After planet Baiji had established a large military district, various collaborating teams had entered the planet one after another, and one big project after another had been successfully carried out on planet Baiji. With manpower, equipment, energy supply, technical talents, and armed forces, planet Baiji was changing day by day.
At the core of the original planet Baiji base, a few bright words were hung: "Falling behind means getting beaten up!"
These words were personally inscribed by Shanta. The purpose was to remind the people of Baiji military district of the recent terrorist attack.
Why had the terrorists chosen planet Baiji instead of other planets when they had drawn up their plans?
Because when the terrorists had picked their targets, grade A power ore had not yet been discovered on planet Baiji and it had not been ranked fifth on the development sequence. It had been a poor place, and even its detectors had been old and backward!
Simply put, the enemy's thinking was: You are the weakest, so you are the target!
What to do in order not to be bullied?
In order to better retaliate, let planet Baiji become stronger! Even if they were to suffer another terrorist attack, they would not have to fall into the predicament of communications being paralyzed for an hour! They would not have to worry about not knowing when the other party had entered the planet after the outpost had been bombed!
Shanta hoped that the next time they encountered a terrorist attack, the other party would be blasted to smithereens before they even entered the atmosphere!
After the mobilization meeting, Shanta would convene meetings with the senior officers every once in a while to understand progress and resolve problems.
In the conference room.
At the head of the table, Shanta listened attentively to the reports. His face was solemn as he maintained the imposing manner of the highest military commander of planet Baiji's military district. Only his raised eyebrows and the occasional glimmer in his eyes showed that he was satisfied and pleased with himself.
After discussing all the important matters, Shanta brought up the auction again.
"The auction will be in 15 days. Everyone, have the items been prepared? I see that only three or four people have submitted. You have to hurry! "
Speaking of this, Shanta thought of Fang Zhao. Fang Zhao had yet to submit his auction item, so he did not know what that fellow would bring out.
At the same time, in the forest of Outpost 23's district.
A team was advancing through the forest.
The outpost was expanding, and the surroundings needed to be surveyed and planned. The military district had specially dispatched experts to survey and plan. Every day, the outpost team would fly them around in a flying transport. When necessary, they would be escorted into the forest to take samples.
Fan Lin wanted to follow them into the forest to take a look. He wanted to take a look at the species in the area and take more samples for research. There were many things that he would not feel at ease if he did not do it himself and left it to others.
Yan Biao had already been sent back to Earth with the other specially wounded. There, they would receive prosthetics and rehabilitation training at a designated military hospital. Before they left, Bie Liao and a dozen other people represented all the members of Outpost 23 to send them off.
Bie Liao and the others wanted to comfort Yan Biao, but they didn't expect Yan Biao's mental state to be so good. He didn't seem depressed at all, and there was no sign of him faking it. He was truly showing his true emotions, so they couldn't comfort him anymore.
However, Yan Biao did not elaborate on the reason for this change. He only exhorted them to perform well, especially the new captain, Bie Liao. Yan Biao pulled him along for an extra 10 minutes. Towards the end, Bie Liao even emphasized that he had to take good care of Fang Zhao.
Actually, even without Yan Biao's reminder, Bie Liao would have taken good care of Fang Zhao. But over the next few days, Bie Liao realized that Fang Zhao really didn't need to be taken care of. All the outpost team had to do was cooperate. It saved him a lot of trouble. Instead, it was Kevin Lin who was a little more troublesome.
Kevin Lin showed great interest when he found out that they were going to survey and take samples in the forest. However, he was a weakling. If he followed them, he would be a burden. After all, the outpost team still had to protect the surveying experts, professors, and researchers. They were the most important. In Kevin Lin's current state, the outpost team had to divert some energy to protect him. With every additional person, the safety of the team would decrease.
Kevin Lin thought it over for a night and felt that reality might be different from what he had imagined, so he decided to accept a second round of military training. During this period, he would let Fang Zhao bring along a video camera and follow the team. It would not be a live broadcast. When Fang Zhao returned to the outpost, he would edit the footage and send it to the program team.
Kevin Lin didn't have the ability to protect himself, but Fang Zhao's ability spoke for itself. Furthermore, Fang Zhao had three bodyguards by his side.
When Bie Liao first saw the first lieutenant and second lieutenant, he was so shocked that his eyeballs nearly fell to the ground. Now that he had been promoted to captain, he had been promoted to the same rank as when Yan Biao had been around. But when he saw the first lieutenant and second lieutenant, he still felt a little awkward. As captain, he was under a lot of pressure. But fortunately, the three bodyguards' mission was to protect Fang Zhao and would not interfere with the affairs of the outpost team. All Bie Liao needed to do was hold the reins in his hands.
Over the past few days, they had gotten along quite well. When Bie Liao chatted with them, he was no longer as awkward as he had been at the start. Now, he even felt some sympathy for the three bodyguards. It wasn't that he pitied them for being overqualified, but...
Bie Liao glanced at Fang Zhao, who was controlling the camera and filming Fan Lin, and smiled silently.
The scouting team walked through the forest. From time to time, Fan Lin would stop to study certain plants and instruct one of his researchers to take samples.
Fan Lin knew how to use plain words to convey the meaning he wanted to convey and to pique the interest of the audience. In between, he would also inadvertently advertise his own seed company, revealing a few crops that were produced from hybridization of crops native to Earth and foreign planets. This was the style that the audience liked to watch. After Kevin Lin edited the footage and sent it back, the response was pretty good.
Fang Zhao held a gun in one hand and used the other to control the camera floating in the air, but he did not let down his guard.
As he was filming, Fang Zhao acutely sensed a gaze fixed on them. It was icy cold, like a hawk eyeing its prey.
The air was warm and humid. There was a large river not far away, but for safety's sake, they kept their distance from the river.
A dark shadow suddenly burst out of the mud about 10 meters away!
Just as the dark shadow leaped out of the mud, numerous bullets blasted bloody holes in its body.
The creature that had just leaped out of the mud crashed to the ground, writhed a few times, and then stopped moving.
The smell of blood wafting over was quickly carried away by the wind.
After a short period of silence, Bie Liao got someone to drag the creature over.
"This thing is a little scary," Bie Liao said as he looked at the meter-long creature that was dragged over.
The creature's skin had a metallic sheen, but it was not real steel and could not stop bullets. It would still be torn apart by the impact of the bullets.
Fang Zhao did not understand the species here, so he could not guarantee that one bullet would be able to resolve the danger, so he could only shoot a few more times. Now that he had enough bullets, the most important thing was to ensure safety.
The scary thing that Bie Liao was talking about was that this seemingly flat creature's mouth was open horizontally, and the teeth inside were arranged in a circular pattern. The whole thing looked like a milling cutter, and it had a very strong cutting feel.
"These teeth look a little like the spiral-toothed shark that was recorded in archeological research on our home planet, but this one is horizontal and has fins that look like four limbs. It probably lives in the water and hides in the mud near the river bank to hunt," a researcher said.
If one was bitten by these teeth, it would not just be a matter of scraping off a piece of flesh. A part of the body might even be sawed off. If it was a bit bigger, it might even cut the person in half.
Although they were wearing protective clothing that provided protection, no one knew what kind of injuries they would suffer from these chainsaw-like teeth.
Bie Liao was puzzled. "It was very close to us. Why didn't we notice it just now?"
They had newly issued equipment. The windshield on their helmets would show any nearby living beings. Logically speaking, even if it was hiding in the mud, it should not have been impossible to detect it.
"It should be because of its skin," Fan Lin said with some interest. "The skin of this thing is very interesting. Let's bring it back to the specialists at the base to study it. Who knows, they might be able to improve some equipment based on its principles."
Although this newly encountered creature was very dangerous, this new discovery gave the outpost team a jolt. If it was really as Fan Lin said, the outpost team would also be rewarded.
"The tooth is broken." Bie Liao pointed to a broken tooth in the creature's mouth. It had been hit by a bullet.
Fang Zhao picked up the broken tooth in the creature's mouth. The broken tooth was porcelain white, one-tenth the size of a palm, flat, and slightly triangular.
"Fang Zhao, what are you picking this up for? Spoils of war? "Bie Liao asked when he saw that Fang Zhao had no intention of throwing the broken tooth away.
"It is suitable for auction."
"You intend to send it up just like that?" Bie Liao was curious.
"No, I will carve some things on it." Fang Zhao wiped off the bloodstains and placed the tooth in his pouch.
While Fang Zhao was speaking to Bie Liao, the three people assigned to Fang Zhao's side did not utter a word. The three looked at each other and could only hang their heads and smile bitterly.
How many times had this happened?
It was said that things should not happen more than three times, but this was already the third time they had experienced this situation today!
Ever since they had been assigned to Fang Zhao's side, it had been like this almost every day.
When they had first been in the woods, the first time they had encountered an attack from a native species, Fang Zhao had already taken care of the attacking beast before they had even pulled out their guns and shouted, "Be careful."
The second time, they had not even had the chance to make a sound before the other side had taken care of it.
The third time, they had not even sensed the danger and the other side had taken care of it.
The fourth time...
The fifth time...
Until just now, Fang Zhao had once again taken care of the danger before they had even made a move.
From shock to curiosity to habit, they had even asked themselves countless times in their hearts, Who is the new recruit and who is the veteran? Who is protecting whom?
Actually, Fang Zhao was not deliberately discouraging them. This was not a matter of whether or not to steal the kill. If they were a step slower, someone could get hurt or even endanger their life. This was completely Fang Zhao's instinctive reaction and could be considered a kind of conditioned reflex.
However, the three of them did not know this. They only thought that Fang Zhao was proving his strength to them.
Over the past few days, the three of them could clearly feel the sympathetic gazes of the people in the outpost team.
What could they do?
They were also in despair!
The people they had to protect were much stronger than them. These past few days, they had basically had no chance to make a move.
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