The temperature was cold, and the surroundings were filled with strange rocks. Craters could be seen everywhere, and the spaceship outside the atmosphere was the guide. Han Xiao led the two of them in this direction. Although the gravity of this planet was high, it had little effect on Grade B Supers. After trekking for a while, a spaceship wreckage appeared in front of them.
This was Godora's research spaceship. The light gold shell was covered in black dust, and the body of the spaceship was twisted due to the impact. There was a trench hundreds of meters long behind it, and all kinds of spaceship parts were scattered around. It could be seen that it had slid for a while after crashing.
Herlous looked at the tactical screen and said, "Hmm … it's dead silent, and there are no traces of thermal imaging. I think we should go over and take a look."
"Oh, thank you for making a suggestion that no one thought of." Han Xiao rolled his eyes.
Herlous shrugged. "You're really getting gentler and gentler. I keep feeling like you're targeting me."
"I'm only polite to strangers."
"I'm really flattered." Herlous was helpless. He changed the topic and said, "Your mechanical suit has quite a lot of functions."
"Why, the armor your brother left you doesn't have these functions?"
"Ha, my brother knows me too well. He knows that I don't like those fancy functions, so the mechanical suit he tailor-made for me has the highest combat performance. You'll know how strong the enemy is with one slash. There's nothing to analyze," Herlous said. "Speaking of which, those people at home took my armor and studied it for a year. I even gave them my brother's notebook, so they should have some results. How about we find time to go back and get the armor?"
Han Xiao sounded surprised. "You can actually come up with a reliable suggestion. I didn't expect that."
"…" Herlous was speechless.
He really wanted to draw his sword, but he had to maintain his smile.
The three of them came to the wreckage. This was a small research spaceship that was divided into several levels of cabins. It was more than ten meters tall, and more details were revealed in front of them. There was a large hole on the side of the ship, and the cabin door was still closed. Han Xiao looked around the cabin. It was pitch black inside, and there was no light. It seemed like the system was basically paralyzed.
"Let's go in and see if there are any survivors or corpses," Herlous said. Han Xiao said. Although he remembered the situation of the mission, it was not the right time. He did not know if there were any subtle changes.
After walking around the cabin, there was no one. Han Xiao switched to the tracking interface and found some messy footprints. Extracting the latest traces, he found that these people had not left the spaceship. There were also traces of human bodies being dragged on the floor of some rooms.
"Well, it's obvious that the shield didn't protect them completely. Some of them fainted, and no one's footprints left the spaceship. It seems like everyone disappeared into thin air. The hatch is closed, which means that the hole was caused by something else. It seems like there are some special life forms on this planet, which should be the reason why the crew disappeared."
Han Xiao spoke fluently. He walked around the scene and did a simple investigation. The situation was not much different from the mission in his previous life. He immediately felt relieved. Ever since his Intelligence attribute increased, he found that his memory had also increased. Some of the originally blurry memories had become clearer.
The evaluation of the mission depended on the results of the investigation, so although Han Xiao knew where the boss was, he was not in a hurry to go there. He went to the main control room of the spaceship, found the AI system, and manually rebooted the spaceship's system.
Hum —
The spaceship shook violently, and all the rooms inside lit up.
"Reboot complete. Self-check in progress … Damage rate 72%. Most of the equipment is paralyzed. Fuel leaked. Energy remaining at 3%. Activating advanced energy-saving mode …"
Han Xiao pressed a few buttons. "Activate the spaceship's camera."
"Insufficient energy. Request rejected."
"Switch to manual mode."
"Please verify the investigator's ID."
Han Xiao thought for a while, opened the communicator, searched for a while in the memo, and keyed in Kerlodd's ID.
"Connecting to the headquarters' database … Connection failed. Signal received unknown interference. Connecting to the headquarters' database … Connection successful. Verifying … Verification failed. This ID is not in the crew's name list. "
"Godora's operating system is really rubbish."
Han Xiao's mouth twitched. He simply removed the outer shell of the AI system and took out the smart chip. It would be the same if he brought the chip back to the space station.
Removing the various cores of the spaceship could improve his evaluation if he brought them back. Then, the three of them walked out of the cabin. There were no more valuable clues inside.
Herlous hesitated. "If the crew was captured by some kind of creature, but there are no traces of any creature walking outside, so that unknown creature can fly, right? How are we going to find it?"
Han Xiao touched the edge of the hole. There was a layer of ice here. He said, "The rest of the spaceship is not frozen, only here. The water vapor is from that creature. The temperature here is so low. If there is a water source, it should be a geothermal hot spring. It might be underground. This creature probably used it as its nest …"
Herlous' eyes lit up. "Those investigators might still be alive?"
"I don't know," Han Xiao said perfunctorily. "There's another spaceship wreckage nearby. Let's go take a look."
Soon, they found the wreckage of the second research spaceship. It was also empty, but the traces this time were different. There were messy footprints outside the spaceship, and there were even traces of a battle. This spaceship belonged to the second batch of investigators. They were stronger, so they still had the strength to resist after falling. However, the result was obvious — they were all defeated.
"There are more traces of ice on the ground, but there is no blood. No one should have died. There are very few traces of a battle. Obviously, this group of investigators did not have the strength to fight back."
After looking at the clues, Han Xiao removed all the cores of the spaceship with ease. He then said, "Let's go. I think I know where that creature is."
Following the route in his memory, Han Xiao led the two of them forward quickly without stopping. The normal way was to collect more traces nearby to find the boss's nest, but there was also the possibility that they could not find it. If that was the case, the mission rating would not be high. In his previous life, there were more spaceship wreckages, which meant that there were more clues. Now, the number of clues was several times less, which was more disadvantageous. However, he did not need to go through so much trouble and directly went to the location in his memory.
Soon, they found a hidden cave at the bottom of a crater. There were traces of excavation. The cave was about four to five meters wide and was not too narrow. The passage slanted downward. The three of them slid down the passage for a while and finally stepped on the ground.
They were surrounded by a dark underground space. The temperature here was much higher than on the surface. There was only one passage in front, and behind them was a dead end.
He turned on his night vision and walked forward for a while. There was a fork in the road. Han Xiao walked to the left without hesitation. The temperature in front was getting higher and higher. Herlous tentatively took off his helmet and felt it. He said, "This temperature is quite comfortable."
"We're almost there. Get ready for battle," Han Xiao said.
The three of them walked to the end of the passageway. There was an underground lake here. The lake water was boiling and bubbling, and a thick mist filled the lake. This lake was like a hot spring. There should be a geothermal area below to form this hot spring.
At this moment, there was a scream from the hot spring.
"Who are you?"
A naked Godora person popped her head out of the hot spring with a surprised expression. Water flowed down her curvy body. This was a woman.
Herlous looked down, then up, back and forth a few times. Suddenly, he realized something. "You're Lenny?"
"You know me?" The female Godora was shocked. She was Nereja's wife.
"We're mercenaries. We accepted your husband's request to come and rescue you. Where are the others?" Herlous asked.
"That's great. Finally, someone came to rescue us. The others are …"
Lenny's face was filled with joy, but her expression suddenly changed. She said in a hurried tone, "Don't just stand there. It's coming out!"
As soon as she said that, a small whirlpool formed in the middle of the hot spring lake. Something big was floating on the surface. A tsunami-like wave formed in the small lake, and the water splashed all over them.
Boom!
The waves flipped, and a strange creature jumped out of the lake. It floated in the air and turned toward the three of them on the shore.
"What … is this?" Herlous' eyes widened.
"Interstellar Beast, a cosmic creature born among the stars. It can fly in the universe with its physical body and use the gravity of the planet to increase its speed to the standard of a spaceship. Although it can't warp and often has to fly alone for thousands of years, the lifespan of an Interstellar Beast is almost infinite. They can continuously transform and renew the cells in their body. It's very rare. Mages can summon Interstellar Beasts through an ancient ritual spell and perform directional teleportation that ignores physical distance. However, they summon Interstellar Beasts more to hunt them. The Interstellar Beast's body is a very rare material. "
Han Xiao quickly explained.
The Interstellar Beast in front of them had a strange appearance. It had a blue-purple slender body that was dozens of meters long. It did not have any shell or hair and was smooth. Its skin had a translucent texture, and there was a dense glow under its skin. It did not have any limbs, and it was narrow in the front and back and wide in the middle. It extended on both sides like fins. Its head did not have any facial features such as a mouth, eyes, or nose, only a long tentacle. At the tip of the tentacle was a crystal. Its appearance was somewhat similar to an aquatic creature.
The Interstellar Beast spun in the air like a fish swimming in the water. Its tentacle shook, and Han Xiao suddenly felt an invisible force trying to pull him in front of the Interstellar Beast. His body was lifted into the air uncontrollably.
"Ha!"
Herlous took the initiative to attack. The Battleship Slicing Blade slashed out and hit the Interstellar Beast's body. However, it immediately exploded into light fragments. The Interstellar Beast was not injured at all. It was not even pushed back at all.
"An interstellar creature that can travel through the universe with its physical body. Don't expect to be able to hurt it easily." Han Xiao took out his electromagnetic gun and fired. The bullet bounced off the Interstellar Beast's body, and the lowest damage '1' appeared.
The interface immediately showed the Interstellar Beast's attributes.
— —
Interstellar Beast
Level:?
Class: [Interstellar Creature — Interstellar Beast] (Endurance to Health Points conversion ratio: 1: 500)
Attribute: Strength? , Agility? , Endurance 500, Intelligence? , Mysterious? , Charm 153, Luck?
Energy: 0
Energy Rank:?
Health Points: 249986
Status: Normal
Specialization: Unknown
Skill: Unknown
— —
Han Xiao nodded in his mind. He already knew the Interstellar Beast's attributes. It was an interstellar creature with extremely high health points. It was definitely a boss model. Furthermore, its physical and magic resistance was very high. There was almost no damage to its body. In his previous life, the players had been wiped out once here and only found a way to defeat it the second time.
The Interstellar Beast's weakness was its tentacle crystal. It had almost no resistance and was as fragile as a man's vitals. Basically, every hit could cause real damage.
Every time the accumulated damage reached 50,000, the Interstellar Beast's resistance would decrease by 20%, and it could start to attack normally. The Interstellar Beast's attack was similar to telekinesis. It was good at control and could change the trajectory of bullets aimed at its vitals. The advantage was that it did not have enough attack power. The only way to defeat it was to slowly grind it down.
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