Chapter 183 Starting Again
Fogland is a terrestrial planet with a mild climate. Its climate is warm and humid, and there are large areas of land covered with forests. Because there is beautiful and mysterious white fog all year round, it is called Fogland.
In the early years of immigration and reclamation, the then planetary governor specially set aside a nature reserve to protect the local ecology. Today, this planet not only has a highly developed industrial zone, but also a beautiful natural resort area, which is a holiday destination for many interstellar business people. Some business alliance organizations such as the Giant Spirit Chamber of Commerce have invested in local charities to take in homeless children and refugees.
"Originally, there were about 500 million residents of different races on this planet. Among them, 50% were Teteta people and about 25% were Homo sapiens." Fei said solemnly, "But it can be said that everyone disappeared overnight. When the communication was smooth before, I could still communicate with the communication tower of Mistland. There was no abnormality at that time, and I did not receive any alarm messages from them."
"The broadcast said everyone should evacuate," Liu Bei said, "Did they all evacuate?"
"The evacuation of 500 million residents is not a small number, and it is definitely not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time," Fei said. "Even if long-distance communications are not smooth now, it is impossible to make the people of a planet disappear silently in a few days."
"Any other information?"
Fei said, "A purple alert of the highest level." When she finished speaking, the control room fell into a dead silence. Everyone on the ship knew what the purple alert of the highest level meant. This was the highest level of secrecy of the Galactic Federation military, and even the planetary governor had no right to decrypt it alone. "I don't understand why it was such a high-level order."
Ms. Fei cast a doubtful and nervous look at the robot Roken M89 beside her. It is a special commissioner of the Eye of Supervision, and its identity is extraordinary. Roken M89 replied: "My authority cannot be interpreted."
Vague whispers arose among the crew, and the air was filled with uncertainty and worry.
There are more than 500 refugees on the ship. Originally, they were entrusted by He Zhining to send the refugees here, but now the planet has suddenly become like this, which inevitably makes everyone feel uneasy.
Zhang Fei opened his mouth to express his guess, but when he saw Jiamoer's eyes, he shut his mouth obediently.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhen made his decision. He would fly a small light spacecraft down to the atmosphere to check the situation. All other crew members would stay in orbit and wait.
Liu Bei and Captain Madara ask to go with Xiaozhen, but Xiaozhen thinks it would be better for them to stay on the ship rather than scouting .
"Please be careful." Ms. Fei whispered before Xiaozhen entered the cabin, "If anything happens, please return immediately." There was still no expression on her beautiful face, but concern was written in her eyes.
Xiao Zhen nodded, got into the light spacecraft, and rushed into the atmosphere.
He had read the memories of this planet before. He remembered the white moisture rising from the lush forest, the birds flying by as the sun set, and the children running by the roadside with laughter. Although the planet had been industrialized for a long time, the ecosystem of this planet was well preserved.
But now, the green-brown land covered by yellow-brown fog below the spacecraft seemed so quiet. Xiaozhen's spacecraft landed next to a wetland forest, which was supposed to be a garden hotel resort.
The once peaceful and tranquil forest was now twisted and swollen, with sickly yellow mist floating everywhere, and the peaceful and beautiful garden was left with only a few shadows of its former self.
He walked out of the spaceship and looked around. All the plants were growing abnormally, with twisted vines winding around houses and vehicles, and some damaged spaceships that were not able to leave in time were wrapped and swallowed by the swollen stems of the plants.
The tiny weeds grew wildly to tens of meters, with hard and thick stems. Morbid tendrils stretched across the streets like monster tentacles. The huge plants blocked out the sun and sky, and when the wind blew, strange howls would sound. Sometimes Xiao Zhen would hear a hissing sound coming from nowhere.
Under the crazy and exaggerated devouring and crushing of the plants, no building that came into view was intact, and the stench was everywhere. The city had become a dead city.
Xiao Zhen walked to the square in the center of the block. The statue in the center of the square had been destroyed, and there were piles of filth everywhere. Some trembling tumors were densely bulging on the ground and walls, making suspicious hissing sounds.
At this moment he heard a sound behind him.
Xiaozhen turned around.
A Teteta man who looked like an ordinary office worker was stumbling towards him. "Great, there are still people alive..." the short Teteta man shouted.
"How long has this place been like this?" Xiao Zhen asked.
"Great! I finally found a living person. Come to me quickly, kid." The office worker shouted excitedly.
In an instant, Xiao Zhen swung his sword and cut the office worker Teteta in half.
The remaining half of the office worker's body made a creaking sound. "You, what are you doing..."
"Stop pretending, Izel's alien soldier." Xiao Zhen said coldly, "It seems that it is just as I thought. Your surprise attack destroyed this planet very thoroughly. Where are your nodes?"
"Die die die die die!" the alien soldiers let out a long, sharp cry.
In an instant, seven monster soldiers jumped out from behind the rotten swollen plants and pounced on Xiao Zhen. They were extremely fast, but Xiao Zhen was much faster than them. The force field sword hummed and swung out blue light, and every swing was the moment to cut off the enemy's limbs.
The screams of alien creatures continued to be heard.
His force field sword has been readjusted by the Ross people, and its power has been greatly enhanced. The heart-eating demon in Yan Zhen's body is not an ordinary heart-eating demon. It has long made extraordinary adjustments and enhancements to this body.
Even if the sub-nodes that controlled them would be defeated if they met Xiao Zhen, let alone these soldiers.
With limbs broken and blood flying everywhere, these soldiers were nothing but weak lambs in front of Xiaozhen.
"Have you killed all the inhabitants of this planet?" Xiao Zhen easily spun his body to avoid the attack of the soldier, and accurately cut through the body of another soldier. He stepped forward and stabbed another soldier's head with his sword. The weapon hummed and sang the song of death.
The soldiers were furious and terrified, and they also felt that their strength was far inferior to that of this unknown enemy.
"Die, die, die, die, die!" The soldiers who were resisting desperately rushed forward. This was the last instinct of the low-level soldiers who had no concept of escape. But their foolish actions were like an egg hitting a rock without causing any sound.
The sword flashed.
It was just a harvest that swept away everything.
Xiao Zhen glanced at the sky. It was a clear blue, but beneath it was a diffuse yellow mist and swollen, sickly plants. Under his feet were the filthy remains of Izel's alien soldiers. This should have been a beautiful planet.
He stepped on a dying soldier and extended his invisible tentacles deep into its mind.
The deepest thoughts of these soldiers were about devouring and killing, as well as obedience to a terrifying object that had already left this place. Xiao Zhen forcibly tore open the last of its consciousness, and in the most hidden shadow of the fragment of consciousness, he saw a scene.
In the void were some vague shadows of ships. They kept gathering together, flickering in the universe, and heading towards somewhere.
There is no need to stay here anymore.
The main force of the Izel aliens has all left, and the only ones left here are the soldiers who have abandoned even the nodes, he thought. But the question is, where are they going?
He crushed the monster under his feet and walked towards his spaceship.
The return to the Zekin did not take long.
The news he brought was not pleasant.
"What did you say?"
"It's the Izel Alien."
When Xiao Zhen said this term, the atmosphere was shaken, and the crew members in the control room looked at each other in bewilderment. This was the most terrifying reality they were unwilling to face.
Zhang Fei clapped his hands and said, "See, this has nothing to do with me!!!"
Gamor said angrily, "No one asked you that!"
"But isn't the Izel Alien fake news?! Isn't this a fictional creature made up by the government to defraud military funds?"
Gamor said: "You saw a whole planet of people suddenly disappear, how could this be false?"
Liu Bei frowned and said, "But isn't that terrible monster around Wang Beixing? How could it suddenly attack here? This information is totally wrong."
"On Earth, this kind of military tactic is called making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. This tactic is also very common in interstellar wars." Xiao Zhen said, "I think the action on Wangbei Star may be a deception method of the Izel aliens, just to hide their real goal."
"So what is its purpose in attacking the Mist Planet?"
Xiao Zhen said, "I don't know. Maybe the large amount of junk code that Ms. Fei mentioned that caused the failure of remote communication was also their conspiracy."
"did you mean……"
Xiao Zhen looked at Fei. Fei immediately explained the recent junk code phenomenon and added: "This is not a problem only for our ship. Other ships have had this problem not long ago. Now it has directly caused all long-distance communications in this area to fail."
"I think it's the fog that the Izel aliens have cast. To prevent news of this area from leaking out."
Roken M89 said: "According to the intelligence I have access to, the Izel aliens can indeed do this. They have the technology to disable communications in an entire area."
The crew fell into silence.
"I guess that purple alert is about the military intelligence of the Izel alien." Xiao Zhen stroked his chin and said, "It's a pity that it was blocked and couldn't be sent out at all."
For a moment, the only sounds in the control room were the crew's nervous breathing, the hum of the computer and a slight electrical noise.
A dry voice sounded, "Mr. Yan Zhen, then what is our next itinerary?"
"Hope Township."
“Is it still the Hope Township?”
"There are raids by Izel aliens here. It can be said that this star region is not safe anywhere. Our itinerary remains unchanged, that is, Hope Township."
I want to find my friend and keep him safe.
Ms. Fei left a new beacon in orbit, leaving a broadcast message saying "The fog land has been attacked by the Izel aliens, don't get close to here! Don't get close to here!! "
Although long-distance communications are now completely out of service, at least nearby ships will not enter this dangerous area.
Go forward, Xiao Zhen stared at the dark starry sky. No matter there was an Izel alien or something else ahead, he had to bring his friend home.
