After seeing the reliefs in the city ruins, Hao Ren knew that the native civilization of the planet had launched a large-scale self-rescue operation at the last moment. They launched a giant spaceship to send part of the 'tinder' into space. Although there was no subsequent record of the operation on the reliefs, it at least gave a possibility: some of the humans on the planet had probably escaped.
So his suspicion was not unreasonable: the spacecraft he saw during the day might not have come from the surface of the planet.
"I think what Mr. Landlord said makes sense." Lily, as a literary dog, was the first to express her support. "The surface of the planet is the home field of the First Born. Staying on the surface to fight the First Born is basically asking for death. So compared to the human resistance on the surface, I think the 'tinder' that was launched into space has a higher chance of survival."
"To be honest, even the ark that was launched into space … may not survive." Nangong Sanba smacked his lips. "The First Born has the ability to fight in space, and the spacecraft is always more fragile than the fortress on the ground. Maybe the group of people that was launched into space did not escape, and the resistance on the surface may have found the First Born's nervous activity pattern and created a shelter or something."
"Both possibilities are possible. The specific situation needs to be investigated before a conclusion can be made." Hao Ren shook his head. "In short, the existence of survivors is certain, and they are still trying to fight off the tentacles on the surface. Nolan, do you have extra probes?"
"I have plenty of probes, and I have brought a lot of those gadgets. But now there is only the universal model in the atmosphere. The storage container of the universal space probe was destroyed during the warp. I have to repair the factory module before I can produce a new batch. "
"Inside the atmosphere … That's fine. You can expand the size of the probe. I hope you can complete the scan of the planet's surface and within ten kilometers underground within two days. If you find a survivor base, hack a batch of data and send it over."
"Understood, Nolan."
"Also, can the engineering assembly platform in the lab be used?"
Nolan was silent for two seconds, as if she was confirming the condition of the equipment. She then gave a positive answer. "The lab is in good condition. The energy is slightly insufficient, but it is more than enough to start an engineering assembly platform."
"Transform a few autonomous robots into armed models. Tomorrow, I will take them to the forest border in the northwest."
Vivian blinked and immediately came to a realization. "You want to go to the place where the aircraft crashed?"
Hao Ren gently nodded. "We may find important information there. If we can recover the data module of the spacecraft, we will probably be able to take a big step forward."
"It's quite close to the First Born's tentacle. Although the tentacle was injured in the previous bombardment, the injury is nothing to the First Born. I'm afraid the tentacle will have recovered by the time you get there." Vivian frowned slightly. "And it has just been attacked. It's probably in a very sensitive state now. Wouldn't it be a little reckless to go there now? We can wait a little longer until the tentacle's nerve response is reduced. The wreckage won't be able to run away anyway. "
Hao Ren had his own ideas. "The longer we wait, the more the clues will be destroyed. Before we find more survivors, the wreckage of the spacecraft is the only source of information we can count on. As for the First Born's tentacle … it's actually not as sensitive as you think. I've discussed this with Zorm. In fact, because the First Born is too large in adulthood, ordinary 'small creatures' can hardly pose a threat to them. So an adult First Born's perception is more inclined to respond to large targets and high-energy sources. As for those too small 'attachments', no matter how powerful its nervous system is, it can't fully detect them. So a few people standing on the tentacle of the First Born is like a speck of dust on a person. Under normal circumstances, it won't care. Unless you fire on the tentacle. "
Lily wagged her tail and added, "So as long as we're careful when we go there, and don't do anything like a meteor burst or chain lightning fusion bomb, we'll be fine. The tentacle will think of us as small animals running out of the forest."
The husky maiden had already included herself as a member of the expedition team for the next day. This dog really couldn't live without joining in the fun.
Hearing what Hao Ren and Lily said, Vivian thought for a moment and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she nodded gently in agreement.
"Then it's settled." Hao Ren clapped his hands. "Now that Nolan can't move, we'll gradually expand our range of activities with her as the center. Tomorrow, I'll still take Lily, Vivian, and Wuyue out. The rest of you can use the spacecraft as the center and move within a radius of five kilometers to continue to collect environmental data and clues. Sanba, you stay on the bridge and keep an eye on the communication device and radar, and help take care of Lil Pea. "
The little mermaid immediately stood up from the water. "I want to go with Daddy!"
"Listen to me. It's dangerous outside. It's safe on the spacecraft." Hao Ren patted the little mermaid's head. "And it's a mountain, there's no place for you to swim."
The little mermaid was very obedient. "Oh."
The next day's exploration plan was thus decided, and there was nothing else to do that night.
After experiencing the space attack and emergency landing incident, and almost a day and a night of exploration on a strange planet, even people with extraordinary physiques would feel a little tired. So that night, Hao Ren slept exceptionally well. When he woke up, the alien planet's sun was already shining over the land.
Nolan did not need to rest. While everyone was asleep, she was still working quietly, trying to get as many shield generators online as possible, rebuild the crystallized amplification unit of the power furnace, complete the armed autonomous robot transformation task that Hao Ren had assigned to her, and launch more probes.
At dawn the next day, she had completed a rough scan of the entire continent with the probes. This was the result of the spacecraft's severe damage to the spacecraft's mainframe, and the lack of data processing capacity and probe control bandwidth, resulting in low efficiency.
There was more than one continent on this planet, and Nolan had only completed the scan on one of them. But on this continent alone, she found thousands of large-scale ruins and ruins. Among the ancient ruins that had been devoured by nature, a considerable number of them showed a state of serious damage by the First Born. Tentacles of the First Born were everywhere around the ruins, including those that were still active and those that seemed to be in a dormant state. Nolan found the state of the First Born on this planet was very strange. It showed a kind of … half-dead 'inert' state, which was a phenomenon that had not been observed on other planets.
In addition to these ancient ruins and traces of the First Born, Nolan also found more clues related to the 'survivors': a large number of 'fresh' bomb craters and forest fire spots that still had heat signatures were basically distributed around the tentacles of the First Born. The data showed that they were basically the sites that had been bombed recently. Except for the bombing that Hao Ren and his team encountered, the most recent attack happened a few hours ago.
It seemed that the survivors of this planet were still very active. They would take the initiative to attack the tentacles on the continent every once in a while. But the strange thing was the First Born's response to these attacks. From what Hao Ren had observed, the tentacles would indeed destroy the invading weapons of war in a thunderous manner. But the First Born's counterattack was just that. There was no thunderous rampage that overturned the entire earth, no bloodshed, and no further pursuit.
In any case, Nolan could not figure out why the planet's First Born would behave this way: it had clearly destroyed the planet's civilization once.
As for the survivors' base … Nolan did not find anything similar on this continent, and she did not capture the scene of the survivors' weapons of war that night. Perhaps those troops came from other continents on the planet, or as Hao Ren guessed … they came from space?
In any case, the information that the probes could collect was limited. To further understand the situation, it depended on Hao Ren and his team's actions today.
Vivian made a simple but delicious meal with the materials that could be found on the ship (thankfully, the cabin in the living area was well protected in the accident, including the kitchen and food warehouse). After breakfast, the three of them and a siren embarked on a journey to find the wreckage of the spacecraft.
This time, there was no need to collect data and explore the ruins along the way. With a clear goal, Hao Ren and his team quickly passed through the dense forest and came to the edge of the forest where the plants were sparser.
"According to the navigation provided by Nolan, the wreckage is scattered in this area." Hao Ren walked at the front, eyes wide open to observe the surroundings. "Everyone, stay alert. We have entered the sensing range of the First Born's tentacles."
"About one-third of these plants are derivatives of the First Born." The MDT floated next to Hao Ren, checking the energy readings in the environment and the changes in the magnetic field emitted by various plants around them. "They are changes in the 'capillary structure' at the end of the tentacles. I can sense weak nerve signals between the broad-leaved trees … These trees have 'seen' us, but the First Born did not respond."
Hao Ren nodded. "So my judgment is correct. As long as we don't do anything stupid, the tentacle will not care about a few dust particles floating around it."
Nangong Wuyue turned her head to look at Hao Ren, and then at Lily, who had been excited since they left the house. She could not help but mutter, "I feel that being with you guys is like looking for death. Is there a time when you guys don't cause trouble …"
Hao Ren was speechless.
At this moment, Lily suddenly sniffled and pointed in a certain direction. "Mr. Landlord, Mr. Landlord, there's a burning smell over there …"
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