The three of them decided to start their search from the nearest landing point.
The first landing point was in the nearby jungle. The MDT had chosen a good landing spot. The three of them roughly tidied up the campsite and left the luggage that was not easy to carry under the giant rock. Each of them brought the necessary food and water into the alien jungle. They did not need to bring any tools to pave the way. The three of them were rich enough to split rocks and cut mountains.
The plants on this planet were larger and more spectacular than what Hao Ren had seen on Earth. Trees, shrubs, and grasses were all the same. The most common type of tree in the jungle was a large tree of uniform thickness. The trunk of this plant was often at least as thick as two or three people hugging it. It did not have any branches from the ground all the way up to a height of ten meters. Further up, it began to have distinct and symmetrical branches. Its leaves were wide and dense. Such a giant tree could almost cover the sky with a diameter of more than ten meters. Dark green vines could be seen twining around its dark brown trunk. Every such giant tree had vines on its trunk, which was amazing. They should have reached some kind of strict symbiotic relationship, so the individuals that could not be symbiotic were naturally eliminated.
The oxygen content in the air in the jungle seemed to be higher. The towering trees and the large shrubs seemed to be producing oxygen far more efficiently than the plants on Earth. Their physiological structure must be very different from the plants on Earth. Perhaps this was why the planet only had 20% of the land, but the oxygen concentration was higher than that on Earth. Of course, this was all Hao Ren's wild guess. His professional knowledge in this area was pitiful. He estimated that he knew even less than his dog.
The path in the jungle was not easy. There was no path at all. There were uneven ground and thick leaves everywhere. Hidden under the leaves were invisible caves or aerial roots. Hao Ren, Vivian, and Hao Ren felt a little envious of Vivian. The vampire maiden must be like a fish in water. The space between the giant trees was wide. She could fly around like a happy bat...
Occasionally, strange beasts or huge birds could be seen flashing by in the nearby forest. These primitive native creatures were quite agile. When faced with unfamiliar outsiders, the timid native creatures would suddenly flee like shadows in the forest. Of course, the three of them also encountered some ferocious-looking carnivorous beasts, but these beasts were not a threat at all. They ran away as soon as Y'zaks came face to face: the great demon was too noisy to clear the way.
A roar echoed in the forest. Y 'zaks threw out a ball of hot compressed air, turning the vines and fallen leaves in the way into ashes. Thanks to the demon's endless spells and the humanoid tank-like propulsion, Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue were able to keep up with it relatively easily. Nangong Wuyue looked at the scorching air around Y 'zaks and how he kept throwing compressed air cannons. She stuck out her tongue in fear and said, "Super violent mage, I'm afraid of hot air … I get dehydrated easily."
It was not easy for a great demon who specialized in fire and a siren who specialized in water to form a team.
"Be careful. Don't start a forest fire!" Hao Ren called out to Y'zaks from behind. "This place has a high oxygen content. And this is the only land in the world. You'll be in big trouble!"
Y'zaks grinned as he opened the way. "Don't worry. I've used magic. Even if these air masses start a fire, they won't spread. How long until we get there? "
"Soon. Soon." The MDT floated leisurely in the air. A holographic image of the forest appeared in front of them. The red dot marked as their destination was already in front of them. "We'll be there in ten minutes."
"This is the third ten minutes. I really can't walk anymore." Nangong Wuyue muttered. As a siren, her physical strength was not enough. At the same time, she was a little worried. "By the way, the new tenant... Will he be alright? The cargo compartment has been here for a few days. And it was a forced landing... "
"No problem." The MDT floated up and down as it nodded. "I've checked the model of the cargo compartment. It's a New Eden Confederation brand. The interior is heavily protected. Even if the outer layer is completely destroyed, the interior can maintain a stable environment for a month. And the 'cargo description' states that the cargo is in a dormant storage state. I think it means hibernation."
"You don't know about the new tenant?" Hao Ren gave the MDT a strange look. "I thought you knew the inside story."
"You should think about Madam Raven's style. It's good enough that she remembered to tell me the original carrier company."
Hao Ren thought it made sense. He did not pursue the matter further. Once they found the cargo compartment, everything would become clear. Nangong Wuyue, on the other hand, had a strange look on her face as she muttered to herself, "Why do I feel weird... We're obviously sending people here. Why does it keep saying 'cargo compartment'?"
Before the MDT could explain the bunch of technical terms, Y'zaks' loud voice came from the front. "Hey, I see smoke! It should be in front! "
Nangong Wuyue, who was ready to throw a tantrum and roll on the ground, perked up when she heard that. She and Hao Ren looked up and saw a column of smoke rising from the depths of the forest. But it did not look like a fire. The three of them quickened their pace. After a while, the first crash-site was presented to them.
The impact and explosion had cleared a large area of open space in the jungle. The circular area with a radius of a hundred meters was a large radial crater. The trees around the crater had fallen, and many of the tree trunks were charred. In the crater, the dark brown soil was rolled up, and a few of the pits had burning embers. At the bottom of the crater, they could see what the wreckage looked like: it was a large lump of metal waste that was no longer recognizable. They could only roughly judge that it was once an oval, ten-meter-long egg-shaped object. The broken metal stubble was still emitting sparks, and the surrounding air was filled with a pungent smell.
Hao Ren saw a lot of scorch marks and traces of small-scale fire near the crash-site. Apparently, there was a short fire here when the crash happened. But maybe the plants in the forest had an innate fire resistance (high water content fiber tubes, sealed and fire-retardant bark, and leaves covered with a protective layer of keratin), so the short fire did not turn into a forest fire. Otherwise, it was hard to imagine what would have happened to such a large forest.
"Could this be a cargo hold..." Hao Ren had never seen an interstellar cargo hold before. But looking at the crash-site, it did not look like a successful crash landing. So, he was a little puzzled.
"It should be the propeller and control units of the carrier," the MDT said as it flew over the wreckage and scanned the wreckage with a blue light screen. "Most of the components are burned, including the recorder. Looks like this is a wasted trip."
Hao Ren looked at the scene after the alien spacecraft crashed and suddenly realized a very serious problem. "Wait a minute, Raven 12345 originally planned to let the goblins send the cargo directly to Earth, right?"
"Yes."
Hao Ren immediately jumped half a meter high. "Yes my ass! You mean she planned to let this thing fall on Earth?! "
"How would we know that the carrier would crash?" The MDT slightly dodged Hao Ren's saliva. "Goblin technology does not always explode. Occasionally, there are successful landings... And to be honest, if it really entered the atmosphere on Earth, Madam Raven would have personally monitored it. She would definitely not let it fall directly to the ground like here..."
Hao Ren was very doubtful that the Goddess could do it. At this moment, he was sincerely glad that this thing went more than 800 light years off course! Otherwise, if this thing fell in the downtown area of the human world, he would not be able to watch other news for the next six months!
"Forget it, it's a wasted trip. Let's go to another place." Nangong Wuyue squatted on the ground dejectedly. "The other place is on the mountain... Do we still have to climb?"
Just as Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue were about to leave, Y'zaks suddenly found something. "Wait a minute, I feel something here!"
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