoke. Summers had already jumped out of the car and pulled out a bunch of parts from the suitcase in the back seat. After a dazzling moment of splicing and reassembly like a magic trick, he finally put together a two-seater hoverbike.

"After all, I am an engineer. Isn't it reasonable to carry two vehicles with me?"

Miss Taina Moen looked at the other party deeply and said cheerfully: "Then I will do as you wish!"