Chapter 1004: Paying homage to the ancestor?

  Chapter 1004: Meeting the First Ancestor?

  ”Bang!”

  The deafening sound of gunfire passed through the woods. After weighing the pros and cons, Ye Shi finally chose to strike first.

  The opposite side seemed to be the same.

  At the same time when the bullet burst out of the chamber, a two-meter-high black shadow rushed out of the woods.

  It was a four-legged beast.

  It had a short body, sharp front claws, thick hind feet, and dagger-like fangs!

  This thing didn’t look like a mammal, but a bit like a reptile.

  The beast-like appearance was like a creeping wolf, but there was no hair on its body, instead, it was replaced by shiny scales!

  What scared Ye Shi was that this guy’s ability to sense danger was not weak.

  As if it had a premonition of his attack, it predicted and avoided his trajectory a femtosecond before he pulled the trigger.

  This looked like a coincidence.

  But for a perception player, Ye Shi knew exactly what it was!

  ”Be careful!”

  A late exclamation came from the communication channel. The distance between the two sides had quickly narrowed from 20 meters to within 10 meters.

  Not arrogant because of wearing power armor, Ye Shi quickly moved the muzzle to catch up with the movement trajectory of the alien, switched to full-automatic mode and fired two rounds in a short press.

  Experience in the wasteland told him that even wearing power armor does not mean invulnerability.

  Especially “dangerous species” like the Death Claw can still hang up and beat the rookie wearing power armor!

  ”I saw you!”

  The bullets suppressed the movement trajectory of the alien, and the alien dodged left and right for a while but was finally shot. The

  7mm bullet penetrated its keratin scales, leaving bloody bullet holes on its body.

  ”Roar–!”

  The alien wailed in pain, and the two green bean-like eyes flashed with fear.

  However-

  it did not turn around and run away. Instead, it burst out with the courage to fight to the death, using all its strength to launch a final charge, opening its bloody mouth and biting Ye Shi’s face.

  The fierce bite was like a truck hitting him head-on. Ye Shi could even smell the bad breath coming towards him.

  However, he was an experienced player. Even if he was not good at strength and agility, he would not be killed by such a wild monster.

  He dodged the huge mouth with terrifying bite force by leaning sideways. He raised his rifle and used the butt of the rifle to block the whistling front claws. Then he pulled out the grass-chopping knife hanging on his waist and chopped the beast’s neck with lightning speed.

  Driven by the power armor and muscles, the sharp blade was like a flash of lightning, directly chopping off its head.

  Dark red blood gushed out from the gap in the neck, making a “hissing” sound when it splashed on the emerald green grass.

  Looking at the hot blood that he subconsciously dodged, Ye Shi showed a surprised expression on his face.

  At this time, anxious and concerned voices came from the communication channel.

  ”Are you okay?”

  ”It’s just a small scene, no big deal.”

  Ye Shi shook his head, looked at the grass-chopping knife in his hand, wiped the blood off the wide leaf beside him, and then put it back into the leather case.

  This place is a bit weird.

  He couldn’t help but look at the misty grass again, and he muttered and continued.

  ”Good guy… Is this blood acidic?”

  What’s even more outrageous is that the bloody grass seemed to be moisturized in the wisps of mist, and it grew even more vigorously. It’s

  really weird.

  Jiang Xuezhou’s voice came from the communication channel.

  ”It may not be acidic, it may also be some kind of dehydrating substance that we don’t understand… There are samplers and test tubes on the spacecraft. If possible, can you collect some samples?”

  ”Don’t be so polite, I’m planning to do that.”

  ”Wasteland OL” has always had the task of collecting alien species illustrations, and the contribution points and silver coins given are quite a lot of rewards.

  This thing is an alien species on an alien planet, isn’t it much more awesome than a polar bear?

  Ye Shi returned to the spaceship, took out the professional sampling tools, collected the blood, saliva and tissue cells of the alien, put labels on them and put them in the low-temperature sample box.

  While he was busy, the bloody smell from the beast’s corpse had attracted a lot of strange little guys.

  Among them were flying insects with straws, round beetles, a bunch of small reptiles that looked like ants but not quite like them, and four-legged small beasts that wandered around the bushes and wanted to approach but didn’t dare to approach.

  Wearing power armor, Ye Shi was not afraid of these insects crawling on his body, but he still felt annoying.

  ”Go away, go play.”

  Looking at more and more insects, he had no choice but to pull out a white phosphorus bomb, pull the ring and throw it aside.

  As the dazzling white light lit up, the pungent smoke drifted around, finally driving away the insects.

  Taking advantage of the gap when the insects escaped, Ye Shi immediately seized the time to complete the sampling work.

  And just when he came out again after finishing work and returning to the research ship, the head that had fallen in the grass not far away had been eaten to reveal the bones.

  Ye Shi suddenly had a feeling that this place was just like an enlarged version of the Baiyue Strait.

  However, unlike the latter, he did not find anything similar to the original strain of Naguo around him.

  The species here seemed to have only a simple food chain relationship, and there was no deeper DNA exchange.

  ”…Is Gaia dead?”

  He didn’t know whether Gaia had the concept of death, but he couldn’t help but feel so confused.

  Especially since he landed until now, the threat he encountered was just one alien species.

  He thought the opponent would be the entire planet.

  In fact, this was not only Ye Shi’s confusion, but also Jiang Xuezhou’s confusion. It’s

  not safe here, but it doesn’t seem to be as dangerous as they imagined.

  Of course, it may be because they landed not long ago, and this huge planet has not yet realized that they are here…

  ”…We’d better hurry up, maybe we can leave here before Gaia realizes our existence.”

  ”I’ll try my best.”

  After replying to Jiang Xuezhou, Ye Shi moved the dead beast’s body to a distant place and buried it, then returned to the vicinity of the spaceship and scattered some feces taken out of the beast’s intestines around it.

  This was Jiang Xuezhou’s suggestion.

  It is said that the feces of carnivorous animals can drive away other beasts.

  Although he didn’t know whether this wilderness survival method on Earth would still work on a foreign planet, Ye Shi still endured the physical discomfort and did it.

  After doing these things, he rubbed his armored gloves on the tree trunk next to him, and stopped only when he almost pulled the bark off, and then dragged out large and small packages of equipment from the research ship.

  These equipment were made by Jiang Xuezhou using materials from the engineering repair room of the Orion missile cruiser.

  These include temporary base stations that support medium-distance signal reception, ground meteorological observation stations, charging piles for drones, solar panels, metal hydrogen batteries, etc.

  With these equipment, he can at least ensure that he can be “network-free” within 50 kilometers of the research ship.

  It can be seen that Jiang Xuezhou was really worried about his safety. Ye Shi himself had never worried about his own safety.

  When he was doing missions around Dawn City before, he and his good brothers in the Burning Corps always used their faces to explore the bushes, and if they died, they would just think they had returned to the city early.

  After finally completing all the preparations, Ye Shi carried the supply box that was half a person’s height on his back, and followed by a four-rotor drone, he groped his way towards the signal sent by the black box of the Gemini missile cruiser wreckage.

  I remember that the background information on the official website said that the Human Union had built a road network connecting colonies and a rail transportation system on the Gaia planet, and the largest human community even had a population of one million.

  However, for some reason, Jiang Xuezhou’s drone flew several circles in the sky, and saw nothing except the lush tropical rainforest.

  It was as if the traces of civilization had been erased, and only the wild and bizarre plants were left.

  Ye Shi could only wield his grass-cutter like a pioneer in the classical period, trying to get through the gaps between the tree trunks and vines, and praying that he would not encounter any strange species along the way.

  To be honest, he had thought more than once that he might as well throw a fire bomb and burn it down.

  However, thinking that this planet was alive, he could only resist the urge for the time being.

  Gaia might not have noticed his existence yet, but it would be hard to say if she set a fire.

  Fortunately, perhaps the beasts around him also felt that the depths of the forest were full of dangers, so he did not encounter the ferocious carnivores he had encountered before.

  As for the poisonous insects that attacked him from time to time, they were all blocked by the shell of the power armor.

  The only time he was startled was once.

  That was when he passed through a relatively open broad-leaved forest.

  Dark brown branches were entangled between the trees 20 to 30 meters high, like dried vines.

  At first, Ye Shi thought it was a vine, and he didn’t think much about it. He raised his grass-cutter and swung it up.

  As a result, the moment he chopped the vine net that was more than ten meters high, dark green blood instantly spurted all over him.

  Then the whole “dead net” seemed to come alive, splitting into brown pythons as thick as wrists, and “clattering” down from the air like rain.

  Those snakes were like crazy, twisting on the ground and rushing towards him, as if they wanted to kill him here.

  Looking at the dense group of snakes, Ye Shi felt that his san value was dropping wildly. In a hurry, he pulled out the burning stick and danced wildly, using the pungent smoke and flickering flames to kill his way out of the siege. After

  stumbling in the woods for a long time, Ye Shi was relieved to confirm that the twisting snake group did not catch up, and threw away the extinguished burning stick in his hand.

  The quadcopter followed him staggeringly, and Xiao Jiang’s voice came from the communication channel.

  ”I analyzed the photos I took just now… It should be some kind of snake creature under the class of reptiles of the phylum Chordata. They connected their heads and tails to form a net between the tree trunks. Various signs show that they have no teeth and should not be interested in prey larger than their mouths… You should have just walked around them.”

  ”Damn, you are crazy…” Ye Shi, who was panting, supported his knees with both hands and cursed, “Hanging in the air and pretending to be dead, I thought it was a vine…”

  ”Well, actually, they might…” Jiang Xuezhou suddenly lost his voice halfway through his words, but Ye Shi, who had caught his breath, became curious.

  ”What might it be?”

  Jiang Xuezhou hesitated for a while, and finally said in a voice that was difficult to say.

  ”They… might be mating.”

  ”Puff!”

  Hearing the voice coming from the communication channel, Ye Shi almost choked on his own saliva.

  Well.

  It was I who offended.

  ”…Okay, okay, don’t worry about these details. The valley I photographed in the sky is just ahead. The vegetation there is very dense and very high, so the signal may not be good. You must be more careful.”

  Jiang Xuezhou was embarrassed to talk about this topic, so he quickly turned the topic back on track.

  ”Got it.”

  It just so happened that Ye Shi didn’t want to stay here any longer, so after a short break, he continued to move forward with the box.

  When entering the area around the valley, the terrain nearby became much more rugged, and there were obviously more wild animals active around.

  Especially after passing through a bush, he found a row of indentations about half a meter wide and more than ten centimeters deep on the ground, like the footprints of some large creature.

  ”…I’m afraid there is something big nearby.”

  It seems that there is probably a water source nearby.

  After taking a few photos of the traces on the ground, Ye Shi became a little alert.

  Just as he expected, just after he passed through a bush, the sound of gurgling water appeared in front of him.

  The quadcopter drone following behind him flew over first, and Ye Shi also quickened his pace and followed closely.

  Soon, a winding stream came into his sight, and soon after, a beautiful sight he had never seen before.

  Tree trunks as thick as pagodas stood around the winding stream, and the dark brown trunks were covered with colorful mosses and broad leaves about one or two people tall.

  Tiny particles of light lingered between the trees and leaves, like elves dancing in the air, forming a river of stars in the sky.

  And by the tree-lined stream, more than a dozen giant mammals that were originally four or five meters tall were burying their triangular heads, crawling by the river and drinking water quietly.

  The beautiful scenery made Ye Shiyi so fascinated that he almost forgot the danger of hidden murderous intent.

  As if they had sensed his sight, the triangular heads that were drinking water with their heads on their stomachs raised their heads.

  But perhaps because they did not sense danger from him, they soon buried their heads again and continued to lick the sweet stream water as if he did not exist.

  ”So beautiful…”

  Xiao Jiang’s voice came from the communication channel. It was obvious that she was also attracted by the magnificent scenery in front of her.

  ”Indeed, even the forests in Baiyue Province are not as good as this one… The only thing that confuses me is where Gaia went.”

  Ye Shi, who had come to his senses, muttered to himself and searched for a way to cross the river along the stream.

  At this moment, he suddenly noticed that there was a dark green crystal deposit lying across the upper reaches of the higher terrain.

  ”Is this… a crystal mine?”

  Ye Shi’s face showed a surprised expression, and he walked towards the crystal clear rock.

  Rows of dark green crystals seemed to grow on the rock wall, spreading along the cracks to the depths of the rock.

  Is there a copper vein nearby?

  Thinking this in his mind, he moved closer and was surprised to find that under the broken diamond-like crystals were actually beetle-like insects crawling.

  Dark green crystals condensed on their backs, and they traveled back and forth between the cracks and the surface of the rock.

  From time to time, dark green crystals fell off their backs, and that seemed to be the source of these dark green crystals!

  ”Is this actually some kind of organic material?!”

  Ye Shi was very surprised and took out a palm-sized awl and knocked it on the ground.

  This thing is quite hard, and the hardness may be higher than that of diamonds, and it actually caused scratches on the surface of the awl!

  At this time, Jiang Xuezhou’s excited voice came from the communication channel.

  ”Collect more and bring back!”

  ”I know… I’m working on it.” Ye Shi hurriedly replied and knocked a whole piece of rock off the wall.

  Sure enough, women like shiny things.

  Of course, it may be for scientific research purposes. In fact,

  let alone Jiang Xuezhou, Ye Shi himself was also very curious about what this thing was and how many silver coins he could get when he brought it back to Earth.

  Speaking of which, it is not known whether this thing appeared in recent years or existed more than 200 years ago.

  If it appeared recently, he might be the first person to discover this dark green crystal.

  According to the convention of “Wasteland OL”, the first person to discover it has the priority to name it.

  Should it be called “Ye Jing” or “Ye Jing” at that time?

  Just when Ye Shi was secretly happy in his heart, there was a rustling sound from the nearby bushes.

  Hearing the sound, Ye Shi subconsciously raised his head, but was stunned for a moment.

  I saw a light green skin figure standing there.

  The man held a half-human-high javelin in his hand, and the tip of the javelin was the dark green crystal.

  The pair of deep blue eyes stared at him intently, as if he was unable to be manipulated by the iron lump on his body or something, and stood there motionless.

  Seeing the light green skin, Ye Shi’s heart instantly rose to his throat.

  ”Fuck?”

  Mutants? !

  But –

  how is this possible? !

  He clearly remembered how mutants were born. It was an accident that occurred in the Biological Research Institute in Yunjian Province in the 44th year of the Wasteland Era.

  Even if mutants reproduced faster and had stronger vitality, they would not be able to reproduce on the planet Gaia, right? !

  At this moment, he had no time to think about it. His index finger had already opened the safety of the rifle and was on the trigger.

  But at this moment, a hurried shout came from the other end of the communication channel.

  ”Wait a minute, Ye Shi! This guy may not be a mutant! Don’t rush to do it!”

  At the same time as this voice sounded, a rustling sound came from the bushes, and in a blink of an eye, dozens of figures appeared densely packed under the woods.

  The moment they saw the group of “little green men”, the “triangle-faced” people who were originally lying by the river drinking water raised their heads and howled, then turned around and ran away.

  It can be seen that they suffered a lot from these “little green men”.

  At the same time, Ye Shi saw a scene that made him drop his jaw even more –

  he saw a pterosaur flapping its wings in the air!

  Unlike the pterosaur he saw in the dinosaur museum, that guy also had dark green crystals on his body, and the spear tips on the spears in the hands of these little green men seemed to have been picked off from that big guy.

  This is a hunting team!

  Ye Shi’s mind turned quickly.

  Just when he couldn’t make up his mind what to do, a slightly older elder suddenly walked out of the twenty or thirty figures.

  The old man had wrinkled skin, a messy beard on his mouth, tears in his eyes, and he chattered in a language he couldn’t understand, and then suddenly knelt on the ground.

  This action scared Ye Shi, and it seemed to scare the group of little green men behind him.

  But soon, the old man turned around and said a few words, and those strong young men also put down their weapons and prostrated themselves on the ground with pious expressions.

  ”What are you doing? Get up!”

  Ye Shi said with a smile, but then he remembered that they might not understand what he said.

  But just as he was thinking this, the old man uttered a stumbling sentence.

  ”Greetings… the ancestor… sir.”

  (End of this chapter)