vstars Chapter 626 The Catastrophe Arrives 2
Chapter 626 The Catastrophe Arrives 2
Chapter 626 The Catastrophe Approaches (Part 2)
The planet Goodell has a high vegetation coverage, and even though the locals have lived there for generations, the planet still retains a very primitive appearance due to its low productivity.
The terrain is characterized by a complex and diverse mix of hills, mountains, and rainforests. The ancestors of the Guderians cleverly chose the only plain among these diverse landscapes to settle down.
The plain was not large, and if every household built a house, it would be too cramped, so everyone worked together to build a stone fortress.
Behind the stone fortress lies a continuous mountain range. An inland river emerges from a mountain pass, flows past the village, and continues westward, nourishing countless plants and animals along its banks and forming a vast marshland. From above, it resembles a green "carpet."
The mercenaries glanced at it from the air and ignored it, concluding that it was impossible for anyone to live there.
After searching the village to no avail, they had no choice but to turn their attention to this place.
The drone was restarted after a new battery was installed and began its search from the edge of the dense forest. This was a massive undertaking.
The dense forest, numerous obstacles, and the haphazard growth of various trees and shrubs greatly slowed down the drone's search speed.
Spiderwebs are almost invisible in sunlight, and you often only realize it when the machine bumps into them. The self-cleaning function can only handle dust and stains, while spiderwebs are sticky, with strands clinging together. Before long, the machine is covered in spiderwebs, and yet an endless stream of spiderwebs awaits ahead.
Recalling and cleaning up was too time-consuming, so they could only continue with a gamble, and unsurprisingly, they lost sight of each other, crashed into obstacles, and fell.
After this happened several times in a row, they finally couldn't take it anymore, which led to the scene at the beginning.
“This won’t do. If all the drones crash, we won’t be able to find anyone. Let’s do a ground search,” a man suggested.
There was no other way; this approach was clearly not viable, and the crashed machine could only be considered a sunk cost.
The group broke camp and headed west, arriving at the edge of the forest after a forty-minute low-altitude flight.
As soon as the starship landed, they carried out several "metal boxes" and placed them on the ground. Then, they pressed a button somewhere, and the "metal boxes" suddenly sprang up, transformed in mid-air, landed lightly on four paws, and even shook their heads and wagged their heads like dogs.
If you ignore the laser gun it carries on its back, it's just an adorable little pet.
After a few simple adjustments and connecting the robot dogs to the computer, the mercenaries sent them into the forest.
In the blink of an eye, they were buried by dense bushes, and the only sound was the rustling of leaves rubbing against each other as they passed by, growing fainter and fainter.
The view on the monitor was terrible. From a first-person perspective, it felt like I was constantly being slapped by various plants, and 80% of the time it was just flowers.
One of them said irritably, "What can you see clearly from this?! Couldn't you have made it a little higher?"
"What do you know? It'll be unstable if it's higher. We've only just gone in. Do you think anyone will be here in such a shallow spot? Let's talk about it again in half an hour," his teammate said impatiently.
"I always have a bad feeling..."
Others mocked him for being a "coward" and "scaring himself."
The person who said this couldn't bring themselves to back down, so they changed the subject with a playful sparring match, while comforting themselves: "They're just a bunch of cavemen, nothing to be afraid of. They were just lucky they weren't in the line of fire."
Not long after the robot was dispatched, there was activity on the leader's personal computer. He stood up, walked to a quieter place, and answered the communication.
"Hello, Mr. Mu."
"how's it going?"
"Everything is going well, except... we haven't seen anyone yet."
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the line, then a slow voice said, "You mean after all this time, not only have I not found what I'm looking for, but I haven't even seen a trace of anyone? And you call this everything going smoothly?"
"Excuse me, Mr. Lin, let me rephrase."
The leader paused for a moment, then changed his tune, saying, "Actually, it hasn't been going very smoothly. We've encountered several groups of competitors, and we've already clashed with them right away. We don't know where they're from, but their goals should be the same as ours. This planet is also a bit strange. There's not a single person in the village; it's as if they all evaporated overnight. We've used every means at our disposal and are currently conducting a thorough search."
After hearing the explanation, the other party calmed down a bit, went over the information in their mind, and then asked, "Has anyone from the other families found it first?"
"Probably not, I didn't hear anything."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect this trip to have so many unexpected variables. After it's done, I will add two million star coins as a reward."
"Thank you Mr. Lin."
After hanging up, the leader scoffed disdainfully. He was the smartest one in the group; without a brain, he wouldn't have become the boss, much less survived in this cutthroat environment.
This "Mr. Lin" knew perfectly well how coveted these items were, yet he didn't tell them earlier. Now he claims he didn't know they would attract so many people—who would believe that? He's just afraid someone won't buy them, and he's trying to lower the price.
If they had known from the beginning that they would be competing with so many people, they would definitely have hesitated to take the order, and the commission would certainly not be the price set now.
Two million star coins are nothing. It's not enough for him to repair his starship and buy equipment.
A slap followed by a sweet treat—a trick the rich always use. They really think people are fools.
The man spat on the ground, returned to the tent, and slapped his subordinate, who was playing a game, on the back of the head.
"Stop playing! When did you stop? You're still so addicted! Keep a close eye on you!"
On the other side, on the distant Imperial Capital Star, Lin Yaozong removed his voice changer.
His disappointment made him start to feel a little restless.
He had been planning to steal the detector from the Furui Group for a long time, and finally getting his hands on it should have been a good thing. But before he could even rejoice, news came that the planet Goodell had appeared.
Now all that preparation has been for nothing, a waste of manpower and resources. Worse still, they could have snatched this piece of the pie first, but now they're back on equal footing.
How could Lin Yaozong possibly accept this?
"Dad, are you still busy?"
Lin Yaozong heard his daughter's voice coming from outside the study, so he went to open the door.
Su Mang smiled gently, her tone affectionate and coquettish: "Dinner is ready, I've come to call you down for dinner."
Lin Yaozong felt a little relieved; at least there was one good thing.
He closed the door behind him and followed his daughter downstairs.