"We're here. That's the place. Novelty Chinese. "
On the sandy ground, a group of creatures was slowly moving forward. Following the pompom's guidance, they arrived at their destination.
There was a huge pit in the sand in front of them. It was dug out by the pompom.
"I didn't expect it to be …" The team leader walked to the edge of the pit. He was surprised to see a large number of buildings in the pit.
"I didn't expect anyone to abandon so many buildings and run away." The team leader looked at the team members behind him and signaled for them to follow. He then jumped down from the edge of the pit.
Although it was more than ten meters from the ground, the team leader jumped down steadily. The other team members also jumped down one by one.
These 'Mars' here seemed to be quite agile. Lin knew that it was because the gravity of Ershi was much stronger than here, so their body structure could carry out all kinds of high-intensity movements here.
However, after many generations, their bodies were no longer as agile as when they first came here. They had begun to 'adapt' to the environment here.
She wondered if these creatures were random.
"Did they really run away?" While Lin was thinking, the team had reached the entrance of the nearest house. They seemed to be about to go in, but they didn't directly blow up the door.
"Bring that over!" The team leader shouted.
One of the team members immediately brought over a spherical object. The sphere was about half a meter in diameter. He had been carrying it on his back all this time.
He put the sphere down and poked it a few times. Suddenly, a tube extended from the surface of the sphere. The team member then connected the tube to a small opening at the bottom of the house.
Buzz.
Suddenly, a sound came from the house. The team leader gently knocked on the entrance of the house, and the door opened.
A few team members and the pompom followed the team leader into the house. Lin had seen this place before. However, the door was forced open, and there was nothing special inside.
However, there was something different this time. The lights in the house lit up, and the various systems inside were activated.
The ball that the team member took just now was probably used to replenish energy. The energy of these houses was originally exhausted.
"They really did run away …"
After looking at the environment of the house, the captain and the team members were very surprised. They felt that abandoning the house and running away … this kind of thing was too inconceivable. It felt like a creature abandoning its internal organs and running away.
Although some creatures would throw away their organs and run away, they would need a good reason to do so.
What was the reason? Why did all the residents run away?
"We have to investigate." The captain said to all the team members, "That so-and-so and so-and-so. You guys go check out the surrounding buildings, and the rest of you follow me! "
Following the leader's orders, Lin saw 10 members running to open the doors of the other buildings to check the situation inside, while the remaining 10, including the leader, began to move deeper into the building complex.
They were all minding their own business, completely ignoring the pompom. Lin now had the pompom follow the leader, it seemed to be carrying out a very important mission.
"It's here …"
The captain led the team members to a house. This house looked exactly the same as the others. It was a bucket-shaped house. The captain looked at the house and said, "This must be the command room …"
"How do you know it's the command room?" the pompom asked curiously.
The captain was surprised by the pompom's words, then said, "I've been here before to trade with them. Their 'important characters' are all here … but this place … could they have been attacked?"
The captain looked at the door of the house. There was a large hole there, like it had been blown up by something.
"I did that." the pompom said, "I've blown up some of the doors, including this one."
"Ah …" the captain was shocked again, "Doing that … is very dangerous, you might blow up some important things, but never mind, you guys go in and take a look!"
Several team members received the order and quickly opened the door and entered the house. They kept rummaging inside.
They carefully checked the things scattered on the ground, then checked each room. Finally, they came out with disappointed expressions and said, "Captain … we didn't find that thing."
"Is that so … looks like they took that as well." the captain said, "Then we won't know why they left."
"What is that?" The pompom asked, "They took everything with them, do you think there's anything left?"
"It's only a possibility." the captain said, "Our group has a special rule. If we encounter any great danger and get wiped out, we must leave behind some information to let the other group know. "
"Only when they are wiped out by another group will they not leave behind such information. In other situations … such as disasters, they must leave behind information." the captain looked at the house and said, "There are no traces of battle here, and the buildings are all intact. So, they cannot have been wiped out by another group … this kind of information will usually be left behind in a special item. "
"A special item …" Lin suddenly remembered. There was indeed a special item, so she said to the captain, "Then, wait here for a moment.
"… Wait?"
Although the captain was confused, he did not ask too much. So, he and his team members waited there for about a few hundred seconds. Then, they saw a new creature appear before them.
"You are …"
The captain and his team members looked at the creature in front of them in surprise. The creature's body shape was exactly the same as theirs, but it was slightly taller than them.
"It is' Atlan '." the pompom said to the captain, "It can be considered as your … subspecies, or you are its subspecies."
Then, the pompom turned to Atlan and said, "Take that out."
"Why do I have to take this …" Atlan appeared very reluctant, but he still took out something from his armour. It was … a small statue.
"Oh! This is it! " The captain took the small statue and said happily, "This is where the information is!"
So, it really is that thing? When Lin found this statue earlier, she noticed that its structure was different from the other small statues.
Although its appearance was similar to the other small statues.
"What are you going to do with that?" Atlan looked at the captain and asked. However, the captain did not understand what it was saying, so he ignored it. The captain reached out with his hand to grab the small statue's head and twisted it off.
"Aaaaaaah! What are you doing! That's my favorite! " Atlan screamed and wanted to grab the statue back. This action scared the captain and his team members.
However, the pompom blocked him, so he did not manage to grab it back.
"What's wrong with it …" The captain looked at the agitated Atlan strangely, but he still did what he was supposed to do. One of the team members took out a video interface, and the captain stuck the statue with its head pulled out next to the interface.
Beep! The interface suddenly showed an image. After the captain swiped a few times, a lot of information popped up. The captain clicked on one of the information. It was a video recording.
"… I am the manager here. I want to record this information mainly because I think we are about to encounter danger."
A haggard looking creature appeared in the video. It spoke the same language as all the 'Mars' that Lin had encountered so far.
"If I tell the residents here about this, they will think I am crazy." The manager's voice was very soft. Although he was the only one in the room, he seemed to be afraid of being heard.
"You know, there is such a … Wait, let's stop here for now." The manager seemed to have something important to say and hurriedly walked away.
Then the video automatically jumped to the next part. As if it had been a long time, the manager appeared in the video again.
"Yes, they are real. There really is such a creature. Other than us, there are other creatures in this world … I'm not talking about microbes, but creatures as big as us." The manager reached out to steady the camera and then took out a stack of things from behind him.
It seemed to be all pictures.
The manager put the pictures in front of the camera. Lin saw that they were all black shadows. The whole thing was quite blurry, but she could see that their body shape was similar to Atlan and these 'Mars'.
"They have been appearing around here recently. These are the pictures taken by the surveillance cameras. Although they are not clear … but many residents have already seen them. They must be planning something."
The video ended here and jumped to the next part.
"We caught one! By the time we caught it, it had already killed the whole family, and we found it reading the diary! They are trying to understand us! We must act first and get rid of them. "
Then, it seemed to be the last part.
"… We have to run … There are too many of them. They are too scary. And we have predicted that a sandstorm will come soon. If we leave by taking the buildings, we will not be able to escape before the sandstorm. We will also be attacked … So, we can only abandon those buildings. But in order to not let them understand us and obtain our technology, we will take all the information and data with us. At the same time, we will use up all the energy of the buildings …"
"If other groups discover this record, you must read it carefully. Here is all their information, including the location of their nest. We will need to gather many groups to kill them all! We will also ask for help from the nearest group, but … "
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