This was the vast space, and a blue and green planet floated alone in the endless darkness. A light blue spaceship suddenly appeared above the planet's orbit and broke the silence.
The spaceship came out of the space bubble, and the safety components of the curvature engine began to smooth out the spatial turbulence caused by the superluminal travel. The spaceship's heat dissipation grid radiated a blazing white light, and it seemed that it would take a while to cool down before it could set sail again. Hao Ren and the rest had already taken a nap in their respective rooms. At this time, the announcement of the spaceship's arrival woke the three of them up.
"So this is our destination?" Hao Ren rubbed his sleepy eyes as he came out of his room. He saw the MDT floating in the middle of the living room, displaying a holographic image of a blue and green terrestrial planet. "... Such a developed ecosystem?!"
"Highly terrestrial, with complex life forms. The carbon-based ecosystem has evolved to the stage of mammalian flourishing. No intelligent species have appeared yet. The temperature, atmospheric structure, and gravity are suitable for short-term human survival. However, the atmospheric oxygen content is higher than that of Earth, and there is a trace of toxicity. Long-term survival will cause a variety of physiological diseases on Earth," the MDT reported the planet brief downloaded from the spaceship's mainframe. "Of course, it's not a big problem for the three of you. Your physique can ignore the impact."
Hao Ren stepped forward and put away the MDT. At the same time, he heard the voice of a crew member coming from the cabin door. "Sir Inspector, we've arrived."
Hao Ren went over to open the door and found that it was the dark-skinned young man who led the way earlier. The young man still had a slightly reserved smile on his face. "The captain should have personally escorted you to land, but he's copying the traffic laws in the detention room. So, I'll bring you to the surface of the planet."
Hao Ren: "…"
Of course, such a huge spacecraft could not land directly on the surface of the planet. Even if it could land, it would consume too much energy to lift off again. So, Hao Ren and the other two had to change to a small landing craft. This landing craft looked like a triangular plate and only needed one person to pilot it. It was very suitable for transporting a small number of passengers or small loads of cargo between the planet and the orbital mothership. Hao Ren and the other two checked their carry-on luggage and followed the young crew member onto the "small plane". The moment the small landing craft left the mothership's garage, Hao Ren finally experienced the feeling of weightlessness as he wished. Small spacecraft did not have artificial gravity. As long as they left the comfortable environment created by the mothership, the passengers inside would truly experience the feeling of being in space.
"Our technology is still very primitive. There's no way to install the artificial gravity generator on this small boat." The young man who was responsible for sending Hao Ren and the others to the surface said with a smile, "It's said that the decommissioned military fighter jets and small transport planes of the Empire's servant army have super-small gravity generators. Our captain is trying to buy a few of them, but it's not easy."
"What do you guys want that thing for?" The MDT asked casually as it floated in the narrow passenger compartment of the landing craft. "After removing the weapons, those things are just ordinary shuttles. They can only seat a few people and don't even have a cargo compartment. Aside from being fast, their shields are at best stronger than yours. But they're also very expensive. The small gravity generator is useless except for being fashionable. The price-performance ratio is almost zero."
"Oh, it's just fashionable." The young man shrugged. "Our captain believes in buying it first, whether it's useful or not. You see, this ship doesn't even have a passenger license. Didn't he still prepare 20 sightseeing shuttles?"
Hao Ren had a strange expression on his face. "… That uncle is quite interesting."
The shuttle flew in a gravity-free environment for a while and began to come into contact with the dense atmosphere of the planet. After a thrilling deceleration, it finally landed smoothly at the location indicated by the MDT: a rocky highland next to the coastline.
"Are you guys going to leave now?" Hao Ren carried a small suitcase and set foot on the land of a foreign planet for the first time in his life. Before he could take a few breaths of fresh air, he thought of something. "How do I go back?"
"I don't know about that." The young crew member stood on the shuttle's gangway. "The order we received was to send you here. The Empire probably has other arrangements for the return journey." While saying that, the crew member shrugged. "We're just a civilian company. The inspector's actions are confidential to us."
After saying that, the crew member turned around and got into the shuttle. Then, the shuttle quietly lifted off in front of Hao Ren, turned into a stream of light, and quickly disappeared into the sky.
"I have a bad feeling …" Hao Ren felt cold sweat slowly seeping out of his neck. "Do you think that psychopath didn't arrange for our return journey at all? Did that psychopath forget about it?!"
As soon as his voice trailed off, there was a loud crack. A thunderbolt in the clear sky almost scared Hao Ren out of his wits. "Damn, this divine retribution is everywhere! It's never late!"
"Tsk —" The MDT sounded a little disappointed when it saw that the thunderbolt only scared Hao Ren for a while. "Once we're done with the mission, send a message to Madam Raven. She'll arrange the next journey."
"Oh," Hao Ren was relieved. He then had the leisure to observe the surroundings.
The three of them were now by the sea. On the right side of Hao Ren was the vast ocean. The rolling white waves rose and fell endlessly, accompanied by the sound of crashing waves on the primitive coastline. At the end of the sea was a gradually sinking round of sunset. The star here was smaller than the sun on Earth, but it seemed to be brighter. It brought about a completely different but unique sunset scenery. On the left side of Hao Ren was a gravel beach about a kilometer wide. The ground was covered with brown coarse gravel. Between the gravel, there was some dried fibrous material that looked like the remains of plants.
At the end of the gravel beach was a lush primitive jungle. Faint roars of beasts could be heard coming from the depths of the jungle.
Nangong Wuyue stared curiously at everything in front of her. The cool sea breeze seemed to make her feel comfortable. The siren squinted her eyes and enjoyed it for a while before saying, "I really can't tell that it's an alien planet … I thought it was like in the movies, a wasteland and a lot of craters."
"Most of the planets are like that. But to be honest, it's not interesting at all." The MDT turned on the holographic projection, showing a three-dimensional scan that was constantly expanding. "The universe is so vast, and there are so many of them that you can almost find any kind of wonder that you can imagine or not. When I was still on the production line, I dreamed of being a starship mainframe, and then following the glorious imperial generals to the battlefield, to all kinds of wonderful planets to crack open people's skulls. Until the serial number was issued, I only knew that I was a PDA … Sigh, let's not reminisce about the sad past. You guys prepare a camp first. "
Hao Ren was busy admiring the primitive scenery of the alien planet while waiting for the MDT to tell him the tenants' coordinates. When he heard the MDT, he was stunned. "Camp? Aren't we going to find them first? "
"Of course, don't you see that the sun is almost out of sight?" The MDT turned off the holographic projection and slipped into Hao Ren's pocket. "The cargo hold that we're looking for seems to have a problem. It's no longer sending out positioning signals. I'll have to slowly expand the scanning range. The soonest we can find is tomorrow morning. Before that, you guys better find a place to spend the night. Let me remind you, this primitive planet may be dangerous. It may not be a threat to you, but it's definitely not fun to be chased by primitive creatures all night."
The MDT irresponsibly left Hao Ren and the two 'assistants' looking at each other. "Which one of you knows how to build a camp … No, we didn't even bring a tent!"
"I'll go soak in the sea." Nangong Wuyue waved her hand carelessly. But after taking two steps, she turned back. "Forget it. I don't know if the fish on this planet are stronger than those on Earth. As a siren, if I get eaten by the fish on another planet, I'll be ashamed."
Y 'zaks looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "It's actually not that difficult. You guys back off. I'll smash a hole and then set up a circle of demonic flames around the hole. Ordinary animals won't dare to come close …"
Hao Ren quickly dissuaded him. "Don't, don't. Use your flame to make a bonfire. There's really no need to use a meteorite to smash a hole in such a beautiful natural scenery just to block the sea breeze …"
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